Chapter 506: Fire Army

Gu Chaoyang and Fu Honghui came to the camp of the firemen. Smoke was rising nearby, and it was obvious that they were making a fire to cook.

A soldier holding dry firewood passed by the two men. Fu Honghui stopped him and was about to ask him to call the superior to check the meals for the entire army, but Gu Chaoyang interrupted him first.

Gu Chaoyang asked him what he was going to eat today, and he replied, "General Gu, today we are going to have vegetable porridge."

Gu Chaoyang nodded, said he was hungry, and asked him to get some porridge.

The man did not dare to delay and immediately put down the firewood and went into the tent. There was a big pot of rice in the military camp, and the man quickly brought out a bowl of steaming porridge.

"Thank you for your hard work. Go and get busy." Gu Chaoyang nodded to him and said.

Then Gu Chaoyang and Fu Honghui walked aside, looked at the bowl of vegetable porridge, leaned in to smell it, and did not notice anything unusual.

"I can't even see this, what should I do?" Fu Honghui asked, looking up.

He didn't dare to take a bite.

Gu Chaoyang frowned and thought for a while, then asked Fu Honghui to quietly invite a doctor from the army to come over, and reminded him not to alarm anyone. Fu Honghui nodded and did it immediately.

Soon, Fu Honghui came back with a doctor. When the doctor saw Gu Chaoyang, he first saluted, and then asked with concern whether General Gu was feeling unwell.

Gu Chaoyang shook his head, pointed at the bowl of vegetable porridge, and said that he had only drunk half a bowl of porridge in the morning and had diarrhea for a long time. He asked the doctor to see if there was anything in the porridge.

The doctor picked up the bowl of vegetable porridge, smelled it, then carefully took a small sip, savored it for a long time, and frowned slightly.

"How is it?" Gu Chaoyang and Fu Honghui asked immediately.

The doctor said nothing, but took out a silver needle from his box and inserted it into the bowl. When he took it out, he found that it had not changed color.

The doctor then turned around and said to the two of them with some confusion:

"General Gu, Army General, this vegetable porridge... should be fine."

"Are you sure?" Fu Honghui asked.

The doctor hesitated and said:

"According to my experience, there is no medicine in this porridge that can harm the human body. If General Gu has persistent diarrhea, it may be due to some incompatibility of ingredients, but it is not a big deal."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

After sending the doctor away, Gu Chaoyang and Fu Honghui looked at each other. Fu Honghui frowned, also puzzled.

"That's not right. Dong Mian went through so much trouble yesterday just to sneak here at night. It's impossible that he was hungry in the middle of the night and came here to find food."

He looked at Gu Chaoyang and said hesitantly:

"Chaoyang, why don't you go tell the Second Master..."

Gu Chaoyang was also very conflicted, but finally he nodded, and the two of them walked towards Dong Changjun's tent.

As soon as they arrived in front of the tent, they ran into Captain Tang who was walking towards them.

"Brother Tang, is the second master in there?" Gu Chaoyang asked.

"The Second Master is talking to the Young Master inside." Captain Tang walked up to the two of them and saw that they looked unhappy, so he asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

Hearing that Dong Mian was also there, Gu Chaoyang hesitated.

In the end, Fu Honghui pulled Captain Tang aside and told him everything that happened last night.

Gu Chaoyang said: "Brother Tang, you are the most experienced among us. How do you think this matter should be handled?"

Captain Tang looked solemn. After a long while, he said slowly:

"Chaoyang, in my opinion, we should not alert the Second Master about this matter first."

"Why?"

Captain Tang spoke to him in detail:

“Firstly, we are only suspecting Dong Mian right now, but we have no actual evidence.

The Second Master loves his son dearly. We are outsiders after all. If we fail to find out that Dong Mian has a problem, how will you behave in front of the Second Master in the future?"

Gu Chaoyang whispered, "This is a serious matter. I cannot risk the safety of all the soldiers for the sake of my personal reputation..."

Captain Tang patted him on the shoulder and said:

"And the second point, which is the most important one -

Although your prestige in the army is greater than Dong Mian's, there are still many direct generals from the Dong family who support him. Although they don't say it openly, they have actually split into two sides long ago.

Those people can't stand the fact that you are young but sit in a higher position than them, and they are eager to find fault with you.

You are now suspecting Dong Mian without any basis, and you want to conduct a thorough investigation of the army's diet. As a result of your disturbance, everyone will have to go hungry for a day.

I am worried that those people under Dong Mian will take this opportunity to stir up trouble. If the army loses its morale, there will be chaos."

Captain Tang’s worries were not unfounded, and Gu Chaoyang fell silent again.

Finally, he glanced at the tent where Dong Changjun and Dong Mian were, and finally said in a deep voice:

“What Brother Tang said makes sense, but we still can’t take it lightly.

Tell our brothers in each battalion not to touch any food in the army today and to be on high alert."

Tang and Fu had no objection and did it immediately.

…

For the next period of time, everything in the military camp was normal, and there was an eerie tranquility.

At noon, Dong Mian was stripped of his shirt and taken to the execution platform.

The assembly call was sounded, and all the soldiers came to watch the execution in order to restore military discipline.

Dong Mian's face turned pale, and he kept looking towards the northeast, cursing in his heart.

We agreed to join forces inside and outside at noon, why hasn’t that bastard Cheng Lian come yet!

If he doesn't come, I will really be beaten with a military stick!

Two hundred military sticks, you will be beaten to death!

Dong Mian, shirtless, had his hands tied to a pillar and knelt on the execution ground, the scorching sun leaving a burning sting on his skin.

Below the execution ground, the doctor was already waiting there.

Dong Changjun wore armor and personally supervised the execution.

When Dong Mian saw the executioner approaching with a stick as thick as his arm, he was finally frightened and screamed:

"Dad, I was wrong, don't hit me, don't hit me!"

He struggled violently, but his hands were tied and he couldn't run away.

He started crying out loud before the stick even fell.

The son of a military commander showed such an ugly behavior in front of all the soldiers. Many soldiers began to look at each other in confusion.

Dong Changjun's face turned pale. Yesterday he thought his son had finally shown some courage, but he didn't expect him to behave like this today.

He has brought disgrace upon all our ancestors!

"Shut his mouth and execute him!"

A piece of rag was stuffed into Dong Mian's mouth. His face was filled with horror, but he could only utter desperate whimpering sounds.

Liquid dripped down his trouser legs and soon the ground was wet.

Captain Tang, General Fu and other generals stood behind Gu Chaoyang, looking at him coldly, with contempt in their eyes.

Amid Dong Mian's cries, the executioner finally raised the military stick high in his hand.

At this moment, the military horn suddenly sounded, but it was not an order to assemble.

Everyone was suddenly startled, this was a signal that the enemy was attacking!

The executioner's stick stopped in mid-air.