After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Now let's return to Xie Xing, the main character.

the other side.

Nighttime, in the military camp.

Song Yingqiu carried the several cartloads of sweet potatoes he had collected to the outside of the military camp. He did not go to find Luo Hanfeng immediately, but instead went to find Song Ci'an.

Song Ci'an was very surprised to see Song Yingqiu.

"Why did you come here?" Song Ci'an asked, frowning. "What's going on with you all? Why are you all running towards the military camp?"

"Don't want to die?"

Song Yingqiu and Song Ci'an didn't have a good relationship. Upon hearing this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Hmph, I don't think you're a very good soldier. You don't even have enough supplies. You'll be defeated sooner or later. You might as well come with me to do business."

Song Ci'an dismissed Song Yingqiu's nonsense as childish chatter, and waved his hand impatiently, "Are you done talking? If you're done, then get out of here."

Song Yingqiu crossed his arms, slightly raised his chin, and looked at him: "What, you don't want food anymore?"

Upon hearing the word "grain," Song Ci'an paused, turning around. "Grain?"

Song Yingqiu turned around, walked to the front of the carriage, took out a sweet potato from inside and handed it to Song Ci'an, saying, "This sweet potato was bought from the Western Regions. One can fill you up for a meal."

"It can solve your immediate problem."

Song Ci'an's eyes lit up.

He quickly said, "Since you brought it with you, why don't you hurry up and bring it here?"

"Hey." Song Yingqiu spread his arms, blocking Song Ci'an.

He raised an eyebrow, looking at Song Ci'an's anxious expression, and sneered, "Don't you want to know why I knew you were here?"

Upon hearing this, Song Ci'an paused, his gaze falling on Song Yingqiu. "What do you mean?"

Song Yingqiu snorted coldly, "Xing'er."

"You don't know, do you? Xing'er is currently in the city, in the mansion of the Fifth Prince of the Southern Kingdom, and has become one of his concubines."

what? !

Song Ci'an was shocked.

He took two steps forward, grabbed Song Yingqiu's collar tightly, and said through gritted teeth, "You know why you didn't bring Xing'er out?!"

Song Yingqiu slapped Song Ci'an's hand away and questioned, "Xing'er was originally with you. If you hadn't driven her out, how would she have met the Fifth Prince?"

Song Ci'an frowned: "I told her to go back; this place isn't suitable for her."

Song Yingqiu snorted coldly: "You care about her, but don't you think about what kind of place this is? It's the border between two countries. Do you dare to let her go out alone?"

Song Ci'an clenched his fists and said coldly, "What do you know? In this situation, if she doesn't leave, she'll never be able to leave."

Entering a military camp with a woman is a capital offense.

Moreover, Xie Xing's true feelings had already been revealed to Luo Hanfeng and Xie Tongchen.

Otherwise, Song Ci'an would have been able to protect Xie Xing no matter what.

Song Yingqiu didn't want to argue with Song Ci'an anymore.

"In that case, this is the best opportunity."

Song Yingqiu gave Song Ci'an a map of the city walls.

"Now that you've taken all the sweet potatoes, all those soldiers will come to you to eat them, which will win over their hearts and minds. You'll be credited for this achievement."

"After that, we will lead the people to break out from here and catch them off guard."

"Now that the Xie family is weak, and your eldest brother has become the top scholar in the imperial examination, if you become a general and take this city, Xing'er will forever be a daughter of the Song family. Who would dare to bully her then?"

Song Ci'an snorted coldly, took down the blueprints, and said, "I know how to do this without you telling me."

After saying that, Song Ci'an turned and left.

Song Yingqiu rolled his eyes as he watched Song Ci'an's retreating figure.

"Don't pretend, you still need my help."

After saying that, Song Yingqiu left immediately.

Inside the military camp.

When Song Ci'an brought several cartloads of sweet potatoes, the soldiers in the army all became restless.

They had been starving for several days and were already extremely hungry.

There wasn't much food in these mountains, and it had all been eaten up by refugees long ago.

Now, seeing this truckload of food, their eyes are filled with longing.

Xie Tongchen looked at Song Ci'an with some surprise and asked, "The imperial grain hasn't arrived yet, what is this?"

Song Ci'an replied, "Reporting to the young general, these are sweet potatoes from the Western Regions that I had someone transport for me."

"One can be a meal and fill you up."

Xie Tongchen's eyes lit up: "Great! Distribute them immediately!"

Song Ci'an, however, did not move.

His sharp eyes swept around the surroundings before he spoke up: "There are traitors in the army. To ensure the safety of the food supplies, I will take care of these cartloads of sweet potatoes."

"Okay." Xie Tongchen replied without hesitation.

The soldiers below were only focused on getting food, and at this moment they did whatever Xie Tongchen said.

In the tent.

Xie Mingzhu peeked through the tent flap and saw the soldiers distributing sweet potatoes. She then walked back to Luo Hanfeng and said, "Hanfeng, one of the soldiers had someone send some food over."

"They are sharing the food now."

At that moment, Luo Hanfeng was sitting in a chair in the tent, slowly reading a military book in his hand.

Upon hearing this, he raised his eyes, glanced at Xie Mingzhu, and slightly curled his lips: "It seems that they are not without options after all."

Xie Mingzhu frowned, somewhat dissatisfied, and said, "Not a single soldier in the army knew to bring food to the commander-in-chief first."

Luo Hanfeng chuckled: "After all, to them, I'm just a useless prince who came out of the cold palace, so naturally no one would notice me."

Xie Mingzhu looked at Luo Hanfeng with pity: "Hanfeng, you are very capable, don't talk about yourself like that."

Luo Hanfeng remained silent.

Helpless, Xie Mingzhu walked over and said, "But they've already taken out their grain before us. When our grain arrives, will we still be able to win over the troops?"

This is the most important.

The grain supplies were burned, and it's uncertain when the imperial court will be able to send more.

Therefore, Luo Hanfeng had already sent people to collect provisions.

But unexpectedly, Xie Tongchen and his group got there first.

Luo Hanfeng's eyes flickered for a moment, then he said calmly, "It's alright."

"One sweet potato is simply too meager."

Xie Mingzhu pursed her lips.

Even so, this reduces the effect by more than half.

Here, the army's food crisis was finally resolved.

That night, the traitor immediately slipped out of the military camp to deliver the message.

Unexpectedly, Song Ci'an had been waiting for this traitor all along, and as soon as the traitor left the military camp, he immediately knocked him unconscious.

After questioning the traitor and figuring out his purpose, Song Ci'an thought for a moment, then disguised himself as the traitor and went to deliver the message in person.

the other side.

City Lord's Mansion.

Chao Le was entertaining Jun Lanjin and Xie Yuze at his residence.

seat.

Chao Le raised his cup to Jun Lanjin, looked at him curiously, and said, "I've long heard that the Ghost King never shows his true face."

"Now that we have formed an alliance, why doesn't the Ghost King remove his mask to show his sincerity?"

After he finished speaking, the room fell completely silent.

Chao Le looked at Jun Lanjin with a smile.