Chapter 100 – Return to Camp
If the main Yan family regarded the third branch as family, they would have brought everyone back when they were cold and hungry.
Only now that they valued Xiaosi’s medical skills, thinking that Xiaosi may be of value to the Yan family, did they offer to bring them back. Haha!
Thinking of this, Yan Shuqin lay on the bed, her mouth slightly upturned, mocking in the darkness.
If so, she didn’t care about returning to the mansion, and Xiaosi even less so. Over the years, they had become accustomed to living in poverty. Ms. Zhong didn’t want to have any involvement with the people of the Yan family. She worried that the children might think differently. Now that she asked Yan Shuqin and heard her answer, she instantly felt more at ease.
If people from the Yan mansion really came to take them, she would directly refuse.
With no more worries, sleep came.
“Qin’er, go back to sleep, mother knows what to do.”
In the twilight, the broken grass temple at the end of the village was peaceful, and everyone in the house was asleep.
At this moment, in Luocheng, the important military base of the Great Chu Dynasty was harboring a storm.
Two hours ago, the famous military doctor of the Great Chu Dynasty, Murong Qinjian, received a pigeon letter from the Five Dragon Guards, stating that the War King Long Yu was about to return to the camp.
With War King Long Yu returning to the camp, most of the tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in Luocheng waited sleeplessly.
Some people were happy to hear this news, while others were not.
After waiting for a whole night, when dawn was about to break, the Five Dragon Guards finally appeared in the Luocheng camp.
“The War King returns to the camp, the War King returns to the camp.”
The shouts were quite unsettling.
Along with the appearance of the Five Dragon Guards in the Luocheng camp, there was also a two-meter-long coffin.
The coffin was escorted by the Five Dragon Guards into the camp. Usually dressed in black, the Five Dragon Guards now appeared in white. From Long Yi to Long Wu, each had a gloomy and sad expression on their faces.
Seeing this scene, Murong Qinjian furrowed his brow, and the soldiers in Luocheng also furrowed their brows. However, Xiao Cheng, the army supervisor, smirked at the corner of his mouth.
Could it be that War King Long Yu had died at the hands of Rongdi King Chunyu Hanfeng when he went to scout for information?
Thinking of the Rongdi King Chunyu Hanfeng as a formidable character, Xiao Cheng felt this was possible.
If War King Long Yu died, then the Empress Dowager would certainly be happy…
Long Yi’s gaze swept over Xiao Cheng, just catching sight of Xiao Cheng’s upturned mouth.
Xiao Cheng was the Empress Dowager’s man. This, their master, had known for a long time.
Besides Xiao Cheng, there was another person in the army who was loyal to Empress Dowager Wei, but that person was so well hidden that the master had not yet discovered him. The master’s feigned death today was intended to lure the snake out of the hole. Waiting for the Five Dragon Guards to escort the coffin in, Murong Qinjian hurried to the front of the coffin, circled around the coffin twice, frowned again and again, and could hardly believe that the famous War King was dead from a simple reconnaissance mission into the Rongdi camp.
“Long Yi, is your master really lying in this coffin? Is your master really dead? His death was too easy.”
Long Yi’s mouth twitched slightly, and then he nodded sadly.
“Doctor Murong, this time, none of those who followed the master to investigate the news in Rongdi survived, not even the master…”
Long Yi did his best to show his grief in order to make Murong Qinjian believe it.
“Open the coffin, open the coffin.”
Seeing Long Yi’s sad expression wasn’t fake, Murong Qinjian ordered Long Yi to open the coffin.
“Rongdi King, Chunyu Hanfeng, didn’t die, how could your master possibly die.”
In his view, the War King of Chu, Long Yu, was an invincible roach. He had to open the coffin and see the person lying inside with his own eyes, otherwise he couldn’t believe it.
Having foreseen that Murong Qinjian would order to open the coffin for inspection, Long Yu instructed the Five Dragon Guards to be fully prepared when they were doing this.
Upon Murong Qinjian’s command, Long Yi hesitated for a moment before slowly opening the lid of the coffin.
The coffin lid was pushed open, and the person lying inside was none other than Long Yu.
The eyebrows, eyes, and nose looked just like Long Yu. Upon seeing that face, Murong Qinjian’s mood plummeted, and he then leaned on the coffin, looking regretfully at the person inside, saying, “Long Yu, you’re really dead. I thought you were a cat with nine lives, but it turns out you only had one.”
They had seen people mourning, but they had never seen such a mourning.
As the Five Dragon Guards stared at Murong Qinjian, watching him mourning for their master in this way, their mouths twitched in unison.
They knew he was mourning for their master, but any other might have thought that he was celebrating their master’s early death and ascension.
No wonder the master always called him “Little Scoundrel Murong”. Isn’t such a person a bit of a scoundrel? Murong Qinjian leaned on the coffin, saddened for a moment, regretted for a moment, then flicked the hair on his forehead and stood up straight. He said to the Five Dragon Guards, “Since your master is dead, pick an auspicious day to bury your master.”
Such words left Long Yi speechless for a moment.
This was the master’s good friend. If the master heard such words, he would die of anger even if he weren’t dead already.
“Doctor Murong is mistaken, the War King is the God of War of the Chu Dynasty, and he is the current Emperor’s uncle. The death of the War King should be reported to the Emperor and Empress Dowager.”
After confirming that the person lying in the coffin was Long Yu, Xiao Cheng was delighted in his heart, but his face, like the Five Dragon Guards, bore a sad expression, “The funeral of the War King should also be presided over by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.”
With every mention of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager by Xiao Cheng, Murong Qinjian grew somewhat annoyed and gave him a sidelong glance.
“Sir Xiao’s words are indeed correct. Besides arranging the funeral for the War King, is there anything else Sir Xiao would like to say? Please report it all to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.”
These words from Murong Qinjian were clearly a trap for Xiao Cheng.
Long Yi’s gaze fell on Murong Qin, scrutinizing him closely.
Could it be that Doctor Murong knew that the master was pretending to be dead, so he was helping the master?
He was suspicious, but he couldn’t tell by Murong Qinjian’s expression. Murong Qinjian still had the same expression as before. Now that the War King, Long Yu, was dead, Xiao Cheng thought that as the Army Inspector, a small army doctor like Murong Qinjian couldn’t harm him, and the Five Dragon Guards wouldn’t dare to do anything to him. So, in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, he spoke, “As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a leader for a day, and an army cannot be without a commander for a day. Now that the War King is dead, we should report to the Emperor and the Empress Dowager to select a new commander to lead the army.”
They watched as Xiao Cheng began to dig his own grave.
Long Yi’s eyebrows raised, and he asked solemnly, “So, according to Army Inspector Xiao’s opinion, who is capable of replacing the War King and commanding this army of tens of thousands?”
Xiao Cheng gave Long Yi a cold snort.
He was just a little guard from the War King’s family.
“General Zhao Duo is brave and invincible, courageous and good at fighting. In the past two years, he has earned remarkable achievements for our Great Chu. Therefore, General Zhao Duo should be the commander of this army.”
Not only were the Five Dragon Guards surprised, but Murong Qin was also surprised when they heard that the person Xiao Cheng recommended was actually Zhao Duo.
