"What kind of hole did you guys dig? Why is it so easy to get there, but so hard to get back? Look, my clothes are torn. General Pei, you have to take responsibility for this!"
"Ahem, well, you're not my subordinate, and I'm not responsible for your actions. Why should I compensate you for your clothes? Commander Jifeng, I haven't seen you for a few months, why are you getting more and more stingy?
"You are such a wealthy man, how can you not afford to buy a piece of clothing? You actually come to a poor guy like me to borrow clothes, how can you be so ashamed?"
"Tsk—" Ji Feng sneered at Pei Zhong and said dissatisfiedly, "You have hundreds of thousands of soldiers here, but I only have a few thousand."
"You're doing big business there. One piece of information can sometimes be enough to feed the soldiers for several months. Aren't you ashamed to come here and complain about your poverty?"
Ji Feng glared at the stingy old man in front of him and couldn't understand why they had been brothers for so many years, but he had never gotten anything from this stingy old man?
No, I have to make him bleed today. This isn't a matter of money, it's a matter of face!
"Well, where's Pei girl?"
"She insisted on going back to the capital. I was tired of her, so I let her go a few days ago. Why didn't you run into her in the capital?"
"There's a ton of stuff I need to deal with in the capital's Dark Night. I'm so busy I don't have time to go to the palace!"
Ji Feng said gloomily, "I won't be able to see Miss Pei for the time being! Hey, I was thinking of coming here to introduce her to someone!"
"What partner?" Pei Zhong immediately leaned forward upon hearing the word. Although he knew his girl already had someone she liked, he still... after all, the more good men, the better. He couldn't rely on just one person, right?
"I have a brother who is a commander of the Storm..."
"Xiao Yimo?" Pei Zhong interrupted Ji Feng before he could finish his words.
"You know that too?" He then made a knowing expression, "This fellow is quite famous nowadays. It's not surprising that you know him since you are by the Lord's side.
My brother is not only highly appreciated by the Lord and his wife, but also has a good family background."
"Didn't Madam buy him from the slave market?" Pei Zhong asked doubtfully.
"You don't know, my brother comes from a very important background. Do you know the grasslands of Northern Wei?"
"Of course I know!"
"He and his brother Xiao Yilei were once princes of that grassland, but were later exterminated by the Chi Nu clan through despicable means. He and his brother narrowly escaped death. Running out of money, he was tricked into becoming a slave in order to pay for his brother's medical treatment."
"Is he from the Yun Clan?" Pei Zhong was the General of the Northern Frontier, so he was well-informed about the situation in Northern Wei. So when Ji Feng mentioned Xiao Yimo, Pei Zhong already knew his identity.
"What do you think? This son-in-law is a good choice, right? Well, my brother asked me to find him a wife, and he said he would accept the wife I found for him. I was thinking that our Pei girl and this stuffy boy are just the perfect match... Ahem, well, Pei girl is not here now, so we can talk about this later. I have something else to do and need to go out for a while. You..."
"Why are you leaving? What can you do? Come on, come on, let's have a drink with me!"
"No drinking in the barracks!"
"That's tea! Tea in a wine jar!"
"Well...I have to go to the city to buy some clothes."
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