Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1079: Knocked Down

Defying orders with righteous indignation, not to mention feeling greatly wronged, is why he came to question Qin San Lang.

Whoosh!

The sound of the wind breaking, Qin San Lang swung the short knife in his hand towards Zhong Yu’s finger pointing at him.

Zhong Yu was shocked, hurriedly waved his hand, narrowly avoiding Qin San Lang’s strike, and said angrily, "You Qin, how dare you pull a knife on me? I’m the Chief Commander of the Prefecture garrison, and you’re just a Company Commander of the county garrison. Are you trying to go against the entire Prefecture garrison camp?!"

Qin San Lang directly took out the Vanguard Token given to him by General Guo and said, "If your eyes aren’t blind, take a good look at this. This is the Vanguard Token of the Prefecture garrison camp. With this token, given your defiance of orders last night, I could chop you!"

He sneered, "A Chief Commander acting insubordinate on the battlefield, not only are you tired of living, but you think your whole family’s lives are too long."

It’s like wanting to cut their lifespan short to meet their ancestors in hell sooner.

Zhong Yu’s expression was somewhat unpleasant, yet he still stubbornly said, "I defied orders because your command was unreasonable. Fan Tu’s advisor is just a skinny old man, what big trouble can he cause? Yet you say these mountain bandits descending to raid the village were his idea, but he only joined a few months ago. How could he have the ability to make Fan Tu listen to him? Hmph, I think you’re losing your mind over your concern, afraid your fiancée’s family estate is being plundered, so you’re making a fuss over nothing."

Qin San Lang never hides his affairs with Gu Jinli; not only the Military Office, county government, even the Prefecture garrison camp knows he’s engaged, and his fiancée is the Second Miss Gu whom he’s been longing for years.

Zhong Yu, being in the Prefecture garrison camp, had overheard a bit, thinking Qin San Lang was overly concerned about Second Miss Gu, making the situation of Fan Tu’s group raiding the village more complicated.

Si’an had quietly approached outside the house, hearing this his eyes brightened, looking at Zhong Yu sympathetically. This Zhong Chief Commander is courting death, likely to be crippled.

Sure enough, Qin San Lang didn’t waste words with Zhong Yu, directly saying, "Unconvinced? Jealous I am the pioneer in bandit suppression? Then let’s duel, no more talk."

Zhong Yu’s thoughts were exposed by Qin San Lang, his expression extremely ugly; he’s proud, how could he endure such provocation, draws his knife, and charges towards Qin San Lang.

Qin San Lang didn’t dodge, his gaze chilled, raising his blade to counter.

Clang!

The short knife heavily struck Zhong Yu’s incoming blade, blocking Zhong Yu’s knife, then his figure twisted, swiftly circling behind Zhong Yu, sliding a dagger out of his left sleeve, directly pressed against Zhong Yu’s neck with a slash.

Whoosh!

Zhong Yu felt a pain in his neck, cold sweat broke out, thinking he was about to die, turned around with a desperate strike, attempting to stab Qin San Lang in the face, only to be kicked away by Qin San Lang.

Bang, Zhong Yu was slammed onto the stone table inside the house, his bones almost shattered by the table.

Zhong Yu convulsed in pain, but to his surprise, his neck was merely cut, bleeding a bit but not damaging any arteries, he wouldn’t die.

Qin San Lang didn’t kill him, but stormed forward like a whirlwind, his fists like rain, pounding heavily onto Zhong Yu.

"Ah!" Zhong Yu screamed, tried to fight back, but found he couldn’t muster the strength to retaliate.

Qin San Lang’s monstrous strength was overpowering, his fists falling quickly, every time Zhong Yu tried to counter, he’d be struck by another of Qin San Lang’s blows, immobilizing him.

Boom boom boom!

Inside the house, Zhong Yu was thrashed by Qin San Lang for a whole quarter of an hour, having his even-tempered handsome face beaten badly, vomiting blood, lying on the ground motionless.

Qin San Lang finally stopped, placing a foot on Zhong Yu’s back, leaned forward to stare down at him, "This thrashing is to show you, even without General Guo’s favoritism, you’re no match for me."

His mouth curled into a terrifying smile unlike when faced with Gu Jinli, pressing his short blade against Zhong Yu’s neck, scraping it while saying, "Do you know, many soldiers don’t die on battlefield, wanting to kill someone you dislike during bandit suppression or combat is too easy."

Qin San Lang spoke cryptically, but it scared Zhong Yu to sweat profusely... at this moment, Zhong Yu suddenly understood his nickname King Yan’s origin.

Seeing Zhong Yu frightened, Qin San Lang mocked, "Just this much guts and daring to defy orders on the battlefield."

He further said, "You claim General Guo favors me, yet if discussing favoritism, who in the entire Prefecture garrison camp surpasses you? Everyone knows how you achieved the position of Chief Commander, the military values real talent, the most shameful is waste buying ranks with money, yet in the Prefecture garrison camp, you’ve never been ridiculed by comrades, know why? It’s precisely due to your most shameful favoritism."

Zhong Yu’s family was wealthy and influential, being the youngest child, his father and brothers cherished him immensely. Seeing him yearning for the military, fearing he’d die on the battlefield, bought his way into Jiangnan Commander Department for a leisurely Chief Commander position.

But just as Qin San Lang said, the military most despised those buying positions with money, Zhong Yu in Jiangnan Commander Department was mocked secretly.

He was very face-conscious and felt Jiangnan Commander Department lacked any major battles, desired to head Northwest, earning military merits, being a real man. Yet was meddled by family again, transferred to Jianghuai He’an Prefecture.

This time his family acted even more meticulously, providing General Guo with a large sum of silver as military expenses, only requesting General Guo favor Zhong Yu, managing the camp not to discuss Zhong Yu buying rank.

Occasionally assigning Zhong Yu a task, letting him achieve some merit, self-satisfying.

Since last year, the court began cutting military salaries of various garrison camps, General Guo unwilling to shortchange his soldiers agreed to Zhong Yu’s family’s request.

Zhong Yu was clueless about all this, displeased about not heading to Northwest battlefield to die.

Yet one thing satisfied him, he was the youngest flag leader in the Prefecture garrison camp.

But he hadn’t been happy for long before encountering Qin San Lang, realizing he was even younger by half a year, infuriated, always wanting to compete with Qin San Lang, though Qin San Lang evaded due to General Guo.

Yet constant avoidance wasn’t a solution, hence General Guo intended to tame Zhong Yu through this bandit suppression.

It’s considered training, using Zhong Yu to train Qin San Lang, seeing if Qin San Lang facing such a troublesome noble young master could win.

Qin San Lang understanding once appointed bandit suppression pioneer, he grasped General Guo’s intentions, felt helpless, but could only accept, led troops for bandit suppression.

What surprised him was Zhong Yu’s defiance exceeding expectations, actually daring battlefield insubordination.

Insubordination was a major military taboo, besides Zhong Yu’s family only being somewhat influential in court, even Qin San Lang back in the day defying orders would be skinned by his father.