C35 It Is Difficult for a Beautiful Woman to Understand

In the morning, the crescent moon was cold and bright, and a faint silver light covered Liaodong Wu Huan's tribe camp.

The usually quiet campsite was bustling with noise and excitement tonight. Every household was cooking smoke, the women were busy cooking, and the men were sharpening their weapons or organizing their bows and arrows in preparation for the upcoming campaign. Influenced by the adults, the group of children did not sleep, but instead brought their dogs to chase and play within the camp, and joyous noises could be heard from time to time.

Seven to eight hundred steps away from the foot of the mountain, there was a row of log cabins, about forty to fifty of them. This place was usually used as an inn for Chinese merchants. Gongsun Xu was not used to living in tents, so Kurna didn't force him and the 'caravan' to stay here.

Gongsun Xu, who lived in the middle cabin, was standing by the window, looking quietly at the bustling camp, or rather at a large tent a hundred paces to the left of the cabin. The tent looked no different from the other tents around it, except that it was slightly larger, but there was a flag hanging at the entrance indicating that it belonged to the Xianbei People: a deer was embroidered on the flag, very similar to the one on Qiu Liju's staff, but with a pair of silver wings.

There were two warriors standing outside the tent. They were dressed in bright armor and stood straight, looking straight ahead. One could tell that they were elite warriors. The person that lived in it was the woman that the child Wu Guoguo had spoken of.

Yan Rou had already asked Ku Le for information about her, but Ku Le did not know her real identity. He only knew that her name was Er Yu and that she liked Han Chinese clothes. Gongsun Xu could only silently call Ku Le as an idiot after getting his revenge. He was only interested in buying expensive silk clothes to please Er Yu, but he didn't even know the background of the other party. Fortunately, this girl went to Youzhou, so it wasn't too hard to find out her background and purpose of coming here.

The cold dew was deep, the slightest breeze would make people feel the chill, Gongsun Xu couldn't help but tighten his collar.

Gongsun Yi's voice came from outside the door: "Young master, we will leave in two hours. It's time to rest."

Gongsun Xu rubbed his face, stuck his head out the window and said softly: "You should go rest too. The weather is too cold, there's no need to guard outside the door."

"Well, Young Master, if you need anything, just call me." Gongsun Yi rubbed his hands and entered the room.

When Gongsun Xu reached out to close the window, he suddenly remembered that there was still a pot of burning charcoal in the room. Thus, he closed the left half of the window, while the right half of the door was supported by a short stick, leaving a palm-width gap. When he was done, he walked over to the bed and looked at the oil lamp on the bedside table. Without taking off his boots, he laid down on the bed and pulled open the thick mattress covering his body. After a while, he fell asleep.

Ding! After an unknown amount of time, a light sound came from the window, as if the window had been blown against by the wind. Gongsun Xu suddenly woke up from his stupor and grabbed the knife by the bed. He rolled over and got off the bed, at the same time extinguishing the oil lamp. The sound just now was very much like the sound of an arrow being shot from a wooden log that he had encountered in his previous life.

After a while, Gongsun Xu found nothing out of the ordinary. He frowned in confusion, tiptoed to the window, and peeked out through the crack.

Only then did he realize that there was a five-six inch long steel needle nailed outside the half-closed window. A small piece of white cloth was tied to it. As the wind blew, a few black words could be vaguely seen on it. Gongsun Xu did not reach out to grab it. Instead, he looked around vigilantly for a while and found that everything around him was normal, the snores of the other people in the house rose and fell. Then, he cut off a small part of his clothes, wrapped his hand around it, opened the window and pulled out the steel needle.

Gongsun Yi, who was next door, was awakened by the sound of the window being opened. He knocked on the wall and asked, "Gongzi, what happened?"

"Don't worry about it. Rest well. I'll call you guys if you need anything." Gongsun Xu replied and took the white strip of cloth off the steel needle. He moved it close to the brazier and opened it by the dim light. On it, he saw the words: "Do you dare to meet me?" Er Yu's handwriting was delicate and beautiful.

Gongsun Xu laughed. It seemed that Er Yu did not have any malice towards him. Otherwise, she would not have signed her name. See you or not? He went back to the window and looked at the tent Er Yu was staying in as he pondered.

The two warriors outside the tent had already disappeared. A graceful figure in a red Chinese warrior suit with a long sword hanging at her waist was looking in their direction. Seeing Gongsun Xu reveal half of his face, she waved at him and pointed at the path that led to the back of the mountain next to the wooden house. Then, she took the lead and walked towards that path.

Gongsun Xu sheathed his saber and watched Er Yu's back disappear into the forest while rubbing his chin. After thinking for a while, he woke up Gongsun Jia and his brother who were next door. He briefly explained the situation and instructed them to bring the strong crossbow with them. The three of them followed Er Yu and walked for about three to four miles. They arrived at a wide field where Er Yu had stashed wood. Er Yu was standing on a thick piece of wood about seven to eight steps away, looking at the road with her hands behind her back.

When Er Yu saw that Gongsun Xu had actually brought someone with him, she sneered: "I've long heard that the little Marquis is valiant, but I didn't expect that he wouldn't dare to meet a weak girl like me alone!"

Gongsun Xu smiled and did not argue. He just looked at Er Yu quietly. The girl was tall and slender, her skin as smooth and creamy as ivory under the moonlight. Her eyebrows were small and delicate, and her nose was raised high. She looked a bit like the girl from Gongsun Xu's previous life.

"What are you looking at!" Er Yu felt embarrassed and annoyed at the same time. Fortunately, the light was dim, otherwise, she would have seen that her face was already as red as blood.

Gongsun Xu said with a smile, "A fair and graceful lady is to be found. With a beautiful lady meeting in the middle of the night, how could we not pay close attention?"

If it was the weak and shy Liu Ninger, Gongsun Xu would never tease her like this. However, since Er Yu was a virgin and had been secretly invited in the middle of the night, there was no need for him to care about her face.

"Bah!" Er Yu spat and shouted, "What a good lecher! Eat my sword! " He drew the sword on his back and jumped forward.

"Step back, you two don't have to interfere." Gongsun Xu stopped Gongsun Jia and his brother who were ready to fight. He drew his sword from his waist and rushed forward.

Er Yu obviously had a secret reason for secretly inviting him, and from her tone, Gongsun Xu could only hear anger and embarrassment, and didn't feel the slightest bit of killing intent. Thus, he didn't dare to let the Gongsun Jia brothers attack, afraid that they wouldn't be able to stop themselves from injuring the girl, and also afraid that if their skills were inferior to others, they would be injured instead.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them charged at each other. Er Yu shook the longsword in her hand and pierced it into Gongsun Xu's right shoulder. Her sword was four feet long and had a shape that was different from ordinary treasured swords. The blade was very narrow, only one and a half fingers wide, and the tip was very sharp.

This strike was extremely fast, but Gongsun Xu was even more certain that Er Yu had no ill intentions towards him. Using these thin swords that were similar to the Western Sword from his past life would result in him suffering a great loss in terms of weapons. Therefore, the way to win was in terms of speed and position of attack. He did not dodge the attack. Instead, he pushed off with his left shoulder and slashed with the blade in his right hand in an attempt to knock Er Yu's sword away with brute force.

Er Yu snorted coldly and withdrew her long sword that she had stabbed halfway. She jumped back a few steps and waited for Gongsun Xu to pull back his sword. She suddenly rushed up and thrusted out a few times. The target of every strike was Gongsun Xu's shoulder. Every time Gongsun Xu used his blade to block, she would quickly retreat, aiming for the gap between Gongsun Xu's attack and her sword to strike again. For a moment, he saw her dancing under the moonlight like a butterfly. She was clearly performing a hurtful sword technique, but it seemed like she was performing a graceful dance.

The Gongsun Jia brothers were shocked. The two of them were scared. If they were in his position, it would be hard for them to resist!

Gongsun Xu didn't want to injure Er Yu, so he always used a fighting style that countered all attacks. If he could, then he would dodge, but if he couldn't, then he would cut straight at her sword, forcing her to withdraw her sword, but he didn't take the initiative to attack. As a result, although it looked like Er Yu had the upper hand, even though Gongsun Xu wasn't able to fight back due to her continuous attacks, he was actually unable to even touch Gongsun Xu's clothes.

After fighting like this for more than twenty moves, Er Yu also realized that Gongsun Xu was giving way to her. She retreated a few steps with a swing of her sword, and said: "Pfft! What a shameless fellow, you only know how to bully others based on your own strength! "

Gongsun Xu was slightly surprised. Er Yu's tone wasn't fierce, and what she said was not so much a scolding as a spoiled act? This was truly strange. How could such an unknown girl behave in such a strange manner?

Seeing that Gongsun Xu was silent, Er Yu raised her sword and shouted, "Hey, do you dare to not use brute force to fight?"

Gongsun Xu smiled and shook his head. "Forget it."

Er Yu said angrily, "You dare to look down on me?"

"Okay, miss, please make the first move." Gongsun Xu sighed.

Er Yu snorted coldly. Suddenly, she crossed her sword with her left hand and attacked Gongsun Xu's right chest as fast as lightning. Her speed was actually seventy to eighty percent faster than before!

Gongsun Xu was surprised, he did not dare to use brute force to resist like before and quickly retreated two steps.

Er Yu was unrelenting when she got the upper hand. She moved forward and attacked Gongsun Xu's right chest with a sword move that was as fast as a torrential storm.

The sword in Gongsun Xu's hand danced continuously with a tinkling sound. In the blink of an eye, the sword and the saber clashed more than a dozen times.

The two of them looked at each other and suddenly shivered. If they were in the position of Gongsun Xu, they would at most be able to withstand three to five strikes of such fast attacks, and their blood would have splashed onto the ground. They weren't afraid of death, but they didn't even have the chance to fight back before they were jabbed into a sieve.

Gongsun Xu seemed passive, but he was actually as steady as Mt. Tai. Er Yu's sword could never touch even a corner of his clothes.

After thrusting more than twenty times, Er Yu's strength was slightly exhausted, and the speed at which she attacked was slightly slower. Gongsun Xu laughed and took the opportunity to turn the defense into an attack. He swung his saber like a dragon and struck the sword's blade on the back of Er Yu's sword.

Ka-cha! * The sword broke.

Er Yu was stunned. Just as she was about to retreat, Gongsun Xu had already gotten close to her. The back of his saber was pressed up against her neck.

"You win!" Er Yu admitted defeat with a loud voice, but for some reason, her tone was filled with joy.

"Haha, victory is unfair." Gongsun Xu laughed and withdrew his knife.

"Humph!" Such thick skin! " Er Yu rolled her eyes and asked, "What knife technique did you use just now?"

"Eight Trigram Blade." Gongsun Xu answered with a smile. In his previous life, he had spent a lot of effort to learn this extremely defensive sabresmanship.

"Never heard of it!" Er Yu frowned and shook her head after thinking for a while. She then smiled and said, "Can you teach me?"

Er Yu's smile was like a blooming white lotus flower. Under the hazy moonlight, it was even more beautiful. Not to mention the Liu brothers, even Gongsun Xu became absent-minded because of it. Seeing Gongsun Xu staring at her, the smile on Er Yu's face became even more brilliant.

Gongsun Xu quickly came back to his senses. He took two steps back and sheathed his saber. He smiled and said, "I'll give you a reason."

"Reason?" Er Yu threw away the broken sword in her hand, placed her index finger under her chin, blinked for a moment, and laughed. "Can you exchange a Xianbei People's secret blade technique?"

"Sure!" Gongsun Xu agreed with a sigh. However, he raised his guard in his heart.

Er Yu leaned over to Gongsun Xu and whispered, "The current King of Xianbei People and a group of old ministers left behind by Tan Shihuai that Lian Lian cannot control, the three great kings Kebineng, Su Li and Bu Dugen, have more than half of the power. "He wanted to wait for an opportunity to kill Kebineng and the other two during this year's Rites of Heavenly Worship when he was unwilling to become a puppet."

Gongsun Xu was shocked. It was just as Er Yu had said, the Xianbei People was now considered as one of the four forces, and amongst them, Kebineng was the most popular. If He Lian could really kill those three, no, just kill Kebineng, another civil war in Xianbei People would be inevitable.

The question was, was Er Yu's words worth trusting? Even if she was a fresh and inferior girl, how could she know such secretive things?

Er Yu seemed to have seen through Gongsun Xu's doubts. She chuckled and said, "Let me tell you a small secret. I am the niece of Lian Lian!"

"What?" This time, Gongsun Xu was completely shocked. Er Yu was the niece of He Lian. Then, what was her motive for doing all this?

"Don't worry." Er Yu suddenly pecked Gongsun Xu lightly on the cheek and giggled. "I will not harm you. As for the reason, I will not tell you for now!"

Gongsun Xu touched his cheek that had just been touched. He felt that his brain was no longer working properly. He was fighting just now, how did he change so quickly?

Er Yu took half a step back and said with a serious face, "The Xianbei People's Heavenly Worship Ceremony will be held in the Tanhan Shan on December 9th. Er Yu took half a step back and said with a serious face," The Xianbei People's Heavenly Worship Ceremony will be held in the Tanhan Shan on December 9th.

"Why?" Gongsun Xu asked with a frown. He couldn't understand Er Yu's real intention at all, so he was doubtful about what she said. However, sooner or later, Tanhan Shan would take a stroll. Once they took care of Hu Po and Wu Yan, Youzhou would be the biggest threat, and the army would have to stabilize the Xianbei People no matter what.

"Hehe, you'll know very soon!" Er Yu was not relieved of her doubts and yawned lightly. "Alright, I will go back and rest first. I still need to go back to Tanhan Shan tomorrow morning."

"Return to the Tanhan Shan?" Gongsun Xu was surprised, "Aren't you going to the Youzhou?"

"Haha." Er Yu covered her mouth and laughed. "Did that idiot Ku Le tell you? I'm not going to the Youzhou, but I still won't tell you the reason … …

"Alright, whatever you want." Gongsun Xu shook his head helplessly.

"I'm leaving. Remember to come to Tanhan Shan to see me earlier!" Er Yu patted the back of Gongsun Xu's hand, raised her head and shouted towards a tree, "Ju Zi, let's go."

Crash! * A branch on an evergreen tree sounded. A thin figure dressed in black lightly landed on the ground. He deeply bowed to Gongsun Xu and followed behind Er Yu as they walked down the road.

Gongsun Xu's mouth was agape as he watched Ju Zi's back. He only recovered from his shock after Er Yu and Ju Zi had walked more than ten steps away. He quickly asked, "Miss Er Yu, is Ju Zi a Japanese?"

"Huh?" Er Yu turned around and said in surprise, "You sure are knowledgeable! That's right, she is indeed a Japanese. "

Gongsun Xu rubbed his forehead. Why would the Japanese appear in the Tanhan Shan at this time? This was truly unbelievable, but it was also the truth!

Er Yu waved her hand, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, I will really be leaving! "

Without hesitation, Gongsun Xu asked: "One last question, how did Ju Zi come to the Tanhan Shan? Tell me the answer to that now! "

"Hehe, alright, let me tell you, she's the descendant of the Japanese slaves that my grandfather Tan Shihuai captured."

"Ah!" Where did Tan Shihuai capture Japanese? " Gongsun Xu was shocked beyond belief for the first time.

"You'll know when you reach Tanhan Shan. Oh right, remember to find me a treasure sword! " Er Yu didn't continue to answer his question. She waved her hand and disappeared into the woods with Ju Zi.

Gongsun Yi leaped over and asked anxiously, "Gongzi, who is that Er Yu?"

"How would I know?" Gongsun Xu rolled his eyes, "I'm still in a daze! Tomorrow, send someone back to tell Father that he can use the Tanhan Shan's secret scouts to investigate Er Yu as soon as possible! "

"Here!" Gongsun Yi solemnly agreed. He then asked with a mischievous smile, "Young Master, that Lady Er Yu has an outstanding appearance and her martial arts is not bad. Don't you have any thoughts?"

Gongsun Yi's character was lively and free, and Gongsun Xu didn't treat the brothers as outsiders, so he was sometimes a bit shameless.

Gongsun Xu felt a little awkward when he heard that, so he kicked him: "Scram!"

Gongsun Yi laughed strangely and dodged the kick. However, Gongsun Xu didn't chase after him and kicked him. Instead, he walked towards the camp while frowning and thinking about it. Maybe it was his first time being 'attacked' by a girl after he had reincarnated, or maybe Er Yu's personality was very much like his. That delicate girl who would smile every now and then flashed across his mind every now and then.