Chapter 151: Bandit Leader (2)

Just as Yu Shijun was crying out in his heart, the tent curtain was rudely lifted, and the protagonist of the event, Gu Yun, entered the tent with a blank expression. Several pairs of eyes stared at her in unison. Gu Yun looked at Su Ling coldly and moved her gaze away as if she hadn't seen him, but Su Ling's eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkle.

Gu Yun walked to Su Ren's side and sat down. Su Ren smiled and greeted her, "Sister-in-law—"

"Shut up!" The roar left a group of people stunned, "From now on, whoever calls me Sister-in-law or Madam again, I will chop them up immediately!"

Gu Yun sat steadily beside Su Ren as before. The violent voice and the calm face formed a huge contrast. Apart from Su Ling's complex expression, several big men were full of doubts in their hearts. What exactly did the General do to her last night?

Gu Yun's appearance didn't ease the atmosphere in the tent but made it even more tense. They didn't know whether they should speak or shut up, or best—disappear.

"Report, General Lou has arrived." The sound of the first announcement made several people so happy they almost cheered. Su Ren hurriedly replied, "Please, come in."

Lou Muhai lifted the tent curtain, saw that everyone had arrived, and smiled, "Everyone is here, I'm not late, am I?"

"No, no, the time is just right! Just right!" Su Ren and Han Shu stood up to respond simultaneously, smiling joyfully, "Lou Lao Jiangjun, please sit, please sit!"

Lou Muhai was confused. Why were Commander Su and Vanguard Han suddenly so enthusiastic toward him? Finally, he felt that the atmosphere in the tent was not quite right.

Su Ling asked in a deep voice, "Lou Lao Jiangjun, how are the preparations?"

Su Ling's question made Lou Muhai stop studying the strange atmosphere in the tent. He smiled readily, "All the fire oil and sulfur within a radius of three hundred miles inside and outside Pei City have been transported here. Burning such a small piece of mountain forest is absolutely no problem."

Pointing to the water system map on the table, Su Ling once again stated the combat plan clearly and decisively, "Since everything is ready, according to the arrangements last night, Deputy General Yu will lead five thousand elite troops to enter from this branch road, open the path first, advance in a one-line formation, and set fire to the mountains at the same time; I will lead fifteen thousand soldiers to follow, encircling the thieves' den with a fishing net formation, closing the net with the fire. Su Ren, Han Shu, you lead five thousand soldiers to block the four branch roads. No matter what, you must not let the rebels transport the gold away. Once the gold is found, transport it out immediately from the southeast directions." Speaking of business, the three of them put away their playful smiles and listened to Su Ling's arrangements seriously.

"Lou Lao Jiangjun, I will trouble you to meet us outside the forest!"

Lou Muhai nodded and replied, "No problem! Leave it to me."

Gu Yun remained seated and hadn't said a word. Su Ling hadn't made any arrangements for her either. Su Ren asked in a low voice, "Qing Mo, which route are you following to attack?"

Without thinking, Gu Yun replied, "I'm in your group."

Su Ren looked at Su Ling carefully. He seemed completely indifferent to Qing Mo's whereabouts and instructed Yu Shijun, "Assemble the troops and set off at the Wei hour."

"Yes."

Sigh, their relationship was already not very good, and now it was even worse. What exactly happened last night? Apart from the parties involved, it was estimated that only Mu Yi knew what was going on, but where was Mu Yi?

A faint, faint smile suddenly curled on Gu Yun's cold lips.

The sun was high in the sky, and the tall trees held up large green umbrellas. The surroundings were filled with the faint fragrance of grass and trees, and the sounds of insects and birds could be heard from time to time. Standing under such green shade at noon in summer, it should be quite pleasant, of course, if the large trees overhead didn't drop caterpillars from time to time, the air wasn't so humid and hot, and one's feet weren't submerged in dirty mud, Mu Yi would also feel pleasant!

Qing Mo, that petty, ruthless, and indiscriminate woman!

In a pool of mud that was shaking faintly from time to time, a crimson figure stood stiffly. Thick mud submerged him to his knees, but his sinking speed was very, very slow. It had been an hour, and he had only sunk an inch. After all, this wasn't a swamp; the mud couldn't submerge him, but it would trap him here to death. Even if his martial arts were high, there wasn't even a vine or dead branch nearby that he could use for leverage. If he wanted to get out, there was only one way, which was—to lie down, so his hands could reach the stones nearby, but this also meant he would be completely immersed in this dirty, foul-smelling mud!

Just imagining the feeling of the sticky mud on his body made him feel nauseous!

The crimson clothes formed a sharp contrast with the black and yellow mud. At this moment, Mu Yi regretted it so much that his intestines were green. He shouldn't have gone to provoke that petty and insidious woman last night! Su Ling eating her tofu, what did it have to do with him? She vented her anger on him; it was truly harming the innocent.

Speaking of which, last night it was like this—

After Su Ling left in embarrassment and anger, Mu Yi stared at the direction of Gu Yun's tent for a long time. After a while, Gu Yun actually came out of the tent, her face still flushed, but there was clear anger in her eyes. I don't know if her face was flushed from anger or shame. At this moment, Mu Yi made a decision that later seemed incredibly stupid and tragic. He followed her.

Supporting his waist, Gu Yun looked up at the innocent moon in the sky, using the gentle night breeze to calm the anger in her heart that had nowhere to vent. At this moment, an unwelcome low laugh sounded behind her, "The moonlight is nice tonight. Is Miss Qing also out to enjoy the moon?"

Gu Yun didn't look back, her fists tightened, and she replied coldly, "I'm not in the mood to talk nonsense with you now. You'd better stay away from me."

Clearly seeing the anger swirling around her, Mu Yi still smiled fearlessly, "Is that so? What a coincidence? Ling said the same thing just now. You two are indeed very tacit."

Before the words fell, following a glance like a knife, a stone the size of a walnut, sharp and incomparable, came flying. Mu Yi raised his eyebrows and dodged nimbly. The stone flew fast and hit a large tree behind him, leaving a deep pit in the trunk!

Mu Yi found it amusing. What exactly did Su Ling do to this violent Miss Qing to make her so angry? His eyes drifted subconsciously to Gu Yun's right chest. Thinking of the strange flush on Su Ling's face, he was sure that these two must have already had skin-to-skin contact!

Mu Yi was secretly speculating when Gu Yun suddenly shouted, "It's you!"

"What?" Mu Yi was confused.

Approaching Mu Yi step by step, her cold eyes staring tightly at Mu Yi's enchanting face, Gu Yun said word by word, "It was you who told Su Ling that I had a character on my chest."

Mu Yi was slightly stunned, neither denying nor admitting, smiling, "What makes you say that?"

"You disappeared for a few days to investigate my background, and as soon as you came back, you instigated Su Ling to make things difficult for me, and by the way, watch the fun." The two were standing very close. Gu Yun's tone became more and more gentle. If it weren't for those eyes flashing with essence, Mu Yi would almost have thought she was seducing him!

Prepared for Gu Yun to make a move at any time, Mu Yi still smiled very provocatively, "Almost exactly as guessed, but how did you know?" He was very curious. Su Ling, a man harder than stone, couldn't have told her, and he hadn't told anyone else except Su Ling. How did she guess it was him, and guess so accurately that he instigated Su Ling?

Didn't he know that it was already written clearly on his face?

Her eyes didn't look anywhere else, but straight at her right chest. He hadn't been so lecherous before. He suddenly disappeared for a few days, and as soon as he came back, Su Ling made things difficult for her. If it wasn't him, who else could it be! Did he think everyone else was an idiot?!

Mu Yi guessed that Gu Yun might not answer him, but would just have a fierce fight with him to vent her anger. Strangely, she just looked at him coldly and turned to leave, burying her head into the tent, which made him lose the chance to stretch his muscles and feel a bit disappointed.

The next day, when the sky was still just beginning to brighten, Mu Yi was lying in the tent resting when a very light, very light sound of footsteps ran past the front of the tent. Ordinary soldiers in the army couldn't walk so carefully. Who could it be? Mu Yi opened his eyes abruptly, gently lifted the tent curtain, and saw Gu Yun's thin figure rushing toward the rainforest behind the camp at a very fast speed.

Where was she going? What did she want to do? The mysteries on her body were truly too many, so many that even he couldn't find out where she got her skills. Mu Yi was still full of curiosity about her. After hesitating for only a while, he made the second stupid and tragic decision and followed her again.

Gu Yun's speed was very fast. She traveled through the forest, and the paths she chose were all places with many shrubs and weeds. The path on her right was clearly easier to walk, and Mu Yi, who was clean-loving, chose the right side without hesitation.

"Puff—" After a chase through the forest, only a muffled sound was heard, and Gu Yun immediately stopped her footsteps.

With an incomparably gentle smile on her lips, Gu Yun turned around slowly. Her prey had indeed fallen obediently into the mud pit she had prepared all night.

Her footsteps were light as she walked back. Facing the murderous glare that wanted to tear her apart, Gu Yun's mood was surprisingly good, clicking her tongue and laughing, "What a coincidence, early in the morning, you're also doing morning exercises?! It's just—what kind of strange martial arts are you practicing?"

Squinting at Mu Yi's feet buried deep in the thick, rotten mud, Gu Yun's expression at this moment was enough to make someone die of anger.

With his feet buried in the black and yellow rotten mud that emitted a foul smell from time to time, every hair on Mu Yi's body stood up! The veins on his clenched fists bulged out, and beads of cold sweat rolled down his forehead.

Gu Yun was very satisfied with his expression of being worse off than dead, and even more gloatingly laughed, "It's really hot here. I think I'd better go back and take a comfortable, clean cold shower. I won't disturb you. You practice slowly."

She said the words "comfortable" and "clean" with extra pleasure, and Mu Yi's face turned from white to red, and red to black, just as she wished.

Gu Yun turned to leave, and the man who had been stiff finally roared loudly, "Stop!"

Gu Yun was very obedient this time and turned around, smiling friendly, "Is there anything else?"

"Pull—me—out!" The voice, almost squeezed out from between his teeth, showed that Mu Yi already wanted to kill.

Gu Yun raised her eyebrows slightly, crossed her arms in front of her chest, her clear voice carrying a hint of pride, a hint of coldness, a hint of arrogance, but not a trace of pity, "Is 'returning evil with kindness' written on my face? I am a person who only believes in returning grievances with grievances and hatred with hatred! Watching the fun comes at a price. Enjoy your mud bath slowly; it's good for the skin."

"Qing Mo!"

Gu Yun walked away dashingly, leaving behind the man who roared so loudly that the grass and trees shook and the birds and beasts scattered.

The army split into two routes. Gu Yun followed Su Ren and Han Shu along the southern stream toward the direction where the gold was hidden. Thinking of Mu Yi's cold sweat and his face full of disgust and terror, Gu Yun's mood was great. She wouldn't use martial arts against him. Mu Yi's martial arts should be on par with Su Ling's. She wasn't stupid enough to fight him head-on. She would hit the snake seven inches. She wanted to make today his nightmare!

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