Yu Jin Chang An (With Jin's Chang'An)

Chapter 1

In the camp, after having lunch, the soldiers were all resting. Li Shuang was worried about the approaching winter. With its cold weather and insufficient food reserves in the Western borders, fearing they might raid various places in the Great Jin border to seize grain. Her worries were just worries. There was still over a month before the real harsh winter to set in, so there wasn't much to work to do in the camp.

Li Shuang casually picked up a booklet from a stack of military documents.

Since childhood, Li Shuang had been raised by her father as a boy. Skilled in martial arts and wielding a spear, she was more formidable than many young masters. She didn't have many girlish traits, except for her fondness for reading these booklets, which matched her interests perfectly. Whether it was the scandalous stories circulating in the streets, the romantic affairs of literati, the grudges and grievances of martial heroes, or the strange tales of gods and ghosts, she didn't discriminate. She found them all equally fascinating.

The desolation of the northern frontier was somewhat eased by the few booklets Li Shuang brought from the capital.

Li Shuang was engrossed in reading despite the finger injured by the child's bite. Her focus was interrupted by heavy footsteps outside.

Without knocking, Luo Teng pushed aside the door curtain and stormed in, "General! I knew it was a bad idea to bring that brat back today! As soon as he woke up, someone came to complain to me!"

Clearing her throat discreetly, Li Shuang quietly hid the book under the table, then looked up and asked Luo Teng seriously, "What happened?"

"I sent a sergeant to take care of him. The sergeant instructed two soldiers to go over, but I heard that he overturned the food sent to him and even beat up the two soldiers, injuring them seriously. With my temper, I'd just cut down this kind of ungrateful wolf, but he's someone you picked up..."

Li Shuang nodded, "Hmm, I'll go take a look."

As Li Shuang stepped into the small tent, she was quite startled. The child was bound from head to toe like a zongzi, lying on the bed, with only his head free to breathe. The food on the ground was in a mess, trampled upon. Everyone in the room surrounded him, still showing some vigilance. One could imagine how much trouble the child had caused before.

Li Shuang found it amusing and asked, "What's going on here?"

The soldiers in the room turned to look at her, quickly making way and saluting her.

Outside the tent, as Li Shuang's figure appeared, the child's gaze was fixed on her. At this moment, without any obstruction, the child unabashedly stared into her eyes, his gaze containing complex emotions that didn't seem like those of a child.

With just one glance, Li Shuang could tell that this child had an extraordinary past.

She glanced at the scattered food on the ground and asked the child, "Are you afraid someone poisoned your food?"

The sergeant scratched his head beside her, "General, it seems like this child is mute. He didn't say anything just now..."

"Yes."

The child's voice rang out clear and distinct, like a slap to the sergeant's face. He glanced at the child, gritted his teeth, and stepped aside without saying another word.

Li Shuang chuckled when she heard this: "Is it necessary to poison you? There are a lot of knives in this room, which one can't stab you to death?" said Li Shuang and casually pulled out the knife of a sergeant next to her. Everyone watched her stunned. At this moment, she swung her broad knife forward they were immediately frightened, their faces turned pale, thinking that the general who cherished military provisions was about to chop the child.