Chapter 202: Ice Lotus's Mystery (2)

Knowing she was anxious, Su Ling smiled comfortingly: "Not now. The Emperor will feast the officials for the prince's full month, I can think of a way for you to meet."

"Fine." Gu Yun didn't make things difficult for Su Ling. Su Ling pushed the soup served by the servant to her. They rarely had the opportunity to eat alone like this. Su Ling enjoyed the time alone with her, picking some of every dish into her bowl. The tenderness in his eyes made the servant serving beside them look silly.

The moonlight was good and the atmosphere was excellent, but unfortunately, Gu Yun had no realization of being in love. She held the soup spoon, lowered her head to drink soup, and asked: "Did those people caught last night confess? Who was the mastermind?"

Su Ling's hand holding the chopsticks paused, then avoided the important and dwelt on the trivial: "They were people from Juling Island. Ao Ji being sentenced to dismemberment was because I submitted a memorial, they were looking for revenge. People have been sent back to the Ministry of Justice, it's better to leave this matter to the Ministry of Justice."

"Mm." This was best. She was afraid Su Ling would use private punishment. Although it was the General's Mansion, it wasn't a law enforcement department after all. Him detaining a large group of people in the mansion wasn't very good anyway. Hearing him say they were sent to the Ministry of Justice, she didn't ask any more.

Su Ling secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but Gu Yun suddenly raised her head, put down the soup spoon in her hand, and her bright eyes flashed with glowing light. Her voice was exceptionally gentle: "Right, is there any story behind Ice Lotus that I should know but don't?"

Su Ling's heart tightened. Who told her something?

Gu Yun lifted her eyebrows slightly, her lips smiling slightly. Su Ling didn't know how much she knew, and didn't dare to deny it casually, coughed lightly, and asked: "What do you want to know?"

His eyes were flickering, and his lips were pursed tightly. What matter made the great General Su so nervous? Gu Yun's calm voice carried a bit of provocation, and she laughed low: "Are you avoiding my question?"

"It's just a sword." Su Ling said so, but his body was very tense, and he didn't look at Gu Yun, just picking vegetables into her bowl. Gu Yun didn't eat, didn't speak, and stared at Su Ling's expressionless face with clear eyes.

"Snap!" Su Ling put down his chopsticks and stood up suddenly: "I have something else to do, you eat first." Leaving only one sentence, he left in a hurry. He wasn't afraid of her questioning, nor was he afraid of her guessing, but she was so unfathomable that it made him feel uncomfortable all over. Since when did he care so much about her feelings and her emotions? Damn it!

Gu Yun didn't stop him, rested her chin on her hand, watched the hurried back, and narrowed her clear eyes. He was indeed avoiding it, but why?

Ice Lotus definitely had some secret.

Early morning, to be precise, at the time when the sun and moon alternated, the moon and the sun appeared in the sky at the same time. The morning glow and the stars shone together, which was beautiful. In the forest, the morning, which should have been filled with birds and insects, was exceptionally quiet because of the arrival of more than a hundred people.

Gu Yun was very satisfied with the people selected this time. More than a hundred people stood there indifferently, which was already enough to make one tremble.

Standing in front of them, Gu Yun said calmly: "My name is Qing Mo. During the training time, you call me Boss. Starting today, you will receive one month of training. One month later, those who can still stay will become official members of this team. At that time, I will tell you the name of this team, what you will do in the future, and who you belong to. Now what you need to do is, how to make yourself—stay!"

They listened, their postures still tall, their firm faces expressionless. Gu Yun knew that this group of people didn't need to deliberately pretend to be fierce or cold. They didn't care at all. For them, working so hard to join this team was just to show their excellence, so to tame them, one couldn't be too hasty.

"Among you, a small part are new recruits I led before. You should have heard a little about my training method. It's just that what you heard is only the tip of the iceberg. That was my requirement for new recruits. For you, I will be even stricter. I know some of you are already minor generals, or even middle generals. No matter how high your rank was before, here it is zero. I only look at ability."

Responding to her was the consistent dead silence. Gu Yun didn't mind, and shouted: "Yu Shijun."

"Yes." Yu Shijun, who was standing behind her, stepped forward, opened the paper Gu Yun had just given her, and read loudly by the dim morning light: "Drill at Mao hour, carry fifty catties of sandbags, run twenty miles, complete one hundred push-ups, two hundred sit-ups, and five hundred frog jumps. Breakfast at Chen hour, start training weapon operation after the meal, start physical special training at Wei hour, return to the residence at You hour. Dinner at the third quarter of You hour. Summarize the performance of the day at Xu hour. Cultural study at the third quarter of Xu hour, lights out at Hai hour to rest."

While Yu Shijun was speaking, Gu Yun had been secretly observing their expressions. Perhaps after jumping in the mud pit last time, they had quite a bit of psychological preparation. Except for some people whose brows began to tighten slowly, everything was as usual.

Gu Yun's lips lifted slightly. She hoped that when the training ended today, they could still be so tall and unruly!

Gu Yun shouted loudly: "Leng Xiao, Ge Jingyun."

"Yes." The two stood in the last row. Gu Yun beckoned to them, and they jogged up.

"Demonstrate what a pull-up is, what a push-up is, what a sit-up is, and what a frog jump is later." Gu Yun was somewhat fortunate that these two were very promising and had walked to this level, otherwise, she was injured now and really didn't know how to demonstrate these movements to them.

Leng Xiao and Ge Jingyun demonstrated the training items one by one. When doing the frog jump, Gu Yun saw the familiar contempt and anger, although they were hidden very well, they still didn't escape her eyes. The two demonstrated, and Gu Yun nodded to them, and they jogged to the back of the team again.

"The training before breakfast is what you must complete every day, changing every five days, and the intensity will get higher and higher." She didn't know their abilities at the beginning, so she could only pick the average training intensity of the early special forces to let them adapt first.

"Finally, I'll say a few points of discipline: First, the training plan and time I just said must be strictly observed. If you are lazy or late during training, no need for me to say, leave immediately; second, don't question my orders, don't ask me why, just obey, and absolute obedience; third, don't reveal any things learned here to the outside world, and every word I say, otherwise military law will be dealt with."

According to the settings she and Su Ling had at the beginning, they wouldn't belong to any camp in the Su army in the future, but would be independent. Keeping secrets was one of their codes!

"Do you understand?" Gu Yun asked loudly.

"Understand!" The roar that was neat and uniform answered her.

Gu Yun lifted her eyebrows slightly and snorted low: "Then what are you waiting for?"

"Yes."

Now it was the time for weighted running in the training plan. The soldiers jogged to the place where the sandbags were piled, tied the sandbags that had been fixed with ropes to their backs, and ran toward the mountain five miles away. Glancing at the so-called training schedule in her hand, Yu Shijun hesitated for a while, but couldn't help calling out: "Miss Qing—"

Only three words were called before Gu Yun's brows furrowed slightly as she looked at him. Yu Shijun hurriedly changed his words: "Boss!"

Gu Yun's expression returned to normal, and he continued: "Today is only the first day of training, there should always be a process for them to adapt, gradual progress would be better." After doing what she said, people were estimated to be paralyzed, how could the subsequent training items be carried out?

Gu Yun said coldly: "Yu Shijun, you are the person Su Ling sent to assist me. I don't hope that the first person to question my order is you. If you can't stand my training method, I can let Su Ling change one." She was already making gradual progress, but there was no need to explain to him.

Standing straight, Yu Shijun replied loudly: "Sorry, I didn't mean that."

Her teeth clenched, Yu Shijun closed his mouth and stood silently behind Gu Yun.

Actually, Gu Yun didn't need to pay attention to his emotions. He didn't dare not to obey her orders because this was the instruction Su Ling gave him. But she didn't hope her deputy would be unconvinced by her, so she turned around slowly, looked into Yu Shijun's eyes, and asked: "Do you think I'm too cruel to them?"

This time Yu Shijun simply didn't answer, just stood straight like a stone pillar.

Gu Yun shook her head gently and said: "That's because you don't understand the meaning of their existence. The tasks they will face in the future are all the most dangerous and important. At that time, if there is a slight mistake, their lives will be gone, and it may ruin the whole plan. If they can't even bear this training intensity, it shows they aren't suitable to stay in this team. Eliminating them is saving their lives." Those most excellent people might lose their lives when facing difficult tasks, let alone those who didn't have that ability in the first place.

Yu Shijun lowered his head slightly, just meeting Gu Yun's firm eyes, and his heart couldn't help but tremble slightly. He didn't understand how such a young woman could have such eyes.

Withdrawing her gaze, Gu Yun turned her back, looked at their backs as they carried equipment and went away, and continued indifferently: "I also feel heartbroken for them, but only by letting them sweat more now can they bleed less when performing tasks in the future. So—can't be softhearted!"

She said it very forcefully, but Yu Shijun felt a warmth in his heart and replied loudly and firmly: "I understand."

After finishing the morning training subjects, the soldiers were already paralyzed in their limbs, especially the frog jump they despised the most just now. Doing five hundred of them made their feet soft when walking. Fortunately, Gu Yun didn't continue to make things difficult for them. According to the arrangement of the schedule, she let them go back for breakfast.

When training soldiers on weekdays, they always had breakfast before starting. Now, after being fiercely trained, they only felt their limbs were heavy and soft. Except for wanting to drink water, they couldn't eat anything. Gu Yun had breakfast with them, and seeing them eat so little, she didn't say anything, eating three steamed buns and drinking a large bowl of porridge herself.

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