books44 Chapter 214 The Female General Returns from the Battle
Chapter 214 The Female General Returns from the Battle
On the day of her wedding, Meng Lijun was urgently summoned by the emperor, who told her that a war had broken out at the border and asked her to go immediately to recapture the city that had been captured by the Xia Kingdom.
So she didn't even spend the wedding night, she lifted her veil and rushed to the border.
The war lasted for five years.
When she returned, Meng Lijun had become a female general with great military achievements. The people of Da Ran lined the streets to welcome her, paving the way with countless flowers and applause.
When they arrived at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, her husband was already standing with another weak and helpless woman and a three-year-old child.
"Lijun, this is Yunniang, this is our child. Lijun, you have made great contributions to the country, so I will not divorce you.
So I made Yunniang my equal wife. From now on, you will protect the country and she will take care of the household chores. What do you think?"
Meng Lijun whipped Zhao Tiancheng in the face, disfiguring him.
"Meng Lijun! Are you crazy? How dare you hit your husband? Even if you are a general with great military achievements, so what? I will divorce you!"
Liu Yanran, who was standing beside her, also cried, "Sister Meng, how could you hit the Marquis?"
Madam Zhao's face turned pale with rage. "Evil woman! Evil woman! You've been married to my son for five years, and you haven't borne any children. Are you still not allowing my son to marry a concubine?"
"Hehe, I was summoned to the border on the day of my wedding. If I could give birth to a child, would your mansion dare to recognize it? Or is it that the old lady is keen on cuckolding her own son?" Meng Lijun sneered.
"How outrageous! I will obey the Emperor and have my son divorce you!"
Meng Lijun ignored her and ordered the people around her to pack her dowry.
Upon checking, they were shocked to find that the original dowry of 5 taels was now only 1 taels, and there were also various famous calligraphy and paintings, a Fuxi zither, various gold and silver jewelry, etc.
"Okay, okay," Meng Lijun laughed in anger. "I'm out here defending my country, and you're stealing my dowry? Even if it means losing my military merits, I'm going to divorce you today!"
When the incident reached the throne room, the emperor was delighted to hear that Meng Lijun did not want a reward, but only wanted a divorce. He was just worried about how to reward her.
So he agreed to her request and pretended to reprimand the Marquis's family to return the dowry.
Unexpectedly, the Marquis's Mansion figured out the emperor's attitude and assassinated Meng Lijun.
"I want to be the empress myself!" Meng Lijun was furious.
"As you wish!" After saying that, Sheng Jiang disappeared.
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By this time the matter had reached the emperor, but Meng Lijun had not yet handed over the military command.
"My dear Meng, although you are a female general, you are also the wife of a marquis. Since ancient times, only men can divorce their wives, but no woman can divorce her husband," the emperor looked at Sheng Jiang deeply.
Sheng Jiang: You bastard! You just don't want to give me a reward? Why bother going through all this trouble when you can just say it directly? I wonder if he'd want to divorce me if he turned into a woman?
After that, he used the soul swap function. At this moment, the emperor became Meng Lijun. Jiang became the emperor.
The emperor asked: "Isn't it me sitting there?" He looked down and was horrified. How did I become Meng Lijun?
"Witch! What have you done to me?" The emperor stared at Sheng Jiang with blazing eyes, but he couldn't say anything.
Sheng Jiang looked at the dog emperor calmly and smiled, "General Meng, are you dissatisfied with what I said?"
Ginger took the teacup and smashed it directly on the dog emperor's forehead, causing blood to flow immediately.
The Dog Emperor said, "You! Are so bold! So presumptuous!"
"Come here!" Sheng Jiang shouted, "General Meng's words are rude and he's disobeying me. Drag him out and give him 50 lashes!"
"you dare!"
"What am I afraid of? Hit 60!"
Dog Emperor, "Do you know the consequences of this?"
Ginger remained calm, "70!"
"If you keep talking nonsense, 80!"
The guards quickly stepped forward, grabbed the dog emperor and started beating him with sticks.
This is a great humiliation for the emperor!
But he was smart enough to keep his mouth shut. Otherwise, how could he get revenge if he was beaten to death?
After the fight, the Dog Emperor was already dying.
Sheng Jiang, "Send her back to the Marquis' Mansion, and never allow them to divorce!"
Everyone in the Marquis' Mansion thanked him happily: now they can use the dowry without any worries.
The dog emperor had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter. He was dragged back to the marquis' mansion in a coma.
Without even inviting a doctor, he was made to kneel in the ancestral hall. He had to kneel for three days and three nights and admit his mistakes before he was allowed to return to his own courtyard.
The Dog Emperor developed a high fever that night, and the maidservant beside him was terrified when she heard his confused words.
"How dare you! How dare you! I am the Son of Heaven, and you dare to disobey me? I will exterminate all nine generations of your clan! You will die without a burial place..."
Fortunately, I was lucky and no one else heard it except the little maid.
The dog emperor was truly lucky. He burned all night, all day, and finally woke up. With his mind clear, he realized his predicament. He decided to lie low for now, and then he would definitely regain control.
Zhao Tiancheng and the others, with the emperor's decree, thought they could lavishly spend Meng Lijun's dowry. However, when they opened the storehouse, they were shocked: the storehouse was completely empty, not even the floor tiles were left.
Who is it? Who is it? How dare they steal the treasures from the Marquis' Mansion?
When they returned to their respective yards, they found them completely empty, not even a tree. Their own small storage rooms were also completely empty?!
Old Madam Zhao sat on the ground and wailed loudly, "Who the hell is this? They stole my life and my wealth. How am I supposed to live in the future?"
Liu Yanran also shed tears silently, "My Lord, what should we do? We have such great care for you, but how much does it cost every day? Now we don't have a penny. How are we going to live in the future? And the servants' monthly wages are almost due."
Liu Yanran kept crying, making Zhao Tiancheng very irritated. "Cry, cry, cry, all you do is cry! Besides crying, what else can you do? Can't you count the losses first? When the government comes, you can report it directly."
Liu Yanran felt even more aggrieved. This was the first time the Marquis had gotten angry at her. With a roll of her eyes, she changed the subject. "Marquis, you said this matter is so strange. Could it have something to do with General Meng?"
"What does it have to do with her? She's just a little better at martial arts. Could she have stolen something without telling anyone in the palace? That's simply impossible. Besides, she followed us into the palace. Unless she knows some kind of clone technique!"
"The Clone Technique?" Liu Yanran's mind raced. "The Clone Technique may not exist, but the accomplice is not certain."
Zhao Tiancheng seemed to be thinking about something.
After the dog emperor had knelt in the ancestral hall for three days, Old Lady Zhao dragged him to the lobby and forced him to tell her the whereabouts of the treasures in his mansion.
The dog emperor looked confused.
Mrs. Zhao angrily threw a teacup, hitting the dog emperor on the forehead again. The wound that had just healed began to bleed again.
The emperor looked at Madam Zhao viciously.
"Mrs. Meng, you're so bold! How dare you look at me like that? Madam Cai, slap me!"
Soon, the dog emperor's cheeks swelled up and his teeth flew out.
"Ms. Meng, I'm asking you, how did you steal the treasures from the Marquis' Mansion? Tell the truth now!"
Liu Yanran also said, "That's right, Sister Meng, no matter how dissatisfied you are with me, the Marquis' Mansion is still your home. How could you steal the Marquis' Mansion's property?"
Zhao Tiancheng also threatened, "Ms. Meng, I have already reported it to the authorities. If you return the treasure before they find it, I can plead with them to spare your life. Otherwise... don't blame the Marquisate for being ruthless!"
The dog emperor understood everything they said. The property of the Marquis' Mansion was stolen? Hahahaha, it really served him right!
How dare you rebel against me? Even if the treasure wasn't stolen, when I take the throne, I will definitely exterminate your entire clan!
Seeing the dog emperor smirking with his head down, Zhao Tiancheng angrily stepped forward and kicked him, "Ms. Meng, don't be so shameless! If the government finds you sooner, that will be your death!"
Liu Yanran added fuel to the fire, "Husband, our mansion still owes the national treasury hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. If we could sell the house or land deeds, we could at least make up for the shortfall."
But now... in two days, Lord Zhang from the Ministry of Revenue will come to collect the debt. If this gets brought before the Emperor, what will we do?"
Zhao Tiancheng punched and kicked again, "Tell me! Where did you take all those treasures?"
The Dog Emperor: Holy shit, they actually embezzled the national treasury? That's all my money, how dare they? How many people like this are there in the court?
Zhao Tiancheng! Just wait! The moment I regain my status, that will be your death! I will make sure you die without a burial place! I will bury your entire mansion with you!
The dog emperor was beaten to death.
Sheng Jiang and Duo Duo were calmly eating melon seeds and dried fish respectively, watching the chaos in the mansion and laughing with joy.
Serves you right! In the previous life, if the dog emperor hadn't revoked Meng Lijun's general position, the Marquis' Mansion wouldn't have dared to so recklessly hire someone to kill someone.
The dog emperor was tortured in the Marquis's mansion for a month. When he was awake, he shouted that he wanted a divorce and wanted to leave the mansion first.
The result was another beating. "Divorce? Are you worthy of it? The emperor personally issued an order not to allow divorce!
You, Meng Lijun, are my Marquis's people in life and my Marquis's ghost in death! Want to divorce? Dream on!
Tell me quickly! Where are those treasures? "
Seeing that the dog emperor was about to be tortured to death, Sheng Jiang was kind enough to return the dog emperor's body. He could also clean up the corrupt officials in the court at the same time.
As expected, the Dog Emperor was ecstatic the moment he saw his soul return. Then, his eyes were filled with gloom, "It's dawn! The nine clans of the Marquisate should be annihilated!"
The action was quick. Overnight, the entire Marquis' Mansion, including the old lady's maternal family and Liu Yanran's maternal family, were taken into account.
As for why Meng Lijun is not mentioned? Because her family had died in battle long ago, and she had no maternal family left.
With so many people, the Ministry of Justice’s prison is almost full.
The people in the Marquis' Mansion were still thinking about how to escape punishment all day long. They cried out in injustice in prison every day and demanded to see the emperor.
After finishing other matters, the dog emperor went to the prison and saw Zhao Tiancheng. His eyes were full of hatred. "Zhao Tiancheng, you never thought that I would come back alive!"
"Your Majesty?" Zhao Tiancheng was confused. "What did you say? I don't understand."
"Don't you understand? Are you pretending? How did you treat me in the Marquis' Mansion? I will repay you tenfold, no, a hundredfold! I will make your entire mansion live a life worse than death!"
"Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven. When have you ever been to the Marquis' Mansion?"
"Then I might as well let you die knowingly! I and Meng Lijun have swapped souls. So, during this time, I have always been the one in the Marquis' Mansion! So, what else do you have to say?"
"What?" Zhao Tiancheng's face turned pale. "This is impossible!"
Madam Zhao and Liu Yanran were also trembling. "Your Majesty, we didn't know. Please forgive us!"
"Your Majesty, I don't know. We are targeting that bitch Meng Lijun! We are not targeting you. Please have mercy on me, Your Majesty!"
"Give me mercy? Then all the suffering I've endured for over a month has been in vain? Come on! Beat him! Beat him hard!"
The servants in the Marquis's mansion who were responsible for judging people's behavior were not spared either. Some were beaten to death, and some were crippled, with blood flowing like a river.
The dog emperor had Zhao Tiancheng and several others whipped 100 times every day, and then sprinkled salt or sugar on the wounds to attract various ants and insects to eat them.
In just a few days, several people were tortured to the point of being emaciated and their faces looked pale.
Ginger transformed into Meng Lijun's appearance and ran to the prison to watch the joke.
Zhao Tiancheng, "It's you? Are you the emperor or Meng Lijun?"
"What's wrong, husband? Of course I'm your wife," Ginger said with a grin.
Zhao Tiancheng's eyes were bloodshot, and he was so angry that he wanted to pounce on him, even pulling the chains and dragging him back. "It's you? It's you, bitch! How did I offend you to make you treat me like this?"
"You haven't offended me, but you shouldn't be so greedy. You used my dowry and married a concubine without my knowledge.
I have been away for five years, so even if you wrote to me to inform me of the situation, saying that you and I have no feelings for each other and that you are willing to divorce me for the sake of having children after being married for many years, I would accept it.
I just can't tolerate someone spending my dowry while writing me letters expressing hypocritical affection! It really makes me sick!"
"So you used a secret technique and actually swapped souls with the Emperor? Did you know that this would shorten your lifespan? To deal with me, you killed a thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of your own?"
"It will shorten the life span of ordinary people, but it won't shorten mine." Sheng Jiang continued to smile. "Are you sad and disappointed? That's right!"
"I will also make you watch me become the empress, and make you all crawl at my feet!"
The emperor had been venting his anger for two years. Seeing that Zhao Tiancheng and others were still alive and strong, like cockroaches that can't be killed, he was so angry that he vomited blood and died on the spot.
The emperor had only one daughter, Pingyang. The royal family was arguing over who would be the new emperor.
Sheng Jiang, however, led his troops directly into the imperial city. He had no sympathy for anyone in the royal family. Any change of power would result in mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
When everything is calm, he will ascend the throne as emperor.
He ran to the prison to see Zhao Tiancheng and others.
Zhao Tiancheng's eyes were filled with despair. "Please let me go! I am the one who has wronged you... or just kill me..."
"Why?" Sheng Jiang sneered, "Unless I die, you will either live or die!"
So, several of them, as well as the dog emperor who was dragged back to their family's home, endured bone-eroding pain every day for 50 years.