The Slender Waist-Chapter 185 - 133: Meeting in Bingzhou_2

"It’s our own people. Withdraw your arrows!"

The soldier peeked over the crenellation and saw Feng Yun, his face showing surprise and delight.

"Quick, go inform the Great General. Feng Shi Er Niang has arrived."

By the time Feng Yun and her entourage had crossed, the drawbridge had been raised.

The city gate opened on one side, and Feng Yun gave the commanding officer a salute.

"Thank you for your efforts."

The commanding officer returned the salute with a smile, "My lady is too courteous."

Tan Dajin had already mentioned Feng Shi Er Niang’s delivery of medicine when he came.

The medicine arrived just in time, and the officers and soldiers in the camp were all very grateful.

The first to arrive upon hearing the news was Puyang Jiu.

They say a skillful woman can’t cook without rice, and it’s the same for this "skillful doctor."

Most of the injuries in the camp were wounds, and what they lacked the most was medicine. Now, in his eyes, Feng Yun was no different from a living bodhisattva.

"Feng Ji has finally arrived."

The smile on his face was an earnestness Feng Yun rarely saw.

The tribute arrived before the person did.

He bowed deeply, looking at her with a pleasant smile, "Had you not come, I’m afraid the General would have gone mad with impatience."

Feng Yun knew he was prone to exaggeration and simply smiled.

"Where’s the General?"

Puyang Jiu said, "The Qi Army has already reached Guyan Bay, two miles away, and is eager to attack. The General has led people to South Building. You’ve had a long journey, please go to the camp first to rest and have some tea to catch your breath..."

Feng Yun smiled, agreed, and followed Puyang Jiu towards Pei Jue’s residence.

The Medical Officer looked thinner and darker, his face, usually so meticulously cared for, seemed unwashed for days, and his beard had grown out untrimmed.

He had become much more amiable.

As he welcomed Feng Yun into the camp, he even condescended to personally pour her some tea.

"Please enjoy, Feng Ji."

Feng Yun softly thanked him, occasionally casting scrutinizing glances at him.

Puyang Jiu gave an embarrassed smile, "Madam, don’t look at me like that, it’s making me nervous."

Feng Yun smiled and said, "It’s the Medical Officer Puyang’s hospitality that’s making me nervous..."

Puyang Jiu’s cheeks twitched, and he sighed, "You don’t know, Feng Ji, I’ve almost been driven mad by the lack of medicine here. The medicine you brought arrived at the perfect moment; to call you a lady is one thing, but I would happily call you an ancestor if needed..."

Then he bowed deeply to Feng Yun again.

"Honorable Ancestor, please accept my bow..."

He was skilled at flattering and his sweet talk rolled off his tongue easily.

But as his words fell, he realized that Feng Yun hadn’t responded and felt a chilling gaze upon him, like a wild beast was watching him...

Puyang Jiu’s heart skipped a beat. He straightened up and turned around, only to see Pei Jue standing at the doorway.

Clad in armor, his tall figure blocked the lantern light behind him, blending almost entirely with the heavy night, making him appear solemn and inscrutable. But to Puyang Jiu, that expression was like a sharp knife, an emotion as intense as a burgeoning flame...

And moreover...

That flame was directed at him.

Had he been too intimate in calling her "little ancestor"?

Just... what was wrong with making a joke?

Puyang Jiu cleared his throat, touched his nose with a sense of grievance, and smiled.

"The Great General has returned? Well, the medicine Feng Ji brought has resolved a pressing need for me, and I... I was just overjoyed and spoke out of turn, spoke out of turn..."

He bowed to them again.

"I’ll take my leave so you two can talk."

He bowed respectfully, but nobody listened or looked at him.

Pei Jue walked past him, approaching Feng Yun at a slow pace, his under-eye shadowed, his jaw clenched tight, silently observing her.

Feng Yun also stood quietly, returning his gaze steadily.

There were several people in the room, but as their eyes met in silence, they seemed to exclude everyone else around them, as if in the whole world only the two of them existed...

It was rather awkward.

Puyang Jiu signaled to a few guards with his eyes and quietly slipped away.

Seeing this, Daman and Xiaoman also quietly moved outside without a word.

The surroundings were extremely quiet.

There was no sound at all, yet Feng Yun felt a sensation of her blood rushing chaotically, causing her hair to stand on end under his gaze.

"General," she said with a slight smile, giving him a greeting.

"Hearing that Bingzhou was besieged, I’ve come to deliver medicine."

Pei Jue lowered his gaze towards her, as if looking at a shadow in a blurry void. The corners of her eyes curved slightly, her demeanor dignified and elegant, and the smile in her eyes seemed to hook onto one’s heart.

What she brought wasn’t merely medicine...

In Pei Jue’s eyes, a deep gloom settled, his voice slightly hoarse, "You’ve worked hard."

Feng Yun shook her head, examining his complexion, "Just now, Medical Officer Puyang mentioned that the Qi Army is about to attack. Why did the General return..."

She had come from the North Gate, and it had taken her a long time; Pei Jue had passed from South Building through the city, and in such a back and forth journey, he had managed to arrive in no time at all.