Chapter 638: Meeting
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
After the Chen Nation soldiers barged into the Li family village, they immediately killed all the young men in the village.
Most of the people still alive were old, weak, women, and children.
They did not have the ability to protect themselves. In this chaotic world, if they were left alone, it was equivalent to sending them to their deaths.
Hence, Xiao Juan agreed to Yu Niaoniao’s suggestion and brought these villagers along.
The team, which originally only had five people, became ten times stronger in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, Yu Niaoniao had reminded the villagers to bring dry food and water, so they did not have to worry about starving to death for the time being.
But the villagers were still in low spirits.
Among them was the young women. Although they had already changed into clean clothes, from their numb expressions and the wounds on their necks and wrists, it could be imagined that they had definitely been bullied by the Chen Nation soldiers previously.
That night, they rested in the forest.
Yu Niaoniao asked Lo Pingsha to boil some medicine and bring it to these women.
She told the women that it was contraceptive medicine.
Hearing this, the women picked up the medicine and drank it without thinking.
Being bullied was already a great misfortune. If they had to get pregnant and have children for those beasts, it would be even worse than killing them.
After drinking the medicine, they all heaved a sigh of relief.
Yu Niaoniao fiddled with the fire in front of her more vigorously.
She said gently, “The more you care about this, the more smug those dogs will be. Why don’t we treat it as if they bit us? In the future, we’ll capture those dogs and chop off their things to feed them.”
A little girl whispered back, “Dogs don’t eat that stuff.”
Yu Niaoniao could not help but chuckle. “That’s right. The dog didn’t do anything wrong. Why did you harm it?” These words made the others laugh.
The atmosphere softened a lot.
Yu Niaoniao said, “Sleep well tonight. Tomorrow morning will be a new beginning. You still have a good life in the future.”
The other little girl muttered, “Do we have a future?”
Yu Niaoniao said firmly, “Of course, we all have a better future.”
Along the way, they encountered some villages that had been attacked by the Chen Nation’s soldiers. As long as they could be saved, they would do their best.
So their team grew.
By the time they saw Tang Guixi, their team had more than 300 people. As soon as Tang Guixi saw them, she knew what they had experienced along the way.
She did not say anything else and ordered someone to settle the commoners.
This place was located in the deep mountains and old forests. There were few people around. Unless one was very familiar with this place, they would usually not be able to find this place.
The 100,000 -strong Eastern Expedition Army was hidden here. They knew that they were going to stay here for a while, so they used the trees in the mountains to build wooden houses.
Along the way, Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan could see nearly a hundred wooden houses.
Tang Guixi led them into the largest wooden house inside.
“The conditions here are simple. There are no tea leaves, only mountain spring water. Make do with it.”
With that, Tang Guixi placed two bowls of water on the table.
Yu Niaoniao looked at the thick gauze wrapped around her head and asked worriedly.
“How are your injuries? Are they serious?”
Tang Guixi touched the gauze on her forehead and smiled indifferently. “I’m fine. I was grazed by a stray arrow. It’s just a superficial wound. It’ll heal quickly.”
The thought of an arrow grazing her scalp was terrifying. To think she could make it sound so casual.
Yu Niaoniao could not help but say, “You’re really careless.”
Tang Guixi said, “I taking a leaf from you.”
Yu Niaoniao raised her eyebrows. “You actually learned to shift the blame?”
Tang Guixi scratched her head. “I’m clearly telling the truth.”
Hearing this, Yu Niaoniao could not help but laugh.
Seeing her laugh, Tang Guixi laughed too.
The two of them had been separated for more than a year. Now that they saw each other again, their situation and appearance had changed greatly—
One was the down and out Princess Consort who was on the run, and the other was a female general who had been forced into a corner.
Although their appearances had changed, they were still the same.
They were still good sisters who could hand over their lives for each other’s sake.
Yu Niaoniao suddenly walked forward, stretched out her arms, and hugged Tang Guixi tightly.
“I missed you so much.”
Tang Guixi patted her back. “Me too.”
Xiao Juan watched this scene quietly and was silently happy for Niaoniao.
Ever since Niaoniao left the Imperial Capital, there had been a string in the depths of her heart that had been tense. Even when they met Lo Pingsha and Meng Xizhou later, that string still did not loosen.
It was not until this moment that she faced her best sister that the tension in her heart completely relaxed.
Niaoniao’s mother and stepfather had passed away, and her biological father did not want her anymore. As for Yu Pingping and Yu Sheng, there was a high chance that she would never be able to see them again.
Now, Tang Guixi was her only family.
The reverse was the same.
When the two of them were done talking, they changed the topic to serious business.
Tang Guixi said, “I’m very happy that you can think of me at a critical moment and come thousands of miles to seek refuge with me, but you’ve all seen the situation here. Now that I can’t even protect myself, I don’t know what the future will be.”
She sighed at the end, looking very depressed.
Now, she was not the only one. The morale of the entire Eastern Expedition Army was very low.
Not only because they had been defeated, but also because the Imperial Court had given up on them.
They had risked their lives for the Dayan Dynasty for so many years. They did not expect to be abandoned by the emperor in the end.
How could this be reconciled?
Yu Niaoniao held her hand and encouraged, “Don’t be discouraged! Since Shen Zhuo has given up on Liaodong County, let’s bring it over. We’ll take over this land and the commoners living on it.”
Tang Guixi was stunned at first, then she looked stunned and asked in disbelief.
“Don’t tell me you thought of a rebellion?”
To the ancients who were born and raised in subservience to the ruler, rebelling was an extremely treasonous thing. They did not even dare to think about it, let alone practice it.
However, for Yu Niaoniao, who had a modern soul, there was no psychological burden in doing such a thing.
Yu Niaoniao said, “Shen Zhuo is narrow-minded. In order to satisfy his selfish desires, he can ignore the lives of the people of Liaodong. He’s definitely not a wise ruler. Since he’s heartless, there are no problems with you being unjust! He doesn’t give us food and let the Eastern Expedition Army be slaughtered. If you still want to serve him, won’t you be a fool?!”
Tang Guixi was a little tempted by her words, but logic still prevented her from agreeing.
“A rebellion is not a small matter. If you’re not careful, you’ll die without a burial place.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “It’s already like this. Even if we don’t rebel, will Shen Zhuo let us off? I bet even if you can defeat the Chen Nation’s army in the future and snatch Liaodong County back, Shen Zhuo won’t give you a way out. Because he wants the military power in your hands. He wants the entire Eastern Expedition Army and Liaodong County to listen to him alone..”
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