Chapter 726: Xun Cai Enters Liangzhou, the Final Step for Yingchuan!【1】

Inside the courtyard.

Besides Xun Cai, the two attendants and the maid had all been tied up.

Only Xun Cai sat on a chair, holding a little girl of two or three years old in her arms.

Duan Yu remembered that historical records stated Xun Cai was married at seventeen and her husband died of illness not long after she gave birth to a daughter at nineteen.

It seemed that Xun Cai was now in her early twenties, and the age of the daughter in her arms matched up.

The little girl, who had just been frightened, huddled in Xun Cai's arms, casting a timid yet curious gaze at Duan Yu.

It instantly reminded Duan Yu of his own son and daughter in Liangzhou.

Duan Yu, holding the food and water, closed the courtyard gate behind him.

"Xun Cai." Duan Yu looked at Xun Cai and said, "Let me introduce myself. I am Duan Yu. I assume Miss Xun has heard my name."

As soon as Duan Yu's name was spoken, Xun Cai's expression changed slightly.

Duan Yu's height was now already two meters, and with his sturdy frame encased in heavy full armor, he stood before Xun Cai, who was only about 1.6 meters tall, like a giant.

The pressure emanating from Duan Yu was something Xun Cai had never encountered since she was a child.

Coupled with the fact that Duan Yu had introduced himself upon entering, Xun Cai, sitting on the chair, felt even more vigilant.

Through the various situations just now.

Xun Cai roughly guessed that this force under Duan Yu's command must be doing something shady.

And the reason she was locked up here was that she had happened to run into it.

And the reason she was still alive was because of her status as a member of the Xun clan.

But now Duan Yu had come, and he had introduced himself right away.

Then it was very likely that she... should not be able to go back.

After a brief moment of distraction, Xun Cai immediately forced herself to calm down.

"Are you going to kill me?" Xun Cai, sitting on the chair, looked up at Duan Yu.

Hearing Xun Cai's question, it was the two attendants and the maid who were frightened.

Duan Yu smiled slightly.

He was not surprised by Xun Cai's question.

A daughter of a great clan, truly extraordinary.

If this had been an ordinary girl from a small family.

She would either be begging for mercy or be so frightened that she would lose her composure.

This Xun Cai was actually very calm.

"I brought you some food and drink." Duan Yu walked closer to Xun Cai, then crouched down and looked at the daughter in Xun Cai's arms, smiling. "You must have been out of the city for two days and haven't eaten, right?"

"Your daughter must be hungry too."

Duan Yu handed the food and water in his hands to Xun Cai.

Xun Cai looked vigilant and did not reach out to take them.

"Rest assured, the food is not poisoned. If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't need to go to so much trouble."

Xun Cai's expression changed slightly.

But the daughter in her arms could not resist the hunger.

"Mom... hungry..."

Hearing her daughter's call, Xun Cai finally took the food and water from Duan Yu's hands.

Duan Yu took a chair from the side and sat on it, then took off his helmet and placed it to the side.

Xun Cai lowered her head and fed the food to the little girl bit by bit.

A child's thoughts are mostly innocent.

Eating the food Duan Yu had brought, the little girl smiled at Duan Yu.

Both sweet and cute.

"How old are you?" Duan Yu asked, looking at the little girl.

"Th-three," the little girl said, her speech unclear.

"Is it good?"

The little girl nodded with a smile.

"The child is very cute," Duan Yu said with a smile. "Miss Xun, I know you are a smart person, so I won't hide it from you. Of course, there's no need to."

"You did indeed see something you shouldn't have, which is why you were locked up here."

"Of course, these were all accidents."

"You come from the Xun clan, so I assume I don't need to explain too much to you."

Xun Cai, who was feeding her daughter, lowered her head, and the movement of her hand paused slightly.

"So... this is my last meal, is it?" Xun Cai said, lowering her head.

Duan Yu nodded. "In theory, it should be."

"Because only dead people can keep secrets."

Xun Cai took a deep breath, then looked up and looked at Duan Yu seriously.

"I have heard your name."

"They all call you the fierce general of the age. My brother has also spoken of you, saying that you have repeatedly performed meritorious service in Liangzhou, and also spoke of how you seek welfare for the commoners, saying that you implement benevolent governance and love the people."

"Is this how General Duan treats the commoners?" Xun Cai said in a flat tone.

Hmm?

Duan Yu raised an eyebrow.

He thought Xun Cai would beg for mercy.

He didn't expect her to say such things.

It truly surprised Duan Yu a little.

"Miss Xun has misunderstood. First of all, Miss Xun is not an ordinary commoner, but a daughter of the Xun clan."

Duan Yu explained with a smile, "If an ordinary commoner had run into this scene, they might not have realized what was happening here."

"But Miss Xun is different." ===== CHAPTER 728 =====