Fire Captain

The food and grass sent back by Bai Ziyang before, plus the cotton clothes and quilts sent by Liu Xiyin this time, just solved the urgent need of the army. Bai Ziyang came back to report to Ye Zhao first. Ye Zhao said happily when he saw Bai Ziyang, "That's great. The food and grass you sent back just solved my urgent need. The soldiers who were sent out to check the transportation of food and grass by the court reported that there was too much snow in a place before, and the mountain road was blocked. I am afraid it will take a few days..."

Bai Ziyang nodded and said, "It's fine as long as it doesn't delay the soldiers' meals... I stopped by Yongguan City this time and met Miss Liu..."

Ye Zhao was looking down at the sand table. After hearing Bai Ziyang's words, he asked casually: "Cousin? Um...what's wrong with my cousin?..."

Bai Ziyang said: "Aren't you wondering how the military funds you gave us are enough?"

Ye Zhao looked up at Bai Ziyang in confusion and said, "Ah?..."

Bai Ziyang frowned and said, "This is all thanks to Miss Liu. Miss Liu called on the women and children in Yongguan City to donate money and labor to raise military funds for you. She also rushed to make this batch of cotton clothes and quilts. She wrote to you before to explain this matter!"

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "Really? My cousin is amazing. Please thank her for me later!"

"You!" Bai Ziyang glared at Ye Zhao and said, "That's it? It's over?"

"Uh..." Ye Zhao thought for a moment and asked blankly, "What else?"

"Hmph!" Bai Ziyang felt like he was hitting cotton. He was neither angry nor upset. He turned around and left.

When Qiuhua and Qiushui entered the tent, they saw Bai Ziyang leaving angrily and shouted, "The military advisor is back..." Unfortunately, before they could finish their words, Bai Ziyang had disappeared.

Qiu Hua Qiu Shui asked Ye Zhao in confusion after entering the tent: "General, why is the military advisor so angry? Did you offend him?"

Ye Zhao scratched his head and said, "...I didn't offend him! Is he angry? Maybe there is something urgent?"

Qiu Hua and Qiu Shui looked at each other and said, "Is that so? He clearly looks furious."

In the following two years, Bai Ziyang continued to follow Ye Zhao in his campaigns and gradually recovered the eighteen border states occupied by the Liao army. Moreover, as Ye Zhao's reputation grew, the title of the Living King of Hell gradually frightened the Liao army, and even some town garrisons surrendered without a fight when they saw Ye Zhao leading his troops.

Bai Ziyang often led the troops, and fought his way in and out of the army of millions. Although it was a bit exaggerated, he did not fail to kill generals and seize commanders in the army. Moreover, no one could stop him, so the nickname "Monkey" was completely known, which made Bai Ziyang very helpless...

In the past two years, Liu Tiantuo was ordered to guard Yongguan City, so whenever Ye Zhao needed to communicate with Liu Tiantuo or Liu Xiyin, and Ye Zhao, as the commander, could not easily leave the barracks, Bai Ziyang took the initiative to volunteer to do it. It was not that others had not thought about doing it for him, but the key was that they could not compete with Bai Ziyang. Later, fortunately, others did not compete with him. It was strange that Bai Ziyang would always push away or avoid other trivial matters on weekdays, but why was he so active in this matter? It was a pity that among this group of rough men, except Hu Qing, no one could see through Bai Ziyang's mind...

"Brother Bai is here!"

Liu Xiyin was brewing tea on the stone table in the back garden. The table was filled with tea sets. It was obvious that although Liu Xiyin was alone, she had gone through all the steps of tea art, from washing her hands and calming her mind, to boiling spring water, to… adding water and making it fragrant, etc. This showed her seriousness and taste for life…

Bai Ziyang found Liu Xiyin's smooth movements extremely pleasing to the eye.

Liu Xiyin handed the brewed tea to Bai Ziyang. In the past few years, Bai Ziyang occasionally visited Liu Tiantuo, so he was already very familiar with the Liu family. Liu Xiyin only greeted him at the beginning, and did not stand up to greet him like before. Bai Ziyang liked this casual feeling...

Bai Ziyang took a sip of the tea and praised, "Hmm... it's the snow water from the plum blossoms on the winter solstice... the snow water cloud tea outside Dongling Pass, was it the one I sent last time?"

Liu Xiyin smiled upon hearing this and said, "Of course I can't hide it from you!"

After Bai Ziyang finished the remaining tea in one gulp, he said, "The tea leaves from the Snow Ridge paired with the snow water accumulated over the years make it even more chilling. Good tea, good water, and good workmanship!"

Liu Xiyin filled Bai Ziyang's teacup and said, "The tea sent by Brother Bai is still the best. Otherwise, even the best snow water I have would be useless."

Bai Ziyang placed his elbows on the stone table, propped up his head with his hands, looked at Liu Xiyin and said, "Why don't you ask me why I came here this time?"

Liu Xiyin looked at Bai Ziyang doubtfully, then her eyes suddenly lit up and she asked Bai Ziyang anxiously, "But did Ah Zhao write to me?"

Bai Ziyang was choked back at what he wanted to say, and he curled his lips speechlessly and said, "My dear Miss, didn't I bring you a letter when I came here last month? Do you think Ye Zhao is the kind of person who would remember to write a letter?"

Liu Xiyin said with a little disappointment: "Yes, Ah Zhao is busy with the war. When he is serious, he doesn't even have time to eat..."

Bai Ziyang looked at the girl in front of him. As he expected, the girl who had grown up over the past few years became more and more beautiful. What was even more rare was that such a beautiful girl was also so smart, kind, gentle and quiet, which made people fall in love with her more and more. Unfortunately... every time he talked to Liu Xiyin, nine out of ten sentences were about her mentioning Ye Zhao...

Bai Ziyang interrupted Liu Xiyin and said, "Besides Ye Zhao, have you ever thought of anything else?"

Liu Xiyin was stunned for a moment and then said, "Anything else? ...Anything else?"

Bai Ziyang said: "For example... your future life... what kind of person do you want to be with, and what kind of life do you want to live?"

Liu Xiyin glanced at Bai Ziyang and did not answer his question. Instead, she took out a handkerchief and said, "Can you help me give this handkerchief to Ah Zhao?"

Bai Ziyang took the handkerchief and took a look. There were a few emerald green leaves embroidered on the plain white handkerchief, and there were two lines of small words next to it: A piece of brocade handkerchief for you to know, the horizontal and vertical silks are made of silk.

Bai Ziyang couldn't help but smile bitterly and sigh in his heart. What a smart girl... Just based on his tentative words just now, she knew what he was thinking. With a simple action, she not only revealed his feelings, but also expressed his determination. In addition, she also rejected him tactfully, and at the same time, she didn't have to worry about her misunderstanding his intentions and feelings... Killing three birds with one stone. Although this is a small matter, it can be seen from the small that it is big. She is really more clever than Bi Gan, and her illness is three times worse than Xi Shi's...

Bai Ziyang put away the handkerchief and said, "I will bring it to Ye Zhao for you, but I can't guarantee whether she can understand what you mean..."

Liu Xiyin looked into the distance and said softly, "He will understand... He once promised me..."

Bai Ziyang looked at Liu Xiyin's expression. At this moment, he almost blurted out that Ye Zhao was a woman. Reason told him to swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth. First, even if Ye Zhao's identity was exposed, it should be Ye Zhao himself who said it, and not him leaking it privately without her consent or knowledge. Secondly, Liu Xiyin and Ye Zhao had known each other since childhood and must trust Ye Zhao more than him. If he said it now, Liu Xiyin would definitely not believe it. Maybe she would think that Bai Ziyang deliberately discredited Ye Zhao when his confession failed. Thirdly... Bai Ziyang didn't want to be a person who gossiped about others behind their backs and gave people the impression of a villain... He still had self-esteem and pride, although he felt it was useless...

After Bai Ziyang returned to the military camp, he first came to Ye Zhao's tent. Ye Zhao was explaining things to Qiu Hua Qiu Shui. Bai Ziyang rushed in and punched Ye Zhao as soon as he saw him, hitting Ye Zhao right on the eye socket. Logically speaking, with Ye Zhao's martial arts, although he could not beat Bai Ziyang, he would not be hit by Bai Ziyang. Maybe... we can only say that Bai Ziyang's hands are too fast...

At that time, not only Ye Zhao was stunned, Qiu Hua and Qiu Shui were also stunned. After reacting for a while, they hurried forward to hold Bai Ziyang and said, "Military Advisor, what's going on?"

Ye Zhao also covered his eyes and shouted, "Monkey, what are you crazy about?"

Bai Ziyang let Qiuhua and Qiushui pull him without moving. He didn't intend to hit Ye Zhao. After all, he couldn't beat her to death. He just sighed, "What a scumbag..."

Ye Zhao was confused and said, "What are you talking about... You hit me as soon as you came in. Who did I provoke you? Why are you so angry with me?"

Bai Ziyang signaled Qiu Hua and Qiu Shui to let him go. Qiu Hua and Qiu Shui looked at each other and saw that Bai Ziyang looked normal, as if he was no longer "crazy", so they slowly let him go.

Bai Ziyang took out a handkerchief from his arms and threw it on Ye Zhao's face, saying, "Here, this is a gift from Xiyin!"

Ye Zhao took the handkerchief in a bad mood and said without even looking at it: "Is that why you did this? What is this?" He then shook out the handkerchief and turned it over and over, reading: "Yi Fang...what...Jun something...Heng Ye Si Lai...what else...It's pretty good-looking, my cousin gave it to me!"

Bai Ziyang had a sour face. How could he forget that Ye Zhao was still half illiterate? He said, "It's a piece of silk handkerchief for you to know. It's a silk handkerchief. It's a woman's euphemism for expressing her feelings for her lover and her thoughts. Do you understand?"

"Ah...ah...?!" Ye Zhao opened his mouth and uttered twice. He was confused for a moment, then he realized what was going on. He was a little dumbfounded...What was going on? She didn't know either?