Patrol Captain

Chen Yuan pushed the door open and walked in. The room was filled with the fragrance of orchids and the sound of silver bells' laughter could be heard faintly.

There were beautiful Hu maids in the front hall. Several of them were laughing and talking happily as they embroidered clothes for little people with pink lotus flowers embroidered on them. Next to them was a middle-aged woman teaching them needle and thread. These Hu girls were also learning clumsily but happily.

When they saw the door open and someone coming in, several Hu women quickly stopped laughing, put down their needlework, hurriedly stood up, walked forward, and were about to kneel down to pay their respects.

Chen Yuan waved his hand and hurried into the inner hall.

Several Hu women patted their chests cautiously, then turned back, looking even more excited.

The general is back!
But when they turned around, they saw that the Han nanny who was teaching them needlework and embroidery looked shocked.

"Mammy, what's wrong?"

The middle-aged woman who taught needlework and embroidery was one of the midwives responsible for this delivery. She had been serving here all these days, but she had always been curious about the identity of the lady in the pavilion and whose child she gave birth to. It was quite a big deal. She had been warned not to ask too many questions when she came here. However, in the process of interacting with these Hu women, she did hear some information from their mouths, but the person they mentioned was the prince consort one moment and the general the next, which made her a little confused.

Where did the prince consort from the Ninth Mountain come from, and who was he?

But when she saw the person coming in, her eyes widened and her brain went blank.

She never dared to think that it was that person, who was the king of Jinguan City!
At this time, the God of Jinguan City came to the inner hall in a hurry, but when he got closer, he couldn't help but slow down his steps, and his heart began to beat fast.

The face that had never changed its expression in the face of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood now became a little nervous.

He slowly walked into the inner hall. In front of him was a screen embroidered with bamboo forests and mountains and rivers. From behind the screen came gentle humming. There, a slender figure was shaking gently in her hands with her head lowered.

"The dark night sky hangs low"

"Bright stars accompany each other"

Humming softly, with endless tenderness and love.

Chen Yuan approached slowly, walked around the screen, and saw a beautiful woman standing there, wearing a moon-white brocade long skirt, embroidered with light pink crabapple flowers, which seemed to be tailored to fit her body, outlining her slender waist. The hem of the skirt was like flowing colorful clouds, and a lavender ribbon was tied around her waist. Her hair was loosely tied up, with a simple silver hairpin inserted in it. A few strands of hair fell on the side of her white neck, adding a bit of softness.

At this moment, she was holding a swaddling baby in her arms, lowering her head and patting the baby with one hand, humming softly. Her gentle eyes were like water, full of maternal tenderness.

Behind the woman stood a Hu woman wearing golden gauze. When Mi Ayi saw Chen Yuan, her eyes widened in surprise. She wanted to speak, but saw Chen Yuan raising his hand.

His eyes were a little dazed, and he didn't want to ruin such a warm and beautiful scene!
Time passed with the gentle humming, and after a cup of tea, the woman carefully placed the swaddling clothes in her arms in the cradle beside the bed.

Then, she lowered her head and looked quietly at the sleeping child in the cradle, with a gentle smile on her lips.

However, as Ange watched, a face appeared next to her, with a pair of eyes equally full of tenderness and love. They appeared silently and looked at the swaddling clothes.

She was startled and saw the face with firm edges and a smile on its face.

Chen Yuan smiled and made a hushing gesture to her, looking at the sleeping baby in the cradle, with unmelted joy in his eyes.

It’s a girl!

In the cradle, a pink little guy is sleeping. Everything about him is small, including the small nose and small hands. He is very cute.

Chen Yuan couldn't help but stretch out a finger and carefully touch the little guy's hand. He was a little nervous and didn't dare to use force for fear of waking up the sleeping little guy.

The pink and tender little hand moved slightly, and the tiny fingers flicked the old father's fingertips.

At this moment, Chen Yuan felt a strange electric current hitting his heart and wanted to laugh out loud.

That is a blood connection!
He has found a place to stay in this world!
He withdrew his fingers, looked at the woman next to him, and slowly straightened up. Ange's aquamarine eyes were also looking at him, full of longing and tenderness.

Chen Yuan held her in his arms, sniffing the fragrance of the woman's hair, "I'm sorry for making you suffer, I'm not around."

"General, everything has been arranged. I have not suffered." Ange lay on Chen Yuan's chest, feeling his strong heartbeat and breath, her eyes full of relief, and she spoke softly.

And at this moment,
"deng"

A strange noise interrupted the peaceful and beautiful atmosphere.

At the side and back, beside the screen, Mi Ayi lifted her feet that were touching the screen, and smiled awkwardly at the gazes from Chen Yuan and Ange.

"Excuse me, Prince Consort, Miss, please continue!"

She didn't want to be a light bulb, so she said that and quickly slipped away.

Chen Yuan smiled dumbly when he saw this, "I guess your maid is still afraid of me."

At the beginning, I almost killed him.

An Ge smiled sweetly, revealing a unique charm, "Who told the general to scare her so much back then."

"You've got me down in your hands."

Chen Yuan couldn't help but recall the past and couldn't help laughing.

This frightened Ange, and she quickly pulled him away, "Don't wake up my daughter."

Chen Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the little guy can't hear it."

An Ge looked at the sleeping little girl and felt relieved. Then she looked at Chen Yuan with her beautiful eyes and said softly, "General, it's time to give our daughter a name!"

Chen Yuan listened and pondered for a moment, "I have been opening up the cave for the past ten days and coming out of seclusion to welcome her birth. Her father's hands are stained with too much murder, I just hope she is safe."

"Just call me An An, Chen Shian!"

The next few days were a rare period of peace for Chen Yuan since he was appointed the ninth Mountain General.

His Dragon and Tiger Dojo has been opened up. According to the agreement, he will lead several Musashi to fly to the heavenly palace hidden above the clouds to recuperate and meditate in the cave.

After half a month of careful care, Liu Qing, Yun Tiansheng and Fan Chou have almost recovered!

In all directions of Yunding Mountain, with the Ninth Mountain as the center, small silver trees emerged from the ground and began to take shape, turning the entire Yunding Mountain into a spirit gathering formation. As time goes by, the Ninth Mountain will become a blessed land, and the concentration of the essence of heaven and earth will be several times or even dozens of times higher. Practicing in it, the speed of cultivation will increase rapidly.

Especially nowadays, the luck of Shu has been reunited and the concentration of essence is already high.

Since then, in the past half month, the Ninth Mountain has been changing with each passing day, and its overall strength has been raised to a higher level.

There are nine Musashi in the cave, and they will not leave in the short term.

On the Yunding Mountain below, the sacred tree has created a blessed land that gathers the essence of heaven and earth to increase the speed of cultivation. The morale of the soldiers is high, and the trend of cultivation is growing stronger day by day.

After returning to the Daofusi, the remaining troops of the mountain-cutting army also began to prepare for a rainy day and worked tirelessly to recruit soldiers and replenish their forces.

With soldiers and food, there is no need to panic when things happen!
Therefore, in the past half month, the Daofu Division has become bustling after a long period of silence.

As the ice and snow melted, the entire Jinguan City burst into bustling vitality!
During this period, more and more new faces appeared in Jinguan City. Many of them came here for the news that shocked the Gods. Some came to watch the fun and some came to inquire about the information about the Ninth Mountain General.

At one time, all kinds of rumors were spread among the people. The most ferocious rumor was that the imperial court would not give up and would suppress this trend. The clear sky above Jinguan City was still shrouded in a layer of haze!
While the city was bustling with noise, Chen Yuan was hiding away, staying in the small courtyard on the mountainside almost the entire day, teasing the newborn baby and not bothering to pay attention to other trivial matters.

It was not until this afternoon that Commander Pei's heir sent a letter, inviting him to go to Yunding Peak to give a narration!

The person who came was Gao Yu.

Standing outside the yard, respectfully.

Not long after, Chen Yuan appeared, standing with his hands behind his back. His light golden eyes fell on the Confucian general and stayed on him for a moment.

During the purge half a month ago, this military clerk planned the robbery of Tianlao together with several heroes of Weiyuan, and joined forces with the soldiers of the Ninth Mountain to launch a riot. He is brave and resourceful and can be of great use.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan rewarded him according to his merits by giving him a small bottle of Musashi's demon blood and some Geng gold to help him break through his cultivation as soon as possible.

"What did Commander Pei ask you to come for?"

Chen Yuan seemed to be in a good mood, with a faint smile on his lips.

"It's about the general. I heard back that the commander wants you to come over to discuss it."

When Chen Yuan heard this, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

It has been so long since the incident in Jinguan City, but General Qi Tian only replied now.

He nodded, then his feet swayed and he disappeared on the spot.

In just a few breaths, Chen Yuan's figure appeared out of thin air in front of the door of the Xuntian Hall.

The captain in green armor guarding the gate was startled and put his hand on the knife at his waist. When he saw who was coming, he immediately knelt on one knee and bowed his head.

At this time, Pei Yanhu was pacing back and forth in the Xuntian Hall. Hearing the noise, he turned his head.

When he saw it was Chen Yuan, he strode towards him.

"Lord Pei, has General Qi Tian replied?" Chen Yuan walked into the hall with a questioning look in his eyes.

Why do I say "reply"? Because it was Chen Yuan who asked Pei Yanhu to send a letter to the general in charge of the Demon Kingdom before opening up the cave, and the letter said some things.

"I'm back!"

"The general can't come back. The Demonic Kingdom is ready to make a move. The general just finished a bloody battle. The situation is tense. It is said that the shadow of the Western Pure Land has appeared. So he can't get away at all."

"Look!"

Pei Yanhu said this as he handed a wax secret letter to Chen Yuan, then he flicked his other hand and closed the palace door.

Chen Yuan took the secret letter and scanned it with his eyes. He raised his eyebrows, then pinched it with his fingers, and the secret letter turned into powder.

The letter contained some instructions from the demon-suppressing general.

"I was originally planning to meet with the general to discuss the future direction of Shu, but now it seems that we are surrounded by enemies on all sides."

"The general told me to wait for the right opportunity, not to rush ahead, and to store up food."

He really wanted to ask the Demon-Suppressing General if he had forgotten one sentence at the end.

The meaning was very clear, with admonitions and suggestions, and it stated the pros and cons of the court on this matter, which gave Chen Yuan some inspiration.

In general, the general's advice was to use stillness to counter movement, and he would report this to the court.

"What do you think?" Pei Yanhu saw Chen Yuan frowning and knew that he had something in mind. He raised his eyelids and said in a deep voice.

Chen Yuan felt that in the current situation, he was always in a passive position, as if waiting for trouble to come to him. There was no point in just passively enduring it.

There are always dark hands reaching out, whether they are the noble families in the imperial court who want to divide up the fortune of Shu, or the human demons who betrayed the human race, or the Ten Evils who are always eyeing Shu.

Chen Yuan, the Ninth Mountain, the mountain-killing army is coming anyway, kill, kill, kill, they can only use the blood of countless soldiers to stop them.

"We have to find a way to turn the passive situation into the active one!" Chen Yuan walked to the side, paced slowly, with a gleam in his eyes.

"Now, we have removed most of the nails they left outside the Ten Thousand Mountains. They will not come back in a short time. Instead, we have driven a nail into their mountains. This gives us the opportunity to turn the passive situation into the active one!"

"Next, it's the court's turn."

"It is impossible for us to deal with the Ten Evils or even the Demonic Nation alone without the support of others. In the end, our own soldiers and civilians will suffer."

"So, no matter what, we need to get the court involved and get more people involved!"

When Pei Yanhu heard this, he opened his eyes wide with some hatred.
"But now the imperial court has accused us of treason!"

This means that it is a good thing that the court does not add insult to injury.

"The court is not the court of one person. If you were the current emperor and you finally found someone who could resist the disaster on the border, but you insisted on killing him and sending more manpower to fill the hole, it would not be worth it. We have to see who is trying to trip us up."

"Shu is too far away from the imperial court. The words of those people may be more powerful than the swords of thousands of soldiers. We are not among them, so we cannot be chess players. We can only be chess pieces, allowing them to stir up trouble and make trouble."

“That’s why I said we were too passive!”

Chen Yuan spoke in a bad tone.

"Then what do you plan to do?" Pei Yanhu naturally understood the meaning, but what else could he do? Now that Shu was dragged into the quagmire by demons, the soldiers were like a knife and had no choice at all. They could not abandon the people of Shu. After all, most of the soldiers came from the people.

"I just received the general's letter, so I have to plan slowly!"

He paced slowly, pondering, wondering how he could do something about himself.

After a while, there were sudden sounds of hurried footsteps and the clatter of armor outside.

Then, a soldier reported in front of the closed palace door, his tone was obviously a bit hurried.

"Report! Commander, someone from the Central Plains court suddenly came to our door, saying that they wanted to see Jiu Zhonglang in accordance with the order of the Martial Temple!"

"Snapped"

The palace door was blown open by the wind. Pei Yanhu waved his sleeves and rushed forward quickly, his eyes piercing with cold stars as he looked at the blue-armored captain who came to report.
"The people from the imperial court, are they here to be kind? How many people are there?"

"Commander-in-chief, there are three people waiting at the foot of the mountain!" The captain didn't know how to respond and said this.

"Haha, if you are willing to wait, then there is still something to talk about!" At this time, Chen Yuan suddenly laughed from behind. He had already sensed the location of the three people.

"Let them come up. I want to see what they are up to!" (End of this chapter)