When Shen Leng returned home, he saw Master Cha practicing some sword techniques. Mr. Shen and Chu Jianlian were sitting at the side, drinking tea. He could tell that Chu Jianlian really appreciated and admired his one and only disciple. As he watched her practice, he smiled from time to time.
Shen Leng returned, wearing a Fifth pin’s military uniform. Mr. Shen’s eyes lit up, while Chu Jianlian’s eyes became dimmer.
After all, Chu Jianlian was a Chu man.
“Is this the Fifth pin general’s uniform?”
Master Cha swung her arm and tossed Po Jia into the air. The long sword that was like clear limpid autumn waters left a ray of light in the air, heading directly towards Chu Jianlian. Chu Jianlian lifted up the sheath from the table and the sword returned to the sheath instantly.
Shen Leng made one full turn for Master Cha to take a good look at his uniform. As a result, Master Cha herself walked around him as well, at the
The town where Shen Leng and the rest were temporarily staying at was called Weicun. There was a small village located around six miles away, named Ji Shan Zhuang. From the day before till today, Liu Yun Hui’s men had been standing guard outside of Ji Shan Zhuang for half a day and one night. They could see every single movement of Guan Tang Kou’s men within the village very clearly. Hei Yan squatted on the slope outside of the village with a pipe in his mouth, making him look slightly older than he actually was. However, when young people tried to look older, they ended up looking more adorable instead. However, the look in his eyes was not adorable at all; there was only murderous intent. He mimicked the elders, tapping the pipe against the sole of his shoe. Hei Yan stood up. “It’s time.”The man in white behind him took out a whistle and flicked it. The whistle let out a high-pitched sound and flew high up into the sky. The men in white w
Could not catch up.Shen Leng rode his horse over a distance of 30 miles but was unable to find Cen Zheng. He did not even know which route Cen Zheng took. After covering quite a distance and discovering nothing, naturally, his mood was ruined. Shen Leng was hoping that his speculations were wrong or that Bai Shangnian’s men could not figure out the route taken by Cen Zheng, just like him.There was a crossroads in front. There was in fact no point in trying to pursue any further at this juncture. At this moment, all of a sudden, the sound of hooves could be heard coming from behind him. Shen Leng turned around and saw Yang Qibao with his men. “General, the commander is calling for you.”Yang Qibao jumped off his horse. “I don’t know what happened, but it is urgent.”Shen Leng frowned slightly. Could it be that Zhuang Yong knows about Liu Yun Sect attacking Guan Tang Kou? He l
The smell of the food in the front yard of the Daoist temple drifted to the backyard. Zhuang Yong, Cen Zheng, and Mr. Shen were still talking in the study as soft as they could. Shen Leng grabbed Master Cha and left the study. He went to look at the east wing and saw the kitchen there. He took the vegetables, fish and meat they brought with them into the kitchen and tidied up before preparing dinner. And at this moment, there were three people outside the Navy’s camp who were from out of town. They stopped in their tracks right outside of the Navy’s camp for a moment before walking away. The picked an inn in town and stayed there. Each one of them looked as though they were already at their limit.When the leader sat down, he could not help but let out a sigh of relief. They had been walking around for way too long to the point where their legs were numb. When he sat down, he felt as though it was the most comfortable feeling in the world. He
In the eyes of the locals, Gui Si was a strange person. Even though it was his first day of work. This was because he had clearly told his boss that he would only work half a day every single day, but he assured him that he would not do less than the other porters. It was winter, which was the off season for his business, hence, his boss did not mind it. However, little did he expect Gui Si to complete an entire day’s worth of workload of a normal person in half a day. He took his lunch and left. The boss was very happy to have encountered a coolie like him. He only had to pay him half a day’s worth of wages and he did not have to provide him with dinner, while at the same time, getting more work done. He felt as though he had picked up some gold. He specially instructed Gui Si not to go to other stores, and said that he would take good care of him. Gui Si told him that he did not know how long more he would work for. He did not say anything more and just left.
The hengdao swung down and struck the ground. When the sword cut into the soil, it released Gui Si’s murderous intent and hatred. His smooth-sailing life, and beautiful prospects vanished into thin air following Pei Xiao’s death. He did not expect that young man to dodge it once again. Evidently, the other party was already semi-conscious. He could not even lift the black cord sword. How was he able to dodge the attack still, at a crucial point? Shen Leng rolled over to one side before putting weight on his black cord sword, as he struggled to stand. He shifted his body weight to the front. Everything before his eyes was blur.“Who are you?” he asked.Gui Si turned around and looked at him. The two people on the other side had already collapsed to the ground and passed out. He was the one who personally concocted the drug powder. It was effective enough. Even a few bulls would not be able to withstand it, let alone humans. But Sh
Shen Leng got Chen Ran to send Uncle An home. He leaned against the wall and gasped for breath for quite a while. He did not know the name of that assassin, but he knew for a fact that he was close to getting killed off just like that, just like the water in Nanping River. It looked calm on the surface, but nobody knew about the impending danger lurking around the corner. After that he came to realize one thing - he was no longer the Shen Leng who just joined the military, and neither was he the Shen Leng who just started learning from Mr. Shen. He was all the more not the Shen Leng who worked as a coolie carrying heavy loads of things to the river bank. He was now a Shen Leng who made others jealous and envious of him.Hence, even if something like that did not happen today, it would happen more frequently in the future. “You really don’t want to go back to take a rest?”After sending Uncle An back, Chen Ran returned and saw tha
Shen Leng brought Wang Gendong over and introduced the troops to him. By now, this regiment of troops was considered to be well-equipped. Unwittingly, Shen Leng had already reached Cen Zheng’s level, and it all happened so fast that even Shen Leng himself had not enough time to adapt to those changes. In his following days to come, he would not be given much time to adapt in every single step he took. Otherwise, he might fall behind others.Just as always, be it in normal or additional training sessions, his subordinates were already very familiar with Shen Leng’s pace and did not complain about it. A while ago, somebody had nothing better to do and decided to evaluate the different regiments within the Navy to see which one was the strongest. Shen Leng’s troops emerged victorious. Presently, the Navy already had nearly 50,000 soldiers. According to Great Ning’s military system for combat soldiers, two five-man squads formed one ten-man squad; ten ten-man
Jiangnan’s Garrison B.Bai Shangnian, who got demoted previously, had not been restored to his former post. However, this did not affect his absolute authority in Garrison B. Jiangnan was of utmost importance in Great Ning; it provided a steady flow of taxes, in the form of money and grain, for Great Ning. Putting the three or four divisions in the northwest, could not even make up half of Jiangnan. This proved how populous and affluent it was. Hence, the previous emperors of Great Ning had always valued Jiangnan highly. The soldiers who were stationed there were also considered to be the elites of elites. Apart from Jingji’s Garrison A, every single garrison could not be compared to Garrison B, be it in terms of scale or equipment. Garrison A of Jingji was extremely strict; after all, it was where the capital was. It was also rumored that Bai Shangnian was rather laxed with his subordinates, hence, they were very loyal to him.Bai Shangnian w