Empire

"Arrogant boy, you are going too far!"

As night fell, Xu Fu was furious in the deputy marshal's mansion and smashed everything in the room.

All the guards and servants in the deputy marshal's mansion saw Xu Fu getting angry and hid far away, fearing that the fire at the city gate would affect innocent people.

As a dignified deputy marshal and the third person in the Qinghe Army, Xu Fu was in a high position and had great power.

However, in the confrontation with Chen Ziang, he was always at a disadvantage, and now even his nephew had lost his head.

He was a dignified deputy marshal, but he couldn't even save the life of his nephew. It can be said that his dignity was destroyed. And all this was thanks to Chen Ziang, so much so that Xu Fu now wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin to relieve his hatred.

Xu Fu, who was in a rage, didn't know that he and Chen Ziang didn't have any deep hatred, it was just his face that was at work.

If he hadn't stood up for his son Xu Jiang who had gotten into trouble, he wouldn't have had a grudge against Chen Ziang.

But he made one mistake after another, always wanting to kill Chen Ziang to save his face as the deputy commander.

But Chen Ziang was no pushover, and naturally wouldn't sit there and wait for death. As time went by, the conflict between the two sides became deeper and deeper.

Although he was the deputy commander of the Qinghe Army, he was defeated again and again in the face of the cunning and fierce Chen Ziang.

This time, he even lost the life of his own nephew, leaving him speechless and unable to speak out his grievances.

"Master, you have to take care of my poor nephew. He died before he had a few days of good life......."

While Xu Fu was furious, his wife Zhang was crying and looked aggrieved.

"What the hell are you crying about? If you hadn't indulged and controlled him, would he have gotten into such a big trouble?"

Xu Fu was also upset by Zhang's crying and couldn't help but scold her.

"Well, you are so mean to me. If my Zhang family hadn't helped you recruit soldiers, how could you be where you are today? You are destroying the bridge after crossing it. I don't want to live anymore. I'd rather die......."

Zhang started to cry and groan, and was about to hit the pillar next to her.

""That's enough, that's enough."

Seeing Zhang was about to hit the pillar, Xu Fu had to pull her back.

"I'm dying, my poor nephew......."

Although Zhang was pulled back, she was still crying loudly, which made Xu Fu feel even worse.

"Don't cry, I'm trying to find a solution."

Xu Fu couldn't bear to see Zhang crying so hard.

"Master, you are the deputy commander of the Qinghe Army. If you let it go like this, no one will take you seriously in the future. You must kill that Chen man to pay tribute to my nephew's spirit in heaven."Zhang wiped her tears and said viciously

"As the deputy commander, I can't just kill him openly. He has military merits after all. Don't cry, go and have a rest first, and let me make plans."Xu Fu comforted

"Sir, I will wait for your news."

""Okay, you go and have a rest first."

Xu Fu was also upset at the moment, and waved his hand to let his wife Zhang leave.

Xu Fu paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, but the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he felt that he could not swallow this breath.

"Someone come here."

Soon, Xu Fu stopped and shouted to the outside of the door.

"What do you want, deputy commander?"

A guard hiding in the distance quickly ran into the house and bowed his head to obey.

"Go and invite Mr. Zhang to come to me."

"Yes!"

Soon, a scholar in blue was invited to the deputy commander's study.

"Mr. Zhang, you are resourceful. Please give me an idea on how to get rid of Chen Ziang. I cannot bear the loss if I don't kill him."Xu Fu asked the Qingshan scholar for advice.

Seeing Xu Fu in a bad mood, the Qingshan scholar smiled faintly.

"A fire is enough."The scholar in green shirt said with a smile.

Xu Fu was also stunned, not understanding what the scholar in green shirt meant.

"Please let Mr. Zhang know"

"Chen Ziang is now in charge of the granary in the west of the city. If the granary in the west of the city is burned, he will be blamed for it."Qingshan scholar explained.

After hearing this, Xu Fu suddenly realized that his nephew was beheaded for reselling some military rations. If the entire granary in the west of the city was burned, then Chen Ziang would probably die.

"Mr. Zhang is indeed smart."

Xu Fu couldn't help but exclaimed, why didn't he think of such a good idea.

But Xu Fu still looked hesitant, thinking that although this method was good, it would also have serious consequences.

"If the granary in the west of the city is burned, the soldiers of the Qinghe Army will probably starve."Xu Fu said worriedly.

The scholar in green clothes smiled and said,"As the saying goes, a man without ruthlessness is not a hero. As long as we can get revenge, it doesn't matter if the soldiers on the front line starve."

"Furthermore, opportunities are hard to come by once they are missed. If the food is burned, you can collect it again, but if the opportunity is missed, it is difficult to find it again."

After hearing the words of the blue-shirted scholar, Xu Fu gritted his teeth, a fierce look flashed across his face, and he was determined to retaliate.

After sending away the blue-shirted scholar, Xu Fu immediately summoned his own guards of a thousand men and made secret arrangements.

In the second half of the night, under the cover of darkness, Xu Fu's personal soldiers of a thousand men led more than twenty disguised personal soldiers out of the deputy commander's mansion and headed straight for the granary in the west of the city.

Their mission was very simple, which was to go to the west of the city and burn the granary with fire, and finally put the blame on Chen Ziang.

The granary in the west of the city has been taken over by Chen Ziang's 9th Battalion, which has changed its previous lax state and is extremely vigilant.

There are soldiers in armor and sharp weapons guarding the granary everywhere, and there are patrols, open sentries, dark sentries, and mobile sentries. The thousand men responsible for the arson mission wandered around for a long time, but they couldn't find a place to sneak in, which made them very angry.

"Deputy Battalion Commander, the sentries spotted a group of sneaky people who seemed to want to enter the granary.

Before the arsonists entered, they were spotted by the sentries in the dark and quickly reported to the deputy battalion commander Li Lang who was on duty that night.

""Catch them all!"

Although he didn't know what the other party's purpose was, Li Lang still decided to arrest them and interrogate them.

When this group of people were still wandering around the granary, a group of soldiers came out of the darkness and caught them red-handed.

Li Lang recognized their identities and found fire starters on them. He immediately understood the purpose of their visit and quickly reported it to Chen Ziang.

After Chen Ziang got the news, he was furious. He had just given Xu Fu a beating during the day, but he didn't expect that he was still so evil.

"Damn it, you are really taking advantage of me."

Chen Ziang thought that the warning he gave during the day had worked, but he didn't expect that the other party would dare to play dirty tricks and actually want to set fire to the granary.

If the granary was burned, it would affect the food problem of the Qinghe Army, and then Chen Ziang's head would be enough to chop off ten times.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Li Lang also realized the seriousness of the problem and looked at Chen Ziang with a dark face.

"Give him a taste of his own medicine. If he dares to send people to burn the granary, I will set fire to his house!" Chen Ziang thought for a moment and said viciously:

"Huh?"

After hearing what Chen Ziang said, Li Lang was also stunned. This was simply an act of impulse.

"Sir, why don't you invite Deputy Commander Xu to dinner to see if we can resolve this grudge? It's not a good idea to keep going like this." Li Lang advised

"Besides, he is the deputy commander. We are just trying to hit an egg against a stone. We will suffer a loss."

"Do you think this is a grudge that can be resolved with a meal?"Chen Ziang shook his head.

"On the surface, he was targeting me, but in reality, he was targeting Deputy Commander Chen behind me. If I went to have dinner with him, I would be in a dilemma."

"Besides, I, Chen Ziang, was not scared. Since Xu Fu broke the rules, it is not my fault that I, Chen Ziang, was immoral."

"But if we really set fire to the deputy commander's house, the commander will definitely be furious."Li Lang said worriedly

"You don't understand this, don't worry, the Marshal will never pursue it." Chen Ziang said confidently.