375 I Want to ‘Cook Rice’ with You, Jun Mo Xie (1/2)
[What's the reason behind a man carrying an aphrodisiac on him? What could be the possible reason behind that? We have our wives and concubines. So, that should be enough to get the thing in our pocket working. Then, there are famous brothels everywhere. And, one could easily settle their physiological problems there. So, why would a man require an aphrodisiac? It can only be regarded as a tool of the vilest men!]
[Wouldn't a man who'd pull out an aphrodisiac at this time be telling everyone that 'I am an extremely rogue character?']
[Wouldn't things become crystal clear? How would that man save his honor after that?]
The ten huge warriors stood with their mouths open and shoulders slumped. And, they had a confused expression on their face. They didn't know how to respond to her. In fact, they looked like wooden figures…
”I only wish to study this so I can prepare an antidote; that's all. This act stems from benevolence. There's nothing wrong with it. Why do you have such an expression of your faces?” Dugu Xiao Yi stiffened her mouth as she tried to convince them in a patient manner, ”Besides, I will study the aphrodisiac, and form an antidote if you give me a sample of it. Then, all the women around the world wouldn't need to worry anymore. You don't know how many sisters will be grateful to you. You men will have provided a great service to the world!”
Everyone remained quiet as their faces turned dark.
[You obviously won't do anything bad. Because… you don't have the skills required to do anything bad even if you wanted to. Besides, you won't gain anything from this… apart from making us look bad…]
”C'mon, hand it over, hand it over. Hand it over at once!” Dugu Xiao Yi had a fervent expression on her face as she stretched her hand.
”No, Young Lady!” the leader of the troops replied.
”You give it to me, and I won't tell anyone that it came from you. That should make things easier for you,” Dugu Xiao Yi became even more amiable.
”I don't have it! I genuinely don't, ah!” The leader of the troops broke out in a cold sweat. [I will be relived of my duty the moment I return home if I give her the aphrodisiac. Moreover, there's no guarantee that someone won't torture me for it. So, I won't relent from my stance even if I'm beaten to death today. Besides, I don't even have it with me at this time…]
”We don't have it!” the ten guards stood perfectly straight, and replied in a cold and loud manner. They were very clear on this point.
Moreover, they were all men of the military. So, they could suppress their desires for these rubbish things. There were still a few who couldn't. But, wouldn't the heads of such individuals be considered rotten?
”Fu*k!” Dugu Xiao Yi cursed sharply. She cursed ten more times, twisted her mouth, and slanted her eyes. Those men could've never imagined that this little girl could've cussed like that. ”So, none amongst you powerful men has it…?”
The ten men nodded like 'chicken pecking on rice grain'.
”All of you will be punished since none of you have it. Someone, come here!” Dugu Xiao Yi had a murderous look on her face as she said, ”I want you to drag these men out, and give each of them a hundred heavy strikes with a military rod!”
Everyone was left dumbstruck by this.
[We don't have the aphrodisiac on us. So, does that mean that honest and good individuals have committed a sin? We're good men! In fact, we're soldiers! We're soldiers of the battlefield! Aren't we being wronged here? What kind of logic is this?]
[Oh God, what reasoning is this?]
Special bodyguards entered like a pack of wolves after Dugu Xiao Yi gave that command. These men had been selected from the special team of Jun Mo Xie's. The ten stupidest warriors from his platoon of two-hundred-and-fifty had been assigned to look after Dugu Xiao Yi. However, they were all toughened warriors. None of them cared whether the Young Lady's orders were reasonable or not. And, they simply followed her order, and dragged her guards out in order to implement their punishment as per military law.
”Wait!” the leader of the troops was covered in cold sweat. [The others and I will be done for if these guys use those rods to give us a hundred strikes for military punishment. We just need to satisfy the Young Lady's conditions, right? We can report this to Young Lady Guan Qing Han later on, and we can request her to keep a close watch over our Young Lady. And, there won't be any accidents in that case. However, it would too unjust if we were to die over this matter…]
”Oh? You have it now?” Dugu Xiao Yi waved her hands, and signaled the special guards to leave as she asked in excitement.
”Skinny Monkey, you have some, right? I remember that you delightedly stashed some of it away when we left the Tian Xiang City. Get it out!” the leader of the troops gave a sharp stare to the skinniest of the ten guards, and spoke-up in an unquestionable tone.
”I… I… ” that guy called 'skinny monkey' blinked in a pitiful manner. The man didn't know how to respond to this situation. And, he couldn't believe that his own leader would betray him in the face of a threat of this punishment by a hundred military-rod beatings.
”What are you doing? Hurry up, and take it out!” the leader urged in an angry tone. He even scold 'skinny monkey' hatefully, ”You're a useless guy!”
”Uh… I got this to consume for myself. I thought that this 'Tian Fa matter' wouldn't be a genuine military expedition. So, I had prepared for a relaxing return trip…” Then, he looked at his leader resentfully. His face reddened as he choked with rage and embarrassment.
Some people couldn't help but make a grumbling noise as they smiled.