C41

"If I appear together with the general in front of everyone, it will definitely arouse their suspicion. A commoner, a country woman, who has lost her husband, is not afraid of gossip or gossip. Since the general is not married yet, his reputation must not be tarnished. "

After hearing Su Zhi's words, Xiao Qian turned to look at her, a faint smile on his face, "Remember, you did leave the camp tonight, but you went back before the incident happened. You don't know anything about what just happened. For the sake of safety, I will personally send you back. I will return to camp after dawn. "You understand?"

Su Zhi nodded as if she didn't quite understand. She listened to his arrangements and was escorted back to the tent, unharmed.

Something had happened in the army, and the night was not peaceful.

The two children were frightened and woke up early.

The little bun wailed incessantly as he curled up in his big brother's arms, shouting for his mother.

A Jin didn't know what was going on outside. When she woke up, she felt unsettled even if she didn't see her mother. Seeing the ruckus outside and not daring to go out, she could only coax the little bean bag and wait for her mother to come back.

When Su Zhi sneaked back to the camp, the guards had already changed. She said that they had just left and were quite frightened when she saw a few flashes of fire in the sky. She quickly came back.

Hearing her words, the gatekeeper wasn't surprised at all.

Su Zhi heaved a sigh of relief. Thankfully, they had swapped people before and after, so she could just say whatever she wanted.

When she entered the barracks, she could hear the little girl's crying from a short distance away. She quickly ran back.

Su Zhi opened the tent and saw that both of her eyes were swollen like peaches. Even A Jin's eyes were red.

When the two kids saw that she had returned, they tightly embraced the woman on her left and right. The two kids' actions pained Su Zhi to death. It was only after a long while did they console the child.

As she lay on the bed, Su Zhi's mind was still not at peace. She did not know how Xiao Qian was doing.

He kept tossing and turning until daybreak, unable to sleep soundly.

The next day, the sun had just risen.

Su Zhi stared at her sleepy eyes as she got out of bed to get busy with her meals. All of the soldiers who had gone out to search the back mountain had returned, and even Tan Zhao, who had been searching all night, had returned.

She asked about Xiao Qian's whereabouts in private, but no one knew. She only knew that the general had gone in the direction of the Huns and hadn't come back yet.

Su Zhi was a little worried about Xiao Qian, who hadn't returned for an entire night. She was the one who had caused the disaster, which was why she had implicated him.

Thinking about it, he felt guilty. As a great general, given how powerful the other party was, when had he ever felt aggrieved about not being able to return to the camp?

She specifically left some food for Xiao Qian, absent-mindedly cleaning up the leftovers. Her heart was completely focused on the back mountain, and she didn't know where Xiao Qian would return from.

Liu Zhong stood to the side and helped her. When he saw that she was still in a daze, he joked, "Is Lady Su thinking about the general?"

Su Zhi nodded mechanically and quickly shook her head, "What nonsense are you talking about? Why aren't you working?"

Liu Zhong narrowed his eyes and laughed sinisterly, "Speaking of which, it sounds strange. Last night, when the signal from the back mountain was ignited by someone, Vice Commander Qin went to the tent to look for the general and found him missing. "Where do you think the general will go in the middle of the night?"

Su Zhi rolled her eyes at him, not caring at all, "That's still hard to say. I must have heard some sound of wind and gone to the back of the mountain to investigate."

Liu Zhong put down the slop bucket in his hand, rubbed his chin and said thoughtfully, "That's unlikely. The general has never encountered such a situation in his life. He would not dare to give an order at the first possible moment. However, he did not do so yesterday. This only means that the general was not in the camp from the start, which meant that the Vice Commander had failed to do anything. "

Su Zhi's eyebrows twitched and she acted like she was very busy. She lifted the basket of cabbage beside her and put it in the wooden bucket to wash.

"Hey, hey, Lady Su, you've washed this cabbage."

"I know, I can't do it twice. If I don't clean up, I will get a stomach upset."

Liu Zhong smiled to the point that he almost wanted to punch out. He leaned over and reminded her, "This is the second time."

"If you're bored or bored, then take out the raw meat from last night and cut it into halves first. Then we'll have a lunch of spiced meat fillets and eggplant minced meat. Cut the meat into small pieces for me."

Liu Zhong was not angry at all, smiling as he threw a few pieces of raw meat on the chopping block. He turned his head to Su Zhi and said, "Lady Su, I heard that you were out of the camp last night."

Su Zhi's heart skipped a beat as she pretended not to care. "So what? I went back to camp before the signal detonator was ignited. I don't know what happened, but it's really scary."

Liu Zhong chopped some minced meat and said, "The gatekeeper has changed a batch. Since when did you come back?"

Su Zhi was furious, throwing a basket of cabbage on the chopping board, she said to Liu Zhong, "Why are you studying these? "What, do you have to learn how to ask people about their private affairs and write a word book?"

Liu Zhong quickly smiled apologetically. "Look at what Madame Su said, I'm just asking. There's no other reason." "But you're right, my dad is just like a book, the words in that book are really well read."

Su Zhi glared at him unhappily and did not intend to continue arguing with him.

At this point, a soldier ran into the kitchen and gasped, "Hurry, hurry. Prepare some food. The general is back."

Xiao Qian had returned. Su Zhi nodded and immediately took out the meat porridge and the soy sauce cake that were still warm in the pot. She then picked up a plate of pickled vegetables and hurriedly left.

Liu Zhong smiled evilly as he watched Su Zhi leave.

At this moment, Xiao Qian had just returned to his tent. Tan Zhao and a few other lieutenants were discussing what had happened last night with him.

"Last night's incident happened so suddenly. I was still on my patrol when I saw a signal flare in the sky. I thought that the thieves had sneaked in, so I followed the flames and headed towards the northwest. Did any suspicious people sneak into the army?"

Tan Zhao realized that he had already left a long time ago. No wonder he didn't see anyone at the time. "No, I brought people to search around the back mountain. I didn't catch any suspicious people even after meeting with a few bright fires." On the other hand, if one does not see a group of human figures, it is difficult to say if it is not an illusion created by the shadows of the night. "

Xiao Qian nodded and continued, "These past few days have been very dry and dry. It's hard to avoid the phosphorous fire touching the signal detonator. Later, you can give the order to bury that thing in a more secluded area."

"This lowly general obeys."

Tan Zhao paused before continuing, "But … If it wasn't man-made, then how did the flames of the rear mountain ignite? "

As soon as this question was raised, one of the lieutenants nodded and agreed, "That's right. This lowly official had looked around last night and found traces of a fire being set alight."

Xiao Qian raised his eyebrows and knocked on the table with his ten fingers. He lowered his voice and said, "Last night, I went over a few miles. I really did discover something strange."

Hearing his words, the few generals pricked up their ears and asked curiously, "What does the general mean?"

Xiao Qian didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point, "I saw the nomads from the north. They were gathered at the foot of the barren mountains in the north. Apart from the tents, there are also a few thatched huts. It seems like they have lived here for quite some time. Their movements are light and light, and they are using sand as fuel. Obviously, they do not wish for anyone to know that they are here. "

Tan Zhao frowned and asked, "Are they Huns?"

Xiao Qian shook his head, "No, he looks like a member of the Rou Family."

Hearing this, the few of them had different thoughts.

Ruthlessness was something that happened more than a decade ago. Under the leadership of the Great Ancestor, the last time the Great Wei was unyielding to its enemies was when the city was being softly invaded.

However, it had gently disappeared for more than ten years. Even a remnant tribe had joined the ranks of the Huns.

So there was a change in the Huns?