Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel flustered. If I had known this would happen, I should have brought more people.
No, Wei Tingsi's men are also there. Who has the ability to kill his men as well?
About fifteen minutes later, Gao Dan came down the mountain like a submissive wife. She came to Zhao Shu, lowered her head, and knelt down with a thud. "Princess, I know my crime. I gave false information about the enemy just now, which made you worry. Please punish me, Princess."
Seeing that everyone was alright, Zhao Shu breathed a sigh of relief and stepped out from behind the tree. "Be careful in everything you do, and don't be careless, understand?"
After realizing it was a false alarm, Zhao Shu waved her hand, not wanting to say anything more. Before he could reply, she continued, "I'm afraid we'll have to spend the night here. Send someone to keep watch along the main road. If there are any fast horses, whether they're coming or going, intercept them."
Gao Dan didn't quite understand. Wouldn't this alert the enemy? In the past, they always investigated carefully.
Zhao Shu didn't want to explain. How could she lure the snake out of its hole without making a sound?
"Yes." He didn't understand, but he had to carry out the order, so he left somewhat dejectedly.
Zhao Shu gave him a few ambiguous glances, guessing that Wei Tingsi must have scared him; poor thing.
After Gao Dan left, Wei Tingsi returned with two pheasants and wild fruit. Zhao Shu, who was protective of her own, decided to tease Wei Tingsi.
He stepped forward and said, "Brother, I prefer to eat it raw, preferably with all the hairs still attached."
Upon hearing this, Wei Tingsi's hand trembled, and he stared blankly at Zhao Shu. Zhao Shu smiled sweetly, and then deliberately grinned, "This pheasant is plump and oily. To be honest, brother, I like oily pheasants the most; they taste delicious."
"Don't joke around." Wei Tingsi unconsciously hid the pheasant behind his back.
However, Zhao Shu gradually approached, staring at the exposed pheasant head, and licked her lips. "Didn't my brother hunt this for me? Why haven't you handed it to me yet?"
"It's not ripe yet, you can't eat it." He felt that Zhao Shu was lying to him, but he couldn't tell from her expression. He could only see a thirsty look in her eyes, as if she wanted to drink blood immediately. He felt a chill run down his spine.
Zhao Shu mimicked the smug look in the eyes of the female ghost as she devoured people, and walked up to him. "I'm so hungry. If you don't give me the pheasant, brother, I can't help but want to drink your blood. What should I do?"
Wei Tingsi: "...Here, for you." He handed the pheasant forward and placed it in front of Zhao Shu.
The pheasant had a foul odor. As soon as Zhao Shu smelled it, she immediately covered her nose and took two steps back. "That's too much."
"Shushu, why don't you drink my blood?" she said, stretching out her neck.
Having failed in her intimidation attempt, Zhao Shu pouted in disbelief. Just moments ago, she had been feigning ignorance; it's true what they say, it's easy to learn bad habits but hard to learn good ones.
"Shushu, wait a moment, it'll be done soon." He worked extremely quickly, and in no time he had already gutted the pheasant in the stream.
Zhao Shu sat in the banana hut watching him, busy and extremely attentive. She sighed softly. Calculating the time, she realized she was already over forty years old. Even if she was slow to realize it, she could tell what he was thinking.
She pretended to be ignorant and clueless in the past, but that was just a way of taking advantage of him.
She wasn't aloof; on the contrary, she was vulgar and pragmatic. If the man standing in front of her wasn't a future military commander but an ordinary man, even if he was as handsome as Pan An, she wouldn't let him stay.
She would not accept his favor.
There are many things she is powerless to do and must rely on others. The Crown Prince needs support from many sides to ascend the throne, and no one is more powerful or more reliable than this future Grand Marshal who will sweep across the world.
She always understood the ironclad rule that "the pen can govern the world, but the gun can conquer it."
Only with soldiers can one have a voice.
"Shushu, it'll be ready to eat soon." He added two more pieces of firewood, and the pheasant, already skewered with branches, was roasted over the fire.
Zhao Shu smiled and looked at him. His pure face, radiating a happy smile, struck her heart hard. Why would someone who was truly good to her deceive her? What if she couldn't give him what he wanted in the future?
I thought that I was hard-hearted enough, and it didn't matter who I used, as long as I could achieve my goal and get the crown prince to the throne.
However, looking back, she realized that she hadn't actually done anything wrong. Instead, those people entered her life one by one. It started with Aunt Huo. She admitted that her aunt treated her extremely well, like a mother, which made her uneasy about her desire to take advantage of the Huo family.
And then there's Sun Yun. From the day Sun Yun became her study companion, she harbored the intention of using her to deal with the Sun family and cause them to quarrel among themselves. Now that she thinks about it, if Sun Yun knew about this manipulation, she wonders how Sun Yun would view her and how much pain she would feel.
Everyone who can contribute initially only harbors the idea that they can be used or befriended.
Including rescuing Wang Jize, at that time, although it was necessary to cripple Wang Kuanqi and his wife, there was also the thought that if Wang Jize was rescued first, Wang Jiyang would owe him a favor, which could be of help in the future.
Back then, when he was reforming the Fubing (military garrison), he racked his brains to write down some good systems he had seen in modern times. In addition to transforming the Fubing from a cowardly army into a mighty army, another purpose was to entice Wei Tingsi, who was the best soldier in Dayong. He believed that seeing these systems would make him look at him differently.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with any of this. What was wrong was that, as time went by, they were all too kind to me.
"Thank you," she said softly. Sometimes, "thank you" is a hurtful word, but suddenly she couldn't bring herself to use it.
As expected, Wei Tingsi simply lowered his eyes and replied, "No need to thank me, it was my own choice."
Zhao Shu suddenly stood up, staring blankly at him. At that moment, it was as if time had stopped, and she felt as if her heart was about to stop beating. Her face was full of disbelief.
The aroma of meat wafts through the air, a gentle mountain breeze blows, night has fallen, and countless stars begin to slowly fill the night sky.
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