Rebirth of a Star General

CH 21: CONSCRIPTION DOCUMENT

On the way back, He Yun Sheng could not stop observing He Yan's face.

"You won't keep getting yourself involved that one surnamed Fan, will you?" He confirmed repeatedly.

"I promise you, I will never associate with him again," He Yan assured him. "Is it alright?"

Seeing her firm attitude, He Yun Sheng was a little relieved.

He Yun Sheng didn't know what was going on in He Yan's head. He chatted the entire way back home, more like a grandma than a youth.

"It's not that I don't believe you. It's just that, that one surnamed Fan is too cunning and liable to lie." He Yun Sheng continued talking to himself, "What's so good about a man like him? You were blind when you first saw him. If you ask me, General Feng Yun is the one who is truly worthy of admiration......"

Unbeknownst to He Yun Sheng, his murmuring was heard by He Yan. She let the words enter one ear and leave through the other. But when she heard the last statement, she suddenly interjected, "What does this have to do with Xiao Jue?"

"Isn't the Xiao family's second son handsome?" He Yun Sheng probed.

Not only was he handsome, but his demeanour and bearing were also delicate and neat.

"Well...... handsome."

"What about his family background?"

As for his family, General Xiao, Xiao Zhong Wu was the Emperor's beloved general who accompanied him to countless battles throughout ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains and was together with him in victory and defeat. Not only that, his wife was also the Empress Dowager's niece. As for his two sons, the eldest became a senior official/doctor at a very young age. The second son, Xiao Jue, was now a chief commander and his status was sky-rocketing. He was the well-known General Feng Yun.

"Very good."

"What about his cultural and military strategies?"

"......one in a million. Superb!"

"This is what I don't understand." He Yun Sheng came up with a conclusion, "This man, who is not only so handsome but is also from a golden household with no flaws, is he not worth admiring? If I were a woman, I would admire only him my whole life!"

He Yan: "......you can just be quiet."

Although Xiao Jue had thousands of good aspects, that indifferent, cold and irritating temperament of his was very uncomfortable. Add to it a huge bunch of women who were crazy for him, despite his cold temper. She guessed that there was no woman admired by him until then. Did that guy even give a second glance to a woman? The answer would be a big 'no'. That man was extremely arrogant, and his expectations were as high as the sky. She suspected that even she couldn't catch up to him.

One had to wonder what kind of beautiful girl he would choose in the future, a peerless beauty that could make the gaudy swallows and orioles pale with envy1.

He Yan was looking forward to it.

He Yun Sheng suddenly stopped walking, "What is going on over there?"

Not far away, was a notice posted on the stone wall beside the road, and quite a few people were gathered around it. He Yan and He Yun Sheng walked a little closer to it to see what was written on the notice. As they went near, they got to know what it was.

"It turned out to be a conscription document."

"It hasn't been that long since they recruited troops. Why are they suddenly recruiting troops again?"

He Yun Sheng asked suspiciously.

Unlike He Yun Sheng, He Yan was clear on this matter. She had spent several years with Xiao Jue settling the chaos of West and South but ignored the neighbouring Uto. The people of Uto, no longer able to hide their ambitious nature, took advantage of the years of development and growth. Even after marrying into the Xu family, she had been paying attention to the northwest fortress. This conscription document was about going to Liang Zhou; to station recruits and train them.