Rebirth: So what if my husband is a little crazy? He loves me.

Chapter 324 Suzhou City

“But the city is too conspicuous. You will take a few dozen men and follow me.” Shen Li looked at Chen Su: “Deputy General Chen, lead the remaining troops to garrison in place and act on orders.”

"Yes, Your Excellency obeys."

Shen Li brought only twenty men, dressed in men's everyday military attire, their long hair tied up with jade crowns, their white robes exuding elegance and handsomeness. They looked more like candidates taking the imperial examinations than those going to the front lines to fight.

The soldiers often wondered why, despite traveling together and being covered in dust, only Lord Shen looked clean and tidy.

Having been led into the city by the roadside, Peony, dressed as a little pageboy, couldn't help but swallow hard as she looked at the snacks lining both sides of the street.

Although the post stations along the way provided food supplies, and Shen Li was well-fed, there was no such exquisite food.

“Miss, oh…Young Master, it’s been more than three years since we last came to Suzhou. I remember the wontons here were the most delicious.” Peony twitched her nose.

Suzhou is the ancestral home of the prestigious Shen family and is also the current residence of the main branch of the Shen clan. Before her marriage, Shen Li and her family returned to their hometown to pay homage to their ancestors.

Shen Li never returned after getting married, but she had returned a few times since she was a child, so she was not unfamiliar with Suzhou.

"Little glutton, we'll go to Huicui Restaurant to eat later. Order whatever you want," Shen Li said indulgently. "But we can't eat on the roadside; we need to get going."

"On the road?" Peony asked, puzzled. "Does Young Master have something to do?"

Shen Li nodded slightly: "To be precise, I have an appointment. Let's go, someone will treat us to dinner."

After walking around the city for a while, the group got into the car that Ma Zheng had temporarily hired, and drove through the bustling streets of Suzhou toward the even more prosperous Huicui Building.

"Miss, do we really have time to eat? Won't we be accused of delaying military intelligence?" Lian Qiao asked cautiously.

"Impeachment is probably inevitable, but I have already informed His Majesty of this matter, so there will be no problem." Shen Li was quite open-minded about the impeachment.

She has never seen anyone who does something without being impeached. As long as it's not a real mistake or offending anyone, it's not a big problem.

Lian Qiao was relieved, but she still couldn't see why a meal was necessary.

Shen Li wanted to comfort her, but her ears twitched and her expression immediately became serious. She said, "Ma Zheng, turn right and go to the next street."

Although Ma Zheng didn't understand why the direction was suddenly changed, he still did as instructed.

The carriage passed through two streets, and the area remained bustling, except for one place at the end of the alley where a large crowd seemed to be gathered, and it appeared that some kind of argument had taken place.

From a distance, you could tell they were a group of Rong and Di people, dressed in furs and speaking a broken Chinese.

Shen Li jumped off the carriage and walked over. As she parted the crowd, she saw a Rongdi man pulling at a girl who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old by the roadside.

The girl was still wearing a tattered, patched-up shirt in the winter, her face, which had been wiped clean, was red from the cold, and she was struggling.

A woman who appeared to be the girl's mother was holding another baby and was trying to snatch her daughter back from being dragged away by the Rongdi people.

"No, you can't take her away. I'd rather sell her than sell her to you." The mother held onto her daughter tightly and bit the Rongdi man's wrist.

The Rongdi man slapped the woman across the face.

However, the man's hand was entangled by a long whip. The man looked over indignantly and saw that Peony was dressed as a pageboy, but it was obvious to the naked eye that she was a little girl.