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The guards were so engrossed in watching the fun that they didn't even notice the princess and her entourage coming to the martial arts training ground.

"Cao Da, put in more effort and take down that one-armed horse slave!"

"That's right! Let that Mani see how powerful our Royal Guards are!"

The guards raised their arms and shouted with great enthusiasm.

When Jiang Shaohua heard the words "one-armed horse slave", his brows moved again. Liu Hengchang was angry and was about to yell at him when he saw the princess shaking her head at him. Liu Hengchang had no choice but to shut up.

Jiang Shaohua's eyes fell on the two people fighting in the field. The one called Cao Da was over 30 years old this year, in the prime of life, and was a personal soldier brought out by Liu Hengchang from the Liu family, with excellent martial arts.

The one-armed horse slave was Mani, who commanded the Rouran horse slaves.

Mani had a broken arm and had been in the military camp with the guards, often injured. Even so, Cao Da did not gain the upper hand when fighting with Mani.

Although Cao Da is very skilled, Mani is wilder and more ferocious, just like a wild wolf who will bite the opponent as soon as he sees the opportunity.

I don't know what deep hatred they had, but they got really angry. If you hit me, I'll hit you back, if you kick me, I'll kick you back.

If the fight continues like this, both sides will suffer losses!

Liu Hengchang had always been strict in his military discipline, and he had never expected that such a private fight would happen in front of the princess today. He felt quite embarrassed and shouted angrily, "Stop it!"

Cao Da recognized the voice of his commander and immediately stopped.

Mani's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he took the opportunity to attack fiercely. Before his fist landed on Cao Da, a stone flew from nowhere and hit his left arm.

Mani screamed in pain instantly.

All the guards turned their heads, then bowed and shouted in unison: "Greetings, Princess!"

After Jiang Shaohua threw the stone, he looked calm, as if he didn't hear Moni's screams: "You guys retreat first!"

The guards hurriedly retreated, and the huge martial arts training ground was soon empty. Cao Da thought something was wrong, and immediately knelt down to apologize: "I was reckless and had an argument with Moni, which violated the rules of the guard camp. Please punish me severely!"

Jiang Shaohua glanced at Cao Da and asked, "What did you quarrel about?"

Liu Hengchang also looked over coldly.

Cao Da felt a little guilty. He didn't dare to look up at the princess or his own commander. He lowered his head and replied, "It's just that I always lose to Mani during training, and I'm not convinced..."

Mani was wild and untamed. He glared at me fiercely and muttered something incoherently.

Jiang Shaohua had learned some Rouran language, so he could barely understand a little bit. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Master Cao, what's going on?"

Liu Hengchang said coldly: "Report to me honestly. If you dare to conceal even a word, get out of the barracks."

Cao Da's face turned pale, and he dared not lie anymore. But the real reason was too hard to tell. The eight-foot-tall man blushed.

Jiang Shaohua's eyes swept across and fell on Moni: "You speak!"

Moni had been in the military camp for more than half a year, and he could speak a lot of Daliang dialect, but his accent was strange, and he spoke word by word: "Hui Niang and I are good friends, but Cao Da is not happy about it, so he deliberately made trouble."

Everyone: "..."

Liu Hengchang twitched his lips and looked at the princess quickly. The Hui Niang mentioned by Moni was naturally Lin Hui Niang who worked in the wounded camp.

The princess led the army to suppress the bandits in Li County and saved more than 30 poor women including Lin Huiniang. Some of these women committed suicide and some died of illness, but most of them survived. Moreover, under the care and protection of the princess, they all lived well. Half of them became cooks, and the other half studied medicine with Sun Zelan and worked as medicine boys in the military camp.

Fangniang married Bao Er, a cook, and gave birth to a boy last year. Shanxing married Sun Guangbai, and they love each other. There are also a few who married soldiers in the barracks.

Lin Huiniang was 28 years old this year, not too old, with a beautiful appearance, and she could make medicine, bandage, and treat simple external injuries. She was especially gentle and considerate to the wounded soldiers. Therefore, there were indeed several guards who secretly admired Lin Huiniang. Cao Da was one of them.

Cao Da's wife died of illness a few years ago, and he had two sons. He had no shortage of children, so he wanted to find a gentle and lovable woman in the military camp. After a few visits, he fell in love with Lin Hui Niang.

Unfortunately, Lin Huiniang had no plans to remarry and was always unkind to Cao Da.

If it had continued like this, it would have been fine. But in the past six months, Mani had often been sick and sent to the wounded camp, and he and Lin Huiniang had gradually become familiar with each other.

Cao Da saw this and was jealous, often looking for trouble in private. Mani was not a good person either, and fought back during the military training. As a result, the two of them had a fight today and were caught by the princess.

After hearing this, Liu Hengchang was so angry that veins on his forehead were exposed.

Jiang Shaohua quickly calmed down and said calmly, "No private fighting is allowed in the military camp. Both of you have violated the camp rules. Commander Liu, how should we deal with you?"

Liu Hengchang gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone will be beaten with thirty military sticks. Bring the military sticks, I will teach them a lesson myself!"

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Cao Da and Moni, whose buttocks were almost broken, were carried into the wounded tent together.

Sun Guangbai and Sun Zelan paid their respects to the princess first. Lin Huiniang and others also came over after hearing the news and happily paid their respects to the princess.

Especially Lin Huiniang, her face was full of joy: "I haven't seen the princess for a long time, I miss you very much."

Jiang Shaohua glanced at Lin Huiniang and said casually, "Cao Da and Moni had a private fight today, which violated the rules of the military camp. Commander Liu personally beat them with military sticks."

Lin Huiniang nodded as a matter of course: "If you don't follow the rules, you should be severely punished. In my opinion, thirty military sticks are not a light punishment."

Huh?
Something doesn't seem right.

Jiang Shaohua's eyes flashed, and he said without beating around the bush: "The two of them did it for you, did you know that?"

Lin Huiniang was a little annoyed: "I guessed it." Then she complained to the princess: "After Cao Da's wife died, he came to pester me many times, but I rejected him every time. I have no intention of getting married. Cao Da saw that I was not happy, but there was nothing he could do."

"As for this Mani, he came to the wounded camp that day and lay there for more than a month. I was on duty in the wounded camp and couldn't ignore him. I changed his dressings every day and sometimes even fed him."

"Later, he led dozens of Rouran cavalrymen and accompanied the Royal Guard Battalion in training every day. Injuries were common. He came to the Injured Battalion every few days, and I had to treat his wounds and change his dressings. This was all part of my job. But he was stubborn and believed that I liked him."

"Whoever showed me kindness, he would turn around and attack me during training. As a result, I ended up confronting Cao Da."

Lin Huiniang was quite annoyed and sighed, "It's good that the princess is here. They have both learned their lesson and will not bother me anymore."

Both Cao Da and Mani are in unrequited love.

Lin Huiniang doesn't want to get married at all. (End of this chapter)