C20

Outside Rongdu City, by the tea shop.

Ling Luo stared at the white bun for a long time before steeling her heart and finding a stool to carefully sit on.

"Boss, a pot of tea and two steamed buns!"

She took out the only five copper coins she had in her pocket and handed them over, wiping the dust off her face that was stuck to her face from the journey. Without the Silver Flash and without any martial arts, coupled with the fact that the wound on her buttocks was not completely healed, she hired a horse carriage so she could lie down.

But from Pear Mountain to Rongdu City was about five to six days of journey, so most of her silver was given to the coachman. Now that it was Rongdu City, he only had five cents on him.

When the boss saw Ling Luo's travel-worn appearance, he added an extra steamed bun and carried it over to her.

"Eat, guest. Perhaps you might be my last customer, I won't be able to open this shop tomorrow."

"What's wrong, Uncle?" I think your business is pretty good. "

"Ai, it is said that the army is going to pass by this place. They are going to capture people along the way. Since I am already old, I might as well hide for a while. "

"Oh? An army? Capture him? " Ling Luo frowned and looked at him with a puzzled expression. She picked up the steamed bun and took a bite.

"Don't you know? The barbarians of the Northern Desert were coming. The imperial government was sending people to fight, but there was no one. In the chaos of battle, the strong were all gone from the Yan State. I have heard people on the road say that the army is now on the way to recruit soldiers, but if they say that it is a conscription, then it is a robbery. Tsk tsk tsk... This old one has only heard of people stealing from common people, but never would I have thought that even men would be robbed from them. This is the way of the world … "

The boss spoke in a hushed tone, as if his country was about to fall. Ling Luo was frightened by what she heard and she couldn't help but increase the speed at which she ate the steamed buns. All along the way, she was dressed in men's clothing. She didn't want to be caught and taken advantage of …

"There! There's one over there! Quick!"

Just as this thought appeared in her mind, she heard four soldiers rushing over at lightning speed from the road in front of her, aggressively pouncing towards her and grabbing her. She wanted to resist, but she couldn't.

"Hey, hey, what are you guys doing? I'm not breaking the law. "

Ling Luo struggled and said. She could not help but feel sad. She thought about how arrogant she was in the past and how these people could be killed in an instant. But now ….

"You didn't break the law, but the military camp needs you right now. Look at how strong you are, go protect the country." The leader was most likely a leader. He dragged Ling Luo and stopped being so fierce. He even gave her a friendly smile.

"My name is Lee Yan, I'm the deputy commander of the army. From today onwards, you are my subordinate, and following me is much safer than following others, because my martial arts are very high. "

"..."

Ling Luo looked at the shameless Lee Yan speechlessly. She was just a little disgusted with their actions. Wasn't she too unhumane? Stealing in broad daylight, how shameful would it be if word of this got out?

"Hey hey, don't look at me with such contemptuous eyes, I'll tell you that. Originally, we were dispatched for a war of 50,000 people, but on the way, His Highness let those elderly, weak, and handicapped retire, so now we still have less than 40,000. It's a military matter for us, but that depends on our strength, right? How could those forty thousand warriors deal with the two-hundred thousand barbarian army? We'll have to think of our own ways. "

"..."

Ling Luo was once again speechless, but she still had a little bit of a favorable impression towards Prince Lao Shi. Retire the old, the weak, and the handicapped because you don't want them to die in vain, right? It was a good deed.

"Let me tell you." Lee Yan just held onto Ling Luo, no, he held her arm as he walked towards the Rongdu City, opening up her mind as they walked.

"Looking for people to expand the barracks is the intention of us vice generals, His Royal Highness is not aware of this." "So, you just have to obediently follow me. Don't worry, I will protect you."

"How many people did you say that to?" Ling Luo cast a sidelong glance at Lee Yan and frowned.

"Not many. A hundred."

"Then can you protect them?"

"Of course, I, Lee Yan, am the first to charge forward in battle!"

"Then if you are beaten to death, who will care about the people following you?"

"Pah pah pah, can you not be such a crow? Although protecting the family and the nation is a soldier's duty, it's not necessary to sacrifice yourself.

"Yo, I didn't expect you to know wisdom?" Ling Luo glanced at Lee Yan's boorish appearance and raised her eyebrows. How did he look like an intelligent person?

"I don't have much wisdom, but about that, do you see? That's what he told us about the man on the tower. "

Unknowingly, the two of them had arrived at the city gate tower. Ling Luo raised her head and looked at where Lee Yan was pointing to and was slightly shocked. The person on top of the city gate tower was wearing armor, a steel helmet, and a black cloak that fluttered in the wind. He gazed far into the distance with domineering arrogance. His sword-like face was calm and unhurried, but his eyes were sharp, as if he could see through thousands of mountains and rivers in the mortal world.

It was Jun Ximo. Looking at him at this moment, he felt a little regretful. As for her savior, she actually met him again in such a manner.

"Who is he?" She pretended not to know as she looked at Lee Yan.

"Of course it's Fourth Prince. This time, it's the conquest of the north, Great General."

"Oh, how heroic."

Ling Luo smiled. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Yun Jian and Yun Zhan appear from his left and right side. She seemed to have understood something in an instant.

'Ghost Face, Jun Ximo, they... It's the same person? ' She thought about the assassination attempt on the hall's entrance. She had been wondering what had gone wrong. Could it be that they had done it? Suddenly, her eyes darkened as she pulled Lee Yan back and looked at him seriously.

"I've decided to follow you as a soldier!"

"... Did you think you could say no just now? "Let's go, I'll introduce you to our other friends!"

"..."