Chapter 43: My cousin was dismissed from his military post, begging for mercy is useless!

Everyone in Dayan knows that the brave cavalry general Gu Zhaotang guarded the northern border, won every battle, and forced the enemy to retreat. He was the god of war in the Yan army.

Among the generals under his command, two are the most famous.

One is the beloved disciple of the general, the major general of the 200,000-man frontier army - Gu Dao.

The other one is Su Huai'en.

Two years ago, the former commander of the Jingji Camp died in battle, so Su Huai'en was recalled to the capital by the emperor, named General Huben, and took over the command of 50,000 Jingji Camp soldiers.

This kick made Xie Chengyu vomit blood.

The entire Yunhe Tower suddenly became so silent that you could hear a pin drop.

Xie Chengyu wiped the blood from his forehead, regained his composure, and couldn't help but argue: "General Su, I'm just disciplining my sister. This is our Xie family's family affair."

"I don't know what I did wrong to be humiliated like this by the general for no reason."

Although he was kneeling, his back was straight and his eyes were full of resentment.

Xie Chengyu refused to accept.

Su Huai'en was a third-rank Tiger Guard General and the commander of the Jingji Camp. His military rank was much higher than his, but so what? As an older brother, what did his position have to do with disciplining his younger sister?

Su Huai'en ignored Xie Chengyu and looked at Xie Yao, almost blurting out "Major General".

He gathered his composure, clasped his fists, and said, "It's been two years since we last met in the Northern Territory, and Miss Xie is still as graceful as ever."

Xie Yao nodded: "General Su too."

Su Huai'en was over thirty years old, with a bronze complexion, a broad back and strong shoulders, and was much taller than anyone else present.

He laughed foolishly, revealing his snow-white teeth. "I just found out a few days ago that the Second Miss has returned to Beijing. Since I haven't heard from you since, I thought you didn't recognize me as your big brother anymore."

"I can't deny you, without you..."

Hearing Su Huai'en calling himself his elder brother, Xie Yao paused and emphasized the word "elder brother": "Where can I find such a resistant elder brother?"

Su Huai'en coughed and his face felt a little hot, but fortunately he had dark skin and it was not noticeable.

He took advantage of the chaos to take advantage of the major general and was discovered.

Although he looks rough, he is actually very delicate.

What do you mean by being able to withstand things? What the young general wanted to say just now was clearly about being able to withstand beatings.

In the northern border army, the major general likes to fight with others when he has nothing to do, and he is thick-skinned and tough, so he is the most... resistant to beatings.

After Su Huai'en was transferred back to the capital from the border by the emperor, he had not seen Xie Yao for two years. However, Xie Yao's words of "take on a beating" made all the barriers between them disappear, as if they had returned to the time when they had been through life and death together.

The major general is still the major general as before.

He then glanced at the people kneeling on the ground and asked, "Family matter?"

Xie Chengyu's heart had sunk to the bottom.

Xie Yao, actually calls Su Huai'en "big brother"?

When he heard this question again, his face turned pale and he couldn't believe it.

Su Huai'en's eyes were sharp. "During your rest time, you wore military armor and rode a warhorse in the camp. You led people to slander and surround decent women in the downtown area. You also oppressed the people, flaunted your power, and even lied that you were doing military work for the Jingji Camp. You still have the nerve to...talk about family matters in front of me?"

His last three words were as resounding as a bell.

The three men were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and kowtowed to confess their guilt.

"General Su, please spare us! It was Captain Xie. He said he wanted to teach his cousin a lesson. He was the one who forced us to come here!"

"We will never dare to do that again. Please calm down, General."

"Captain Xie's cruel tactics are to blame. I was forced to leave the camp armed with weapons because of his threats. General, please spare me."

Xie Chengyu's eyes were red, and he was furious: "You traitors, I think you don't want to live--"

Su Huai'en ignored them and grabbed his collar without waiting for him to finish.

"This bastard violated military regulations and oppressed the people. I will dismiss him from his post today, remove him from the army, and punish him with thirty military sticks. He will be expelled from the capital camp immediately!"

Su Huai'en looked around at the people around him, took off the sword from Xie Chengyu's waist, and spoke loudly.

"good!"

The old man who had spoken for Xie Yao before shouted.

General Huben looks a little scary, but he is strict in military discipline and behaves uprightly. Now he even comes to clean up the mess himself. He is a good general praised by the people.

Xie Chengyu froze in place, he didn't expect Su Huai'en to fire him directly.

After a while, he lowered his voice and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "General Su, my wife, Han, is Han Shilang of the Ministry of War..."

Su Huai'en chuckled: "Oh, Minister Han is protecting his brother-in-law, which is an even greater crime. I will report him at the court meeting!"

Xie Chengyu finally panicked.

"No, General Su, I am the eldest son of the Wenchang Marquis's mansion. My uncle is the Minister of Rites, and my wife, Han, is the Minister's sister. I, Xie Chengyu, have a promising future. You can't do that. What right do you have to remove me from the military?"

He stood up and was about to take his sword back from Su Huai'en.

"Why? Because I'm the Tiger General appointed by the Emperor himself, the commander of the Capital Camp!" Su Huai'en lowered his eyes and looked at him, murderous intent in his eyes, "Why, you want to take action after threatening me?"

Xie Chengyu swallowed and stopped.

He realized that if he dared to take action, Su Huai'en could really kill him!

Xie Chengyu gritted his teeth and knelt down again. His voice was so humble that it was almost dusty. He was completely different from his previous arrogant appearance.

"General, please forgive me this time. I was wrong. I will return to the camp immediately to accept my punishment and will never do it again!"

His eyes were red as he knelt before Xie Yao again, just like he did at the family dinner before.

"Sister Yao'er, I know I've done something wrong. Please speak up for me. You and I are both members of the Xie family. We share prosperity and adversity. Our Xie family...can't have anyone in the army."

Xie Chengyu was usually flattered by others and had a lot of power in the Bo's Mansion. He looked down on everyone because he knew that he was the only military captain in the Xie family. Even his uncle, Bo Wenchang, did not dare to offend him.

But if he lost his military status, he would just be a son of Wenchang Bo's half-brother. How could he be willing to accept such a huge difference?

Xie Yao only uttered two words: "Too late."

Before, Xie Chengyu could beg for mercy from Xie Mingan, beg for mercy from himself, and let his mother beg for mercy from Madam Xie.

But now, he has violated military regulations, and even the emperor cannot save him.

"you!"

Xie Chengyu's face turned pale and he finally started cursing hysterically: "Su Huai'en, who do you think you are? Why did you fire me? And Xie Yao, you—Ahhhhhh!!!"

Su Huai'en's big palm, like a palm-leaf fan, fell directly on his face.

Xie Chengyu screamed and flew out. He wanted to get up, but he felt his head was congested and his whole body was sore.

"Are you waiting for me to personally execute you by not taking action?"

Su Huai'en gave cold orders to the three soldiers of Jingji Camp who were still kneeling on the ground.

"You three are guilty. After you've beaten him, go back to the camp and get your twenty military sticks. Then go to the auxiliary barracks."

"Thank you for your forgiveness, General. We obey your command!" The three of them clasped their fists at the same time, lifted Xie Chengyu up, and rubbed their hands, more active than anyone else.

The auxiliary soldiers were not considered formal soldiers. Not only was their work hard, but their salaries were also meager. However, when they saw Young Master Xie, they felt that General Su was very tolerant.

They knew that they had betrayed Xie Chengyu today, and Xie Chengyu was a vengeful person. Since that was the case, it would be better to offend him more thoroughly and cripple him so that he would have no place to retaliate in the future.

"Let me go, you bunch of dogs and slaves, you bastards! Let me go, how dare you!"

Xie Chengyu struggled desperately and kicked his legs, but was held down by the three men.

"Master Xie, you deserve this. Stop struggling. If you continue to struggle, you'll only bring trouble upon yourself, won't you?"

Li San was the most proactive. He punched Xie Chengyu on the head, knocking his hair loose and turning one of his eyes into a dark circle.

Another man picked up a stick and was about to bring it down.

"stop!"

From upstairs, a voice came to stop him.