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"Dinner here is not as good as your garrison. Are you used to it?"

"I'm very used to it. How could I not be used to it? Today, I've brought a few kinds of wild game for you to taste, as well as some dishes for you."

"Fine, someone, go prepare some dishes. This grandpa will treat the young general to a banquet here tonight."

"Yes."

Someone agreed from outside the tent. Helian Manqiu smiled and said, "Let's clean up the game. There's still some good wine. My Lord, do you want to drink?"

"Sometimes just a few drinks and a good wine?"

"I can drink a few cups. Would you mind accompanying me to drink a few cups today?"

"What kind of wine would Qing Yu like to drink?"

"How about tasting the wine I brought today?"

"Alright, someone, go get the liquid jadeite from me."

"Yes, young general is so lucky. My lord isn't too willing to drink this wine. This is the first time he's used it to entertain someone else."

A black figure appeared behind Gan Yuxuan as he spoke with a smile. Then, he moved to a corner of the large tent and took out some Jadefluid.

Helian Manqiu held her forehead. This person had concealed himself very deeply. Just now, even she hadn't paid much attention to him. So it turned out that there was someone else in the corner behind Gan Yuxuan.

Although this person was covered by the tent curtains, there were still people inside the tent. How could she not have noticed in the slightest?

Expert!

A martial arts master, an inner force master, and an expert in concealing his presence!

As expected, there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers by Gan Zhixuan's side. Things were getting more and more interesting. How many secrets did this person have to uncover?

Helian Manqiu laughed heartily, "My lord, the Jadefluid Jadeite Essence must be a top-grade wine. The Liquor worm has been lured out by my lord. Please don't feel sorry for it tonight."

"If Qing Yu likes it, just drink it. The strength of the Jadefluid is great, you can't drink too much. If you like it, I'll give you a few bottles. Take them back and slowly taste them."

"Thank you, my lord, for the wine."

Seeing that Helian Manqiu was still tired and lazy, Ganwu slightly shook his head. In front of this young man, he felt relaxed, relaxed, without any guard or dignity, and didn't need to think too much about it.

His expression was indifferent, and his smile was as gentle as the clouds. There was a hint of curiosity in his eyes as he stared at the person holding the wine, as if he was waiting for the wine to taste it.

The current him looked somewhat childish, like a child that hadn't grown up. He didn't have the usual scheming and scheming. In front of him, it was like he was doting on his elder. He was completely unrestrained.

Most of the people who came into contact with him were his subordinates. When they saw him, they were all filled with fear and trepidation. They were extremely respectful, and when they saw the officials from other places, they were similarly abnormally respectful.

Gan Yuxuan suddenly recalled that it had been a long time since someone had spoken to him like this. It was so easy to be together, without any restrictions on status, to talk casually, to drink and eat, to have a good chat.

How long has it been?

He could not remember, and sometimes he would drink and laugh with his generals. However, he knew that as long as he was present, those people wouldn't be able to let him go.

Those people who had followed him back then, how many were there?

Life and death were at stake. After battling for so many years, his old companions had all left him one by one. The number of people left behind increased their reverence towards him, and even their words depended on his expression.

He had never tried to distance himself from them, had never scolded them or made them fear him for some trivial matter. However, the reverence they felt for him grew deeper and deeper as they treated him with the respect and courtesy of their lord.

Without the intimacy and freedom of the past, there was more respect and caution.

In their hearts, he was their lord, their master, the person they had to protect with their lives.

They were only his subordinates, and were no longer like his former brothers. He had never doubted their loyalty to him, but they had never been willing to drink and eat with him, just like this young man in front of him.

After so many years, he was used to eating alone. Even his closest confidant only looked at him from afar, respectfully standing in the corner, waiting for his orders.

Why did he have to be so indulgent towards a youth that he had just met?

Why should he condone Helian Qingyu's rudeness and impudence, his boldness and laziness?

Perhaps the first time he had done that, something had touched his heartstrings. He did not want to argue with a child, nor did he want to destroy that feeling.

His eyes were misty, and he had turned into a cloud of smoke in the distance, drifting away with the wind.

Yes, he would not be able to return to the past. Now, he was the noble General Jing Bian of the Great Hengkong Empire, the Marquis of Heaven.

With a high position and authority, two hundred thousand soldiers were invincible!

The Emperor was wary of him and couldn't be lacking him. The other princes wanted to rope him in, but they were also fearful of him.

As long as he held the military power in his hands, no one would dare to touch him, just like how the imperial government would not reject him even if he were to reinstate the innocence of Helian Shan.

What was rejected was his face. The consequences that followed were not something that the imperial government could bear and willing to see.

The inferior races had coveted the Great Hengkong Empire for a long time. Without him here, the inferior races would have trampled on the Great Hengkong Empire, and they would have gone all the way there.

Helian Manqiu cast a sidelong glance at Gan Shixuan. Was he recalling the past? Was he recalling the past here? Or are you trying to remember something else?

What was his past like?

"How old was my lord when he enlisted in the army?"

"Thirteen."

Only then did he realize that he had involuntarily answered Helian Manqiu's question.

"Thirteen years old. If such a small lord enters the army, will the army accept him?"

The men and women of the Great Hengkong Empire could be considered to have grown up at the age of fifteen. The men were not even fifteen years old, and were not allowed to enter the army or become officials in the imperial court.

"Among the chaotic army, whoever cares about my age can just report themselves as two years old."

The black clothed man looked back at Gan Zhixuan in surprise. His master had never talked about the past with anyone, and even he did not understand his lord's past.

White jade bottles, white jade bottles, soft and shiny, just a bottle filled with wine was so precious, this should be the best white jade bottles, if I get her in the twenty-first century, it should be worth several million.

The white jade bottle was incomparably smooth, its tentacles were smooth and slightly cold, and its engravings were exceptionally exquisite.

"My lord is going to give me the wine. Do you want to give me this bottle as well?"

In the end, she was still a woman. She had no resistance towards beautiful things, especially towards such exquisite jade bottles. She wished that she could immediately slip into her arms and steal it.

She was doing it on purpose, purposely showing off her childish attitude in front of Gan Yuxuan. She even showed a bit of greed to dispel Gan Yuxuan's suspicions.