CHAPTER 1424: CHAPTER 1425: DISCOVERY

"Look at the generals in the military camp, which one of them hasn’t been through countless battles? Of course, I’m an exception—I got in through the back door~" An Jing teased openly with a clear hint of humor in the latter part of her sentence.

She held no military merits to her name but was still appointed as a General. In reality, there were plenty within the camp who secretly disapproved, and she was well aware of this.

"Master, don’t say that—you’ve earned your title as General fair and square! You truly have talent!" After a pause, Li Wuyu’s excitement bubbled up: "Master, with such an achievement this time, once word spreads, not only will the women in our military camp think your title is justified, but even those in the other camps will too."

In truth, An Jing wasn’t overly concerned about gaining great achievements. She just wanted to flatten Chilin as soon as possible, avenge her father, erase the nation’s disgrace, and return home to reunite with her four children.

Thus, An Jing chose not to dwell any further on the topic and instead said, "You’ve had a tiring day too. Let’s get some rest. Tomorrow morning, at first light, we’ll leave the mountains and return to the city."

The night was too dark to see anything. Even if they traveled blindly, there was no guarantee they could make it out of the mountains. It would be better to wait for daylight.

It was already late into the night.

Although both An Jing and Li Wuyu were physically exhausted, staying in the mountains meant they had to worry about wild animal attacks. Neither could sleep soundly—they would close their eyes briefly, only to open them moments later, over and over again, until the faint light of dawn crept in.

The longer they stayed in the mountains, the less safe they felt. As soon as they saw the first hints of daylight, An Jing and Li Wuyu were filled with relief. They quickly shook off their drowsiness and hurriedly made their way through the jungle to leave the mountain.

At the same moment when An Jing and Li Wuyu were about to descend from the mountain, the Great General in Jingye City had also risen from his bed.

The Great General’s surname was Ma, and his name was Ma Da Gong. His father had bestowed this name upon him in hopes that he would achieve many great accomplishments. Indeed, due to his prowess in combat and fearless killing of enemies, he had earned quite a few significant achievements.

Relying on these accomplishments, he climbed step by step from an ordinary soldier to the famed Great General of Chilin.

Because Ma Da Gong was just as cruel as the Emperor of Chilin and was particularly loyal to him due to his single-mindedness, he earned more trust from the Emperor compared to other generals. This was why the Emperor had sent Ma Da Gong to guard Jingye City.

When Ma Da Gong got up, he immediately discovered that the three maps on his desk were gone, and he flew into a rage.

The first to bear the brunt of his anger were the four elite soldiers stationed at the entrance of his tent. They were all beaten to death by Ma Da Gong’s orders. Ma Da Gong also quickly deduced that the maps must have been stolen by the person who had brought him tea the previous night.

A true Chilin soldier would never have stolen them, which left only one possibility—that person was not a soldier of Chilin.

A non-Chilin soldier had infiltrated Chilin’s military camp?!

Ma Da Gong erupted with even greater fury.

In his rage, Ma Da Gong immediately ordered the entire camp to be searched. However, not only did they fail to find any suspects, but they also uncovered two stripped corpses of Chilin soldiers.

Infuriated, Ma Da Gong punished several more people. Most notably, the two soldiers who were regularly assigned to serve him tea—Ma Da Gong stabbed each of them to death with a single blow.

After the killings, Ma Da Gong ordered another investigation into how the infiltrator managed to breach the camp, but the inquiries yielded nothing.

In fact, a soldier stationed at the riverbank suspected that the infiltrator might have used the river to enter the camp.

The soldier recalled that, after relieving himself nearby the previous night, he had noticed a patch of damp ground along the riverbank. At the time, he paid it no mind, but upon reflection, it seemed highly plausible now.