Because Li Zhiyin assigned two female soldiers to Li Mumu, Li Mumu did not ask Madam Shang to give any more.

　　However, Li Mumu had another reason for looking for Madam Shang, which was that she hoped to let General Shang know through Madam Shang that she was going to look for Gu Shangqing.

　　Sure enough, the next day after she contacted Madam Shang, General Shang asked Madam Shang to send her a message.

　　Li Mumu hurriedly took Gu Mian to Shang Mansion.

　　Now that there are more servants in the Gu family's house, Gu Mian no longer needs to do the original work.

　　But Gu Mian had been with the Gu family for a long time, and when there were few servants, all the work was done by Gu Mian.

　　Gu Mian is diligent and honest, and never cheats or does anything cunning. Now that there are more servants, Gu Mian was promoted to the head maid beside Li Mumu.

　　When Li Mumu goes out, she likes to take Gu Mian with her.

　　Gu Mian is obedient and never asks too many questions about what she is told to do, and she will make sure it is done well.

　　When going to see Madam Shang, Li Mumu asked Gu Mian to wait outside.

　　As expected, Madam Shang said, "I sent you a letter this time asking you to come here, not because I want to see you, but because the general wants to see you. It is not convenient for the general to go to you directly now, so I am acting as a middleman and asking you to come here."

　　Li Mumu nodded and said, "But does the general have any news about my husband?"

　　As soon as he finished speaking, General Shang walked out from the inner room.

　　General Shang shook his head and said, "It has been more than a month since I last heard from Ze Ming."

　　"Ze Ming and I agreed to use the military's secret communication method to promptly transmit his situation to me and let me know that he is safe." General Shang explained, "Because it uses a special military channel, it is not convenient for him to use that channel to send letters home."

　　"Plus, this matter was privately ordered by the Saint, so I dare not go to you rashly, for fear of causing the Saint's displeasure." General Shang said, "Ze Ming is already taking a great risk. If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement. His contribution should not be discounted because of my impatience."

　　Li Mumu nodded, "I understand."

　　"It's been over a month now, and I haven't heard from Zeming. Especially now that things should have come to an end. If everything went well, he should have returned to Daxi and should have given me some news. But he hasn't."

　　Li Mumu said: "He also made an agreement with me.

　　In a month and ten days, he will come back. If he hasn't come back by then, then..."

　　"He told me not to wait anymore." Li Mumu said.

　　"But I don't believe it. Just like last time, everyone in the village said he died in battle, but he was fine and came back safe and sound, wasn't he?" Li Mumu said, "So this time, no matter what others say, I won't believe it unless I see his body with my own eyes."

　　"Even if I can't enter the Turkic Empire, I will still inquire carefully at the border." Li Mumu said.

　　"That's why I came to you," General Shang said. "I have a job to do and cannot leave Beijing without permission. Besides Ze Ming, the people I trust most are Zhu Yao Ming and Huang Ke Xiao. But they cannot leave Beijing without permission either."

　　"When you go to the border, the saint must know what you are going to do. But no matter what, you have an excuse to go to the border to check out the errand shops and freight shops. Even if the saint guesses what you are going to do, it doesn't matter." General Shang said.

　　"I'll ask Li Mingyu to follow you." General Shang said, "Mingyu, come in."

　　Then, Li Mumu saw a boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old walking in wearing short tights.

　　"General, Madam, Madam Gu." Li Mingyu saluted.

　　The boy is handsome and fair-skinned.

　　"This is Li Mingyu." General Shang introduced Li Mumu, "His father was originally my deputy general, but he died in battle..."

　　"Mingyu will follow me. He has first-rate kung fu skills, and he is still a new face. He is young and has not left a name in front of others." General Shang said, "He is also loyal. He will protect you along the way."

　　"I know you borrowed two female soldiers from Miss Li, but sometimes, it is more convenient for men to enter and exit certain places." General Shang said, "Let Mingyu follow you. He is good at martial arts, and I feel at ease."

　　Li Mumu knew that General Shang had another intention, which was that if anything happened, Li Mingyu could contact General Shang in time.

　　But no matter what, it's always a good thing to have Li Mingyu following me.

　　The reason why Li Mumu contacted Mrs. Shang was that she hoped to get some information from General Shang.

　　Although General Shang did not tell her much information today, she achieved her goal.

　　And I got another Li Mingyu.

　　Li Mumu

　　He thanked General Shang, "Thank you, General Shang."

　　Then he said to Li Mingyu: "I will rely on you, little brother Li, for the rest of the journey."

　　"Madam, you are too polite. You can just call me Mingyu." Li Mingyu clasped his fists and said, "I will do my best to protect you."

　　"When does Madam Gu plan to leave?" General Shang asked.

　　"We still need to prepare some things and set off the day after tomorrow." Li Mumu said. She has been preparing for the past few days. She will make the final preparations tomorrow and set off as soon as possible.

　　However, General Shang did not expect that the preparation Li Mumu mentioned was to close the fried chicken shop.

　　The day before Li Mumu left, customers who went early to buy fried chicken found that the fried chicken shop was closed.

　　There was also a sign on the door saying that the business was temporarily suspended and the reopening time was yet to be determined.

　　"What's going on? Why are you suspending business?" a customer who came to buy fried chicken asked in confusion.

　　The store was not open, but the shopkeeper stayed to explain.

　　"Our boss has important things to do and has no time to take care of the fried chicken shop. In order to ensure that the quality of the fried chicken shop does not decline, we have to suspend business." The shopkeeper explained.

　　"No, your boss can go and do his own thing. It won't affect the business of the fried chicken shop, right? Your boss doesn't come here usually anyway." The customer said, "There are cooks and waiters in the shop. Even if your boss is not here, it won't affect the business."

　　"It's like this. Our boss's business is very important and we are short of manpower. We have temporarily assigned the shop assistants to do other things. Now the fried chicken shop is short of manpower and can only be closed temporarily. When our boss comes back after finishing his work, we will reopen the shop. Don't worry."

　　"When will your boss come back and reopen your store?" another customer asked.

　　"This..." The shopkeeper looked embarrassed and said, "I'm really sorry, I don't know. Our boss didn't tell us either, he just said it would be troublesome to go there, if we're lucky we'll be back soon, but if we're unlucky... we don't know when we'll be back."

　　"You... your boss won't be back for three to five months, or even three to five years, so your store will also be closed for three to five years?" a customer asked in disbelief.

　　The shopkeeper bowed and said, "It is definitely impossible for me to not come back for three to five years. Please rest assured, three to five months...it is really hard to say. I am really sorry."