Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 450

"You're injured." Pei Shang frowned, not understanding what he was going to do.

Zeng Xiao disagreed, "That's precisely why we need to go to the rear to provide support; we can't just sit here and wait!"

There is no one else available to mobilize, and generals from all sides need to be on standby at the front lines.

Zeng Xiao is injured and should not go to the battlefield.

But it's still possible to escort grain and fodder to the rear.

After weighing the pros and cons, Murong Yu agreed.

Zeng Xiao led eight hundred cavalrymen away from Kyushu City that day, and when they arrived in towns in the Jiangnan area, they received news that the Yun family's grain transport team had been attacked.

He originally intended to wait for the Yun family to come and beg him before taking action, which is why he arrived slowly. However, he was stunned when he arrived at the scene.

"Who...who is that person?"

There was a handsome young man who looked very young; even though he was dressed as a man, it was clear that he was a woman.

At this moment, she was sitting on horseback, holding a bow and arrow, and shot and killed several horse traders. She was very fast and kept drawing the bow.

She was accompanied by a highly skilled martial artist who worked seamlessly with her.

In a short while, almost all the horse traders were killed, and the rest were captured alive.

"Who sent you!" she demanded sharply.

Her expression was extremely sharp, not at all like a weak woman. Zeng Xiao had seen female generals as heroic and valiant as his sister, and also women as delicate and charming as Pei Fang.

Little did they know that there was such a woman in the world who was both heroic and charming.

The other party refused to say anything, clearly indicating they were not ordinary horse traders and did not take Yun Xiyue seriously.

But to everyone's surprise, she chuckled in the blink of an eye, drew an arrow, and shot him dead with a single shot—the leader of the group, no less.

The other two horse traders' eyes widened in fear upon seeing this, and they hurriedly kowtowed, begging for mercy, "Young master, spare our lives! We were only paid a commission to rob the Yun family's grain..."

"Who?"

Yun Xiyue drew her bow and shot another arrow, killing another person.

The remaining one was trembling with fear, "Don't kill me... I'll talk..."

Yun Xiyue said, "Tell the truth, and I might spare your life."

"It's a general from the Northern Palace Kingdom. I don't know exactly who it is; we're not the only ones who received the mission."

"Are you a trafficker?"

The man shook his head. "No, he's a thief."

"Hmph!" Without hesitation, Yun Xiyue pierced his throat with an arrow.

"General, she is the eldest daughter of the Yun family."

Zeng Xiao's gaze paused slightly as the woman suddenly looked at him. He had no choice but to step forward. "Miss Yun. I am Zeng Xiao, and I have come to collect the grain on the Emperor's orders."

Is he Zeng Rou's brother?

The man was dressed in black armor, his skin was a tanned bronze color, his features were handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, a high nose, and a tall and imposing figure.

In his early twenties, he rode a warhorse, followed by eight hundred cavalrymen, his imposing presence and awe-inspiring aura filling the air.

"Then I will trouble General Zeng to escort the supplies to the military camp."

Yun Xiyue gestured for someone to hand over all the grain and fodder to him.

Zeng Xiao found it strange when he saw her mount her horse. "Aren't you going to the border with me?"

She came to the border to find the emperor.

There was a hint of disdain in his eyes.

Although she was indeed stunning just now, Zeng Xiao thought that she must be a scheming woman because of her shameless obsession with the emperor and the heartbreak she caused her sister.

Yun Xiyue pulled on the horse's reins. "The Yun family and other grain transport teams have all been attacked. I need to go and help them."

"Can't your elder brother and father arrange for someone to go? What can you, a woman, do there?" Zeng Xiao said.

Yun Xiyue glanced at him indifferently, "General Zeng, transporting grain is a matter for our Yun family, and we don't need outsiders to interfere."

"We will ensure that the grain supplies are safely delivered to the border."

Zeng Xiao sneered, "People from your Yun family all love to boast."

Yun Xiyue frowned slightly, knowing that he was being unfriendly to her because of Zeng Rou's matter. Given the current special circumstances, she decided not to hold it against him.