Chapter 172 Catching Fish In Muddy Water
After Su Jiuyue washed her face, Wu Xiyuan didn't mind using her used water. He also washed his face and added some hot water to the foot basin.
"Darning, you can wash your feet!"
Seeing that he had already brought the foot basin to the bedside, Su Jiuyue hastily said, "It's better for you to go first!"
Wu Xiyuan did not agree, "After you."
Su Jiuyue was still not used to him serving her, "After you!"
Looking at her stubborn look, Wu Xiyuan suddenly had an idea. His eyes were smiling, "Why don't... Why don't we wash together?"
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Her small feet were crammed in between his big feet. Her feet were so fair. And her tiny toes were like pearls.
He deliberately stepped on her foot. She glared at him fiercely, "What are you doing!"
Wu Xiyuan told a lie, "I didn't mean to... The basin is so small..."
"Then I said I wanted you to wash first, you had to join me!" Su Jiuyue wanted to take her little feet out first so that he could wash them first, but she was pressed by his big feet.
"Then why did you insist to wash together with me when I asked you to go first?" Su Jiuyue condemned.
"You're the one who played dirty. We all agreed to wash together. And you tried to run escape!" Wu Xiyuan was aggrieved.
"Because you stepped on me!" Su Jiuyue argued.
"Then you can step on me too. Why do you have to take it so seriously?" Wu Xiyuan wrinkled his nose.
Su Jiuyue was amused by him, "Aren't you childish?"
Wu Xiyuan gave a hum. He turned his face away and muttered in a low voice, " Previously, you said I was cute and praised me for being good. Now. You actually dislike me. Are you resenting your husband's recovery?"
Su Jiuyue stomped on his feet in anger. She took out her feet and wiped them off. Then she got on the bed.
"I don't want to talk to you anymore! You are really getting more and more outrageous!"
Wu Xiyuan knew he should stop. If his wife was really being pissed off, what if she wouldn't let him go to bed at night?
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The next morning, there was a knock on Ada's door.
"A letter from Master Zhang!"
The concierge saw that the envelope was covered with seal wax and did not dare to delay. So, he hurriedly went towards Ada's room.
Ada was being served by a maid to put on his outer shirt. He had just put his hair crown on his head when someone came in to pass on the message.
"Master, there is a letter for you."
Since he came to Niutou Town, Ada had been at the center of a whirlwind of power from several sides. He had an endless amount of business to attend to every day. So he didn't feel strange when he saw this letter.
"Bring it to me."
The servant respectfully gave it to him with both hands. As he took a look at it, his face changed slightly when he saw the handwriting on the envelope.
Surprisingly, it was a letter from the Great General. After all, no one would have such terrible handwriting except him.
After sending him here, Great General had never cared about him. But now he suddenly wrote to him, what for?
He waved his hand and sent the maids and servants around him away. When he was the only one left in the room, he opened the letter.
After reading the letter, he felt that it would be better for him to go to Yongzhou City in person.
In the name of reporting duty, he went to Yongzhou City without any delay.
As soon as he returned to Yongzhou, he went straight to the military camp without concealment.
Last winter, many soldiers were recruited. And the Prince handed them all over to the General, saying that the general had experience in training soldiers, in order to let the soldiers survive on the battlefield, please do not be merciful.
Su Zhuang was already known for his harshness. With Prince Yan's words, he treated his subordinates even more harshly.
At first, everyone couldn't adapt to it and complained a lot. Only when some veterans who survived told them about the cruelty on the battlefield did they shut up.
When Ada arrived at the training ground, General Su was fighting with some soldiers in the tournament.
One of the reasons he was loved was that although he was strict with others, he was also very strict with himself. Usually, he would take training two times as much as the soldiers' training.
He made himself a leading example, which naturally reduced a lot of opposition from the group.
Su Zhuang knocked ten men to the ground and was about to call another group of men to go on At this time, his subordinate immediately went up and informed, "Great General, General Ada has arrived."
As soon as Su Zhuang turned around, he saw Ada. Then he unloaded the sandbags from his body and stepped toward Ada.
"You're quite fast?"
Ada gave him an arch salute, "Upon receiving the letter from the Great General, I didn't dare to delay at all. I rushed here immediately."
As soon as he moved, Su Zhuang immediately smelled a faint aroma. It was very much different from his original time in the military camp.
"Well? Now you're living a good life? You are using perfume?"
Ada smiled, "It was the maid's idea. General, if you don't like the smell, I won't use it in the future."
Su Zhuang waved his hand, "This is not important. Come with me, I have something important to ask you."
The two of them came to Su Zhuang's tent. Su Zhuang arranged for his cronies to keep watch outside. And then did he dare to ask, "How is the situation in Niutou Town these days?"
Ada shook his head, "Not good."
"How?"
"The people of the East Factory, your people, the people of Prince Yan, and the people of Prince Mu. And I even found out the trace of General Qiao under the Grand Princess' side."
Su Zhuang's expression became serious. At this moment, Ada continued, "These are only the forces that can be found on the surface. The number of people in the dark is still unknown."
Su Zhuang furrowed, "How come the people from the East Factory and the Grand Princess are also here? the Emperor is still fine. What do they want?"
"I'm illiterate. How can I know these?"
Su Zhuang asked again, "Do you remember the peasant girl who saved Yi earlier?"
Of course, Ada remembered, "General, you called me to come here because of her?"
Su Zhuang put his hands behind his back with a serious face, "Exactly. My people found that there is an expert watching her. I don't know which force that she has messed with?"
Ada sighed, "General, I do know this."
Su Zhuang looked like he would like to hear more about it, " Go ahead."
"Earlier this peasant girl saved a child back, but coincidentally this child is Prince Mu. He escaped with the help of Xia Lixing, but his whereabouts were accidentally exposed by a jade pendant. Now almost all the forces know that this peasant girl and King Mu have a connection. So many people want to find Prince Mu. Of course, they keep an eye on her."
"But fortunately the water is muddy now. Everyone does not want her to fall into the hands of any side. So, the open struggles and dark battles have kept the surface calm."
Su Zhuang understood, "That's how it is. I do not know whether to say that she is lucky or unlucky."
Ada also followed with a sigh, "Yes. She could have lived an ordinary life."
"Okay, I have sent Qingmu to protect her. You need to keep an eye on her over there and make sure she is well protected." Su Zhuang ordered.
"Yes!"