Chapter 53: Collusion

The ninth camp is the central military tent.

Chen Xian recounted what happened that night, including how Zhong Lian and his men attacked and killed them.

"Nonsense!" Zhong Lian shouted angrily, "How dare you slander me? I have been fighting against the demons in the east. I didn't have enough soldiers in the middle to help. That's why I sent Peng Lianqing to the middle. How could he run to the west?"

"General Pei should know about this."

Pei Menglong frowned and said, "It is true. Peng Lianqing was transferred to the west by Pei Gang, a lieutenant under my command."

Zhong Lian said angrily: "Even so, he shouldn't have killed the generals under my command."

Pei Menglong stared at Chen Xian without saying anything.

Pei Gang told him about what happened that night.

Based on his understanding of Chen Xian, he had killed the little wolf king, so how could he not be able to stop a demon in the late stage of Demon King?

"I didn't kill him. There were so many demons at the time that I had to kill them and protect my brothers. I had no time to take care of other things. How can it be said that I killed him?"

"General Zhong Lian should be blamed for Chen Quanwu's death. If he hadn't suddenly tried to kill me and my brothers, how could I not have had time to save him?"

Chen Xian stared at Zhong Lian coldly and spoke bluntly.

"presumptuous!"

Zhong Lian stood up angrily, pointed at Chen Xian and shouted, "You bastard, how dare you slander this general?"

Chen Xian ignored him and looked at Sun Zhaoheng and said, "General, there were many people alive at that time. You can come over and identify it to see if it is General Zhong Lian!"

Sun Zhaoheng said coldly: "Send the message to Li Yongli!"

Soon, Li Yongli was brought here.

Walking into the tent, Li Yongli saw the generals and trembled at the mere smell of their aura.

When he came to Chen Xian, he looked at Chen Xian with an extremely complicated look.

Sun Zhaoheng began to question Li Yongli.

Li Yongli grunted for a long time and said, "General Sun, I was fighting the demons at that time and was far away from them, so I didn't hear anything."

"As for Captain Chen's death..."

Having said that, Li Yongli glanced around and looked at Liu Dingchun, Li Sheng and others.

Chen Xian noticed it and frowned slightly.

Li Yongli clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he said, "It was Chen Xian who killed Captain Chen. Captain Chen was surrounded by the demon king and demon people at the time, and dozens of big demons blocked his way. Only Chen Xian could get in, but he refused to save him."

"General Sun also knows the reason. Chen Xian has a conflict with our lieutenant and even beat him up before."

Hearing this, Chen Xian had a blank expression on his face and did not try to argue.

Sun Zhaoheng shouted angrily, "Come here, take this bastard out and chop him off!"

Outside the tent, someone rushed in and tried to capture Chen Xian.

This scene made Zhong Lian, Liu Dingchun, Li Sheng, Wang Pei and others sneer.

You bastard, you are too young to fight with us.

"Wait!"

Just as the two burly soldiers were about to grab Chen Xian's shoulders, a clear female voice rang out.

Everyone frowned and looked over. It was Nangong Yan.

She bowed and said, "General Sun, I have something to ask General Zhong Lian."

General Sun nodded politely: "General Nangong, you can ask."

Nangong Yan looked at Zhong Lian and said, "Let me ask you, where were you at 15:05 on the evening of October 2?"

Zhong Lian's eyes flickered: "East of the Blood River Forest."

Nangong Yan raised a cold smile and said, "Really? General Zhong Lian, think carefully. At that time, you were wearing ordinary black armor and led more than a thousand cavalrymen. Did you fight your way from the west of the Blood River Forest through the middle road and go to the east?"

Hearing this, Zhong Lian's eyes flashed and he shook his head in denial: "Absolutely not, General Nangong must have seen it wrong!"

"Ah!"

Nangong Yan sneered: "We are only a few hundred meters apart. Do you mean that my eyesight is not good? Or do you not recognize you, General Zhong Lian?"

Zhong Lian still refused to admit it and said, "General Nangong, this matter has nothing to do with you. Why did you mention him to plead for you? Do you know him?"

Nangong Yan glanced at Chen Xian. She had only seen Chen Xian before, not really knowing him.

"I don't know him. I just find it strange. Why would he, a lieutenant cook, frame you, General Zhong Lian? Why not General Pei and General Zhao, but you? Does he think he has too many heads?" She looked directly at Zhong Lian and said.

Zhong Lian's eyes wandered: "How would this general know?"

Nangong Yan said in a sonorous voice: "You know, because you were at the scene at that time. May I ask why General Zhong Lian led people to kill the cook lieutenant Chen Xian? Do you have a personal grudge?"

Zhong Lian shook his head: "General Nangong, don't talk nonsense. I didn't even know him before this, so there is no personal grudge between us, let alone killing him!" Nangong Yan sneered: "Then do you dare to swear to heaven?"

There was a moment of silence in the tent, and everyone was staring at Zhong Lian.

"I……!"

Zhong Lian looked as pale as if he had eaten shit, and he hated Nangong Yan in his heart.

"Cough cough cough...!"

Sun Zhaoheng suddenly coughed lightly, looked at Nangong Yan and said, "General Nangong, today we are not blaming General Zhong Lian for his mistakes, but Chen Xian."

"Then the general has nothing to say!" Nangong Yan said and calmed down.

Chen Xian looked at Nangong Yan with gratitude, but Nangong Yan didn't care.

At this time, Pei Menglong said: "General, it seems that Chen Xian is wronged!"

Sun Zhaoheng glanced at Li Sheng intentionally or unintentionally, stared at Chen Xian and shouted coldly: "The death penalty will be spared for now, but the living punishment cannot be escaped! Take him out and give him 300 strokes of the cane!"

Pei Menglong said: "General, you have been caned 300 times and lost half your life. It would be better to let Chen Xian lead his troops to the front to resist the demons and make amends!"

"General Pei, what do you mean? Chen Quanwu is my beloved relative and friend, and he was killed by this kid. He can't even be punished with 300 strokes of the cane?" Liu Dingchun said unconvinced.

Of course, I’m speaking for Li Sheng.

Pei Menglong sneered: "Trap and kill? General Liu, is Chen Xian colluding with the demons? We'll cripple him, and then you can go to resist the demons!"

"you……!"

Liu Dingchun's face turned pale. He turned to look at Sun Zhaoheng and said, "General, I propose to remove Chen Xian from his position as lieutenant in the cook army and demote him to a cook soldier as a punishment. Otherwise, it will be difficult to convince the people."

"Okay!" Sun Zhaoheng said coldly.

……

Cook camp.

Seeing Chen Xian coming back, everyone surrounded him.

"How is it?" Ding Chen asked.

"To ask for punishment!" Chen Xian said calmly.

He then gave a brief account of what had happened, and everyone was furious when they heard it.

After three days of hard fighting, Chen Xian was the only one holding the southwest corner.

General Sun holds a high position and holds great power, but he is so blind that he colludes with Zhong Lian, Li Sheng, Liu Dingchun and others. It is so disappointing!

"Then who will serve as the lieutenant of the cook camp?" Wang Yan asked with a frown.

Chen Xian shook his head and said, "I don't know."

It's approaching noon.

Liao Zipeng brought a group of people to the cooks' camp and announced in public that Chen Xian was demoted to a cook soldier, and Hou Kui would be temporarily in charge of the cooks' camp.

Everyone's eyes fell on Hou Kui, who was tall and sturdy, and had a strong aura.

Chen Xian could tell at a glance that Hou Kui was in the late Chongyuan stage and was stronger than Liao Zipeng.

"Haven't you met your new lieutenant yet?" Liao Zipeng snorted coldly.

Only then did everyone salute Hou Kui.

Hou Kui had no expression on his face. He glanced at the crowd casually, turned around, said a few words to Liao Zipeng, and sent him away.

Turning back, he looked at Chen Xian and the others and said, "I, Hou Kui, will be in charge of the cook camp from now on. I don't care who you are or what your cultivation level is. If you disobey my orders, don't blame me for punishing you by military law!"

Hearing this, everyone remained silent.

"Chen Xian, where is the booklet?" Hou Kui cast a stern gaze on Chen Xian.

"Lieutenant Hou, wait a moment!"

Chen Xian said this and turned to enter the tent, and after a moment he took out a registration book for the cooks in the military camp.

On it are the names of people who came to the cook camp, as well as details of job division and resource allocation.

After Hou Kui took it and took a look at it, he directly appointed Qin Fei, Xue Qishan and Luo Ying as second lieutenants, and promoted nine chief doctors and twenty-seven junior doctors.

Ding Chen was also demoted to an ordinary cook.

"Chen Xian, Ding Chen, do you obey my orders?"

"The general is here!"

"From now on, you two will be responsible for the meals of all the people in the cook barracks. If there is any mistake, don't blame this lieutenant for military punishment!"

After saying that, Hou Kui glanced at the two of them coldly, turned around and walked towards the largest tent with the book in his hand, and said coldly: "Chen Xian, take your bedding away!"

(End of this chapter)