Ning Zhuo looked around himself as he got off the wagon that he had hitched a ride on as his superior rode inside, the general rode inside where he was reading over a military text intently while stabilizing himself on the side of the carriage to stop the rocking.  He had never sat outside of a carriage before to guard it and now that he was a lieutenant colonel, it felt strange even more that he was assisting in the training of other soldiers now."Lieutenant Yu, do you ever have the experience of going inside a brothel?"  The Colonel, Ao Guong,  slapped Ning Zhuo's shoulder heavily."No, I would have been beaten by my grandmother if I did so.  I just thought it was not a good idea to have a potential for there to be accidents with the brothel workers.""See you have too much of a thoughts floating around in your head.  But this is why the General Gongsun has decided that you will join our little band of wolves.  We cannot be dange

"Yanwan,"  Ning Zhuo turned to Colonel Guong, "you should try to give her a less dangerous job.  There is no telling what danger will happen to her.  She's unprotected and if there is an issue then we are so far away that we cannot come quickly.""Lieutenant Yu, I see that you have a care for small ladies then.  Would you like to be her guard on your days off?  You can go visit the brothel and have her serve you wine the entire day.  Having it be known that she has a protector other than her older brother could also bring us a benefit.  It would be good to have a courier bring information quietly, rather than us all clamboring over there and making a big affair of it."  General Gongsun nodded slowly as he looked from his colonel to his lieutenant who were both crammed into the carriage with him as he had gone outside in a downpour after they had returned from the brothel.Ao Guong shook his head vehemently.  "It's my sister

"Father when picking a good housemaid, she should not be as beautiful as me.  If she is going to be by my side and follow me, then she should be invisible to everyone other than the person whose hands she waits on.  She must take good care of only me.  If I get all of the good qualities in a maid, I am set for success.  Then instead of her serving me, she is going to have eyes for my husband instead.  Father we have to pick one who is average looking so all the attention will be on me when I enter the room."  The small missus of the house strutted around the yard as all the prospective maids were standing in an odd formation around the courtyard.Yan Sha tried to stop herself from rolling her eyes as the young Missus Qian was even more spoiled than she had assumed she would be.  In her time in the capital before, a lot of Princess Yan Ming's friends were like this.  She had to play as if she cared so she would not be bullied by them.

The wedding caravan stopped suddenly and Yan Sha felt the sneaking suspicion creep on her back.  She jumped out of the line as she wondered what could have stalled the wedding line.  She knew that Missus Qian should be out in front shouting at the carriage driver, but there was no sound, as her brave mistress was nowhere to be seen.  It was odd.Her feelings were confirmed as she could see up ahead her suspicions had come to light.  Up in front as she saw the black masked bandits start to creep onto the young Qian's carriage,  Yan Sha dropped the pot she was carrying and immediately sprinted into the woods.  As others saw the same, they began to follow her example. As the ruckus started to mount, one of the bandits switched directions and started to hunt the stragglers instead of the main party.  She gritted her teeth as she started to wonder why Qian would be targeted.  These types of situatios were not unfarmiliar to her,

Ning Zhuo put his sword on the side of the cave as he looked at the red fabric that had been festooned around the four poster bed.  He could see the slim girl with the red fabric on top of her head.  She was obviously sniffling as he moved closer to her.  Her body rebounded backwards towards where the bed met the cave behind it.Her voice was soft as she tried to speak through the sobs that were still racking her.  "I thought I was going to be leaving with Master Guo.  He told me I could serve as his maid as he advised the Wei generals towards peace."Ning Zhuo threw off the red robe with irritation as he had been incredibly hot through the simple ceremony.  The ceremony had taken place inside the natural hotsprings which were nestled in the karsts that made up the caves of the cult's site of operation.  His boots came off as he felt the heat continue to rise in him.  Maybe it had something to do with all the wine that he had bee