Her eyes widened.
The Xuanjia Army was utterly astonished.
Did the general scold his wife?
No……
Did the general's wife cry?
She smiled...
Did the general help his wife whittle wood?
He shaved it off...
They couldn't believe their eyes. Such a precious sword that had slain countless enemies, and such a peerless ruler, would one day listen to his own wife and use such a precious sword to waste time whittling wood...
Is this general, who dotes on his wife so much, still the same general they used to know?
Zheng Quchi picked it up and looked at Yuwen Sheng with surprise. He wanted to praise him, but his language skills were limited, so he could only dryly exclaim, "With your superb swordsmanship, it would be a pity if you didn't become a carpenter."
Yuwen Sheng readily replied, "So, being a general is beneath me?"
"..." It was her slip of the tongue. He had already risen to a position of great prestige, second only to the emperor in the Ye Kingdom, yet she compared him to a carpenter. She must be out of her mind.
Seeing her turn into a punching bag after his words, the gloom that had been building up in his heart because of her taking advantage of him seemed to be dispelled by a genuine smile.
He gazed at her rosy cheeks after her work, and said with a smile, "However, having a craftsman as a wife is indeed a magical thing. After all, not everyone can turn the rotten into the magical."
Zheng Quchi stared at him blankly, seeing that he hadn't meant to flatter her at all when he said those words. Of course, who was she anyway, and he had no need to flatter her...
But they were never really husband and wife, so why could he say things so naturally?
When the Xuanjia Army heard that their general could not only carve wood but also praise people, they finally realized that they were all clowns. They could not even imagine or guess how their general and his wife got along in private.
But at least one thing they understood... "Madam is truly remarkable!"
A double entendre.
Looking at the newly renovated roof, their eyes lit up as they said, "Now we feel much safer. Even if a hidden arrow comes at us, we don't have to worry."
Zheng Quchi snapped out of her daze and quickly chuckled to cover it up. She then picked up the tools one by one and said, "Actually, if I had more time, I could have improved it even more."
"No need, they're already here..."
Yuwen Sheng suddenly turned his head, bent down slightly, and saw through the previously opened slot that the people outside were already starting to stir.
They've arrived?
Zheng Quchi quickly joined in and saw many figures emerging on the gently undulating loess plateau. They were like insects and ants crawling out of the soil, and their faint presence sent chills down one's spine.
"Aren't they the Julu Army?"
Zheng Quchi recognized that the Julu Army did not wear this kind of clothing. The group that she and Fu Rong almost bumped into before was the Julu Army. So where did these people come from?
Yuwen Sheng recognized it at a glance: "It's the Southern Chen Kingdom."
She turned her head to look at him, somewhat bewildered: "Southern Chen Kingdom? But how did they end up here?"
This is the border of Julu Kingdom. Why are the people of Nanchen Kingdom here? Are they planning to start a war with Julu Kingdom by trespassing into someone else's territory?
No, that's clearly not the case. It seems they used the route through Julu Kingdom to ambush them...
"Something's not right, Yuwen Sheng, have we been tricked?" Zheng Quchi suddenly realized.
How did the people of Nan Chen know they would come by this road?
There are only two possibilities.
Or it was just a lucky coincidence.
But the chances of it happening by chance are too low.
Or perhaps... they had already formed an alliance with the people of Julu Kingdom, and they had planned everything in advance, setting up ambushes on every possible route they might take...
In other words, even if they manage to shake off the troops of Julu, they will still encounter the people of Nanchen as expected, because there are only two routes from Julu back to Ye. Once their destination is known, it will not be difficult to figure out their movements.
Yuwen Sheng drew his sword and told her a lame joke: "Killing them all would mean you weren't fooled."
Zheng Quchi: "..."
Can't he be a little more serious during such a solemn moment?
"Don't be impulsive. Let's discuss this further. There are so many of them, how can we kill them all? Or, should we turn back?"
What's wrong with this person? They resort to violence to solve problems at the drop of a hat. Humans are the creators of civilization, as well as its inheritors and disseminators…
Just then, a boastful and triumphant shout suddenly came from afar.
"Yuwen Sheng, you've finally arrived. Do you want to see what will become of your loyal subordinates?"
Zheng Quchi heard the voice and asked in surprise, "What subordinate?"
Aren't all their people in the car?
Zheng Quchi quickly adjusted his angle, trying to discern the direction of the shouts, only to see a group of soldiers on a hillside, forcing more than a dozen people to kneel and look in their direction, shouting.
Those dozen or so people were covered in wounds and blood, clearly having suffered torture beforehand.
"Who...are they?" Zheng Quchi asked in a daze.
The Xuanjia soldiers also saw the situation through the trough. Their expressions changed drastically, and they clenched their teeth tightly. After a long while, they said in a pained voice, "...It was the general who arranged for people to meet us at the ferry."
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