Chapter 115: All's fair in war
Shen Yu slowly opened his eyes and turned to look at her.
"Well, I'm back."
Wen Wan: “…”
Shen Yu smiled as if not smiling, lifted the quilt, and deliberately revealed the bruises and purple marks on his body.
"I came back safe and sound, but you tortured me like this. I think you need to give me an explanation."
Wen Wan: “…”
I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as this.
It turns out that he is a veteran soldier. Is he planning to play rogue with her?
Wen Wan was not a decent woman, so she was fooled by just a few words from him.
She glared at him fiercely, picked up the clothes beside her and put them on.
"Why should I give you an explanation? Hey, I won't give it to you. If you're not satisfied, why don't you go to the government office and sue me?"
Playing rogue? Who doesn't know how to do that? Don't you know that women are the originators of playing rogue?
This time it was Shen Yu's turn to be speechless.
He pulled her back into his arms, holding her waist tightly, and said gently:
"Well, I finally made it back alive, and I don't want to argue with you. Anyway, between us, you've always been the one making the decisions."
He said this in a wronged tone, full of helplessness and sadness.
Wen Wan pursed her lips, touched his waist and abdomen, but stayed in his arms obediently without moving.
"All right. I do have a few important matters to discuss with you right now."
Shen Yu responded and listened to her talk about the attack by assassins in the post station, and then talked about the current movements of various forces in the city.
Wen Wan: "When those assassins attacked the post station, many were killed and wounded. We took advantage of our familiarity with the terrain around the border town and took a shortcut. We worked tirelessly to get back to the border town ahead of time and sealed the city gates. We then increased patrols inside the city. The assassins couldn't get in, and their commander couldn't get out either."
Now, Shen Yu no longer regrets that she is a woman, but when he hears her talk about commanding and arranging the battle formation, he still admires her very much.
The admiration in his eyes was not concealed at all, "You did a great job."
Wen Wan shook her head. "No, I'm still not cruel enough. Otherwise, I wouldn't have given those people the chance to kill people to silence them."
In fact, it's not that she didn't guess it, but she just didn't guess that so many powerful men in black would come.
But no matter what, there is no way to bring Prefect Lin back to life.
"By the way," Wen Wan mentioned something else, "after we came back this time, we didn't find any trace of Meng Jin in the city. Did he go back to the Imperial Capital?"
At first, Wen Wan was shocked when she heard Jinmu's report.
After all, Meng Jin was like a mad dog. In order to catch her, he even went to the general's mansion to make trouble.
How can you just leave nowadays?
Upon hearing this, Shen Yu's face immediately darkened. He sneered, "Return to the Imperial Capital? How could he possibly return to the Imperial Capital before confirming whether the general has obtained the Cangqi secret box?"
Wen Wan was puzzled. "What do you mean? Did he come to the border town for the secret box?"
"What else?" Shen Yu glanced at her, "Do you really think that he, a minister of the Ministry of Revenue, would really chase you to the border town for love?"
Wen Wan: "...Are you jealous?"
The sour and rotten tone in his voice almost made her unable to open her eyes.
Shen Yu naturally wouldn't admit it and coughed twice to change the subject.
"He came to the border town this time simply on the orders of the emperor, to play a trick on us. We are desperately searching for the secret box at the front, while he is supervising us from the back."
Wen Wan pursed her lips and asked in a low voice, "Are you saying that the emperor...doesn't trust the border town garrisons?"
"The emperor's mind is unpredictable and suspicious. This is not surprising."
Chen Yu gently patted her shoulder and said slowly, "Perhaps the things in Cang Qi's secret box are too important to His Majesty, so His Majesty doesn't trust anyone. He asked Meng Jin to supervise us to prevent the general from opening the box in advance and taking the things for himself."
After hearing what he said, Wen Wan became more curious about what was in Cangqi's secret box.
"What about that thing? Did you open it? I gave you the key last time. Did you open it after you got it?"
Chen Yu frowned and shook his head, "It can't be opened. There's a line of small words engraved on the bottom of Cang Qi's secret box. If you open it the wrong way, the box will self-destruct. If you use the key to open it, it can only be opened once."
If he had opened it, the emperor would know that he had opened the box after sending it back to the capital.
Wen Wan: "But now that you've returned to the border town, don't you have to send the Cangqi secret box to the Imperial Capital under Meng Jin's supervision? Then we'll never know what's inside the box."
It's a pity, but compared to life itself, there's nothing we can do about it.
Seeing her disappointed look, Shen Yu raised his hand and scratched her nose, then said with a smile:
"I'm back. General Shen hasn't come back yet."
He said mysteriously, "Didn't you just ask me why Meng Jin wasn't in the border town?"
Wenwan nodded.
Shen Yu leaned close to her ear and said, "Because...'General Shen' is taking him for a walk on the grassland."
Wen Wan widened her eyes and quickly understood.
Is this what they call "he has a plan, but I have a ladder"?
Meng Jin wanted to monitor General Shen's movements, so they deliberately released false news in advance to attract Meng Jin and others to the grassland.
"It should be a month until Meng Jin and his team return after a trip around the grassland. Before they return, we will try to find a skilled craftsman to open the Cangqi secret box."
Wen Wan is not a saint and does not think that she will be treated leniently by her superiors just by being loyal.
You have to hold the chips in your own hands to have the initiative.
As a modern person, it would be fine for her to have such awareness, but Shen Yu, a native of ancient times, was so flexible and adaptable, which made her look at him with new eyes.
She stared at him straight, her eyes seemed to be gleaming with light.
Shen Yu was puzzled by her look, "What's wrong? Do you think our border town defenders are disloyal to the Duan Dynasty?"
Wen Wan came back to her senses and waved her hands repeatedly, "No. I just think that you are a smart person, and your general... is also smart."
Shen Yu nodded without comment, and his big hands began to wander dishonestly on her body.
"Since you've praised me so much, why don't you give me some rewards? Look, it's only dawn, and the night isn't over yet..."
It was already noon, how on earth did he have the nerve to say the three words "dawn"?
People who have no shame are truly invincible.
Chen Yu, who knows how to enjoy the taste of something, is not willing to let her go easily.
Wen Wan came to her senses and realized that while they were talking, he had quietly and secretly untied her belt.
The clothes she had just put on had become decorations in his hands.
Well, all’s fair in war, she was careless!
While he was kissing her, he whispered in her ear:
"If you don't give me the chance to conquer the city, I'm willing to let you control me. After all, I want to give you everything I have..."
Wen Wan opened her eyes wide: "..."
She wondered if this bastard was driving?
Why doesn't it sound like ordinary love words?
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