The Empress Kneels in Her Palace to Admit Her Mistakes After Slaying Her Ways in the Female-Oriented

The iron gate was closed.

Zhang Shi and Wang Ming each led a large army to come.

Upon arriving at their destination, Wang Ming reined in his horse and turned to Zhang Shidao beside him, saying, "General Zhang Shidao, are you really sure you don't want to come with me into the Iron Gate Pass?"

"The garrison commander surrendered to the Duke."

"The intelligence we submitted was also for the Duke."

"We are all under the Duke's command, so naturally we should share the spoils."

Zhang Shi merely glanced at Wang Ming indifferently, his expression indifferent, even somewhat cold, and said, "Ha, a gentleman does not eat food offered with contempt."

"You, Wang Ming, can simply enter the Iron Gate Pass."

"I, Zhang Shi, will be stationed below the city walls."

"but……"

"Don't get too cocky. It won't be long before I show you that laughing first isn't enough; the most important thing is to have the last laugh."

After saying that, Zhang Shi led his troops to the side without looking back and set up camp three miles outside the Iron Gate Pass. As soon as the order was given to set up camp, he couldn't wait to run over and ask.

"How effective was my order after it was issued?"

"Has anyone come to pledge their allegiance these past few days?"

"Among those who pledged allegiance, does anyone know anything about Lu Chaosheng?"

No one answered, which obviously meant there was no good outcome. Just as Zhang Shi was getting anxious and about to go crazy, a fine horse galloped over.

Lu Shuang, dressed in demon-suppressing robes, leaped down from her horse, her face beaming with joy as she looked at Zhang Shidao: "General Zhang Shi, look who I've brought you!"

"Who?"

"A document."

"Documents?"

"Yes!" Lu Shuang said, "Lu Chaosheng's documents!"

After a pause, Lu Shuang said solemnly, "I saw the notice you issued and specifically sought out this document. I happened to run into it on my way back, so I brought it with me."

The excitement on Zhang Shi's face was visibly magnified!

She could barely contain her smile!

Haha, he knew it, he knew it!

It works! It absolutely works!

The few pieces of experience he painstakingly summarized from his practical experience are extremely useful!

He quickly asked, "Where is he?"

"Bring it here quickly."

The man followed behind Lu Shuang and was summoned by her. He entered Zhang Shi's tent. He looked like a scholar, but he was not young. He should be in his thirties. He had a beard and looked somewhat weathered.

His eyes, tinged with gray, clearly indicated that he was someone who was unhappy with his life.

"This humble servant pays his respects to General Zhang Shi!"

The clerk immediately knelt down, his posture respectful yet tinged with fear, and said, "I happened to see General Zhang Shi's proclamation and knew that General Zhang Shi was willing to uphold justice for us lowly people, so I mustered up my courage and came here..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Shi had already helped him up and eagerly asked, "You're Lu Chaosheng's clerk, right?"

"Yes, I have been a clerk under General Lu for several years, and I am quite familiar with Lord Lu's situation."

"Then you must know..." Zhang Shi was about to ask about Lu Chaosheng's love story, but he stopped himself when he saw the distrust in the clerk's eyes.

He immediately changed the subject, saying, "You're a clerk under Lu Chaosheng, yet you're still troubled by love-struck tendencies. It seems your situation is much more difficult than I imagined!"

"However, when it comes to combating romantic infatuation and helping people out of trouble, to put it simply..."

"I'm mortal with love-struck people!"

"So, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me, and I will definitely be able to help you solve them."

The clerk was overjoyed and quickly said, "Thank you, General Zhang Shi."

"Speak."

"General Zhang Shi, it's like this. I'm thirty-six years old now and still unmarried, which has caused my family a lot of anxiety. They've been trying all sorts of ways to find me a wife. Recently, they finally found a suitable woman. She owns a cosmetics shop and is thirty-three years old. I'm quite satisfied with her, and she's quite satisfied with me too. We're about to get married, but..."

"But I can't afford the betrothal gifts!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Shi's first reaction was disbelief.

Although he knew that the income of a clerk or document clerk was not high, the man in front of him was already thirty-six years old and could not even afford a betrothal gift.

He blurted out, "How much is the dowry she's asking for?"

"Two hundred and eighty-eight taels of silver."

"Rob, rob the young master?" Zhang Shi exclaimed in surprise, "Why doesn't she just rob him?"

Zhang Shi himself didn't know much about weddings and betrothal gifts, you could even say he knew nothing about them, but he had heard about them often and knew a little bit about them.

Under normal circumstances, a dowry of ten or twenty taels of silver would be considered quite generous for a family of modest means.

Good heavens, it costs two hundred and eighty-eight taels!

How is this any different from robbery?

Oh, there is a difference!

After all, it's not that quick to grab them!

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