Hua Jin stopped crying, but said angrily, "General, you can't say anything to comfort me. You just watch me cry."
Zu Bingyuan tapped Hua Jin's head gently: "You've become presumptuous."
Hua Jin pouted and punched Zu Bingyuan on the chest.
Zu Bingyuan grabbed Hua Jin's hand, his eyes blazing with anger: "I just came back from the battlefield, I'm a little tired."
Hua Jin said shyly, "It's not dark yet."
"I'm going to take a shower. Jin'er, do you want to join me?"
“No… No!”
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The tide of battle turned, and the Zhen army was ambushed in the mountains, losing 20,000 soldiers and suffering repeated defeats.
"Marshal! This deployment was kept secret, and only a few people knew about it. The Qi army's ambush was clearly known long ago. Something fishy is going on within our ranks."
"Marshal, I have already found out that Hua Jin was not originally a member of the household. She only entered the brothel before we seized the household."
"We patrolled the streets, and the other civilians avoided us, but she stood by the window! Don't think that Hua Jin must be a spy from the Qi army, trying to steal information from you!"
Zu Bingyuan frowned slightly.
"Don't say anything more, I know the answer to this question."
When Zu Bingyuan returned to the yard, he saw Hua Jin writing something.
"Jin'er."
Upon hearing this, Hua Jin immediately crumpled up the paper and held it in her hands. Her panic made Zu Bingyuan frown.
"What are you doing?"
"No...nothing."
Hua Jin put her hands behind her back.
"Jin'er, let me ask you, are you an account holder?"
There seemed to be a flash of nervousness in Hua Jin's eyes.
"Jin'er, I want to hear the truth."
“No… no…”
"Then why did you enter the brothel?"
Hua Jin still kept her head down, as if she didn't dare to look Zu Bingyuan in the eye.
"Were you the one who tipped off about this ambush?"
Zu Bingyuan closed his eyes and made his point clear.
Hua Jin was horrified, but she did nothing in the yard. There must be someone else involved in this incident, and she couldn't be blamed.
Hua Jin raised her head and said, "The general was so dignified towards me today because of this."
"Is that something in your hand that I shouldn't be looking at?"
Zu Bingyuan was heartbroken when he saw Hua Jin's reaction.
The person he pretended to love was deceiving him with every move and all her affection!
Hua Jin's expression was relieved. She chuckled and handed the item in her hand to Zu Bingyuan: "It's nothing to be ashamed of, it's just a little funny."
Zu Bingyuan took it and unfolded the note, only to see the three words "Zu Bingyuan" densely written on it.
The handwriting is very immature and not very beautiful, but every stroke is made with great care.
This was a deliberate act by Hua Jin to please Zu Bingyuan. She pretended to be illiterate and used her clumsiness to make him feel distressed.
But I didn't expect it to be of such great use.
"I learned these three words from Ruo'er today. I wanted to practice them to please the general, but now it seems that it is no longer necessary."
Hua Jin took the handkerchief prepared beside her and wiped the ink off her hands.
Zu Bingyuan frowned, unable to understand Hua Jin's intention for a moment.
"I'm originally from Yunxi. Since I was little, I've been the prettiest girl in the alley," Hua Jinxu recounted her past. "But my father got addicted to gambling, so he sold me off. That's when my looks really came into play."
When talking about her experience, Hua Jin seemed very calm, with her eyes downcast and her tone expressionless.
"The mother in the brothel taught me to play the zither and dance, and I even learned a few ditties by heart. I quickly became Yunxi's most popular star.
At that time, there was a noble man who fell in love with me at first sight and insisted on taking me home, saying that he would take care of me for the rest of my life.
Having said that, Hua Jin deliberately glanced at Zu Bingyuan, and sure enough, she saw that his expression changed slightly.
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