Chapter 367 Aren't you afraid your wife will get slapped to death?
Chi Heng was shocked by what she had just seen and felt increasingly nauseous, so she kept patting her chest.
Li Rong glanced at the surrounding scene and patted the young soldier on the shoulder: "Thank you for cleaning up."
Chi Heng jumped up and down: "Li Rong! I'm in this state, and you don't even show any concern for me!"
Li Rong turned and glanced at Chi Heng: "Why don't you talk to him?"
Chi Heng's lips twitched. Now that he knew the old man's identity, how could he dare to say anything?
She rolled her eyes and said, "You're doing this on purpose. Who would dare mess with him?"
No sooner had she finished speaking than Jiang Nuanzhi roared.
Chi Heng turned his stiff neck to look, and saw his sister-in-law, who had just been counting silver, now standing with her hands on her hips, roaring, "Old man! Didn't I tell you that you're not allowed to eat anything stained with blood anymore! Spit it out right now!"
Chi Heng: "!!!"
He stared wide-eyed at the woman, only to see her pointing at the old man and yelling at him as if he were a grandson.
"Blood can transmit diseases! How many times have I told you? When will you ever remember! Hurry up and wash your face clean, then grab some strong liquor and wipe yourself down!"
Hearing his sister-in-law's imperious words and seeing the old man's gloomy face, Chi Heng immediately felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy. He gripped the dagger with a large gemstone at his waist and looked at Li Rong beside him warily: "Hey, what do we do now? Should we go forward to protect your sister-in-law?"
As he said this, he subconsciously swallowed, and looking up, he felt even more that the Grand Preceptor was brewing anger.
Terrified, he disregarded Li Rong and rushed forward, fearing that the Grand Preceptor might suddenly become ruthless and slap his brother's hard-won wife to death.
I only ran a few steps before I realized something was wrong.
Turning around, I found Li Rong standing calmly in the same spot, showing no sign of panic.
Chi Heng's eyes widened as she tugged at him: "Hey, what do you mean by this?"
"Your wife may be a bit greedy for money, strict with the children, and have a bad temper, but she's beautiful! And remarkably, she's also incredibly bold. You wouldn't just let the Imperial Advisor kill her like that, would you?"
Li Rong looked at him like he was an idiot, pulled Chi Heng over, and turned his face towards the other end of the room: "Do you want to keep looking before you decide?"
Chi Heng stared blankly over and saw that the Grand Preceptor, whose face had been as gloomy as a living Yama just moments before, now wore a fawning smile: "Anuan, I didn't mean to, I'll go wash right now, I'll go wash right now!"
He even followed behind Jiang Nuanzhi, trying to massage her shoulders.
However, Jiang Nuanzhi wasn't buying it. She immediately dodged away, waving her hand dismissively, "Hurry up!"
"Yes, right away!"
Then the group just stared blankly at the old man, watching him obediently go back to wash his face.
Even after he washed himself, he changed out of his blood-stained clothes with a pitiful expression, looking as if he had done something wrong, and secretly looked at Jiang Nuanzhi's face.
Fusheng, who was standing nearby, took the soiled clothes and put them into the wooden basin. He also handed the plate of snacks to the old man and winked at him.
The old man immediately understood and, with a smile, brought the plate of snacks to Jiang Nuanzhi.
"Don't be angry, Nuan, it won't happen again."
Chi Heng looked completely bewildered: ? ? ?
He almost uncontrollably twitched the corner of his mouth before looking at Li Rong beside him: "Hey, am I seeing things, or has our Grand Preceptor lost his mind and changed his ways?"
He had finally come to accept that this man was the Imperial Advisor, but he found it hard to accept that this Imperial Advisor, who was almost above the imperial power, was now smiling obsequiously and carefully handing pastries to a woman.
Li Rong completely ignored the rumors circulating about him, and instead asked hesitantly, "Don't you think A-Nuan isn't in a good mood right now?"
Chi Heng: "!!!"
"Are you out of your mind? Is that the point?"
Li Rong lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then patted Chi Heng's shoulder heavily with his large, calloused hands, and said earnestly, "Ah Heng, in an emergency, do you have any money on you?"
Chi Heng immediately became wary: "What are you doing?"
Li Rong frowned: "If you have any, give me some more."
Chi Heng's eyes widened immediately: "Gone! Didn't we just give you two thousand taels?! Li Rong, I've discovered something's wrong with you!"
Chi Heng gritted his teeth in anger: "Back when you were a general, two thousand taels of silver would have lasted you several days, right? Given how frugal you used to be, it could have lasted you several months. And now you still think it's not enough? Are you crazy?"
Li Rong pondered for a moment and said, "In that case, when you return to the capital, send me some more."
After thinking for a moment, Li Rong added, "By the way, there are quite a few people gathered here. If we just try to take them down, we'll probably suffer a lot. How are those soldiers I asked you to train doing? Bring over a batch of them so they can practice on us."
After thinking for a moment, he added, "By the way, hurry up! I think these bandits will make their move in the next couple of days."
He patted Chi Heng's shoulder heavily again, then strode towards the courtyard with his hands behind his back.
Chi Heng was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and quickly caught up with Li Rong: "Hey! Li Rong! I owe you! Do you think I'm your father, saying that so confidently?!"
Li Rong frowned and brushed his hand away, her voice calm but tinged with seriousness as she said, "Who saved your life back then when you were trying to earn military merit? Who took so many beatings for you? And who gave you clothes when you ran out of that girl's courtyard naked? And who gave you... when you went to the toilet?"
"Fine! Stop, stop, stop! You're my father, okay? Go now, right now, and shut your mouth!"
Chi Heng gritted his teeth, glanced back, and almost squeezed out a few words: "Sun Wen! Go and make a trip right now. Bring back some money!"
Then, looking at Li Rong, who had a heroic and trustworthy appearance, he couldn't help but grind his teeth.
Bandits! Li Rong's mother is a bandit!
Over the years, bearing the title of God of War, including his somewhat righteous face, Chi Heng had actually forgotten what outrageous things he had done all these years.
This kid has been a bandit since he was a child. Years ago, he led me to rob that arrogant prime minister's son and that young imperial uncle.
Later, when he went to war, he plundered the enemy country's possessions. And the more he plundered, the more he gained. He not only stole money but also land.
Everyone knows that being his taxi driver is the most lucrative job! Even as his friend, I don't know how many priceless things I've received from him. It's fair to say that half of the reason his Duke's mansion can still afford his extravagant lifestyle is because of the chests of war spoils that Li Rong sent him during his heyday.
Looking back now, I wonder if the old emperor's confiscation of his property was also intended to replenish the national treasury?
Happy New Year, my darlings! It's the first day of the Lunar New Year... well, it should be the second day now. Sorry for the belated New Year's greetings. I'm not the first, but I'm not the last either, hehe. I really drank too much yesterday and couldn't update, so my wishes didn't get sent...
One more thing: Wishing all my darlings a happy, healthy, wealthy, leisurely, safe, lucky, successful, and incredibly rich 2025!!!
(End of this chapter)
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