Chapter 77 First stop, Rong City (1)
In the past few days, such a large group of people had traveled hundreds of miles. The fast-marching speed was no problem for the well-trained imperial army, but it was a big problem for Lin Qing and the other little girl.
These two people; one had been pampered and was noble, the other was a very real little woman. How could they bear this?
On the sixth day, when the group stopped for a rest, Lin Qing couldn’t tolerate it anymore. The high-speed and jolting journey made him so dizzy that his whole body was leaning on Zhao Zimu. However, when he faced those soldiers, he immediately recovered as if nothing had happened.
Everyone thought that this precious and cruel superior would definitely lose his temper because of such a fast journey, that many people would suffer again because of him and maybe even innocent people would be tortured by him again. All the soldiers were disturbed. Zhang Xin was no exception.
It was understandable for them to think like that. Here was not the capital. One couldn’t always have good clothes, good food, high-quality beds and soft pillows. If it was any other dignified person, they would not have a good temper once they have lived this kind of life. The better ones would lose their temper and torture others while the worse ones would directly slow down the marching speed of the whole group and indirectly affect the outcome of the whole war.
Lin Qing’s reputation had always been bad. All the soldiers were thinking, how come this Lord Qiansui didn’t cause any trouble? Even Situ Yuanxiao and Chen Jing felt that Lin Qing would definitely not be able to bear the suffering, would lose his temper and vent it out one everyone. By then, he would fortunately lose all the hearts of the people who follow him. They can then take away the people in his hands. By then, it would be a thousand times easier to deal with him.
However, what everyone didn’t expect was that nothing had happened these days. Aside from Lin Qing’s face being a bit pale, he didn’t do anything else, let alone, get angry because of such things. While everyone was surprised, their views of the powerful eunuch also changed a bit.
After stopping this day, Lin Qing lay on Zhao Zimu’s body. Zhao Zimu stroked his back with her hand and said worried, “Should we le them slow down the pace? You are like this, presumably, before we arrive at Northern Liang, you would’ve already fallen down.”
Zhao Zimu looked at him worriedly. Lin Qing shook his head and buried his pale faces in her knees again.
The soldiers were resting and getting rice from the pot. A guard of the Prefecture of Arrest also came to ask Lin Qing if he wanted to get off the carriage for a meal. After Zhao Zimu sent that person away, she fed Lin Qing some warm water. Then, she let his whole body lean on her. She gently rubbed his uncomfortable abdomen and after he unknowingly closed his eyes, she got out of the carriage.
By a big tree, Ling Er was sitting in a sorry state under the tree with an ashen face. On hand rested on her shoulder, but her feet couldn’t move anymore. Her feet felt heavy as if they were filled with lead. If her clenched hands were spread out now, you would find out that there were scars all over it. Her inner thighs had also been bruised.
Zhao Zimu had given her a horse and let her keep up with them. She wanted Ling Er to retreat because of difficulty.
However, she didn’t expect that Ling Er was so stubborn. She obviously didn’t know how to ride a horse, but still sat on the horse, rode it and followed the large group for a few days. The posture went from weird to smooth after following for a few days. During this period, she had been thrown into the air several times, but each time she preserved through a daunting experience without danger.
Also, everyone who wanted to see her become a joke, looked at her differently now. They thought in their heart, this little fair face still has some capacities.
One person stood behind her and said, “Originally, I thought that you were a weak chicken. I didn’t expect that you are a stubborn donkey. However, I advise you to give up sooner nevertheless. You wouldn’t be able to get to the frontier like this.”
Chen Jing spoke behind her. Originally, he didn’t have the slightest good feelings towards this guy who dared to attack him. But seeing this guy who worked so hard was so miserable now, he couldn’t help himself from running over to her, make some cynical remarks to provoke this guy, and see how he would react and it would be the best if he retreated at the sound of difficulties.
Ling Er glanced at him from the corner of her eyes. She didn’t have the energy now to talk to this nasty person who came to laugh at her. Moreover, she was feeling very terrible now. She wiped her eyes and sniffed again. She ignored him and embraced her uncomfortable feeling alone.
“Hey, you,” Ling Er didn’t answer him. He got a bit angry and pushed Ling Er lightly. Unexpectedly, she fell to one side the moment she was pushed and fell on the ground without moving.
Chen Jing was shocked and quickly squatted to help her. When he grabbed her hand, he found that this person was very soft. The hand on her chest also seemed to have touched cotton and he also smelled a fragrance from her body.
Chen Jing looked at Ling Er with bewildered eyes. The eyes of the person in front of him were big and fierce. His face was also too small and he sobbed. His skin was softer than a woman…woman…
Then, Chen Jing was bitten fiercely. Who let his hand not behave?!
Bitten!
“Let go, are you a dog?!” Chen Jing said flushed with anger. He also didn’t know how to deal with this weak looking person. If it was before, he would’ve been totally devoid of scruples. However, he didn’t dare to use any strength now. He felt like he was supporting a volcano, scalding his hand…
Women were forbidden to accompany soldiers during a war. However, this person was brought by Lin Qing. Who could blame him even if he brought a few beauties or female family members with him? After all, he didn’t have to go to the battlefield. He was just supervising the army.
Thinking of this, Chen Jing didn’t have a good impression of the person in front of him. It wouldn’t be because she wanted to curry favor from Lin Qing that she followed him so closely, right? Furthermore, the place where they were going was very dangerous and it was unknown whether Lin Qing could continue to enjoy his life.
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