Being General's Wife

Chapter 39. The Eastern Kingdom Plan

As Lou Jie sat quietly contemplating by the river suddenly came a girl. She was one of Lou Jie's friends in exile. His name is Fu Shu. Fu Shu is a former concubine of Lou Dong who managed to escape. By the time all of Lou Dong's concubines were captured (some were released and some were taken by Zhou's royal soldiers because of the sheer number of them) Fu Shu was outside the palace with Lou Jie. So he escaped.

Fu Shu and Lou Jie were almost the same age. Lou Dong let her follow his sister as they both matched each other.

Fu Shu noticed Lou Jie who was silent alone under a tree near the river. The place Lou Jie used to go to when she was thinking about something. Fu Shu's hesitation approached Lou Jie. But finally his footsteps kept walking towards his friend.

"You remember your family again?" Fu Shu who was sitting suddenly next to him startled the dreamy Lou Jie.

"You just surprised me. Hhhh yes I remember them all. How would they be if they were alive?" Lou Jie kept quiet again. The look in his eyes implied sadness and grudge.

Fu Shu just silently listened. Lou Jie resumed her words.

"Why did the killer live happily after all? Why did he get the compliments? While we here have to suffer and live a life of moving?" Question after question always perched on Lou Jie's head.

"Calm Jie, you said we will take revenge on Lord Lou Dong and his majesty the king and queen, isn't our preparations almost done? When are we ready to do it?" Fu Shu tried to calm Lou Jie down. Fu Shu was afraid that Lou Jie's bad habits might re-emerge.

From childhood Lou Jie would grip the hands of anyone who was nearby tightly and would not be willing to let go until her feelings calmed down. Whenever Lou Jie wasn't calm she would behave like that. Worse, the feeling of calm will be felt if the hand he gripped bleed. Countless scars on Fu Shu's hands were caused by Lou Jie's actions.

Lou Jie seemed to close her eyes she knew her actions used to always hurt Fu Shu. Many changes had occurred since they had lived in exile. Lou Jie's bad habits gradually began to diminish. 

Slowly Lou Jie took a deep breath so many times that her mind was clear again.

"So, I've already asked Da Fu's brother. He always said it was not the right time to do it. Against a person as smart and ruthless as Zhou Ming we must not be in a hurry. We can get into his trap. That's what Da Fu's brother always told me" Lou Jie exhaled a rough breath.

"Maybe we should ask Da Fu again" Lou Jie finally broke up.

Rounding back his resolve Lou Jie moved from that place followed by Fu Shu. They walked towards Da Fu's residence.

Along the way they walked in silence, immersed in each other's thoughts. Seen on the left, a very clear river. The water is clean and is their source of drinking water.

Before long they had arrived at the ghost army refugee camp. Lou Jie headed straight to one of the biggest tents that Da Fu lived in. Fu Shu went to a special tent where the women were cooking.

Lou Jie's own residence tent is a few meters from Da Fu's tent. As she was about to enter the tent of the ghost army leader, Lou Jie felt a few glances directly at her. Lou Jie felt the heat on her cheeks. He realized that he was the subject of conversation around the ghost army. This is because both Da Fu and Lou Jie imply like liking each other. They have a hidden relationship. They like and pay attention to each other but do not dare to express feelings (ehehehe pent-up love).

"Sister Da Fu, there's something I want to ask" Lou Jie told from outside the tent.

"Come in" Da Fu's voice rang out from inside the tent.

Lou Jie goes inside Da Fu's tent. There was a handsome 21-year-old man. Wavy-haired sharp-eyed.

A red tinge appeared on Lou Jie's cheek. I don't know since when he had the awkward feeling of meeting face to face with his late brother's best friend.

"I told you not to call me that. Fu Shu has dared to call my name why don't you?" Lou Jie said in a annoyed tone. Lips pouting.

"Alright, I'm sorry, miss. What's up until you dare get into my tent?" Ask Da Fu again.

"I want to ask, when do we begin to carry out our plans? Infiltrate the Zhou kingdom?" Lou Jie asked directly to the point.

"You're very impatient. Wait until our plan for rebellion is 99% ready%. At the moment our preparation is still 90%. We need to prepare a backup plan because if at any time our plan fails we can directly improvise" Da Fu explained.

"Until when do we keep going like this? Letting the enemy have fun. I don't accept it!" Lou Jie complained.

"Patience, hasty actions without a second thought are not good for us" Da Fu said.

"Alright I'll obey you" Lou Jie's breath sounded.

"Because now that you've calmed down, shouldn't you be carrying out your duties?" Da Fu said while busy studying the papers in front of him.

"Yes well, I'm leaving now" Lou Jie left the tent with a sullen face.

'When I still want to linger alone with him, huh you insensitive base!' lou Jie's inner murmur.

When Lou Jie left, the vice of the ghost army entered the tent. The man named Tan Hwo asked, saying,

"Why don't you tell him our backup plan? The plan of the rebellion to be carried out and the plan of its formation into the Zhou kingdom?" Tan Hwo.

"Now is not the time to talk about our backup plan. I still can't tell her about the plan. That if the rebellion fails, it is likely that she will be arrested and made a lustful concubine of her brother's killer. I don't know how he reacted. Whether he wants to and is able to do it or not. This plan is at great risk. We don't know what Zhou Ming would do if he knew Lou Jie was a spy" Da Fu's words were like a knife slicing through Lou Jie's heart.

Yes, when the deputy commander of the ghost army entered the tent Da Fu secretly he stole their hearing. Unexpectedly the real backup plan would actually involve him.

Lou Jie's heart and mind were confused. But he remembered how much his family paid close attention to his interests. It's time to repay his family's kindness by daring to risk whatever it takes. Even if his own life is at stake.

The silence of Da Fu's tent was solved by the sound of the tent's doors opening.

"You don't have to worry. I will carry out that plan. For the sake of my family's revenge and for the sake of our plans" Lou Jie's confident reply.

Da Fu was surprised. But he was only able to look at Lou Jie wistfully.

"Alright we will move when the time is ready" Da Fu said at last.

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