"He also knows that he has been aiding and abetting evil and has witnessed the cruelty of Prince Shun, so now he hardly ever goes out!"
"Most of the men I've chosen this time are his subordinates!"
"Because he is strict with his subordinates, the people under him are the complete opposite of those under Fu Bin!"
"One is known as the Laughing King of Hell, the other as the Laughing Buddha!"
"And Prince Shun is extremely tyrannical, stubborn, and arrogant! He won't listen to anyone!"
"I'll kill someone whenever I'm in a bad mood!"
"And he felt that the whole world belonged to him!"
"I was able to come back this time because I expressed my loyalty to him, and that's why he let me bring my troops here!"
Even though Fu Bin tried to dissuade him, it was to no avail!
Lin Ru listened carefully to Commandant Qi's words and immediately grasped the key points!
"If that's the case, then Hai Mingming might be worth trying to win over that Smiling Buddha!"
"However, the fact that he was able to thrive under Prince Shun's rule, and that he was practicing vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist scriptures in front of such a tyrannical person, suggests that he is not someone to be trifled with!"
"We still need to strike them hard! Only when they feel the pain will they be afraid!"
"It will be much easier to subdue them then!"
Although Commandant Qi shared this idea, was it really that simple to deliver a crushing blow?
His main purpose in saying these things was to make the little girl in front of him understand the enemy she was about to face!
I was mentally prepared!
We cannot be so careless as he is now. It was because of his stubbornness that Prince Shun let him go back to the mountains!
Whether this little girl genuinely didn't understand or was pretending not to, she somehow managed to bring up the topic of subjugation!
He sighed deeply, thinking: Forget it! I can't place all my hopes on this young woman just because her personality is somewhat like my deceased wife's. After all, she's just a girl, and it's already quite an achievement for her to have reached this point! Although he still hopes she can go further, they've only just met, and they probably don't know each other very well yet. Saying so much now is already overstepping a line! Continuing will only waste time! It's better to use this time to properly reorganize the current military camp!
So he stood up and said, "Alright! I'll go to the barracks first. I wonder what has become of those soldiers after searching for so long!"
"Let me reorganize things properly and make some arrangements before we talk about what to do next!"
After he finished speaking, he left with obvious disappointment on his face!
Ji Wenxuan was also a little puzzled. As far as he knew, Miss Lin would never make such outrageous statements; she would never do anything without being sure of success! He didn't know what was wrong with her today!
You always say such irrelevant things!
Prince Shun's army outnumbers theirs several times over! They'd be lucky to even hold out until the reinforcements reach Kyoto, let alone face a crushing defeat! That's utter wishful thinking!
Lin Ru ignored his shock and returned to her residence. She looked at Bian Du, who was leaning against the kang (a heated brick bed), and told him about Qi Duwei's news.
"Commander Qi is still alive!"
Bian Du's eyes suddenly widened, and his eye sockets slightly welled up with tears!
"I knew it! The master wouldn't leave us so easily!"
"He's worried about the people of Shanping County!"
"He always taught us to be loyal to the emperor and love the people! And he always did just that! Now the people are suffering terribly! He will surely return!"
Seeing his excited expression, Lin Ru nodded!
"Yes, he really is back!"
"Then you should go back too! As long as you change your dressings on time, your injuries are nothing serious!"
"It's not good to stay here all the time!"
"Oh! Right! I also had the governor's wife killed!"
"I've also had the notices about you removed!"
"You are now free!"
"Let's go back!"
Upon hearing this, Bian Du immediately withdrew his protruding teeth!
He said seriously, "Miss Lin, what kind of person do you take me for? I've already said before that I'm loyal to you and that's all I'll do, and it won't change just because the Commandant is back!"
"Or do you think I might betray you, and that's why you don't want to keep me here?"
Lin Ru was just testing him!
She was quite satisfied with the result!
So he said, "I don't doubt your loyalty! It's just that it's not right for you to stay here all the time. You need to go back and clear your name!"
"Although some people in the military camp know that you have been enduring hardship and that everything you have done is to avenge the captain!"
"But the news of your killing of Pang Da has been suppressed, so there are still many people who don't know what you've done!"
"They just think you're a two-faced person!"
"Even if you come with me, you must return to the military camp!"
"Since that's the case, we might as well go back now!"
"There are people who can stand up for you!"
"By the way! If there's anything you're unsure about, just go find someone named Wu Fei, or anyone with the surname Wu!"
They will definitely help you!
Bian Du felt extremely uncomfortable thinking about the disdain on his brothers' faces before!
He knew that Lin Ru was right; he couldn't stay here forever! He wanted to return to the military camp, to clear his name, and to tell everyone that he, Bian Du, was not the kind of person who craved vanity!
Moreover, he is not even afraid of death, so why should he be afraid of what those people say?
Having thought this through, he made up his mind. He slowly stood up and respectfully bowed to Lin Ru, saying, "Miss Lin! Thank you again for saving my life!"
"I mean everything I say!"
"If you ever need my help, I will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Lin Ru nodded and instructed someone to escort him to Commander Qi's side!
She herself lay quietly in the room!
Wu Juan carefully opened the door a crack and looked inside at Lin Ru!
She had a feeling that her family patriarch was acting a little strange today!
It seems like something's on your mind!
He sent everyone out to do things, and also sent away all his close relatives, and now he's lying in this room!
It feels so sad and pitiful.
Lin Ru heard the noise outside with her eyes closed!
She said with a hint of helplessness, "Wu Juan! What are you doing outside? Why don't you come in?"
Now that she had been discovered, Wu Juan opened the door and came in, feeling a little embarrassed.
"I just noticed you were acting a little strange today!"
"Why does he seem like a complete loner?"
Lin Ru smiled but did not answer directly.
"Have my mother and the others arrived at the refugee camp? Were they recognized by the refugees?"
"After all, they were standing on the city wall at that time!"
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