Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 68

Starving
The other two secret guards, Sanshiqi and Sishijiu, looked at each other.

Sanshiqi thought for a moment and said, “We haven’t found Hui Xiang yet, but there are only two days left before the deadline. If we go there and can’t find Hui Xiang, then our mission has failed. We all know that Master urgently needs Hui Xiang on the northern border. If we fail, hundreds of thousands of lives will be lost.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone’s expressions sank. Jian Liu glanced at the samples brought back by Liushiliu and fell into deep thought.

After a long silence, he said, “Let’s go to Yunshan Village.”

Sanshiqi frowned and said, “Captain–”

Jian Liu glanced at him, and Sanshiqi shut his mouth. Jian Liu looked at Liushiliu and said, “Take a rest for an hour. We will leave as soon as you regain your strength.”

After saying that, Jian Liu walked to a corner of the cave, sat cross-legged, and practiced his internal energy. Seeing that the Captain has made a decision, everyone else can only follow his order.

An hour later, the six secret guards left the mountain forest and rushed to Yunshan Village.

The next morning, Duan Yixin woke up very early. After stretching her body for a while and putting on her shoes, she went to wash her face and brush her teeth. She had finished the medicinal porridge, so she planned to cook a few more medicinal meals today.

After she had left the bathroom, she went to the kitchen. When she arrived, a thin layer of sweat covered her forehead. Feeling the stuffy air in the kitchen, Duan Yixin opened the two small windows there.

After a few seconds, the fresh air went in, and she felt better. Duan Yixin wiped the sweat with her sleeve and muttered, “Summer has just begun, but the temperature is rising day by day. It would be nice to have something cold to cool down the heat.”

Speaking of this, she suddenly had an idea and started searching in the warehouse. After a while, she took out some lotus roots, mung beans, winter melon, and chrysanthemums.

In a good mood, Duan Yixin began to prepare mung bean soup, winter melon soup, chrysanthemum tea, and stir-fried lotus root. Because these are also considered medicinal materials, her teammates prepared many of them in the warehouse, and now these medicinal materials benefit her.

After working in the kitchen for more than two hours, Duan Yixin finished the medicinal dishes. She then put all of them into the warehouse and began making steamed buns.

When she came out with a plate of coarse-flour steamed buns, a small plate of stir-fried lotus roots, and a bowl of mung bean soup, Jian Liu and the others just hid in the forest not far from her home.

Seeing her eating breakfast in the front yard, Jian Liu asked in a low voice, “Is it her?”

Liushiliu nodded and said, “Yes.”

Jian Liu squinted his eyes, looked at Duan Yixin’s face carefully, and thought to himself, ‘Isn’t this the young lady that Master visited a few years ago? Why did Lao Da want to investigate her?’

While Jian Liu was still thinking about why Jian Yi asked Liushiliu to investigate Duan Yixin, a sound came from behind him.

Gru~

He turned around and saw Sanshiqi touching his belly. He looked at Jian Liu, his eyes full of grievance.

Looking at Jian Liu’s cold face, he said aggrievedly, “Captain, can we find something to eat first? Watching that young lady eating breakfast, I really couldn’t endure the hunger anymore.”

Jian Liu stared at him and said, “After we accomplish this mission, go to the training tower for five days. You need more training.”

Hearing this, Sanshiqi wilted like a frozen eggplant. Before Jian Liu could tell them to focus on their mission, his stomach rumbled. This time, five pairs of eyes fell on him simultaneously.

He looked at his flat belly, remained silent for a long time, and said, “… We haven’t eaten for four days. It’s time for us to eat something today.”

As soon as he said this, the five men looked at him reproachfully. Jian Liu’s expression didn’t change, but the tips of his ears reddened when he said, “Shiwu, go to the forest to find some wild fruits or vegetables. We will wait for you here.”

Shiwu nodded and left in a hurry. When he disappeared into the forest, Liushiliu asked, “Captain, didn’t you get the money from the Jin Yi Army when you left? Why are you still starving during missions?”

Jian Liu glanced at him and said calmly, “That money is for the soldiers on the northern border. If we can endure hunger, then we must endure it. Unlike us, they need food so they can fight their enemies.”

Listening to his answer, Liushiliu fell into silence. He lowered his eyes and clenched his hands until his fingers turned white.

Because of the political conflict between the prime minister and the emperor in the imperial court, the soldiers became victims, and their Master needed to use his personal money to purchase military supplies. Otherwise, soldiers on the northern border will not die of war but of hunger and thirst.

Noticing the gloomy atmosphere around them, Jian Liu said, “Don’t think too much. As long as we complete the mission and do our best to help our Master, those soldiers and our brothers will not starve to death.”

The others nodded and said at the same time, “Yes, Captain.”

While they were waiting for Shiwu to find food, Duan Yixin finished her breakfast. Sitting on the wooden stool, she lowered her eyes and calmly drank chrysanthemum tea. Although she looked calm on the outside, she was very nervous at the moment.

When she came out of the kitchen, she smelled something that didn’t belong to her or the natural surroundings. Thinking of the mysterious person who had come to her house two days ago, she tried to act as naturally as possible so as not to alarm the enemies.