Chapter 81 General Ye is gone
Chen Xiong, who was still furious just now, laughed awkwardly upon hearing Uncle Ye's words, scratching the back of his head and said:
"This... I was a little anxious. Let's go. But which prisoner are they escorting that I need you, young lady, to lead the way?"
As he spoke, he looked back and saw Du Ming in prison uniform surrounded by soldiers.
Chen Xiong's eyes widened in shock:
"This is not Du... My goodness, the little emperor in the capital has done something out of control again? This time he even got the prime minister off the stage."
"It's been so many years, and you're still talking like that!" As if he saw a shadow of the past in Chen Xiong, Uncle Ye's expression softened a little. As he drove the carriage forward, he said to Chen Xiong, who didn't care about his image at all and jumped onto the carriage to sit next to him, "You little bear, what's wrong with you? You're actually learning how to make money from ordinary people and merchants?"
He really wanted to hear Chen Xiong's denial.
But Chen Xiong just coughed twice and said:
"Well... the border is bitterly cold, and my salary is barely enough to buy a few drinks, so... But I didn't extort the poor people, I only extorted the rich!"
"You are quite proud, aren't you?" Uncle Ye scolded, "Stop it right away! You are simply bringing shame to the Ye Family Army! If Big Brother Ye were still here..."
"But General Ye is gone!" Chen Xiong said loudly, his voice full of grief. After he finished speaking, he seemed to react and put on a nonchalant smile again. "Brother Ye, don't worry about it. The dead are gone, and we who are still alive should live happily, right? Come on, we are almost there."
Uncle Ye swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.
He could see that this guy was no longer listening.
Uncle Ye looked a little confused.
He didn't know how his brother could become like this after just a few years of not seeing him.
Ye Qiongying was riding on a horse and had a panoramic view of the changes in the two people.
As a direct descendant of the Ye family, she should feel ashamed of someone like Chen Xiong who ruined the family tradition. But somehow, Ye Qiongying did not dislike this uncle whom she had not seen for many years.
His words and actions seemed to be deliberately trying to create a bad image, but the emotions he just briefly revealed were different from what he showed.
Ye Qiongying held the reins of the horse tightly without saying a word.
With the help of a local, we found the place quickly.
Manager Liang did not get off the carriage. Instead, the school officer and half of the men escorted Du Ming directly to take over.
Seeing that Du Ming had been escorted in, Chen Xiong smiled and asked Ye Qiongying:
"Now that the job is done, young lady, come on, stay with Brother Ye at my place for a few days before returning to the capital! You can't just leave right after you get here, you have to let me, Old Bear, do my best to be a good host."
"Uncle Chen," Ye Qiongying changed her address unconsciously, "I can't go to your place for the time being. I have to report to the military camp first."
"Military...military camp?" Chen Xiong was stunned. "Young lady, why are you going to the military camp? That place is full of rough men, dirty and smelly. You might as well go to the east market. There are many gems that young ladies like, in all colors! Just pick one, and I'll give it to you!"
"No," Ye Qiongying replied, "I came to Pingwu City this time not only to help escort the prisoners to serve their sentences, but also to serve as a captain in the military camp. Now that the prisoners are in place, I will naturally report to the military camp in time."
"Ah?" Upon hearing this, Chen Xiong frowned immediately, and his big beard began to tremble. "This... How is it possible? Miss, you want to... No, no, even if you plan to follow your father and join the army, how can a member of the Ye family become a centurion? You just need to..."
"This matter has been decided by His Majesty," Ye Qiongying explained, "You don't have to worry about it. Grandmother and little aunt also know about it. As for the rest... you can talk to Uncle Ye in detail, and he will tell you the details."
Chen Xiong pointed in the direction and immediately looked at Uncle Ye who was sitting next to him.
Uncle Ye sighed, and briefly recounted what had happened in the capital.
Three years ago, Ye Qiongying married into the Zhongyong Marquis's mansion, and three years later, she divorced and returned home from the Zhongyong Marquis Yin Xu. Unexpectedly, the Zhongyong Marquis's mansion was despicable and shameless, and even thought of a shady trick to discredit Ye Qiongying's reputation.
Although Ye Qiongying avoided the previous plot due to her momentary kindness, she still caused the scoundrel Du Chengxiu who was instigated to come to die on the spot.
Prime Minister Du Ming filed a complaint with the emperor, wanting Ye Qiongying to pay for her life.
Fortunately, the current emperor wanted to protect him and found out many crimes of the Du family. He dismissed Du Ming from his post and exiled him to the border town.
But the crime of murder could not be completely erased, so Ye Qiongying was exiled to the border town as a centurion. He was not allowed to return to the capital unless he made military achievements.
After these few things happened, the expression on Chen Xiong's face changed again and again, sometimes worried, sometimes angry, sometimes irritable, and sometimes scared.
After Uncle Ye finished speaking, Chen Xiong threw the wine jug in his hand.
The wine jug broke into several pieces, and the wine inside flowed out, emitting bursts of wine aroma.
"What the hell, the Loyal and Brave Marquis' Mansion? They have been weaklings for many years, and the people in that mansion are like white skinny guys. How dare they plot against people from our Ye family?"
Chen Xiong rolled up his sleeves.
"And the Du family, that rotten old man Du Ming, doesn't he know what kind of stinky character his youngest son is? He can die, but he still wants to exchange our eldest girl's life, bah! Woe to him! It's just right that he came to Pingwu City, he wants to have a good day, the old bear is not even a human! And that loyal and brave Marquis Mansion, is that thing called a shadow or a ghost? I will ask for permission to return to the capital in a few days, and I will slap him in the face so hard that even his own mother won't recognize him.
No, no, no, you can't leave yet.
"My dear, this military camp in Pingwu City... Well, forget it, I'll just keep an eye on it. How could you be so unlucky to have encountered such a thing?"
Looking at his sorrowful expression, it was as if Ye Qiongying had chosen a path of no return, which made him so worried that he was even more miserable than Old Madam Ye.
Uncle Ye glanced at the burly fellow and said:
"Just take care of yourself. I'm by your side. As for that bastard Yin Xu, I've already brought people to beat him up. Before leaving Beijing, the eldest lady even took action herself, using a spear to beat him up in public, ruining his reputation.
Don’t worry about these things.”
Hearing this, Chen Xiong was not discouraged. Instead, he laughed and clapped his hands, saying:
"Okay, okay! That's right, you played well! Let's wait until next time! Next time I return to Beijing, Lao Xiong will make it up.
By the way, is the carriage behind the young lady's entourage? There are too many guards following her. If she goes in the name of the captain, it will be difficult to enter the military camp later."
"No need," Ye Qiongying glanced back, "The person sitting in the carriage behind is the emperor's envoy from the capital, his majesty's chief steward of internal affairs, Liang Dehai, the eunuch. The imperial edict is with him!"
"The angel this time is actually a eunuch..." Chen Xiong had just said this when Uncle Ye knocked him on the head, "You better say less!"