Speaking of returning to Hezhong, the happiest of all must be the rascal pig!
Su Pan’er let the rascal pig store all the important things into its space. It was gleefully running around people without feeling the hardship of the journey.
Everyone was laughing and in high spirits along the way!
Zhao Liu, carrying a large bag, hurriedly chased after Su Pan’er, who was walking ahead.
Dressed as a man, Su Pan’er rode a tall horse shoulder to shoulder with Qin Yi, presenting a radiant courage and rainbow-like montum!
Zhao Liu was so distracted that he almost ran into the horse’s belly, causing everyone to burst into laughter again!
Su Pan’er couldn’t help but shake her head, quickly comforting the crowd, "Zhao Liu, you rushed over here in such a hurry, is there sothing wrong?"
"Nothing! Hee hee hee..."
With a silly laugh, Zhao Liu hurriedly adjusted the lon rind hat that was about to fall off his head, and said with a grin, "It’s Wang Er asking where the Jingzhao Prefecture is! I told him Jingzhao Prefecture it is in Yongzhou, and he wouldn’t believe !"
"I didn’t disbelieve..."
Wang Er, who was behind Zhao Liu, heard his na called out, quickly retracted his neck and muttered an ambiguous sentence.
Su Pan’er and Qin Yi exchanged glances, smiled without saying a word, and spurred their horses forward.
The nimble figure kept Zhao Liu from taking his eyes off them.
Qin Yi coughed heavily, squinted, and shot him a glance before pulling his horse back, "Great Zhou is bordered by the big river, and to the west of the river is Yongzhou. Therefore, the city of Jingzhao Prefecture is Chang’an City, and if you continue to the southwest from Chang’an, you will arrive at Yongzhou."
"How about that? Even the Great General says it’s Chang’an! If you still don’t believe, bring so wine over..."
Wang Er beca triumphant, stepping forward and starting to argue with Zhao Liu over the bag he was carrying. Zhao Liu naturally resisted, and the tug of war between the two brought great amusent to the onlookers.
But Qin Yi’s gaze lingered on Zhao Liu for a mont longer before he swiftly went after Su Pan’er, walking side by side with her.
How could he not tell that Zhao Liu was purely stirring up trouble, deliberately seeking conversation with Pan’er? In his heart, he was figuring out how to get rid of Zhao Liu as soon as possible.
His Pan’er wasn’t soone that just any Tom, Dick, or Harry could fancy!
Looking at Pan’er, who rode ahead with radiant courage, he had to admit, having a wife who stood out in everything and was also beautiful, it was no wonder that she was the center of attention everywhere they went, and that there were people who openly or secretly admired and liked her.
But, Pan’er was his!
Any voyeur, anyone who dares to fantasize about his wife, was his enemy!
A fierce light flashed through his eyes, which returned to their usual warmth in a blink of an eye. He lowered his head and talked and laughed with Su Pan’er.
When they initially traveled to the Mountain Village, the journey took nearly half a month, but this ti, they entered Hezhong on the fifth day. The city’s Deputy General opened the city gates to welco the victorious return of Qin Yi and his companions!
The commoners in the city lined the streets and cheered, their joyous voices never ceased!
Everyone was happy and talkative at the belated victory celebration, having a grand ti!
Soon, the news of Qin Yi’s great defeat of the enemy, his capture of Zhou Zhenchao, and the capture of over ten thousand prisoners, reached Jingzhao Prefecture via carrier pigeons. The civil and military officials were all shocked, followed by wild joy!
They all rushed to congratulate His Majesty on the good news, their congratulatory voices never ceasing!
His Majesty was also beaming with joy!
Ever since Qin Feimo ascended the throne, he had been dealing with internal strife and external threats, always busy fixing problems here and there.
Now, General Qin, with only twenty thousand troops, had miraculously defeated close to seventy thousand Zhou Army, and achieved such a feat as capturing the enemy general and nearly ten thousand soldiers in spite of uneven forces on both sides. This should be recorded in history and his fa would live on forever!
In an instant, the rock in his heart fell to the ground!
Hezhong survived! Jingzhao Prefecture survived! And countless lives were saved!
Ye Han, too, was so excited that he clenched his fists tightly and breathed a sigh of relief in secret!
With Qin Yi’s grand victory, those old ministers who always had their noses turned high might finally fall silent and lay low for a while, right?
Suddenly, he felt that the dark clouds overhead in Jingzhao Prefecture had dispersed!
The imperial decree was quickly issued to Hezhong.
Qin Yi was ordered to escort the main general, Zhou Zhenchao, as well as other important captives back to the capital!
At this mont, Qin Yi, who was busy constructing defenses at the damaged river embanknt, hurried back upon receiving the news of the imperial decree.
Recently, while busy working on the embanknt, Qin Yi also ordered his remaining troops to quickly gather the displaced people whose hos were flooded by the river’s breach.
These refugees were restless and could hardly maintain livelihoods with their hos lost.
So, Qin Yi had them gathered one by one at the disaster relief point set up outside the city, with designated personnel arranged for handling the situation.
The large number of disaster victims and the almost unbearable burden on Hezhong City, especially the issue of food supply, made Qin Yi worry to the point of turning his hair white.
Seeing such a situation, Su Pan’er mysteriously brought him outside and showed him several houses filled with mountains of food!
"Where... where did so much food co from?"
Qin Yi was so excited that he could hardly speak. He could never have imagined that Su Pan’er had hidden so much good stuff!
Su Pan’er chuckled, amused!
She pointed at the mischievous pig lurking by their side with a lewd look in its eyes, "Rember when you sent the rascal pig to scout the location of Zhou Zhenchao’s food supply? The pig reported back to you naturally. But, you didn’t think that a greedy pig like it would just waggle around without taking those large quantities of food, did you?"
She grinned playfully.
But to Qin Yi, it was an absolute joy!
He eagerly stepped forward to grasp Su Pan’er’s hand, shaking it with excitent, "I really didn’t expect the rascal pig to be so capable! It’s incredible! And you, Pan’er, for making that pig spit out the goodies it gulped down, that’s truly impressive!"
"What’s so impressive about that? It was simply the pig being greedy!"
The rascal pig was particularly fond of the whole roast lamb that Su Pan’er cooked herself, and it had beco addicted to it.
Seeing Qin Yi worrying about the food supply, Su Pan’er wondered if the rascal pig had helped itself to so when it was at Zhou Zhenchao’s granary.
And sure enough, the greedy pig revealed itself at the lure of the roast lamb!
"Don’t flatter , it would be better if you flatter the rascal pig instead!"
Su Pan’er could not help laughing.
The rascal pig, originally searching for sothing, imdiately bounded in front of Qin Yi at these words. Like an excited dog, it wagged its head and tail, squinting its eyes, its pig snout vividly conveying -
Praise ! Praise quickly! Hehehe...
"Praise it? Wouldn’t it put its tail in the sky then?"
Qin Yi didn’t look at it and, on the contrary, flicked a coin on its forehead. The pig rolled its body in pain while yelping and covering its forehead avowedly.
"Ayo, everyone, co and see! Soone wants to forget the help once across the river... oh no, not recognising the pig after getting their way..."
Qin Yi couldn’t understand what it was saying, but seeing Su Pan’er laughing heartily, he guessed that the words from the pig’s mouth wouldn’t be pleasant ones.
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