He Rong Hui's character, Gu Yun understood it full well — the man was notorious for being the topmost difficult person to deal with. In addition to Gu Yun, even Shen Yi might not be able to withstand him, he would definitely not put the Northwestern Governor in his eyes. If that Meng Peng Fei dared to bare his might inside their camp under the name of the Drumming Order, He Rong Hui would probably take the lead in opposing, and if not careful... perhaps he would even take care of Governor Meng.

Then what would be the next step?

Suddenly, a knock from outside came through the door; Gu Yun went to open it and found that Chang Geng was standing there.

Gu Yun's hand was holding onto the door. As soon as he caught sight of Chang Geng, the heart that had just calmed down began to stir up again, his stomach twisting in a knot: "How come you are here again?"

Chang Geng: "I think yifu perhaps could use me right now."

Gu Yun: "..."

Chang Geng stood at the door and asked, "Can I come in?"

After requesting his permission, he turned sideways, in a 'completely ready to go' stance; as long as Gu Yun told him to 'get away', he would immediately obey and vanish into thin air.

Gu Yun thought: I must have owed a lot of money to this little bastard in my previous life.

Then, he could not do anything other than to make way for said little bastard to enter the room.

Just now, Gu Yun was deeply immersed in his thoughts, accidentally leaving the bottle of wine to reach a boiling state on the stove. The scent of liquor spread in the room. Gu Yun tried to make conversation, lifted up the bottle, and asked Chang Geng: "Do you want a drink?"

Chang Geng did not pay him any mind, taking out a bottle of already cooled boiled water for himself, sitting properly next to a chessboard - if he were to shave his hair, this image of him would very much resemble a mysterious monk, beyond the mortal realm.

Chang Geng asked: "The Black Eagle would not run all the way from the Northwestern Camp during the night without any reason. Is there a change at the border?"

Gu Yun didn't quite want him to know, vaguely saying: "Just a little trouble, it's nothing."

His personal prestige in the military was extremely high. The advantage of it was that he did not speak twice, his abilities to control and his efficiency were both excellent. However, with everything that was too extreme bearing the tendency to become counter-productive, this also had its downside. For example, as Gu Yun would involuntarily maintain this prestige, when faced with certain things even he himself could not figure out, he would not take the initiative to talk to others about it either.

Over time, it was easy to become stubborn.