Chapter 136: Deterrence
The tiny starlight drifted onto the branches, and the further you walked in, the brighter it seemed.
Xue Yongan sat by the fire and roasted fish.
The wisps of smoke swirled in the air, showing no sign of guarding against wild beasts.
Chen Chunxing shrugged his nose, strode over, snatched the grilled fish from Xue Yongan's hand without any hesitation, and took a bite with relish.
When it comes to cooking skills, even if she and Lao Yang are tied together, they can't compare to him!
Xue Yongan was not surprised to see the person he had been thinking about suddenly appear. He glanced at the people following behind him and lowered his voice: "Did Liu Sanlang tell you?"
When this was mentioned, Chen Chunxing got angry and turned his head 360 degrees to look for it, but found nothing.
"Don't even mention him, each one is more unreliable than the other!"
He said he would come back during the day, but he hasn't shown up yet. I'm almost beaten to death several times, and I don't know where the cat went!
After she finished complaining about Liu Sanlang, she picked out Yu Chang and scolded him. When she was done, she asked Yang Yi to come over, pointed at the man on his back, and asked, "Why are you here alone?"
As Liu Sanlang said before, Xue Yongan was traveling with the army... When Yang Yucheng came to the Shen family to give gifts, he said that he had to go to the county town to handle important matters. A few days later, when Shen Chunsheng went to the county government again, Xue Yongan had already gone on a long journey... There is no need to guess who took him away.
After Yang Yi put the man down on the open ground, Xue Yongan looked at his expression and guessed that he understood the meaning of his words. He pondered for a moment and said, "What a coincidence! I'm the only one here."
Chen Chunxing blinked, pulled out a grilled fish from the fire and handed it to Bu Yao, pretending to listen to a story.
How could Bu Yao have the heart to eat!
It's clear that one isn't anxious, one isn't surprised, and one... wooden stake, her eyes blank. She simply turned her sadness into appetite and swallowed the fish whole! She thought, there's really no other way, she'll carry the person to Liuren City on her back!
"Earlier, Yang Shoubei came to me and, after saying a bunch of nice things, he insisted on asking if I had encountered any troubles since I first arrived. If so, I must tell him..."
As Xue Yongan spoke, he squatted beside the man and took his pulse with a cold expression.
"I said no, but he still wasn't happy. He kept asking probing questions and talking nonsense, and even managed to eat two meals at my house."
Chen Chunxing grinned, wanting to laugh.
"Later, I really didn't want to see him again, so I told him about Jiufeng. I figured, since we were going to fight anyway, we might as well hold the battle on their territory to avoid harming the civilians."
After taking Yang Quezi's pulse, Xue Yongan went to lift up Yang Quezi's trouser legs. The clothes of the ancients were loose, which was very convenient.
The thickly scabbed wound was exposed to everyone.
Bu Wan bit her lip, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. Seeing Chen Chunxing looking in her direction, she hurriedly wiped her face, "There are quite a lot of fish bones..."
Chen Chunxing smiled understandingly, "If there are a lot of thorns, just eat slowly. Maybe you'll get used to the pain after a while."
Under Bu Yao's blank gaze, she handed the dagger at her waist to Xue Yongan.
Xue Yongan took out the water bag and poured it on the man's wound and the dagger.
The surroundings were instantly filled with a strong smell of alcohol.
As he stabbed the man with the knife, he groaned in his unconsciousness.
Bu Yao's eyes widened. She wanted to rush over to stop him, but her feet seemed to be rooted to the spot. She was a sensible person who had seen enough suffering to be impulsive.
There is no reason for the girl from the Shen family to harm her own man.
County Magistrate Xue had even less.
Although the scene in front of her looked horrifying, it might be a way to save her life... Back then, she was able to survive with a broken arm, all thanks to a handful of weeds from the second daughter of the Shen family!
After carefully removing the diseased rotten flesh, the dark brown wound became bloody again, which made Chen Chunxing amazed.
It was because the man was unconscious that a lot of trouble was saved.
Xue Yongan took out a paper bag from his bosom, poured the medicine powder inside on the wound, and then found some clean clothes, tore them into strips, and bandaged it.
Chen Chunxing watched from the side. When he finished, he stuffed something into the man's mouth and turned around to say, "Panax notoginseng plus old mountain ginseng. Even if the King of Hell comes, he will have to give him half a day more of his life."
Bu Yao finally felt relieved and immediately knelt down to kowtow to the two of them: "Sister, I will repay your great kindness to you when your brother-in-law wakes up!"
When the bandits tried to kneel, Chen Chunxing simply moved aside, showing neither pity nor reluctance to accept it. But Bu Yao, as if anticipating it, reached out to stop them.
"Sister, what you said is out of place. You know me, I'm the worst at being polite! If I ever have any problems in the future, I will definitely ask for your help."
Seeing Chen Chunxing's insistence, Bu Yao could only hide her gratitude in her heart. Including this time, the couple owed the Shen family two lives in total!
Do your best to repay!
The more deeply hurt a person is, the more he wants to grasp the rare kindness in this world.
Xue Yongan wiped his hands and asked Yang Yi to find a clean open space for the man. When there were no outsiders around, he whispered what he had not finished.
"After Yang Yucheng arrived, he surrounded us but didn't attack. He was ostensibly trying to intimidate the bandits for me, but in reality, he was secretly sending people out to search. I had no intention of getting involved in their affairs, so I found an excuse and acted on my own."
Chen Chunxing frowned: "Could it be that he is also here to look for minerals?"
"It doesn't look like it," Xue Yongan said as he butchered a few fish for tomorrow's breakfast, threaded them onto skewers, and roasted them by the fire. "If they were looking for a mineral, why did they deliberately bring me along? Yang Yucheng is a man of courage, strategy, and farsightedness. He's a rare military talent, but unfortunately, his overly cautious nature has tied his hands and feet. If I want to make a breakthrough, I have to find an opportunity."
Chen Chunxing immediately went off topic. "You're a civil official, yet you're commenting on military commanders. You seem to know a lot about them?"
Xue Yongan smiled innocently and repeated what he had said a hundred times: "That's right, I used to be a soldier!"
Chen Chunxing scoffed. He even said he was a major general! Who would believe that?
This is getting off topic.
"If he's not looking for something, then he's looking for someone... Acting so cautiously, I think he must be a person of very noble status..." Chen Chunxing's mind moved, "There's a granary north of Liuren City with many children trapped inside. You've been here for a while, have you ever come across them?"
"Is this really true?" Xue Yongan's face turned cold after learning the whole story of the human traffickers, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. But after thinking about it, he shook his head dejectedly, "It's my fault! I was so busy playing with those bandits that I didn't pay attention to anything else."
Chen Chunxing's face was filled with disbelief. "Just kidding? How do you play? You chase him and he runs away, and he can't even get away even if he has wings?"
Xue Yongan said casually: "If I'm happy, I'll go to the mountain and take away a dozen heads. If I'm unhappy, I'll go again. As I walk..."
Chen Chunxing quickly asked, "Is there no one on the mountain?"
Listen, listen, what kind of devilish speech is this! No wonder people are so scared that they want to find a third party to negotiate surrender!
She tutted her tongue a few times. "I seriously suspect Yang Yucheng is attracted by your ruthlessness! Just standing there would be more intimidating than sending in an entire battalion!"
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