Second Brother Shen nodded, met with Ziyun secretly, and gave her the things.
Ziyun asked, "Why isn't Yanbao here?"
"She's busy."
Zi Yun laughed: "Even without Second Young Master saying it, I know that Yan Bao must have gone to some pirate."
Brother Shen was shocked: “How do you know?”
"I guessed it." Zi Yun blinked and didn't explain. She took the things and left to avoid being discovered and her identity being exposed.
Second Brother Shen touched his nose. The little girls are so smart!
The imperial army, sent to suppress bandits, sailed to the reed marshes where the bandits were active, found several water strongholds, and easily captured them, capturing many of the elderly, weak, and sick.
They knew they were being fooled, threatened and exploited. The old, weak and sick refused to tell them where the other bandits were hiding, insisting that they were the only ones in the water stronghold and that they were the bandits, and there was no one else.
When they are fools.
Even if they didn't believe it, they still couldn't find any other bandits after burning the reed marsh. They only caught some bandits who didn't escape, as well as some small bandits who were abandoned by the protector-general.
The imperial army's anti-bandit campaign, which was all talk and no action, gained nothing and thought that these were just water bandits, so they prepared to return to the court.
The Protector-General smiled and played the role of a good host, treating the imperial army to a banquet outside the city of Jingzhou, where they were treated to delicious food. They enjoyed Jingzhou's lotus root and pork ribs soup, as well as lotus leaf glutinous rice chicken.
The wine was local grain wine, with a strong aroma, and everyone drank it happily.
The Protector General was in a good mood. Knowing that they would return to the capital tomorrow, he planned to send them away and then arrange for the pirates to take revenge and massacre Lord Shen's family.
If he had not reported it to the court, he would not have been suspected by the court.
Now that their grievances have been cleared, we will naturally send them on their way.
Thinking of this, the look in Brother Shen's eyes became a little colder.
Brother Shen noticed it, but he continued drinking as if nothing had happened, and occasionally chatted with his colleagues, looking like they were having a great time.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the Protector General pretended to be drunk, and was sent back by his subordinates because he was unable to hold his liquor.
He returned to the Protectorate, drank a cup of tea, asked about other situations, and made sure that everything was under control. He was about to go back to rest when his eyes suddenly felt dizzy and his consciousness became blurred.
The Protector-General had a bad feeling: "Someone come!"
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