C35 The Great General's Words Make Sense

After she moved the bucket into the room's screen, she poured the boiled water into the bucket several times.

When she had enough hot water in the bucket, she closed the door, but did not find the latch. But the growing chill inside her made her sneeze, so she gave up trying to find the latch and hurried behind the screen to take off her wet clothes and into the tub to be surrounded by hot water.

Pei Hongqing knew that she was taking a bath. Since she took the initiative to go to the front hall, she shouldn't suddenly open the door and enter while she was taking a bath, right? Besides, there was a screen.

When Sang Ye walked out of the counter and was about to close the door, he had already changed his clothes and dried his hair. Coincidentally, he was standing outside the door with a bowl of steaming hot soup in his hands, "I came to deliver the ginger soup to Miss Sang. I originally knocked on the small door in the backyard and waited for a long time until no one came to open the door before thinking about walking through the front door …"

Pei Hongqing, who was sitting beside them drinking tea, noticed that the atmosphere between them was not going well. He stood up and pulled Sang Ye aside, "Little Wan is in the room near the kitchen. Little miss, you can go in first."

Ye Zichen smiled and nodded towards the elder in front of him, then walked past them into the backyard. However, the door to the room near the kitchen was closed, so she had to knock lightly. "Miss Sang?"

Just as Yun Zhui got up from the bucket and put on her white inner robe, she heard a sound coming from outside the door. She quickly tied up her outer belt and asked, "Who is it?"

"I'm here to deliver the ginger soup to you."

As soon as she heard this, Yun Shu immediately complimented him in her heart. If this little girl really wanted to take care of someone, this meticulous and meticulous manner of hers probably wouldn't have said anything: "Please enter young lady."

However, just as Qiao Qiao stepped into the room, she stepped on a wooden stick. With this step, she completely lost control of her body as she threw herself forward.

Fortunately, Yun Shu had been quick enough to catch him. Although the bowl of ginger soup had scattered on the ground and the bowl had shattered, it was fortunate that no one was injured because of this.

She quickly turned around and straightened her clothes. Coincidentally, she also recovered from her panic, and closed the door behind her, "Miss Sang, thank you for that just now. I'll go back later and prepare a bowl of ginger soup for you, right?" she asked as she picked up the shards.

Yun Zhui pulled on the clean clothes that had been draped over the screen before saying, "You're too polite. Actually, I'm completely fine after a hot bath. "

Qiao Qiao still had an uneasy look on her face. "Then, I'll go back first?"

Yun Shu naturally saw her unease. "Please wait a moment with the lady."

After she had finished speaking, she turned around and went to the side of the bed to take out a bag. She secretly took out the string from the bag and put it in front of Qiao Qiao: "Just now when I came back, I realized that the string from the bag was broken. But a man like my cousin definitely doesn't have any good-looking rope that he can use to wear a bag."

The unease on Qiao Qiao's face was immediately dispelled by the smile. "I have a lot of nice looking ropes. If Miss Sang doesn't mind, you can lend me your money bag for the night. I'll send you the money tomorrow morning."

"Then I'll have to trouble you. But tomorrow morning, I have to go out because I don't know when I'll be able to come back.

Hearing the following words, Xiang Qiao's face showed an expression of hesitation. Yun Shu quickly struck the iron while it was still hot, helping her to clear her doubts: "Miss Xiang, are we done with this? "Hey, you should be cooking by now. How about I send you out first?"

Hearing her say this, Xiang Qiao could only nod her head. After walking to the back door, she intentionally confirmed with Yun Shu: "Am I really going to directly look for Mister Sang tomorrow morning?"

As if encouraged by a coincidence, Yun Zhui smiled and nodded his head vigorously. Only then did Qiao Qiao bid her farewell. As if she was resigned to her fate, she held her purse and entered the back door of her house.

However, just as Yun Shu closed the back door, she turned around and saw Pei Hongqing standing next to the kitchen door. She was shocked and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Sang Ye told you to get the door board and close the door." With that, he turned around and pointed his chin at Sang Ye, who was holding a door board with one hand.

She glanced at Sang Ye somewhat awkwardly. Before she could say anything, Pei Hongqing spoke up, "Do you have the heart to let me, an old man, do such heavy work? "Even if you had the heart to let neighbors like Sang Ye see it, it wouldn't be so good."

Yun Shu, "…" The Grand General had a point, but she couldn't refute him.

She carried two slabs of wood as she followed Sang Ye into the front hall. Neither of them spoke first, and only after the door had completely closed did Yun Zhui be unable to resist clearing his throat and calling out to Sang Ye, who was walking toward the backyard. They wanted to explain everything clearly.

Sang Ye quickly interrupted her, "I was too rash before. Sorry."

"Actually, I was also wrong. At that time, I should have thought more about girls." Yun Shu walked over to his side, "But … Sang Ye, you should have heard of that poem, 'When flowers bloom, they fall straight to the point, but when flowers fall, they fall straight to the point'. Actually, there were some things that could be changed. It wasn't something that was set by someone, but something that had to be done. People didn't live in this world to abide by the rules. If one lived in this world to abide by the rules, what was the point of living such a life? I see you as a friend, but I do not wish for you to regret it in the future. " As she spoke, she observed Sang Ye's face.

The other party, however, remained expressionless. It was only after she had finished her last sentence that her expression changed slightly. "Thank you. I will consider what you have said."

However, just as they returned to the backyard, they heard several rapid and intense coughing sounds. Soon after, a large cloud of black smoke drifted out of the kitchen. Pei Hongqing, whose face was covered with an uneven layer of black ash, ran out from the kitchen.

Upon seeing Yun Shu, he did not care that he was still coughing, and quickly ran into the kitchen. "Cough! Come quickly... Cough cough … Light a fire, cough cough! "Cough …"

Yun Shu looked at the stove hole that was emitting black smoke with all her might. "... Didn't you say that you sometimes cook for yourself? "Why can't you even light a fire?"

General Pei answered in a righteous tone, "When I cook, can the cook let me light a fire to burn firewood?"

Yun Shu, "…" That was true. After all, he was a great general who had grown up in the palace. Moreover, after leaving the palace, he had directly moved into the general's estate. How could he possibly have done something like lighting firewood? For someone like him, being able to cook something that he could barely swallow was already quite amazing.

She took out all the firewood that was only partially burned, and used a pair of pliers to scrape off some of the ashes before she went to get some of the straw that was easier to light.

Just as she was about to grab a bundle of straw, a hand that was clearly bigger than hers fell on top of the bundle of straw. "Then the order in which I put the firewood is also correct. I used the same straw in the beginning as well. I thought that lighting a fire in the kitchen was different from building a fire in the wild." As she spoke, she placed the bundle of straw in her hands into Yun Shu's hands.

Yun Shu: "You probably stuffed it too fast." She bent her head and used the pliers to pluck at the straw and dried twigs that she had only partially burned from the hole in the stove.

After putting down the pliers, she touched the fire sickle to ignite the straw, and then she said, "Also, you've already filled up the stove, how do you want these firewood to burn?"

Pei Hongqing frowned and then spat out words that would make Yun Shu's internal organs bleed, "Shouldn't we be able to burn more firewood?" In any case, this was how it was when they built fires in the wild.

Yun Shu looked at him once and decided not to discuss the topic with him anymore. "You can start cooking now."

Just when she thought that Pei Hongqing would personally cook the dishes like he did in the afternoon, he walked to the kitchen door and said, "Sang Ye! "Come in and cook."

Yun Shu, "…" Although Sang Ye was also a subordinate of General Pei, he was living on someone else's territory. Could he please not be so arrogant?

However, the pampered General Pei naturally did not have such awareness. Sang Ye, who was still deep in thought, had no intentions of disobeying Pei Hongqing's orders.

Pei Hongqing scooped up some water from the water jar to wash off the black ash on his face. Then, he sat down behind the table and drank his tea as he watched the two of them get busy.

After dinner, Sang Ye told them all the information he had gathered that morning. Pei Hongqing tapped the table with his right index finger a few times out of habit, "If no one is suspicious of the number of people entering Tigerrage City, then could the army have been left outside the city?"

Sang Ye said, "It shouldn't be possible. This morning, I went to the mountains to gather herbs. When it was morning, I went down the mountain, but I didn't see any smoke outside the city."

Yun Shu: "Sang Ye, you said that two days ago, the family of the general's family sent someone to visit Lady Lu, who was pregnant. Are those two suspicious?"

Sang Ye shook his head, "Those two are like ordinary master servants, so there's nothing suspicious for now." Seeing that the room was growing dark, he got up and lit the candle, covering it with a lampshade.

Pei Hongqing said, "I've asked them to pay more attention to the General's Estate and the Jia Residence in the next few days."

Sang Ye nodded. "Speaking of which, the person who came to buy wild ginseng previously is the steward of the General's Estate. I can check it out when I send him to the General's Estate tomorrow morning."

Sang Ye was leaving tomorrow morning, but that was out of the question. Thinking up to here, Yun Shu hurriedly took the initiative to suggest, "How about I send wild ginseng tomorrow morning? I can't help much in the shop anyway. "

Sang Ye: "That's fine too."

After discussing what would happen tomorrow, they turned out the lights in the kitchen and went back to their own rooms to prepare for bed.

Yun Shu poured the water she used for washing up into the courtyard, placed the basin in it, and turned around to return to the house. However, as soon as she entered the room, she saw Pei Hongqing standing beside the bed looking at her with a serious expression, "When we go to deliver the goods tomorrow, I don't care what method you use, even if you want to sell off your looks, you must enter the general's mansion. It would be best if you could enter the study to see if there are any suspicious documents."

Yun Shu looked at the handsome face not far away that looked extremely serious, even a little cold. She suspected that she had misheard. Sold off one's looks? "

Pei Hongqing looked deeply at her and suddenly laughed, "I was just joking with you." But I think, with your skill, you should be able to climb over a wall without a problem. "

Yun Shu, "…" Why did General Pei want to joke around with her? Was he overeating just now?