Han shook her head and said, "I never thought that even a heroic commander like him would have moments of weakness."
Shi Lan curled the corners of her lips but remained silent.
Han's words were tinged with teasing, but Shi Lan was pleased to hear them. However, Yue Zhan was indeed much more clingy than before.
Passing through the city gate, outside the city lay golden fields where people were harvesting the fruits of their year's hard work. When they saw Yue Zhan's entourage passing by, they all stopped what they were doing and bowed respectfully.
Shi Lan lifted the carriage curtain and looked out. A gentle breeze blew, and the full ears of grain swayed with the wind; it was truly a bountiful harvest season.
After another hour, the fields were gradually replaced by yellow sand. When the wind blew, it stirred up sand and dust that blinded people.
Shi Lan quickly lowered the carriage curtain to block the sand that was blowing in. She imagined what it would be like to see Yue Zhan that night, and a slight smile appeared on her lips.
Perhaps she herself didn't realize that she had laughed like this countless times during this mission.
In the evening, the group stopped to rest. Shi Jialuo, the clan chief in charge of the area, came to visit. Hearing that there were female relatives accompanying them, he specially invited female elders from the same clan to come and accompany them.
Yue Zhan's purpose in this trip was first to appease the various ethnic groups stationed in Anxi, so that they could continue to settle and cultivate the land there with peace of mind. Secondly, he wanted to observe whether they were colluding with foreign enemies such as the Turks, and to determine whether they could take up arms to fight for their homeland and Anxi and drive away those unruly people when foreign enemies invaded.
Shi Jialuo was the patriarch of the Shi family and managed nearly a thousand clansmen. Yue Zhan needed to ensure that this place, the closest to the Protectorate, was safe before he could proceed with his inspections of Shule, Suyab, and other areas with peace of mind. (To be continued.)
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