Chapter 64: Hypocrisy
What is this sound?
Not only the guilty Zhang Xiaodong, but even the victim Lu Li was surprised, and thought that what Liu Fengfeng said just now that the general would come over was just a joke, but they never expected that when they turned their heads to look, they really saw Li Wenfeng.
He is just a small soldier, how can He De be so valued by the general!
Lu Li was very grateful in his heart, and looked at Li Wenfeng with a little more respect in his eyes: "I didn't expect the general to take the time to come." β
Li Wenfeng walked into the camp tent, snorted coldly, and said to a few soldiers kneeling on the ground: "If General Ben doesn't come, won't you turn Bengali and deal with them harder in the future?" β
Zhang Xiaodong lowered his face and didn't dare to say a word.
That is the person he respects the most in the barracks, and it is also the main reason why he joined the army, when he was young, he heard adults often talk about the story of General Li who guarded the border passes, and he naturally regarded him as an idol, and he was targeted at Lu Li several times, and it was precisely because of the jealousy in his heart that Lu Li obviously entered the barracks two years later than him, and he went to the battlefield several times to fight bloody battles before he barely got the general's blue eyes, what kind of thing is he, he was so valued by the general soon after he joined the army?
Recently, the enemy army has changed a new face to sit in the position of the commander, and several strange moves have caught them off guard, Zhang Xiaodong also thought that Li Wenfeng would focus on breaking the enemy and would not pay attention to the things in the barracks, but he didn't expect things to be unexpected, the general not only paid attention to the things in the barracks, but even knew that he was the one who framed Lu Li.
Zhang Xiaodong hated to dig a hole and bury himself in it.
"If you use your crooked thoughts on the battlefield, maybe you would already have an official and a half-position by now, why bother here?" Li Wenfeng slapped Zhang Xiaodong on the head, and said with anger on his face, "What Lao Tzu hates most in his life is intrigue and infighting, obviously the enemy children outside are eyeing each other, but you still have the heart to deal with your own brothers, are you worthy of the other soldiers who died in battle?" β
Zhang Xiaodong knelt on the ground and slammed his head to the ground: "General, I know it's wrong." β
Seeing that his forehead was bleeding, Li Wenfeng's anger finally subsided a little, but he was still very annoyed, especially after he asked what had happened, his face was as dark as charcoal.
"Take the penalty yourself, twenty boards, and as for the othersβ"
Zhang Xiaodong didn't want to implicate the matter on others, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to take the charge: "All the plans were thought up by myself, and I did it myself, so you can punish me, general." β
Li Wenfeng didn't know how to sentence for such an act of taking charges for others.
Lu Li saw his hesitation and took the initiative to speak: "General, I think he is just confused for a while, and this matter is at most a joke between brothers, not a frame-up of him, and even his punishment will be exempted." β
He was the client, and the client asked the prisoner to intercede, which surprised the general.
"When General Ben was on the battlefield, he never saw you soft-handed, but now you are soft-hearted when you treat others?"
Lu Li shook his head and looked at Zhang Xiaodong with some kindness in his eyes: "There should naturally be two attitudes towards the enemy and towards the brothers, not to mention the general, the war has been tight recently, and the front line is the time when there is a shortage of people. β
Lu Li mainly thought about the overall situation, and his eyes and thinking made the general very satisfied: "General Ben thinks what you said is good." β
It's a pity that he intends to help intercede, but others may not be willing to accept his favor: "General, one person does things and one person is responsible, since I have done something, I have the intention of being discovered, and I also have the intention of accepting punishment, don't pity me, the number of boards that should be beaten, just fight, I have no regrets." β
Obviously, he could escape punishment, but he insisted on getting up, and it was the first time he saw him.
Lu Li subconsciously raised his eyebrows, only to feel that Zhang Xiaodong was really a little interesting, and when he turned his head, he saw Liu Fengfeng coming over, and said, "He is really a man." β
Indeed, being righteous to his brother and daring to be responsible is a quality that many people dream of but do not have.
It's a pity that Zhang Xiaodong's hostility towards him is too great, otherwise Lu Li really wants to make friends with this person.
"Since you said that you don't need to reduce the sentence, I will do it according to your wishes." Li Wenfeng sighed, called the soldiers to drag the people down, and brought the brothers who always mixed with Zhang Xiaodong on weekdays.
After all, Zhang Xiaodong took the initiative to recruit the charges to himself, so that they were able to avoid punishment, and now that Zhang Xiaodong is suffering, they naturally have to accompany him.
"I'm fine." Zhang Xiaodong lay on the chair and grinned at them.
The silly smiling face made everyone feel quite emotional: "Alas, I said, why didn't you agree to Lu Li's intercession for you just now, the general is willing to listen to him and exempt you from punishment, isn't it a good thing, just admit guilt and admit punishment, do you really think that your body is made of stone, and you can't be invulnerable?" β
At that time, the first board happened to fall on Zhang Xiaodong, he gritted his teeth and snorted, and the anger in his eyes was still burning: "Of course I have to be punished for the mistakes I made, and I didn't ask him to help me speak, I don't want to owe him favors." β
Everyone sighed, saying that Zhang Xiaodong had no brains, and his thinking couldn't turn around at all.
"The ancients had a saying that can bend and stretch, do you understand?"
At the same time, Liu Fengfeng hurriedly left the camp under the pretext that he had something to do, and only Lu Li and Li Wenfeng were left at the scene.
Lu Li was a little nervous, and asked uneasily: "I don't know what happened to you, general, you deliberately left your subordinates here?" β
"I heard that when you went to the battlefield some time ago, you fought against a special team of the enemy army, and you have met them before, so I want to ask about those people." Li Wenfeng did his position and said his intentions with a serious expression.
It turned out that it was not Xingshi who asked for the crime, but planned to talk about and discuss things on the battlefield, which made Lu Li subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.
General, I still have a deep impression of them, they were deliberately trained by the enemy army for the purpose of carrying out special tasks. Lu Li paused, as if he was considering his words, and only reopened his mouth for a long time, "My subordinates feel that instead of caring about them, the general should use the first two battlefields to calculate the real purpose of the new commander of the enemy army, I always feel that they have suddenly stopped the fierce offensive recently because they have other plans." β
Li Wenfeng became interested, and then asked: "What plan, do you have any inferences in your heart?" β
"The general said with a smile," Lu Li took a step back and said with an embarrassed smile, "I'm just a recruit who has not been in the army for a long time, and I don't know anything about the battlefield strategy, and I don't know what the situation is nearby, how dare I deduce the enemy's purpose?" β
Li Wenfeng smiled disapprerovingly: "Why don't you dare, I can infer right and wrong, you just have to say what you think in your heart." β
Lu Li hesitated for a moment, then clenched his fists and said: "Since the general does not dislike it, his subordinates will talk about what they think in their hearts." β
Lu Li told his guesses about the enemy army for many days, and also told the general about the possibility of their attack location in the future.
His throat was about to dry, Lu Li silently glanced at the tea, and the small action was indeed discovered, and the general actually poured him a cup of tea himself.
Lu Li was flattered, and the hand holding the teacup couldn't help trembling: "Thank you, General." β
"I read you right." Li Wenfeng patted him on the shoulder, sent more troops to the places he said before that might be attacked, and promised him: "If your guess is true, after the battle is over, General Ben will definitely report your merits!" β
Lu Li's heart warmed, and he thanked him again.
Just when Lu Li was preparing for the coming of the war, An Xiabai's hometown was also not allowed to be born secretly, although she was pregnant, but she still insisted on going to the family, and the birthday banquet should not be neglected, after all, this is the biggest business that the restaurant has received for so long, if this thing is done well, the reputation will spread in the future, and the business will definitely not be less, so she is very hard.
Ruqing came to the kitchen three times and twice, trying to persuade An Xiabai, who had a bad face, to go back: "You just don't care about your body, you have to care about the child in your womb, you work so hard every day, in case you accidentally hurt the child one day, how can you let me face Lu Li!" β
An Xia Bai was interrupted, so he asked with a smile: "He doesn't know about the child yet, where can I blame you?" β
"Before he left, he told me to take care of you, and I promised, in case something goes wrong with your body, I really don't have the face to face him." Ruqing said with a sigh.
An Xiabai's heart was slightly warm, and her soft palm touched her abdomen, the month was still too young, so it was not obvious, and it took her a long time to convince herself that there was still a child in her womb.
Raising his eyes and smiling at Ruqing, he smiled at Ruqing: "My child, can I not know, he will definitely not be so fragile, besides, we have been preparing for this birthday for so long, if I leave today due to illness, the matter will soon spread outside, and it will not affect the reputation of the restaurant." β
"But-" Ruqing wanted to say something more, but before she could say anything, An Xiabai pressed back.
"When I'm done with this, I'll have a good rest."
Ruqing was dissatisfied, but she didn't say anything more.
Because An Xiabai personally presided over it, there was nothing wrong with the birthday banquet, and after the guests had dinner, they praised the delicious wine and food, which made the staff very happy, and specially instructed the housekeeper to reward An Xiabai with a lot of silver taels.
An Xiabai smiled and thanked him, turned his head and ran to a remote part of the yard and vomited.
"I hope you don't toss me too much." She rested her hand on her abdomen and whispered softly, as if she were talking to the child in her belly.
As soon as Zhou Hedong came over, he saw her figure swaying, looking like she was about to fall down, so frightened that he hurriedly helped the person up, and said with a worried face: "Listen.... I heard that Mrs. Lu has a body, don't work too hard recently, it's important to take care of your body, the business of the restaurant has always been very good, and there has never been a loss since the opening of the door, you don't have to worry too much. β