[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-87":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Battlefield: Gathering Attributes to Build the All-Heavens Ming Dynasty",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2341894,4577,"Chapter 87: The Shock of Steward Lin Fu and Shen Yuer: General Zhu?","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-87",87,"\u003Cp>Danning Prefecture!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huizhoucheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath the night sky, at the city gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man over fifty, accompanied by a young woman in a pale purple coarse linen gown, arrived at the city gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon arriving, they cautiously glanced behind them into the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when they saw the soldiers on guard at the gate did they relax slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two lone figures approaching from outside, the gate guards immediately stepped forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man immediately bowed with clasped fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you? Do you have travel permits?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader approached, watching them with great caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danning Prefecture borders Liaodong, and Huizhoucheng is a frontier city of the Great Ming’s Danning Prefecture—its defenses are naturally far stricter, and inspections are no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is to prevent spies from entering the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, travel permits are essential.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a travel permit, no one may travel far—everyone must have one, and even government officials require official documents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Here are our travel permits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man immediately fumbled in his robe and pulled out two documents, offering them respectfully to the soldier before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader took the two permits and, by the torchlight at the gate, examined them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Fu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shen Yuer.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Native of Beiping Prefecture.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing here in Danning?” the squad leader asked, returning the permits after finding no issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve come to find someone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My young master joined the Danning army nearly a year ago and we’ve received no word since—so we’ve come to look for him,” Lin Fu replied at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the squad leader gave Lin Fu a strange look—the meaning was obvious to any ordinary person, but he could not say it outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huizhoucheng is a frontier city between the Great Ming and Liaodong. Our army has already launched an offensive against Liaodong to subdue the Northern Yuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Beyond this, you cannot go east.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The government has ordered that no civilians may pass through Huizhoucheng until the war ends, to avoid being caught in the fighting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may stay in Huizhoucheng for a while, or find a chance to return home,” the squad leader said gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still dutiful, he thought perhaps Lin Fu’s young master was already dead on the battlefield. As a soldier of the Danning frontier army himself—even a gate guard—he naturally felt some extra sympathy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can’t go any further?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yuer’s face twisted with bitterness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, may I ask—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has the Great Ming mobilized the Danning army against Liaodong?” Lin Fu asked hesitantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader instantly understood Lin Fu’s unspoken fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though reluctant, he had to speak plainly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t mean to be harsh, but I hate lies. Before the court ordered the campaign against the Northern Yuan in Liaodong, Danning Prefecture was the first to mobilize.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In this war, countless brothers of our Danning frontier army have fallen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As a relative of one of our Danning frontier soldiers, I can only wish you find him,” the squad leader sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, may I ask around?” Lin Fu ventured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yuer also looked at him with hopeful eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which camp does he belong to?” the squad leader asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” Lin Fu replied with a bitter smile, shaking his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had come to Danning only because Shen Yuer heard the Shen family planned harm against his young master—so he rushed to Danning Prefecture to find him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old man,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you don’t know his unit, I truly cannot help you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Danning frontier army numbers tens of thousands, stationed across many places—I can’t possibly know them all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should enter the city, rest tonight, and inquire again tomorrow,” the squad leader said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Fu could only nod reluctantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Danning Prefecture was so vast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finding his young master would be extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, my lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My young master’s name is Zhu Ying. If you know where he is—even if he… even if he’s already fallen—please tell me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At least I can bury him,” Lin Fu said in a low voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since entering Danning Prefecture, Lin Fu had seen the entire region was on war footing, and graves lined every road—he had already prepared himself for the worst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>regarding the Shen family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Fu had already made up his mind—he would never let them go unpunished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Shen family. Shen Wansan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If my young master truly meets his end, I’ll die to drag your entire Shen family down with me,” Lin Fu clenched his fists, his heart filled with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could Zhu Ying brother really…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yuer’s heart was heavy with sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Lin Fu spoke his young master’s name,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the squad leader’s face changed, and several nearby soldiers, once calm, also turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say your young master’s name was?” the squad leader asked, eyes wide, staring at Lin Fu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the soldier’s expression, Lin Fu was stunned, then said: “Zhu Ying.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is your young master over sixteen?” the squad leader asked again, seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Fu was about to say his young master was only fourteen, but remembered the Shen family had falsified his age—he nodded instead: “Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Lin Fu’s confirmation,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the squad leader’s face lit up with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned to Lin Fu, voice trembling with excitement: “I never expected you to be the family of General Zhu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re truly lucky tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve met the family of General Zhu!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The squad leader added, addressing the other soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the words “General Zhu,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the surrounding soldiers’ expressions changed—they all wore looks of deep reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this sudden shift among the gate guards, Lin Fu and Shen Yuer were utterly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, do you know my young master?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must be mistaken—he’s no general. He’s only been in the army less than a year!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No matter what, he couldn’t possibly be a general!” Lin Fu asked, astonished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the squad leader smiled: “Old man, you mustn’t call me ‘my lord.’ General Zhu is noble—he’s a hero of Danning. Meeting you here at the gate is an honor for us all.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“General Zhu’s name shakes the northern frontier! He is the pride of our entire Danning frontier army—even as a mere gate guard, his fame rings in my ears.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who in Danning doesn’t know General Zhu’s name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s inflicted heavy losses on the northern barbarians—his name alone can silence crying children in their tribes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now that General Zhu has returned, he’ll surely earn new glory for the Great Ming.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: First chapter done. Thank you, brothers, for your support. The novel will be officially released this Sunday at 3 PM—please subscribe then. Minimum 10,000 words guaranteed. For every additional 1,000 subscriptions, we’ll add one extra chapter. Thank you for your support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1141,"2026-06-20T23:30:09.614Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","61846670ad4051ca866dedef6b4b5ff0c2d215dacf8f040fa0106ebb7d740fe3","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-88","starting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-chapter-86",204,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-battlefield-gathering-attribut-cover.jpg"]