A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 372 The truth

Zheng Yunqi rode at full speed from the western border of Liunan Kingdom for a whole day and night. When she arrived at Lianzhou Guicheng at the time of spring sunset, she guessed that Uncle Xiao should still be in the military camp, so she did not enter the city to go to Xiao Mansion, but went straight to the southern camp outside the city to the west.

"Who is it? The military camp is a restricted area and no outsiders are allowed to approach!" The guards outside the camp saw a young man in blue clothes riding a white horse and holding a silver spear from afar, and they hurriedly raised their bows and spears and shouted loudly.

"Please inform General Xiao that I, Zheng Yunqi, am here to visit you!" Zheng Yunqi, dressed as a man and still looking heroic and spirited, held the reins of the horse and raised his hand to salute the defenders in front of him.

Zheng Yunqi? Could it be the young female general of Liunan Kingdom, the only daughter of General Zheng Yu, known as Lady Yun on a White Horse and Silver Spear?

Although the defenders had never seen her, they had heard of her name long ago. They just didn't know that the general was on good terms with General Zheng Yu of Liunan Kingdom. So they were all wondering why Madam Yun came to Jingsong Kingdom when the war in Liunan was at a critical juncture instead of fighting the enemy on the front line?

"Brothers, I have something urgent to discuss with your general. Please help me inform him quickly!" Seeing that the defenders all looked suspicious, Zheng Yunqi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and continued to urge them anxiously.

"Wait!" Although the defenders were puzzled, they saw that the man on the white horse and the silver spear looked heroic and looked like he was not fake. When they asked someone to report, Xiao Pengyue happened to hear the noise and came over. He was surprised to see the blue shadow sitting on the white horse from a distance and couldn't help but smile happily:

"Cloud Flag!"

After confirmation from the little governor, the defenders completely relaxed their guard and pushed open the fence outside the military camp.

"Where is Uncle Xiao?" Zheng Yunqi had no mood to greet his good friend Xiao Pengyue at this moment. Instead, he frowned and asked him.

"The central military camp in the east..." Xiao Peng pointed towards the east. Before he finished speaking, he saw Zheng Yunqi riding his horse into the military camp.

"Zheng Yunqi, you are not allowed to ride horses in the camp!" Xiao Pengyue was caught off guard and could only look at the dust trampled by the horses' hooves and shouted sternly.

But Zheng Yunqi was in a hurry and had no time to care about the rules of the military camp. She just wanted to see Uncle Xiao as soon as possible and then take the reply letter to save Liu Nanguo.

Xiao Pengyue patted his forehead helplessly. After half a year, this girl was still as impetuous as before. Turning back, he saw several defenders looking at each other. He coughed twice with a guilty conscience and hurried to the central army tent.

Zheng Yunqi's horse riding into the camp caused quite a stir in the army, which naturally alarmed Xiao Hongzhong soon. Although he was angry, he knew that she must have come for an urgent matter, so he put aside his angry words and took her into the tent.

"Uncle Xiao, this is the letter my father asked me to give you. Please give my father some more advice!" As soon as he entered the military tent, Zheng Yunqi handed the letter to Xiao Hongzhong with red eyes and said anxiously.

When Xiao Hongzhong heard the letter, he knew it was extremely urgent so he said nothing more. He took the letter and opened it directly. He thought it was a friend asking him for help in the time of crisis for Liu Nan Kingdom, but he didn't expect it was a letter from Zheng Yu entrusting his son to him.

"Uncle Xiao, the situation in Liunan is very critical right now. I wonder how you think we should fight against the Xiyue Army?" Seeing that Xiao Hongzhong just glanced at him and frowned in silence after reading the letter, Zheng Yunqi couldn't help feeling uneasy and asked first.

"Yunqi...read it yourself." Xiao Hongzhong looked up at Zheng Yunqi again, his lips trembling, but he couldn't bear to say it in person, so he had to hand the letter he had read back to her.

Seeing Uncle Xiao in such a state, Zheng Yunqi felt even more uneasy. She hurriedly took the letter but her face turned pale before she finished reading it. She suddenly felt dizzy and fell into the chair behind her.

It turned out that her father had deceived her and that asking Uncle Xiao for help was fake, with the purpose of making her leave Liunan.

"How could my father lie to me? How could he lie to me? No, I have to go back. As a soldier of Liunan Kingdom..." Although Zheng Yunqi was in despair as if she had fallen into the abyss at this moment, she still pretended to be calm on her pale face. She put down the letter tremblingly, muttered to herself, turned around and wanted to go out of the tent, but was knocked unconscious by Xiao Hongzhong's palm from the back.

"Father, what are you doing?" At the same time, Xiao Pengyue, who was entering the tent, happened to witness this scene and was immediately shocked. He hurried forward and asked his father.

"Take Yunqi back to the mansion and take good care of him." Xiao Hongzhong ignored his son's confusion, but handed the unconscious Zheng Yunqi to him and sighed in a deep voice.

"Father, what happened?" But Xiao Pengyue was full of confusion and was unwilling to leave in such a daze, so he first put the unconscious Zheng Yunqi on a chair beside him, and then went to his father and asked with concern.

"Your Uncle Zheng has entrusted Yunqi to us." Xiao Hongzhong once again handed Zheng Yu's letter of entrustment to his son. As he spoke, he was so sad that he leaned on the table with one hand and burst into tears.

Liu Nanguo had expected this to happen. As a soldier, he should be loyal to his emperor and serve his country until his death. But Zheng Yu was also his friend for many years. Xiao Hongzhong felt heartbroken when he thought that Zheng Yu was about to die on the battlefield.

After hurriedly reading the letter, Xiao Pengyue couldn't help but shed tears. At the same time, he turned his head to look at Zheng Yunqi who was unconscious beside him with heartache.

As night fell, Xiao Pengyue brought Zheng Yunqi back to the Xiao Mansion and hurriedly asked the servants to prepare a room for her to settle down. Seeing that she was still unconscious with her heroic brows furrowed, he could not help but raise his hand to smooth her frown.

Every time he saw her before, she was always heroic and high spirits, as if she never had any worries. So now, looking at Zheng Yunqi with a frown in front of him, Xiao Pengyue felt very uncomfortable.

The two men were of similar age and had known each other for many years due to the friendship between their fathers. They both grew up in military camps, so whenever they met from childhood to adulthood, they would practice swordplay and discuss military science. They could be considered childhood sweethearts and soulmates.

"Young Master, can I wipe Miss Yunqi's face?" An old woman came in with a basin of warm water and said to Xiao Pengyue who was still sitting beside the bed.

"Let me do it, Ru Ma, you go get some calming incense." Xiao Pengyue said as he stood up and walked to the wooden stand of the basin, wringing out the cloth in the warm water.

The old woman responded, then looked worriedly at Zheng Yunqi who was lying unconscious on the bed, then sighed and left the room.

Ru Ma has been in the Xiao Mansion for seven or eight years and can be considered an old hand in this mansion. Because the Zheng and Xiao families have private contacts, she has also met Zheng Yunqi several times. Although the host family has never mentioned it, in Ru Ma's eyes, Miss Yunqi and the young master are a perfect match, and they have a lot in common.

Although she didn't know what happened specifically, she had heard about the war in Liunan Kingdom. She couldn't help but sigh that it was really pitiful that Miss Yunqi had to experience the destruction of her country and her family at such a young age.

"Cloud Flag..."

Xiao Pengyue took a towel and gently wiped the dust and tears off Zheng Yunqi's face. Looking at the extremely familiar handsome face, he wanted to speak but felt that no matter what he said, it would be futile. What she wanted was not a few pale words of comfort, but to return to her father.

As a fellow child, he could feel her despair and pain after learning the truth. If it were him, he would rather die in battle with his father than be abandoned.

But having said that, he is not Zheng Yunqi after all. Xiao Peng couldn't bear to watch her die, and he didn't want to disappoint Uncle Zheng. Selfishly, he had to keep her in Lianzhou no matter what.