"Very well, I'll send a picked unit to escort you. Things have been unsettled around here these days—bandits everywhere who've turned to the hills, and scattered deserters, it's all in chaos. On top of that, Old Ye, now that you've resigned your post, there might be some trouble."
"Alright, many thanks." Ye Shikai bowed as he spoke. Shangguan Jian directly transferred his two thousand-strong guard over to Ye Shikai's command, but Ye Shikai did not depart immediately; instead he let the troops stay behind for a day of rest. As for himself, there was something else he had to do.
The back mountain.
