Chapter 225: What Breed Of Straight Man Is Their General?
Keke continued, “Besides those selling themselves to bury their fathers, there were also those who fell into the water and cried for help. Xie Chong directly handed a pole to the person and let her climb up. But the woman’s goal was for Father Xie to jump into the water to save her, so she was unwilling. In the end, Father Xie shouted, and those nearby who could swim and were willing to help immediately jumped into the water. He just stood on the bank and directed.”
Xie Chong: I carry so many people on my shoulders; they are far more valuable than that woman’s life. I wouldn’t risk it for a stranger.
“As for those who forcibly abducted women, Xie Chong took the villains away with him. That woman said she was willing to pledge herself in return. Her coquettish glances were so intense you’d think her eyeballs would pop out. Guess what he said?”
Everyone was curious, and Qin Wanwan was super curious.
Keke: “Hahahaha… Father Xie said, ‘Did an eyelash get into your eye? Go rub it yourself.'”
*Snickers*…
Xie Chong: …Was that a coquettish glance?
He was wondering if something was wrong with his eyes; he didn’t see any ‘bewitching’ eyes, but he saw the enchantment.
Keke laughed so hard he crowed: “Hahahaha… You don’t know what that woman’s expression was like. Seeing that Father Xie wasn’t taking the bait, she directly told him she was willing to pledge herself to repay his kindness. Do you want to know how he responded?”
“Heh… I know this one. Someone was following the general back then, and I overheard him say something on his way back.”
The big bearded ‘Li Kui’ raised his voice: “Did the general say, ‘Young lady wants to repay kindness? Be an ox or a horse for my army in the next life. Don’t repay kindness with enmity now.'”
“Hahahaha…”
Everyone in the courtyard laughed until they were doubled over.
What kind of straightforward man was their general?
Under Xie Chong’s sharp gaze, they quieted down and sat up straight.
Qin Wanwan: “Hehehehehehe…”
Xie Chong looked at his daughter with utter helplessness.
Yang Canjun suddenly felt that being cuckolded wasn’t so uncomfortable anymore.
This could only be blamed on them not having the same willpower as the general. He truly lived up to being a general!
Keke: “In short, those honey traps were useless against him. Then, the people behind them started to wonder if Xie Chong disliked women. As a result… *pfft* hahaha… they started using the ‘beautiful man’ trap.”
The subordinates struggled to suppress their laughter, their faces turning purple.
They knew about this incident; it had even become common knowledge throughout the city. Their general had become quite famous because of it.
Xie Chong’s face also darkened.
He suddenly recalled the embarrassing past from a while ago, where men carrying fragrant scents kept throwing themselves at him.
What he couldn’t stand the most was when a muscular big man stood in front of him, acting all coy, forming his rough orchid finger, and shouting that he liked him. Xie Chong genuinely kicked the person away.
Later, when he came to his senses, he realized that all these coincidences were too much.
He asked Wanwan for that butterfly because he wanted to see if he could find the mastermind behind these people.
He didn’t expect that by eating this melon today, Keke would directly expose them.
Thinking about his previous encounters, he really wanted to skin the mastermind alive.
Keke: “So, the honey trap was useless, and the beautiful man trap didn’t work either. Xie Chong didn’t buy servants, but some people wanted to steal directly from the General’s Mansion. However, although the General’s Mansion wasn’t guarded, there were many animals. When Xie Chong was away, a thief who had just entered the courtyard was pounced on by Qin Xiaoe, reducing his clothes to rags, his weapon was also fanned away, and he was eventually strangled by Xiao Hei.”
“Could that be the time when two corpses suddenly appeared at the General’s Mansion?”
More than one person went; there were five. Two died at the General’s Mansion, and the remaining three fled with severe injuries.
However, they were quickly captured by Xie Chong. Unfortunately, the three people had poison hidden in their teeth and committed suicide by poison immediately.
Xie Chong nodded. He had been investigating the background of those people all along, and he never expected them to be the same ones who used such despicable tactics!
“Why were you looking for my letters? Who is that mastermind?”
Keke: “They were looking for your letters to imitate your handwriting and forge evidence of you colluding with the enemy and betraying the country. You don’t have many friends or family in Shangjing, so you don’t exchange letters with anyone. Besides the Emperor, the only place with letters and memorials in your handwriting is the Duke of Zhenguo’s residence. However, the Duke of Zhenguo is a shrewd old man. Every time he finishes reading your letters, he directly burns them. So, since those people couldn’t find any, they had to shift their attention to the border.”
Hearing Keke’s words, everyone was enraged.
“Which son of a bitch came up with this idea? I’ll kill them!”
“I’ll wake that woman up right now and ask about the mastermind. Such people absolutely cannot be left alive!”
This was intended to kill their general, and even the entire border army.
They diligently guarded the border and the safety of Tianqi, yet someone actually used such a vicious method to harm them. Who wouldn’t be angry?
They could die on the battlefield, but they absolutely could not die so shamefully due to someone else’s scheming. It was the kind of death where they would be too aggrieved to close their eyes even in death.
Xie Chong’s expression was also extremely solemn. He hadn’t expected such a huge conspiracy to be involved.
But he did not panic. Instead, he said to everyone, “First, arrest all the suspicious individuals.”
What Xie Chong didn’t say was that he had already guessed that this conspiracy did not originate from the grassland, but from within Tianqi.
This made them, the soldiers protecting their homes and country, even more heartbroken.
To stabilize morale, Xie Chong did not share this guess with everyone.
Those who could orchestrate such a quick plan to frame him must be people with high positions and power in Shangjing.
Keke should know. He would go back and ask it.
Xie Chong acted swiftly. Not only did he arrest the people Keke mentioned, but he also took Wanwan with him and, using her red butterfly, found more spies.
However, he specifically left a few who were the most deeply hidden.
Two of them were even from his own army.
Xie Chong was not surprised by this kind of thing at all. There had never been a shortage of spies in the army; they were inexhaustible.
He had also cultivated his own spies and sent them to the grassland and Shangjing.
He could choose not to compete, but he could not afford to be defenseless.
Xie Chong specifically wrote some letters with his left hand, letting those spies “accidentally” discover them. After obtaining them with difficulty, they handed the letters over to their handlers.
These people didn’t know that all their actions were under Xie Chong’s control.
From this moment on, the enemy gradually exposed themselves, while he, on the other hand, hid in the shadows.
While preparing for spring plowing, Qin Wanwan bought a lot of grain with her merit points for planting, when news arrived.
Along with it came a letter from Rong Zhi in Shangjing to Wanwan.
At that time, even Xie Chong, a general, had rolled up his sleeves and was digging the ground.
Everyone who was free was helping to cultivate the land.
This year’s military fields were more numerous than in previous years.
They had to plant not only wheat and rice but also potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn.
Among them, the yield of potatoes had been verified through experiments, and the seeds had been distributed to the border prefectures.
Sweet potatoes, corn, and new varieties of wheat would first undergo small-scale experiments. Only after understanding the situation would they begin to promote them next year.
