I said I would turn back time

Lin Xing followed Zhao Yuan back to the Marshal's Mansion. Along the way, Zhao Yuan also asked about the identity of the puppet girl beside him.

Lin Xing said that he found him after suppressing the evil spirits this time. Because he lacked the ability to take care of himself and had lost all his relatives, he took care of him with him.

Zhao Yuan only thought that the puppet girl was the other party's newly recruited maid. Although she was too beautiful, she was not the focus of finding Lin Xing this time.

"Lin Xing, now that the war is about to begin, you and I have achieved military success with one shot and one sword. We should support each other even more in the future..."

During the conversation, Zhao Yuan had great intentions of winning over Lin Xing.

When he came to the hall of the Marshal's Mansion, Lin Xing found that Marshal Zhang, Zhu Fen, Song Yi and many officers had already arrived.

Marshal Zhang was currently arranging his troops in front of a map of Dongya Prefecture.

After seeing Lin Xing coming, Marshal Zhang laughed and said, "Lin Xing, you came back at the right time. I thought it would take you four or five days to go to Wangjia Town, but I didn't expect you to come back so soon."

"Tell me, what is going on with that ghost?"

Lin Xing said: "It is the teachers of the Zhou family who secretly offer sacrifices to evil places and cultivate evil spirits..."

Listening to Lin Xing's eloquent talk, some people at the scene were surprised, some thought, and some disagreed.

In the end, Marshal Zhang sighed: "I originally thought that the evil spirits were just rumors from the countryside and not worth believing. I never thought that they really existed in this world."

"But it seems that the danger of evil is still no greater than the human heart."

Then he said: "Now that the evil spirit has been suppressed, you can join us to clean up the evil cult."

According to Zhang Dashuai's plan, the troops will be divided into four groups, each of which will sweep away several evil forces in Dongya Mansion, and finally meet in Shanghe County.

Among them, Marshal Zhang personally took charge of one group, while Zhao Yuan and Song Yi each led one group.

There is also Lin Xing leading the team, assisted by Zhu Fen as his adjutant.

Upon hearing this assignment, Zhu Fen was shocked and said: "Brother-in-law!"

Dashuai Zhang frowned and glanced at him, his cold gaze like a knife cutting through him.

Zhu Fen's body trembled, he swallowed and said, "Commander, the bastards under my command have been spoiled by me. They are all unruly and unruly. I'm afraid they won't be easy to command under Brother Lin."

Marshal Zhang said calmly: "So, didn't I ask you to assist Lin Xing and help him command?"

Zhu Fen's face turned red, and he pointed at himself angrily, and then at Lin Xing: "Am I assisting him?"

Marshal Zhang tilted his head and looked at him, with a hint of impatience in his eyes: "What? Are you going to disobey my military order?"

Being swept by that blade-like gaze, Zhu Fen shrank his neck and didn't even dare to say anything.

Next, Dashuai Zhang focused on the arrangements of each department.

Halfway through the story, a bodyguard suddenly ran in.

"Commander, this is a letter from the Dongjiang Provincial Administrative Office."

After hearing these words, the scene fell silent for an instant, and everyone watched quietly as Marshal Zhang took the letter.

Zhang Dashuai looked at the contents of the letter without any change in his expression. He put down the letter after a moment and continued to explain the battle situation as if nothing had happened.

Lin Xing's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he asked Zhao Yuan in a low voice: "This Dongjiang Provincial Administrative Office..."

Zhao Yuan on the side snorted and said: "The scholars in the Provincial Administrative Office don't know how to fight at all, they just know how to push and push. Just listen to them and it's over..."

Marshal Zhang glanced at the two of them: "Both of you, listen to me attentively."

The meeting ended in the blink of an eye, and everyone dispersed after understanding their respective tasks.

But Lin Xing took the initiative to stay.

When he saw Lin Xing staying, Zhang Dashuai thought that the other party had something important to do, but it turned out that Lin Xing actually persuaded him not to burn people to death anymore, and also asked him to improve military discipline and strengthen public security management...

Seeing the upright and serious look on the other party's face, Dashuai Zhang kept scratching his head, just feeling it was troublesome.

Now that the war is coming, he has no intention of doing this.

But the other party was his general after all, and he didn't want to argue with him at this critical moment, so he casually agreed and let Lin Xing leave.

After that, only Zhu Fen and Dashuai were left in the hall.

Looking at Lin Xing's leaving figure, Marshal Zhang rubbed his brows and said, "This boy is good at everything, but he is too young and has some womanly kindness. As for the unruly and stubborn people in Dongya Mansion, if we don't give him any treatment, How to convince the public with thunderous tactics?"

Zhu Fen whispered: "That's right, brother-in-law, I'm just worried that Lin Xing is too young and inexperienced, and he still doesn't know the evil cult woman. If the time comes, if you become soft-hearted on the battlefield, your career will be ruined..."

Without giving the other party a chance to continue, Zhang Dashuai said coldly: "You went out to suppress the chaos this time, and you did a really good job."

Zhu Fen just showed a smile, but when he heard Dashuai Zhang's next words, he felt as if he was being blown by a gust of wind, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Just listen to Zhang Dashuai say: "You made a lot of money, right? I heard that you turned several big families into cult followers, took over their property deeds, and sold other people's wives, daughters, and servants. You are really good at making money."

Zhu Fen quickly explained: "Brother-in-law, listen to me..."

The aura of a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood surged out of Dashuai Zhang's body, as if knives were placed on Zhu Fen's neck, blocking what he wanted to say next.

Zhang Dashuai looked at him calmly and said: "You don't need to explain, why should you explain? It's just to make some money. We are all our brothers. No matter how much money you make, I can turn a blind eye."

"But you should never, never, should not drink the blood of soldiers under my hands."

With the murderous intention coming, Zhu Fen was so frightened that he fell to his knees: "Sister, brother-in-law, I don't have it."

Zhang Dashuai shouted coldly: "I, Zhang Tiande, don't have a wealthy and famous family background, and secondly, I don't have a first-rate teacher from the Nine Sects. What can I rely on?"

He pointed outside the hall in the direction of the military camp and drank: "Over the years, I have relied on the loyalty of my brothers, on the sacrifice of my soldiers, and on the territory they and I have built inch by inch."

"When you drink their blood, you drink my blood."

"I'll give you one day to make up for all the arrears of military pay before the army sets off."

After Zhu Fen left, a blush flashed across Dashuai Zhang's cheeks, as if the injury in his body was affected again, but he was soon suppressed again.

He glanced at where everyone was standing or sitting, and ordered the servants beside him: "Wipe them all clean."

…

Not long after, in a certain courtyard of the Marshal's Mansion.

Zhu Fen knelt on the ground and cried to a woman: "Sister, how old am I? How many years have I been fighting with Zhang Tiande? Now he actually wants me to assist that little brat Lin Xing? He is clearly planning to quit. My military power is over!"

Sitting in front of Zhu Fen was a middle-aged woman with a graceful figure and a round face. She was none other than Marshal Zhang's wife, Mrs. Zhu.

Hearing his brother's cry, Mrs. Zhu smiled and said: "You don't know what Tiande is like? He never treats his own people badly. Just do something good for him this time, and I will help you to beg him later." .”

"Sister! Why do you always ask us to beg him?" Zhu Fen said angrily: "As for Zhang Tiande, a three-generation fool, if our Zhu family hadn't sold iron to him to buy guns and recruit people, and also donated his official body to him in the government office , can he be where he is today?"

"It turns out that in the past few years, his aunt has married eight people, and now she wants to relinquish my military power. There are people who are so willing to burn bridges..."

Zhu's face seemed to gradually turn ugly as she listened to what her brother said.

Looking at her brother who she had loved since childhood, Mrs. Zhu reprimanded: "Don't always speak ill of your brother-in-law in front of me. Your brother-in-law has told me all those things about you. You clearly know what he hates the most, yet you still do this?" What kind of thing?"

"You do your best this time and strive to make meritorious deeds, so that I can speak for you."

After being scolded, Zhu Fen left the small courtyard with an annoyed look on his face, and there seemed to be a trace of strong unwillingness in his eyes.