As darkness fell, villagers from Linyuan Village who had been working in the fields gradually returned home.
When I passed by Su Wan's place, I saw people busy inside and wanted to come in and take a look.
An old man carrying a hoe came in and took a look. Seeing that the whole yard had been dug up beyond recognition, he shouted, "Oh dear, this house has been robbed! They've even dug up the ground. I've lived in Linyuan Village my whole life, and I've never seen such desperate robbers."
The men, mistaken for robbers: "..."
Aren't they just digging at that round thing? How is that robbery?
They were unconvinced and wanted to explain to the old man.
The old man was quite old and his eyesight wasn't very good. When he got closer, he realized there were several strong men standing in the yard. Thinking they were robbers, he quickly ran out of the yard in fright.
The group exchanged glances; now they looked more like robbers.
Wei Jingzhuo pulled Su Wan out of the room. Seeing the others standing there in a daze, he coughed lightly and said in a cool tone, "You guys go back first. I'll go with A-Wan later."
This time, he made no attempt to hide it from his subordinates and directly revealed Su Wan's identity.
The group was startled. They knew their lord was not yet married, so why was someone suddenly appearing by his side?
Judging from the lord's attitude, he seems to care about her quite a bit.
What they found hard to accept was that this person was too good-looking. It would be fine if he were a woman, but he was a man.
Could it be that our lord...
Wei Jingzhuo took in the expressions of the others, but offered no further explanation.
In the evening, Su Wan originally planned to cook a lavish meal, but Wei Jingzhuo stopped her, saying, "We won't be here anymore. I'll take you to a safer place later."
There were two thousand soldiers there, and he felt much more at ease leaving Su Wan there.
Su Wan stopped his outstretched hand: "But I promised Xiao Zhao that I would cook her a nice meal tonight. It's not right for me to just leave without saying goodbye."
For the past two months, Xiao Zhao has been taking care of those potatoes. Without Xiao Zhao, even if the potatoes hadn't rotted in the ground, there wouldn't have been such a large harvest.
Wei Jingzhuo said, "Then let's invite her along."
Ah Wan needs a woman who knows martial arts by her side, and Lu Zhao is quite skilled; she could be a useful person.
"Okay, I'll go call Xiao Zhao up," Su Wan said, taking a stool from the apartment, standing on it against the wall, and peering over the wall. She saw Lu Zhao sitting listlessly in the yard and called out, "Xiao Zhao?"
Lu Zhao was already starving and was sitting in the courtyard, eagerly waiting for Su Wan to call her for dinner.
Upon hearing Su Wan's voice, she was overjoyed, jumped up, ran over quickly, and then leaped inside.
Su Wan got off the stool and quickly put it into the apartment when she wasn't looking.
Lu Zhao had already slipped into the kitchen, only to find that there wasn't even a spark on the stove, let alone any food.
"We won't eat here tonight. You'll come with me to a place later, and I'll cook you something delicious when we get there."
Lu Zhao looked dejected; he would have to wait a long time before he could eat anything delicious.
Seeing this, Su Wan was still a little embarrassed. She said, "Wait here for me for a moment. I'll get you something to eat so you can have something to eat first."
She pretended to go back inside, took a piece of bread from the apartment, and then tore open the packaging.
Back in the kitchen, she handed the bread to Lu Zhao: "I made this at the General's Mansion. I originally planned to eat it on the road, but I didn't expect there to be a piece left. Take it and eat it quickly."
Lu Zhao glanced at the bread; it looked very strange. It was about the size of a fist and resembled a steamed bun, but its color was different.
She trusted Su Wan, and since Sister Wan said it was delicious, she wouldn't be polite.
After taking it from Su Wan, she took a big bite, her eyes lighting up. "Mmm~~ It's so delicious! I've never had such a delicious pastry before~ Mmm~"
It was sweet but not cloying, so delicious! It was better than any pastry she had ever eaten at the most famous restaurant in Suiyang County.
While eating, she asked Su Wan, "Sister Wan, have you ever seen my older brother?"
Lu Zhao was referring to Lu Lin.
She hadn't heard anything about Lu Lin since he was sent to the Northwest Camp by Wei Jingzhuo.
She shook her head. "No, your older brother is in the army camp, and I can't see him."
Lu Zhao looked disappointed; she wished she could have joined the army too.
After she finished eating her bread, she asked Su Wan, "Sister Wan, where are we going later?"
"Go to the places you've been before." That cool voice came from outside.
When Lu Zhao mentioned the place he used to live, he looked embarrassed. To put it nicely, it was a mountain stronghold, but in reality, it was a den of bandits.
A thought flashed through her mind: Could it be that Ah Wan's husband has also become a bandit?
However, she didn't dare say this to Wei Jingzhuo's face. She glanced at Su Wan and found that Su Wan didn't suspect her husband of wanting to be a bandit at all, so she could only nod to Wei Jingzhuo.
After sending Lu Zhao away, Su Wan put all the potatoes from the house into the apartment.
Wei Jingzhuo stood outside the house with his hands behind his back, not allowing anyone to approach him. Those people had already been sent away by him.
When Su Wan came out, Lu Zhao had just brought some simple luggage from home and then came with his mother.
Neither Wei Jingzhuo nor Su Wan said anything. The four of them rode two horses through the night to a village in the mountains.
When Lu Zhao arrived at the mountain, he discovered that the place had been changed.
The bandits she knew and had seen before had all been replaced. They were all dressed in armor, holding long swords, and looked very imposing.
Lu Zhao's eyes lit up immediately; it was the first time she had seen such formidable soldiers at such close range.
She stood there motionless for a long time. Su Wan glanced at her, and seeing that she was alright, went to the kitchen to get something to eat.
She casually peeled a few potatoes, then took out a piece of meat from the apartment.
Almost an hour later, a large plate of braised pork and potatoes was finally ready, and I casually made a vegetable and egg drop soup as well.
After the food was cooked, she took out a new set of tableware from the apartment and served the food to Wei Jingzhuo and her, leaving the rest for Lu Zhao.
When she brought the food to the table, Lu Zhao was not there.
Wei Jingzhuo wasn't there either. After putting down the food, she went out to look for him.
Hearing the lively commotion outside, she went to investigate and saw the soldiers surrounding Wei Jingzhuo, toasting him.
Wei Jingzhuo's face was flushed from drinking. Su Wan frowned. This man hadn't eaten all day, yet he dared to drink so much here. Wasn't he afraid of getting a stomach perforation if he kept going like this?
They don't take good care of themselves.
Lu Zhao also walked over at some point.
"Sister Awan, are you looking for your lord?" Seeing that the soldiers were all addressing Wei Jingzhuo as their lord, Lu Zhao also changed his address to him.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
