Chapter 92 of Volume 1: Left

  Chen Yan let out a loud shriek, seeing Chen Shu staring at her for a moment before turning around and leaving, she was frightened. Hurriedly releasing the hands covering her ears, Chen Yan rushed over with tears streaming down her face, tightly hugging Chen Shu and sobbing: "Fourth brother, fourth brother, you also don't want to help me?"

  This is Chen Yan's favorite phrase. She told Chen Shu to kill her sworn sister and said this sentence, because she "accidentally" kicked her younger sister into the pond and was seen by Chen Shu, and asked him not to tell anyone, also with this sentence.

  As long as she says this sentence, everyone will help her.

  In Chen Yan's tearful eyes, Chen Shu slowly pulled down her hands and said in a low voice: "A Yan, Fourth Brother has done his best, you take care of yourself." After a pause, Chen Shu sighed softly: "Hua Chang is loyal to you, A Yan, he will be your husband from now on, you should treat him well."

  Having said that, he stepped out of the tent.

  "No——" Seeing her fourth brother also leaving, Chen Yan covered her ears and screamed again.

  When the sky was bright, Chen's team suddenly moved, and then several ox carts and a dozen strong men and women drove out of the team. Looking at the tightly covered ox cart walking in front, Ati pouted and said in a low voice: "Chen wants to send that Chen Yan away."

  Xiao Yan also said: "Actually, Chen Yan really looks good, it's a pity."

  She had just said this when a maidservant appeared from the procession that had just driven onto the official road.

  After that servant woman walked out, everyone thought she was going to join Chen's team. Unexpectedly, the servant woman went straight towards Lu Xuan instead.

  Before long, the servant woman walked up to Lu Xue. She bowed to Lu Xue and said: "Ms. Lu, my young master wants to see you."

  She was referring to Chen Yan.

  Unexpectedly. Chen Yan was about to leave, but still wanted to see Lu Yue? Moreover, at this point, the maidservant beside her spoke with a tone of command. At this moment, everyone looked towards Lu Yue.

  Want to see her? Does Chen Yan suspect her?

  Lu Xuan thought to herself, but her beautiful face was expressionless. She stared at the maid for a moment, shook her head and said, "I don't know your family's daughter." She directly refused.

  Lu Yuanyuan refused, and the servant woman was obviously a bit embarrassed. She had come with strict orders. After thinking for a moment, the servant woman put aside her pride and asked: "Madam Lu, my mistress is about to leave, and she wants to say something to you before she goes. Will you please listen?"

  When the woman spoke, Atie was curious and encouraged her from the side: "A Xuan, why don't you go see what she has to say? Hehe, everyone is about to leave, but they still want to see you. I really want to know what she's thinking."

  Why should she? Why would she want to? Chen Yan was already a desperate person, and she took the initiative herself. Besides getting into trouble, what else could she gain from it?

  Sages have said, gentlemen never stand under a precarious wall!

  At this moment, Lu Xuan shook her head and said: "I am not familiar with Madam Chen." After that, she turned around and retreated.

  She saw that she was determined. The servant girl could only walk back. She just said a word to the ox cart. From the ox cart, another sharp cry came again.

  Hearing that cry. This time, Chen Shu did not approach. In fact, he had been hiding in his tent all along and didn't even come to see off his sister.

  In the ox cart, Chen Yan screamed for a while and then said something else. However, no one paid attention to her this time. All that was seen was someone from the Chen family shouting an order, and the convoy drove away into the distance amidst Chen Yan's renewed screams.

  Looking at Chen Yan's distant figure, Ati tilted her head and said: "Actually, she's not that miserable. Being with the one you like isn't miserable at all."

  Next, the two teams set off. After having breakfast, they continued on their way to Chengdu.

  Compared to the lively and energetic Atie, the Chen family was a bit subdued. It's understandable, after all, they had moved their whole family to Chengdu with many plans in mind. But now that something like this has happened on the way, it's really sigh-worthy.

  In the camp, Chen Shu was extremely exhausted. Although he felt that there were some doubts about his sister and Hua Chang's adultery, it was possible that they had been plotted against. However, no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out who was behind the plot. Firstly, the bamboo tube containing the anesthetic had been identified as belonging to Hua Chang. Secondly, although Chen Yan insisted that it was Lu Shi's doing, Lu Shi was just a weak woman with no ability to tie up a chicken, let alone commit such a crime. Even if Hua Chang said that the anesthetic was meant for Lu Shi, it would have been left outside Lu Shi's tent. In Chen Shu's view, the person who harmed his sister could only be someone secretly protecting Lu Shi, not Lu Shi herself.

  Chen Shu rubbed his brow, thinking wearily: Now that things have come to this point, what's the use of thinking about it? With so many people protecting Miss Lu, where can I even start?

  As soon as everyone set out on their journey, a burst of horseshoes echoed "dada" sounds.

  As they heard the dull sound of horseshoes, everyone turned their heads at the same time. Not far behind them, dust was rising high into the air as thirty or so knights galloped towards them on horseback. As they moved, the ground rumbled and shook ceaselessly.

  Originally laughing and chatting, Atiemo and others suddenly fell silent, and even Luyu turned her head to look.

  Last night I saw those knights, it was at night, today is daytime, everyone wants to take a good look at these knights who came and left without any reason.

  Before long, a knight in his thirties with silver armor appeared in everyone's line of sight. The knight walking at the front was none other than that young general. Under the scorching sunlight, the young general's face looked even more handsome and calm.

  With the sound of horseshoes "da da da", the knights slowed down, and when they arrived in front of everyone, the young general nodded slightly to greet them. Then he rode his horse to Lu Xue's donkey cart, stared at her and asked: "What happened this morning? Why are you making such a fuss."

  This young general ignored everyone else and directly asked Lu Yue. For a moment, Chen Shu, Wen Qing, and Wang Shang all changed their expressions.

  Lu Xuan heard this and turned her head to glance at Chen's family members, saying: "It's just some trivial matters of women in the boudoir."

  The young general nodded, but his sharp eyes were still staring at Lu Yue.

  This young general, with a handsome face and an air of arrogance in his every move, was someone that people usually couldn't get close to. At this moment, Wang Shang rode over on horseback, dismounted and bowed respectfully, asking: "May I ask if the General is Geng Zuo?"

  The young general glanced at him and nodded: "Not bad."

  The two words "not bad" appear. The four directions are in an uproar.

  In the midst of the commotion, both the young men and women, as well as the Chen family members, became excited at the same time. Even Chen Shu, who had been feeling downcast and depressed because of Chen Yan's affair, looked up to gaze at the young general.

  It turned out that he was indeed General Geng Zuo! Last night, he still wanted to let Ayan attract the attention of this general, and listened to Ayan's words about capturing this general with confidence. But in the blink of an eye, something unexpected happened.

  He took a deep breath and suppressed the bitterness in his heart. Chen Su rode his horse closer to the young general.

  However, it was not just him who approached the young general at this time. It was all these people. After walking a few steps on horseback, they cast cold and murderous glances at each other, involuntarily reining in their horses.

  Xiao Yan came to Lu Yue's side, looking up at the young general with a dazed expression. Not far away, Lu Yue heard several voices whispering: "So he really is from the Geng family." "Actually, we should have thought of it earlier, so young and handsome, yet able to hold such a high position as a general, how many people can do that in all of Luoyang?" "General Geng is indeed one of the most famous beauties in Luoyang." "Not only that, but he's also been keeping himself clean and pure, never taking a wife despite being on the battlefield for so long. I've heard all the young ladies in Luoyang are eager to marry him."

  Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan was taken aback. In this era, a noble son of eighteen or nineteen years old who had not yet married or engaged - it's truly rare. What reason could General Geng have for delaying until now?

  The sound of discussion and conversation filled the air as the procession continued to move forward. The young general rode his horse at a steady pace, neither fast nor slow, walking alongside the group of youths.

  The Geng family was extremely powerful in Luoyang, a force that far surpassed the various families of Chengdu. Therefore, all the young men and women, as well as the Chen family members, were eager to talk to him, hoping to win the favor of this outstanding young man from the Geng family.

  But General Geng's temperament was obviously a bit cold, he always had a solemn face, whoever asked him would be met with a cold glance. This way, anyone who tried to get close to him would be frozen out and unable to speak.

  After walking in silence for a while, General Geng kicked his horse's belly and approached Lu Yue's donkey cart again. He said coldly, "Last night, those people didn't come."

  Luo Ying shook her head and said in a low voice, "Maybe we guessed wrong." At this time, she felt that more eyes were cast on herself, even A Ti blinked curiously at her.

  At this moment, Lu Xuan slightly lowered her head, and although the action was not big, it clearly expressed her rejection.

  General Geng sensed her rejection and glanced at her, but instead of leaving on horseback, he just curled up the corner of his mouth.

  Just then, another sound of horseshoes came from behind.

  The sound of horseshoes was completely different from General Geng's group, this time the sound was fast, but with a comfortable rhythm in the midst of speed, and judging from the sound, there were at least hundreds of people coming.

  Lu Xuan turned her head back.

  At the end of the field of vision, smoke and dust rose to the sky. In a surging cavalry tide, there were more than ten horse-drawn carriages mixed in.

  Like Lu Xuan, General Geng also turned his head to look back. As he looked, his eyebrows slowly furrowed, and his eyes became even sharper.

  The troops behind were getting closer and closer.

  Looking at the team behind him, which was composed entirely of cavalry and horse-drawn vehicles, everyone looked at each other in dismay for a moment before Wen Qing turned to Lu Xue and asked, "Xue, do you think we should give way?"

  He didn't ask Chen Gong, the elder, about this matter, but instead asked Lu Xun, the woman. It turned out that Lu Xun had become their leader without anyone realizing it. The young general stared at Lu Xun for a moment before turning his head back to look at the carriage team. As he looked, he spoke up and said, "Let's avoid them after all."

  As soon as he spoke, Wang Shangwen and Chen's family immediately ordered the team to retreat to both sides of the official road, clearing out the middle path.

  After all, with General Geng's prestige, he could say "avoid it" and the identity of the visitor was obvious.

  In the rumbling, increasingly close hoofbeats, the young men and women suddenly found that their heartbeats also became excited with the rhythm.