Chapter 1475: Massacre Unleashed
Chapter 1475: Chapter 1475: Massacre Unleashed
"Xie Cheng said that although you two aren’t good parents, Sister Tang still has to live in this world later. We couldn’t let her have a mother who conspired with bandits to murder Kangrong Soldiers, so we burned Mrs. Cen’s body, telling outsiders she was harmed by bandits. This way, when she returns to her hometown, Sister Tang’s reputation will be slightly better!"
"Look here, both San Lang and Xie Cheng are conscientious people; they don’t hold grudges against you, but you are ungrateful and insist on going against San Lang and them. You’re truly beyond salvation! Is this how you repay General Guo?!" Niu Dabao scolded Lu Chong harshly.
Lu Chong could become a Company Commander precisely because General Guo was fair; otherwise, with Lu Chong’s family background, even if he had some ability to lead troops and was somewhat skilled, it wouldn’t have been possible for him to become a Company Commander.
But Lu Chong forgot General Guo’s promotion and only remembered the favor General Guo showed towards Qin San Lang, which made him hate General Guo early on.
Upon hearing these words, he was in pain, rolling on the ground, glaring at Niu Dabao viciously as if he wanted to eat Niu Dabao alive.
Niu Dabao shook his head at this sight: "Lu Chong, you’re beyond saving; you’re a beast that can’t be raised properly!"
"Mm-mm-mm!" Lu Chong wanted to scream curses but could only make some muffled, incomprehensible roars.
Qin San Lang didn’t bother with Lu Chong and looked at Ding Dong, pointing at him and saying, "Hong Dao, cut off his tongue too. This old fox is loyal to the Ding Family, and now he’s silently enduring; when we reach the Capital, he might turn against us."
"Yes." Hong Dao raised his knife and walked towards Ding Dong.
Ding Dong was shocked, scared and terrified, cried out to Qin San Lang in muffled sounds, but his mouth was stuffed with a cloth ball, rendering him speechless.
Hong Dao acted quickly, first dislocating Ding Dong’s jaw, then removing the cloth ball, and with swoosh, cut off Ding Dong’s tongue. After disabling his remaining hand, he sheathed his knife and left.
"Mm-mm-mm!" Ding Dong cried out in pain, with injuries still on his body, he soon fainted.
"Company Commander Liu, take them away; it’s an eyesore!" Vice General Fang, enraged by Lu Chong, couldn’t stand to look at him even for another moment.
"Yes." Company Commander Liu led people to carry Lu Chong and Ding Dong away.
Before being carried off, Lu Chong still cried out to Qin San Lang, not knowing whether he was cursing or asking if Mrs. Cen was really dead. How did that harlot die?
It’s better you don’t ask; if you really find out, you may not endure it; your head might as well be a green oasis.
After Lu Chong and Ding Dong were taken away, Qin San Lang said, "Sir, Ding Ge, Lu Chong, Company Commander Shi’s Section Leaders, Chief Commanders, and trusted personal soldiers must not remain. We need to drag them out and execute them all, eradicating future troubles while warning other soldiers."
After Ding Ge bandits failed to swallow the soldiers, most of them surrendered, among those surrendered soldiers were Chief Commanders, Section Leaders, and trusted personal soldiers. If we divided these people during troop allocation and took them to the Northwest, they would be a major threat.
Qin San Lang won’t allow such hidden dangers; those who must be killed will be killed without leaving them alive.
Hu Company Commander was frightened hearing this, "Company Commander Qin, do we really need to kill them? There are quite a number of them."
This kind of massacre is quite terrifying.
"They are dormant vipers, ready to strike us with fatal blows at any time; they must be killed." Qin San Lang replied.
There’s no room for negotiation in this matter.
Vice General Fang pondered and said, "Company Commander Qin’s concerns are valid. We can’t have more chaos in our Kangrong army heading west; if we have another internal strife, we might exhaust ourselves before even reaching the Northwest."
Vice General Fang nodded, which meant the other Company Commanders didn’t dare to oppose... Qin San Lang is like King Yan; they wouldn’t dare to go against him.
"Sir, it’s late today. Tomorrow, let’s bring those people out for execution before noon, let the whole army witness the punishment, and see the consequences of betraying their comrades for money," Qin San Lang proposed.
Hu Company Commander and others were trembling hearing this; bringing the whole army to witness the execution... It’s quite a spectacle... Oh well, this young man is fierce; they dared not oppose.
"Alright, you all go and sleep first, divide the troops before noon tomorrow, and then we’ll execute." After saying a few words to them, Vice General Fang then let Qin San Lang and others go back to rest.
Qin San Lang and his group, carrying food, carts, horses, livestock, and weapons from the bandit village, cheerfully left the county and returned to the post station.
"I can’t take it anymore, too exhausted; San Lang, let’s go and sleep first, and discuss division of troops and resources after we wake up." Niu Dabao couldn’t hold on any longer, after almost two days without sleep, his brain was turning to mush.
"Yeah, let’s rest, and talk about it tomorrow." Qin San Lang took the awakening pill given by Gu Jinli, could hold on a bit longer, parted ways with Niu Dabao and Xie Cheng, and returned to Gu Jinli’s room at the post station.
"Xiao Yu, I’m back." Qin San Lang entered the room, didn’t see Gu Jinli in the outer room, therefore spoke towards the inner room, starting to remove his battle armor and dirty boots.
"Xiao Yu, are you here?" After taking off his outer robe coat, Qin San Lang walked into the inner room; seeing the empty bed, he frowned: "Where did Xiao Yu go? Is she not here? Did she go to chat with Mrs. Ji?"
Gu Jinli was hiding behind the door, covering her mouth with a smile, inwardly complaining: Ji Zhenniang is annoying and loves crying; even if I’m idle and grow green moss, I wouldn’t go to chat with her.
But...
Qin San Lang seems quite talkative today; usually, even if he has doubts, he wouldn’t voice them. Could it be...
"Ah~" Gu Jinli’s vision blurred, and suddenly Qin San Lang appeared in front of her, lifted her up in his arms, laughed while saying, "You were indeed hiding here."
Then he kissed her on the lips, savoring her taste, satisfied before pulling away.
Gu Jinli asked, "How did you know I was hiding behind the door? The door here is quite large, and I’m not fat, there’s enough space to hide."
Qin San Lang laughed aloud, "How did you become stupid? I heard your breathing."
Standing at the inner room’s door, he heard her breathing, knew she was hiding behind the door, so he engaged in self-talk to cooperate with her act.
Gu Jinli felt a little frustrated: "Oh, you knew already, it’s not fun at all; if I’d known, I wouldn’t have done such a childish thing."
Qin San Lang hugged her tighter, shook his head and said, "Not childish; I love playing like this with Xiao Yu."
She’s been sensible since she was young, but being overly sensible lets her suffer more than others. He didn’t want her to bear everything alone, liked it when she teased and played like an ordinary young girl.
Gu Jinli laughed, "Alright, next time let’s play again."
Patting his arm, she said, "Let me down quickly; I made something delicious for you. You’ve been tired for two days; hurry and eat then rest, being sleepless for too long can be deadly."
"Yes, I listen to Xiao Yu; won’t let Xiao Yu be a widow." Qin San Lang didn’t let go of her, but carried her to the bed, made her sit, moved the table over, then asked, "Where is the meal box? I’ll go get it."