Chapter 64 Xu Zhaojie's military order! (Please collect! Please vote! Please invest!)
It was impulsive, but when I thought about it, this bowl of medicine might have been carefully prepared by Pei Zhixiu after spending several hours working non-stop.

Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but feel soft-hearted. After hesitating for a few seconds, he finally gritted his teeth, took the medicine bowl from Pei Zhixiu, pinched his nose, tilted his head back, and directly put the black medicine into his stomach.

Looking at Ye Mingsheng's funny actions, Pei Zhixiu couldn't help but reveal a faint smile in her eyes. Then she took out a small bundle wrapped in a handkerchief from her pocket.

When the handkerchief was opened, there was a layer of oil paper inside. Although Ye Mingsheng was grimacing because of the bitterness of the medicine, his eyes were still focused on the layer of oil paper. He was curious about what Pei Zhixiu had hidden inside.

Pei Zhixiu opened the oil paper, and inside were three pieces of candied apricots. Although the things were not big, they exuded a sweet aroma, making people want to swallow them in one gulp...
"Yesterday I went to the city for a stroll and saw someone selling candied fruit in a shop, so I bought some. If you eat it, the bitterness in your mouth should be better!" Pei Zhixiu handed over the candied fruit and said softly;
Hearing her words, Ye Mingsheng's eyes immediately became complicated. Although Pei Zhixiu said it simply, Ye Mingsheng knew very well that after following him out of Ruishan County, Pei Zhixiu did not bring much silver with her. Five or six taels of silver would be enough.

With today's productivity, anything related to sugar is extremely expensive. Even though the candied fruit in front of her is only three small pieces, Pei Zhixiu will probably spend half of her silver on it.

A girl can spend half of her family fortune just to make you feel better. Thinking of this, Ye Mingsheng was deeply moved. In his excitement, he wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Pei Zhixiu was keenly aware of his mood. She frowned slightly, and gently pressed her slender jade fingers on Ye Mingsheng's lips, signaling him not to say anything...

After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Pei Zhixiu bit her cherry lips lightly, placed the oil paper containing the candied fruit in Ye Mingsheng's big hand, and then, under Ye Mingsheng's gaze, turned around and silently retreated from the tent.

Feeling the lingering body fragrance of Pei Zhixiu in the tent, Ye Mingsheng became more and more puzzled about the mind of this palace girl. As Ye Mingsheng thought about it, his gaze was cast on the candied fruit in his hand. He gently picked up one and put it into his mouth.

As the candied fruit entered his mouth, the sweet taste immediately spread throughout Ye Mingsheng's mouth, which also relieved his depressed mood a little.

At this moment, Ye Mingsheng would not have thought that as soon as Pei Zhixiu returned to her tent, she could no longer suppress her inner emotions. She lowered her eyes, shook her shoulders, and cried softly.

Although she was crying, she seemed to have something to hide. She covered her mouth and cried very restrainedly, as if she was afraid that others would hear her crying.

The crystal clear tears formed two tear marks and slid down her fair and delicate skin, falling on the ground like pearls, which made people feel pity when they saw it.

After a while, Pei Zhixiu calmed down and wiped the tears from her face. She quietly took out the medicine box she brought from Ruishan County from the tent, and gently stroked the patterns on the medicine box with her slender fingers.

Suddenly, Pei Zhixiu pressed down somewhere on the bottom of the medicine box, and a secret box popped out silently from this seemingly ordinary medicine box.

Pei Zhixiu took out a silver bracelet with an ancient style and a line of Japanese characters engraved on the front from the secret box very preciously and put it on her fair wrist. Then, with a melancholy look on her face, she murmured in a low voice that only she could hear, "Mother, what should I do now..."

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Three days later, in Ye Mingsheng’s military camp at the northeast corner of Liujing.

"Brother Ye, this is the military order given to you by Commander Xu. Congratulations, you can return to Luoan!" Chen Zhilin, the lieutenant general of the Xuanwu Imperial Army, who was familiar to Ye Mingsheng, handed a military order to Ye Mingsheng with an envious look on his face.

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng, who was sitting in the main seat, took the military order calmly and glanced at the content. An imperceptible strange color flashed in his eyes.

Ye Mingsheng did not say anything. He continued calmly, "Thank you for troubling Brother Chen to come here in person. I wonder if there is any other unit in my Xuanwu Army besides my own that can be transferred back?"

Chen Zhilin shook his head and said, "Other people are not as lucky as you, Brother Ye. They are busy clearing out the remnants of the palace. But it will be soon. Those remnants of the palace can't do anything. It won't take long to kill them all. Then you can all go back!"

After saying that, Chen Zhilin took a look at the sky outside, then stood up and said, "Since the military order has been delivered, I have other things to do, so I won't bother you any more. Let's drink and chat together when we get back to Liujing, Brother Ye!"

"Okay! Okay! I will set up a table at Yuanshengju when the time comes. Brother Chen, you must show your favor!" Ye Mingsheng said with a smile:
After sending Chen Zhilin away, the smile on Ye Mingsheng's face disappeared completely. He immediately returned to his tent, found the map and studied it carefully.

After studying it for half an hour, Ye Mingsheng finally turned his gaze away from the map, with a look of deep doubt in his eyes...
The military order given to him by Xu Zhaojie required him to set off tomorrow and return to Luoan, Great Zhou from Liujing.

As for why he had to return to the Great Zhou, the reason was very high-sounding. It was said that the soldiers in Ye Mingsheng's battalion had made great contributions in the surprise attack on Liujing, but suffered heavy losses and were not suitable to continue fighting in the palace. So, they were asked to return to the Great Zhou first to rest and recuperate.

If it were normal times, and Xu Zhaojie allowed him to return to Da Zhou, Ye Mingsheng would definitely be ecstatic and would pack up and leave without saying a word. He had really had enough of the days of licking blood on the edge of a knife in the palace capital, and he was eager to return to Luoan and live a few days of peace. He could also go back earlier and use his connections to get himself transferred to the Zhenwu Army.

But at this time, although Xu Zhaojie's military order seemed to have no problems at all, and even reflected that he, Xu Zhaojie, Lord Xu loved his soldiers like his own sons, but for some reason, Ye Mingsheng felt a strong smell of conspiracy from Xu Zhaojie's military order!

(End of this chapter)