Chapter 132

The first day of the Lunar New Year.

Gu Sanhe-led Gu Family merchant caravan came to Mu Shan Cheng to conduct trade.

And Gu Sanhe arrived at the Gu Family's station here at the First Moment.

Receive news about this month's new soldier camp.

"I heard Mu Shan Cheng and Dan Ren Cheng went to war earlier; how is it, nothing big happened, right?"

As soon as Gu Sanhe entered, he anxiously looked at the station's person in charge and urgently asked.

Among this year's Gu Family youths who enlisted, a considerable portion are in Mu Shan Cheng!

Although most of them are merely new soldiers, only a small portion entered the first-rank Warrior Camp.

But if the war situation tightens, even new soldiers might have to go to the battlefield!

These are all promising seedlings of the Gu Family's younger generation; if they encounter danger, it would be an enormous loss for the Gu Family.

The person in charge, Gu Hai, is a middle-aged man with a general's belly.

He gestured to the maid to brew a cup of tea for Gu Sanhe, laughing heartily, and said,

"Sanhe, if you don't come again, I can't help but send a pigeon letter back to the Gu Family to report the news from Mu Shan Cheng."

Seeing that Gu Hai could still laugh, Gu Sanhe's heart that he had been holding also relaxed a little.

"What happened here that makes you so happy?"

Gu Hai laughed, his eyes narrowing into a slit, he hehe laughed and said,

"Our Gu Family has someone who became a Bijang of the Third Camp in Mu Shan Cheng!"

"What?!"

Gu Sanhe had just picked up the tea poured by the maid, about to take a sip.

Upon hearing those words, he immediately jumped up with a whoosh.

His pupils widened, his face showing an expression of disbelief that was evident.

"Are you really telling the truth?"

"It's naturally true, Brother Sanhe, why don't you guess who became the deputy commander of the Third Camp."

Gu Hai had a leisurely, self-satisfied expression, already prepared to watch a good show of Gu Sanhe.

Gu Sanhe anxiously guessed,

"Gu Qian Yue?"

Gu Hai shook his head,

"No."

"Gu Wan Nan?"

"Also no."

Gu Sanhe consecutively reported the names of five Gu Family direct-line descendants, but they were all rejected one by one by Gu Hai.

Gu Sanhe's brow immediately furrowed.

These five were among the reports from the previous few summaries.

The five best-performing direct-line descendants of the Gu Family in the Military Camp.

But it's actually not these five; then who could it be?

Watching Gu Sanhe rack his brains to guess, Gu Hai felt greatly comforted.

When Gu Sanhe continued guessing for a while and was about to lose patience,

Gu Hai finally spoke a name that Gu Sanhe never even dreamed of.

"What?!"

Gu Sanhe's volume suddenly spiked, he shouted while staring at Gu Hai.

"How could Gu Han possibly become a Bijang of the Third Camp?"

"Bijang, that's a position only a Martial Master can hold!"

Even in the recent great battle that just ended, many Martial Masters of Mu Shan Cheng died in battle.

At least one would need to be a Great Martial Master to temporarily hold the Bijang position, right?

Although Gu Han had previously earned merit and become a squad leader of the Logistics Camp.

But saying that the squad leader of the Logistics Camp and the Bijang of the Third Camp are worlds apart is not an exaggeration!

No matter how hard he racked his brain, he couldn't connect Gu Han with the Bijang of the Third Camp.

"I'm not even sure what specific performance Gu Han had on the battlefield."

Gu Hai smiled, calmly took a sip of spiritual tea, and said chucklingly,

"But Gu Han's Bijang position has long been set in stone; you can casually inquire in the city and find out."

"Moreover, before the war ended, Gu Han became a military propaganda model as a battle hero of Mu Shan Cheng!"

A series of explosive news left Gu Sanhe dizzy and dazed.

Battle hero!

In Mu Shan Cheng, only the commander Guan Zhen has the authority to bestow such a title upon Gu Han!

These news made Gu Sanhe feel as if insects were crawling on his body, his heart itching unbearably.

He couldn't wait to know more details.

But although Gu Hai was responsible for the station's information exchange, after all he was just a merchant.

How could he possibly know the specific situation of the troops?

Gu Sanhe could only visit various places in the city to learn some inside information of unknown veracity.

Slay a Great Martial Master?

Upon hearing this news, Gu Sanhe only felt his head buzzing.

As the captain of the Gu Family merchant convoy's guard, his strength was naturally that of a Great Martial Master.

But he was only a third-rank Great Martial Master.

These street rumors said that Gu Han personally beheaded a Great Martial Master in battle.

Although it was unknown what specific realm that Great Martial Master was at.

But a Great Martial Master who grew up through a hundred battles.

Even if it was just one rank lower, his strength might not necessarily be weaker than Gu Sanhe's!

Doesn't this mean that Gu Han, who is not yet twenty years old,

and could possibly behead him, the Gu Family guard captain who is over forty?

"I don't believe it; this must be false!"

Gu Sanhe could only comfort himself like this in his heart.

But he knew that the news of Gu Han being able to slay a Great Martial Master was certainly not baseless!

If Gu Han did not have this ability.

Even if Guan Zhen valued Gu Han highly, at most he would only reserve a place for Gu Han in the General's Manor.

And it would be impossible to directly let Gu Han go out and take the high position of a Bijang.

For one must know that a Bijang and an external Martial Master have no difference in realm.

But in status, they are worlds apart!

Behind a Bijang stands the endorsement of the Military Camp!

If an external Martial Master dies, perhaps it will provoke revenge from the forces behind the Martial Master.

But if someone kills the army's Bijang, that is another matter entirely.

Not only the unit where the Bijang serves,

but even higher-level units, and even the Ben Lang Guo military, can be stirred because of it!

This is the Protector of Calves' army!

Gu Sanhe brought this news, rushing the merchant convoy straight back to Wu Shan Cheng!

This time, he didn't even have the mood to go to nearby towns for cargo turnover.

With a single mind, he only thought of returning to Wu Shan Cheng to tell this good news to Xu Xin Zhu's sister-in-law and the Gu Family elders.

He believed that Sister-in-law Xu Xin Zhu would definitely feel proud of Gu Han upon hearing this news!

When Gu Sanhe led the convoy and arrived at Wu Shan Cheng, it was already the eighth day of the first lunar month.

No one expected Gu Sanhe to return on that day.

Not even Xu Xin Zhu was waiting at the door early that morning.

By the time she received the news and rushed over, Gu Sanhe had already entered the Yishi Ting, reporting to the elders the situation of the direct descendants on the front lines.

Xu Xin Zhu could only wait anxiously outside the Yishi Ting together with Gu Si and other collateral branches.

Seeing Xu Xin Zhu's anxious expression, Gu Si softly comforted her with a sentence,

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, Gu Han is fortunate and will surely come to no harm in the Logistics Camp."

The other collateral branches also comforted,

"That's right, although Gu Han didn't join the Warrior Camp, he is at least a squad leader in the Logistics Camp, so he doesn't have to do those rough and tiring chores."

"With a military officer present, as long as he performs a bit better, returning to Wu Shan Cheng he might even get a chance to switch professions—something not everyone can obtain!"

Hearing everyone's comfort, Xu Xin Zhu's complexion also improved a little.

But a mother worries when her child travels a thousand miles.

What's more, Gu Han is stationed at the border pass.

How could Xu Xin Zhu possibly not worry at all?

After a long while, the doors of the Yishi Ting opened.

Several heads of the Gu Family main line, as usual smiling, walked out of the Yishi Ting.

Xu Xin Zhu and the others consciously made way for them.

But they didn't expect that these people of the Gu Family main line would not leave, but instead walk toward Xu Xin Zhu.

"Are you Sister-in-law Xin Zhu?"

"Your son Gu Han is truly remarkable!"