Chapter 149

  Under the enthusiastic welcome of the common people and surrounded by civil and military officials, Tang Yin returned to the county government office in glory.

  The officials of Heng City naturally followed closely, and Tang Yin was now wearing armor, dusty and exhausted. He patiently responded to and comforted the many officials who came, when he caught a glimpse of Fan Min standing in the courtyard, peeking into the hall for a moment before quickly retreating.

  Tang Yin's heart moved slightly, and he took advantage of the situation to pull Shangguan Yuange over, letting him deal with these officials, while he himself found an excuse to slip away from the courtyard.

  He came out when Fan Min had not gone far, Tang Yin quickly caught up with him and asked with a smile: "Xiao Min, do you have something to find me?"

  He didn't expect that he had just seen himself and even chased him out. Fan Min felt a warm feeling in his heart, shook his head and said: "Nothing, I just came to take a look, seeing you're fine I'm relieved, I'll go back first..."

  As she spoke, she turned around and was about to leave, but Tang Yin quickly grabbed her hand and said softly, "I'm sorry to have worried you."

  This was the first time that Tang Yin had taken her hand, and Fan Mian's heart was racing. These days were hard for her to bear. The 200,000-strong army of the enemy had surrounded the city, and the war fires continued unabated. Tang Yin was also nowhere to be found, and she was left alone and helpless in the county capital. She not only worried about whether the city could hold out but also constantly worried about Tang Yin's safety.

  At this time her emotions surged up in her heart, and she couldn't control herself, hanging her head down, with big tears falling down.

  A woman's tears are a sharp weapon, and even the hardest man will become gentle when he sees them. Tang Yin was no exception. Fan Min's silent crying was more heart-wrenching to him than loud wailing, but he wasn't good with words and didn't know how to comfort others. After a moment of stunned silence, his instincts took over and he opened his arms, pulling Fan Min tightly into his embrace.

  The courtyard was quiet, as if everyone had vanished, leaving only the two of them.

  Tang Yin reached into his bosom and pulled out a handkerchief, wiping away the tears on Fan Min's powdered cheek.

  This handkerchief was very familiar to Fan Wen, it was the one she gave to Tang Yin, only it was much dirtier than when she gave it to him. She sniffled her sour nose and asked in surprise: "You still kept it."

  "Ah!" Tang Yin responded with a sound, lowered his head and took a look at the handkerchief, saying: "What a pity that I got it dirty."

  "It doesn't matter, I'll give you another one." With that, Fan Min reached out to take the handkerchief from Tang Yin's hand.

  "It's okay." Tang Yin smiled, put away the handkerchief and carefully tucked it back into his bosom. He looked at Fan Min leaning against him and felt that she had lost a lot of weight since he left, even if she didn't say anything, he could understand that her days hadn't been easy lately. He held Fan Min's shoulders and said, "I'll go take a bath first, and then we can have something to eat together."

  "Good!" Fan Min replied softly.

  Tang Yin returned to his own room and had the servant prepare hot water for a bath, but Fan Min also followed closely. Tang Yin saw this and smiled: "I'm going to take a bath."

  Fan Min seemed to not understand his meaning and innocently said: "You wash yours, I won't peek."

  Tang Yin shook his head and smiled, no longer speaking, and began to remove the armor from his body. For a cultivator of spiritual energy, during combat, the effect of armor is not significant due to the protection provided by the spiritual armor, at most it can only be considered as a second layer of protection, and its main function is to prevent sneak attacks in daily life.

  Fan Min stepped forward and helped Tang Yin take off his breastplate.

  Removing the thick armor, people feel much lighter for a while.

  Tang Yin's bedroom was very large, with a screen inside. Tang Yin took a bath behind the screen, while Fan Min sat outside the screen.

  She leaned on the table, propping her chin with her hand, staring blankly at the screen. After a while, she broke the silence and asked, "What is the capital of Manchuria like? Is it very big?"

  Tang Yin sat in the bathtub, his body reclining backwards, his head resting against the edge of the tub, and let out a comfortable sigh. He said slowly: "It's very big, about the same size as Yangzhou, or even bigger. There are many shops in the city too. This time, my brothers should be able to plunder a lot of good things. After we've collected everything, I'll take you to see!"

  "Really!" As soon as she heard this, Fan Min suddenly became spirited. She asked again: "Then have you seen the king of Manbang?"

  "Haha!" Tang Yin burst out laughing and said, "The King of Persia is nothing special either, just like you and me, two eyes and one nose. If it weren't for the consideration of the city's safety, I would have brought his head back this time!"

  "Ah!" Fan Min's eyes widened in surprise, but the sparkle in her eyes grew even brighter.

  "Then... will we still fight with the barbarians in the future?"

  Tang Yin also couldn't answer this question. He murmured: "Maybe it will, maybe it won't, heaven knows."

  "If only the war could stop, I wouldn't have to worry about you anymore." After finishing speaking, Fan Minyu's face suddenly turned red, and she immediately continued: "The goods from the Barbarian State are in high demand, I believe that our Wind Country's goods will also be in high demand in the Barbarian State. If the two countries can coexist peacefully, open borders for trade, Pingyuan County will definitely become the most prosperous county in the country."

  Tang Yan didn't dare to have such extravagant hopes. He shrugged his shoulders and said, "Some things can't be changed by human effort."

  The Kingdom of Wind and the City-State of Besa have been at odds for so many years, how many people from the Kingdom of Wind have died at the hands of the barbarian soldiers? Can the grudges between them be eliminated in just one morning?

  While they were talking, Tang Yin had finished washing up and put on his pants. With his upper body still bare, he walked out from behind the screen.

  Tang Yin does not have the same muscular development as other martial artists, his physique is lean and slender, but very symmetrical, with no excess fat anywhere on his body. The muscles on his back are particularly well-developed, forming an inverted triangle shape, and his eight-pack abs are neatly arranged. From this, it can also be seen that when Tang Yin makes a move, he does not rely on a specific part of his body to exert force, but rather his entire body is concentrated in exerting force together. This is also the reason why his speed is surprisingly fast even without spiritual martial arts cultivation, and his power is also surprisingly great.

  Tang Yin put it on, Fan Min's face turned bright red, and even her neck and body under her clothes were red. She stuttered: "Y...you didn't wear clothes before coming out?"

  She was not yet twenty and the daughter of a wealthy merchant, she had never seen a man since her memory, let alone a woman, only saw her own.

  Tang Yin always thought that the women of Feng Guo were more open-minded than himself, and Fan Min rarely showed such a shy and awkward expression now. He found it very interesting and couldn't help but tease her: "Aren't you going to watch me take a bath?"

  "Who wants to see you take a bath?!" She said, her face was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to drill into, but her eyes fell uncontrollably on Tang Yin's body, with curiosity, surprise and admiration in her gaze.

  Being stared at by a woman like this, which man can bear it? Especially when it's a beautiful woman like Fan Wei.

  Tang Yin's eyes gradually deepened, and he lowered his body, leaning in close to Fan Min's ear. He sniffed the soft but not thick musk on her body, and asked in a low, husky voice: "You're looking at me like this, making me think you're inviting me."

  His warm breath sprayed on Fan Mian's ear, making her body almost numb.

  She didn't understand what Tang Yin meant at all, she just opened her small mouth and asked stupidly: "Ah?"

  Tang Yin no longer teased her, but instead directly showed his actions.

  He held Fan Min's nape with one hand and lowered his body, fiercely kissing those tender and juicy red lips.

  His kiss was just like him, not gentle, wild, fierce and full of evil spirit.

  Fan Min first opened her eyes wide, and her brain also suddenly became blank, but soon recovered. She slowly closed her eyes, indulging in that unique sweetness, meeting Tang Yan's demands.

  Under his kiss, she felt that the strength in her body was almost sucked dry, and her body was light and floating, as if suspended in mid-air. When she regained consciousness, she found herself really suspended in mid-air, Tang Yin's strong arms had already picked her up at the waist.

  County government office, main hall.

  When Tang Yin returned to the main hall, all the officials of Heng City had left, and only the generals of Pingyuan Army were left, as well as Shangguan Yuanji and Shangguan Yuanrang.

  He sat down in the middle chair, looked around at everyone and said: "This time to defend against the barbarian army, all brothers have worked hard, what is the loss of our army?" After finishing speaking, he found that one person was missing from the scene, frowned and asked again: "General Zhang?"

  At this time, Tang Yin still did not know the news of Zhang Zhou's defeat. After hearing his question, everyone looked at each other in dismay and lowered their heads.

  The heavy atmosphere made Tang Yin feel that something was off, his eyebrows furrowed deeper as he turned to look at Qiu Zhen and Xiao Muqing.

  Xiao Muqing did not speak, Qiu Zhen's voice was low and said: "Sir, General Zhang... General Zhang died in battle when he launched a surprise attack on the enemy camp!"

  "What?!" Tang Yin was shocked. He didn't have a particularly good impression of Zhang Zhou, but he didn't have a bad one either. He thought that apart from being overly cautious, Zhang Zhou wasn't a bad general. Now, hearing the news of Zhang Zhou's death in battle, he was stunned and couldn't come back to his senses.

  Seeing this, Xiao Muqing did not dare to pretend to be deaf and dumb anymore. In any case, Zhang Zhou was martyred while executing his orders.

  "He cleared his throat and said, 'Your Excellency, General Zhang led a surprise attack on the enemy camp at midnight, burning their grain supplies, but he himself was surrounded. To cover the retreat of his comrades, General Zhang held off the barbarian cavalry with his own life. Although outnumbered, General Zhang refused to surrender and eventually died along with 5,000 soldiers under his command. However, General Zhang successfully destroyed the barbarian's grain supplies, making a great contribution to their forced withdrawal. I hope Your Excellency will grant him more rewards.'"

  His words from start to finish were praising Zhang Zhou, but in fact he was shirking responsibility for himself. His order was not a problem and indeed had the effect of retreating troops, only that Zhang Zhou being trapped and killed was something no one expected.

  After hearing his words, Tang Yin looked up and gazed at Xiao Mucqing intently.

  The latter was seen by him with a nervous heart, hastily lowering his head and daring not to look straight at Tang Yin.

  After a long while, Tang Yin finally withdrew his gaze and asked: "Has General Zhang's body been buried?"

  "Th...". Qiu Zhen's face showed a difficult expression, and he said: "In the barbarian army's large camp, General Zhang's body was not found, only General Zhang's helmet was discovered!"

  "Bang!"

  Tang Yin heard this and slammed his hand on the table, angrily asking: "Can't you even find the body?"