New and dark light years

Chapter 303 Chaos
About half an hour later, Li Lin arrived at the commander's tent.

He was the last to arrive; the commanders of the other three armies had already arrived.

He already knew Zhang Qi, the military commander of the western route; the remaining ones were the military commanders of the eastern and northern routes.

Upon seeing Li Lin, Mu Yi smiled and said, "Commander Li has finally arrived. Let me introduce you all: Li Lin, Commander of the Southern Route Army."

"I, Li, greet all my colleagues," Li Lin said with a clasped fist and a smile.

At this moment, a burly man with a large belly clasped his hands and smiled, saying, "Guo Yuan, Commander of the Northern Route Army."

A thin, middle-aged man clasped his hands in a fist and smiled, saying, "Qu Wenjie, Commander of the Eastern Route Army."

"Greetings, Supervisor Guo and Supervisor Qu." Li Lin clasped his hands in greeting to the two men and then sat down.

Guo Yuan patted his large belly and laughed, "Supervisor Li, I have long admired your reputation. You are a role model for us all."

Upon hearing this, Qu Wenjie chuckled.

Li Lin is now certain that the phrase "role model for our generation" is no longer a compliment.

Moreover, he guessed that it was probably related to his father-in-law.

He wasn't particularly angry about it.

If you put yourself in his shoes, you would also feel a bit resentful.

He was a commoner, but just because he married the daughter of a prefect, he was able to become a military commander within half a year. He was also a ninth-rank civil official and held the position of county lieutenant.

For an average person to reach this level, even someone with some talent, it would take several years of hard work.

Fang Fengzhi, for example, was already over thirty years old and still a member of the Fang family, yet he only managed to become a commander.

Although Fang Fengzhi is not the eldest son of the legitimate wife, Li Lin is only the son-in-law. The two are equally matched.

As a result... Li Lin climbed even higher.

This is already something that makes people very envious in Jin County.

Li Lin smiled nonchalantly, cupped his fists in a gesture of respect, and said, "It's all just luck."

He was being modest, but some people didn't like his dismissive attitude.

Qu Wenjie couldn't help but say, "It's better to be steady and pragmatic in life. Taking shortcuts will ultimately lead to a lower level of success."

After these words were spoken, everyone else fell silent.

Li Lin looked at Qu Wenjie, then smiled and said, "I've learned a lot."

Qu Wenjie nodded: "After this battle, it would be better for you to resign from your position as military commander. If you are interested in learning, you can come to my tent later, and I will teach you the principles of life."

Even Li Lin's expression turned strange.

Mu Yi quickly said, "Qu Dujian is probably joking."

Guo Yuan, with his potbelly, couldn't hold back any longer. He looked at Qu Wenjie and said in surprise, "I can understand why Supervisor Li rose so quickly. But how did someone with your personality, Supervisor Qu, manage to get to this position?"

Qu Wenjie said calmly, "Naturally, it's been a gradual process, taking one step at a time."

“Even so, I still can’t understand how you were able to become the Supervisor.” Guo Yuan shook his head vigorously.

Qu Wenjie looked at Guo Yuan: "Commander Guo, do you doubt my abilities?"

"A bit..."

Qu Wenjie frowned, about to speak.

At this moment, Mu Yi coughed twice and said, "Everyone has their own destiny, and it's not good for others to make arbitrary judgments. Let's talk about something romantic and pleasant. Once the war starts, it will be difficult to return to the place in a year or two. You all must have been to brothels, right? Can you introduce me to some pretty girls?"

As he finished speaking, Mu Yi's expression turned somewhat lewd.

Guo Yuan laughed and said, "The beautiful Miao Jie'er, I will naturally take her home... If the Grand Commander is interested, you can come to my place after the war, and you can choose any of my concubines to take with you."

In the Great Qi Dynasty, concubines had no human rights; their masters could give them away whenever they wanted.

"Thank you very much," Guo Yuan said with a fist and palm salute.

Zhang Qi, who had been silent until now, grinned lecherously and said, "When it comes to brothels, I'm quite an expert..."

The atmosphere suddenly became lively. The three men, who frequented brothels, were chatting in extremely 'vulgar' ways.

Although these people were all officials, at that time, visiting prostitutes was not a bad thing, but rather a kind of elegance.

Therefore, although the three of them talked in a vulgar way, none of them thought it was too much.

When Mu Yi was chatting happily, he suddenly asked, "Commander Li, you haven't said anything. Why don't you share some of your experiences and insights?"

Li Lin laughed and said, "I have never been to a brothel."

"Why!" Guo Yuan asked, somewhat surprised.

Li Lin said rather embarrassedly, "I'm a bit of a germaphobe."

The atmosphere suddenly became cold.

After a while, Mu Yi said, "It seems that Supervisor Li is not destined to enjoy the pleasures of the brothel. What about Supervisor Qu?"

Supervisor Qu cupped his hands slightly and said, "This humble official does not frequent brothels; I find it utterly despicable."

Then the atmosphere became even colder.

After exchanging a few casual words, the group parted ways.

Mu Yi had a helpless expression on his face.

Li Lin returned to his tent and chatted with Li Yanjing for half an hour. After everyone in the military camp had left, he entered stealth mode and made his way to the northern troop camp. He found the largest tent and went inside silently.

At this moment, Qu Wenjie lit a candle and was reading a book with a blue cover.

Li Lin coughed lightly, then appeared and walked over.

When Qu Wenjie saw Li Lin, he smiled and said, "No wonder the prefect has chosen his son-in-law; he is indeed clever."

Li Lin asked helplessly, "Why did Supervisor Qu send me here secretly?"

"How did you guess that?"

"Because at first glance, you don't look like the kind of clueless, speechless idiot."

Qu Wenjie laughed heartily, then said seriously, "I didn't send you. It was Prefect Huang who asked me to inform you of something."

"What's wrong?" Li Lin asked, puzzled.

"Once the army reaches Yuecheng, if there is an opportunity, kill Mu Yi."

Li Lin was stunned for a moment, then pounced and unleashed a tiger claw strike.

Qu Wenjie seemed to have been prepared and immediately dodged.

His movements were strange, like a roly-poly toy. He would first fall to one side, then use his feet to propel himself to the other side.

It moves extremely fast.

"You're not even listening to your father-in-law?" Qu Wenjie rebuked angrily.

Li Lin remained silent, his tiger claws striking repeatedly, their power growing stronger with each strike. Soon, a faint white tiger phantom appeared behind him.

Seeing this, Qu Wenjie couldn't help but say, "Alright, stop. I wasn't sent by Prefect Huang. I was just testing you. I'm here on behalf of a distinguished person."

Li Lin temporarily halted his attack and asked, "Which esteemed person are you?"

"Your Highness, Consort Yourong." Qu Wenjie breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Lin frowned: "Your Highness, what does she want with me?"

"She wants to recruit you."

"If she wanted to recruit me, she could have just said so. But why did you ask me to kill Mu Yi?"

Qu Wenjie laughed and said, "It's a test, of course. What if you're the kind of...bad person?"

Upon hearing this, Li Lin's eyes turned cold again, and he slapped out with his tiger claw once more.

(End of this chapter)