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Legacy of the
Lunar Spear
Chapter 28
A Matter of Honor

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Xiahou Dun staggered backwards and spat out blood.� The fight was not going well; Guan Yu was one
hell of a warrior.� No wonder his cousin
was so damned determined to keep him by his side.� This duel had been going on now for almost an
hour and the giant had been slowly working away at him. Without any other
option, Dun took his defensive stance and looked for a weakness.� He already knew there wouldn�t be one.

�General Xiahou, our reinforcements are coming.�� Guan Ping announced
from behind his father.� �I would advise
a retreat.�

�Shut up, kid.� Dun growled.�
�You�re next.�

Guan Ping frowned.� He was about to say something when his father
opted to attack the Wei officer.� He
looked towards the mountain pass and back towards the fight as Xiahou Dun was
tossed twenty feet by Guan Yu.� �The Wei general landed on an abandoned produce
cart and it shattered beneath him.

�I will send my apologies to Cao Cao for having to kill
you.�� Guan Yu spun his halberd and
ground his teeth, this fight had gone on long enough.� He looked up as an arrow hit his blade.

�I�ll apologize for having to kill you!� Lu Ling Qi clenched
the saddle pommel and tried to look imposing.�
She knew it was a joke; she was hardly able to reload the crossbow.� �Then again�pissing him off has been one of
my priorities.�

�Lady Lu, this I between your husband and I.� Please, stand back.� Guan Yu nodded to his
son.� �Son, don�t hurt her.�

�I�ll try father.�

�Ling, go home.�� Dun
stood up, slowly, and wiped the blood from his lips. �Either the attack or the landing had cracked a
few ribs in addition to embedding wooden shrapnel in his already battered
body.� �The situation had quickly escalated from bad
to horribly bad.� The last thing he
wanted was Ling here to see this.�

�No.� You are my
husband and I will fight by your side damn it!� With that she slid from the
saddle and steadied herself next to the horse.�
�Stupid man, when the hell are you going to get that through your thick
skull?�

�Damn it woman.� Can�t
you just listen once?� Dun readied himself for a musou as his newly broken ribs
screamed in protest.

�No.�� She turned to
Guan Ping who was advancing on her.� �I
will not be without you.�

Guan Yu rushed the one-eyed officer, knowing his enemy�s
only move was to musou at this point.� He
slammed the blunt end of his halberd staff into the man�s chest and sent him
flying in the direction of his wife.�� He
waved to his son and called for his horse.�
�We need to go.�

�Yes father.�� Ping
nodded and seeing Ling lower her crossbow, he turned his back and trotted over
to his father�s side.� He looked up at
the man who never ceased to amaze him.

�I cannot take her from Zhang Liao.� Guan Yu whispered and
then swung into the saddle.� He watched
his boy leap onto the carriage and slap the reins on the horses� rumps.� The lad had a smile on his face; he was
learning that a good warrior knew when to kill.

Ling knelt next to Dun who grimaced from the pain and took a
deep breath of air.� The Shu officers
rode off and she ran her hands over Dun�s chest before unstrapping the armor
plate.� She saw no major damaged and
began to cry in relief.� �I�m sorry I�m
so weak.� I can�t protect anyone I love.�

Dun sat up and groaned as she wrapped her arms around him
and sobbed.� She looked pale and she felt
clammy.� He struggled out of his jacket
and wrapped it around her.�� Guan Yu would
have to wait.� �Stop crying.� We need to head back to camp, neither one of
us is in any condition to pursue them.�

�You need to be bandaged.��
She sniffled.

�I can do it.�� He
stroked her cheek.� �You�re in worse
shape than me.��

�I�m okay.�

Dun shook his aching head.�
She was clinging to him and shaking.�
He looked back to the pass where Guan Yu had disappeared.� He needed to practice, that son of a bitch
had beaten him easily.� He kissed her
forehead and stood up.� �Stop whining and
get ready to ride, alright?�

�I�ll be worthy of you someday.�

He lifted her up and she hugged him.� He closed his eye.� She had saved his life and he couldn�t say
thank you.� He wanted to holler at her
and tell her to quit protecting him however he couldn�t do anything but let her
cry on his chest.� Who wasn�t worthy of
who?� �We�ll ride a little ways and make
camp.� There is an old supply base where
we can spend the night.�

�Why aren�t you mad?� She asked and rubbed his chest.

�I am.�� He grunted as
she decided to clean a wound.

�I am your wife; this is what I am going to do.� She said
and looked up at him defiantly.� �No matter
what you want.�

�I know.�� He rubbed
her hip and sighed.� He was going to have
to remember that when he opted to do something irrational and stupid.� Unfortunately his life up till this point was
made up of stupid and irrational decisions.

�I love you Xiahou Dun.��
She ripped the lining out of his jacket and began to bandage his
arm.� �I may have failed my father but I
won�t fail you.� I will get stronger and
I will learn how to be a good officer.� I
am not a child anymore, you will only have a woman by your side and I won�t
shame you, my father or Liao.�

He remained silent and cursed himself for doing so.� It wasn�t her fault, nothing was.� The men she loved failed her.� He closed his eye as he fought to form the
words to tell her that, but once again�he failed her.

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It was already dark when they came upon the ravaged supply
base.� Dun unsaddled the horses while
Ling looked for some supplies to bandage him up.� He had argued with her already on the
subject, but she would not be deterred.�
Food, water and shelter were more important than bandages for bruises,
but what did he know?� He was just the
ranking officer. �Just tend to your horse and I�ll scavenge.�

�Why?�

�I�m better at it.�

She sat down next to the small fire as she heard crates and
pots being crushed under the swing of his scimitar.� She knew he was hurt from the sound of the
slow attacks and the delay between them being destroyed.� He could easily clear them out with one line
of attacks�if he was able to do more than a weak swipe.� Who was she to criticize?� The crossbow was hanging from her saddle
pommel, having grown too heavy for her to carry.� He was out of danger now, so her main concern
should be what Zhang Liao was going to do when they returned.� He wasn�t going to let her get away with
anything just because she returned from a battlefield triumphant.� Her father would have overlooked whatever
military infractions she was guilty of, but Zhang Liao would court martial her
if the grievances were that severe.�

�See...� He dropped his spoils next to the fire. �Food, wine
and some extra clothes to serve as blankets.�

�I bow to your superior skills, oh mighty hunter-gatherer.�
Ling gave him a weak smile as he tossed a meatbun at her.�

Dun flopped down on the pile of clothes and groaned.� Damn, he was going to be hurting in the
morning.� Hell, he was hurting now. ��I�ll
get him some other time.�

She furrowed her eyebrows.�
�Who?�

�Guan Yu.�

�Are you trying to make me jealous?�� She asked with a coy smile and crawled over to
him eager to kiss him again after he reminded her of his defeat. �She rolled her hands over his body, searching
for more splinters.

�No.� That son of a
bitch��

�Had Cao Cao�s permission to leave.� She curled up beside
him and began stroking his beard. ��Just
forget about it.�

�It�s not honorable to even ask to quit in the middle of a
damned battle�.�

�Dun, the battle was over.�
We won.�� She sat up and looked
into his dark brown eye.� �We won.� Doesn�t that make you happy?�

�I suppose.�� He
brushed her hair from her face and pulled her down into a kiss.� �I meant to get you the Lunar Spear.� Sorry.�

�It�s okay.� She laid down again, nestled her head against
his shoulder and draped her arm across his chest.� �I have you.�

He kissed her forehead and tried to come up with something
to say.� She spoke her mind and the words
always conveyed her love for him.� He
never doubted what she felt, her words were always sincere. So what did he ever
do to tell her how much he cared for her and what she did for him?� �Ling?�

He looked at her contented smile and knew she was already
sound asleep.� He sighed and covered them
both with some extra tunics and then looked up at the stars.� He had just been soundly beaten in a duel and
had been saved by the woman who loved him.�
This war was drastically changing his world.

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They rode into Guan Du and were met with an eerie silence as
the soldiers looked at the weary and tattered General and his wife.� Xiahou Dun was thankful that he was at least
riding his cousin�s horse and not Ling�s; his already bruised ego wouldn�t be
able to take another hit.� ��He looked at the men packing for the journey
home and it irked him that he had been missing since the previous day.� There was much to be done in the aftermath of
battle and he should have been the one to take care of it.� From the looks of things, someone else had
done the job as well as he could have.�
He suspected he knew who that someone was.� Of course the first person worth mentioning to
show up would have to be that someone.�
He glared at Zhang Liao as he rode past and turned his attention to his
cousin, Cao Cao, approaching them with a broad smile.� If he was smiling, it meant he had assumed he
had seen the last of him.� Just great.

Ling Qi had to kick her horse as he habitually stopped when
he saw Liao. Firestorm pinned his ears and walked on as she simply greeted him
with a salute and a cold, �Good morning, General Zhang.�

Zhang Liao expected no less.�
She knew what she was in for when she left.� He, however, wasn�t going to let her get away
with it.� �When you�re done reporting to
our Lord, Captain, find your way to my tent so we can discuss your
insubordination.�

�Hopefully we can also address yours.�� She snapped back.

Dun turned back to look at the interaction with his own
eye.� He wouldn�t believe it
otherwise.� Zhang Liao�s face was red,
but his expression revealed nothing.�
Ling Qi�s face was all business as well.�
What the hell had happened?� This
was the first time he had seen them act at all cold and professional.� Usually Liao was even soft spoken with his
official reprimands when Ling was the recipient.� Even Firestorm flickered his ears at the
confrontation.�

�Don�t worry Captain; we�ll also straighten out your
confusion in regards to the military hierarchy.�� Liao growled and took a step in her
direction.

Dun blinked.� It
looked like he was about to drag her out of the saddle!� He turned to his cousin who was petting his
horse, happy to have his treasured steed back home unscathed.� �What the fuck is going on?�

�I�ll tell you later.��
Cao Cao watched his cousin dismount; it was like watching an accident in
reverse.� �You look like shit.�

�Thanks.�� Dun said
dryly.� He looked back as Ling turned her
horse to confront Liao.� �LING QI!� ENOUGH!��
He regretted it instantly as his ribs hollered with the expansion of his
chest.�

She flushed with anger as Dun�s reprimand echoed off the
walls of the already still fortress.� She
bit her lip and used every ounce of strength to get out of the saddle and onto
the ground.� She steadied herself and
locked onto Liao�s glare with her own.�
�Lord Cao, General Xiahou is alive and well.� That�s all I have to report.� Thank you for the use of your horse.�

�You�ll have a proper report when we�re through, sir.� I can assure you of that.�� Liao held her stare and crossed his
arms.� Damn her! Damn her for having the
same defiance to authority and stubbornness that her father did!� This had to be curbed here and now.� They were all lucky this hadn�t ended in
disaster.

Cao Cao nodded and grabbed his cousin�s arm to signal he
need not get involved.� �Dismissed.��

Dun watched in disbelief as Liao escorted Ling away.� �What the fuck��

�Liao will deal with it, just leave it to him.�

�I still have a score to settle with him.� Dun recalled.

�Later.�� Cao Cao
began to walk away. �Come inside, I need to know what you think of my newest
officers.�

�Not if they�re already your newest officers.� You already made your decision, it doesn�t
matter what I think.� Dun snorted.�
�However I do need some damned wine and bath.�

�We�ve achieved a great victory today.� Wei is officially established and a force to
be reckoned with. They outnumbered us more than we even imagined.� However the victory has been achieved and I
must turn my attention to internal affairs.�
I have to strengthen my empire from within and I�ll have to start with
my son and heir.�� Cao Cao sighed knowing
he was going to be tested by his eldest son.�
�We march for Xu Chang tomorrow.�
I want you to restructure the armies when we return and I will go to Wan
Castle and prepare Ang for his role
as my successor.�

�So you�re retiring?�
I can�t imagine that task taking any less than the rest of your
life.�� Dun tried to keep up with him as
the ascended the stairs. He glanced over to look for Ling and Liao and almost
ended up tripping.

�Do you need help?� Cao Cao snorted in amusement.� �I wasn�t aware we needed to provide
handicapped access.�

�Fuck you.� Dun hissed as he followed his cousin into the
palace as the man chuckled at his own joke.�
�King or not, I�ll make you feel some of the pain I�m currently
feeling.�

�Wait till we meet our new officers before you threaten to
kill anyone.�� Cao Cao smirked.� �You�re going to be pissed.�

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�Sit down.� Liao tossed a chair her way and placed his
halberd on his cot.�

�I�ll stand.�� She
coolly replied.

�Sit DOWN!�� He
repeated with a voice that he preferred to use only on the battlefield.

Ling righted the chair and sat down as directed.� She looked up at him and crossed her
arms.� �Why did you let him go?�

�I�m asking the questions, damn it!�� He snapped.�
�You have to quit being such a child!�
This immature shit almost got you killed!� Any other warrior would have happily relieved
both you and Dun of your heads!�

�If I didn�t go he would be dead.� I regret nothing.�

�Do you want to be an officer in this army?�� Liao stood over her and looked down at
her.� Any other soldier would be shaking,
but not her.� Now he understood Lu Bu�s
frustrations.�

�Yes.�

�Then drop your insubordinate, indifferent attitude or you
will be stripped of rank and dishonorably discharged from the army.� I don�t care who you are, I won�t be giving
you any more special treatment.�

She closed her eyes.�
Liao was serious and wouldn�t go back on his word.� He would take away what little she had and
send her packing.� Dun wouldn�t
interfere, as far as he was concerned it was her business to become the officer
she wanted to be.��

�So?� What will it
be?� Will you prove the world wrong and
be a soldier or will you give them the satisfaction of saying Lu Ling Qi is
just like her father.�

She looked up at him, hurt.�
�That�s not right Liao��

�It�s the truth.� He leaned over her, placing his hands on
the arms of the chair.�� He was only
inches from her face. ��You can have any
attitude that you want. Do whatever you want to establish yourself but, you will follow orders.� Do you understand how long I beseeched him to
listen to me when he ran off just as you did yesterday?� To be a soldier, to be an officer in this
army, you will have to stop acting solely for your own purpose. You�re not only
going get yourself killed but will get your men killed.� �I will
have no part of that.� Make your
decision, now.�

She knew he was serious.�
If she didn�t agree to his terms, she would be done.� �Liao��

�Ling.� Yes or no?�

�I�ll do as you ask.��
She replied quietly.�

�Good.� Now, there
will not be a next time.� Understood?�

�Yes, sir.� She knew he was right.� She had been out of line.� Hell, she didn�t even deserve this chance.� �Technically I was ordered to protect Dun and
I was also ordered to protect the city.�
My orders were very vague, so I wasn�t really overstepping any bounds.�

�Don�t think our Lord and I haven�t already discussed this.�
Liao smirked.� �Cao Cao was very quick to
pick up on your ability to decipher your orders to your own liking.� Technically,
you were still insubordinate when carrying them out by ignoring advice from
your Lord and commanding officer, trying to commandeer an archer unit from a
superior officer, assaulting your Prince, pursuing a guest general that was
released from service and��

�I see your point.�

�We are both very lucky to serve under Cao Cao.� Instances as these are viewed by him in a
different light.� He appreciated your
manipulative skills.� However, he will be
careful with the wording of your next assignment, I guarantee you that.�� Liao stood up and looked her over.� �Can you stay out of trouble, please?�

�Where are we going next?�

�Xu Chang.�� He
thought about it and then added, �Home.�

She nodded and looked to the tent flap.� Right now she really didn�t want to apologize
for what she said, she really wasn�t sorry.�
She believed in only saying things she meant and apologizing just to
ease some tension between them wasn�t right.�
�It bothered her enough she
pledged allegiance to Cao Cao when all she wasted to do was kill him.� In her mind it was probably doing him a favor
since he was bound to get himself assassinated anyhow.� �Can I check on my husband now?�

�Be sure to write a formal report on what happened and
submit it to Cao Cao.� It is what is
expected of you, Captain.�

She nodded and gave him a salute.� �I will.�

He didn�t move as she left.�
He would let her digest their conversation and come back to him later,
when she was ready to admit he was right.�
Until then, she would probably avoid him.� He began to pack his personal effects and
allowed himself a sigh of relief.� He was
glad she came home and that he had a chance to vent his frustrations on her.� He was also thankful that Guan Yu was such a
righteous man.�

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Zhang He chuckled as Xiahou Dun�s tirade echoed down the
hallway.� He knew the one-eyed general
would not take kindly to him after their introduction on the battlefield so he
had approached Cao Cao while he was away.�
It secured him a job; the Wei Lord knew talent when he saw it.� It didn�t hurt that he had also presented the
man with the famed Lunar Spear from Yuan Shao�s collection.�

Cao Cao seemed pleased; Xiahou Dun was anything but.� The myopic fool could not see past his attire
and mannerisms and immediately threw a fit.�
He didn�t care; it meant that life in Wei would be as sweet as it was in
Yuan Shao�s service�if not better.

�Zhang He�� Zhen Ji
reached out for his hand.� �I�m so glad
to see you�re alive!�

He looked up at the delicate face and purred, �You look ravishing
as always.� Are you happy here�do you
need me to make you happy here?�

Zhen Ji blushed.� The
one issue with having her former acquaintance here was that he was evidence
that she was a tainted lady.� He was discreet,
that was part of his success.� �Already
starting your philandering?�

He held up the Lunar Spear and smiled at her.� �Do you really think this was for Cao Cao?�

�Are you trying to get yourself killed?�� She squeezed his hand.� Of course he would go after Lu Ling Qi!� Zhang He�s addiction was not the sex and seduction;
it was the excitement in the possibility of getting caught.� �Xiahou Dun will kill you if she doesn�t!�

�What about your husband?�

�He�ll kill me!�� She
gasped.

�Does he satisfy you?��
Zhang He slipped his hand under her dress and watched her jump.� �I take that as a no.� He just uses you and scares you.� Figures.�

�Be careful!�� She
warned.� �If anyone will see through your
masquerade it will be Cao Cao!� He�s
smart and from what I hear a master of seduction.� You�re going to be competing against him and
he�ll see that these clothes of yours are just to have men put down their
guard!�

�Mmm�all the more exciting!��
Zhang He purred.�

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�You�re going to teach my wife strategy.� Dun took a drink
and put his cup down.� �I can�t, she
wants to fuck me.� It distracts her.�

Cao Cao rested his head on his hand and looked at his
cousin.� �She just wants to kill me, how exactly
will that not distract her?�

�You�re the genius, you figure out how to use that against
her.� Dun shrugged.� �You trick Cao Ang
all the time.� She�s like him.�

�Talk to Liao then, I�m not going to parent your wife.� That is his job.�

�Just take her with you to Wan
Castle.� Dun rolled his eyes.� �If it�s for Art of War lessons she�ll stay
put.� Otherwise I have to keep hollering
at her to stay in bed.�

�Dun��

�You�re the only one who�s going to convince her to stop
hating you, Mengde.� Dun sighed.� �I can�t have her hating you and take the
chance my kid will too.� Just do one
fucking thing for me�alright?�

�She will only ally with Ang and together they will drive me
insane.�� Cao Cao snorted.� �However, I accept the challenge.�

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