The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 989 - 224: The Eyeball Fell Out_3

Chapter 989: Chapter 224: The Eyeball Fell Out_3

The pastry was fragrant and crumbly, melting in the mouth as soon as one bit into it.

"Delicious!" Pei Qin finished one piece in three bites and reached for another.

Li Shun and Zhou Jian were still waiting outside, "Didn’t General Mo say he was bringing us over to meet General Pei? Why has he abandoned us here?"

Outside the door stood only two Protectors, not even a master in sight.

The two had been waiting a while and grew anxious upon seeing a maid carry pastries to the inner courtyard. Had General Mo left them here to enjoy tea snacks by himself!? After all, General Pei had gone to recuperate from poisoning and wasn’t even residing at General Mo’s residence!

Suddenly, both recalled during the march how attentive General Mo had been toward their general, even hunting wild geese for them to eat when mentioned in passing, which once displeased General Dou.

Though General Mo had the celestial appearance of a deity, it was an existence that conflicted fiercely with theirs. Could it be that because of this conflict, General Mo had secretly confined their general in his estate? That was why he preferred living in Daxing instead of Capital Jingcheng!?

Could it be their general had resisted being subordinate to General Mo, and out of anger, General Mo had imprisoned him!?

It had to be said, their imaginations were running wild.

When Lu Hai came to fetch them, they were still puzzled. Their general had indeed been imprisoned by General Mo! A man as handsome and divine as General Mo turned out to be so cruel and sadistic, imprisoning those he couldn’t possess!?

True, their general was not proficient in martial arts, and General Mo was unfathomably powerful. How could their general possibly escape his confinement!? And Lu Hai, he must have switched sides already, right!?

The two exchanged glances, not taking a closer look at Lu Hai, and followed him to the inner courtyard. Now inside, it seemed their general had indeed lost his freedom. How could they rescue him if he, under coercion or delusion, didn’t want to leave!? Especially since General Mo was genuinely... quite charismatic and bold.

Upon entering the room, a wave of warmth hit them, causing them to freeze in shock, staring wide-eyed at the person seated.

"Your eyeballs will fall out if you keep staring like that!" Pei Qin warned.

Zhou Jian blinked, then looked again—their general was a woman!? The voice was unmistakably the same.

Li Shun was more direct, rubbing his eyes repeatedly and staring intently at Pei Qin, he whispered tentatively, "General?"

Pei Qin raised an eyebrow, "Your eyeballs are really about to fall out! Just the two of you, where are Liu Gang and Zhao Shanqing?"

It was indeed their general!?

"You... you... General! How did you turn into a woman!?" Li Shun stammered. The fair-skinned, delicate lady before him was unexpectedly... their general...

Pei Qin chuckled, "How about that! I do make a convincing man, don’t I!"

Not just convincing; she was exactly like a man! They hadn’t suspected a thing because she was more mannish than actual men!

Glancing at the cold-eyed, stern-faced Mo Heng, a dreadful premonition arose in them.

"What? Do you still have designs on my wife?" Mo Heng said coldly.

The two hurriedly shook their heads. His wife? Their general was known as Pei Hansan, General Mo’s wife... Someone named Madam Yuanyang, surnamed Pei...

No wonder General Mo had been so attentive to their general... Their general was a woman, General Mo’s wife!

The two suddenly thought of Dou He, who wanted to interfere, and looking at Mo Heng’s expression, they suddenly sympathized with Dou He. Perhaps General Dou didn’t know their general was a woman. So... it wasn’t General Mo who was in trouble, but General Dou!?

Li Shun felt a tremor in his heart, their general, the legendary deity general known as General Pei, whom even Wa Ci dreaded, was actually a woman. If their fellow soldiers found out, they’d surely be astounded.

Zhou Jian couldn’t help but take another couple of looks at Pei Qin, finding it hard to imagine that this pale, still recovering woman was the same Deity General Pei Hansan of Mortar Barracks.

Seeing Mo Heng’s gaze sweep over, Zhou Jian shivered and quickly asked, "General... has your injury healed?" as the sweat began dripping from his forehead.

"It’s healed! Just still feel a bit cold. You’ve come at the right time, I just finished preparing this batch of ammunition. Take it to Mortar Barracks for loading, and make sure the shells are strictly controlled; there must be no errors whatsoever!" Pei Qin gestured for them to sit down.

Glancing at Mo Heng, the two didn’t dare behave as casually as on the march and sat attentively below.

A maid hurried in, "Sister Xuedong! A man named Dou He is outside, saying if you don’t let him in, he’ll just barge through."

Pei Qin’s mouth twitched, it seemed they were in for troubled times.

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