At this moment, someone suddenly came to report: "General, a general has arrived outside the city, and he said he was sent by the emperor."
Chen Yalan had heard something about this matter. When she heard the soldier say this, she immediately stood up and went out to greet him.
Not long after Xu Mao stood outside the city gate, he saw Chen Yalan and her men coming out.
After explaining their identities to each other, Chen Yalan met Xu Mao and went to the place where they were celebrating.
"General Xu, you came at the right time today. Last night, the general led his men to strangle the leader of a tribe, and we are celebrating now. General Xu, please have a couple of drinks with us." Zhong Yu said with a smile.
Ever since Xu Mao showed up, Chen Yalan always treated him with courtesy when she went to greet him, and this time she even welcomed Xu Mao to a higher position.
At this moment, the man who had been so sarcastic before spoke again: "General Xu, don't listen to Lieutenant General Zhong's nonsense. It's just the killing of a leader, there's nothing to celebrate. It's just because General Chen is a woman that it seems particularly unusual."
Between the lines, there is dissatisfaction with Chen Yalan's identity as a woman.
"Whether you're a man or a woman, being able to be loyal to your country is a good thing." Chen Yalan couldn't help but ask, "Can you all just ignore what I've done during these days at the border?"
In fact, Chen Yalan didn't want to care about these things, but she had heard a little about Xu Mao, and at this moment she didn't want Xu Mao to look down on her.
Who knew? Xu Mao chuckled, "That being said, killing a leader is not that difficult. Everyone here is a general. I believe you have killed at least eighty people in your service to your country. This is just a single life, but it's worth celebrating like this."
Originally, Chen Yalan thought that since it was Xu Mao's first day here, it was not worthwhile to embarrass him, so she treated him with courtesy everywhere. However, she did not expect that Xu Mao would collude with those sarcastic people to say such ugly words.
Chen Yalan's expression immediately turned grim. She looked at Xu Mao angrily, "General Xu, what do you mean? Does General Xu also look down on women?"
Ever since Chen Yalan came to the border, there were many people who looked down on her because of her identity. However, she was always proud of herself, thinking that as long as she could be loyal to the country and kill the enemy on the battlefield, she would be recognized by these people. She didn't expect that after all her efforts, a general came and dared to look down on her. Naturally, she felt a little unhappy.
Therefore, Chen Yalan's words at this time were quite sharp, and she did not give Xu Mao much face.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xu Mao not only didn't get angry, but he actually laughed. "Don't be angry, General Chen. I don't mean to look down on you. And you can rest assured, I have no intention of your position. All I want is victory."
After hearing what Xu Mao said, Chen Yalan looked at Xu Mao with some surprise. You know, if Xu Mao was not the prime minister's man and the emperor did not want the prime minister's family to dominate, why would he let her father go into battle? So, in Chen Yalan's mind, Xu Mao should be eager to hold power in his own hands.
Chen Yalan treated Xu Mao with courtesy at first, but that was only because he was new. But just now, Xu Mao and those people mocked her, which made Chen Yalan no longer suppress her temper and confronted him.
However, Chen Yalan did not expect that after Xu Mao angered her, he would actually say such a thing. Chen Yalan had always felt that Xu Mao was not a gentleman and came here only to seek power for the prime minister.
But now Chen Yalan's idea has changed a little. Could it be that everything she had thought before was really just overthinking?
So, after some testing, Chen Yalan found that Xu Mao was indeed just as he said, he just wanted to pacify Tubo as soon as possible, and then her attitude towards Xu Mao changed slightly.
The next day.
Chen Yalan was observing and patrolling the city wall as usual.
At this moment, a figure suddenly came hurriedly to Chen Yalan and knelt on the ground: "General Chen, my child is missing."
This person was none other than a merchant from Tubo.
After hearing the merchant's words, Chen Yalan frowned. "How is that possible? The city gates are tightly closed. How could your child disappear for no reason? Have you searched for him privately? Could it be that he hid somewhere out of play and you didn't find him?"
In Chen Yalan's mind, because this place was close to the battlefield, the city gates were basically closed. Not to mention that the little boy was only a child of about ten years old, even for an adult it would be difficult to leave the city. So Chen Yalan immediately thought that the child must have been playing around and didn't know where to hide and was not discovered.
However, after Chen Yalan finished speaking, the businessman frowned and said, "That's impossible, General Chen. After I found out the child was missing, I immediately searched everywhere, but I couldn't find the child. If I wasn't worried, I wouldn't have come to you."
The merchant's words raised a trace of doubt in Chen Yalan's heart. How could a living child suddenly disappear in the city wall that was like an iron barrel?
However, thinking of the map provided by the merchant, and knowing that this merchant could still be useful to her, Chen Yalan naturally couldn't ignore this matter, so she said to the merchant: "Don't worry about this matter, go back and look carefully, and I will also send people to help you find the child."
The businessman came to Chen Yalan hoping that she could lend a helping hand. After getting Chen Yalan's consent, the businessman said no more and immediately turned around and left to find his child.
However, not long after the merchant left and was about to move forward, a sound of breaking through the air was suddenly heard.
The merchant was startled and looked up, only to see an arrow stuck in a pillar not far in front of him.
And there seemed to be a letter on the arrow feathers.
The arrow came from a strange place, and the merchant knew that it might be conveying some message to him, so he immediately ran forward, pulled out the arrow, took the letter, and read it carefully. After reading the letter, the merchant was shocked, turned around immediately, and ran back in the direction he came.
At this time, Chen Yalan was about to tell the soldiers to pay attention to the little boy, but before she could give the order, she saw the businessman running towards her in a hurry again.
"Why are you back again? What happened?" Seeing the businessman's expression, Chen Yalan knew that something must have happened, so she asked quickly.
The businessman was running out of breath. When he saw Chen Yalan, he didn't care about the difference between men and women. He directly held Chen Yalan's arm and took out the letter to show her.
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