I opened a treasure chest on the road to escape

Chapter 46 Big Deception

"Where are you from?"

The two soldiers rode up to Chen Chuxue and others, blocked their way, and pointed their spears at them.

Uncle Geng had already protected Chen Chuxue and others behind him. After hearing their words, he replied honestly.

"We came out of Anping Town, which was occupied by the Machete Club, so we escaped..."

The thinner soldier on the left said again, "Just you? No one else?"

"No." Uncle Geng shook his head, "Everyone else was killed by machetes..."

This is what Chen Chuxue told him just now. Of course, there is a more important reason for using these people to deal with the Machete Club.

That is to give them a credit. Rather than killing them and taking credit for their good deeds, it would be better to wipe out the machete guild.

After all, the Machete Club and the rebels are both the targets they want to destroy.

Compared to a few of them, a group of people who knew how to use machetes definitely deserved a lot of credit.

"Machete skills?"

Sure enough, when they heard Uncle Geng's words, the two soldiers' eyes lit up, "Tell me more specifically..."

"and many more."

"Come back with us first and tell our general what happened."

As the two soldiers spoke, they suddenly looked cruel and threatened, "If I find out that you are playing tricks on us, you will be dead."

Then, they dismounted and asked Chen Chuxue and others to rush towards the army.

Soon, the group of soldiers came to Chen Chuxue and others. There were hundreds of them.

Although there was blood on his body, he was not seriously injured. This was normal. No matter what happened to the rebels and machetes, they would never be able to fight against the army.

One of the soldiers had already run back to tell their general about the matter, and then saw a middle-aged burly man walking over.

The middle-aged man looked at Chen Chuxue and others. They had already put water bags and other things into the space, so they didn't have anything on them.

In addition, when they set out, in addition to applying sunscreen, they also put on weak makeup. Their clothes were also made of coarse cloth, but there was some dust.

They look completely different from the victims.

"Where are you from? What are your names? Where do you plan to go?"

Uncle Geng explained again. After hearing this, the middle-aged general continued to ask, "Tell me about those machete skills..."

Uncle Geng naturally told Liu Wei what he knew and what he had seen.

"Not only Anping Town, Anping Village, and Anning Village, these places are all occupied by the Machete Society..."

"In other words, there will be more than a hundred machetes in these places?" The general's eyes flickered.

"I'm not sure about that." Uncle Geng couldn't guarantee it. After all, if they didn't have so many people in the past, they might settle accounts with them.

"Have you ever been a soldier?"

The middle-aged general suddenly looked at Uncle Geng and asked an incomprehensible question.

"Yes, when the Huns invaded ten years ago, the court conscripted people into the army..."

At that time, the imperial court issued a death order, and all men of suitable age in every village had to go to the battlefield, so Uncle Geng had to join the army.

He was lucky. Most of the people in his village died in the battle, but he survived and made great achievements.

They could have been promoted to corps commander, but because their general was dismissed for some reason and had his family confiscated and beheaded, they were lucky enough to be kicked out of the army.

In desperation, Uncle Geng planned to join the army and returned to his hometown.

It is precisely because of this that he rescued Aunt Geng who was being chased by bandits on the road. The two met and fell in love, and finally got married and gave birth to Geng Xiaoyan.

When the middle-aged general heard this, he couldn't help but said, "Oh, are you interested in joining my army as a soldier?"

He saw that Uncle Geng was burly and a good soldier, so naturally he didn't want to miss it.

It's a pity that Uncle Geng had no interest at all at this time, but he didn't want to offend the general, so he just said tactfully: "General, I still have a large family to take care of, I'm afraid..." "Don't worry." The general smiled when he heard the words, "As long as you follow me I, we can take your family to settle in the capital."

"This……"

To be honest, Uncle Geng might have considered it before, but now he doesn't want to go because the risk of becoming a soldier is too high.

He doesn't want to be separated from his wife and daughter.

More importantly, that place in the capital is not a good place.

Not to mention that they don't have enough money to survive there, but to say that it is a place where the powerful gather under the emperor's feet. If ordinary people like them go there, they will probably be eaten without leaving any bones.

But he was worried that if he refused, he would be angry. If they were angry and took action directly, it would be dangerous.

After all, they couldn't fight their way out of a group of troops.

"General, my Uncle Geng is my bodyguard. If he wants to escort me back to Jiangnan, he must at least complete this mission..."

At this time, Chen Chuxue stepped forward to rescue.

When the general heard Chen Chuxue's words, he immediately raised his eyebrows, "Oh, your bodyguard? I wonder who your lord is..."

"My father is the magistrate of Fengcheng County in Jiangnan."

Chen Chuxue said casually that she was not sure whether that man was her father, but there was no doubt that she was definitely related to County Magistrate Chen.

However, this does not stop her from taking the lead.

The only thing she was a little worried about was that her father was just a county magistrate. He might have a noble status among ordinary people, but in the eyes of these so-called military people, he probably didn't count.

But there was no way, she only had this one card to play.

"The County Magistrate of Nanfeng City?"

The general frowned, "Is Marquis Qingyun your uncle?"

Chen Chuxue was stunned. She didn't know anything about the cheap dad who seemed to be hers, and she didn't even know if he was a father.

Not to mention other people, she didn't even recognize the so-called Qing Yunhou.

But from the name, you can tell that he is a marquis.

And a marquis, although not the most noble one, is still the top one.

She didn't know if the so-called Qing Yunhou was her uncle, but now that she had said it, she had no choice but to continue her deception.

"what happened?"

After thinking about it, she didn't answer yes or no, but asked instead and threw the question out.

The general looked at Chen Chuxue carefully, obviously considering whether what she said was true or false.

"What evidence do you have? Besides, you're not in Jiangnan, so what are you doing here?"

Chen Chuxue thought for a while, then took out a jade pendant and said, "This is my father's jade pendant."

The general stretched out his hand to take it, and it was warm and cool. It was indeed a real jade pendant. This kind of jade pendant is worth at least a thousand gold.

He looked at these people. Although they were plainly dressed, they did not look like people who could produce such a precious jade pendant.

But it might be a disguise. After all, there is chaos in the north, and there are rebels and machete guilds everywhere. Wearing fancy clothes is just looking for death.

"As for why we are here, of course we have just returned from visiting relatives in the capital."

Chen Chuxue gritted her teeth and continued to fool around.

The general stared at Chen Chuxue with murderous intent on his body. Unfortunately, Chen Chuxue's expression remained unchanged, as if he was not afraid at all.

If it were ordinary people, facing a general who had just killed someone and was still staring at him with murderous intent, he would probably have been so frightened that he collapsed on the ground.

Unfortunately, Chen Chuxue was different and was not scared at all.

(End of this chapter)