Chapter 37: The two factions in Beiwutu Village are at war, and the people are innocent...
"Your Highness, there's an incident at the border!"
Upon hearing this, Min Shi'an immediately went to Xianyang Palace. Xie Zhuangwan had a serious expression on her face. Seeing her coming, she whispered a few instructions to Qiu Mang. Then Qiu Mang bowed to receive the order and hurried away.
"The Northern Witch broke the agreement first, and was later defeated by our Great Jin soldiers. Now they dare to invade the border?" Min Shian sat down opposite Xie Zhuangwan and said angrily.
Xie Zhuangwan handed her the information and replied, "This is from your cousin. Take a look."
She took it with both hands. There were many direct descendants and side branches of the Xie family in this generation. Min Shian subconsciously recalled who this cousin was.
After reading the beginning of the information, she instantly remembered her cousin's face.
After the marriage last year, among the several young men that Xie Zhuangwan had arranged for her, there was one named Mr. Xiao Er. Soon after, the two families decided to arrange a marriage for him and his cousin.
Min Shian quickly finished reading the densely packed information. She then tossed the paper into the nearby incense burner and asked, "How could the Northern Witch know about that path in the distant mountains and forests?"
It's no wonder she was surprised. The path in the distant mountain forest was extremely complicated, and the surrounding trees were dense and strange, which looked quite like the natural formations in the storybooks. The generals of Beifeng had to be extremely cautious when leading the team.
From Beiwu's perspective, that road was like no road at all, so only Beifeng people knew about it.
This time, the Northern Witch army suddenly rushed out from that road, killed all the more than a hundred people who stayed there, and then slaughtered a village forward, and retreated before the reinforcements sent by Xiao Wangjing arrived.
Seeing that there was no hope of catching up, the reinforcements hurriedly put out the raging fire in the village and searched for survivors.
Every word in the intelligence was heartbreaking, and Min Shian could almost see the tragic scene of corpses floating all over the ground through the text.
Min Shian then gritted his teeth and said, "When two sides are at war, what guilt do the people have?!"
"Tatajisk is going too far!"
Xie Zhuangwan was also very indignant about this, but her eyes were filled with sadness. She replied, "Yes, the war was raging, and the people were already displaced."
"Our warriors of Dajin have captured several of their cities. Not only have we not massacred the people, we have not even plundered their property. We have treated the people in the cities equally."
The atmosphere became solemn. Min Shi was silent for a moment, then asked in a deep voice, "Beifeng, are there any spies?"
Apart from this, she could not think of any other reasonable explanation.
But who wants to second-guess their comrades who have fought alongside them through thick and thin? They are the ones who can trust each other's backs when millions of others are risking their lives.
But the truth is often the hardest to accept.
Xie Zhuangwan pondered for a moment, sighed, and said slowly: "I think so."
"Where's Sima Xiao?" Min Shi'an's eyes flickered slightly, and then he asked, "Did he and He Jing arrive in Beifeng?"
"No, it's only a day's journey. However, after receiving the news from the front, he rode there at full speed. Calculating the time now, he should be there by now."
After Xie Zhuangwan finished speaking, she looked straight at Min Shian, stared at her for a long time, and suddenly said, "An'er has grown up."
"Is it really the child from the Xiao family that you want to ask about?"
Min Shian twitched the corner of his mouth and replied, "Yes and no."
She didn't know how much Xie Zhuangwan knew, nor did she know how much Xie Zhuangwan knew she knew, but the matter was of great importance, and no one could make a conclusion before the final conclusion was reached.
Xie Zhuangwan changed the subject and continued, "Le'er's wedding is coming up soon. Now that something like this has happened, it's not appropriate to hold a grand ceremony. Let's postpone the wedding for a while."
"Yes, I will go and inform Shi Le and Ling Long later." Min Shi'an took the easy way out, stood up, bowed and said goodbye, "Mother, I will take my leave."
She didn't see Min Shile. Yu Linglong smiled and welcomed her to the lakeside pavilion, saying, "Sister, Shile is practicing sword in the backyard. Do you need me to find him?"
Before Min Shian could answer, he heard a provocative voice coming from behind him.
"Let me hear it, who is missing me?"
She and Yu Linglong looked back together and saw Min Shile making a sword flower, raising his eyebrows and curling his lips as he smiled, "So it's my little Linglong."
Min Shian frowned, not quite understanding how a perfectly normal person could suddenly become like this after not paying attention for a few days.
"You're looking for death!" Yu Linglong couldn't bear to watch. She put her hands on her hips and snorted, angrily saying, "If you do that again, I'll peel off your skin!"
Min Shile chuckled twice, sheathed his sword, ran up to the two of them and said flatteringly, "I learned this from storybooks. I won't do this again in the future."
"Royal sister, what's the matter?"
Min Shi'an nodded and briefly recounted his conversation with Xie Zhuangwan, omitting the tragic parts. He concluded by saying, "Rest assured, Linglong. Mother will never mistreat you in your marriage."
Yu Linglong held her chin with both hands, her watery eyes filled with anger. She replied, "With a powerful enemy at hand, we should put aside our romantic feelings. Sister, it's okay."
"That's too much!" Min Shile's face flushed red. He suddenly stood up and saluted Min Shian, saying, "Royal sister, I have an unreasonable request."
Min Shian's eyelids twitched, and he had a hunch that this kid was up to something. He frowned and interrupted him, saying, "If you know it's an unreasonable request, then shut up!"
"I'm going to the front line!"
"Go to the front line—"
"Wire--"
His bold words echoed above the empty pavilion in the middle of the lake, and ripples appeared on the calm water surface.
Yu Linglong blinked and looked at Min Shile, who was fearless like a newborn calf, then turned to look at Min Shian, who had a gloomy face and looked like a storm was coming. Finally, she decided to retreat a few steps and stay away from the battlefield.
As it turned out, her move was absolutely correct.
“Ahhhh!”
Min Shile held his head and screamed, without any trace of his heroic spirit from before, and was beaten up and down.
"Min Duanxiang! If you want to go to war, you have to defeat me first!"
After saying that, Min Shian increased his strength and kicked him hard in the thigh, knocking him down.
Before she left, she gently reminded Yu Linglong, "Linglong, please keep an eye on him. Sorry for the trouble."
After returning to the mansion, before he could even have a sip of hot tea, Song Sheng came to the princess's mansion to pay a visit, as if he had calculated the time.
Min Shi'an put down the teacup. Song Sheng must have come here for the Beifeng matter. She did not dare to neglect him and hurried to the main hall. She waved her hand to indicate that Song Sheng did not need to salute, and the two of them sat down one after another.
"Your Highness, I intend to send someone to Beifeng to supervise the army. Does Your Highness have a suitable candidate?"
After Song Sheng finished speaking, he noticed her chapped lips, poured her a cup of tea, and then said, "Your Highness, don't worry."
"How can I not be anxious?" Min Shian shook his head and smiled bitterly, but still took a few sips of tea as he was told.
Then she replied, "Since you intend to send someone, I think you already have someone you like. Why bother asking me?"
Song Sheng chuckled and said softly, "I really have no secrets in front of Your Highness."
"I intend to ask the Grand Master of Ceremonies to come personally. What do you think, Your Highness?"
Min Shian stared at Song Sheng suspiciously. She wanted to refuse, but when the words came to her lips, an idea came to her mind, so she agreed to it and said, "Your Excellency's decision is never wrong."
She continued, "The Northern Witch's surprise attack from the distant mountains..."
Song Sheng tapped the tabletop with his index finger knuckles. He said meaningfully, "General Xiao is a man of both civil and military talents. Even if the truth is not revealed, won't we still have the Grand Master of Ceremonies?"
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"Bastard!" All the generals in the tent clenched their fists, not daring to breathe.
The leading man grew even angrier upon seeing this. He angrily shouted, "How could those barbarians from Northern Witch know that route?!"
All those gathered here are talented generals and none of them are stupid. They all know that the general is so angry not because he is attacked, but because there is a traitor in the army stationed in the north.
Only a handful of people know about this mountain road, and the number of people who can fully understand the route inside it can be counted on one hand.
Everyone present had led a team to encircle Beiwu from behind along that mountain road, like a divine army descending from the sky. Therefore, they understood better that it would be impossible to cross the mountain road from Beiwu to Beifeng without someone to show them the way.
The bad thing is that not many people know about it, and the good thing is also that not many people know about it.
The troops stationed in the north just thought that it was an attack from the northern wizards in a different way. They were not upset or frightened. At this moment, all the soldiers were like lions that had just awakened, ready to go, and their morale was high.
Xiao Wangjing took two steps forward, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists, and said firmly, "I beg your permission to thoroughly investigate this matter!"
After receiving permission, he stood up, looked around, and said to the remaining six people present: "You and I are brothers who have shared life and death together. I don't want to doubt anyone."
"But the current situation is urgent, and I implore your cooperation."
Everyone agreed and expressed that they would do their best to catch the hateful spy.
When I led the team several times, there were many soldiers who walked through that mountain road. It was not difficult to find them. The difficulty lay in how to find them secretly without shaking the morale of the troops.
And at this moment, the Northern Witch is watching with eager eyes, and is likely to cooperate with the spy to attack again.
If the spies are not found before the full-scale war breaks out, the consequences will be disastrous.
"Shuo Shang stays here, and the rest of you can do whatever you need to do."
"Yes!" Everyone clasped their fists and responded in unison.
"Shuo Shang, when I petitioned the court for war, I also informed them of the postponement of your wedding banquet with Princess Hejing."
Xiao Shuoshan understood immediately and said, "If the Northern Witch is not destroyed, what is the point of having a family?"[1]
"I just feel sorry for the princess."
He Jing's face was pale at the moment. The bumpy ride along the way was already extremely unbearable for her. Now that Xiao Shuoshang had arrived in Beifeng, she ordered the team to speed up and try to catch up with Xiao Shuoshang.
Yaer, who was standing by, couldn't bear to watch any longer and said worriedly, "Master, take a break."
"It doesn't matter if we arrive at Beifeng a little slower."
He Jing took a deep breath and said with difficulty: "No, no."
"Husband and wife are one. You don't need to persuade me anymore. Go out and drive with Yasan."
Yaer hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but finally accepted the order, lowered his head and retreated.
After Yaer left, He Jing's expression eased a little. She closed her eyes, leaned against the wall of the carriage, covered her dizzy head, and forced herself to fall asleep.
Yaer sat next to Yasan and made eye contact with her. After the two sisters confirmed that Hejing was fine, one of them controlled the reins while the other took notes in a notebook.
After Yaer finished recording, Yasan secretly increased the speed a little.
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