"In the military camp, you get used to it!" Lu Yuanfeng said with a hearty laugh.
"Why are you up so early? Why don’t you sleep a bit more?" Lu Yuanfeng asked with concern.
"No more sleep for me, I’m fine!" Mu Shuangshuang replied.
"Oh dear, your hair is wet. Come inside with me, I’ll dry it for you!"
Mu Shuangshuang led Lu Yuanfeng back to her room.
At this time, her room was just the same as it was last night.
The quilt was neatly folded, and the furnishings inside hadn’t changed a bit.
Mu Shuangshuang took a cotton towel out of the wardrobe to help Lu Yuanfeng dry his hair.
In ancient times, regardless of gender, hair was long, unlike modern men with their simple, fresh short hair that sometimes doesn’t even need drying.
She had Lu Yuanfeng sit in front of the dressing table while she carefully dried his hair.
Once his hair was dry, she chatted with him, listening to him talk about the happenings in the camp.
"In the military camp, have a lot of things happened since I left?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"Yes, the first two battles were especially tough! The soldiers of Wei Dynasty are like walls of iron; I even felt that if not for Wei Feng’s maneuver, the Wei Army might have marched south! We might not even have been able to protect the capital!"
The Wei Dynasty revered martial prowess and was ruthless and brave; even the children were not to be underestimated.
The people of the Ning Dynasty were gentle and weak, no match for that crowd.
Lu Yuanfeng even thought that if the Ning Dynasty did not intensify military training after this, it would inevitably be swallowed up in the tides of history.
"Fengzi, in my era, there was also a dynasty similar to the Wei Dynasty thousands of years ago!"
Mu Shuangshuang was referring to the Qin Dynasty, and many of the current policies of the Wei Dynasty were much like Qin’s Shang Yang reforms.
Valuing warfare, rewarding military merits, and using the number of enemies killed as a condition for promotion and nobility.
For the common people, it was a perfect opportunity to climb upward.
Some were even willing to risk life and limb on the battlefield for these military merits.
A military unit with many such fearless men could be said to possess terrifying combat power.
"A similar dynasty? What happened to it later?" Lu Yuanfeng asked, looking curious.
He was full of curiosity about Shuangshuang’s world’s things.
Gender equality, freedom of thought.
There was even a carriage that could travel from Er Gui Village to Dayu Village in a single day.
These things appeared as mysterious as deities to Lu Yuanfeng.
"It unified the Six Kingdoms and became the ruler of the world!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
The Qin State initially relied on the combat strength of its own people, combined with good strategic command, plus a generation of hero Ying Zheng, and it all led to the creation of a unified state in the end due to the right time, place, and people.
The Wei Dynasty had too many similarities with the Qin Dynasty, and perhaps its final fate would be the same!
Lu Yuanfeng was stunned by Mu Shuangshuang’s words.
He was even a bit worried whether the Ning Dynasty would perish and if he would one day become a citizen of a fallen state.
"Fengzi, when a country has been divided for a long time, it must unite; and after being united for a long time, it must divide. If you want to become a general, take up your sword and shield to protect every inch of your country.
If someday you can’t reverse the trend of unification, then go with it! The heavenly way has its cycles!"
As a modern person, Mu Shuangshuang could see the direction of history more clearly than Lu Yuanfeng.
However, if that day truly came, she would also fight with everything she had to prevent it from happening.
After all, the fate of a conquered citizen is never good!
Lu Yuanfeng heard her words and committed them all to memory.
"By the way, what about Wen Nantian and Wen Xiaoya?" Mu Shuangshuang suddenly asked.
"Wen Nantian was escorted back to the Capital! Mr. Xue said that only the Emperor can sentence him. We all have to wait for the Emperor’s judgment on him!
As for Wen Xiaoya, she should have returned to the Capital along with her father!"
Lu Yuanfeng left in a hurry and wasn’t clear about many things in the camp.
Especially about Wen Nantian and Wen Xiaoya.
"Wen Nantian has done so many wrongs, it’s only fitting he be punished!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"If there were more generals like him in the military camp, the soldiers at the bottom would have no way to survive!"
"Yes, those innocent soldiers who died away from home followed him, losing their lives in vain! Their families will remain immersed in the pain of losing them for the rest of their lives..."
Speaking of those brothers, Lu Yuanfeng’s voice choked a bit.
A man does not easily shed tears, only when deeply grieved.
These men had devoted their best youth to the military camp, yet did not die on the battlefield.
Truly a tragedy.
"Fortunately, Mr. Xue said he would petition the court for more compensation for them! With that money, their families will have a slightly better life!" Lu Yuanfeng said.
"Yes!" Mu Shuangshuang nodded.
"By the way, Shuangshuang, what about you? What has happened since you returned?" Lu Yuanfeng asked curiously.
His gaze fell on Mu Shuangshuang’s face.
She hadn’t changed a bit during the months they hadn’t seen each other.
Still young and beautiful.
Yet still dressed in simple clothes.
"The day I came back, I passed through the county town and went to the fourth house to see Xiaxia, but who knew I would encounter Xiao Chu missing.
Saying he went missing, but in fact, it was Mrs. Jin who did a bad thing. To get back at the fourth house, she first abducted Xiao Chu, then lured Xiaxia to the brothel. In between, she even tricked Xiaxia out of a hundred taels of silver!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"My God, how could Mrs. Jin be so vicious? Xiao Chu is her nephew too!" Lu Yuanfeng was stunned.
"Indeed! My fourth aunt almost went mad! Zheng Zhi and I put a lot of effort into rescuing them!
In the midst, there were many incidents; my fourth aunt went insane, my fourth uncle collapsed..."
Mu Shuangshuang recounted the deeds of Mrs. Jin and Mu Dade one by one to Lu Yuanfeng.
After hearing them, Lu Yuanfeng was frightened by these two people.
He had seen bad people, but never ones so bad as these.
"In short, up till now, Xiao Chu hasn’t been found!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Ah, a mother separated from her child, what immense pain it must be, akin to having one’s heart gouged out! Mu Dade is truly despicable!" Lu Yuanfeng said.
"More than just despicable, he has a child with Ruan Xiao Jiao, cuckolding the County Magistrate, and even Taohua can only hide in our village now, afraid to go to the town or the county!" Mu Shuangshuang loudly condemned Mu Dade.
Towards Mu Dade, she had nothing but disgust and hatred!
"So what’s Shuangshuang going to do?" Lu Yuanfeng asked.
He knew Shuangshuang’s temperament; this matter wouldn’t be left unsettled.
She certainly already had a plan on how to deal with Mu Dade,
"There is indeed a way, and it doesn’t even need my intervention! However, we must wait!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Wait!?"
"My uncle has become the steward of the county town’s docks, involved in embezzlement, and permitting smuggling! All these crimes are known to the County Magistrate! They are just waiting for the right time to capture them!" Mu Shuangshuang said.