Isn’t it a bit exaggerated to send fifty thousand troops just to attack a secret clan?
Gu Jiao blinked and asked, "Do all of you want to attack the Tang Sect?"
"Yes!"
Everyone straightened their backs, speaking in unison, their morale resounding to the heavens!
Gu Jiao oh-ed and said, "Alright then, since you all want to go, go ahead. On the way, you can also eliminate bandits; I heard that area is plagued by bandits, so it’s also doing something good for the common people."
Cheng Fugui got promoted. He’s Black Wind Camp’s Tiger General, ranking the highest below Gu Jiao and Xuanyuan Qi.
He asked righteously, "Young Commander, when will we set out?"
Gu Jiao said, "The exact departure time needs to be confirmed with the Grand Marshal."
Cheng Fugui hesitated, "Why... do we need to ask the Grand Marshal? Isn’t Young Commander you going?"
Gu Jiao said seriously, "I’m not going. I have another important task that requires me to go to Dark Night Island. I originally wanted to choose a cavalry to accompany me, but since you all want to eliminate bandits, I’ll just mobilize troops from the Shadow Division."
Cheng Fugui was tongue-tied.
Are you kidding me—they’re not going to war with the Young Commander?
What’s so good about the Grand Marshal?
Young Commander is soft and adorable!
The fifty thousand troops were inwardly crying a storm, their intestines regretting it to the core!
...
Gu Jiao and Xiao Hen stayed in Shengdu for a month. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖
During that time, they visited all the acquaintances and mentors they knew in Shengdu, including the president and martial teachers of Tianqiong Academy, and also old classmates and teammates.
No one could believe that the brave Xiao Liulang was actually a girl and even born beautiful as a flower.
"The birthmark from before was intentionally drawn, right? To disguise as a man?" In the pavilion of the Academy, Mu Chuan looked at Gu Jiao’s face and said.
Opposite Gu Jiao sat Yuan Xiao and Zhao Wei.
Except for Mu Qingchen, all members of the former five-member polo team were here.
Gu Jiao smiled, "If you say so, then yes."
No point in telling you that it was cinnabar.
Yuan Xiao and Zhao Wei were somewhat embarrassed, not for anything else but for those times they had Xiao Liulang take them to the brothel.
Thinking about it now, they were really silly.
"Ahem." To cut the awkwardness, Zhao Wei brought up a new topic, "I heard Zhong Ding returned to Zhao Country, Zhou Tong transferred, and since you left Academy, Young Master Qingchen hasn’t come to class anymore."
"My fourth brother went to war! Right, Liulang!" Mu Chuan smiled at Gu Jiao, still accustomed to calling her Xiao Liulang.
Gu Jiao didn’t mind the nickname; she nodded, "That’s right, we’ve been at the border pass for a long time."
"But after the war ended, he didn’t come back to class." Zhao Wei sighed, "I occasionally pass by Mingxin Hall and see the seats you both used to occupy remain vacant, left by our classmates for you two. However, you probably... won’t return to class anymore, right?"
A sense of melancholy arose in everyone’s hearts.
Yuan Xiao reminisced, "Thinking about our polo matches, it feels like yesterday. Remember those Shaolin Warrior Monks? Didn’t they break Mu Chuan’s arm? Thank goodness for Liulang, or winning or losing would be minor, becoming crippled as a group would be major. Actually, back then we should’ve seen that Liulang was not someone ordinary."
Mu Chuan suddenly laughed, "Liulang deliberately threw the match against Jianan Academy for the second place prize of a thousand taels of gold. Later, when Liulang wasn’t around, our academy naturally took second place, but unfortunately, I got nosy and traded the reward for an audience with the Emperor with Jianan Academy students."
Zhao Wei looked at him disdainfully, "You knew Liulang wanted gold?"
Mu Chuan sighed, "I found out later."
Yuan Xiao corrected, "It wasn’t ten thousand taels, it was a thousand taels. When did it start getting misreported, making everyone think the prize was ten thousand taels?"
Gu Jiao crossed her arms, darkened her face looking at Mu Chuan, "I still very much want to hit you right now."
Mu Chuan: "..."
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