Yin Wan'er rolled her eyes quietly, thinking: My stepmother is afraid that others don't know that I ran away secretly. But I still understand my father's character. He is careless in other things, but always cautious in his own affairs.
Sure enough, Lord Yin shouted angrily: "You are confused. How can you investigate this matter so openly? Do you want to save Wan'er's reputation?"
The noble lady was startled and quickly explained, "Master, you misunderstood. I meant to investigate quietly. How can such a thing be investigated in a public manner?"
Lord Yin calmed down his anger a little and said, "Wan'er, don't worry, Dad will get to the bottom of this matter and won't let you suffer any injustice."
Yin Wan'er nodded. This matter must be investigated thoroughly, not because she was hit, but because many people were injured at that time. Before she fainted, she saw many innocent people who were either burned or hit by the collapsed shelves like her.
Yin Wan'er said to Lord Yin: "Dad, I want to talk to you alone."
Lord Yin immediately dismissed the servants and said to the noble lady, "You should go back to your room and rest!"
The noble lady bit her lip and wanted to say something, but seeing Lord Yin's majestic eyes, she dared not say anything more and retreated.
After everyone left, Yin Wan'er said, "Dad, this time I was saved by a man named An Yong. We must repay him well."
Lord Yin nodded and said, "Well, our Yin family is a family that knows how to repay kindness. Can you find out where the man named An Yong lives? We can also send him a valuable gift to express our gratitude."
Yin Wan'er shook her head and said, "I don't know about that, but according to Xiaolian, he should be close to Captain Zheng. We can go ask Captain Zheng."
Lord Yin didn't know where Captain Zheng lived, but he knew there was a captain named Zheng in the army, so he said, "Okay, I'll send someone to find out tomorrow."
After the father and daughter finished their conversation, Lord Yin returned to his study.
On the other side, An Yong found Zheng Bowen and his servant waiting at the same place. Zheng Bowen looked at An Yong, who looked a little embarrassed, and said, "Brother An, why did you take so long? Are you injured?"
An Yong shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's go back quickly! Otherwise, Uncle Zheng and Aunt Zheng will be worried." Zheng Bowen nodded, and they went home.
The next day, An Yong packed up his personal belongings and the things he brought for his comrades, and followed Captain Zheng back to the military camp.
After returning to the tent, An Yong waited for a while before the people in the same tent came back from the martial arts arena. When they saw An Yong coming back, they all came up to him and asked him all kinds of questions.
EY dismissed them all with a single reply, “No big deal.”
An Yong distributed the things he brought back to everyone. Everyone stopped surrounding An Yong and started to grab the food, which made An Yong laugh. In this way, An Yong lived a tense military life again.
Three days later, An Yong was training in the martial arts arena when he saw the commander's personal guards walking towards him. He walked up to An Yong and said, "Centurion An, the commander is looking for you."
An Yong knew that it might be a reward from the capital, so he said, "Brother, please lead the way."
The personal soldier brought An Yong to the study of Marquis Zhenyuan.
After entering the study, An Yong bowed to the Marquis of Zhenyuan and said, "I am here to see you, Commander."
Zhenyuan Hou put down the pen in his hand and said, "Captain An, there is no need to be so polite."
After An Yong stood up, Zhenyuan Hou asked, "How is your injury recovering?"
An Yong said, "Thanks to the medicine prescribed by the doctor in the commander's mansion, my health is better now than before I was injured." An Yong's family was poor when he was young, so he suffered a lot. Although his body looks strong on the surface, it has also suffered some damage. This time, after taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor in the commander's mansion, he really made up for the previous loss.
Marquis Zhenyuan nodded and said, "That's good. The reward from the capital has come. Because your contribution this time is quite great, the emperor has made an exception and appointed you as General Dingyuan."
The emperor appointed An Yong as General Dingyuan because the court now values civil officials over military officials, and there are not many young people who can lead troops in battle, so the emperor also wants to inject fresh blood into the military. In addition, Marquis Zhenyuan said a lot of good things about An Yong, saying that he can read and write and is a talented person with great potential, so An Yong was promoted from a low-ranking centurion to General Dingyuan in an instant.
An Yong knelt down and saluted to express his gratitude. Zhenyuan Hou said, "You should stand up first! The imperial edict of appointment will probably arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. I just want to inform you in advance." Then he picked up the two books on the table and said, "Take these two military books back and study them carefully. If you have any questions, come and ask me at any time."
An Yong clasped his fists and saluted, saying, "I would like to thank the commander for his cultivation."
Zhenyuan Hou nodded and said, "I have nothing to do now, you can go back first!"
An Yong bowed again before taking the military book and returning to the tent.
Because the imperial edict had not been issued, An Yong did not make it public, thinking that he would tell Captain Zheng and the others after the imperial edict was issued. An Yong returned to the tent and took out the two books given by Zhenyuan Hou and flipped through them. He found that these two books were military books that could not be bought outside. Although they were handwritten, they were precious enough.
An Yong put one of the books under his pillow, then picked up another one and began to study. He forgot the time while reading. When it was dark and he could not see the words on the book clearly, An Yong put the military book away and left the tent. Fortunately, he did not miss the dinner time, otherwise he would have been hungry.
In the governor's mansion, Lord Yin was reading official documents in his study when he heard a servant come to report that Li Er had returned. Li Er was the person Lord Yin had sent out to inquire about An Yong's whereabouts. When Lord Yin heard that it was Li Er who had returned, he quickly said, "Let him in."
Li Er came in and bowed. Without waiting for Lord Yin to ask, he said, "Sir, I have found that An Yong."
Lord Yin asked, "What did you find out?"
Li Er said, "Sir, An Yong is from Beichuan County. His father and Captain Zheng are sworn brothers. He stayed at Captain Zheng's house some time ago. It seems that he was injured on the battlefield, but now he has recovered and returned to the barracks." Li Er told him everything he had found out.
Lord Yin nodded and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on it and report back when An Yong goes to Captain Zheng's house again."
Li Er quickly said, "Yes."
Lord Yin waved his hand and asked Li Er to leave.
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