"Do you have any ideas?"

"For example, do you have any old friends or acquaintances at Linjiang Ferry?"

"Could they slip into the garrison headquarters undetected, eliminate the garrison commander, and capture Linjiang Ferry?"

Zhang Shi asked this question.

Lu Chaosheng shook his head and said, "General Zhang Shi, I'm afraid I can't do it this time."

"The main problem is with the garrison at Linjiang Ferry; they seem to have some issues."

"From what I've heard, that garrison commander locks himself in his mansion every day, focusing solely on archery practice. He practices archery every single day and ignores everything else."

"My old things are hard to find an opportunity."

"If we launch a direct attack, the signal fires lit at Linjiang Ferry will be visible to the entire city of Zhenjiang due to the terrain, which would alert the enemy."

Zhang Shi suddenly realized.

So that's where the problem lies.

Luring them won't work, but attacking them would easily alert the authorities.

However, he quickly caught the hidden message in Lu Chaosheng's words, and after a slight pause, immediately asked, "What you mean is, why do I feel that the garrison commander..."

"There's a problem!"

Lu Chaosheng nodded and said, "General Zhang Shi, it's not just a little problem, it's a huge problem."

"The kind that's mentally ill!"

Upon hearing these words, Zhang Shi instantly sprang to his senses.

In a place like Yunjing, anyone associated with the phrase "mentally ill" is almost automatically considered to be bewitched by love, a complete enchantress.

And right now, what he's most happy to fight are bewitching demons!

Even if he can't master it right away, it will still give him a lot of experience.

He said, "Tell me, tell me quickly."

Lu Chaosheng sighed and said, "That garrison commander surnamed Wang, although he is the leader of the navy, is a big fan of archery. He once had a wife who fell in love with him because of his elegant posture when riding a horse and shooting arrows."

"However, his wife later eloped with one of his grooms, and from then on he shut himself away from everyone, refusing to see anyone, spending his days practicing archery in his mansion, and weeping every day!"

As he said this, Lu Chaosheng couldn't help but feel a surge of anger: "I've been fed up with Wang Shoubei's behavior for a long time, and I've written to him to scold him more than once."

"The fact that his wife eloped with a stable boy proves that she didn't love him at all, and that he wasn't worth it. Why should she act like a dead man every day?"

"A real man should quickly put the past behind him and focus on moving forward."

Zhang Shi immediately waved his hand to interrupt: "General Lu, you're mistaken. That wasn't an elopement; it was love!"

"For love, it would be normal for his wife to elope with anyone, not just a stable boy, but even a beggar."

"Isn't it normal for him to shut himself away from everyone and cry every day for love?"

Zhang Shi quickly made a judgment on the matter, then asked, "But why does he keep practicing archery?"

"Was it to commemorate his wife?"

Lu Chaosheng was somewhat bewildered by what Zhang Shi had just said. Why did General Zhang Shi seem to admire love so much? If he admired it, why was he so ruthless in his actions?

However, when Zhang Shi asked, he immediately replied, "That should be one reason, but I heard that the groom who eloped with his wife was also quite skilled in archery."

"It seems that he slightly beat him in an archery contest. He always felt that his wife's elopement with that groom was a defeat in his most prized archery skills, which is why he acted that way."

As Lu Chaosheng spoke, he inevitably became angry again: "That Commander Wang is simply outrageous!"

"The groom only won one match occasionally, how is that better than him? Even if he is better, he is still someone from his household. How can you think that his wife left with the groom because she is better at archery than him?"

"Now he's holed up in the mansion practicing archery every day, is he trying to win her back? Even if he wins her back, will she still be his wife? She's become so filthy!"

"I give up!"

As Lu Chaosheng complained, Zhang Shi's mind became increasingly clear.

His wife ran off with someone else, so he's practicing archery...

Several symbolic events combined to gradually sketch out a person's image in Zhang Shi's mind.

His eyes lit up.

No matter how you look at it, this Commander Wang has a huge flaw.

If there's a flaw, then it can be manipulated!

He immediately asked, "General Lu, can we find the wife of Commander Wang who ran away, and the groom?"

Lu Chaosheng shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't be easy. If we could find it, the brothers at Linjiang Ferry would have found it for Wang Shoubei long ago. After all, those brothers have been through a lot with him."

"Who wouldn't get anxious if they didn't do anything all day?"

Zhang Shiyi was not discouraged when his plan failed.

Instead, he asked, "If we can't find it, can the brothers at Linjiang Ferry imitate the handwriting of that groom or Wang Shoubei's wife?"

"Commander Wang's love has vanished."

"Just make him another one; we have to trick him into coming out!"

Lu Chaosheng: "???"

"Holy crap, you can do that?"

Then, he nodded: "General Zhang Shi, you know what, this...it really could be possible!"

……

Linjiang Ferry, Garrison Commander's Office!

The servant held a letter and stood at a distance, not daring to approach Commander Wang, who was practicing archery. After all, Commander Wang was extremely focused when practicing archery, and he also had the worst temper.

Anyone who dares to provoke us will be shot through with an arrow!

His predecessor died in the same way.

He died without even a burial place; he was burned to ashes and his ashes were scattered into the Yangtze River. It was so tragic.

He is determined not to make such a mistake.

Thus, it wasn't until after an incense stick had burned that Commander Wang finished practicing archery, and only then did the servant approach him.

"Sir, here is a letter for you."

Wang Shoubei was busy wiping his sweat and drinking water, ignoring the servant.

The servant didn't think much of it, knowing that this was normal.

He then whispered a reminder: "Sir, this seems to be a letter from the Madam!"

"What?"

One sentence, like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, made Wang Shoubei jump three feet high. He immediately snatched the letter, and the moment he saw it, tears streamed down his face.

"It's her, it's her, it's her handwriting."

"She finally remembered to write me a letter."

Wang Shoubei read it at lightning speed, tears streaming down his face. But after finishing, he suddenly tore the letter to shreds.

Because the letter contained his apology and his longing for him.

Even admitting mistakes!

"Hmph! That's utter nonsense! What do you mean you're wrong? What did you do wrong? It was clearly my archery skills that were inferior, which is why I had to hand you over. Are you trying to humiliate me by writing this letter?"

"So now you've learned to humiliate me?"

"You even asked me to meet you? What's the point of us meeting?"

Commander Wang turned around and went back to practice archery.

Suddenly remembering something, he asked the servant, "Where is that person? Is he here?"

The servant was bewildered: "Lord Wang, who is it?"

"He's just a groom whose archery skills are slightly better than mine!"

"I don't know!"

"No, he must be here too. I have painstakingly honed my archery skills, and today I am determined to avenge this humiliation and win back my wife."

Commander Wang dropped his bow and arrows and mounted his horse.

With a powerful thrust of its legs, the horse neighed and galloped off.

After years of self-imposed confinement, he finally left the garrison headquarters and ran into the official document from Linjiang Ferry.

He reined in his horse and asked, "Where's the groom? Did you deliver the letter? Was there a groom among the messengers?"

The clerk was in a state of tension when he was stunned by Wang Shoubei's question: "What stable boy?"

However, the clerk reacted quickly, knowing this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and immediately made up a story: "Oh, I remember now, it's right outside the village."

"Would you like to take a look, sir?"

Before the official finished speaking, Commander Wang had already spurred his horse and galloped away, rushing straight out of Linjiang Ferry.

……

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