Beep, beep, beep!
A familiar sound came from outside the window.
Shen Tang was a light sleeper. The moment she heard the flap of a bluebird's wings drawing near, she abruptly opened her eyes, got up, grabbed her cloak, and draped it over her shoulders. Then she took down the window prop and let the bluebird in.
One glance told her it was a letter from Kang Shi. Shen Tang frowned.
"What's Ji Shou writing to me at this hour?"
Shen Tang leaned out the window and looked at the moon's position, roughly estimating the time. Knowing Kang Shi, he wouldn't disturb her unless it was something important.
Shen Tang opened the letter.
She skimmed through it in one go.
Weapons workshop, ore vein, five thousand arrows...
In an instant, countless shocked "What the hells" erupted in her mind like a volcano. In her haste, she didn't even have time to put on her shoes. She kicked open the door and rushed toward the chicken coop and dog kennel, waking them all with a few kicks.
The yellow dogs barked furiously, and the roosters crowed.
After that, she grabbed a gong and kicked her way from room to room, beating it to rouse every bandit whose snores shook the heavens. The mood-setters were the first to wake—their training under Gongshu Wu often involved midnight "surprise attacks" and mustering for assembly.
They were used to these sudden wake-up calls.
One of the mood-setters sprang to his feet like a carp leaping from water.
He hurried over and called, "My lord!"
Shen Tang had no time for explanations and hurriedly issued an order.
"We've got a job. A fat sheep has shown up on the neighboring mountain! Get everyone up as fast as you can. Anyone who doesn't cooperate gets chopped up