On the day of the granted marriage, the daughter of a general wept and was reborn!

"Except marrying you."

Shen Wantang blurted out, not disguising the determination in her eyes at all.

Cen Xiao smiled calmly, with no anger on his face, but instead a hint of unquestionable doting.

Shen Wantang lowered his head, turned around and walked towards the county government office.

Cen Xiao followed and said with a calm smile: "Why doesn't Miss Shen want to marry me?"

"I have already explained the reason to you in the capital before. If you have forgotten, I don't mind explaining it again."

Shen Wantang spoke indifferently.

"That's not necessary." Cen Xiao raised his eyebrows and continued.

"Just tell me what news you want to find out." He just said those things just to tease Shen Wantang. Now that his goal has been achieved, it will be no fun to say more.

At night, a dead silence hovered over Hong County.

The moon was high in the sky, and a figure in black appeared in the streets of Hong County.

The patrolling officer just noticed it, but when he turned around, the dark shadow disappeared.

"Okay, don't worry about it. You never know, it's just a cat." The officers who were patrolling together did not want to cause any more trouble, so they turned around and continued their night patrol.

The black-clad figure headed straight for the county government office, seemingly already familiar with the route.

Boom, boom, boom.

A rhythmic sound came from the window, Shen Wantang woke up and sat up suddenly.

The window was opened and the man in black came in.

A kerosene lamp illuminated a corner of the room. A man in black came forward and said respectfully, "Miss."

He was the person who delivered the letter with Shen Wantang when they were in Mo County.

"Why are you here? What happened to father?" Shen Wantang asked hurriedly.

"General Shen is fine. The general asked me to tell you to be careful of Dai Ying and not to have too many conflicts with him, otherwise, the Minister of War will definitely make a big fuss about this."

The man in black spoke.

Shen Wantang could naturally handle this little matter clearly.

"Miss." The man in black hesitated to speak.

"What's wrong?" Shen Wantang asked.

"I heard that you want Cen Xiao to find out something for you." The black-clothed man's eyes moved, and he felt a little jealous. In the past, he would respectfully call him "Prince" out of etiquette, but now he calls him by his name.

"There are some things that only he can help with." Shen Wantang nodded.

"Miss, I can do it too." The man in black seemed to be competing with Cen Xiao.

"My connection with my father depends on you. It would be unfair to you if I asked you to do other things. Besides, your identity is too conspicuous." Shen Wantang frowned and spoke.

The man in black said nothing more, turned around and walked towards the window.

"Miss, take care." After leaving a sour remark, he jumped out and disappeared into the endless night.

The next morning, Shen Wantang took off the silk dress she usually wore and put on a crimson purple robe. Her long black hair was tied up high with a wooden hairpin. Apart from her fair face and her tall and strong figure that did not resemble a soldier, no one could recognize that she was a woman.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Cen Xiao leaning against the wall, his eyes fixed on Shen Wantang, and he raised his eyebrows and said, "I got the information you wanted to find out."

"Don't be in a hurry. Let's first listen to the scouts to see if there is any news." Shen Wantang said calmly and went straight to the front hall.

Dai Ying was waiting in the front hall early.

Looking at the empty seat, Cen Xiao raised his eyebrows - this time he was quite tactful.

"Scouts reported that the remnants of the rebel army near Hong County have fled to the mountain city. I'm afraid it won't be long before they come back again."

Dai Ying spoke first.

"Report!" A loud shout came from outside the hall, and then a scout hurried forward.

"General, the mountain city has already begun recruiting soldiers. The medicinal herbs of many herbal farmers near the mountain city have also been bought, and a lot of food and grass have also been collected."

The scout came forward to report,

It seems that this battle is not far away.

The last battle took place ten miles outside the city. If the rebels in the mountain city wanted to counterattack based on their numbers, they would probably choose to fight outside Hong County.

By then, the people in the city will probably...

"If a war breaks out, the food and grass in the city can last for half a month. It will take more than 20 days for the reinforcements to arrive here. I'm afraid they won't last until that time." Dai Ying frowned.

After being laughed at by Cen Xiao yesterday, he was busy all night and kept everything in the military camp in mind - he was just trying to save face.

"Let's send someone to take a look today to see if there is any food or fodder that can be collected nearby. We'll collect as much as we can." Cen Xiao said.

Collecting food and fodder requires military funds, but now there is very little military funds left.

It really is true that misfortunes never come singly.

"That's fine. We can collect as much of the remaining military funds as we can." Shen Wantang said firmly, "Gather the old, weak and women in the city, send officials to escort them to Mo County for refuge. If the young and strong want to join the army, they will be recruited immediately. If they don't want to, wait until the officials have escorted the old and weak, and then send them together."

Just listening to this, Cen Xiao couldn't help but frown.

The imperial court even cut back on military spending.

The soldiers fought for the court and risked their lives, but in the end, they did not have a good ending.

Thinking of this, Cen Xiao couldn't help but clench his fists.

"Is there any copper in the city?" Shen Wantang continued to ask.

"Yes, there is, but it is the real body of the God of Land in the land temple..." Dai Ying stammered.

Although I don’t know what Shen Wantang is going to do, looking at her attitude, it doesn’t seem like a good thing.

Preparations for war begin as soon as they are said to begin.

In order to better escort the elderly and the weak, everyone took out their carts and those who had mules at home also contributed them.

Once the old and weak are sent away, the city can begin to be laid out.

Shen Wantang stayed at the city gate day and night, supervising the soldiers to dig trenches and set up mechanisms on the gate tower.

"Sir, our Miss Shen is really willing to take risks."

Upstairs, seeing Shen Wantang coming to help, the deputy general couldn't help but admire him again and again.

As soon as he finished speaking, a slap landed on his head. Cen Xiao stared at him closely and said, "Instead of gossiping, why don't you go down and help."

The deputy general left in disappointment. A carrier pigeon circled above the city gate, fluttered twice, and then slowly landed beside Cen Xiao.

A secret letter was tied to the pigeon's feet.

After opening the secret letter and taking a look, Cen Xiao smiled indifferently.

As night fell, Shen Wantang returned to the county government office covered in dust and dirt.

"What you want." Cen Xiao ran out from somewhere and handed over the letter in his hand.

"In order to find out the news about Miss Shen, I have lost many secret agents. Miss Shen, how do you plan to compensate me?"

Cen Xiao walked beside Shen Wantang, raised his eyebrows and asked inquiringly.

Shen Wantang pretended not to hear and hurriedly opened the letter.

The leader of the rebel army was indeed Prince Duanxian’s old subordinate—Chen Kangjian!

Shen Wantang's eyes darkened, and his heart sank as well.