The big tent is the same as yesterday. The tables, chairs and even the teacups on the small table have not changed, except...
The armor and sword behind the screen were gone.
Zhou Chi silently walked to the table and sat down. Under the teacup on the table was a letter. He stared at the letter blankly, then drank the cold tea and unfolded the letter.
Only ten short words—
Zhou Chi: Go back to Guangxi and wait for me. Lu Zhicheng.
Zhou Chi stared blankly at the ten characters painted with silver hooks and iron. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time, until the guard's voice came from outside the tent.
"Master Zhou, are you awake?"
Zhou Chi was so busy that he made a ball of letter paper for Tuan, frowned and said to the outside: "Who? Come in!"
"Yes." The guard came in with the curtain raised, still holding the tray in his hand. On it were two plates of side dishes, a bowl of vegetable and meat porridge, and two pieces of sesame seed cakes. He first placed the tray on the table, and then withdrew. Two steps later, he bowed to Zhou Chi and saluted, "My subordinate, General Zhennan, sat down and his personal bodyguard Shi Quan has met Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Chi recognized this man as Lu Zhicheng's personal guard. He never left Lu Zhicheng. Why did he appear here at this time
Zhou Chi couldn't help but frowned: "Why didn't you follow the general to the front line?"
"I would like to report to Lord Zhou that I have been ordered by the general to stay in the camp and escort you back to Guangxi when you wake up," Shi Quandao said while looking at the tray, "I just made some breakfast in the kitchen. "My subordinate is not good at cooking, please don't dislike me, Mr. Zhou."
Zhou Chi really didn't have much taste and was not in a hurry to eat. He frowned and asked Shi Quan, "How long has it been since the army set off?"
"Lord Qi, the army already set off three hours ago."
Zhou Chi's eyes suddenly lit up: "It's not far away, we can catch up on horseback! Let's go! Let's chase him!"
"Replying to your lord, the general thought that your lord had this idea early on, so he only left one carriage." Shi Quan looked embarrassed, paused, and then scratched his head and added, "And the carriage was pulled by an old horse. , I can only walk slowly, I can’t run at all.”
Zhou Chi was so angry that he was speechless: "Then... where is my horse?"
"The general said that the army horses are too nervous, so my lord, your horses are temporarily requisitioned by the general," Shi Quan looked at Zhou Chi's face that was red with anger and hurriedly comforted him, "Master Zhou, don't be angry! The general said that when he returns in triumph, he will personally go to Guangxi to return Lord Zhou’s horse! Our general has always kept his word, Lord Zhou, please believe it..."
"Who cares about a horse?!" Zhou Chi was so angry that he was always well-educated, but at this time he was so angry that he lost his image and cursed angrily, "Lu Zhicheng, you little bastard, you Wait for me! "
Na Shiquan: "...I didn't hear anything! I didn't hear anything!"
Zhou Chi: "..."
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Without horses, no matter how fast his legs and feet were, he couldn't catch up with the army. Zhou Chi had no choice but to get into the carriage aggrievedly and let Shi Quan drive the carriage slowly back to Guangxi.
Along the way, Zhou Chi was so angry that his lungs hurt, but he still couldn't bear to throw away the crumpled letter. As soon as he saw Lu Zhicheng's words, he crumpled the letter into a ball angrily, and he was so angry He would step on it a few times, but after a while, he would silently pick up the letter again.
However, Zhou Chi finally tore the letter into pieces.
That was six days later, when he arrived in Guangxi.