477: Chapter 449: i Fei Scoops Rice 477: Chapter 449: i Fei Scoops Rice “How preposterous!
Absolutely preposterous!”
After returning to the military camp, i Fei was furious.
A country bumpkin actually dared to spit that sticky stuff on his face, such things were usually what he did to others!
“What happened to that woman?”
After sitting down, i Fei asked his eldest son, i Wu, in a huff.
“Father, rest assured, after the woman’s mouth was stuffed, we buried her in the ground, leaving only her head exposed.”
“What about her son, who is fat as a pig?”
“Rendered for oil.
In front of her, we sliced him up piece by piece with a big black pot, all rendered down for oil.”
“And then?”
“Then we poured the boiling oil down the throat of that thieving woman.”
i Fei felt much better upon hearing what i Wu said.
“Alright, let’s eat.
I went to Spring Breeze Town to have a joyful ti, but it was all ruined by that thieving woman.
What a dampener!”
Soon, soone brought up the food.
i Fei and his eldest son ate together.
Although i Fei was lax in his command, embezzled from his soldiers, and was unkind to colleagues who disagreed with him, he was faultless in his treatnt of his son.
“Life is pretty good actually.
Once your younger brother cos over with your mother and sister, our family will be reunited.
You don’t know how much I envy Changsun’s family being together every ti I see them here in the Frontier Army.”
Not wanting his father to feel sad, i Wu imdiately comforted him, “Changsun Bubai is widowed, what’s there to be envious of?”
i Fei nodded and said, “Yes!
Initially, it was out of jealousy that they could all be together that when he went out to fight the Tujue, I took the opportunity to send n disguised as Tujue to ambush and slaughter his wife.
Unfortunately, his little daughter was tough and was saved by soone.
Damn it!”
Upon hearing this, i Wu smiled and comforted him, “Father, there’s no need to worry, a re Changsun Bubai is not a concern.
In the end, you are the one who calls the shots in Longyun Path.”
i Fei was overjoyed to hear this and was about to start his al when Deputy General Wang Lihui hurried in.
“Grand Commander-in-Chief, I’ve just found out!”
i Fei was delighted at this news.
“Is it that Changsun Bubai allowed Zhang San to take a great number of n out?
It’s no big deal for the Northern Boundary Army to secretly plunder so goods from Tujue.
But if they dispatched enough n, then it’s unauthorized troop movent, isn’t it?
How about it?
How many n did Changsun Bubai allocate when Zhang San left?
After all, Zhang San is still a soldier; letting him take many n out, humph!
Changsun Bubai is done for this ti!”
Wang Lihui said embarrassingly, “Zhang San launched a night raid on the Tujue tribe and killed all the masters within, forcing the Tujue people to drive their cattle and sheep over, so…
Zhang San went out alone, Changsun Bubai did not assign him any troops!”
“How preposterous!”
i Fei angrily slamd his bowl on the table.
i Wu stood up beside him and kicked Deputy General Wang Lihui to the ground before bowing to i Fei and saying, “Father, it’s just that Zhang San got lucky this ti that he didn’t encounter any real experts from Tujue.
If he had, how could he have returned alive?
Don’t worry, Zhang San won’t be so lucky next ti.”
i Fei let out a sigh of relief and nodded slightly, “Indeed, his capabilities are just so-so.
Such small fry can’t cause a stir.”
i Fei said this and took the bowl he had slamd on the table, scraping the rice back into it, ready to continue eating.
“Quick!
Help your Uncle Wang up.
Don’t be disrespectful.”
i Wu then helped the fallen Wang Lihui to his feet, smiling as he said, “Uncle Wang, I was just overly concerned for my father just now, please don’t be upset!”
Wang Lihui shook his head, “It’s alright.
It’s just that I also found out Zhang San didn’t only bring back fifty to sixty thousand cattle and sheep, but also over a thousand Tujue people, and more than five thousand horses.
Of all those horses, I’m afraid well over half could be used as war horses.
Zhang San’s military achievents this ti must be substantial!”
Bang!
i Fei, who had just ladled rice from the table onto his bowl, slamd the rice back onto the table, his face contorted with anger.
Seeing his grandfather enraged, i Wu gave Wang Lihui another kick.
“It’s all your fault!
Why bring that up?
Now you’ve made my granddad angry!”
Wang Lihui looked helplessly at the rcurial i Wu.
…
anwhile, Zhang San, who had made a tidy profit, entered Changsun Bubai’s Central Army tent, peering at Changsun Bubai with a sly, gleeful smile.
Changsun Bubai glanced at Zhang San and said coldly, “Judging by that look on your face, you’re up to no good.
Spit it out!”
Zhang San sidled up to Changsun Bubai and asked with a smile, “If I hand over all these five thousand-plus horses, how much rit would I get?”
Changsun Bubai, sowhat curious, gazed at Zhang San and inquired, “How much rit do you think you should get?”
Zhang San mulled it over and asked curiously, “Would it really be a problem if you made a deputy general?”
The deputy general standing by raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
What’s this about?
Is he coming for ?
“Dream on.
You won’t last long in this Northern Boundary Army.
You becoming my deputy?
I’d rather be your deputy.
But let’s get one thing straight—of those horses you brought back, less than three thousand are fit to be warhorses, the rest are only fit for hauling cargo.”
Having said that, Changsun Bubai looked over at Zhang San and asked, “What sort of great achievent did Kaihuang say you were supposed to accomplish when you first ca here?”
“How did you know Kaihuang discussed with what kind of accomplishnt I was supposed to achieve?”
Changsun Bubai let out a cold laugh and did not answer Zhang San’s question.
Zhang San said in a low voice, “Kaihuang said that if I could stir up turmoil within the Tujue, that would be a success.”
Changsun Bubai’s eyebrows furrowed slightly; indeed, that was also his own thought, considering the Tujue were too powerful at the mont.
If the Tujue could be incited to chaos within, then everything would beco much easier.
“Speaking of which, I do indeed know a lot about the internal situation of the Tujue.
After all, I lived there for over a year.
Only…”
Zhang San curiously asked, “Only what?”
“Only that, lately, I’ve found my war steeds seem to have aged.
Moreover, the military’s pay and provisions should have already reached the Longyun Path, but knowing i Fei as I do, who knows when they’ll actually be delivered to us, and how much will be skimd off the top.”
Zhang San understood; this was all preparation for shaking him down.
“I have handed over all those horses to the state, surely you wouldn’t still ask for sothing?
Here’s what I’ll do, I’ll split two thousand oxen and sheep with you.
That’s not a small number—I only managed to obtain two thousand in total on my last trip.”
Changsun Bubai nodded reluctantly, giving off a mildly inconvenienced air.
He glanced at the deputy general beside him.
The deputy general understood Changsun Bubai’s intention and turned to leave the Central Army tent first.
“Co back!
I told you to fetch a map, where are you off to?”
The deputy general realized he had misunderstood and quickly went to a chest to find a map for Zhang San.
“Zhang San, this is a major secret; I haven’t even told my own son!”
Zhang San glared and retorted angrily, “How about I call you ‘Dad’ then?
Give back those two thousand oxen and sheep!”
“You see!
This mutually beneficial deal, and now we’re even becoming relatives.
Co on, let’s look at the map!”
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