I have a supermarket system, shocking the whole court

Shang Wenqi did not directly answer Ning Ning's question.

Ning Ning was still studying the geographical map carefully. After all, from Qizhou to Bazhou, one had to pass through Xingyuan Prefecture.

Strictly speaking, there are opportunities to take action along the way.

With Qingyun Zuoqi's strength, it is not impossible to deal with these people.

However, Shang Wenqi insisted on not going, and Ning Ning had no choice.

Although she is nominally the commander-in-chief of this operation, in reality it still depends on Shang Wenqi's own wishes.

Since Shang Wenqi refused to cooperate, she had no choice but to give up.

It was also at this time that Ning Ning deeply felt why the Empress Dowager was determined to get a personal guard for the little emperor.

As expected, only oneself can be trusted.

If Qingyun Zuoqi was her man, she could capture him wherever she wanted, but now she can only depend on him.

Gee tut.

In the end, Shang Wenqi did not agree to rob Qinglong Village, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.

However, Ning Ning did not sleep, but quietly slipped into Zhou Mingyu's room.

At that time, Zhou Mingyu was just about to go to bed when he suddenly felt someone sneaking into the room. His spear almost flew out. Fortunately, his eyes were one second faster than his hands, and he saw clearly that the person was Ning Ning.

He looked at Ning Ning with fear on his face: "Miss Ning, you almost died on the spot."

"I have confidence in your skills and you won't hurt your companions by mistake." Ning Ning said as she sat down.

Zhou Mingyu felt helpless. It was not a good idea for him to go back to bed at this time. He could only tidy up his clothes and walk to Ning Ning's side.

"Miss Ning came to my room secretly to see me, but what's the matter?"

Ning Ning nodded: "Shang Wenqi was there just now, so I couldn't tell him directly. I wanted to ask him if he had any old enemies or friends or something like that?"

"?" Zhou Mingyu blinked, looking confused: "What... do you mean?"

Ning Ning did not hide it and directly repeated what the Qinglong elder said.

"I think this person should know Shang Wenqi, and maybe he also knows you. Personally, I'm not gossiping, I just think that we'll meet sooner or later. Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle."

Zhou Mingyu's face was a little gloomy, and he spoke after a while: "Although I have never met you, I am sure you are old acquaintances. Miss Ning, do you know where the selection of Qingyun Left Cavalry came from?"

"Didn't they say they were the elite troops selected from the Zhennan Army?"

"That's true, but it's not that simple." Zhou Mingyu sighed: "If I'm not mistaken, this Qinglong is indeed our old friend, and he's also my younger brother."

“???” Ning Ning widened her eyes. Even if she was blind, she could see that Qinglong was at least 35+. But Zhou Mingyu said he was his brother?

Ning Ning shook her head directly: "Impossible, he is already in his thirties. Even if his face can be disguised, his body cannot be disguised. That is definitely not the body of a teenager."

"Hasn't Miss Ning heard what they said? I am just ill, so I look like a child, but in fact I am older than Aqi and the others."

Ning Ning's forehead twitched, "Is there really such a skill in the world that can restore youth?"

"It would be great if it was kung fu, but unfortunately it's not, I was poisoned by a Gu."

"insanity?"

"The Zhennan Army guards the south of Daliang, and adjacent to it is the Nanman Kingdom. The Nanman are good at using Gu. I was poisoned by the Gu there and ended up like this."

"No cure?"

Zhou Mingyu shook his head regretfully: "Not every question in this world has an answer, and not every Gu can be cured. The art of Gu is too mysterious. That's why Daliang has banned Gu."

We even guarded against the Southern Barbarians strictly for fear of poison, for fear that they would invade our Daliang territory.

Every year, disputes of varying sizes occur there. If it weren't for the Zhennan Army's constant guarding, I'm afraid at least half of Daliang would have been harmed by the southern barbarians' poison.

Everyone only knows that the Zhennan Army is brave and good at fighting, but they don’t know how cruel the Zhennan Army’s training methods are.

More than 20 years ago, there was a huge conflict between the Zhennan Army and the Nanman. The Zhennan Army sacrificed one-third of its troops and finally defeated the Nanman.

Later, he learned the secret of their Gu practice from the Nanman.

General Zhennan discovered that even if all the southern barbarians were killed, the poisonous insects would not disappear, not to mention that it was impossible to kill all the southern barbarians.

Only by strengthening our own military strength can we prevent disasters before they occur.

Then, the Boy Scouts of the Zhennan Army appeared.

It was mentioned before that one third of the Zhennan Army died in the battle. Later, General Zhennan did not recruit soldiers, but began to adopt orphans and formed these children into a Boy Scout Troop.

Teach them the skills and abilities to survive before they are seven years old, and send them into the Gu Forest after they are seven years old.

Every three years, the Gu Forest will open. The children who survive will be considered to have passed the first round of tests and will then be able to enter the Zhennan Army's training ground for seven years of training.

After the term expires, they will be assigned to the front line for three years of practical practice.

Thirteen years passed in a flash, and only then were you truly free to choose.

There are two paths before the warriors, one is to take the assessment of Qingyun Left Cavalry, and the other is to take the assessment of Qingyun Right Cavalry.

The two have different directions and their lives will be different.

The Qingyun Left Cavalry went to the capital to become the royal guards, while the Qingyun Right Cavalry stayed in the Zhennan Army to make achievements.

Ning Ning was dumbfounded. Although...she knew that the Qingyun Left Cavalry were all elites, she didn't expect that they were trained in this way.

It's even more terrifying than the training of mercenaries.

He was sent to Gulin at the age of seven and stayed there for three years.

You can easily guess what's inside the Gu Forest.

What’s the difference between this and raising Gu?

No wonder Shang Wenqi Qiang was so unbelievable!

Zhou Mingyu roughly explained the training methods of the Zhennan Army. Ning Ning understood it but also had new doubts.

"What happened to you guys? Didn't you and your brother join the Boy Scouts together? Did you get separated?"

Isn't this how most stories are played out? One of the orphan brothers went to the good side, and the other went to the bad side. However, the two brothers loved and killed each other, so one of them had to die...

But that’s not right. If that’s the case, Qinglong shouldn’t know Shang Wenqi.

Or was it that Qinglong was also in the Boy Scouts, but was eliminated during the many trainings, and then abandoned the light and joined the dark to become a bandit?

Just as Ning Ning was guessing, Zhou Mingyu spoke.

"My younger brother Zhou Qingming is two years younger than me. During that battle, our entire village was massacred by the southern barbarians. It was General Zhennan who arrived in time to rescue us orphans.

Later we grew up in the Zhennan Army and joined the Boy Scouts together.

However, later on, he did some things that were harmful to Aqi and was expelled from the Zhennan Army.

“???” Ning Ning’s eyes widened.

Oh, she didn’t expect things to be even more ridiculous than she thought. It turns out that this is how they were connected.

No wonder Elder Qinglong's words were full of disdain and hostility towards Qingyun Zuoqi.

It turns out there really is some old grudge.