The weather was sunny in the morning, but at noon a strong wind suddenly blew, bringing a large dark cloud.
Li Nian looked at the dark sky and frowned. "It looks like it's going to rain heavily soon. Let's go back to the inn first. Bai Ying is already grown up, so she will definitely come back when she sees it raining."
Li Sisi nodded quickly: "Okay, I don't know when the rain will stop, let's buy some food on the way back."
"good."
Dark clouds enveloped the entire city at an extremely fast speed.
"Boom! Boom!" The sounds of lightning and thunder followed.
"Hualala--" The heavy rain seemed to be pouring down from the sky, fast and quick.
The two best friends ran towards the inn in the rain with umbrellas in hand. When they arrived at the door of the inn, they were soaked all over, like two drowned rats.
In the lobby, Pei Yanli was sitting on a bench in a dark robe. His dark eyes were filled with worry, and he stared sternly at the entrance of the inn.
When Li Sisi was putting away her umbrella, Pei Yanli strode over and took off his outer robe to put it on Li Sisi.
Li Sisi was so startled that she almost attacked. When she saw who was putting the clothes on her, her eyes suddenly lit up and she said happily, "Pei Yanli, you're back?"
She poked her head inside the inn and looked around. She only saw the two sons of her wet nurse sitting there. No one else was there. She hurriedly asked, "Isn't Bai Ying back yet?"
Pei Yanli replied in a cold voice with a hint of tenderness: "No."
"Oh, it's raining so hard!" Aunt Pei's voice came from the gate. She didn't have an umbrella and her body was wet even more than the two sisters.
Aunt Pei and Aunt Shen were completely wet. They rubbed their faces randomly before they could see clearly the three people standing in front of them.
Aunt Pei was the first to shout, "Yanli? You're finally back!"
Seeing that several people seemed to be getting soaked as they stood there chatting in the cold wind, Li Nian hurriedly reminded them, "Everyone, go back to the house and change clothes first, so as not to catch a cold."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aunt Pei sneezed: "A-choo! All right, go back to the house first, don't catch a cold!"
Li Nian went back to the room, changed into clean clothes, and wiped his hair with a dry towel.
Yu Niang brought ginger soup into the room and said, "Miss, I made some ginger soup. Please drink some to warm yourself up."
"Thanks."
Li Nian took the ginger soup and sipped it. Then, remembering that the others had also come back in the rain, she said, "Yu Niang, please make more ginger soup and bring a bowl to everyone later."
Yu Niang replied, "Okay, I cooked a big pot, it should be enough for you to drink."
Li Nian nodded, wiped her hair and went to the next room to see Jinhe.
The little guy has adapted to the environment very well and is now sleeping quietly again.
After seeing Jinhe, Li Nian walked towards the lobby in front.
At this moment, except for Shen Qianye, everyone else has basically returned.
"You haven't found Bai Ying either?" Aunt Shen was a little panicked at this moment.
"No."
"I looked everywhere, and I looked again on the way back, but I didn't see Bai Ying."
Hearing everyone's answers, Aunt Shen's face was filled with panic, and her voice was a little unstable with worry: "What should I do? Will anything happen to my Bai Ying?"
Aunt Pei sat beside her, holding her hand tightly, and comforted her: "Don't worry, everything will be fine. Bai Ying is such a grown-up, maybe she saw it was raining and was hiding somewhere. Isn't this polite?"
She said with some pride, "My Yanli is now a garrison commander! When Qianye comes back, if he still hasn't found Baiying, have him go to the government office and tell the officials to help look for her."
Thinking about how her eldest son never gave her any face and always ruthlessly rejected her requests.
Aunt Pei was unsure at the moment. She just looked at Pei Yanli and asked tentatively, "Yanli, can you help me with this?"
Pei Yanli nodded: "Of course."
When Aunt Pei heard that he agreed, she couldn't help but straighten her chest, and a hint of pride appeared between her eyebrows.
Aunt Shen smiled as if relieved: "That's good, I feel relieved that Yanli can help me."
Wang Yi stared at Pei Yanli with a gloomy expression. When he saw Pei Yanli looking at him, he quickly smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Lord Pei, to help me find Bai Ying. I, Wang Yi, will be grateful to you forever."
Pei Yanli said calmly, "You're welcome. Bai Ying and I are friends after all."
Aunt Shen felt a little unhappy when she heard his explanation. Her Bai Ying had been pursuing Pei Yanli for so many years, and all he said was, "Just friends?"
Alas! Poor Bai Ying, her infatuation was ultimately in vain.
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Outside Dong'an City, heavy rain also poured down on the army.
"Brother Yu, why don't we find a place to shelter from the rain! It's raining so heavily, they definitely won't leave the city at this time." Qi Heng said while wiping the rain off his face.
Xiao Yunyu's brows were gloomy. The heavy rain in the northwest really came without any warning.
Looking at the still Dong'an City, Xiao Yunyu narrowed his rain-soaked eyes and asked, "Are you sure a spy from Xiyuan has gone in to report the news?"
"Sure! I saw them go in with my own eyes!" Qi Heng's tone was firm and serious.
Xiao Yunyu glanced back at his soldiers and ordered, "Pass the order down and find a place to shelter from the rain. If the enemy troops in Dong'an City leave the city later, we can just give them a heads-up. Pay attention to your own safety."
"Ah? What are you trying to say?" Qi Heng looked puzzled.
Xiao Yunyu patiently explained, "Xidi City is more important to them than Dong'an City. Once their troops have gone to Xidi, our people will take Dong'an City in one fell swoop. As for Xidi, let Wang Jiang and the others take care of it slowly."
Qi Heng finally came to his senses, his eyes, washed by the rain, sparkling brightly. "I was wondering why you didn't stop Wang Jiang from replacing the flags on the Xidi City Wall! And you let them drive our people out of Xidi City, and even said you'd give him the credit. Turns out we were waiting for him here! Hehe!"
Xiao Yunyu glanced at him and warned, "Don't underestimate the small number of troops in Dong'an City. The morale of the Xiyuan Kingdom is high now. We cannot underestimate the enemy. Either we capture Dong'an City in one fell swoop, or we will die in Dong'an City."
Xiao Yunyu's deep peach blossom eyes were filled with bloodthirsty madness: "Dong'an City must be taken!"
Before deciding to come to the northwest, he had the idea of burning his boats in his mind. Now that he was here, he would either fight to the death or die in battle.
He was alone and needed no escape route.
"Hey, Brother Yu, they're here, the people are coming out!" Qi Heng had just received the news from Ma Tan and hurried over to report.
Xiao Yunyu's eyes flashed with burning heat when he heard this. He curled his lips and ordered Qi Heng: "Follow the previous orders, everyone take your positions and follow orders."
Qi Heng was both nervous and excited, for this was the first battle he had ever fought in his life!
"Yes! Don't worry, Brother Yu!" Qi Heng said, and immediately turned around and left.
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