"I can help you leave."

Yue'e's eyes widened instantly, and she looked at her with burning eyes, and said self-deprecatingly: "Of course I want to leave. Who would like to be someone else's concubine for no reason?"

In the Jiedushi Mansion, he would be beaten with a soft knife by the mistress during the day, and at night he would have to deal with an old man who could be his father.

She had had enough of this kind of life, and the reason she was reluctant to leave was not because she didn't want to leave.

In order to seek revenge on Dong Beicheng, he gave up his father's face and followed Cai Zhang. In the end, it was true that the revenge was taken, but all the family money was spent by Dong Beicheng on eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

Her residence in the county government office was also taken back, and even her mother was divorced and sent back to her parents' home.

She has no relatives or friends, no money or ability, and the world is so chaotic.

Even if she really managed to get him out, I'm afraid that in the end, he would sacrifice his body and become a prostitute.

Lin Yanyu lifted up the jacket on Yue'e's shoulders and said softly, "I have a house next to the patrol camp in Yunlong Town. It's not very big, with only two bedrooms. If you don't mind, you can go and live there."

Yue'e glanced at the pink fingertips on her shoulder and said with a wry smile, "Now I really believe it. You are such a goody-goody."

Speaking of which, helping Lin Yanyu at the flower-viewing banquet was just a coincidence and a change of mind on her part.

It was a coincidence that she heard Qian Caixia and Mother Wang plotting.

She gave up her clothes to cover Lin Yanyu's shame, it was just a matter of one thought.

She has not forgotten the grievances in Yunlong County. She resents Li Yanqi and she is jealous of Lin Yanyu.

She came to the provincial capital with Cai Zhang with the intention of taking revenge on Li Yanqi. She whispered to Cai Zhang several times, but Cai Zhang only regarded her as a plaything. Li Yanqi could make him a lot of money. She talked too much and was scolded by Cai Zhang, so she dared not say anything again.

She was unwilling to give up, and knowing that Li Yanqi loved Lin Yanyu, she secretly followed Lin Yanyu every day, hoping to find her weakness.

Refugee camps, soup kitchens, refugee alleys, beggars' dens, and markets.

She followed Lin Yanyu from a distance, watching her bend down to recruit refugees, squat on the ground to rescue the dying old man, touch the head of the barefoot child, and say: Although poor, one has broad ambitions; although poor, one is not humble.

After seeing her drive away the hooligans who were bullying the female migrants, she ended her half-month-long surveillance.

Even so, every time she went to Caoshi to buy fish, she would hear everyone praising her.

The early part of my life was too smooth. When I looked down on others, I never thought about what was right or wrong. But after I fell from the clouds to the mud and was hit by the board, I realized what was right or wrong.

Lin Yanyu's face flushed slightly, and she said shyly, "It's just that good deeds will bring good results."

"In your current state, it is inconvenient for you to return to the Jiedushi Mansion. Just come to my house. Once you are well, I will send someone to take you back to Yunlong County."

Yue'e turned around suddenly, her face showing joy, and agreed readily: "Okay!"

Then, she hesitated again, looking at her a little embarrassedly, "Madam Li, actually... I have another request from you."

"Just call me Yanyu."

Lin Yanyu pulled out a silver hairpin from her head and reached out to help Yue'e with her hair. "If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Yue'e hurriedly took it from her, tied her hair into a simple bun, and whispered, "My mother, my mother was divorced by my uncle and sent back to her parents' home. In fact, she is at my uncle's home in Qingshan County, Chongzhou."

"I want to bring my mother to Yunlong County to live with me, but my uncle and aunt treat her as a free slave, and I'm afraid they won't let my mother go with me easily. When you send me back, can you send a few fierce men to accompany me to Qingshan County again?"

"No problem, it's nothing."

Lin Yanyu took her hand and said softly, "Come with me first. I'll ask Wang Po to boil some water, wash the chair and apply some medicine. You'll feel better."

Yue'e lowered her head and glanced at the soft little hand holding hers. Her eyes became warm and she followed Lin Yanyu out of the fish shop like willow catkins blown by the wind.

*

Dusk was falling, the silver moon was like a disk, and a few stars hung on the black screen, emitting faint light.

The endless and lush grassland looks like a big steamed bun in a steamer from a distance, with tents rising and falling one after another.

The largest tent in the middle was brightly lit at this time. Seven or eight people wearing light armor, who looked like generals, stood at the bottom, surrounding a man with long beard and long eyes.

His expression was gloomy. He glanced at the people standing below him and asked in a gloomy voice, "Why hasn't there been any news from the vanguard troops yet?"

The air was like frozen ice and no one spoke.

There was a crisp "crack" sound.

A tea bowl shattered on the ground, and the man frowned and shouted: "What? Are you all mute?! Speak."

The lieutenant generals shrank their necks in fear. One lieutenant general, whose trouser legs were splashed with tea, swallowed his saliva and stammered, "Prince Maoping, General Han went west to investigate at noon. When he comes back... we will know."

Liu Ping closed his eyes tightly and tried his best to suppress his burning anger.

The 20,000-strong vanguard force was led by several of his trusted men. They set out one day earlier than the main force and were composed entirely of elite cavalry.

The purpose was to test the attitudes of Qian Sanwen and Cai Zhang. If they kept their promise, that would be the best. They could swallow the fat piece of Chongzhou without spending a single soldier.

Just wait for them to pass by, chew it up slowly and tear it into pieces, and all the money, food and women in Chongzhou will be in their hands.

He had planned to hold a celebration banquet and use these to reward the troops.

But the vanguard troops lost contact.

Even if those two pretended to obey and secretly resisted them, he really didn't take Cai Zhang, that good-for-nothing, seriously with only 30,000 to 50,000 soldiers under his command.

He only needs to wait for the vanguard troops to disrupt the inner city of Chongzhou, and then he can lead an army of 100,000 and march straight in without any effort.

But the confusion lay in the fact that there was no news from the front, which made them afraid to act rashly for the time being, and they set up camp in the wilderness 200 miles away from Chongzhou.

Suddenly, a voice came from outside: "Report."

Han Guang stepped into the tent with a cold look on his face.

"General Han!"

Everyone's heart trembled, and they turned around to salute him, glancing at him intentionally or unintentionally, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Liu Ping unconsciously clenched his fists. He had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still asked expectantly, "How are the vanguard troops? Are they resting in the front and haven't entered Chongzhou yet?"

Han Guang's frown never relaxed. He sat on the armchair below Liu Ping and sighed, "The vanguard troops, 20,000 men, were completely wiped out by Chongzhou."

The air froze instantly and you could hear a pin drop.

After a long while, Liu Ping said dryly, "Isn't it possible? Brother Han, it's only been a short time. The vanguard troops only arrived this morning. Besides, you said to annihilate them completely... Didn't Cai Zhang, the coward, always surrender and not be killed?"

"It's not Cai Zhang."

Liu Ping leaned to the left, squinting his eyes, and asked in confusion: "Isn't the military power of Chongzhou in the hands of Cai Zhang? If not Cai Zhang, then who is it?"

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