Chapter 106: The Next Move

  Next set

  General Liu's words to General Zhao naturally entered Yin Ruofei's ears without a single mistake. This man, who was known for his kindness and elegance, suddenly revealed an expression that seemed like a smile but wasn't quite one. One of the twenty-eight guards who had come to report saw this and immediately felt a chill run down their spine, dryly laughed a few times, and then found an excuse to slip away.

  Rong Jingze didn't say a word either, holding onto his military book and reading it. This small matter could be handled with ease by Yin Ruofei. This kid has become more skilled in handling such matters over the past two years.

  As expected, Yin Ruofei nodded towards Rong Jingze and said, "Your Highness, I'll go out for a stroll."

  "Be careful, after all, they are the generals of my great dynasty." Rong Jingze said casually and lightly patted Yin Ruofei. Yin Ruofei nodded, he wouldn't be so careless, in front of the two armies, try to avoid hurting their own side, but some people can't be tolerated either.

  At this time, everyone had just finished eating. In the middle army's large tent, the marshal and several other high-ranking generals were discussing important matters while they ate, but neither Zé Wáng nor Yīn Ruò Fēi was among them.

  Ze Wang's food was mostly medicinal dishes that had to be cooked separately. As Yin Ruofei was his personal attendant, he naturally ate and slept with him together.

  Actually, Yin Ruofei had eaten several meals with everyone at the beginning. These people in the army were all old generals who had been marching and fighting for many years, and their eating speed was not ordinary. At first, Yin Haicheng and others thought that Yin Ruofei might not be able to eat enough this time, especially General Liu's group, who deliberately sat next to him, wanting to play a trick on him, snatching all the food before he could eat it.

  This point, in Yin Ruofei's view, is really childish. Yin Ruofei was robbed several times and didn't rush, there were many things that could still starve him, more importantly, those people had a few mouths.

  Soon, several people around him were holding steamed buns with both hands and couldn't even pick up chopsticks to eat. Yin Ruofei slowly picked up a steamed bun, held the chopsticks in one hand, and quickly ate away the hard goods from the few dishes in front of him.

  Yin Ruofei's eating speed was personally cultivated by Ze Wang, for the sake of joining the army. After months and years of practice, he had mastered the three words "stable, accurate, and ruthless". By the time those few people finished their steamed buns and picked up their chopsticks, the dishes in front of them were almost half empty, and the meat was nowhere to be seen. At this time, Yin Ruofei slowly wiped his mouth, full.

  Everyone ended the meal with a stunned expression, gritting their teeth. After several attempts to use their old tricks again, people realized that this kid didn't eat any slower than them, and it was unrealistic to make things difficult for him in this aspect. The consequence of competing with him was basically just leftover scraps waiting for them, and those scattered pieces of meat, nine out of ten blocks fell into his mouth.

  Having learned from these experiences, everyone finally grew a memory and opened their mouths to ask him to go eat with Ze Wang together. Of course, when making the proposal, they still had to beautify it as taking care of King Ye.

  Yin Ruofei naturally went to eat good food, the food of these generals was actually not much better than that of the small soldiers, and there were no fresh vegetables on this vast grassland, every day it was just some pickled vegetables, some root vegetables and a small amount of meat. Ze Wang's place was different, although the variety was not many, but the privileged class was good.

  Yin Ruofei had only taken a few laps around the courtyard when he saw people coming out of the main tent one after another, which meant that the matter had been settled and lunch was over.

  Yin Ruofei all the way with a smile and greeted everyone, after several months, most people got along very well with Yin Ruofei. The skill of getting along with people was not lacking in Yin Ruofei, but he was brave and good at fighting, which was the most important thing in the eyes of most generals and soldiers.

  Yin Ruofei was born into a good family, but he never put on airs, which made him very popular. I guess except for those who have guilty consciences, no one would think that Yin Ruofei is not good in any way.

  "General Liu, have you eaten?" Yin Ruo Fei smiled and opened his mouth. In front of so many people, even if General Liu had spoken ill of him behind his back, he would still greet him with a smile.

  General Liu snorted and turned around to leave, without leaving any face.

  Yin Ruofei's face stiffened for a moment, her lips pursed to conceal the hurt on her face, but she pretended nothing had happened and continued to greet others.

  Yin Ruofei didn't say anything, but the crowd that had just come out together, including General Zhao, all felt that General Liu was a bit too much. As a general, he was so much older than the other side, and bullying a child was nothing to brag about.

  Everything that happened in the past, everyone saw it with their own eyes, but they didn't say anything because of the other party's face. Although Yin Ruofei was born into a high-ranking family, he didn't have the usual arrogance of a noble son, and his demeanor was very grand, never mentioning this kind of thing. However, these people couldn't pretend to be oblivious.

  Several generals who were close to Yin Ruofei patted his shoulder heavily, "Little Fly, don't bother with him, he's just being sinister and humphing."

  "It's really a loss of face for our military leaders."

  Yin Ruofei smiled, with a hint of shyness on his face, "Thank you, uncles. This is just a small matter that I didn't take to heart. It must be my fault somewhere that made General Liu angry."

  Everyone spoke up, on the one hand criticizing General Liu, and on the other comforting Yin Ruofei. Look at their child, who is only in his teens, yet so sensible. Not only is he skilled in martial arts, but also has a magnanimous bearing. If I had such a good son myself, I would laugh with joy even in my sleep.

  Yin Ruofei took a look at the effect, and with that hint of shyness, bid farewell to everyone. Today his main purpose was just this, deliberately pretending to be calm and unintentionally revealing his grievances, just to make everyone feel a little soft-hearted and sympathetic.

  As for General Liu, the more he frowned and treated him coldly, the more he was despised by everyone.

  Yin Ruofei continued to stroll leisurely, running into a few soldiers on the way, chatting with them for a while, and unexpectedly making an appointment to exchange blows at the martial arts arena.

  Yin Ruofei's horseback riding skills were exceptionally strong, and his other martial arts skills were not weak either. With a long sword in hand, he leaped and bounded about, leaving onlookers dazzled. Gradually, people gathered around him, including many generals who had rushed over upon hearing the news. Some of them, excited by what they saw, even stepped forward to exchange a few moves with Yin Ruofei.

  As the crowd gathered around, Yin Ruofei caught a glimpse of General Zhao out of the corner of her eye and secretly smiled. Taking advantage of the exchange with her opponent, she struck General Zhao's thigh with a wooden stake without anyone noticing.

  "Ouch! What's that!" General Zhao was in high spirits, but suddenly felt a pain on his thigh. He looked down and didn't see anything on his leg, so he slapped it twice, thinking to himself that this mosquito was really vicious, managing to bite him through such thick clothing.

  Seeing that he had won, Yin Ruofei played for a while longer, then said he was tired and didn't want to compete anymore. Although the crowd was not satisfied, they nodded in agreement, thinking that it was about time to stop after playing for half a day. They chatted and laughed as they left in twos and threes.

  In this military camp, martial arts competitions are a common occurrence. Everyone spars with each other, and after battles, it's also a form of entertainment. Yin Haicheng also approves of this way of competing, as it allows for more practice and is like sharpening one's sword before battle.

  For several days in a row, Yin Ruofei remained calm and collected, eating and drinking as usual, fighting battles with the enemy army every day.

  Rong Jingze looked at Yin Ruofei incredulously, wondering why this kid, who had always been vengeful and never let go of a grudge, was being so magnanimous this time?

  "What's the king looking at me for?" Yin Ruo Fei didn't feel a bit embarrassed, but Rong Jing Ze's expression on his face clearly expressed his own doubts, and at this moment, Yin Ruo Fei could only pretend not to understand.

  "I'm watching Fei'er to see if she's harboring some evil intentions, otherwise why is she being so serious."

  "What a bad idea, I've always been the most honest one, how could I have a bad idea." Yin Ruofei's expression was as innocent and pure as possible, as if all those bad things that had happened before were not done by him.

  Rong Jingze nodded silently, without saying a word, but in his heart, he knew that this bad idea was going to be no small matter!

  "What's wrong with General Zhao?" Yīn Ruò Fēi looked at the food that was sent into the military tent and then sent back out again, untouched. She lifted the curtain and walked in.

  These past few days, he had passed by General Zhao's tent countless times, just to see what the situation was like. Sure enough, for many days in a row, General Zhao hadn't eaten in his main tent, but instead hid in his own quarters.

  Calculating the days, it should be around these few days. Yin Ruofei deliberately took a detour and arrived at this side. Taking a glance at the still intact wontons, he knew that the fire was almost ready.

  "Alas, my tooth..." General Zhao shook his head, his face contorted in pain. This was his old affliction; whenever he had a bit of heart fire, this tooth would immediately act up on him. At times like these, he couldn't even bite into the coarse dry crackers from the army's rations, let alone the steamed buns he had especially asked the cook to make for him.

  "Let me take a look." Yin Ruofei stepped forward, her fingers placed on General Zhao's wrist, her eyes narrowing slightly as she felt his pulse.

  "Does the young master also know medicine?" General Zhao was simply frightened by him.

  But he's just a half-grown child, how can he understand so much? At first, I thought he was following Master Hou to fight in the war, and that the Commander-in-Chief wanted to help his own son gain some military merit. Those deputy generals even whispered some sarcastic remarks behind their backs.

  Later, seeing this noble young master always hovering around that unutterably noble prince, was even more detestable. They were all rough people, most disgusted with those who fawned and flattered, if they wanted to curry favor with the prince, it would have been enough in the capital, yet they actually followed him all the way to the border, truly not letting go of any opportunity.

  But unexpectedly in the previous battle, it was originally necessary to have a divine archer, with rockets to sneak attack the enemy's grain and grass, to destroy the enemy's morale.

  This arrow is crucial to the overall attack, and this young lord actually volunteered himself, and the marshal also nodded in agreement.

  They worried that this beardless kid would mess things up, and tried to stop him several times, but unfortunately were blocked each time. Already furious, he secretly vowed that even if it meant giving up his general's position in the capital, he would impeach the marshal. General Long even personally took to the field for a trial by combat, just to publicly expose the truth about his opponent's eagerness for merit without any real ability.

  Who would have thought that Yin Ruofei's hundred-step piercing arrow would shock him so greatly. Not just him, but also the several deputy generals who were usually on good terms with him, all admitted that they didn't have the skill to shoot such a long distance, and still be so accurate. General Long was even more stunned, and from then on, he became Yin Ruofei's die-hard supporter.

  That's it.

  This young master, if he had been practicing archery since childhood, would probably be able to do it. But he happened to have excellent horsemanship too, and with a long spear in hand, he was invincible. Although he couldn't compare to the General, at his age, he was already outstanding.

  Even if these are common knowledge, how can this young master still know medicine?