"General!"

Jiang Shanhe threw down the half-burned letter in his hand, which fell to the ground and turned into black ash. He rubbed the black marks on his fingers and looked up at the person who came.

"Has everyone set out?"

The person who came was Li Shouji. The two of them set out from Yonghai County and traveled for three weeks before arriving at their destination in the capital.

Li Shouji bowed and stood up with a look of joy on his face.

"We have set out safely. The troops have been divided into five groups and are quietly moving towards the capital from various places!"

Jiang Shanhe nodded, feeling relieved. Being able to set off safely was considered one third of the success.

The most important thing for this trip is not to attract the emperor's attention. Although there are people in the court who give him hints, as long as the emperor is there, he will always have loyal ministers to protect him.

So they should not take it lightly.

"Tell the people in the court to be careful, and instruct all the troops to keep a low profile!"

Jiang Shanhe instructed Li Shouji again, and Li Shouji understood and said he would remind him again.

Now the arrow has been shot, the bow has been drawn, there is no turning back.

It’s done, everyone is happy.

If you lose, you will die without a burial place.

Li Shouji nodded cautiously and looked at Jiang Shanhe's face, feeling a little worried.

"General, you need to take a rest!"

Li Shouji was a little hesitant, but still couldn't help but remind him. He could see the two dark circles under Jiang Shanhe's eyes.

Jiang Shanhe also knew what Li Shouji was worried about. He chuckled helplessly and rubbed his eyebrows.

"I'm fine, it's just..."

Jiang Shanhe didn't continue talking, his eyes were blank and his mind was wandering.

Li Shouji looked at his expression and couldn't help but complain, here we go again...

Ever since leaving Yonghai County, Jiang Shanhe has been acting strangely. He is always distracted when talking, which has never happened to him before.

At first Li Shouji thought he was worried that the operation would not go smoothly, but later he found that this was not the case.

As a subordinate, Li Shouji didn't dare to guess his affairs, but as a brother, it was another matter.

After Li Shouji leaned back, he changed into casual clothes when it was dark, and knocked on Jiang Shanhe's door with a pot of wine in his hand.

As soon as Jiang Shanhe saw the other person's expression, he understood what he wanted to do.

The two were quite skilled and reached the roof in a short time, then sat cross-legged on the ground.

Jiang Shanhe took out two wine glasses and placed them in the middle. Li Shouji poured wine and handed one of the glasses to the other.

"What? What's bothering you lately?"

Li Shouji asked bluntly. Jiang Shanhe paused for a moment, then raised his head, drank a glass of wine, and sighed.

"It's nothing serious, it's just..."

Jiang Shanhe stopped talking halfway through, which made Li Shouji very anxious. He hated it the most when someone stopped talking halfway through!

"What's going on?"

Jiang Shanhe hesitated, not knowing what to say. If he told him directly, would he think he was sick?

In the end, Jiang Shanhe told the truth.

"It's nothing serious, just..."

After listening to his words, Li Shouji finally understood why.

The cause was the familiar profile and the child that Jiang Shanhe saw when he was leaving the county.

"That's it?"

Li Shouji really didn't understand why he was bothered by it for so long.

Jiang Shanhe sighed, "You are not me, you don't understand."

After saying that, he took a sip of wine and then continued to tell the story.

"I was old enough to get married at that time, and my mother asked a matchmaker to find me a partner. There were two girls who were suitable and also old enough to get married. I hid it from everyone and went to see them secretly. I fell in love with her at first sight."

After saying this, Jiang Shanhe laughed out loud in embarrassment.

"Is she pretty?"

Li Shouji raised an eyebrow, recognizing his smile.

"She was indeed very beautiful. I spotted her at first sight among the crowd. I went back and told my mother about her. Knowing that her family was in a bad situation, my mother gave her half of her grain as a betrothal gift. In fact, our family was not well-off, but my mother still betrothed her to me. On the wedding night, when I lifted the veil, I still remember her face."

Jiang Shanhe fell into memories. If she were to be described with a line of poetry that night, it would be: The spring breeze blowing along the Yangzhou Road for ten miles is never as good as the rolled up pearl curtain.

Li Shouji felt a little jealous when listening to his description. Who made him a bachelor?

"But I was arrested and sent to the army the next day. It has been nearly four years since we last saw each other. I don't know if she is still waiting for me..."

Jiang Shanhe was filled with sorrow, but in fact he and Xiaoguo only said a few words on their wedding night.

He lifted the veil, drank wedding wine, and had sex, and was arrested the next day.

I didn't even look back to see her before I left, so it would be understandable if she didn't wait for me.

But if she waits for me, what qualifications do I have?

"Maybe she's still waiting for you at home. Her children are all grown up now!"

As Li Shouji said this, Jiang Shanhe was also a little moved, thinking of that profile and the child...

After Li Shouji finished speaking, he drank a glass of wine, slapped his thigh after a while and exclaimed, why did he just remember it?

"Oh, right! When I went to the county market the other day, I also saw a child who looked very similar to you. Could it be the same person?"

Hearing him say this, Jiang Shanhe's heart started beating wildly. No way!

"Should we send someone to investigate? Anyway, it's almost time to stop now."

Li Shouji suggested from the side.

Jiang Shanhe was the most important person in Shao Zhan's plan. He was killed in order to make it easier for him to secretly gather troops. Therefore, he could not appear in public or contact his family.

In order to not be distracted and to carry out King Zhan's mission wholeheartedly, he endured the pain of missing her all the time.

At this point, I am not unmoved by Li Shouji's proposal, but...

In the end, Jiang Shanhe shook his head and sighed.

There is a chance of success. If the mission is successful, I can retire and go home to be with them.

But if he had contacted them and given them a surprise, how could he give them pain again after the accident? Forget it, just wait until everything succeeds.

Although Li Shouji had no family, he could still understand Jiang Shanhe's dilemma.

Without saying anything else, the two of them drank glass after glass as the sky gradually darkened.

Both of them can drink quite a lot, so they were fine after drinking a whole bottle of wine.

Jiang Shanhe raised his head and looked at the moon with an unclear expression, "The moon has been getting rounder recently."

The sound was so light that it seemed to be blown away by the wind.

Although the sound was small, Li Shouji still heard it.

"A letter?"

Jiang Shanhe hummed and continued to look at the moon.

"It's almost Mid-Autumn Festival."

He uttered an ambiguous word, jumped up, and landed on the ground in an instant. He turned and walked into the house, leaving Li Shouji alone.

Li Shouji resigned himself to his fate, picked up the wine glass and wine pot in his hands, and jumped down as well.

The moonlight in the sky emitted a cold and lonely glow. Li Shouji took a last look at the moon, suddenly shuddered, rubbed his arms, and trotted back to his room.

It looks like the temperature will drop after the Mid-Autumn Festival.