Dad, open the door. I'll bring your mistress back for you.

"Brother Li!" A clear and pleasant voice came, and Shen Jingwan jumped lightly from the carriage at the city gate.

With a smile on her face and a bag of snacks wrapped in oil paper in her hand, she walked quickly to Li Da who was guarding the gate.

Seeing this, Li Da hurriedly wiped his rough hands on his slightly worn and dusty clothes, then carefully reached out and took the snack from Shen Jingwan's fair and delicate hands.

Li Da held the oil-paper package in his palm with great joy, as if he were holding a rare treasure.

He slowly and gently opened the oil paper package. As the oil paper was opened bit by bit, an enticing aroma immediately wafted out and lingered around everyone's nose.

The soldiers guarding the city who were originally standing guard with serious faces could not help but cast envious glances when they smelled the fragrance.

Shen Chuning, who was standing aside, saw the snacks in the oil paper bag clearly and couldn't help but curl her lips.

It turned out that the so-called snacks were just ordinary peach cakes that the servants in the mansion usually ate.

This crude food was more than enough to deceive these ordinary soldiers who had never seen much of the world.

At this moment, a discordant voice suddenly rang out from the crowd: "Oh! Miss Wan is so caring towards our Captain Li. Could it be that she has a crush on our Captain Li? You know, our Captain Li is still single and has not yet married!"

The person who spoke was a short soldier guarding the city, who was now teasing with a lewd smile on his face.

Hearing this, Li Da's face instantly turned red, and he raised his hand and slapped the small soldier guarding the city hard on the back of the head.

He shouted angrily, "What are you yelling about! Miss Wan is such a noble and powerful person, how can a vulgar person like you and me be able to reach her? Stop talking nonsense!"

However, although Li Da spoke righteously, his eyes couldn't help but glance at Shen Jingwan beside him from time to time.

The face, which was originally dark due to years of wind and sun, was now flushed even redder.

Shen Jingwan turned her head slightly and glanced at Li Da with an extremely subtle, almost imperceptible movement.

At that moment, her eyes revealed deep disgust without any concealment, as if there was something about Li Da that made her extremely disgusted.

However, this trace of disgust was fleeting.

Then, the expression on her face changed rapidly as if by magic, and she smiled charmingly. She said in a sweet voice, "Brother Li always takes great care of Wan'er. Wan'er naturally knows how to repay his kindness. This little thing is just a small token of my appreciation."

As she said this, she deliberately lowered her eyes, with a shy look on her face, and secretly glanced at Li Da.

When Li Da saw her looking so affectionate and a little shy, he suddenly felt his heart pounding like a deer.

A layer of purple-red involuntarily appeared on his dark and shiny face, making him particularly eye-catching.

Seeing this, the soldiers on the side started to make a noise, some whistled, some burst into laughter, and the scene became noisy for a while.

At this moment, a sudden roar like thunder exploded: "Don't you have to work anymore?!"

This roar was like a bucket of ice water poured over their heads, instantly silencing everyone present.

Several soldiers who were playing around in the city defense, including Li Da, trembled all over after hearing the roar, as if they were cast under a spell, and stood there in a daze.

After a while, they finally woke up from their dream, and hurried back to their posts in panic, standing upright, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

I saw a tall and imposing man striding towards me.

He came to stand in front of Shen Jingwan, then clasped his hands together, bowed respectfully to her, and said in a loud voice: "I am General Chang Chengji, in charge of the defense of the capital city gates under the order of the court. Today, I have the honor of meeting the Ninth Miss of the Shen family. It is truly a great honor."

After hearing this, Shen Jingwan couldn't help but frown slightly, and tried hard to search her mind for memories about this person.

Whether in her previous life or in this life, she seemed to have never had any intersection with the general named Chang Chengji.

After thinking for a long time, she finally couldn't help but ask, "General Chang, with all due respect, may I ask if we have met before?"

After hearing what Shen Chuning said, Chang Chengji hurriedly bowed and explained earnestly, "Miss Nine, I used to serve under General Zhou of the Jinwu Guard, so I was able to recognize you."

Hearing Chang Chengji mention General Zhou, Shen Chuning thought to herself that the person he mentioned must be Zhou Lie.

Zhou Lie was always called General Zhou in the army. Perhaps Chang Chengji knew him because of his aunt.

Then, Shen Chuning smiled slightly and responded in a relaxed tone, "So that's how it is! I didn't expect to see General Chang here today. It's quite a coincidence. When we entered the city yesterday, someone dared to pretend to be the commander on duty. I actually believed him at the time."

As she spoke, she glanced in the direction of Li Da intentionally or unintentionally.

At this moment, Li Da was so frightened that his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking, like a candle in the wind.

He secretly groaned in his heart. He had promised Shen Jingwan before that he would deliberately make things difficult for those who entered the city from Shandong.

He often does things like this to make things difficult for others, and his superiors often turn a blind eye to it.

However, now facing the newly appointed General Chang, he really couldn't figure out how the other party would deal with this matter.

Just as Li Da was lost in thought, he heard Chang Chengji's face solemn and righteous words: "Miss Jiu, please rest assured. Impersonating a general is a serious crime. I will punish you severely according to military law and give you a satisfactory explanation!"

His voice was sonorous and powerful, echoing in everyone's ears.

Li Da, who was already in a state of panic, felt as if struck by lightning when he heard the words "martial law". His body trembled involuntarily, and then his knees softened and he fell heavily to the ground with a "thump".

His face was pale, tears streaming down his face, and he kept crying out, "General, please spare my life! I really know I was wrong, and I won't do it again!"

As he spoke, he kowtowed hard on the hard ground, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

After a few hits, his forehead was red, swollen and broken, with blood oozing out, but he seemed to be unaware of the pain and continued to knock his head.

After kowtowing for a long time, Li Da raised his face covered with tears and dust, and looked at Shen Jingwan who was standing not far away with horror, as if he was grabbing the last straw.

He shouted at the top of his lungs, "Miss Wan, please save me..."