Chapter 81 Purely Rumors!
“A’yu, I’m fine!”
“Fine? When I rushed over, many soldiers were discussing you.”
“Discussing me? What were they saying?”
“Mmm… it’s probably that you, incredibly mighty, knocked a stout man to the ground, and with one punch, sent him several meters back, incidentally taking down over ten soldiers with your bare hands.”
“…”
After seeing Gu Yu return, Gu Mengyao stopped training the soldiers and allowed them to move freely. She then pulled Gu Yu to a secluded spot.
Immediately, before Gu Mengyao could ask Gu Yu how he had been doing during this time, she saw Gu Yu ask her with a concerned expression if she was alright.
This filled Gu Mengyao with confusion. She wondered what kind of accident could happen to her in the military camp.
However, upon hearing Gu Yu’s subsequent words, Gu Mengyao’s forehead was covered in dark lines.
It was pure rumor!!!
She couldn’t possibly… um, maybe accidentally… No, no, no, she definitely hadn’t exposed herself…
While recalling whether she had exposed herself, Gu Mengyao had a dejected look on her face. Seeing this, Gu Yu couldn’t help but curve the corners of his lips upwards, thinking it was good that his little wife was alright.
When he had heard the soldiers say that, he had been extremely worried, fearing that something might have happened to Gu Mengyao during his absence.
“I was just joking. The soldiers were just saying… if you were in a bad mood, causing you to train the soldiers so fiercely yesterday and today, even more rigorously. This made me very worried!”
“Phew! You scared me to death! I was saying, I’ve been so careful concealing my strength, how could such rumors spread!”
“Don’t worry, even if it really got out, no one would believe it. At most… they’d just think you practiced some divine art that could enhance your strength.”
Hearing Gu Yu say he was joking, Gu Mengyao couldn’t help but glare at him playfully before relaxing. She was relieved that she hadn’t exposed the secret of her innate divine strength.
In the past, Gu Yu had worried that if Gu Mengyao’s divine strength was exposed, it would surely attract attention from all sides.
After all, someone with such miraculous talent would be a great asset if taken as a subordinate.
And now, Gu Mengyao herself had begun to worry.
As she interacted with more people, Gu Mengyao also realized her uniqueness.
It was like standing out from the crowd, making her easily distinguishable… Similarly, it also made Gu Mengyao sense danger.
Especially when she inadvertently displayed her divine strength, Gongsun Jie alone had questioned her several times. Gu Mengyao had brushed him off with an excuse about cultivation techniques, not wanting to tell Gongsun Jie the truth.
Gu Qing also strongly agreed with Gu Mengyao’s approach.
Unlike him, Gongsun Jie might do something unexpected upon learning of Gu Mengyao’s innate divine strength.
Therefore, Gu Mengyao’s caution was correct.
“A’yu, why did you come back so quickly?”
“Things were much simpler than expected, so I didn’t stay there long. After dealing with the enemy’s main general, I also grabbed quite a few good things.”
“It’s good that you came back safely. Yesterday, I was very worried!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay, I’ve returned completely! Nothing is missing. Mengyao, you can verify my identity, I won’t mind.”
“…”
Hearing Gu Yu’s inappropriate remark, Gu Mengyao rolled her eyes at him, causing Gu Yu to burst into laughter. He then reached out and hugged Gu Mengyao, seeking to replenish his energy.
While he was out toiling, he had missed his wife dearly!
Now that he was finally back, he wanted to steal a kiss first!
…
“You… how did you end up like this.”
“Hmph, your situation isn’t good either!”
When Batoa of Wuhe Kingdom and Gao Wenji of Changlin Kingdom met, they were both startled by each other’s pathetic state, wondering what kind of immortal had done this to them!
Batoa, the main general of Wuhe Kingdom, was well aware that someone had attacked him and caused this series of troubles.
The large characters on the wall were proof of that.
However, after the fire broke out and many soldiers rushed into the tent, things became dire!
After all, Batoa and several soldiers were lying naked on the bed, tied in strange positions, which would make anyone draw the wrong conclusions!
Even if he wanted to explain, he didn’t know where to begin!
Because when Batoa wanted to respond to the false rumors that he liked men, the soldiers’ gazes towards him changed. They were no longer intimate as before, but always maintained a distance.
When Batoa called a soldier over, wanting to send a written letter to Changlin Kingdom, he saw a soldier trembling, like a little flower in a storm, walking towards him tentatively.
When Batoa raised his hand to pass the letter to the young soldier, the soldier seemed extremely terrified and directly fell to the ground on his buttocks.
As Batoa looked over in confusion, the soldier actually screamed and fainted.
Yes, he fainted directly.
While Batoa was stunned, many people emerged from the tent. Upon seeing the fainted young soldier and Batoa standing beside him, they immediately let out a few exclamations and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Then, less than an hour later, news spread.
The oppressive general wanted to force a pitiful young soldier, but the young soldier, refusing to comply, chose to take his own life!
When Batoa heard about these rumors, he rejected them.
He never imagined that in order to avoid suspicion, he had left his tent door wide open, only to trap himself in the process…
Therefore, Batoa sealed his tent.
However, an hour later, new rumors emerged.
The wicked general closed the tent door, what does he intend to do! Is it the sin of power, or the resistance of the powerless!
Batoa: …
What else could he say now? No matter what he did, it was wrong!!!
He would definitely kill whoever started it if he caught them!
As Batoa was filled with resentment, Gao Wenji, sitting beside him, was also furious.
He raised his hand and touched the hat on his head, then finally felt relieved.
Who could have imagined! As soon as he woke up, seeing that half of his hair was gone, his mind was flooded with shock, anger, sadness, shame, and other emotions, making Gao Wenji afraid to face people.
Even after discovering that his small treasury and collections were gone, Gao Wenji dared not make a big fuss, fearing that others would see his current hairstyle and tarnish his reputation!
Who was the heartless person who had given him such a haircut!
When Gao Wenji ordered his soldiers to search for various hats, soldiers in the camp began to suffer from persistent diarrhea, with no end in sight.
If it were ordinary soldiers, it might be understandable. But these were soldiers who had contributed greatly to the war and could not be ignored.
So, when the first hat was delivered, Gao Wenji directly put on the hat and left his residence, preparing to check on the situation of the soldiers in the camp.
Although the large characters on the wall clearly indicated who the culprit was, Gao Wenji was still filled with doubt!
He couldn’t fathom how the special envoy from Linfeng Kingdom had infiltrated and no one had discovered anything unusual.
This situation felt wrong no matter how he thought about it!
As a result, when Gao Wenji saw the soldiers suffering from diarrhea, he also happened to see his lost collectibles.
Upon learning that they were gifts sent from Wuhe Kingdom, Gao Wenji rode his horse directly to Wuhe Kingdom, wanting to understand what was going on!
Then, upon discovering that Batoa had also been toyed with by the Linfeng Kingdom’s special envoy, Gao Wenji suddenly felt a strange sense of balance.
Finally, he wasn’t the only one having bad luck!
“Brother Wenji, I absolutely cannot swallow this anger! I must make those guys from Linfeng Kingdom pay!”
“Don’t even mention it, I won’t let them off easily either. However, have you thought about what to do next?”
Hearing Batoa speak bitterly, Gao Wenji nodded in shared indignation.
However, it couldn’t just be based on anger.
They still had to think of a way to effectively deal with Linfeng Kingdom.
It would be best to directly conquer Linfeng Kingdom!
“That Linfeng Kingdom special envoy can easily slip in and not be discovered by anyone… Just this point alone means we cannot sit idly by! According to me, we should attack directly!”
“Although what you say is right, you saw the outcome of the last battle with Linfeng Kingdom. If it happens again, I’m afraid the morale of the army will decrease significantly.”
Hearing Batoa’s suggestion to attack directly, Gao Wenji did not agree but directly pointed out the key issue.
Contrary to the information received, Linfeng Kingdom’s military strength was very high.
If they attacked rashly, and were defeated and routed again, it wouldn’t just be low morale; the soldiers might develop fear.
On the battlefield, if fear sets in, the war is doomed to be lost.
However, despite thinking this, Gao Wenji did not state it bluntly but spoke in a more tactful tone, hoping to make Batoa consider carefully and see if there were other methods.
“Brother Wenji, you can rest assured! Since I can say this, it’s because I already have a plan. Don’t forget what our country excels at. After developing a new type of poison technique, I don’t believe Linfeng Kingdom can withstand it!”
“Oh? According to you, you want to poison Linfeng Kingdom first?”
“Exactly! However, it’s not to poison them from the start, but to do so after the war begins.”
“???”
Originally, upon hearing Batoa talk about the new poison technique, Gao Wenji had felt a glimmer of hope.
However, Batoa didn’t want to poison them first, but later.
This made Gao Wenji confused. He didn’t understand why this arrangement was made.
If the Linfeng Kingdom soldiers were poisoned first, the subsequent war would be much easier, and they wouldn’t have to worry about being suppressed by Linfeng Kingdom!
“That Linfeng Kingdom special envoy knows that we have developed a new type of poison technique, so a stealthy deployment is not feasible. We can only attack head-on and spread the poison on the battlefield.”
As he spoke, Batoa smiled sinisterly.
Linfeng Kingdom, and that special envoy, just wait and see!
The new poison technique will surely surprise them.
