Chapter 10 — The Street They Live in Nhan Hoi Quan

Father personally built a medical mandarin's tomb for him. Every year, Co Thinh Loan would come to the grave to worship, saying that if Brother Tram Thu was still alive, he would definitely not be able to bear to see her suffer. But now, my elder brother is living outside the city. Luc Tram Thu led the victims to a road and joined forces with the cavalry of Binh Xuyen town. The Huyen Giap army, worried about being attacked by both sides, temporarily withdrew to the barracks. The city gate still cannot be opened. Trieu Khac put down the hanging basket and welcomed Luc Tram Beast up to the citadel wall alone. As soon as the hanging basket touched the ground, I rushed forward. He spread his arms. I punched him in the chest with a punch. "You still know how to come back!" Luc Tram Thu was knocked back half a step by me, holding his chest and inhaling air continuously. "I just met him and hit him? When I was little, I wasn't that fierce." My eye sockets heated up, and I kicked him hard again. This kick doesn't really hit. He reached out and hugged me. The armor was cold, and my body smelled of blood. "Okay." He gently patted my back. "Brother came home late." I gritted my teeth, unable to say a word. In my previous life, until my death, I thought my brother had buried himself in Mac Bac a long time ago. It turned out that among the four members of the Luc family, at least one person escaped that massacre. Trieu Khac's eyes reddened as he walked over and patted Luc Tram Thu's shoulder firmly. "Major general, where have you been these past three years?" Luc Tram Thu let go of me and took out an oilcloth package from his armor. "Investigate an old case." The oilcloth was opened, inside was a stack of military food records, secret orders from the Huyen Giap army, and a few seals with the emperor's personal seal. The top style was written four years ago. "The day the queen left the capital, the Huyen Giap army immediately set out for Sung Chau." The second style was written three years ago. "The phoenix price will pass through Thanh Ha, warships must block the waterway in advance." The third style mentioned Phong Duong. The fourth style mentions Liuzhou. The date of each time is earlier than when Co Thinh Loan escaped the palace. Luc Tram Thu gave me the last wind edict. The ink is still very new. Written ten days ago. "Order of Bac Ho to cross the border to harass, lead Luc Kieu out of the pass." "After the queen arrived at Nhan Hoi Quan, in the name of protecting the city, seizing the tiger talisman of Luc Thi, took over 120,000 border troops." The lower right corner is stamped with Tieu Tan's personal seal. Next to it is a small line of delicate letters. "The secret passage southwest of Nhan Hoi Quan can let a hundred people pass. If A Yeu softens her heart, I will advise you to open the gate." Those are Co Tanh Loan's words. She stood behind us, staring seductively. Luc Tram Thu followed my eyes. The smile on her face gradually disappeared. "Thin Loan?" Co Thinh Loan opened her mouth. "Brother Tram Thu." Luc Tram Thu looked at her for a long time. Then he threw a bloody jade pendant at her feet. The jade pendant was engraved with the orchid pattern of Phuong Nghi palace. "The military order to kill two thousand of my brothers in Mac Bac was also given from Phuong Nghi palace." The jade pendant fell on the brick wall, breaking into two halves. "Co Thinh Loan." "For three years now, I have always wanted to come back alive to ask you one question." "What does the Luc family owe you?" "It is worth letting you help Tieu Tan, knife after knife stabbing into them." Me?” 7 Luc Tram Thu's voice was very low. But it was as if Co Ting Loan had been slapped in front of everyone, taking half a step back. "I didn't know that military order would kill you." "The military order told the army holding Mac Bac to withdraw from Ung Huyen Hap, leaving two thousand people for Bac Ho to besiege. You put the phoenix seal on it." "Tieu Tan said that the person ambushing outside Ung Nhay Hap was an old subordinate of Ninh Vuong." "So you don't even ask if you ask." asked." Luc Tram Thu bent down and picked up the broken piece of jade pendant. "I lay in a pile of dead people for two days. When I woke up, all of Luc's bodies were next to me

army." "There was a sixteen-year-old rookie who blocked a knife for me. Before he died, he still asked when the imperial reinforcements would arrive." "Reinforcements did not come." "On the contrary, Phuong Nghi Palace sent someone to bring twenty coffins, telling us to bury them with dignity." The color on Co Ting Loan's face gradually disappeared. "I thought you had also died." "Of course you want me to die." Luc Tram Thu threw the jade pendant back at her feet. "People I won't come back to ask." "Brother Tram Thu, I don't—" "Don't call me that." Co Thinh Loan's lips moved. Outside the city, the Huyen Giap army sounded their war drums again. Trieu Khac quickly walked to the top of the citadel. "They are stacking firewood outside the east gate." "Want to burn the city gate?" "It seems so." Luc Tram Thu turned and walked towards the battlements. The three thousand people he brought back were still resting in order in the Binh town battlefield. Xuyen, most of them were injured and could not enter the city for the time being. I followed. "Brother, where are you?" "The Ho cavalry in Bac Linh saw us and withdrew. Father led the main force to chase to Hac Thach Cau, discovering that the enemy's arrowheads came from the Infantry." Luc Tram Thu placed his hand on the citadel's bricks. "He sent people to intercept the military reports of the two remaining towns. Tieu Tan's people stopped all the messengers." "How soon will father be able to return?" "The fastest is tonight."