A life of two souls traveling through time

"Your Highness, these are the confessions of the captured bandits." In the commander's tent, Yu Cheng handed Yan Zong a thick memorial and continued to frown and said, "In addition, the dozen or so female corpses in varying degrees of decay found in the bandits' den were also the ones they abducted and tortured to death when they went down the mountain to rob houses."

"Now that we have interrogated them clearly, let's hand them all over to the Mucheng government office." Looking at the crimes in the memorial, Yan Zong's face had already turned gloomy. He wished that these captives would be cut into pieces at this moment, but considering that the current prince attaches great importance to the law of the country, he had also instructed that these bandits, no matter how big or small their crimes were, would eventually be handed over to the local authorities for punishment.

"My subordinates will do it now."

"Don't come back so soon. You keep an eye on them until those bandits' heads fall to the ground." Yan Zong narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu Cheng coldly.

He lost so many people in this bandit suppression campaign, and the local government's verdict must satisfy him.

"Yes, Your Highness." Yu Cheng understood what Your Highness meant, picked up the memorial that had been heavily thrown to the ground, and retreated out of the tent.

"The biggest bandit problem on the border has finally been eliminated." Mr. Fan, who was sitting nearby with a cup of hot tea in his hand, also breathed a sigh of relief. His face was no longer as tired as it was two days ago.

"That's only temporary. The border has always been a place of mixed people and instability. Such soil is most likely to breed bandits." Yan Zong rubbed his temples, squinted his eyes, and leaned against the desk.

"Your Highness is not feeling well? Should we let Mr. Sanxiu......"

"It's okay. I lost too much blood from the last injury and haven't fully recovered yet. The military doctors have been treating me for the past two days. If it's nothing serious, there's no need to trouble Mr. Sanxiu." Yan Zong waved his hand and interrupted Mr. Fan.

"Your Highness was in real danger this time, fortunately Miss Si Yao rescued you, otherwise..." After His Highness spoke, Mr. Fan had no choice but to give up and continued to sit down and sigh.

"Is she still not awake?"

"He woke up yesterday. Because His Highness was busy with the follow-up of the bandit incident, I did not ask Arnold to report."

"Bring her here. I should thank her in person."

"Uh... half an hour ago, Arnold came to me and asked for permission to take Miss Si Yao to visit the military camp. I don't know where they are now. I'll have someone look for them right away."

"Forget it, there's no rush. Let her accompany Arnold."

"Since Miss Si Yao woke up, Arnold has indeed been much happier than usual."

"Humph, this is a heartless person."

"Haha, I think Miss Si Yao and Arnold are destined to be together."

Yan Zong silently picked up the teacup on the table with a complicated expression.

"Sister Yao, this is the training ground. It's where we practice every day. When we're free, we'll gather here to compete and have fun."

Arnold led Si Yao to the parade ground. Many soldiers watched them from afar along the way. Although Si Yao asked Arnold for a set of men's clothes for convenience after waking up, everyone already knew that it was a woman who saved His Highness. There were no female members in the military camp. When a young and beautiful girl suddenly appeared, naturally everyone wanted to take this opportunity to take a closer look at her.

"The archery range is in front of us. Sister Yao, I've heard from Brother Lian Qi that you are good at archery. Why don't we have a competition today?"

"But I'm not very good at riding a horse." After thinking about it, it seemed that he only learned riding skills for half a day when he was a hunter in the Huang Mansion.

"It's okay. I'll teach you. I can also let you hit three targets during the competition."

"Since it's a competition, there's no point in giving in. Let's be fair. It's okay if I lose because I'm not as skilled as the other person."

"It's a pity that Sister Yao is a woman, otherwise she must be the Zhulan gentleman that Master Fan mentioned."

"Give me some time, I'll get used to riding a horse first." Si Yao coldly ignored the compliment.

"Of course. Let me teach you, Sister Yao, how to choose a horse."

"Mr. Fan, we are at the archery range. I heard they are going to have a competition."

In the snow outside the tent, a soldier reported to Mr. Fan, who was standing with his hands behind his back.

"Oh, Arnold, this kid..." Mr. Fan shook his head lovingly and smiled.

"What's wrong sir? Arnold often challenges us to competitions." The soldier looked puzzled.

"Miss Si Yao has just recovered from her injuries, you must take good care of her."

"Oh, yes, Mr. Fan!" The soldier suddenly realized that Arnold was indeed too impatient.

In the horseback archery field, Arnold and Si Yao were already waiting at the starting point, each riding a horse. A circle of soldiers had already gathered outside the field to watch the fun.

"Arnold! Arnold! Arnold!"

Some people outside the venue were cheering for Arnold, while the silent majority naturally wanted to cheer for Si Yao, but due to the gender differences, no one was embarrassed to take the lead.

"Sister Yao, I really won't give in in the competition later." Arnold winked at Si Yao beside him and said with a smile with confidence.

"Okay, I also want to see Arnold's strength." Si Yao said, frowning and looking at the bow in her hand. This was the bow from the military camp that Arnold chose for her. It was much heavier than the bow she used for hunting before. She didn't know how long she could hold on to a bow of this weight, but it was also a good training session.

The gongs and drums behind him sounded, and Arnold reacted quickly and jumped out on his horse, drawing the bow in his hand and waiting for the first target. Although Si Yao was a few steps slower, she did not show weakness and tried her best to catch up. However, after all, she had to draw the bow while riding a horse, so her proficiency and strength were naturally far inferior to Arnold who grew up in the military camp.

"Arnold! Arnold!" With the shouts from outside the field, the spirited young man had already ridden half a circle and hit the bull's eye of every target he passed.

Although Si Yao, who was far behind, could hit the bull's eye of every target with her arrow, she could clearly feel that her arms were running out of strength before she had even reached half a circle.

"Miss Si Yao is almost halfway around..."

"For a girl who doesn't train all day like us, it's unexpected that she can last half a circle and still hit the target."

"Yeah, this girl is pretty good!"

"But, she seems to be unable to hold on any longer..."

"The bows used in the army are heavy, and it is not easy for an ordinary woman to lift them. The fact that she has been able to hold on for so long shows that her endurance is something that we may not even be able to match."

"No wonder she was able to rescue His Highness in the snowy mountains......"

"But she is just a woman after all. Her strength is ultimately not as good as a man's."

Wherever Si Yao went, there were people talking about her from outside the venue, but she was not affected by these discussions and still relied on her own will to run half a lap.

However, just after half a circle, Si Yao missed the next target because she no longer had the strength to draw the bow. Seeing that Arnold was about to reach the finish line, Si Yao's eyes sank, she clenched her teeth, pulled the bow again with both arms and shot three arrows in succession. Although none of them hit the center due to shaking hands, they were all within the ten rings.

"Sister Yao, Arnold believes you can do it, just hold on!" At the same time, Arnold had already reached the finish line without any suspense, and was sitting on the horse, looking back to cheer for Si Yao!

"Arnold's horse riding and archery have improved again. Your Highness will definitely be happy to know about this." In the distance, Da Xixian and Wei Zhun were also paying attention to the competition on the horse riding and archery field. Although the gap in strength between the two sides was too big for them, the competition was not intense at all, and Da Xixian's attention was only focused on Arnold.

"Arnold's performance was normal. I think the highlight of this competition is Miss Si Yao." The bearded Wei Zhun looked at the archery arena with a smile and continued to sigh: "It's a pity that there can't be women in the military camp, otherwise I would definitely recruit her."

"You kid, it's fine if you go to the city to drink and have fun on weekdays, but now you want to keep women in the military camp?" Da Xixian looked shocked.

"Don't you think her perseverance and endurance are very suitable for the military camp?" Wei Zhun also rolled his eyes.

"So what? Once on the battlefield, it's all about fists and strength. Women are too weak after all."

"If I have the chance I must take you out to meet more women, otherwise your idea will sooner or later suffer the consequences with women." Wei Zhun patted Da Xixian's burly back with a playful smile.

"Go to hell, you're being so unruly again!"