(Girls' Literature)
"Who goes there?!"
Ye Tian, clad in armor, returned alone beneath the city gates. Soldiers atop the walls called down to him.
"I was ordered by the County King to patrol beyond the borders. Now that I have returned from patrol, I ask the brothers above to open the gates and grant me passage!"
Ye Tian shouted loudly, displaying the command banner on his back.
When the Yin soldiers atop the wall saw the yellow command banner Ye Tian carried, their expressions abruptly changed, and they hurriedly opened the city gates.
By now, everyone in this border city knew that those who went out to investigate with yellow banners planted on their backs were all the County King's own sons. Ordinary Yin soldiers could not afford the slightest neglect toward them.
Some time ago, one member of a patrol force had returned late and been deliberately obstructed. The Yin soldiers guarding the gates had refused to open them for a long while.
When word reached the Ghost County King, he flew into a towering rage and beat every Yin soldier who had guarded the gates that day until their souls scattered and vanished.
The charge was delaying military intelligence.
Yet who in the city did not know that the County King had never truly cared about warfare? Gradually, rumors spread that the Yin soldiers who had gone out to gather military reports included one of his confidants.
But no one knew that confidant's name or appearance. As a result, the entire patrol force benefited from it. As they rode tall horses through the city, they somehow seemed a head taller than everyone else.
After all, no one knew who was connected to the County King. Looking closely, one could only assume that everyone was connected to him.
Thus,