Su Qingci looked a little strange, and suddenly retracted his feet, saying lightly, "The wind and sand were too strong, and they woke me up."
"You've worked hard these past few days. I'll give you a good rest when we get back to the palace."
Su Qingci asked, "How long will it take us to get there?"
"It will probably take another day or two. When we see the oasis, we'll be almost there."
Su Qingci fell silent, looking unhappy. Yan Xuanye pressed on, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell in your stomach? I'll call Master Wu Yan to come and take a look at you."
After saying that, Yan Xuanye stood up and was about to walk out. Su Qingci grabbed his sleeve, and Yan Xuanye stopped suddenly.
"I'm not feeling unwell, I just wanted to ask how long it would take to get there. The wind and sand are so strong at night that I always have trouble sleeping."
There was one thing she didn't say. In fact, before she was awakened by the sound of wind and sand, she dreamed of Lu Huan on the battlefield.
When Lu Huan first arrived in Yizhou, he wrote her a letter to report his safety. During that time, he also received a letter from "her" greetings, but of course, it was not written by her.
Su Qingci was kidnapped by Lu Feng, but Xiao He was still in Kaishan Temple. Together with the six or seven people who survived the fight, led by Zi Tan, they searched Shangjing City for a long time but found no trace of Su Qingci.
It's not their fault. After all, Lu Feng's team consists of women who look like Han Chinese. Therefore, Zitan and others did not think that this matter was related to Yan Xuanye. They just thought that this matter might have been done by the prince's party.
The prince once wanted Su Qingci, but later gave up the idea because of the master's words. However, some of the prince's party members have always coveted Su Qingci's beauty.
Because of this misjudgment, Zitan and others wasted a lot of time and failed to find Su Qingci in Shangjing City or its suburbs.
Then there is only one possibility, that Su Qingci was taken away from Shangjing from the very beginning.
Zitan asked someone to check whether there was a group of Han women who left Shangjing on horseback in carriages on that day, or even in the few days after that.
Su Qingci was forced to leave, so they must have knocked her out to prevent her from talking nonsense when leaving the city, so the people must have taken her out of the city in a carriage.
Lu Huan sent back several letters reporting his safety, but Zitan and others did not dare to tell him the truth about Su Qingci's disappearance, for fear that he would be distracted and get injured on the battlefield.
So Zitan and others suppressed the matter, secretly sent people to search for Su Qingci's whereabouts, and found a legal advisor who could imitate other people's handwriting, pretending that Su Qingci wrote several letters and sent them to Yizhou, so as to reassure Lu Huan.
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"General Lu, have you received another letter from home?" asked Lieutenant General Wu.
Lu Huan smiled slightly, folded the letter and put it away. "Yes, it's a letter from my wife, saying that everything is fine."
Vice Admiral Wu said with heartfelt emotion, "General Lu and his wife have a truly wonderful relationship."
Lu Huan walked past him and patted his shoulder. "I heard your family is already arranging a marriage for you. Isn't that great? Why are you still so sad?"
Deputy General Wu poured a cup of tea, drank it himself, and then drooped it weakly. "My mother wants to marry my uncle's youngest daughter to me. You don't know that my uncle's youngest daughter has been pampered and raised in luxury since she was a child.
She has a very spoiled temper. I am a rough man, but I dare not marry her. If she keeps arguing with me, I will be annoyed to death."
"Speaking of which, we are both military commanders. General Lu, you have the appearance of a gentle gentleman, without any of the vulgarity of a soldier. You are the envy of many soldiers."
Lu Huan laughed and said, "What's the point of being gentle on the battlefield? It'll just make people look down on you. It's better to be brave like Deputy General Wu. Just standing there on the battlefield will make people tremble with fear."
Deputy General Wu said, "General Lu, please don't flatter me. Everyone in this army knows the heroic deeds of you, the Lu family father and son. With your reputation, even if you were to stay in Yizhou, Prince Ning and his son would not dare to act rashly."
"Look, the fighting has stopped in the past two days. I'm afraid they are discussing how to deal with it."
Lu Huan opened the curtain and said, "You rest for a while. I'll go out for a tour."
Lieutenant General Wu agreed, and Lu Huan walked out.
It is true that Prince Ning and his son did not take any action, but it was not because they were afraid of his reputation.
Moreover, before he received the imperial edict at home, he guessed that the emperor would order him to go to war, so he sent Zhong Cang and other secret guards to deliver the letter early in the morning.
The letter stated that he could help Prince Ning seize the throne, and he didn't want anything but Gao Jiarong's head.
Of course, King Ning did not believe him so easily, but he was also ready to take action. He stopped the war before they arrived in Yizhou. Now he must have sent people to Shangjing to inquire about the news.
They must be able to find out the grudge between Lu Huan and Gao Jiarong before they will believe him.
Lu Huan was not in a hurry. As the chief commander, he would replace the important places with people he trusted to guard during his daily inspections.
Once Prince Ning agrees, he can coordinate internal and external forces to allow Prince Ning to attack without any effort.
Of course, he couldn't reveal his true identity and make people suspect him. When King Ning conquered Yizhou, he would lead his men to retreat to other cities.
Then he replaced the people guarding the important places with his own people, and repeated this several times. By the time the group of people realized that he was the one who was interfering, it was too late.
Of course, others also believed in his actions. After all, he was the chief general sent by the emperor himself, and his father was the famous first-class general of Nanchang State. He devoted his life to the country and made many contributions.
After all, if there were no Lu family, there would be no Nanchang Kingdom today. In addition, Lu Huan usually has a good reputation in the army for loving his soldiers like his own sons, and he rarely makes enemies with others. Most people trust him.
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