Tiêu đề FGEP CH 61-70 ✅

Just like that, Lin Wanyue hit a connection with Su Xipo by using the cover of a head of a tailoring family. Additionally, she made an arrangement to go to the capital together for a look at the scope of Su fabric business, so as to make good business down the line. Su Xipo did not have a shred of suspicion for Lin Wanyue’s words. He dragged Lin Wanyue into drinking and chatting without needing any further explanation. In the end, Su Xipo took up the whole tab. He had even picked a lady that was just bought in and who had yet to become a marriageable age, to let Lin Wanyue have a taste of freshness. Backed to a corner, Lin Wanyue had no choice but to punish herself with three cups of wine. Coming up with all sorts of excuses under a crowd of loud laughter, she left the Hundred Flower Inn in a fluster. Lin Wanyue had thought that if she could find a pretext to travel with Su Xipo, she could track down more clues about the Su fabric business. But unexpectedly, Su Xipo wasn’t just in no hurry to leave; he stayed in Fanli city for over ten days, enjoying the nightlife, sleeping drunkenly at the Hundred Flower inn every night. Lin Wanyue was burning in anxiety for all those days, but she had no other plans... On one hand, Su Xipo had clearly moved from Huzhou city with extreme urgency, but he no longer hurried once he was at Fanli city. He had even stayed in a brothel for over ten days. It was truly a cause for suspicion. But on the other hand, Lin Wanyue feared she may have cast her suspicions in the wrong direction. If this Su fabric business was innocent, then they have already wasted too much time. The clues for the missing provisions must have surely been cut off! Lin Wanyue kept having a very bad feeling these days. It was as if she was seen through, as if she had nowhere to hide. It constantly lingered around her heart. She could not pinpoint where she went wrong, but she felt as if she had already lost at her very first move. That made her even more uneasy. The provisions were lost. If the rations meant for an army of over hundreds of thousands to pass the winter couldn’t be found, the results would be too horrifying to imagine.
Lin Wanyue did not regret taking responsibility over this matter. She simply feared that her comrades would have to face the frost with empty stomachs because of her own failure. However, what Lin Wanyue did not know was that: many big events have happened in the past ten days that she spent circling Su Xipo. The first: Noble Pingyang’s Shizi Li Zong had returned. In regards to Li Zhong’s return, the entire Pingyang estate kept it carefully concealed, but many versions of events circulated on the streets... Some said that the kidnapper had just wanted to catch a rich young master. He had not expected to catch the noble Pingyang’s Shizi. After deliberating for a long time, he let him go as he did not want to incite too much trouble. Some said that noble Pingyang’s Shizi had followed in the footsteps of his father. He grabbed a weapon while the kidnapper wasn’t looking, killed his way out, and escaped on his own. Some also said that the kidnapper ransomed noble Pingyang for an astronomical price. Ultimately, people’s opinions varied too much. Nothing could be concluded. Which was the real truth of the matter? No one knew... The second thing was that: General Li Mu followed Lin Feixing’s suggestion to have the troops retreat to Yangguan city and stand guard there. Although Yangguan city had to give up half of its land space to accommodate Li Mu’s army of over hundreds of thousands, the common folks had no complaints towards this. Li Mu’s troops kept a stronghold against the Huns year-round, guaranteeing the safety of the common folk in the entire northwest. Additionally, Li Mu’s troops were strict and impartial, an army of justice. That was why they received deep respect and admiration from the locals. Even though they had to give up half of the city space for the troops, the locals had no complaints. On the contrary, smiles could often be seen on their faces. They felt that it was much safer to live with the troops. The third thing was that: Meng Nida informed Li Mu about the situation as Lin Wanyue had instructed, then he showed Li Mu’s letter with an official seal to the senior officer to borrow a unit of officers.
General Li Mu’s prestige reached far. Seeing the letter, the senior officer put Huzhou city into lockdown at once. Every warehouse, rice storage, large personal estates, including the viceroy’s old address, even large groups of passing caravans were searched. However... They could not find those hundred over caravans of winter provisions for the army. Meng Nida was dumbfounded. The locals of Huzhou city have also been utterly thrown off their routine. Soon, there were plenty of criticisms from discontented locals. Meng Nida could not keep a handle on the situation, hence he had to lead the back-up sent by Li Mu to apologize from door to door. In the end, Meng Nida had no choice but to place his hopes on Lin Feixing’s side. He hoped that the ‘vanished’ provisions would be found in Su fabric business’s caravans... Otherwise, what would they eat for the winter? Where could such a big amount of food have gone? Meng Nida could not figure it out at all! The last event could be said to be the most shocking to the court and the common people. It was even recorded by the analogging official. Li Mu came to realize with some hindsight once Lin Feixing had left: the provisions were most likely gone for good. Sitting in the big tent, the figures of many people flashed inside Li Mu’s mind. In the end, he could not help but let out a long sigh. Li Mu hadn’t expected it. The smoke from the battles of the inner court had still spread to his northern border in the end. And these people would be so insane— they were willing to risk a breach in the north border, a danger that could shake the whole kingdom, just to make a move. Li Mu knew that this matter could not stay hidden, and he could not take the lives of over hundreds of thousands of soldiers as a joke. Weighing his words carefully, he wrote a letter to his Majesty Li Zhao. Then he urged the messenger to travel with haste, to report to the capital city. The messenger travelled continuously without sleep or rest, changing horse after horse. He hurried to the capital, nearly dying from exhaustion along the way. At last, on the morning of the fourth day, the report was delivered to Li Zhao’s desk. Li Zhao looked at the crimson wax seal on the letter in shock: has the northern borders lost its hold?