“Boom!”

The deafening sound of the gong shook everyone to their core, and they all retreated to the sides with their heads down, only daring to glance at the team approaching the corner of the street with their peripheral vision.

Su Jinyue turned her head and saw the spirited young general standing at the head of the two armies. At a glance, she recognized the familiar yet unfamiliar face.

He had sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, and his temperament was sharp and murderous, but his face was softer than a woman's. With his cold and distant eyes, he looked even more noble and proud.

On the battlefield, he is the "Jade-faced Yama" who is feared by the enemies. He is the most promising grandson of the current Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Xiao Duo.

But Su Jinyue remembered that when she died at the bottom of the cliff and her soul floated above her corpse, it was this person who traveled a long way and went through a lot of trouble to rush to her side, and picked up her bloody body with heartache and care.

"I'm sorry I'm late..."

As her memories returned, Su Jinyue felt someone holding her wrist tightly, trying to pull her aside.

Su Jinyue's mind raced, and taking advantage of Xie Qingxu's unpreparedness, she raised her leg and kicked him hard in the lower body. Xie Qingxu shuddered in pain, but before he could react, Su Jinyue broke free from him, turned around and ran to the middle of the road, blocking the way of the leading horse.

"How dare you! Who are you, girl? How dare you interfere with the army's progress?"

The guard at the side suddenly changed his expression, and stepped forward with a whip to drive Su Jinyue away, but the man in the middle raised his hand to block his way.

Xiao Duo lowered his eyes and looked at Su Jinyue, only to see a woman in front of him wearing a wedding dress, with long loose hair, fair skin and a stunning appearance.

She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Xiao Duo, with the rebelliousness in her eyes like that of a young animal.

"General Xiao, I want to borrow a horse. I will return it to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion double the price tomorrow!"

The guard's expression immediately changed, and he could not help but scold, "Nonsense, our general is going out of the city to suppress bandits, this is a war horse for war, how can you rent it to outsiders at will? Besides, the war horses in the army are picked from a hundred miles away, how can you return double the price?"

By this time, Xie Qingxu had recovered from the pain. He rushed up angrily and anxiously, and kicked Su Jinyue in the knee, causing Su Jinyue to fall to her knees with a thud.

He quickly bowed to Xiao Duo and said, "General Xiao, please forgive me. My wife was born in the countryside and has a bad temper. She has been tainted with many of the bad habits of country women. If I have offended you, please feel free to punish me!"

Su Zhiyao also hurried forward and bowed to apologize, "General, my elder sister has always liked to attract attention. Because she is not likable, she often deliberately does things that attract attention. Please consider that she has lived in the mansion for a long time and is a short-sighted woman who does not know her place. Please do not bother with her!"

Listening to the two of them singing the same tune and degrading themselves to the dust, Su Jinyue just sneered.

He turned his head and looked at Xiao Duo, "General, rest assured. If I borrow, I can pay it back. If you don't pay it back on time, I am willing to give you one million taels of silver as military expenses!"

Xie Qingxu was anxious for a moment. Su Jinyue’s money was his money, so how could he just give it away?

"General Xiao, please don't listen to her nonsense. This bitch is possessed by a ghost. What she said is insane. I will teach her a lesson right now!"

As he said that, he turned around, raised his hand high, and was about to slap Su Jinyue in the face.

Su Jinyue subconsciously wanted to dodge, but Xie Qingxu clamped her wrist and held her firmly in place. Just as she closed her eyes and accepted the slap, she heard a whip crack -

"ah!"

As soon as his wrist loosened, he opened his eyes and saw Xie Qingxu covering his wrist and screaming.

Su Jinyue looked up in a daze, and saw Xiao Duo slowly put away the whip and glanced at him indifferently.

"It's my warhorse. It's not up to others to decide whether to lend it or not."

He glanced at the guard, and even though the guard didn't understand, he immediately led an empty warhorse from behind and came to Su Jinyue.

Su Jinyue held the horse bun in her hand, her eyes showing joy, "Thank you, General Xiao. I will definitely return it tomorrow..."

"No need, this is my own horse, not in the Xuanwu Army."

Xiao Duo led the horse and glanced at Su Jinyue, "If this horse can help its future owner have a smooth journey, it will be worthy of me bringing him all the way back to the capital from the Western Regions."

Su Jinyue's eyes flashed, and she looked at Xiao Duo in a daze for a while before speaking solemnly.

"General Xiao, I will never forget your kindness!"

The conversation between the two made Su Zhiyao's eyes red, and she looked at Xiao Duo with envy and jealousy.

Everyone knows that Xiao Duo is the number one dream lover of the famous ladies in Beijing. Countless young ladies and princesses have fought each other for his favor.

In the past, she had met Xiao Duo twice occasionally, but she couldn't even get a glance from him no matter how hard she tried. Why could Su Jinyue, who was inferior to her in every way, get such help from Xiao Duo?

She took a step forward and looked at Su Jinyue with a worried look in her eyes.

"Sister, don't try to show off just to get General Xiao's attention. After all these years together, I know you can't ride a horse at all. Even if you want to attract other people's attention, you can't joke with your life!"

These words accused Su Jinyue of using any means necessary to get Xiao Duo's attention.

"Besides, even if you didn't get married, you are still Qingxu's wife. In front of so many people, you tried your best to seduce General Xiao. Isn't that a bit too much?"

Su Jinyue didn't care about her nonsense at all. He grabbed the saddle, stepped on the pedal, and jumped onto the horse!

His posture was so light and graceful, and his movements were so quick and decisive that even the soldiers behind Xiao Duo couldn't help but burst into praise.

Before Su Zhiyao could react to her stunned look, a horsewhip hit her hard on the body from mid-air, causing her to curl up uncontrollably in pain.

"Su Jinyue!"

Xie Qingxu shouted loudly.

"Listen to me clearly. My engagement with Xie Qingxu is annulled. I will not marry! From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Xie family!"

She raised the whip and pointed it at Su Zhiyao, seeing the anger in her eyes.

"Don't judge others by yourself. You can't live without a man, and you try your best to attract men's attention. Do you think everyone is the same as you? Sorry, I, Su Jinyue, would never do such a despicable thing as deliberately seducing someone when I know he is engaged!"

"From now on, the road ahead is long and the journey ahead is long. Please stop hindering my future. Go!"