As the last delicacy was served, General Bai, who was sitting on the main seat, said to the crowd, "Thank you for rewarding the soldiers. I'll drink first as a sign of respect."
As soon as he finished speaking, he downed the entire bowl of strong liquor in one gulp. After that, he even turned the bowl over to indicate that he had finished all the liquor in it.
"Good alcohol tolerance, General." Seeing how powerful their general was, the deputy generals sitting at the side all cheered. They followed the general's example and downed the liquor in front of them in one gulp.
"General, you're too kind. Without you, we wouldn't have the chance to toast the general. So, this toast should be to the general." Leader Kang, who was burning the liquor, said. At the same time, he raised his glass at General Bai from afar and downed the liquor as well.
This time, the accompanying merchants cheered and followed Leader Kang's example and downed the liquor in one gulp.
The atmosphere became lively as soon as it started.
After three rounds of wine and five dishes, the slightly tipsy crowd began to praise General Bai, who was sitting on the main seat. Those who didn't know him and those who knew him began to chat with him.
No matter how far away they were, they could hear the clamor inside. At the same time, it was even more lively outside. Without the supervision of the general, all the soldiers were even more fearless.
At this moment, General Bai was also a little tipsy. He looked at Young Master Wei with a glint in his eyes.
"Nephew, what's the matter? I saw that you were absent-minded and unhappy from the start. Could it be that you're complaining that I came a little late because I received your news?"
Hearing General Bai's words, Young Master Wei quickly pulled himself together and replied, "General Bai, how could I dare? I just fell in love with a girl and couldn't forget her. I'm just a little absent-minded."
"Oh, I wonder which girl can make you so obsessed. This has never happened before." General Bai laughed and gestured for the other party to drink with him.
Young Master Wei quickly raised the cup in his hand and downed the liquor in one gulp.
He then said bitterly, "I don't know who she is, but it seems like her background isn't low. This time, I really want to marry her. I feel like I'm moved."
"I'd like to know which girl is so charming that she can make Wanderer Feng turn over a new leaf. This is really rare," General Bai said to him as he drank.
"It's a guest from a merchant group," Young Master Wei said with his eyes blurred. He seemed to have fallen into the previous situation again.
"Oh, could it be that ordinary girls don't like you? Isn't that a little abnormal? "General Bai asked doubtfully.
"She's not ordinary at all. She has a mesmerizing aura, like a fairy," Young Master Wei said with misty eyes. He downed the wine in his cup again.
With General Bai's constant questioning, Young Master Wei's obsession was slowly uncovered. At the same time, he kept drinking glass after glass of wine. His face quickly turned red, and his body began to sway.
At this time, most of the people in the hall were already in the same state. There were even a few people with poor alcohol tolerance who had already fallen asleep on the ground.
Looking at Young Master Wei, who was almost drunk, he said casually, "By the way, nephew, I heard that you brought a top-secret letter to Shangjing. What exactly is written in it?"
"What? General Bai, how did you know there was a letter? I remember that my father didn't tell anyone. "Young Master Wei nodded his head up and down. He was about to lose his ability to think.
"Just as I thought." General Bai was delighted, but his face was stern as he said, "Your father asked you to come to me for help. How could he not tell me this? I'm just curious. What on earth is it? How could it be hidden so deeply that it even allowed you to sneak into the caravan? If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it."
"Oh, I see. But I don't know what's written in it. It's in my arms now. He asked me to give it to him when I reach Feng City, and then open it for him." Young Master Wei looked at the wine cup in front of him. His hand trembled as he tried to pour the wine into his mouth again. But he couldn't drink it.
General Bai was very anxious. He knew that an envelope like this must be enchanted with some kind of method. If the method of opening it was wrong, the contents would be automatically destroyed, ensuring that no one would know anything about it.
"How about this? I'll help you get the girl you like. Even if the other party comes looking for you, I'll take care of it for you. You tell me the password of the letter. How about it?" General Bai said in a sincere manner.
"Okay." Young Master Wei said subconsciously. But the next moment, he suddenly sobered up. He stood up and asked in a loud voice, "Who are you? Why are you asking me these questions?"
This time, everyone looked at Young Master Wei. He was swaying and looking at General Bai with red eyes. They didn't know what was wrong with him.
"It's okay. It's okay. He's just young and impetuous. He doesn't even know me. It seems that he drank too much." General Bai stood up, walked in front of Young Master Wei, and explained to the crowd.
"No, no." Unfortunately, Young Master Wei's words were silenced by the crowd's laughter. Besides General Bai, no one could hear him.
But as soon as Young Master Wei opened his mouth, he knew that he had made a mistake. This time, he was completely sober, but he couldn't control his body. At this time, he was terrified. General Bai, whom he relied on, was also after the letter. Didn't that mean that General Bai was also on the other party's side?
But before this, his father clearly told him to listen to General Bai's orders. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so careless as to tell the other party that he had the secret letter even when he was drunk. But the other party even hid it from his father. When did he join the other party?
"Sit down." General Bai used a little force, and Young Master Wei couldn't help but sit back down.
"My dear nephew, as long as you are willing to give up the darkness and join the light, I can guarantee that you and your father can keep your lives. You can even go one step further and enjoy endless wealth. Just obediently hand over the password." General Bai put his hand on Young Master Wei's shoulder and said. To outsiders, the two of them were very close.
General Bai reached out and searched Young Master Wei's chest, but he couldn't find the secret letter.
"Haha, how could I carry it with me?" Young Master Wei's eyes showed a hint of mockery. His body was now under his control, but his mouth wasn't. "Don't waste your time. Other than me, no one can find it."
"Is that so? I'm not in a hurry. " General Bai smiled strangely and said to one of his confidants, "Go and bring the girl in the luxurious carriage outside to me."
His trusted aide immediately got up and walked out after hearing that.
"What are you doing?" Young Master Wei's breathing quickened, and he quickly asked.
"I don't want to do anything. Don't you like her? When you catch her, how about you dance in front of everyone? If you're happy, I'll let her serve me tonight. " General Bai chuckled. "If you agree to hand over the secret letter and password, then my previous promise will still be valid. I won't touch the girl at all."
Hearing this, Young Master Wei's face flashed across the girl's face. Unlike before, he had more than ten beautiful concubines in his residence. But if he really had to choose under such circumstances, he could give up all of them. He would rather die than submit to protect the secret.
But when he thought about the woman he liked, even if it was one-sided, being humiliated in front of everyone, he felt extremely uncomfortable. Even his previous thoughts were shaken, and he wanted to protect the girl he loved.
"How about it? I'm a man of my word. You should know that if you don't agree, all of you won't be able to see the sun tomorrow," General Bai said eerily.
"No, definitely not. I won't hand it over to you," Young Master Wei said with difficulty. He could even give up his own life. This was too important.
"Alright then. Let's see how long you can last," General Bai said indifferently. General Bai said indifferently. Then, he pointed at Young Master Wei's body, preparing to trap him first.
"Don't you dare hurt my master!"
At this moment, a loud roar came from outside. The two sides of the tent were cut open with a tearing sound. Two figures suddenly rushed towards General Bai.
Two ordinary people dressed in gray, with short knives in their hands, kicked aside the two servants who were blocking their way, and glared at General Bai angrily.
This sudden turn of events stunned those who weren't completely drunk. They didn't understand what was going on. But under the snow-white light of the knives, they suddenly became alert and ran out while crying.
But as soon as they ran out, they quickly returned with a long face. There were already people blocking the door.
"Assassins!"
General Bai's guards at the side had already pulled out their weapons when they saw the two figures. They stood in front of General Bai, trying to block them.
But they acted hastily. Under the flashes of the two assassins, they were left behind. The other party broke through their line of defense and stabbed General Bai from both sides. General Bai had no choice but to let go of Young Master Wei and quickly retreat to avoid the other party's attack.
"We're saved." Young Master Wei saw this scene and was pleasantly surprised. It turned out that the guards he sent out had secretly returned. They realized that Young Master Wei's situation wasn't right, so they went berserk. To them, whoever hurt Young Master Wei was their enemy.
Young Master Wei, who had just escaped, quickly ran towards the crack they had torn open. He had already seen the situation at the door.
Whoosh!
A crisp sound of a sword rang out in the air. General Bai had already retreated to his position and took out his weapon. At the same time, a young man led a dozen military elites and rushed in from the door. The leader was Master Bai.
"Xun 'er, take some men and go after Young Master Wei. The rest, control the movement." General Bai, who was fighting two enemies at once, shouted. At this time, Young Master Wei's figure disappeared from the tent.
When Bai Xun heard this, he turned around and led the soldiers behind him to chase after Young Master Wei. With the other party's back, they couldn't have gone far.
At this time, some of the soldiers who were pretending to be drunk got up nimbly. The first thing they did was to pick up the ropes they had prepared and tie up their comrades beside them.
"What are you doing, General Bai? What's going on?" They couldn't help but shout. Unfortunately, they were still tied to the side and couldn't move.
General Bai didn't have time to pay attention to them. This was something he had already decided. When the time came, the whole army would be under his control. The first thing he had to do was to subdue these disloyal people. Anyway, this place was so far away from Feng City. By the time they received the news, they probably wouldn't have time to ask him.
Outside the whole camp, pairs of good men who had been prepared for a long time began to move. They began to gather everyone, not allowing anyone to escape. The whole camp was in chaos. Cries, begging for mercy, and some sporadic sounds of fighting could be heard.
Outside the tent, many caravan guards had gathered because their employer and master were still inside. There were more than a hundred of them, but they still didn't act rashly. Outside the tent, there were twice as many people as them. Each of them had a strong bow in their hands and were eyeing them covetously.
If they acted rashly, they would shoot without hesitation and shoot them out of the brush.
Captain Kang and the others were also hiding at the foot of the tent, coldly watching the battle above. They didn't stupidly question the other party. Anyway, they had already fallen out and knew that the other party had become their enemy.
Outside the tent, Young Master Wei staggered out, but his heart was at a loss. He knew very well that even if he was lucky enough to escape from the camp, he still couldn't escape from the other party's pursuit.
His bodyguards might not be able to escape in order to save him. Du Yu and the others would also be trapped in the tent. It could be said that he was the only one left.
Once again, he hid next to a cargo and avoided a wave of patrolling squads. He continued to move forward. Suddenly, a luxurious carriage appeared in front of him. It turned out that he had unknowingly arrived at the caravan of Merchant Li.
At this time, Merchant Li's caravan was still near the periphery, but now he couldn't see anyone. It seemed that everyone had disappeared because they were also trapped in a place. They also had their own gathering place.
Looking from here, the carriage was still illuminated by candlelight. An exquisite figure could still be seen clearly. The person in the carriage didn't go to Kuang Huan.
Young Master Wei was a little puzzled. Didn't General Bai send people to capture her? Why didn't he see a single soldier here? Could it be that they hadn't arrived yet?
Young Master Wei continued to walk towards the carriage. But no matter what, he had to tell the other party to leave quickly. However, just as he was halfway there, a small squad appeared behind him. After seeing Young Master Wei in front, the leader said happily, "You're here.
Seems like I came at the right time. "
Young Master Wei turned his head and saw that it was actually someone he knew. It was General Bai's son, Bai Xun. He had met him a few times in the past, but he didn't know much about him. He only knew that he was slightly stronger than him.
"Miss in the carriage, leave quickly. Someone wants to capture you." Young Master Wei realized that he didn't know who the other party was, so he could only shout.
However, after he said that, the carriage opposite him still didn't move. It was as if it didn't hear him.
"Hehe, Young Master Wei, this is the last time I'm calling you. Surrender quickly. Don't put up a pointless struggle." Bai Xun laughed. At the same time, he led the people behind him and slowly closed in. He wasn't worried that the other party could escape. After all, he had a total of five Rank 5 bodyguards behind him.
Seeing Young Master Wei, whom he used to look up to, now running away pathetically, this feeling was too great.
Young Master Wei turned his head again and ignored the other party. It was true that when a tiger left the plains, he would be bullied by dogs. He was still approaching the carriage. Perhaps because he was too far away from Taiyuan, the surroundings were too noisy, and the other party didn't hear him. Hence, when he got closer, he shouted again.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A few arrows brushed past Young Master Wei's ears and pierced deep into the bottom of the carriage. Bai Xun's arrogant voice came from behind again.
"Be careful. My father wants him alive. Don't shoot him to death."
Bai Xun gestured to a person beside him to shoot off one of Young Master Wei's legs. It would only be interesting if he cut off the other party's last hope.
The soldier beside him was carefully drawing his bow. His fingers loosened, and an arrow shot into Young Master Wei's right calf at lightning speed.
"Ah!"
Young Master Wei immediately let out a scream. He had never suffered such pain before. He crawled forward and supported himself on the edge of the carriage. Unknowingly, he had already reached the edge of the carriage.
Seeing that there was no reaction from the figure in the carriage and that the pursuers were closing in, it seemed like there was no chance for her to escape now.
"Bai Xun, do you know that you are digging your own grave? Once my father finds out, he won't let you off." Young Master Wei endured the excruciating pain and panted. At this moment, there was already a circle of sweat on his forehead.
"Don't worry. Even if your father wants to do anything to us, he won't be able to. Perhaps when the time comes, it will be his turn," Bai Xun said disdainfully.
"Oh right, there's also that beauty you like in the carriage. I'll help you keep her. When you get tired of her, you can throw her to the soldiers."
The soldiers behind Bai Xun all laughed loudly. In their opinion, the other party was basically defenseless.
Suddenly, the air turned cold, causing everyone's laughter to stop. Everyone felt like a ferocious beast was watching them, but there was nothing abnormal around them.
"Stop wasting time. Capture the person in the carriage and bring him to me." Bai Xun looked around. It was still the same as usual, but why did he suddenly have goosebumps?
When a few ordinary soldiers at the front heard this, they immediately pounced on Young Master Wei.
Young Master Wei could only watch as they came over. At this moment, due to the pain, he had no strength left.
Suddenly, two silhouettes rushed out of the carriage and appeared in front of Young Master Wei at lightning speed.
Bang! Bang!
Young Master Wei's vision blurred. He realized that there were two children standing in front of him. As for the soldiers from before, they had already been sent flying and were lying on the ground groaning.
"It's you guys." Bai Xun didn't ask his subordinates. Instead, he said with a look of surprise. The little girl in front of him was the girl he wanted to take away from the border town some time ago. He didn't expect to meet her here.
What was even more incredible was that after not seeing her for more than ten days, he felt that she was even stronger than him now. If she was like this back then, even if no one was causing trouble, they wouldn't have been able to take them away.
Even so, it wasn't enough to stop them. The few Rank 5 soldiers behind him had already walked out. No matter how strange the other party was, they would be captured by his side this time.
At this moment, the curtain on the carriage was lifted again. A figure that Young Master Wei had been dreaming of walked out.
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