strictlysupreme Chapter 589 The Woman Who Suddenly Appeared
Chapter 589 The Woman Who Suddenly Appeared
“Okay.” Ye Qing’an nodded: “Have them focus on collecting information about how Night Enchantress bewitches people, and whether there’s a way to tell if someone has been bewitched by Night Enchantress…”
"Yes," Shen Qingdai replied softly.
The next morning, Ye Qing'an met Qiao'er by the river next to the camp.
Qiao'er was washing clothes by the river. When she saw Ye Qing'an, she quickly put the clothes back into the basin, wiped her hands on the clothes, and walked quickly toward Ye Qing'an.
"Miss Ye."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "Have you been doing well in the camp lately?"
"Everything is fine."
Not far away, there were other people washing clothes by the river. Qiao'er looked around and lowered her head, saying, "Last night, General Wei told me that His Highness the Crown Prince asked them to collect grain."
"Collecting grain?" Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow; she hadn't known about this.
Qiao'er nodded: "Yes, to collect the grain."
"General Wei was particularly unhappy, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince was holding a grudge against them, which was why he made them do such a thankless task as collecting grain."
"It's not their place to lead troops into battle, and if they win a battle, the credit will naturally not go to them."
"Furthermore, collecting grain can be very troublesome if you encounter unreasonable people. And if they don't collect the grain properly, the army will run out of food, and everyone will know about it. It's a job that pleases neither side."
Ye Qing'an knew that the generals in the camp had some complaints because of what happened yesterday, but she did not expect that the Crown Prince would actually send those generals from the camp to collect grain.
As General Wei said, collecting grain was a thankless and arduous task.
However, it's not just that.
After all, the matter of provisions is a matter of life and death for the entire camp of soldiers.
If those generals harbored resentment towards the Crown Prince, or if some of those generals were spies for the rebels...
They only need to find a way to tamper with the supplies a little, and the entire camp of soldiers will be...
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes; it was indeed just as Liu Enze had said.
The Crown Prince, after all, had never been to the battlefield.
"Okay, I see."
Qiao'er nodded: "Does Master have any instructions?"
Ye Qing'an thought for a moment: "After you met me before, you were taken hostage. Did you notice how much taller the person who took you hostage was than you?"
Qiao'er hadn't expected Ye Qing'an to ask about this, and after a moment's recollection, she said, "He's roughly a head taller than me."
Ye Qing'an nodded: "When she left the military medical camp yesterday, she paid special attention to this matter. Among those military doctors, Huo Xianming is considered tall. In the military medical camp, there is only one other person of similar height."
Ye Qing'an glanced at Qiao'er, who was a head taller than her, which matched Huo Xianming's stature.
Ye Qing'an nodded gently: "Perhaps that person will come looking for you again in the future. When that happens, pay close attention to his details and characteristics."
"it is good."
Ye Qing'an saw someone walking towards them, glanced at the person, and then turned her head away: "Okay, I understand."
Ye Qing'an lowered her voice and said quickly, "If anyone asks you again what I said to you, just tell them that I asked you how a woman should please a man in bed."
Upon hearing this, Qiao'er's eyes widened in disbelief.
“Just say that I heard you are a military prostitute who serves men, so I came here specifically to ask you questions. After all, I had never met anyone of your status before I joined the army, so I was curious.”
"Okay." Although she didn't know what Ye Qing'an was planning, Qiao'er still obediently agreed.
Ye Qing'an turned and walked towards the camp. Just as she reached the outermost tent area, someone suddenly darted out from under the tent cover and almost bumped into her.
Fortunately, Ye Qing'an reacted quickly, dodging the attack and then stopping her.
It was a woman who bumped into us.
Ye Qing'an narrowed her eyes. She remembered that Qingdai had mentioned before that, apart from her and Qingdai, the only women in the army were prostitutes.
and so……
The woman seemed flustered and quickly apologized to Ye Qing'an, saying, "I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry."
Ye Qing'an's gaze fell on the woman's face, but then she became somewhat uncertain.
She had seen all the military prostitutes in the camp except for Qiao'er, both in her previous life and after joining the camp.
The military prostitutes she encountered, who had spent a long time in the camp, regardless of their faces, had dark, murky eyes, like a stagnant pool of water.
But the woman in front of him was not like that.
The woman in front of me had bright eyes, and they were very beautiful, watery and sparkling.
Perhaps because it was frightened, its eyes looked like those of a startled fawn, making people feel tenderness and affection for it.
Seeing the woman's flustered expression and her eyes constantly glancing behind her, Ye Qing'an asked, "What's wrong? Has something happened, young lady?"
Upon hearing Ye Qing'an's voice, the woman turned to look at him, and her eyes lit up immediately.
"You're a woman too?"
The woman blinked, then seemed to remember something, her eyes suddenly dimming again. She lowered her voice and asked, "Are you...a military prostitute in this camp?"
Ye Qing'an shook her head.
"No?" The woman's eyes widened, seemingly suspicious. "Then can you help me? Just now... just now someone was harassing me, and they were chasing me. I'm so scared..."
Ye Qing'an narrowed his eyes and looked at the woman. He could hear some clues in her words and had his own guesses.
When did you join the camp?
"The day before...the day before yesterday."
That's right. This woman was brought back by the general who went out to collect grain the day before yesterday and presented to the Crown Prince.
However, Qingdai had previously said that there were three women brought back by the generals who were conscripted for grain, two of whom were from Huohuang Pavilion, and only one was not.
So, is this woman one of the two men, or the other?
As this question arose in Ye Qing'an's mind, she turned to look at Qingdai.
Qingdai seemed to understand what Ye Qing'an was thinking, and simply shook her head gently with a very small curve.
Ye Qing'an realized that if it wasn't someone from Huohuang Pavilion, then it must be someone else.
She had only heard that the Crown Prince had kept the peasant girl they had prepared, but she had not heard that the Crown Prince had favored anyone else. This girl should not have been favored yet.
Ye Qing'an's mind raced with thoughts, but she just smiled and said, "Then come back to the camp with me for a while. With me here, no one will dare to touch you."