Dong Chenglang is not a real nephew, and he traps his uncle without hesitation.

But General Shi is a real uncle, and he truly protects his nephew.

The Marchioness of Changning trusted him to keep her nephew by his side, how could he let him be wronged and suffer military punishment?

If he had been scapegoated, that would have been acceptable; retreating that day only encouraged Duke Huguo’s arrogance, becoming more and more excessive.

Unable to bear it any further, there is no need to restrain anymore.

General Shi punched Duke Huguo, nearly blinding him.

Although Duke Huguo is also a general, he is far from being a match for General Shi in martial arts skills. In the military, Duke Huguo has many followers. Seeing General Shi and Duke Huguo fighting, they quickly intervene, preventing the conflict from escalating to an irresolvable stage.

With identities like those of General Shi and Duke Huguo, once they come to blows, even a bruised eye or a slight scratch could become irreconcilable conflicts.

Although General Shi was demoted two ranks, there are still four or five other generals with the same rank in the military, but none compare to General Shi in terms of prestige.

In the Nanliang Military Camp, the only generals recognized by the soldiers are General Shi and Duke Huguo.

Currently, Daqi’s morale is high, whereas Nanliang is retreating in defeat; the two generals fighting is undoubtedly further weakening the soldiers’ morale.

But this incident cannot be blamed on General Shi for his anger.

The city captured last time was not General Shi’s fault; the soldiers were aware of this.

General Shi was no longer the commander-in-chief, but the loss of the city was blamed on him, resulting in his demotion by two ranks.

Now Nanliang has spent ten thousand taels to buy the antidote, and again, General Shi’s nephew is being scapegoated; this is too much to endure.

The other day, Dong Chenglang and Xie Jingchen went to Daqi to steal the antidote, returning to the military camp bruised and whipped, witnessed by countless soldiers. Although they only brought back one antidote, it was stolen at the risk of their lives and almost cost them their lives in Daqi.

Not only were they not rewarded, but they were scapegoated, accused of asking for one bottle of antidote but bringing back only one pill, pinning Nanliang’s ten thousand tael extortion by Daqi on them. Any man with a sense of honor couldn’t endure such injustice!

Daqi openly admitted to only providing one antidote; at least twenty soldiers went to negotiate in Daqi, and all ears heard it clearly.

The Heir of Marquis Changning wouldn’t be foolish enough to think if he spilled the antidote, Duke Huguo wouldn’t save his soldiers. If Daqi only had one bottle, wouldn’t it catch up with him?

Privately, soldiers discussed and felt that Duke Huguo wasn’t great at fighting, but his skill at intrigue and framing seemed exceptional.

Especially with the border being a thousand miles away from the Capital, the communication between the two places and back takes at least half a month.

Half a month ago, when Duke Huguo had just scapegoated General Shi, General Shi tolerated it, and in turn, Duke Huguo scapegoated again.

Truly, if you take one step back, others will advance a foot!

If he still doesn’t get angry, there will surely be a next time.

General Shi was so angry, his head was steaming, and Dong Chenglang desperately held him back, saying, "Uncle, don’t harm your health with anger."

General Shi glared at Duke Huguo, "If one military rod hits Langlang today, I’m throwing my life away!"

Duke Huguo’s eyes hurt so much he couldn’t see clearly.

A common general hurriedly said, "General Shi, calm down, there must be some misunderstanding."

General Shi gritted his teeth fiercely, "Last time, the Emperor sent a eunuch to deliver an edict, also dismissing me with misunderstandings. I tolerated once, could they be thinking I’d endure a second time?!"

"Why does nobody misunderstand, only misunderstand me?!"

General Shi’s face was frostily stern; the momentum of a general who fought on the battlefield isn’t something a common general could compare to; his voice boomed like thunder, intimidating the general.

The conflict between Duke Huguo and General Shi was clear to those who were close to Duke Huguo; nobody dared to oppose General Shi except Duke Huguo.

Could it truly be Duke Huguo’s doing?

Isn’t it too obvious though?

Those generals felt Duke Huguo wouldn’t stoop to such a level, but couldn’t rule out his subordinates doing it to curry favor with him. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Duke Huguo felt wronged, being accused without proof and taking a punch from General Shi.

Last time he didn’t want to bear the loss of the city and forced General Shi to take the blame; this time he said nothing but received a punch.

Duke Huguo wanted to handle General Shi for insubordination, especially since General Shi was ranked two levels below him now.

General Shi already felt that punching Duke Huguo didn’t vent his anger; now it seems they not only want to punish his nephew but also him. Could this continue?

The scene was chaotic; Dong Chenglang couldn’t stop his uncle despite using all his strength.

"Brother Li, please help," Dong Chenglang shouted.

Xie Jingchen was just a small Thousand Commander, unaffected even with minor city gate fires.

Watching Dong Chenglang shout loudly, Xie Jingchen was speechless.

Why didn’t he hesitate when writing secret letters to frame himself and sow discord?

Now, he’s suddenly become a dear nephew?

With Xie Jingchen added, Young Master Shi and another together held back General Shi, who was in a rage without difficulty.

Duke Huguo was pushed back by other generals to the central military tent; fighting now wouldn’t benefit Duke Huguo at all.

General Shi refused to let go, "Go search the Military Governor’s tent!"

The Military Governor was Duke Huguo’s man.

From the very beginning.

Although the Emperor assigned General Shi to the border to besiege, he didn’t trust him, and Duke Huguo recommended his own man to the Emperor, who approved.

Victories and defeats at the border were mainly reported to the court through letters by the Military Governor.

General Shi had always tolerated the Military Governor, knowing the Emperor was wary of him, and touching the people sent by the Emperor to monitor him would only infuriate the Emperor, but now he couldn’t care anymore.

They had already ridden roughshod over him, so why continue to endure?

General Shi issued the order, and some generals truly went to the Military Governor’s residence, Xie Jingchen listened and said, "It’s better to let Duke Huguo’s people do the search."

Dong Chenglang looked at him; Xie Jingchen signaled with his eyes.

Dong Chenglang realized, "Right, otherwise they might say we’re framing!"

To clear his name, Duke Huguo actually sent someone to search.

Then they found the letter that hadn’t been sent out yet.

The letter was full of praise for Duke Huguo and derogatory comments on General Shi, even Dong Chenglang couldn’t help but roll up his sleeves to fight.

The Military Governor denied strongly, "This letter wasn’t written by me!"

Dong Chenglang stopped General Shi but didn’t stop Young Master Shi.

Father and son had similar tempers; in a fit of anger, General Shi directly lifted the Military Governor, "You didn’t write it?!"

"Why didn’t you deny it when we read it, only now you say you didn’t write it?"

With that, a punch was thrown.

The Military Governor was knocked to the ground, his nose broken.

Many soldiers in the army recognized the Military Governor’s handwriting, and after reading the letter, no one spoke in defense of the Military Governor.

Dong Chenglang took the letter and was directly stunned when he saw

this handwriting...

He quickly glanced at Xie Jingchen in disbelief.

Xie Jingchen had a headache and quickly said, "Now the truth is clear, Duke Huguo will surely severely punish the Military Governor, to uphold military law."

Dong Chenglang’s back was chilled halfway, but his mood soared joyously.

Zhao Xu was thoughtful, providing him with such a capable ally.

Fortunate it was one of his own, otherwise he wouldn’t know how he died from being played.