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Originally, the number of veterans in the military city was no more than ten thousand. Thousands of them could not go back to the battlefield, at least not for a short period of time.

There were more than two thousand disabled soldiers, and these people would never be able to enter the battlefield again.

The salary and provisions which he had allocated to the former soldiers of the military state were in the form of a real name, and were allocated according to the remaining soldiers of the military state. Since the new recruits weren't under the imperial government, he naturally wouldn't allocate money or provisions for them. Even if there were a few thousand eliminated soldiers in the Military Region and they retreated from the army, they would only be able to increase the number of soldiers by a few thousand. Thus, he did not pay too much attention to it.

If he stopped Helian Manqiu from recruiting new troops, it would instead make others think that he did not measure up enough.

Gan Yuxuan was curious about what the kid was going to use to support these new soldiers.

Recently, I heard that Helian Qingyu started to do business. He gave many of his inventions to the Fang family for distribution. Was it because he wanted to use the money from his business to support the new army?

But that kid just started doing business, how could he gather military provisions in a short period of time to support the new army?

"Reporting to the lord, large groups of people have been discovered outside the city and many supplies have been delivered. Please decide what to do with them, my lord."

"Whose men?"

Gan Yuxuan remained calm and collected. King Lu had sent a letter long ago, so it was likely that King Lu wouldn't dare to provoke him so easily. As an official, he should have gone to pay his respects to the Law King. He had always used the excuse of reorganizing the military region to stay behind and not pay his respects to the Law King.

The King's army had also stayed in the few prefectures that the military prefecture occupied. They did not leave, as if they were waiting for something.

"Reporting to the lord, we have yet to inquire about the other party's name."

After the scout left, another scout quickly walked in and reported the details.

"It's Helian Qingyu's men? What was delivered? "

"Reporting to the Lord, it is very complicated. It has all kinds of materials, including wood, bricks, food, weapons, clothes, etc. Please make your decision, Lord."

As expected, Helian Qingyu brought him endless surprises. Where did he deliver these things from?

The news should have reached them by now, but it was a bit slow. The other party was almost at the military region, and the news had yet to arrive.

"Blue Luan."

A gray-green figure flashed into the tent and knelt on one knee. "Your subordinate pays his respects to the lord."

"Haven't any news from your people come back?"

The Blue Luan's body trembled. It lowered its head and said, "Your subordinate is aware of his crimes. Please bestow punishment upon me. Your subordinate has already sent someone to investigate this matter. If there is any news, report it immediately."

"Blue Luan, you're being too slow."

"My lord, this subordinate dares not, please enlighten the lord."

The Blue Luan's heart shook. It lowered its head and knelt on the ground, not daring to say another word.

"I'll let you watch Helian Qingyu's movements. Chen Yu Yang and the rest are also like this. Why haven't they received any news yet?"

"Lord, the people who sent out the city in the past two days, Chen Yu Yang and the others are not among them. Only Helian Qing Yu sent Ding Ziyang out of the city today. There is still no news of them."

"You still dare to defend yourself? But didn't Lord Grudge call you to sleep?"

"My lord, your subordinate does not dare, absolutely does not dare, please enlighten my lord."

The Blue Luan kneeled down on the ground. It did not dare to raise its head and say a few words. Its soft and charming voice trembled slightly, revealing a trace of fear and bitterness.

Gan Shixuan remained silent. The Blue Luan was kneeling on the ground, yet it didn't dare to speak. So far, there hadn't been any news. What were those people she sent out doing?

"Someone, come."

A black figure appeared within the tent, kneeling on one knee. "Your subordinate pays his respects to the lord. Please give your instructions, my lord."

"Pass down the order. There's no need to stop Helian Qingyu's men. Just let them do as they please and send someone to keep an eye on them."

"Yes, your subordinate understands."

The Blue Luan kneeled on the ground in despair as it stared at Gan Jianxuan's toes. Would the Lord punish her for this matter, and not even let her be the leader of the hidden guards?

Would the Lord punish her for this?

Would he abandon her and kill her?

The Blue Luan fearfully stared at Gan Zhixuan's toes. It was only at this moment, after following this man for so many years, that she realized her understanding of this man was too little.

She could never tell what he was thinking or what he would do next.

She had never known what he liked or disliked, when he was happy, when he was angry and bored. He never seemed to have these emotions. He was always cold and indifferent, like the distant mountains of ice and snow. He was unreachable, but one could faintly feel his chilling aura.

She should have been someone close to him, someone close to his skin, someone who had become his woman.

But even in his bed, she could still feel the distance between them. Even at this distance, she was still willing to kneel at his feet and look up at him, look at him, and silently look at him.

She had never dared to hope for anything, not even as a woman of her master. She had only hoped that her master would call upon her once in a while, and that was her wish.

"My Lord, your subordinate has something to report."

"Come in."

A person behind Gan Yuxuan said in a soft voice. The people outside all knelt down in the tent, causing the Blue Luan to heave a sigh of relief. It was her people who had finally returned to report the matter.

"Reporting to the Lord, Helian Qing Yu had sent people to exterminate the three nearby bandits and obtained quite a bit of property to transport them back to the Military Region."

The person kneeling on the ground gave off a heavy stench of blood. The Blue Luan slightly frowned as it glanced back. It saw that its subordinate was covered in blood. Cold sweat kept seeping out from his forehead, and there was even blood seeping out from his body.

"Men, bring him down to treat the wound and get the details."

"Master, this subordinate will ask for more details and report back to Master."

The Blue Luan hurriedly bowed and left with its subordinates. It hurriedly entered the other tents, and a military doctor came over to treat that person. The Blue Luan did not care about these things as it asked the subordinate a question.

"How did you get into this state?" Those people who went with you, where have they gone? "

Milord, this subordinate is incompetent. We were discovered by Helian Qingyu's people, pursued by the bandits and Helian Qingyu's people, the brothers who went with this subordinate were either killed or fled. This subordinate has to risk his life to bring back the news.

The person did not finish his sentence and fainted.

"Let him wake up, I have something to ask."

"Lord, his blood loss is excessive, and his injuries are difficult to recover from. His life is hanging by a thread, if he were to wake up now, I'm afraid his life would not be safe."

"No problem, wake him up."

He could not interfere too much in the matters of these hidden guards. This man's life was already difficult to keep, and the lord definitely had important matters to clarify. He did not dare to delay the Lord's plans and used silver needles to stimulate him to wake up.

The Blue Luan asked about the situation. Relying on the military doctor's silver needles to hang his life, that person barely managed to answer clearly. His head tilted to the side as he died.