Salted Fish Lady Loves to Eat Melons

Chapter 126 Xiao Jin Receives a Letter from Home
Xiao Jin, who was missed by the emperor, had been attacking Beidi fiercely since he was hit by a poisonous arrow shot by the enemy general.

In just over half a month, he captured two cities of Beidi, and the Beidi emperor sent out his most elite troops to fight against him.

Xiao Jin showed extraordinary courage and wisdom on the battlefield and led his soldiers to fight bravely.

He raged on the battlefield like a ferocious beast. In many fierce battles, Xiao Jin managed to avoid being injured thanks to his agility.

Seeing that their commander was in a blood-thirsty state, the soldiers became more motivated and rushed towards the enemy camp like a gust of wind.

Leng Yan and Leng Feng never left Xiao Jin's side, and every time they swung their swords, they could deliver a fatal blow to the enemy.

The sharpness and ruthlessness in Xiao Jin's eyes frightened the enemy, and the elite troops of Beidi were defeated under Xiao Jin's fierce attack.

The army led by Xiao Jin successfully captured the first city of Beidi, and the Beidi general defending the city was also captured in this war.

After conquering the second city of Beidi, Xiao Jin stood on the city wall and looked into the distance, only then did he have time to miss his wife.

But he also knew that these two victories were just the beginning, and there were more difficult tasks and challenges waiting for him.

As an excellent general, he must prepare for the next fierce offensive from the Northern Di.

No matter how frequent the battles were, Xiao Jin still found time to write a letter home every day and send it back to the capital city along with the 800-mile express victory report.

Sometimes he was so busy that he could only write a few words, but sometimes he would write several pages in a very eloquent manner.

Letters from home are short, but the love for family and country is long. He can't stay by her side, but just wants to convey his thoughts to her.

He hoped she could feel his sincerity, just as he stared at the bright star in the night sky every night and missed her silently.

But he was getting anxious waiting for his wife's letter, as letters from his wife and his brothers and sisters could only be delivered through ordinary post stations.

It’s not that the emperor didn’t send him an urgent secret letter eight hundred miles away. Naturally, no one knew about the so-called secret letter.

"Leng Yan, look at the master standing on the city wall looking eagerly towards Shangjing. Is he missing his wife again?" Leng Feng poked Leng Yan with his arm.

"Is there any need to say this? If we had known that the master would marry so soon, we should have raised a batch of pigeons..."

"Tsk, stop talking in your sleep. We can't even get enough to eat, so how can we feed the pigeons?"

"How much can a little pigeon eat?" Leng Shiliu stuck his head out and answered in confusion.

The secret guards had very intense training every day, so no matter how hard Xiao Jin's life was, he never lacked food for them.

Leng Shiliu had never been close to Xiao Jin, so naturally he didn't know how poor the Marquis' Mansion was.

When he stands out among a group of trained secret guards, the Marquis' Mansion can at least eat meat every day.

"You know what? Although pigeons are small, they have a huge appetite. It takes a lot of money to raise a group of pigeons."

“Brother Feng is right. Pigeons have a strong homing instinct and the ability to perceive their environment.

But they also need people to train them so that they can accurately locate their nests and fly back thousands of miles away.”

"Don't we have couriers to deliver letters? Why do we need carrier pigeons?" Leng Shiliu asked curiously.

After all, he is only eighteen years old and has been in the training ground for eight full years. Leng Shiliu is still very curious about what is happening outside.

Leng Yan and Leng Feng looked at each other and said, "Our master is away from home all year round. When we have some free time in the future, we should raise a group of pigeons."

"Boss, I heard from Leng Ba that most of the mansions in Shangjing City have the habit of raising homing pigeons. Isn't our master a marquis? How come..."

"........."

How could Leng Yan have the nerve to tell his subordinates that all that was left of their mansion was the magnificent mansion and a group of idle young men and women! Leng Feng had just received the praise from the boss, and he was in a good mood, so he excitedly talked about the pigeons' abilities and changed the subject.

He told Leng Shiliu that pigeons can use the position of the sun to determine the direction of flight.

In clear skies, they observe the position of the sun and choose the correct course accordingly.

At the same time, there is a mechanism called "biological clock" in the body that helps them accurately grasp the timing and direction of migration...

It seemed that Leng Shiliu had already forgotten what he asked; Xiao Jin heard their conversation clearly.

He never thought that he would marry the girl he had always dreamed of. He spent all his money on training secret guards and caring for the wounded soldiers.

His marriage was arranged in a hurry. Not only did he have to raise homing pigeons, but even the betrothal gifts were cobbled together.

Because he couldn't walk properly due to his leg injuries, he was still worried after marrying the little girl.

He was afraid that she would dislike him, and also afraid that she didn't like him. Anyway, all his thoughts were on guessing whether she liked him.

He never dreamed that she had a panacea in her hand that not only cured his stubborn old poison but also cured his leg.

The couple had just come to terms with each other and had not gotten along well when he went to the battlefield overnight.

"My Lord, your letter from home has arrived." Leng San's excited voice rang out under the city wall.

"Swoosh~" Xiao Jin used his lightness skills to fly down the city wall and snatched the letter from Leng San.

"Master, you almost crushed my subordinate..." Before Leng San could express his grievance, their master had disappeared.

"Leng San, you must be very tired after the journey, so go in and wash up." Leng Feng followed Xiao Jin and flew down the city wall.

"Second brother, why is the master even more brutal now? Look, he almost crushed my fingers."

"It's not that easy to break. Why would a grown man be so hesitant?" Leng Feng didn't dare to follow Leng San and speak ill of his master behind his back.

Xiao Jin was in no mood to listen to his subordinates this time. He was holding a thick stack of letters from home, and his heart suddenly felt hot.

He flew onto the city wall and then onto the roof, then carefully opened the pigskin envelope.

The first thing that caught his eye was a stack of silver bills, estimated to be about ten thousand taels. Xiao Jin was so shocked that he almost fell off the roof.

He knew very well that the Marquis's family assets amounted to two cents and four cents. How could she get so many banknotes in just over a month?

With a nervous mood, Xiao Jin opened the beautifully folded rice paper and said there were ten pages.

This was the thickest letter from home he had ever received, and her handwriting was still as gentle and beautiful as ever.

The difference this time was that she expressed her longing for him in the letter, and every word on the paper seemed to be engraved in his heart.

Every word echoed in his mind, and his fingers gently touched every stroke on the letter paper.

It was as if I could feel her heartbeat as she wrote the letter. She said that she had never been loved by anyone since she was a child and did not know what love was.

She only knew that the Marquis' Mansion was where she would live in her old age, and she was afraid that he would steal the limelight, so she wanted to take the initiative to force him to subdue her.

This was pretty much what he had guessed in his mind, and thinking back to her ferocious look on their wedding night, he wanted to laugh.

She said that on the sunny afternoon of the Dragon Boat Festival, they were standing in the fields of Zhuangzi.

She was extremely excited because she deeply felt the deep love in his eyes.

But she couldn't believe it!