Madam General, please run slower.

In the end, Li only took out 20 taels when she left, and left without looking back, ignoring Mo Yun's pitiful look. Don't ask, if you ask, she has no conscience.

Seeing that Li didn't really buy the girl, Wei Shiliu breathed a sigh of relief and didn't dare to let Li wander around anymore. "Miss, let's go back quickly."

"We're leaving Chaozhou tomorrow, don't you want to go shopping?"

"No." Wei Shiliu refused decisively. "During the days when you were missing, we searched every street and almost turned Chaozhou upside down."

Li: "From your tone, it seems like you are blaming me?"

Wei Shiliu: "No, I dare not blame you."

The first time she disappeared from the palace for a night, saying she was meeting a man, and when she came back her eyes started bleeding; this time she disappeared for three days, and appeared on a flower boat, and when she came back she had no healthy flesh on her body, and her legs were broken. Wei Shiliu believed that with the little princess's personality, there would definitely be a third and fourth time.

Not only could he not beat her, he couldn't even outrun her using his Kung Fu skills. What else could he do? He could only say that the little princess was really desperate to see a man.

If it weren't for Wei Shiliu's eyes rolling up to the sky, Li would really believe that he didn't blame her.

Li smiled and shook his head, "Were the other two who appeared on the flower boat that day also from your Dark Guard Camp?"

"No, it belongs to Shi Shizi." Wei Shiliu glanced at Li and said casually, "But it was also given to Shi Shizi by the master."

So those are also Yu Xun's people. If the people around Shi Yaojue were arranged by Yu Xun, then Yu Xun has been paying too much attention to her recently. Now that the emperor is controlled by the prince, the royal family doesn't pay that much attention to her. Why does Yu Xun not pay attention to the court's movements and keep an eye on her every day?

When Li released her spiritual awareness a little, she caught several shadows staring at her.

"Your master is quite powerful." Li casually responded to Wei Shiliu's words. It was indeed powerful that he could be so alert to her.

Li's praise seemed to have turned on a switch in Wei Shiliu, and he began to recount incessantly Yu Xun's heroic deeds, from the time he fought off tens of thousands of enemy troops on the battlefield at the age of fifteen, to the time he marched south in recent years to recover nearly hundreds of miles of lost territory. None of the words of praise were repeated.

Li Ke understood too well the young people's admiration for the strong, so he just let Wei Shiliu talk, and responded from time to time to prove that he was indeed listening.

^-^-^-^-^

That night, in a tent outside Cuilan City.

Yu Xun, wearing armor, sat at the center map table, his brows revealing calmness and majesty. The generals sat around the table, with serious expressions, and everyone was staring at the map on the table intently.

"Everyone, the next battle is of great importance." Yu Xun's voice was steady and powerful, echoing in the tent. "The enemy is good at naval warfare. We must plan carefully to win this battle."

The generals nodded in agreement, knowing that the situation at sea was unpredictable and meticulous planning was crucial.

Yu Xun pointed at the sea map, and the direction he pointed to was a narrow strait: "The terrain here is dangerous and it is a natural barrier. It can be used as the main battlefield of this battle."

Yu Xun circled an area on the sea chart with his fingertips, "We can set up an ambush here and take advantage of the terrain to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out."

The generals nodded one after another. This was indeed the best attack plan, but...

One of the generals worriedly said, "This place is surrounded by fog. With our current food reserves, if we set up an ambush, we can only last half a month at most. I'm afraid that neither reinforcements nor food supplies will arrive in time."

The court was in turmoil now, and their repeated applications for food and wages were rejected with various reasons.

It is now the middle of winter, and the people in the surrounding towns have been severely persecuted by pirates during the autumn harvest season. They don't have much food stored at home, which makes it impossible for them to purchase food from the people.

They really couldn't understand what those people above were doing. The fight had already reached their doorstep, but they were still busy fighting among themselves.

"My suggestion is not to wait for the imperial grain supply, but to make a quick decision to slow down the food loss." This was not the first time that the grain supply had been delayed. Yu Xun was angry at first and argued with them, but later he gave up hope. Instead of arguing with them, he might as well think about how to actually solve the problem.

"I have asked people to transfer a batch of food from Chaozhou City, which can temporarily alleviate the urgent need. Once this batch of food arrives, we will set out immediately. I want to make sure these pirates never return."

The generals had no objection to this. It was too frustrating to have been fighting sneak attacks against the pirates for a while. They now wished they could just kill them at their homes.

Seeing that no one objected, Yu Xun launched an in-depth discussion on details such as how to deploy ships and arrange defense lines. It was not until late at night that the layout and plan of this battle were completely finalized.

Yu Xun was the only one left in the tent. Before he could even have a sip of water, another secret guard came to report the situation.

Yu Xun gave up the idea of ​​pouring water, took the letter from his hand and read it quickly. In the letter, Wei Yi reported in detail the recent situation in the court and the movements of the prince, while the situation in the general's mansion was summarized with just one sentence: "Nothing unusual for the time being."

Yu Xun rubbed his brows tiredly, "That monster...what's going on with the little princess?"

"The little princess is ready to set off and will arrive at Cuilan City in three days. However, the person who was monitoring her today sent us a message that the little princess went to Yimeng Tower."

"Yimenglou? What is that place?" All the shops in Chaozhou were managed by Shi Yaojue. Yu Xun had never interfered and was not very familiar with these shops.

"My Lord, it's a brothel."

"The brothel under Shi Yaojue's name?"

The secret guard sensed the terrifying aura emanating from his master and quickly shook his head, "No."

Yu Xun looked at the cloak on the shelf nearby, and the image of the girl smiling and congratulating him on his victory that day appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but shake his head to suppress the annoyance in his heart, "What is she doing there?"

"There were many people in the brothel, so the surveillance personnel were unable to follow into the building. However, according to Wei Shiliu, the princess went to thank the young man who saved her. She gave him some silver and left. The timing is indeed right."

Yu Xun: "Have you checked that person's identity?"

Secret Guard: "This person's name is Mo Yun, he is the son of a prostitute, he grew up in Yimeng Tower, he went to participate in Chaozhou's monthly flower god election that day, there is nothing wrong with that."

Yu Xun: "I understand. Let's ignore this person for now and let them continue to monitor Qu Tangli and get her to Cuilan City as soon as possible."

"Yes." The secret guard clasped his fists and answered, then hesitated for a moment before asking, "Master, can Wei Shiliu still be trusted?"

The little princess is a very cunning person. The person who is monitoring her sometimes gets lost many times a day. A lot of information has to be transmitted by Wei Shiliu. If this person is subdued by the little princess, it would be equivalent to planting a spy among them.

"I can still trust him for now." At present, the information conveyed by Wei Shiliu is accurate. Yu Xun still believes him now, but it is hard to say whether he will believe him in the future.

After hearing Yu Xun's words, the secret guards breathed a sigh of relief and bowed and retreated. Wei Shiliu had been with them for five years, and if he really betrayed them, the loss would be too great.

After the secret guard left, Yu Xun stood up and walked to the wooden frame. He reached out and stroked the smooth and soft gray fox fur and murmured, "I hope I am just being overly suspicious."