“Snap—Snap—Snap—”
The sound of the boards kept echoing throughout the entire training ground. Although the 10,000 or so people standing in a row had expressions of pity on their faces, they were all angry but dared not say a word.
Su Qingning was just about to take action to deal with this group of bodyguards who were relying on their power, when he saw a man dressed as a deputy general standing out with a nod and a bow.
"Sir, please be generous and forgive him this time. This is my brother, and it's all his fault that he bumped into you because he was young and ignorant. I will make you pay for him."
As he spoke, he used his body to block the entry of the centurion's sleeves.
Normally, this deputy general was much higher in rank than the centurion, but he had to lower his posture in front of him.
This shows that the army is in chaos, and whoever is close to Li Zhiyuan becomes the boss.
The centurion received the money, and although his expression softened a little, he still did not relent.
"Slandering a superior in the military camp is a serious crime, how can you get away with it so easily?! For Lieutenant General Lin's sake, I can reduce the original fifty strokes to thirty strokes."
"Keep fighting! Today I will show these veteran soldiers what will happen if they make random arrangements for their generals!"
Seeing that these people were unwilling to let go of the young soldier, Lieutenant General Lin immediately stuffed a few more silver ingots into the sleeves of the centurion and said to him in a flattering way:
"You're so sorry! It's all my brother's fault. Sir, please have mercy on me. You must be tired after standing here all morning. Why don't you sit down and rest for a while, and let our military brothers take over and execute the remaining twenty or so boards?"
The centurion weighed the silver in his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and gave his seat to the people behind Lieutenant General Lin.
These people looked serious on the surface, but Su Qingning knew at a glance that their beatings were very clever, the kind that sounded very loud but didn't hurt when they hit people.
Soon the remaining twenty or so boards were finished, and the centurion uttered a few more harsh words, then walked away in a show of force with the people behind him.
The soldiers did not dare to surround the young soldier to check his injuries. After giving him a simple bandage, they carried him into the tent of Lieutenant General Lin.
Su Qingning and Xiao Huaishuo looked at each other, and then they both hid in the tent of Lieutenant General Xiao Lin.
Over there, Lieutenant General Lin had just dismissed the rest of the people when he gave the lying soldier a blow on the head.
"Why are you so impatient? I told you to be patient, but you didn't listen?!"
"We will immediately investigate the truth about the Xiao family being framed! You openly provoked Li Zhiyuan's people today. If they find out, we will all be implicated by you!"
The little soldier knew he had made a mistake, so he kept his head down. But he still said angrily:
"General! These people are too much! Although the treasury was emptied some time ago, the old emperor got a lot of money from nowhere. This bastard Li Zhiyuan hasn't even declared himself king yet. He just wants to cheat more military supplies from the old emperor!"
"If he really wants to kill people from Southern Xinjiang or Northern Li in exchange for military merits, that's fine, but the military merits they record are all ears cut off from the people of Daqian!"
"Recently, several remote and poor villages have been completely wiped out by them! What kind of shit can these people do?!"
He became more and more angry as he spoke, and then he punched the table.
Lieutenant General Lin's expression also became extremely solemn.
"Well, he was extremely obedient under the command of the Marshal. Who could have imagined that he had such a wicked ambition hidden under that innocent appearance?!"
"Please bear with me for a few more days. We will collect all the evidence immediately and declare the marshal's innocence to the world!"
"The Marshal was wise throughout his life and loved the people like his own children. Even if he fell off a cliff and his body was nowhere to be found, he must not be misunderstood by the world... wuwu..."
When Lieutenant General Lin mentioned Xiao Huaishuo's father Xiao Boliang, his lips trembled and his voice was choked with sobs, and even the eight-foot-tall bearded man couldn't help but shed tears.
However, the soldier leader did not have such good patience and immediately hugged him and cried quietly.
Su Qingning, hiding behind the screen, glanced at Xiao Huaishuo. He just shook his head at her and whispered:
"Don't do anything yet. Let's go into the city and observe first."
"good."
This place is close to the border, and the forces of all parties are complicated. Although the two of them are strong, they can't act rashly without understanding the situation.
Su Qingning led Xiao Huaishuo and teleported to the carriage, letting Chang Geng take them into the city.
Chang Geng was a servant of Prince Zhan's mansion, so his loyalty was naturally needless to say, and Su Qingning's teleportation ability did not deliberately avoid him.
These secret guards originally didn't believe that their prince would fall in love with a woman.
During this time, seeing the two of them eating and living together and loving each other very much, I almost wondered if their prince had suffered some kind of blow that caused his temperament to change drastically.
Afterwards, he vaguely felt that there seemed to be many magical things about their princess, which dispelled his doubts.
Their prince is not interested in women!
But the princess is a fairy! The God of War likes fairies, but...
The carriage moved forward slowly, the bells on the windows rang gently, and Su Qingning soon fell asleep leaning on the thick table mat.
Xiao Huaishuo smiled faintly, afraid that she would kowtow, and hurriedly signaled outside to ask Chang Geng to drive the car slower, and then he gently pulled her into his arms.
Su Qingning was sleeping in a daze, when she suddenly heard a lot of noise outside and guessed that someone was going into the city.
Then I heard people outside the car talking about how Zuiyuelou was going to select an oiran today, and all the wealthy people in the city were coming to watch the excitement.
Then I heard the sound of gongs and drums and the arrogant voices of soldiers clearing the area:
"Make way! Make way! General Gui De, get out of the way! All the idle people, stay out of the way!"
Although officials in ancient times would have people clear the area before traveling, these people were very rude and the people on the street all hurriedly hid on both sides of the street as if they had seen a ghost.
From time to time, the whispers of people's discussions could be heard in the carriage.
"It's been rumored recently that General Li is infatuated with Yinghua, the top girl in Zuiyuelou. He spent a fortune just to see this beautiful girl! Who would have thought it was true?! He's here to support Zuiyuelou's selection of the most beautiful girl today?"
"Which high-ranking official would come to a brothel without being sneaky? He is so shameless, showing off so much! In my opinion, the fate of the Daqian Empire is about to end!"
"Hush! Keep your voice down! If the guards hear you, you'll get beaten!"
When Su Qingning heard that Li Zhiyuan was coming, she sat up immediately.
She was just worrying about the trouble she would have to go to this person to complain, but he just showed up at her doorstep.
This dog is quite intelligent!
She gently lifted the carriage curtain and looked out, and saw a dozen soldiers beating gongs and drums non-stop, and dozens more whipping passers-by who couldn't dodge in time.
Some officers and soldiers even took the opportunity to beat innocent civilians just to extort some money.
A soldier nearby glanced at them and knew from the size of the carriage that the person inside was a wealthy businessman.
Rich businessmen have a lot of money but low positions, and to them they are fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
The soldier immediately came over with a sly smile on his face, raised his whip and was about to hit Chang Geng.
"General Gui De is on his way out, and you are blocking him for no reason! You are committing a crime of disrespecting the authority of an official!"
"Go, two men! Drag the man inside out and give him ten lashes as a warning to others!"