Chapter 57: Silver is in hand! (Thanks to the book friend Wu Ren Xiang Ni for the reward!)

As Dong Chunyu was talking, Xu Zhaojie, who was holding a book, had a cold light flashing in his eyes. After a moment of silence, he put the "Spring and Autumn Annals" in his hand on the table and waved at Dong Chunyu. Dong Chunyu, who understood what he meant, immediately came to his side.

In Dong Chunyu's ear, Xu Zhaojie, with an expressionless face, whispered something. Dong Chunyu's face gradually became excited after listening to his words. After listening to Xu Zhaojie's words, Dong Chunyu, who had already realized the beauty of it, immediately gave a thumbs up and praised:

"General, this move of yours is truly amazing!"

Xu Zhaojie seemed a little unimpressed by Dong Chunyu's praise, and said lightly: "Do your job well. If you make any mistakes, I won't forgive you!"

"Don't worry, General. I will take care of this matter. If there is any mistake, I will bring my head to you!" Dong Chunyu said solemnly:
After Dong Chunyu left excitedly, Xu Zhaojie in the camp picked up the "Spring and Autumn Annals" that he had placed on the desk and started reading it.

Although he was reading the Spring and Autumn Annals, Xu Zhaojie sighed in a low voice:

"When autumn comes and September th, I will kill the flowers after they bloom."

"The incense formation soaring to the sky penetrates Chang'an, and the whole city is covered with golden armor."

"Although Huang Chao was a little poor, he wrote really good poems..."

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In the tent, Ye Mingsheng was lying on the bed with a tired look on his face. Beside him, Pei Zhixiu was holding silver needles and accurately piercing various acupuncture points on Ye Mingsheng's legs.

From noon till now, Ye Mingsheng has been standing motionless in front of Xu Zhaojie's headquarters for more than three hours. His legs have long been numb from the blood pooling. When he came back, if it weren't for Ye Dong and others carefully supporting him, Ye Mingsheng would have walked alone and would not have come back.

Ye Mingsheng had just returned and hadn't looked for her yet. Pei Zhixiu, who knew the situation, came to her door with a medicine box and started giving Ye Mingsheng acupuncture to clear his meridians.

It has to be said that Pei Zhixiu's medical skills are still very powerful. After acupuncture for a while, Ye Mingsheng could clearly feel that his legs, which were almost numb, had recovered a lot...
"Thanks a lot!"

Looking at Pei Zhixiu, who was panting and had beads of sweat on her pretty face, Ye Mingsheng said with some distress:
Pei Zhixiu shook her head, her beautiful eyes glanced at the more than ten silver needles inserted into Ye Mingsheng's legs, and said in a low voice: "You knew that this would be the result, so why bother?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Mingsheng smiled bitterly on his angular face. He wanted to explain to Pei Zhixiu, but he didn't know how to start. After thinking for a long time, he could only say helplessly:

“When you are in the underworld, you have no choice. There are some things that you still have to do even if you know the outcome…”

Pei Zhixiu seemed unable to understand Ye Mingsheng's thoughts and continued to say softly, "If you can't control your heart, how can you control your body?" After these words came out, the bitterness on Ye Mingsheng's face became even more intense, but he was completely speechless.

After acupuncture lasted for a stick of incense, Pei Zhixiu removed the silver needles from Ye Mingsheng's leg, applied some ointment on Ye Mingsheng, and reminded Ye Mingsheng to rest and not exercise. Then he left with the medicine box and went back to rest.

Not long after Pei Zhixiu left, Ye Tie walked into the tent. He took out a small bundle from his arms, handed it to Ye Mingsheng with both hands, and whispered:
"Those people, Lin Huaiwu, have been quietly released. A total of three thousand taels of silver were collected. According to your instructions, five hundred taels were given to Lin Huaiwu. This is the banknote for the remaining two thousand five hundred taels of silver."

Ye Mingsheng's eyes flashed when he heard this, and after a moment of hesitation, he asked:
"Lin Huaiwu, what's your reaction?"

"He has been trying to insinuate how much money I received this time. I followed your instructions, young master, and played dumb the whole time, not telling him the real amount!"

"When I gave him the five hundred taels of silver, he pretended not to want it, saying how you had cultivated him, so how could he accept your money? But when he saw the banknote, his eyes almost turned green. After refusing a few times, he stopped pretending and took the banknote!" Ye Tie reported in a low voice:

Ye Mingsheng nodded. He was not surprised by Lin Huaiwu's reaction. Although he, Ye Mingsheng, was not from an aristocratic family, his family was a large landlord and he was well-off. He owned three hundred acres of fertile land in his hometown of Fengshan County, and had more than a dozen maids and servants, so he had no worries about food and drink. Not only did he not have to use his military pay to supplement his family income on weekdays, his hometown would also send him some money.

But his subordinate Lin Huaiwu is different. His family background is very difficult. Both his parents are at home, and he has four brothers and sisters. Lin Huaiwu is the second oldest. All his family members are authentic farmers, facing the sky with their backs to the loess, digging for food from the land...

Except for Lin Huaiwu, the whole family stayed in a small county town in Yongliang, their hometown. It was fine when the years were good, but when the years were bad, Lin Huaiwu had to send money back home.

In fact, Lin Huaiwu’s original name was not Lin Huaiwu. His parents, who had only attended a private school for a few days, had no idea how to write the two words "Huaiwu" or what they meant.

Lin Huaiwu's real name is Lin Erbiao, and his brother is Lin Dabiao. The name Huaiwu was given to him by his coach when he was in Zhaowu Camp.

It was precisely because his family was so poor and had no money to work for him that although Lin Huaiwu was born in the Zhaowu Camp and was a personal guard of Lord Shangguan Hongyuan, he was only a team leader after several years in the Imperial Army. If Ye Mingsheng had not promoted him and given him the opportunity to become a sentry leader, he would probably still be a team leader now!
Perhaps it is because of his background that Lin Huaiwu, although he never says it, attaches great importance to money. To put it bluntly, he is a bit greedy and he also does some dirty things in the military camp on a daily basis.

Ye Mingsheng saw all of this, but he thought that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. In addition, Lin Huaiwu was sensible and never caused any big trouble for him. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng turned a blind eye to his actions and did not investigate further. As a result, Lin Huaiwu remained in peace.

In return for Ye Mingsheng's care, Lin Huaiwu always followed Ye Mingsheng's lead and listened to his instructions very well. If Ye Mingsheng went east, he would never go west.

(End of this chapter)