New and dark light years

Chapter 298 I'll Go Back First
Li Yanjing said strangely, "Isn't this what they call strange creatures? They have eccentric personalities and are unapproachable, etc."

"Really?" Li Lin still found it a bit strange: "Then what exactly did you two 'agree' to discuss?"

Li Yanjing replied, "I told it that I wanted to stay here for a while, and that we would not bother each other. It agreed."

“But the way he looks at me is always strange.” Li Lin thought for a moment and said, “It’s like he’s making fun of me.”

"Probably not." Li Yanjing looked at Li Lin and said, "Ghosts generally don't pay much attention to living people, especially those ghosts that others can't see. Think about Sister Liu, besides you, who has she ever given a second glance?"

"Perhaps it's just my imagination," Li Lin chuckled.

"My lord, it's getting dark now, let's rest."

Her eyes were bright, and she had an expectant expression on her face.

"Then you have to hold it in and not make a sound."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

……

The next day arrived quickly. Li Lin stepped out of the tent and stretched.

He slept well in the second half of the night; after all, you sleep better after a hard day's work—that's an ironclad rule.

Upon stepping outside, Li Lin saw smoke rising from the chimneys of the military camp. As he pondered where to have breakfast, a man who appeared to be a personal guard approached him.

"Commander Li, the General requests your presence."

"Commander-in-Chief" is just a convenient title, referring to someone who is in charge within a certain faction of the military.

It is not a specific official position.

Mu Yi's tent was not far away. Li Lin walked over and found that the curtain of the tent was open, and Mu Yi was sitting inside, eating meat porridge.

Upon seeing Li Lin, he waved and said, "Come in."

Li Lin went in.

"Please take a seat."

Li Lin sat down opposite Mu Yi in a very natural and open manner.

Mu Yi smiled and said, "Let's eat together. Your Southern Route troops probably haven't had their breakfast ready yet."

"Row."

Li Lin was indeed a little hungry.

A large bowl of mutton porridge was brought over.

To be honest, the mutton porridge had a gamey smell, but in this world, being able to eat mutton porridge in a military camp was already pretty good.

Li Lin took a couple of sips and asked, "Mr. Mu, did you rest well last night?"

Mu Yi rolled her eyes at him, annoyed: "Not good in the first half of the night, but barely acceptable in the second half."

Li Lin felt somewhat embarrassed.

Although Yan Jing tried her best to remain silent, she still made some noises when she was deeply moved.

“We’re still in the main camp, so I won’t say anything if you act absurdly,” Mu Yi said in a low voice. “But the army will set off tomorrow, so we can’t do this anymore.”

Li Lin nodded: "I understand."

"To be honest, when I first heard your name and learned that you were the son-in-law of Prefect Huang, I wasn't very optimistic about you," Mu Yi said with a smile. "Although Prefect Huang repeatedly assured me that you were very steady and reliable, you are still too young after all. But now it seems that you are indeed very reliable."

Li Lin was somewhat curious about Mu Yi's identity.

Although this person is afraid of ghosts, the fact that he could appear in the backyard of the Huang family suggests that he is not a simple person, and at least not someone lower than the Huang family.

Could he be a scion of a prominent family in the capital?

This is very likely.

Seeing Li Lin's slightly thoughtful expression, Mu Yi smiled and said, "Her Majesty the Empress also has the surname Mu, so you understand now, right?"

Li Lin suddenly realized that's how it was.

Although Consort Rong was more favored in the harem, the Empress was indeed someone else.

The Empress was a low-profile woman, and very little news about her circulated, so not many people knew about her.

"I really don't know." Li Lin put down his bowl, cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, and then continued drinking his porridge.

Seeing Li Lin's calm demeanor, Mu Yi continued, "What are your thoughts on this southern expedition?" "I'm not very good at big picture strategies," Li Lin replied, finishing his meat porridge and placing the bowl on the small table.

Mu Yi said seriously, "Don't worry about anything. We are all in the same camp now. It's no exaggeration to say that we are in the same boat. You can speak your mind freely."

Li Lin laughed and said, "Only through wind and rain can we weather the storm together. It seems that even President Mu isn't too optimistic about this southern expedition."

Mu Yi was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head helplessly: "You people who have worked your way up are really something. I couldn't help but let you find my weakness."

At this point, Mu Yi's expression turned somewhat disappointed: "I really don't have much confidence in this southern expedition. The general is not a skilled warrior, and the military governor and governor who assist him are just civil officials who don't understand warfare very well. I don't have much confidence in them."

Li Lin asked, "Who is the Great General?"

"Guan Lijie, Guan Weibu!"

"Deployment?" Li Lin was taken aback: "Commander of the Imperial Guards?"

Mu Yi nodded.

Generally speaking, those who could be called "deployers" were civil officials who came from the Imperial Guard, or those who were civil officials who governed the army.

"What about the military governor and the pacification commissioner?"

"They were all civil servants."

"Aren't there any capable generals with formal military backgrounds in important positions?"

Mu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Chief of Staff Yu... does that count?"

"Yu Youqing?"

Mu Yi nodded.

Having served as an official for a year and as a military commander for half a year, Li Lin had been gradually learning about the world and the information about the forces he belonged to.

Yu Youqing...a descendant of General Yu, a famous general who fought against the Northern Expedition in the previous dynasty, and also a legitimate descendant of the 'Yu Family Spear Technique' learned by Li Lin.

Well, this person was indeed a military general, but to say he was particularly skilled is debatable.

After all, it's all too common for ancestors to be great while their descendants are mediocre.

"I hope we'll be assigned to General Yu's command," Li Lin said with a smile.

Even if Yu Youqing is mediocre, he is still a proper military officer with a family background in scholarship. By all accounts, he is more reliable than those civil officials who like romance and poetry.

Mu Yi nodded: "That's what I thought too, so before I came here, I sent some money to my superiors."

Li Lin was taken aback for a moment, then clasped his hands in a fist and said, "I admire you, I admire you."

Mu Yi burst into laughter.

It feels good to be genuinely flattered.

At that moment, soldiers jogged over from a distance.

He bowed and said, "Commander Mu, Commander Fang has found out some things and requests your presence... and also requests that Supervisor Li come over."

"I've just finished eating, so I'll go take a look," Mu Yi said with a smile.

Having said that, the two men stood up and followed the messenger.

Before long, they arrived at a camp.

The atmosphere here is somewhat somber.

A line of two hundred spearmen surrounded a tent.

The person standing on the outermost circle who looked like a military officer was Fang Fengzhi.

Li Lin and Mu Yi walked over.

Mu Yi asked seriously, "What happened that requires so many people to point weapons at their comrades?"

As soon as Fang Fengzhi saw the two of them, he jogged over.

He had already put on a full set of bright armor and a helmet.

“There’s something strange in that tent…” Fang Fengzhi said, swallowing hard.

At this moment, Mu Yi's expression changed drastically. He subconsciously took two steps back and then looked at Li Lin.

"Supervisor Li, I'm leaving you here... I'll head back now."

(End of this chapter)