"What are you planning to do, Marshal?" Chen Jinjun gritted his teeth and stared at Huo Tingyu.
When she stared at the shopkeepers below, some of them would make their legs tremble with fear, but at this moment, her most fierce look fell on Huo Tingyu's eyes, making the usually graceful and dignified Chen Jinjun look a little more...
She should be smart at her age.
Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun with a smile: "Now that my boss has entered the Huo family's gate, I can't just walk away."
Chen Jinjun relaxed: "Whatever the commander wants to say, just say it directly. There is no need to beat around the bush."
Huo Tingyu smiled at Chen Jinjun. His big white teeth and slightly darker skin color made him look more like a naive bear.
Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu's smile and felt that Huo Tingyu looked nothing like the Yongzhou marshal who dominated the entire northwest. Instead, he looked like a silly boy who wanted to please her.
Her heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.
Perhaps after holding it for too long, Huo Tingyu's palm began to heat up, burning her skin through her sleeves.
"Commander." Chen Jinjun called him.
Huo Tingyu also realized this, quickly let go of his hand and scratched his head.
"I came back this time just to deal with the Chai Yang matter." Chen Jinjun said to Huo Tingyu in a good voice.
"That means...the boss is not here to take things away?" Huo Tingyu was stunned for a moment.
Chen Jinjun sighed: "If I really want to never have contact with the Huo family again, I can take the Chen family and leave Yongzhou."
"I won't let my boss leave Yongzhou."
Chen Jinjun realized that the two of them were not talking about the same thing at all.
"It's getting late. I'll go find the commander tomorrow morning."
After saying that, Chen Jinjun left without looking back.
Huo Tingyu stretched out his hand to hold Chen Jinjun, but in the end he was still a step too slow. His brows and eyes became relaxed, without any trace of the depression he had just now.
Even the steps he walked back into his yard were a little brisk.
Early the next morning, Chen Jinjun pushed open the door of Huo Tingyu's study and saw Huo Tingyu waiting for him early.
Chen Jinjun sat on the chair under the window and casually picked up the tea cup at hand. The tea inside was at a moderate temperature. It seemed that Huo Tingyu had deliberately arranged it.
She calmly put down the teacup in her hand and looked at Huo Tingyu, who was sitting behind the large table.
"Commander, have you been training recently?" She asked tentatively, thinking about how to tell Huo Tingyu her suspicions.
Huo Tingyu immediately realized what Chen Jinjun was going to tell him: "My boss, it's okay to just say it."
Chen Jinjun and Huo Tingyu met each other's eyes. I wonder if there was a connection between them, but Chen Jinjun understood his eyes.
"Since the commander is ready, I have nothing to say." Chen Jinjun took a sip of tea.
Huo Tingyu smiled: "Yongzhou's army is very strong, but it depends on whether our boss can support the cost of this war."
Chen Jinjun raised his eyebrows: "Commander, are you questioning my financial resources?"
"Don't dare." Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun and shook his head gently.
"Then the commander is determined to win?"
"Is it possible that my boss wants me to come back defeated?" Huo Tingyu asked her.
Chen Jinjun smiled: "My Chen family's properties are all in Yongzhou, so I naturally hope that the commander-in-chief will make a triumphant return."
"I don't fight uncertain battles." Huo Tingyu's eyes were full of determination to win.
"Then let me say one more thing. How does the commander plan to deal with Chai Yang? And how does he plan to deal with the Jiang family and his son?"
Huo Tingyu pondered for a moment: "Chaiyang is not as rich as Yongzhou, but it is better because of its superior geographical location. The most important thing is that behind Chaiyang, there is the shadow of the Republic of China government."
"So, the commander-in-chief can't take over Chai Yang?" Chen Jinjun frowned.
Sure enough, Huo Tingyu knew a lot about this matter and knew a lot of information that neither Xu Fanming nor himself knew.
But then things became difficult for Chai Yang.
Fight, Chai Yang has the Republic of China government behind him, so he won't lose face; don't fight, Jiang Lu has already provoked him, and he can't swallow this breath alive.
Looking at Chen Jinjun's thoughtful look, Huo Tingyu comforted her: "Jiang Lu is not a person who can give up power. The government of the Republic of China does not have much interest in Chai Yang. Just fight, and the worst is to give Chai Yang to the Republic of China after the fight."
The government should be accommodating."
"I still have a large piece of land like Yongzhou, so I don't have that much energy to run Chaiyang anymore."
Chen Jinjun nodded: "The commander-in-chief thinks so, I don't have any objection, but I want the Zhou family."
"Is the boss trying to eradicate the problem?" Huo Tingyu raised his eyebrows at Chen Jinjun.
A cruel smile appeared on Chen Jinjun's face: "Kings throughout the ages have always used two methods to deal with rebels."
"Which two?" Huo Tingyu clearly knew both methods, but he still followed Chen Jinjun's words and asked.
Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu: "Either, behead; or..."
"Take it in and be a dog."
There was a fierceness in her eyes that came from the bottom of her heart.
For a moment, Huo Tingyu saw another version of himself in Chen Jinjun.
"Then what does the owner plan to do? Should he behead him directly or see if he can be adopted as a dog?"
Chen Jinjun did not answer Huo Tingyu's question directly, but asked him: "If it were the commander-in-chief, what would the commander-in-chief do?"
Huo Tingyu pondered for a moment: "Of course, we weigh the pros and cons before making a decision."
Chen Jinjun nodded: "That's exactly what I mean."
"Then... are you so sure that the Zhou family is behind it?" Huo Tingyu was very curious about Chen Jinjun's source of information.
Chen Jinjun nodded decisively: "Of course."
With that said, Chen Jinjun picked up the topographic map between Yongzhou and Chaiyang that Huo Tingyu could put there.
"What does this mean, Commander? Such military secrets are actually being kept everywhere?"
Huo Tingyu smiled: "This is a little gift from me to my boss."
Chen Jinjun raised his head and met Huo Tingyu's eyes.
"The commander-in-chief is... asking me to take over the Zhou family."
Huo Tingyu did not nod immediately, but smiled meaningfully: "My boss understands, so there is no need to say more."
Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu and was touched for a moment. He guessed his next move and paved the way for him.
It seems...it would be a good choice to have such a person who is traveling with you all the way.
She held the map in her hand and pursed her lips: "Thank you so much, Marshal."
Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun: "My boss should know that what I want is not just a thank you from my boss."
Chen Jinjun was burned by the heat in his eyes and quickly looked away, but she did not answer Huo Tingyu's words, and the whole study fell into silence.
Huo Tingyu didn't care about Chen Jinjun's avoidance. He knew that with Chen Jinjun's intelligence, he must know his thoughts about her, but he just didn't want to accept it.
Then there is no need for him to be entangled all the time. Silently accompanying him all the way is what he, as Chen Jinjun's nominal elder brother, is one of the few things he can do.