The next day.
When Tang Li got up, he saw Shopkeeper Hua sitting listlessly behind the counter.
Shopkeeper Hua was more loyal than she had imagined.
"Sister Hua, it doesn't matter if he's gone. The next one will be better looking." Tang Li advised.
"Ten taels of silver, Tangtang. It cost me ten taels of silver to treat him, and he left without saying a word. This is the first time I've spent money on a man. No man has ever made me spend money before." Shopkeeper Hua said, covering his chest.
Tangli: “…”
It turns out that he was worried about the money.
Tang Li gave up the idea of comforting her. Just as the two of them were about to go out, they suddenly saw a group of soldiers passing by outside the door.
The officers and soldiers stopped at the door of the inn and walked in.
Shopkeeper Hua perked up immediately: "Brother officer, what's going on? What happened?"
The officer didn't respond to her words and said coldly, "Search!"
At the command of the leader, more than a dozen officers and soldiers rushed in, searched the entire inn, and left quickly after the search.
Tang Li was held in Wei Qing's arms and witnessed the search.
This was not the first time that Tangli was searched by officers and soldiers, but the officers and soldiers' efficiency was obviously not as good as this time. These officers and soldiers were all well-trained.
Shopkeeper Hua stretched his head and watched the officers and soldiers leave with a puzzled look on his face.
"What's going on? What are you searching for?"
Tang Li couldn't help but think of the young man.
There shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?
This place is located on the border and is quite chaotic. They might be searching for someone or something else.
The search by officers and soldiers was just a small episode. The more important thing was to find General Cao.
Tang Li and Wei Qing took a carriage and went directly to the military camp.
Tang Li looked at the military camp. This was her second time here, so she was not unfamiliar with it.
Wei Qing looked at the solemn military camp, his face showing no fear, only curiosity.
Tang Li handed the token given by General Cao to the soldier guarding the door. After seeing it, the soldier did not dare to delay and ran in quickly.
The two waited for a while, and a soldier walked out of the barracks. Judging from his clothes, this soldier's rank should be higher than the soldier guarding the door.
"Please follow me in, both of you."
Tang Li and Wei Qing were brought into the tent.
"Please take a seat, both of you. General Cao is not in the barracks at the moment. General Cao will come over later." said the soldier.
General Cao?
Who is General Cao?
Tang Li and Wei Qing waited for a while and saw a young man coming in.
The young man was tall and of ordinary appearance, but he was smiling and very friendly, not at all like a general who had been killing people on the battlefield.
"You two, I am Cao Hua, General Cao's deputy general. The general is not in the barracks. If you two have any urgent matters, I will try my best to help." Cao Hua said.
Tang Li said, "It's nothing urgent. I just want to visit General Cao. When will General Cao be back?"
"In the afternoon," said Cao Hua.
It's just in the afternoon, not in a few days.
Tang Li wanted to know more information. If only her dream was clearer, she wouldn't have to be so clueless like now.
It made her want to be the butterfly flapping its wings, but she didn't know how to do it.
Tang Li and Wei Qing continued to wait.
In the afternoon, Cao Shao came back and went to see Tang Li as soon as he came back. He was covered in dust.
"Little girl, what do you want from me?" Cao Shao asked.
Tang Li snorted, "Does it really have to be something? Can't I just come and see you?"
Cao Shao raised his eyebrows: "So I am so important to this girl that she even came all the way to see me."
"Don't say such things, it will cause misunderstandings. My husband is here, Uncle Cao."
Cao Shao laughed loudly. This was a disguised way of saying that he was old. This girl had a really vicious tongue.
Cao Hua was standing by, stunned.
He had been adopted by General Cao and had been with him for almost ten years. However, General Cao was a strict man with high expectations of him, often scolding and beating him. He was stern and stern. Cao Hua was also afraid of him and was respectful in his presence. He had never seen General Cao like this before, arguing with a little girl and enjoying it.
He couldn't help but look at the little girl twice more.
"Uncle Cao, I have something to give you." Tang Li said.
Cao Shao stretched out his rough big palm towards Tangli.
Tang Li glanced at Wei Qing. Wei Qing rummaged in his arms, then took out two eggs and placed them in Cao Shao's palm.
Cao Shao stared at the two eggs, his eyes seemed to be bursting into tears.
You came all the way here just to give him two eggs?
"Uncle Cao, don't despise me. A gift of goose feathers from a thousand miles away is more valuable than the thought behind it." Tang Li said.
Well, this girl has so many twisted ideas, and she still convinces him.
"Uncle Cao, I heard the Xiongnu soldiers are very fierce. You should be careful."
"Don't worry, once my archers are trained, they will beat those brats into a pulp." Cao Shao said.
Cao Shao was so busy because he was training archers.
"What if they attack during this time?"
"Then I'm not afraid of him! Besides, those brats don't have the courage." Cao Shao said confidently.
Tang Li and Wei Qing stayed in the military camp for a while and then left.
To others, the two were just ordinary country men and women, so they naturally couldn't ask about military information right away. If they did, not only would General Cao not answer, he might even think they were ignorant and meddling.
So, I chatted about family matters and took the opportunity to find out some information about the military.
"Husband, what do you think?" Tang Li asked.
"General Cao is very confident in his defense." Wei Qing said.
Tangli felt the same way.
Since Cao Shao was so confident, why was he beaten so badly by the Huns later?
Tangli always felt that there was something wrong here.
The two returned to the inn.
Shopkeeper Hua's mood had changed drastically. He had been sad that morning, but now he had a smile on his face and walked with a breeze. He said hello to Tang Li and then hid in his room.
"You adjusted your mood pretty quickly." Tang Li said, looking at the closed door of Shopkeeper Hua's room.
"His face is rosy, there is good news." Wei Qing seemed to be thinking about something.
Any good news?
Then why hide it?
Tang Li was a little surprised, but she didn't think much about it. Her attention was now on the safety of Qinzhou City.
As time went by, she became more and more uneasy, fearing that what she dreamed of might happen at any time.
"Wife, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Everyone has their own destiny. We should just do our best and leave the rest to fate." Wei Qing looked at her frown and rubbed it with his fingertips, trying to smooth it out.
He didn't want to see his wife suffer at all.
It would be great if he had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command and could make Qinzhou City as impregnable as a solid wall with just one order.
It would be great if he was in a high position and had the power to make anyone he wanted live or die, completely satisfying his wife's wishes.
Tangli didn't know what her man was thinking. She leaned her little head on his chest and nodded.
Indeed, she is not a savior and cannot save the people of a city.
But she still felt sad.
Cao Shao, Shopkeeper Hua, and the waiters in the inn were all people she was familiar with, and she didn't want anything to happen to them at all.
"It would be better if my dream could be clearer." Tang Li said.
Cao Shao is very confident now, which means that the Huns must have played some tricks.
As far as Tang Li knew, the reason why a powerful army was defeated could be that the enemy suddenly increased its troops, or that its own food supplies were burned. Only if he knew the details could he flap his wings to the key place.
Tangli really wanted to dream more clearly.
Unexpectedly, she actually dreamed about it that night.
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