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

"Do you want to hear my story?" Zhou Lin pretended to be relaxed on the surface, but his body was actually tense.

He didn't want to cut off his scar, but for some reason, seeing Shen Chuning like this, he wanted to tell her.

Shen Chuning turned her head to look at Zhou Lin, her eyes shining, waiting for him to continue.

"You should know that I will no longer go to the army, right?" Zhou Lin asked.

Shen Chuning nodded and said, "I heard it from my sixth brother last time, but when I asked why, he didn't tell me."

"Because I'm afraid of blood." Zhou Lin sighed softly.

"Tease me again." Shen Chuning turned her head away. "If you don't want to talk about it, forget it. Why are you making fun of me?"

Zhou Lin saw that Shen Chuning was a little angry, "At the beginning of last month, I followed General Ji Anbang from the Jingjiao Camp to suppress bandits in Yonggu Mountain."

Shen Chuning nodded. "I heard from my grandfather that after killing the leader of Panlong Village, General Ji was promoted to the first rank. I heard that those who followed him received a lot of rewards. Are you trying to show off?"

Zhou Lin kicked the stones on the ground and said, "What's there to brag about? The rewards all belong to others. It was this bandit suppression that cut off my path to military service."

"General Ji was originally my father's deputy general. He originally wanted to take me with him to fight against the bandits and earn military merit. But who could have imagined that I would be so disappointing that I fainted after seeing someone being killed."

"I was carried down from Yonggu Mountain. I was unconscious for two whole days at home before I woke up. Now I can only hide in the manor every day."

Zhou Lin smiled bitterly, "My dream since I was a child has been to become a general, but now I'm afraid I can't even be an ordinary soldier."

"Brother Zhou Er..." Shen Chuning called softly.

"You don't have to comfort me. I know I'm useless."

"You are a very good archer. You can kill a tiger with one arrow."

"What good is it to be a hunter if you can't fight in battle?"

Shen Chuning might know why Zhou Lin was a playboy in his previous life. Born into a family of military generals, he grew up in a military camp. When he was fourteen or fifteen years old, he suddenly had to change his way of life. Anyone would be at a loss.

"Let's go, I'll take you home." Zhou Lin led the horse over.

Shen Chuning nodded, and Zhou Lin carried her onto the horse's back, slowly walking in front of her, holding the reins. He also comforted Shen Chuning, "Don't be afraid. My horse, Chasing Wind, is gentler than Lightning, and with me around, he won't run around."

Shen Chuning quietly put the coral button into her purse and said "OK" softly.

She couldn't explain why she did this, as if she would feel more at ease with the button by her side.

Zhou Lin took Zhuifeng by the hand and walked slowly down the mountain. No one spoke along the way.

"Brother Zhou Er, that white tiger skin..." Shen Chuning took the lead in breaking the awkwardness.

"Want it?" Zhou Lin turned around and glanced at Shen Chuning.

Shen Chuning blushed and nodded. The tiger was really good-looking, if you didn't look at its eyes.

In the end, she didn't say that she was not afraid of blood, but of her eyes.

Especially since she was afraid that she would have to explain the matter of the Sixth Princess again, and since the Queen Mother had supported her and had already punished the Sixth Princess, she certainly didn't want her to say anything that would damage the Sixth Princess's reputation.

"Okay, I'll arrange for someone to handle it after we get down the mountain." Zhou Lin said as he continued walking forward.

As he was speaking, Feng Yucai, the youngest son of the Minister of War, Lord Feng, and his two little followers appeared in front of Zhou Lin, blocking their way.

Feng Yucai was thin, and his silk clothes hung loosely on his body. His eyes were yellow and dark, and he looked like he had indulged in excessive sexual activities.

Feng Yucai's sister married Prince Ning as a concubine and was quite favored, so Feng Yucai always regarded himself as Prince Ning's brother-in-law.

Feng Yucai laughed and said, "Oh, isn't this Miss Zhou Er? Why aren't you embroidering at home, but working as a groom?"

"Get out of the way." Zhou Lin's body tensed as he spoke in a cold voice.

"Hahahahaha, I'm so scared. Miss Tuesday wants us to move out of the way. What will happen if we don't? Will Miss Tuesday faint on the spot?"

As soon as Feng Yucai finished speaking, the two people beside him also started laughing.

Zhou Lin stepped forward and lifted Feng Yucai's collar with one hand while clenching his other hand into a fist. Feng Yucai closed his eyes tightly and trembled like a sieve. He knew how powerful Zhou Lin was and that he was no match for him.

Just as Zhou Lin's fist was about to land on Feng Yucai's face, Shen Chuning suddenly spoke up to stop him.

Zhou Lin regained his senses, but he still didn't let go of Feng Yucai's collar.

"Mr. Feng, you are a playboy who only knows how to carry a cage and walk birds, and tease cats and dogs all day long. What qualifications do you have to criticize Zhou Lin?"

Feng Yucai glanced at Shen Chuning with a lecherous look, "Miss Shen, it's not worth it to speak for a loser. Do you want to follow me? I'll take you to eat delicious food and drink spicy drinks."

Hearing him say this, Zhou Lin raised his hand and twisted Feng Yucai's arm behind his back, and with a "click", he removed his arm.

Feng Yucai screamed, "Ah—" "Zhou Lin, I won't let you go. I'm going to find the censor to impeach you."

Zhou Lin took up the reins of his horse again and walked around Feng Yucai. "It's up to you. I have no official position now, so I'm afraid your censor can't impeach me."

As he spoke, he glanced at the follower beside Feng Yucai. The father of this little follower was the censor mentioned by Feng Yucai. He had helped the Feng family impeach their opponents many times. Of course, General Zhou was the one who was impeached the most.

Shen Chuning asked Zhou Lin to stop. "Mr. Feng, how dare you laugh at me? In my eyes, I'm a thousand times better than you. Even if I can't fight, so what? There's more to the world than just martial arts. If I were a martial artist, I'd be the top scholar, and if I were a scholar, I'd be the top scholar. And you, at best, are just a stinking ditch bug who can only rely on your family's protection."

"Shen Chuning...hiss...you...hiss..." Feng Yucai shouted while covering his arm.

Shen Chuning glanced at Feng Yucai and the other two with disdain. "Why, are you going to impeach me too? Don't make me wait too long."

Shen Chuning turned her head proudly after she finished speaking, "Brother Zhou Er, let's go."

Behind them, the attendant supporting Feng Yucai spoke up, "Boss, the eldest young master of the Shen family is now my father's superior. We definitely can't submit a memorial impeaching the Shen family."

Feng Yucai slapped the man on the head with a "Pa" sound, "Nonsense, you don't even need me to tell you, I don't know that I can't afford to offend the Shen family."

"Miss Shen is quite pretty. Do you want to take Miss Shen..." the man said with an obscene smile.

Feng Yucai slapped the man on the head again, "If you want to die, go ahead and die far away. Don't drag me along with you. Everyone in the capital knows that Shen Chuning is the apple of the eye of Uncle Shen's family. If you dare to touch her, you think your life is too long."

"What are we to do, Boss? She calls you a gutter bug."

"What can I do? What else can I do?" Feng Yucai said shyly. "Besides, she's right. I really can't do anything except teasing cats and dogs. I can only rely on my family's protection to make a living."

Feng Yucai ran down the mountain after he finished speaking.

The two henchmen stood there in a daze, then shouted, "Boss, where are you going?"

Feng Yucai didn't even turn his head. "Go home and ask my father to find me a job."