Chapter 141
Wen Xin's pretty face flushed red, and she punched his shoulder with her small fist. "Can you be serious for once?"
Huo Jingzhou twirled his pale fingers, looking at her with a half-smile.
Wen Xin immediately buried her head in his shoulder, her voice trembling, "Brother, I really have something important to say."
To prevent him from doing anything reckless again, she had no choice but to quickly tell him what she needed to tell him.
Wen Xin mentioned to him the treasure vault beneath the Wen family mansion and the treasure trove within the Wen family ancestral mausoleum.
Huo Jingzhou was slightly taken aback, then rubbed his temples helplessly, "Ah Xin, you really are..."
How can I tell him something like this?
Wen Xin tilted her head. "You wouldn't covet the Wen family's treasure."
Huo Jingzhou chuckled and tapped her delicate nose. "You already knew? Ah Xin, I'm just an ordinary person. I have ambition, desire, and greed too."
Wen Xin said without hesitation, "Then I'll take it. It's better than the ghost army taking it!"
Huo Jingzhou frowned. "What's going on?"
Wen Xin told him about Wen Yun's situation.
Although Wen Yun was a concubine's daughter in the Wen family, it was impossible for Wen Xin's grandfather and father to tell her the secrets of the Wen family. However, Wen Yun had lived in the Wen family for many years and was good at scheming, so she probably knew something about the Wen family's treasure.
"Given Wen Yun's personality, she will definitely betray the Wen family."
Huo Jingzhou narrowed his dark eyes slightly and gently patted her back. "Leave this to me. No one but you can touch anything in the Wen family."
Wen Xin leaned against him with complete trust, "Brother, take all that money with you."
“Ah Xin…”
“Listen to me, although those are the wealth accumulated by the Wen family over generations, they are useless if left there to gather dust. Now, with the country in crisis, we should take them out and use them to fight against the enemy. I believe the ancestors of the Wen family would only agree.”
The Wen family heads have always been charitable and righteous, and they are willing to spend money to help the poor and provide disaster relief in ordinary times, let alone when the country is facing a life-or-death crisis.
Money can always be earned back, but if a country and a nation perish, how can any egg remain intact when the nest is overturned?
Wen Xin looked at him with bright and determined eyes, "The ghost army slaughtered my Wen family. If we can defeat them completely and drive them out of this land forever by paying this amount of wealth, it is well worth it."
Huo Jingzhou's heartstrings trembled. Holding the girl in his arms, he felt as if he were holding a rare treasure. No amount of cherishing and loving her was enough.
The first time he saw her, he felt he had found his soulmate; later, he regarded her as his soulmate.
Now, Huo Jingzhou suddenly realized that he was embracing the luck and warmth of his entire life!
He stroked her cheek with his fingertips, his voice slightly hoarse, and made a solemn promise, "I will not let you down."
Whether it was their relationship or her hope for peace on this land.
Wen Xin hugged him back.
He allowed her free access to his study, never concealing secrets from her, willing to entrust his life to her, and giving her the utmost trust.
Why couldn't Wen Xin tell him the secret of the Wen family?
He protected her from the chaos of war, and she wanted to do everything she could to help him!
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Wen Yun used the wealth of the Wen family as a stepping stone to curry favor with the upper echelons of the Ghost Army. It is said that she even managed to hook up with a Ghost Army officer, and now she and her daughter are living a life of luxury in the Ghost Army's territory.
After hearing Xiao Jin's gossip, Wen Xin didn't know what kind of expression to make.
Wen Yun truly lives up to her reputation as a professional mistress; her professional skills are truly top-notch!
In the original script, it seems that Wen Yun got together with Marshal Huo through Huo Jingfeng.
However, although Commander Huo was indiscriminate in matters of love and sex, he was still quite shrewd. After he had his way with Wen Yun, he would only give her money; there was absolutely no way he would let her into the Huo mansion...
Wen Xin silently rubbed her forehead, feeling a little nauseous.
At the same time, she felt even more sympathy for Huo Jingzhou.
Her brother is truly a breath of fresh air among the men of the Huo family!
However, when the Ghost Army learned of the Wen family's vast wealth, they did not act rashly.
Firstly, Wen Yun only vaguely knew that the Wen family had a treasure, but she didn't know exactly where it was hidden.
Secondly, Biancheng is now Huo Jingzhou's territory. If the Ghost Army had the ability to dig for treasure under his nose, they would have already retaken Biancheng.
It's even less likely that the Ghost Army would suddenly go to war with Huo Jingzhou over some incomplete intelligence.
The Ghost Army isn't a bunch of fools. If they launch a large-scale attack on Nanjiang, the other warlords and armed forces in Donghua will immediately put aside all grudges and unite to fight them.
After all, to this land, they were invaders, a foreign race. No matter how many grudges Donghua had, they could settle them privately, but the Ghost Army was a real thorn in their side.
If these ghost armies hadn't been so well-equipped and hadn't been so formidable in combat, and if the warlords hadn't been driven by their own selfish motives, a full-scale war would have broken out long ago.
However, a fight is inevitable; it's just a matter of who breaks the current balance first.
However, even if they were to fight, the Ghost Army wouldn't choose the toughest opponent first!
Huo Jingzhou has been developing the economy of the Nanjiang area for many years and is not short of money at all. He has purchased a large number of advanced foreign weapons and equipment, and has also cultivated a number of outstanding military talents.
His army was fierce as tigers, fighting without regard for their lives. When they clashed with him head-on, the Ghost Army felt a terrible headache.
Therefore, the Ghost Army has been looking for Huo Jingzhou's weaknesses, attempting to defeat him from within and eliminate this formidable enemy.
Believe it or not, they actually found it.
The Ghost Army also obtained information that Huo Jingzhou had become infatuated with a woman.
But the assassination attempt in Yucheng had already led them to label Huo Jingzhou as despicable, hypocritical, and scheming.
Who knows if Wen Xin might be a smokescreen planted by Huo Jingzhou to lure them in?
After all, Huo Jingzhou is a man with a terrible conscience!
However, the ghost army can now be certain.
Huo Jingzhou was indeed infatuated with the surviving eldest daughter of the Wen family; even heroes can't resist the charms of a beautiful woman.
How could something be wrong when it's proven by his own brother?
When Huo Jingfeng first faced the Ghost Army, he was very tough, appearing as a righteous person who vowed to defend his dignity to the death and would never collude with the ghosts.
However, before the Ghost Army could even lay a hand on him, they merely let him "enjoy" how they tortured prisoners, and Huo Jingfeng was so terrified that he immediately knelt down.
He not only betrayed his own father, Marshal Huo, and his elder brother, Young Marshal Huo, but also patted his chest and guaranteed that he could help the colonels deal with Huo Jingzhou.
You should know that the woman Huo Jingzhou is obsessed with is his fiancée!
With him as bait, how could we not catch her?
If we can capture Wen Xin, why would Huo Jingzhou hesitate to act against her?
The Ghost Army's high command was overjoyed, praising Huo Jingfeng with enthusiastic cheers.
Huo Jingfeng forced a smile, but his eyes were filled with ferocity and resentment.
Huo Jingzhou, you cold-blooded monster, you're dead this time!
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