After they arrived at the East Gate Tower, Jian Ning took out a military super-long-range infrared night vision telescope, adjusted the focus, and handed it to Huo Jincheng.
"Wow!" Huo Jincheng took a quick look and marveled. He took out the telescope and looked again. There was only a hazy expanse of yellow sand ahead, and no city could be seen at all. But when he looked through the telescope again, he could clearly see the closed city gate of Jishui County, as if it were right next to him. He could even see the soldiers walking back and forth on the city wall.
Ding Youtian stood beside Huo Jincheng, his gaze darting like a parabola into the endless darkness ahead. Even his voice seemed tinged with the thick night. "Before, only a few people were seen on the battlements of the city gate. Now, groups of three or five soldiers can be seen everywhere, and teams of more than ten people are walking back and forth."
"A team of sixteen people." Huo Jincheng's gaze moved down and fell back on the tightly closed city gate. At present, the two countries have not yet officially declared war, but the border counties have tacitly stopped trading with each other. Before the time of the key drop, the city gates on both sides have been closed early.
Huo Jincheng gave the telescope to Qin Yifan. Although he was surprised at where Jian Ning got this thing, he resisted the urge to ask.
There's no point asking, he knows it.
On the way back, Jian Ning casually asked Huo Jincheng, "Why did you think of adopting Dajun as your son?"
"Do you think I sympathize with him?"
If it wasn't sympathy, then it could really be for Ah Man? If Ah Man's favorite happened to be her family's Da Bao, wouldn't Ah Man be furious with her personality?
Jane Ning felt a headache just thinking about it.
Forget it, let’s talk about the future later. No one knows what the situation will be like in the future, so Jane Ning can only suppress this matter for the time being and not think about it anymore.
In short, there will always be a way out when the car reaches the mountain. There is no point in thinking too much now. Marriage is predestined by heaven. Just like she never thought before that she would marry an ancient person in the future, a person whom she resisted at first but is now completely devoted to and wishes to stay with him forever!
Jian Ning couldn't help but glance at Ding Youtian. Noticing her gaze, Ding Youtian also turned to look at her and smiled slightly. Jian Ning's heart seemed to be urged to bloom, and she felt warm.
When they reached the foot of Jinguan Mountain, Jian Ning took a shortcut down a narrow path covered in thorns and steep cliffs. This was the path that the villagers had recently taken her up when they went up the mountain to collect herbs. The slope ahead was a bit steep, so Jian Ning climbed it in a few steps and then turned back to lead Ding Youtian.
Huo Jincheng tutted at the sight and turned to look at Qin Yifan. "This is truly remarkable! Lord Qin, have you ever seen a man so imposing that he couldn't even climb a slope and needed a woman to lead him?"
Ding Youtian scoffed, then went up and said confidently, "My wife is happy to help me, are you angry? You're angry for no reason. Even if you can't get up, I won't let my wife help you."
"Everyone has different abilities. My husband is incredibly knowledgeable, but do you have any?" Jian Ning gouged out her eyes at Huo Jincheng. "He can even get the Spirit Clan's Sheep Immortal to work for him. Can you do the same?"
"Mr. Huo didn't say anything just now." Huo Jincheng pointed his toes and jumped up.
"Just treat it as a fart!" Ding Youtian said, kicking him with his toes and nodding his chin at Qin Yifan who was still at the bottom of the slope. "Don't stand there, give Brother Yifan a hand. Do you think I'm the only one who can't get up here? Can you be a little more discerning?"
Qin Yifan had already extended his hand with a smile. Huo Jincheng was embarrassed now. He wanted to say something to make up for it but couldn't think of anything. So he just frowned and said nothing and pulled him up.
When they were still two arrows' distance away from the cave, several spirit pets smelled their scent and started to get agitated, but they didn't dare to leave their posts. They just made some small noises to show that they knew they were coming.
Qin Yifan had seen those weapons before he came back, but this was the first time Huo Jincheng saw them. When he saw the two neatly arranged rows of XL laser snipers, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at Jian Ning, "Isn't this the hidden weapon you used before? Could it be that your master is also an elf?"
Huo Jincheng still found it hard to convince himself that Jian Ning had met a hidden master in her childhood and had learned miraculous medical and martial arts skills in just over a year. If her master was a spirit, then it would make sense. After all, spirits can transform into humans, so what can't they do?
"I only know that my master is a hermit." Jane Ning would never go along with his words. If she did that, her master would become a spirit, which means that her master is not human. Wouldn't she be committing treason?
She would never do such a thing!
Half a month later, the Yue Kingdom issued a declaration of war to the Dayan Dynasty. The envoys were extremely arrogant and threatened that their national master would set up a formation outside the city and give Yan Dynasty one and a half months. If no one in Yan Dynasty could break the formation set up by the national master within one and a half months, they would have to cede fifteen cities and pay a compensation of 100,000 taels of silver, tens of thousands of pieces of silk and a large number of antiques and porcelain.
After hearing what the messenger said, Jian Ning laughed. Could it be that Pei Xiyuan has gone crazy?
Ding Youtian also sneered, "Go back and tell Pei Xiyuan to go to bed. He can dream about anything. Get lost!"
"Wait!" Jian Ning's face darkened. "We can't let him go back like this. Cut off one of his ears to wake the people of Yue Country!"
The envoy was not frightened by her words. Instead, he shook his head proudly and laughed, "When two countries go to war, they don't kill the envoys. I'm afraid you won't be able to keep my ear!"
"Bullshit!" Ding Youtian bowed his head at Tong Bajin and the others. "Since my madam has said so, why don't you just leave? Cut off both your ears."
Erlangzi rushed over first. The others were already furious and immediately carried the envoy out like a chick.
After a moment, screams like a pig being slaughtered were heard.
Huo Jincheng only learned the news after the Yue Kingdom envoy was thrown out of the city gate, covered in blood. He hurried back to the county government office, read the declaration of war, and gritted his teeth. "How shameless! How shameless!"
Damn it! Who said it wasn't true? They didn't even bother to find a proper excuse to invade, and just set up shop for a while. If you can't break it, you have to cede land and pay silver. This kind of bandit logic is so fucking destructive!
While chopping the meat, Jian Ning cursed the invaders in her heart, wishing she could chop all the invaders into minced meat to vent her hatred!
That night, Huo Jincheng flew to the capital with a declaration of war. The next day, Emperor Yongkang personally attended the battlefield selection meeting and increased the original 200,000 elite troops to 300,000.
Before the army moves, food and supplies must be sent ahead.
On the official road outside the capital, the line of grain carts stretched as far as the eye could see.
Three days later, at the exact time of Si, King Pingnan led 300,000 elite soldiers and set off amid the cheers of the people lining the streets!
Dabao and Dajun, two young soldiers in military uniforms, were also in the queue. To make themselves look more dignified, they both had tense faces and looked straight ahead. Suddenly, on the right side of the street, a little girl in apricot clothes poked her head out from behind a group of people, with a handsome and stylish black silver fox following at her feet.
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