Chapter 120 (1/2)

””Why are you here?””

The man was silent for a moment, then ordered the door closed.

Behind An Xuan, Qu Liuxi and Gu Qianye made their preparations for a b.l.o.o.d.y battle.

The two men ran to close the door and put the wood back on top.

At this moment, on the walls of the courtyard and on the rooftop, there were people in black robes who had their hands extended in defense. They were aiming their crossbows at An Zhe and his men.

””There might be some misunderstanding here, put down the knife first.””

The man looked at An Zhe and spoke with a calm tone.

An Zaiyue looked at that face, the kind face that had appeared several times in front of him.

In the Martial Arts Academy, there were endless praises for him.

Outside the Martial Arts Academy, he was reminded to pay attention to Ding Shengxia.

Head of the Infantry Division... Xu Chao.

Xu Chao pressed his hands down, signalling those people not to take action.

However, because they had fought and killed, the men in black were hostile towards them.

””You just arrived at the capital and just entered the Martial Arts Academy. There are many things you don't know.””

The Four Corridors … They were from the Infantry Division.

The Ministry of War had set up the Four Corridors Hall specifically for the purpose of recruiting people who were willing to serve the country from all over the country.

These people may not be of good birth, or may have some fault, so they can't join the army.

””However, they are willing to shed their blood for the sake of the Yan Country. Therefore, the military cannot afford not to give them a chance.””

An Zhan sneered, ””But the Military Department is short of money, so they can't raise these people. Therefore, they have no choice but to let them deal with things they can't afford to do and earn some money, right?””

Xu Chao asked, ””What exactly do you mean? There must be a misunderstanding.””

An Xuan said, ””Ask your subordinate who took the money tonight and just killed a man on Spring Sun Street.””

His target was called Jin San [3], and he had just come out of the Fang Shoufu yamen not long ago.

There were two other people with him, one called Madman Qu and one called Fatty Si.

These three people are from the Heavenly Awakening Sect, and the Golden Three Token was killed by them, while Madman Qu and Fatty Four were heavily injured.

””I'd like to know how you explain this misunderstanding to me.””

Xu Chao's expression changed as he turned around and asked angrily, ””Who went out just now?!””

One of the men following behind him had a strange expression on his face.

These people looked at each other, and some of them subconsciously took a step back.

””Gao Xiang!””

Xu Chao turned around and called out.

A gentle-looking person ran over, looking a little fat, so he ran a few steps and seemed out of breath, ””Sir, this matter … I have not reported this matter to you yet.””

There was indeed someone who went out on some errands just now, but we didn't expect that their target would be the people from the Heavenly Awakening Sect.

””We must know that they are from the War Department. No matter how much money we have, we cannot help them.””

Pah!

Xu Chao Yi raised his hand and slapped Gao Xiang's face, sounding especially loud. ””How many times have I said this?””

””You are not allowed to take on any business as you wish. Every business needs to be decided by me before I can make a decision.””

Gao Xiang covered his face and said, ””But my lord … the military has used up all the money they sent over. The brothers want to go to the battlefield to serve the country, because the war hasn't been intense lately, so they haven't ordered it.””

Everyone needs to spend money to eat and drink. Can I just watch my brothers starve? ””

””Even if they starve to death, you can't just go out and kill them!””

A scholar swearing and swearing could be imagined how furious he was.

Gao Xiang said, ””Sir, don't you know that the manager doesn't know how expensive Chai Mi is? Several hundred people, several hundred mouths, are they really going to starve to death?””

Xu Chao's face turned pale, ””You still dare to argue?””

From the very start, the Military Department has strictly ordered that no one is to take on any business. Every business has to be decided by me personally.

””Looks like you've all forgotten about these words.””

A burly man called out from behind, ””I was not summoned here to be angry.””

He agreed to give his father a chance to go to the battlefield and build a meritorious service, but after waiting for more than half a year, he still hadn't received anything.

””When I was in my hometown, I ran amok, eating and drinking without restraint. Now that I am stifling in this lousy place, why should I suffer such grievances when I have no money to spend?””

The others chimed in, ””What you're saying is, what you said was right back then, regardless of our background or what we did before, as long as we go to the battlefield, we will be given a clean ident.i.ty and make our officials rich.””

But now, not only was he unable to raise the officials and earn money, he was also suffering all day. What the h.e.l.l is this?!

””If I had known earlier that I was being treated so badly by the officer in charge of the military, I wouldn't have come.””

Do you really think I want to serve the country?

Pah pah!

Isn't it because you promised that you would get rid of our files somewhere, and maybe we'll be able to make a name for ourselves?

Who the h.e.l.l is so great, we're here for the future.

””Now that there's no news at all, why don't we earn some pocket money ourselves?””

An Zhan sneered, ””Mister Xu, look at these people you've recruited!””

Xu Chao said to An Zaihai, ””This matter is indeed my negligence. Don't worry, I will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly.””

A big man behind him shouted, ””Investigate what?””

It was I who did it!

My name is Liu Hou, from the city of Plains.

You guys go to the plains to find out, when did I not kill and set the fire to depend on my mood?

””If I want to kill someone, then kill them. If you're so amazing, then come kill me! I'll take revenge for the person who died for you!””

Five or six people beside him came over and said, ””We're the ones who went out to do the work. What about it? If you want to fight, then come and fight!””

The others were all waiting, not knowing what to do.

Xu Chao looked at Gao Xiang and asked, ””So this is the person you raised?””

Gao Xiang shrugged his shoulders. ””Sir, if you say that, I have no other choice.””

You give them to me, and I'll let them eat.

They cause trouble when they can't eat their fill. Could it be that Lord wants to see the capital fall into chaos?

If these hundreds of people were to go out and cause trouble, they would probably alert more people.