Lieutenant Wei’s heart rolled over in his chest.
Song Yin, a man with a hidden identity, could only be sheltered in the army; if he left the barracks, if people knew his identity, there would be no peace in his future life.
“Think about it again, don’t be impulsive.”
“I have already thought about it, and I ask you brothers not to persuade me anymore.”
Lieutenant Wei was about to persuade, but was stopped by Lieutenant Sun, who shook his head at him.
Not only Lieutenant Wei, but also the other generals did not feel good in their hearts when they heard Song Yin’s words. He was right, being a soldier who could not go to battle and kill the enemy was indeed no different from being a waste.
The atmosphere in the room was heavy and depressing.
Everyone wanted to persuade him, but they didn’t know how.
After a long silence, Shen Yan spoke, “Have you thought about it?”
“Yes.”
“I allow it.”
Song Yin bowed to the end, “Many thanks, General.”
“What are your next plans?”
Song Yin stood up straight, “I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Shen Yan nodded, “You no longer have any relatives, and there is no place for you to go if you leave the army. If you are willing, I can write a letter to my family and ask my father to find a job for you.”
“Many thanks, General.”
Shen Yan waved his hand, “You have been in the army for several years, you are also considered our brother, in the evening I will host a banquet for you at the general’s residence to say goodbye, everyone will go.”
All of them answered in unison, “Yes.”
After seeing Song Yin leave the barracks, Lieutenant Wei and Lieutenant Sun looked at each other and tacitly went to Lieutenant Wei’s house, having his personal soldiers guard the door, Lieutenant Wei lowered his voice, “Why did you stop me?”
“He is determined to go, you can’t persuade him even if you do.”
“But ……”
The lieutenant raised his hand in a hush gesture and pointed outside, this was a military camp after all, even if there were personal soldiers guarding the outside, they could not stop the walls from having ears.
“If he really is that identity, it’s impossible to stop there, let’s go to the general’s residence at night.”
……
Song Yin rode all the way back to the house and called for Housekeeper Gu, “I’ll take my men back to the capital first thing tomorrow morning, you and Old Yao stay here.”
But if he followed him back and was seen by the Song family, he would only cause trouble for the young master, he also thought of asking Lao Yao to make two human skin masks, and he and Lao Yao would switch faces to go back with the young master.
But the two of them did not know martial arts, and if they were caught, they would easily be exposed.
“Young master should be more careful and don’t let Xiao Si leave your side.”
“I know, I’ll leave you five men, you can stay behind closed doors after I leave, when the time is right, I’ll have someone come and get you as soon as possible.”
Doctor Yao didn’t say anything, he had guessed the young master’s decision a long time ago, for what the young master was going to do later, the two of them were a drag.
He handed Song Yin a few bottles of poison that he had made over the past few days, “These are newly developed by me, the toxicity is very strong, young master put them away.”
……
In the evening, a group of generals left the military camp and came to the general’s residence.
The housekeeper of the government had been instructed by Shen Yan to have a meal prepared.
Song Yin was the latest to arrive, and his eyes were a little red, so he could see that he had been crying.
It was not easy for everyone to see this, but Song Yin’s heart was very sad. He was twenty years old, a time when he was full of vigour, but he had broken his wings.
“Sit down.”
The crowd took their seats one by one and pushed their glasses together, intentionally making the atmosphere high and dispelling the depression in their hearts.
Song Yin was very cooperative, with a smile on his face, and no matter who came to toast, he drank it all in one go, watching the crowd’s hearts grow harder and harder.
“Brother ……”
Vice General Liu, who was closest to Song Yin, patted his shoulder, and his voice got a little choked up when the two words left his mouth. He felt sorry for Song Yin from the bottom of his heart, soldiers are easy to find, generals are not hard to find, but only one general with high martial arts skills who is good at forming armies and formations comes along every few years.
He paused and steadied his emotions before speaking again, “If you have any difficulties in the future, write to my brother, and I will certainly give you my full support.”
“Many thanks, Brother Liu.”
Song Yin clinked his wine jug with his and drained it in one go, his face flushed with drunkenness, but he still smiled as he picked up the jug and filled it up again, rising and raising his glass towards the crowd, “Thank you all for taking care of me these past few years. ”
His words hit a sore spot for all of them, as men of war, a horse’s death might be the next moment, and none of them could guarantee that they would still be alive in the next battle.
They all raised their glasses and drank from them, filling them up with wine for themselves and their brothers next to them, and draining them again.
The wine soon reached the bottom of the jar, but at first Lieutenant Wei and Lieutenant Sun had very little to drink as they were still worried about their lives, but after hearing Song Yin’s words, they were moved to let go.
After a few more jars of wine were drained, all the generals slumped on the table.
Shen Yan called the butler in and asked him to take the men to the living room. He took Song Yin to the study and gave him the family letter he had written, saying nothing but patting him on the shoulder.
The next morning, Song Yin led his men out of the border city and headed for the capital city with a fast horse.
At the same time, the news of Song Yin’s departure from the military camp spread throughout the city, spreading outwards at a rapid rate, reaching Youzhou in three days’ time.
“Say it again.”
The Third Prince stared at the secret guard, the man he had reassigned after returning to Youzhou.
“It is true, and I have inquired, he left the border early the day before yesterday to seek medical help in the capital.”
To the capital?
The Third Prince couldn’t help but stand up and walk back and forth in the room a few times, Song Yin was prepared to return, he had to pass this news to his father as soon as possible.
No, he had to have someone set up an ambush on the road, preferably to kill or capture him before he entered the capital.
“You order fifty men to ……”
Before the words were finished, the third prince paused again, “Forget it, I’ll go myself, you gather all the rest of them.”
The forty secret guards plus his retinue and house soldiers, there were more than two hundred people, he could kill Song Yin even if he fought in wheels.
The disturbance within the government caught the attention of Mr. Big, who hurried over, “Your Highness, what are you …… doing?”
The matter of “Song Yin might be Chu Yunxiao” was something the Third Prince had never told Mr. Big, and he wasn’t going to say it now. I’m just taking them out to practice, staying in the house all day, they have no fighting ability at all.”
Naturally, Mr. Big didn’t believe him, but he didn’t overstep his bounds to ask further questions, he just said, “Your Highness should take care of your safety.”
“Thank you, sir, for the reminder, I will return as soon as possible.”
The Third Prince divided his men into several groups and left Youzhou, while he himself left Youzhou in disguise, taking only two secret guards with him.
As soon as he moved on his side, the people sent to spy on him by the Second Prince knew about it and sent a message to the Second Prince by flying pigeon.