Xiao Huaishuo also recognized the jade pendant. He kept clenching his hand holding the jade pendant, and his lips, as thin as a knife, were pursed into a line.

"Yes, this is his stuff."

"He is one of my father's most valued men. He has been guarding the southern border of Daqian with my father and two brothers for many years, while I have been guarding the northern border of Daqian."

"Half a year ago, a war suddenly broke out between Daqian and Southern Xinjiang. My father and two brothers were all missing. The emperor urgently ordered me to take over my father's position and transferred me to guard the southern border. First, I was not familiar with the terrain here, and second, I didn't expect him to betray me. In the battle of Lantian Pass, we were surrounded by the Beili and Southern Xinjiang coalition forces. All 50,000 soldiers were wiped out. I was also stabbed by Li Zhiyuan's sword. I escaped at my death."

Xiao Huaishuo leaned weakly against an old tree, and his voice was trembling when he spoke.

"Ningning, you don't know that he is the one who should never have betrayed us. His father was a close friend of the king, but unfortunately he died in battle fifteen years ago. He was only three years old that year, and the king took pity on him for losing his parents at such a young age, so he raised him as his own son."

"He grew up with me, lived and ate with us, but we never treated him as a human. My father, because he missed his deceased comrade, sometimes treated him better than his brothers."

"Ningning, I didn't expect that the person who betrayed us would be like him, really..."

Su Qingning sighed helplessly, walked forward, hugged Xiao Huaishuo and gently stroked his back.

She recalled the description in the first half of the original book, that Li Zhiyuan and the Xiao family really got along like one family.

He and Hsiao Wai-shuo grew up together, trained in the military camp together, and learned to read in school together. There were even many sisters in the comment section who urged the author to lock up this couple.

Afterwards, the Xiao family suffered and it was revealed that the adulterer was this person. Not only the protagonists did not expect this, but even the readers did not expect it.

But Su Qingning didn't quite understand why Li Zhiyuan was betrayed by the Xiao family, so he could only touch Xiao Huaishuo's head gently like a dog and said:

"If you don't understand, why don't you ask him in person? Ask him how your Xiao family has wronged him to deserve this. And then..."

Su Qingning winked playfully and made a gesture of wiping her neck.

"Tell him again that it's a good idea and you don't have to think about it anymore."

"Puff—"

Seeing her cute expression, Xiao Huaishuo couldn't help but chuckle. He hugged Su Qingning tightly and rested his chin lightly on the top of her head.

"Ningning, it's great to have you."

"I often think that I must have saved the world in my previous life, which is why I met you in this life."

"I must do more good deeds in this life, so that I can definitely meet you again in the next life."

The warm wind blew gently, and the leaves in the forest all rustled, as if they were echoing what he said.

Xiao Huaishuo's jet-black long hair was blown by the wind, gently touching her earlobes like a little cat's paw, and at the same time touching her nipples.

Su Qingning moved back somewhat uncomfortably.

Although she only believed that whoever had the stronger fist would be the boss, and she looked down on the big cake of "doing more good deeds and getting rewards". But she couldn't bear to break the beautiful fantasy of the sticky cultivator, so she had to say:

"놆놆놆, let's do more good deeds in this life, and we will be together in the next life. Do good deeds in every life, and we will be together in every life!"

"good!"

Su Qingning clearly felt that the person in front of him had become more cheerful. He immediately asked Xiao Ai:

[There is no body of Li Zhiyuan nearby. Where is he now? ]

A circle symbol of "loading" immediately appeared on Xiao Ai's screen, and the voice became intermittent.

[Um... Sister Su, I... I can only detect intelligence information from living people. For dead people and objects, I can only detect where they came from.]

[Some of these corpses belong to Li Zhiyuan's men, and some belong to people from the underworld.]

Xiao Huaishuo also nodded after thinking about it:

"He must have reached some agreement with the people of Beili and Nanjiang. After I was injured, the Beili-Nanjiang coalition retreated. The emperor praised him for his contribution in repelling the enemy and promoted him to the rank of third-rank general Guide, letting him lead 50,000 border troops to guard Yong'an City, which is adjacent to Nanjiang."

"This is the only way to Yong'an City. He must have been attacked when he passed by here, and he accidentally lost the jade pendant here when he was trying to escape."

Su Qingning couldn't help but admire Xiao Huaishuo's ability to think clearly, as he analyzed the matter so quickly. He immediately patted his shoulders like a brother.

"Okay, okay! Now that we know where he is, it's easy to deal with him. If you have the guts to touch Sister Su's people, you should be prepared to be killed by Sister Su, don't you think?"

"Well, Sister Su is right!"

Xiao Huaishuo couldn't help but smile. Although Su Qingning was younger than him, the atmosphere was so good that he felt that Sister Su should come to show some support.

The two of them discussed it and were in a very happy mood.

After Xiao Huaishuo blew a signal to let the nearby covert guards clean up the bodies here, he and Su Qingning walked hand in hand towards the Xiao family.

This place was still quite a distance from the cave, so neither Grandmother nor the stealth guards noticed that there were several corpses deep in the bushes.

As Su Qingning and Xiao Huaishuo walked over, they smelled the aroma of grilled fish wafting from their faces.

The fish was caught by Xiao Huai-jin in a nearby stream. It is pure natural, pollution-free and has delicious meat.

Coupled with the second sister-in-law's good cooking skills and Su Qingning's seasoning, the taste can rival the popular midnight snacks that you have to queue up to buy in modern night markets.

In order to ensure that everyone had a balanced diet, Su Qingning took out some vegetable soup and medicinal meals that he had stockpiled in the restaurant and distributed them to everyone.

The family finished their meal happily and then turned off the fire and prepared to go to bed.

There are three large caves in the valley, and the Xiao family intended to reserve one for Su Qingning and Xiao Huaishuo to live in alone.

At this time, the cave assigned to them had been cleaned by their mother and sister-in-law, and was covered with thick hay, which looked very warm.

However, Su Qingning had confessed to Xiao Huaishuo every day, and she was too lazy to pretend now.

While it was late at night and everyone had returned to the cave, he took Xiao Huaishuo directly back to his large flat.

I have to say that the male protagonist's ability to accept things is really good. Su Qingning mentioned many modern things in the space and he remembered them.

Although I am still somewhat uncomfortable with modern life, it is not like in some TV dramas where people make jokes everywhere because they cannot adapt to the modern world after traveling to it.

Su Qingning was indeed a little tired from jumping up and down all day, so after washing up, they fell on the big Simmons bed and fell asleep soon after.

It was not until Su Qingning woke up naturally the next day that she and Xiao Huaishuo packed up and left the space.

After breakfast, the family set out on the journey to Yongancheng to collect debts.

A few miles away, in the Huwei Camp commander's tent, Li Qimin, the son of Prince Jingnan, also received a "big gift" from Su Qingning two days later.

Li Qimin quickly read the Beili intelligence sent to him by Lieutenant General Zhang, and he felt relieved and laughed out loud.

"Hahaha! That Beili kid is coming with all his might, and he has taken over half of Daqian. Now I finally have him in my hands."

"You did a great job, and I'll give you two ounces of gold! Lieutenant General Zhang, where are your 10,000 soldiers now?"

"Forehead..."

Lieutenant General Zhang, who was covered in dust and dirt, had a momentary brain freeze.

He remembered that he had led a small team to capture a hidden base of the Beili Regent. After the rest of the people were gone, he rode his horse at full speed to deliver a message to his master.

As for the whereabouts of those people...

He couldn't remember.

Fortunately, Li Qimin is in a good mood now, and he was immediately amazed by the crossbow sketches included in the Beili intelligence.

"Great! Is this a three-bow crossbow? I didn't expect that just a slight modification could greatly improve the range and accuracy!"

"And this divine arm bow! This Zhuge crossbow!!!"

"Eh? Who is Zhuge?"

"Forehead..."

Lieutenant General Zhang didn't know either.

However, Li Qimin did not dwell on this issue. These drawings were actually some ancient crossbow drawings collected by Su Qingning. Although they were like toys to her, they were like treasures to Li Qimin.

Even the confidence that was worn away by the Beili people has returned.

Before receiving these drawings and intelligence, Li Qimin was ready to surrender.

But now, he felt that he could fight Beili on equal terms!

Of course, this was also Su Qingning's intention. She didn't want Li Qimin to surrender so quickly.

She wanted Li Qimin and the Beili people to fight for a while longer. When everyone's strength was almost exhausted, it would be much easier for her to deal with these people.

Li Qiming didn't know Su Qingning's little thoughts. The more he looked at these bow and crossbow pictures, the more satisfied he was and he was so happy that he almost flew to heaven.

"Hahaha! I didn't expect that Beili kid has already developed such a sophisticated crossbow! I see their army hasn't used these weapons yet, it must be because they have just been developed and haven't had time to produce them yet!"

As he said this, he casually summoned a hidden guard and ordered:

"Have someone quickly make some crossbows according to these sketches! We will catch Beili off guard this time before he gets such advanced weapons!"

"놆!"

The secret guard took the order and left. Li Qimin was grinning from ear to ear, looking quite like a young man full of vigor and vitality.

Suddenly, he remembered that he had asked Lieutenant General Zhang to look for Xiao's treasure some time ago. Just as he was about to ask about the progress, he heard a series of greetings from the front:

"I pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor."

A flash of panic flashed across Li Qimin's eyes, and he shouted in a low voice:

"Hide behind the screen!"

Deputy General Zhang and his group of people were the private army he had raised behind the back of the old emperor. Before he had a complete break with the old emperor, he definitely didn't want him to be exposed in front of anyone!

But in the next second, the door curtain was opened, and the old emperor's voice was close at hand!

"Min'er, what are you doing?!"