Chapter 1497 - 1492: Tearing Off the Mask
"I’m a scoundrel, I’m despicable! I beg Miss Shuangshuang not to hold a grudge against me!"
"I have wronged General Xing, wronged the Da Ning Dynasty, wronged the Emperor!"
Confronted with life and death, even a fool knows how to choose!
Zuo Cong was frightened by Mu Shuangshuang’s words, hitting himself while apologizing to her.
After all, as a deputy general, he had the strength; a few hits later, his face was swollen like a pig’s head!
Mu Shuangshuang watched until it was enough, then spoke up, "Alright, next time, don’t say such nonsense. Hurry up and get lost!"
Mu Shuangshuang waved her hand grandly, speaking with great authority.
Zuo Cong was resentful but, fearing the token, dared not clash directly.
He scrambled into the military camp, heading towards Wen Nantian, presumably to complain.
Once he was far away, Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen both clapped their hands in delight!
"Shuangshuang, the things you said earlier were simply amazing!" Xing Beichen exclaimed.
"Very impressive! Vice General Zuo is not someone easy to deal with!"
Both of them had suffered at the hands of Vice General Zuo to some extent.
They didn’t hate, but they knew he was hard to handle!
"You two, don’t be so reckless when things happen, use your brains a bit more! Though as passionate men, using strategy isn’t a shameful thing!" Mu Shuangshuang said.
"Yes, we understand!"
"But ultimately, the token is quite useful! Beichen, here’s your token back!"
Mu Shuangshuang tossed the token to Xing Beichen.
Xing Beichen threw it back again, "Something given to you is yours! I don’t want it!"
"Why?"
"I believe that with my own ability, I can certainly earn a token from the Emperor that belongs to me!" Xing Beichen declared.
This fighting spirit in Xing Beichen resembled the character of Xing Ningtian a lot!
"Indeed, you will all have it!" Mu Shuangshuang nodded.
"Where should we go now? Find that Wen Xiaoya, or return to the camp?" Xing Beichen asked again.
"Fengzi, what’s your opinion?" Lu Yuanfeng asked.
"Let’s return to the camp and find Elder Cheng! No one informed us to protect Wen Xiaoya, and with so many elite soldiers around her for protection, if anything happens to her, it really has nothing to do with us!"
Lu Yuanfeng clearly saw the intricacies of the situation.
Moreover, with Wen Xiaoya’s character, saving her once doesn’t guarantee being able to save her a second time.
She should learn from a hard experience!
The three of them then entered the camp to report directly to Cheng Dagang!
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On the other side, Wen Xiaoya found out from her elite troops that Lu Yuanfeng had already left.
And he hadn’t obtained the city defense map, which made Wen Xiaoya so angry she nearly vomited blood.
She thought that with Lu Yuanfeng’s ability, he could obtain it.
As for why he couldn’t get it, she believed it was because Mu Shuangshuang said something inappropriate, which led to Lu Yuanfeng not striving and moving forward!
Wen Xiaoya vowed to get the city defense map and show Lu Yuanfeng who is really the best, who is truly worthy of his affection!
Wen Xiaoya led fifty elite soldiers and stormed into the City Lord Mansion of Ye City, intending to forcibly seize the city defense map.
However, her calculations were off, and over half of the fifty elite soldiers were lost, and she herself got trapped in Ye City’s dungeon!
Among the remaining soldiers, only Vice General Liu escaped capture; the others were all caught.
That night, Vice General Liu fled back to the Da Ning Dynasty and reported this matter to Wen Nantian.
Wen Nantian was already discontent over his deputy general Zuo Cong being disciplined and was furious upon learning his daughter was captured!
"Send word, arrest Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen, and that reckless woman!"
As the commander, Wen Nantian ordered, and naturally, the troops moved to seize Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen.
Vice General Zuo led the charge, bringing with him twenty elite soldiers, ensuring Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen couldn’t escape.
Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen were residing together, making it convenient for a surprise capture.
They were still asleep when footsteps outside the tent startled them awake.
"Fengzi, I fear the commander has sent people to arrest us!" Xing Beichen exclaimed.
"Don’t worry, we’ve done nothing wrong, and we have reason on our side wherever this goes!" Lu Yuanfeng reassured Xing Beichen.
As soon as they dressed, the tent’s entrance was kicked open.
"Lu Yuanfeng, Xing Beichen, come with me to see the General!"
As they spoke, four elite soldiers stepped forward to seize Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen.
But before they could approach, the two stopped them.
"No need for you to escort us, we will go ourselves!" Lu Yuanfeng said.
Xing Beichen added, "We have hands and feet, we’re not criminals; there’s no need to restrain us with that approach!"
"Fools ready to die, still talking back! Take them away!" Zuo Cong snarled.
Zuo Cong led the way, with Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen surrounded by elite soldiers, arriving swiftly at Wen Nantian’s tent.
"Commander!" Lu Yuanfeng and Xing Beichen greeted Wen Nantian simultaneously.
"Kneel!" Wen Nantian shouted in anger!
"General, may I ask what we did wrong?" Lu Yuanfeng confronted the commander, Wen Nantian.
His gaze held no hint of retreat or fear, everything appeared quite natural!
"Wrong? I sent you to gather enemy intelligence; where is the intelligence?" Wen Nantian queried.
"I was unable to gather any information, but upon returning in the morning, I confessed to the General and accepted the punishment. Why is there further penalization?"
In Lu Yuanfeng’s mind, the commander who once appreciated him and saw him as a talent had already changed.
The better he used to be, the worse he was now!
Selfish, not distinguishing right from wrong.
This commander was no longer the one Lu Yuanfeng once admired!
"Fine, let’s not punish that, but what about Ya’er?" Wen Nantian pressed.
"Miss Ya’er wasn’t with us; moreover, Beichen advised her to return, but she chose not to listen!
She had elite soldiers for protection; had she been willing to leave, she would hardly encounter danger!"
Lu Yuanfeng’s words were utterly straightforward.
Even Wen Nantian became enraged.
"Lu Yuanfeng, you’re indeed heartless; despite Ya’er’s kindness, without her plea, would you ever leave the kitchen?"
Wen Nantian’s rebuke severed Lu Yuanfeng’s last bit of hope for the commander.
He wasn’t a military cook when joining the camp, but his commander demanded he marry his daughter for personal gain.
If he did not marry her, he would be a kitchen hand forever.
Following such a general, what meaning was there?
What defense of the country, what rising in the world, in his eyes, was a mere joke!
Lu Yuanfeng fell silent, clearly provoked.
Xing Beichen seemed to understand too.
He looked at Wen Nantian in astonishment, "So Fengzi was suddenly assigned to the kitchen by the commander’s own orders!
If that’s so, why did you accept me and Fengzi into the military camp in the first place?"