Chapter 28 Chili in the General's Tent

Jiang Yanyi was stunned by his scolding, but when he thought about how the original owner had created many encounters in order to see him, he gradually came to his senses.

She frowned her delicate eyebrows and said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I am waiting here because of the order of the general. I am afraid that Mr. Lu has misunderstood something. In the past, I was stubborn and caused Mr. Lu a lot of trouble. Today I am here to apologize to Mr. Lu. If I meet Mr. Lu in the future, I will take the initiative to avoid him. I hope Mr. Lu will not say such words that damage my reputation."

Just at this moment, the curtain of the big tent was opened again, and Xing Yao shouted from afar, "Where is Jiang Hua from the Huotou Camp? The general summoned her."

Jiang Yanyi bowed to Lu Linyuan, then left without looking back, and never once looked at him.

Lu Linyuan was a little confused at first, and then he felt his face burning, as if he was slapped hard in the face.

He had never been so embarrassed in his previous life and this life combined!

Fortunately, this place was far away from the tent, and the guards in front of the tent could not hear what they said.

In addition to the embarrassment, he felt a bit of indescribable emptiness in his heart.

In his memory, Jiang Yanyi had always followed him shamelessly, and no matter how heartless his words were, she turned a deaf ear to him. Gradually, it seemed that disliking her had become his instinct.

Before this, Lu Linyuan had never thought that one day he would hear such words from Jiang Yanyi's mouth.

Perhaps it was because it was too awkward just now, Jiang Yanyi's words of clearing the boundary did not make him feel happy at all.

Lu Lin glanced at Jiang Yanyi's back from a distance, and left in a somewhat wolfish manner.

He only said to himself in his heart that this was naturally the best.

Before Jiang Yanyi entered the tent, Xing Yao went back to the tent first. Thinking of the scene he had just seen, he thought for a while and said to Feng Shuo: "Master, Master Lu seemed to have said something to the cook of Huotouying just now, but the distance was too far and I didn't hear it clearly."

Chi Qing, who was sitting below, had sharp ears. Upon hearing this, his foxy eyes were instantly filled with gossip: "What the kid from the Lu family said at the table must have been a lie! He and the young cook must know each other. I think the young cook told us before that Dingjia Village was not peaceful, and she might be worried about the safety of the kid from the Lu family!"

Something flashed quickly in Feng Shuo's clear phoenix eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Chi Qing looked at his increasingly cold expression. It was rare to see him being embarrassed. She couldn't help but happily waved the folding fan in her hand: "I think it might be that the flower has feelings but the water has no intention. After all, the boy from the Lu family is really cold to the young cook. Alas, poor young cook has given her heart to the wrong person~"

He deliberately prolonged his tone.

Feng Shuo half lowered his eyes and looked at him. His eyelashes swept out a delicate cold arc. It was not threatening, but even more threatening: "Did you forget that Lu Linyuan came from the capital? Dengzhou to Xizhou is not convenient for the capital."

After being asked by Feng Shuo, Chi Qing also found the problem.

Didn't the young cook say that she was going from Dengzhou to Xizhou to find her fiancé? How did she get acquainted with Lu Linyuan who was in the capital?

He said: "So...either the young cook had been to the capital before coming to Xizhou, or...the young cook's identity is simply fake!"

Feng Shuo did not reply, his eyes fell on the bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts on the table.

Because he lost his sense of taste since childhood, he has never paid much attention to his appetite, and has developed the habit of eating only three meals a day.

After taking the bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts back that night, except for taking a few back to the doctor for inspection, the rest were left here and never touched again.

He looked at the sugar-roasted chestnuts with deep eyes, and even though Chi Qing racked her brains, she couldn't guess what he was thinking.

When Jiang Yanyi entered the tent, she felt that the breath around the general seemed to be a lot colder than before.

She thought to herself, could it be that there is strength in numbers, and the excessive amount of carbon dioxide exhaled before raised the temperature around him?

She took two steps forward and knelt down: "I, a commoner, pay my respects to the great general."

Feng Shuo's cold eyes swept over her, and suddenly asked: "You said before that you came to Xizhou to find your fiancé. What is your fiancé's name and where does he live?"

Jiang Yanyi thought that he was just going to receive the reward and leave, but he asked all these questions. She knew that it must be Lu Linyuan's words at the banquet that made him suspicious.

She couldn't help sweating on her hands.

Because she was an illegal resident, she was afraid that if she confessed her identity, not only would no one believe her, but if the news was reported back to the capital, she would be secretly killed by the emperor's people. She had no choice but to make up a false identity.

After all, as a girl from an aristocratic family, she was sent here by the emperor to be a prostitute just because of the quarrel between her and her sisters. Once the matter was exposed, it would only make the world think that the emperor was immoral, and it would also affect the reputation of her "sister" Jiang Yanxi, and the entire Jiang family would be disgraced.

So when the emperor decided to send her to the army to be a prostitute, he had no intention of letting her live.

- If she were alive, she would be a threat to the emperor, Jiang Yanxi, and the Jiang family.

Jiang Yanyi knew very well that with the degree of water in the brain of Minister Jiang, even if she stood in front of him now, he could say that she was not his daughter.

After all, recognizing her back would not only damage the reputation of the Jiang family, but also affect the reputation of his precious concubine's daughter.

Now that Feng Shuo has become suspicious, and considering his ruthless methods, Jiang Yanyi dared not imagine what would happen if he found out about her fake identity.

She tried to make her voice sound calm: "To reply to the general, my fiancé is... called Chen Ergou. We were engaged when we were children. Because my parents died in the plague and the village was sealed off, I was unable to learn the specific address of his home from them. Only in the early years did I hear from my father that it was in the southern part of Xizhou City."

"Chen Ergou?" Feng Shuo's mouth twitched slightly.

Chi Qing, who was sitting below, burst out laughing.

Jiang Yanyi was a little embarrassed, but still nodded with an extremely sincere look: "His nickname is Goudan."

There are so many people named Chen Ergou in the world. Since his name is Ergou, his nickname is naturally Goudan.

South City is so big, and more than ten years have passed. With this little information, it is like looking for a needle in a haystack to find her fiancé.

Jiang Yanyi was worried, but Feng Shuo didn't ask any more questions.

He changed the question: "Have you been to the capital?"

Jiang Yanyi could feel the cold sweat sliding down her back. She pinched her palms, facing Feng Shuo's gaze that was colder than a knife, and shook her head and said: "I have never been there."

Lu Linyuan said at the banquet that she had recognized the wrong person. If she said that she had been to the capital, wouldn't she be digging a hole for herself?

Feng Shuo leaned back, half of his back resting on the back of the chair, his dark eyes deep, and said: "You have provided intelligence for merit, and the king now promises you a reward. Tell me what you want."

Jiang Yanyi was stunned. This reward was too big.

She didn't deserve it for her little contribution, right?

Why did this great general suddenly make such a decision?

Perhaps he understood the confusion on her face, and Feng Shuo added: "The king always keeps his word."

Jiang Yanyi didn't have the courage to speak like a lion.

She hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to ask for a good name for a prostitute in the military camp. Her name is Qiu Kui. On the day she was sold to a brothel, an official of the imperial court died there, so she was also implicated and was sent to the army to be a prostitute."

Feng Shuo narrowed his narrow eyes, and said in a dignified manner, "You are quite courageous. The criminal list of those who were sent to the military camp to be prostitutes is included in the Ministry of Justice. To cancel the criminal list, the emperor must issue a decree."

Jiang Yanyi's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he knelt on the ground, not knowing what to do.

Chi Qing spoke at the right time, "Hey, I suddenly remembered that the spy was identified by that prostitute in the military camp."

Feng Shuo glanced at him, and Chi Qing touched his nose embarrassedly.

Feng Shuo then turned his gaze back to Jiang Yanyi and said, "Once you've said something, you can't take it back. I've agreed. But you've got to think it over. There's only one reward. Are you sure you want to ask for someone else?"

Jiang Yanyi felt relieved when she heard this. She nodded vigorously, "I've made up my mind."

Feng Shuo's eyes were slightly surprised, but he quickly calmed down and said, "In that case, I'll write a memorial tomorrow and you can "Go away now."

Jiang Yanyi thanked him and was about to get up, but Chi Qing, who had wandered into the corner of the big tent, suddenly howled, "You are not so wasteful! Do you know how valuable this pot of chili peppers is? It would be fine if you just threw it in the corner to collect dust, but you also watered it with the water for washing brushes?"

Jiang Yanyi glanced at the corner, but her sight was blocked by the tables and chairs, so she couldn't see what chili peppers Chi Qing was talking about.

When she stood up, Chi Qing just happened to take out the pot of chili peppers that Feng Shuo had put in the corner with a painful look on his face. The

originally green leaves were stained with some light ink-colored spots, and many small half-green and half-red strip-shaped fruits hung between the branches and leaves, with pointed ends.

Jiang Yanyi froze in place.

That was... chili peppers!