The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

Late at night.

Hearing that Li Tian had brought a beautiful woman back, Qiao Sanniang came over to take a look. After just one glance, she left with a cold face, without saying another word to Li Tian.

Li Tian understood what she was thinking, but he didn't say anything. Everyone had misunderstood him. He just wanted to personally take this woman to Nankai City tomorrow to get some reward money.

Li Tian glanced at the woman on the bed, who was still fast asleep. He frowned slightly. She was still wearing heavy armor. How could she sleep like that?

However, Li Tian was not worried about her escaping. Wolf Head Fortress had a suspension bridge, which she couldn't run down. It was surrounded by mountains, and with her skills, she would only be food for the wolves if she went into the mountains.

So Li Tian made a makeshift bed on the floor and fell asleep without any qualms. He soon fell fast asleep.

After all, even someone made of iron might not be able to withstand walking dozens of miles of mountain roads while wearing armor.

Qin Shuang woke up in the middle of the night.

She opened one eye halfway and peeked inside, finding herself in a dilapidated temple.

Listening closely, he heard someone snoring loudly under the bed. Looking down, he saw the young man who had arrested him earlier that day lying there fast asleep.

"You think you can catch me with your pathetic appearance!" Qin Shuang thought to herself with smug satisfaction. She tiptoed off the bed, but stopped by the bedside, too afraid to go any further.

She observed Li Tian's condition carefully for a while, and after confirming that he had fallen asleep, she smiled and secretly headed towards the temple gate.

Just as he reached the door and was about to open it, a short arrow flew past his shoulder and embedded itself firmly in the temple door.

At the same time, a voice came from behind, "Where have you been in the middle of the night? Come back and go to sleep!"

"If you dare to run again, I'll shoot you dead with an arrow."

Qin Shuang suddenly turned her head and found that the man on the ground had sat up at some point, holding something in his hand and aiming it at her neck.

Qin Shuang was startled, but even more so, she was angry.

She thought this man was fierce; no one had ever been so aggressive towards her before, whether in the general's mansion or the military camp.

Qin Shuang snorted coldly and reluctantly returned to bed.

As soon as she lay down, the man lay down as well, seemingly unconcerned that she would escape.

"Hey, what's your name? Why did you arrest me? What do you want to do to me?" Unable to sleep, tossing and turning in bed, Qin Shuang finally couldn't help but say her first words to Li Tian.

Whoosh!Whoosh!

Her response was a loud snore.

"You stinky man." Qin Shuang was a little angry, but more than that, she felt wronged. No man had ever been so rude and disrespectful to her.

After a while, Qin Shuang couldn't help but shout again, "I'm hungry! Go get me some food, or I'm going to bite my tongue and kill myself right now!"

"Just wait!"

This time, the man responded quickly. He immediately got up and walked out of the temple gate, and soon came back in with a plate of something dark.

It was a food that Qin Shuang had never seen before. She had seen large white steamed buns and fine rice in the General's Mansion, but she had never seen this kind of food.

Not only is it ugly, but it also smells rancid.

"What is this?" Qin Shuang asked.

"Steamed corn bread, haven't you ever eaten it before?" The man coldly placed the plate in front of Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang originally didn't want to eat, but she was so hungry that even though the food looked so unappetizing, she still picked it up and took a small bite.

"Ugh!" After just one bite, she couldn't help but lean over the bed and vomit. The stuff was sour and astringent, and it was stuck in her throat and she couldn't go down.

She had never eaten anything so awful in her life.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't. Don't waste food." Instead of comforting her, the man coldly took the plate away.

"You..." Qin Shuang trembled with anger, unable to hold back her shouting at the man's retreating back, "You bullied me! That thing isn't even fit for human consumption!"

"What did you say!" Li Tian suddenly turned around, his eyes flashing with a fierce light.

"Do you know that this is our border troops' rations? We eat it every day."

"Do you know how many people are starving to death every day in this world? They dig for wild vegetables, gnaw on tree bark, and don't even have cornbread to eat."

"Go to Jiangxi, look around the Han River area. People are starving to death by the roadside every day; they don't even have tree bark to eat!"

Li Tian's angry appearance is terrifying.

Qin Shuang was indeed frightened.

But what Li Tian said shocked Qin Shuang even more.

"Is the situation on the other side of the Han River really as tragic as you described?" Qin Shuang asked tentatively.

"It's more than just miserable!" Li Tian sighed and sat down on the ground. "The current situation is all caused by the imperial court. They levy exorbitant taxes and levies, making life unbearable for the people."

"Large numbers of people abandoned their homes to seek a living elsewhere, and these are what are known as refugees. With a large number of refugees, there naturally came to be militias."

"Our rebel army rose up simply to find a way to survive."

Just to find a way to survive!

Qin Shuang found it very strange.

Is there anyone in this world who can't survive?

But she lived in the general's mansion all the time, and all she heard her father say was that he wanted to suppress the rebels.

"You are traitors and should be suppressed by the imperial court," Qin Shuang couldn't help but say.

"Traitors?" Li Tian gave a bitter smile. "They're just being forced into rebellion by the officials."

After saying that, Li Tian stood up, picked up a rope from the ground, and began to wrap it around Qin Shuang.

Qin Shuang couldn't help but yell, "Hey, what are you doing?"

"Tie your hands and feet, or you'll run away," Li Tian said.

"I won't run away!" Qin Shuang said this very seriously, staring into Li Tian's eyes, "My fiancé Lu Zhaoan will come to save me, he will come tomorrow."

Lu Zhaoan!

Upon hearing this name, Li Tian's heart sank.

He had heard of Lu Zhaoan.

The top general of the "Qingshui Military Bureau" is resourceful and has outstanding martial prowess.

He commanded a vanguard battalion of 500 men and had never lost more than 20 battles of varying sizes. He was a figure that even General Chen found troublesome.

However, Li Tian didn't take it to heart.

Even the top general of Qingshui Prefecture wouldn't have an easy time snatching someone from his Wolf Head Fortress.

"Go to sleep!"

Once he confirmed that Qin Shuang was securely bound and unable to escape, Li Tian lay down on the ground and fell fast asleep.

Qin Shuang lay in bed, unable to fall asleep, inwardly complaining, "Lu Zhaoan, why aren't you coming to save me? If you don't come soon, I really won't marry you."

night, deeper.

Thirty miles from Wolf Head Fortress, there was a military camp with hundreds of tents of various sizes, all connected together. Even at night, the tents were brightly lit, and soldiers patrolled back and forth everywhere, exuding a chilling aura that soared into the sky.

Where is Miss Qin Shuang?

Inside the main tent, Lu Zhaoan put down the map in his hand, rubbed his slightly swollen eyes, and asked his personal guards.

The guard stammered, "Captain, Miss Qin went out of the camp today, saying she wanted to experience what it's like to be a scout."

"What did you say?" Lu Zhaoan stood up abruptly. "When did she leave the camp, and which group was she with?"

"I left the camp early this morning, following Zhao Qian's group," the soldier replied.

boom!

Lu Zhaoan slammed his hand on the table and roared, "Find it! Search it thoroughly!"

"Send out all the scouts. Find Miss Qin before dawn."