Feiyan stopped instinctively when she heard "Young lady, please stay," and turned around to wait for the other party to ask Hong Xiaoduo a question.
As it turned out, the other person looked at him and asked the question!
"Is the general asking about me?" Fei Yan asked, pointing to herself in confusion.
General Mu smiled and nodded. The more he looked at this young lady, the more pleasing she became to the eye. Although the other one was prettier, she looked too young. Despite not having met her in person, he felt that the older one was more composed.
She had the air of a well-bred lady, yet without any affectation. Perhaps due to long journeys, her skin wasn't very fair, but she lacked the roughness of a country girl or a woman from the streets. No wonder Tao'er was attracted to her.
If it really is her, then as her uncle, I must find a way to keep her here for a few more days, to get to know her situation better, and also to say a good word for my nephew. If things really turn out well, the elders in the family will definitely be happy.
This also serves as proof that I'm not just a roughneck who only knows how to fight.
When Fei Yan realized that the general was talking to her and asking her a question, she immediately felt confused.
"General, I don't know your nephew," Fei Yan replied politely.
Huh? You don't recognize me?
Could it be that I'm overthinking things? The letter home before the New Year clearly stated that my nephew Zitao had direct contact with that woman.
"My mother..." Kaiyang, who had heard clearly from the side, spoke up, seeing General Mu's regretful and disappointed expression.
But he had only uttered two words when Tian Shu, who was standing next to him, covered his mouth.
Kaiyang turned to look at his older brother, who was covering his mouth. Seeing his brother glaring at him with a stern face, he realized that he had made a mistake.
Seeing that Kaiyang knew he was wrong, Tian Shu finally let go of his hand.
General Mu and his men had all looked at Kaiyang because of his voice, but they didn't think much of it. No one connected the two words the child had said with the question the general had asked.
Tian Shu looked at Hong Xiaoduo and saw an approving smile on her face. Tian Shu pursed his lips.
Quan Jinghuai understood what was going on. Seeing that Hong Xiaoduo didn't seem inclined to speak, he once again raised his hand in a fist salute, thanked her for the hospitality, and took his leave.
Deputy General Shang Lan led a few men to escort them to the carriage, pointing to the carriage road: "Our general said that the military camp doesn't have anything good to offer, so he packed some food for you to take on the road to stave off hunger. We hope that Master Quan will not find it offensive."
Oh? They even gave us food?
Hong Xiaoduo and the seven children immediately looked into the carriage. If there hadn't been outsiders around, they probably would have gone to see what delicious food was inside.
Seeing the reaction of his seven disciples and their "mother," Quan Jinghuai's lips twitched. Fortunately, at least there was the relatively composed Feiyan.
Otherwise, wouldn't they be seen as a bunch of foodies?
No, that's not right. This group of seven, including the adult, are all true foodies.
However, despite being a foodie, they aren't picky eaters.
Along the way, we depended on the environmental conditions. We didn't encounter any towns, so we just found some wild vegetables in the mountains and cooked them, then heated up some coarse grain cakes, and we ate them with great relish.
"Thank you for your hospitality, General. Thank you all. I also wish you all a speedy recovery of the remaining bandits." Quan Jinghuai had been traveling the world for a long time and had many friends, but the people he associated with were all straightforward and not good at polite conversation.
Therefore, these parting words sounded rather dry.
Fortunately, Shang Lan and the others were all military personnel and didn't care about these things.
Hong Xiaoduo gestured for the children to get on the cart, and Feiyan also turned around and got on the donkey cart.
Seeing that Hong Xiaoduo had also boarded the carriage, Quan Jinghuai mounted his horse, and Tian Shu also sat on the carriage shaft.
Quan Jinghuai nodded to Shang Lan and the others again, then spurred his horse, and the little black horse pulling the carriage moved without Tian Shu having to urge it on.
Watching Quan Jinghuai and his entourage leave the military camp, Shang Lan sighed, "It's only because Master Quan is so skilled in martial arts that others would dare to go out and play with such young and beautiful women and children."
"With them wandering around like this, anyone who's not careful will be extremely unlucky to run into them," another said.
Several people nearby agreed with this.
That's right. Take this time, for example. If the scouts sent ashore by the pirate leader hadn't encountered Master Quan and his group, they wouldn't have seen the two pretty young ladies.
Even if a general receives the news and rushes to the shore with his men to commit atrocities, he may not be able to catch up with the pirate leader.
After a fierce battle, the pirates would have suffered casualties, but not to the point that their leader was killed, the second-in-command's fate was unknown, and their stronghold was wiped out.
The pirates have been very cautious these past few years, never coming ashore to harm the fishermen. But they just happened to come ashore when Master Quan and his group were playing at the beach. Wasn't that just courting death?
This is incredibly bad luck!
On the carriage outside the military camp, Hong Xiaoduo and the children noticed an extra food box in the carriage and were about to open it when Quan Jinghuai's voice came from outside: "They didn't give us food."
Hearing him say that, Hong Xiaoduo vaguely guessed what was going on. Although Tianxuan and the others didn't think that much about it, they weren't that interested if it wasn't food.
Now that the master has spoken, what's in the food box is what the adults are concerned about.
After all, if the soldiers are sending things secretly, it means they don't want others to know!
"Yaoguang, be good, let's not look." Kaiyang coaxed Yaoguang gently when he saw her still looking at the food box.
"Hmph, you've become smart now," Tianquan said from the side.
"Me?" Kaiyang was a little indignant after being scolded, but when he looked at Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, and Yuheng beside him, who were all glaring at him, he immediately wilted: "I was just looking out for the generals, weren't I? Since you asked, what if it's something very important?"
"You're still being stubborn? You think you're so smart? Doesn't your mother have a mouth? Your mother hasn't said anything, so why? Why don't you use your brain?" Tianxuan said.
Tianji also said, "Just because you see they're doing well, you want to tell them everything? Master was standing there and didn't say anything, did he? Do you know that if you just blurt things out, you might cause your mother unnecessary trouble?"
Kaiyang, who was being criticized by the group, saw that Tianji was about to speak as well, so he quickly said, "Okay, I know I was wrong. I promise that nothing like this will happen again. I promise."
Seeing his reaction, the others who were about to launch a scathing attack finally gave up.
Hong Xiaoduo listened from the side, smiling without saying a word, feeling very gratified.
While Tian Shu was rushing to catch the carriage outside, he was thinking that he would have to find an opportunity to teach his younger brother a lesson later.
"You know Mu Zitao, right?" the person on horseback asked, remembering the question...
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