Sick Man Turns Out to be a General

4The man who came to deliver the letter to Jiang Changhua was called Sun Er, he was the capable subordinate of the boss of the Iron Gate Stronghold, Long San. After passing Jiang Changhua's letter and the news to Long San, he went back down the mountain, returned to the Jiang manor, and stayed there.    2

    

Jiang Changhua arranged for him to stay in the east wing of the courtyard very close to Jiang Changhua's study. The two of them seemed to be plotting something, going in and out of the study room together everyday, and often discussing things in the study room. Occasionally, the manager of the salt field would come over, and every time he left, he would bring a smile on his face.    

    

Peony, who sent water every day, observed them closely, and learned that they were discussing the sale of salt, not only by robbing the salt for sale, but also by concealing new salt fields from the court.    

    

She paid close attention to their movements, and looked for an opportunity to enter the study room to steal the letters between Jiang Changhua and Long San.    

    

In addition to secretly being together with Ginger, he also secretly hooked up with Ginger's personal servant girl. Peony had observed him for several days and found out his whereabouts, knowing that every night, after everyone had fallen asleep, he would sneak into Ginger's courtyard, either with Ginger or just having fun with Ginger's servant girl. She could then think of using this matter to create chaos and sneak into the study to steal the items out.    

    

On the night of the first month, Jiang Changhua came to Peony's courtyard to stay the night.    

    

A rich dinner was served in the kitchen. There were four dishes and a soup, a Eight Treasures Duck, a Lotus Leaf Chicken, Red Braised Meat, Honey Lotus Roots, Fish Ball Soup and a soup for Jiang Changhua.    

    

Dinner was brought in an iron lunchbox. There were two layers in the box, and the lower layer was filled with water. If you put in a piece of hot iron, the water would radiate heat and would be able to keep it warm for a while.    

    

When Peony saw the steaming dishes, she suddenly felt that it was funny. When Jiang Changhua didn't come to his place, the kitchen had only brought her cold dishes. His courtyard didn't have a small kitchen.    

    

On the way here, the big kitchen cooked good food, and it was all hot. As expected, unfavoured people couldn't even order good food.    

    

"Master, who is that Mr. Sun?" How many days do you want to stay at home? " Peony asked Jiang Changhua as he picked up a piece of chicken.    

    

"This is a man's business, you girls don't have to worry about it." Jiang Changhua drank some wine, then ate a piece of meat. He hugged the peony and kissed her face, "In the future, you will be with me.    

    

Peony smiled and did not take these words to heart. Instead, she gave him another piece of duck. "Master, please eat more."    

    

"Alright." Jiang Changhua opened his mouth and bit into the duck meat, his hand pressing on Peony's waist, "You eat more too, I brought you in, not to make you suffer."    

    

"Thank you for your kindness, Master." When Peony saw that he could not get anything out of his mouth, she did not want to waste any more words with him. She brought the soup over, and the moment she opened it, she could smell a very strong smell of medicinal herbs. Peony had been in the Ten Thousand Flowers House for many years and was very familiar with the soup used by men.    

    

Her gaze unnoticeably swept across Jiang Changhua's lower body, and revealed a strange smile, as she scooped out a bowl of soup, "Old master, first drink a bowl of soup to mend your body."    

    

Jiang Changhua had been addicted to alcohol and sex all year round and his body had long become empty. Almost every day, he would drink some soup to replenish his body and when he was sleeping, he would use some medicine to cheer himself up.    

    

He looked at the soup in Peony's hands and gave her an ambiguous look. He took the soup and said to her, "Go and prepare it first. I'll be there in a moment."    

    

Peony was stunned for a while, then recovered its senses, laughed shyly and obediently went inside the room. The moment she left, Jiang Changhua immediately took out a packet of medicine from his bosom and ate one pill.    

    

Peony went into the inner room, took a handful of incense from the bundle she had brought with her, lit it, and stuck it in the incense burner before going behind the screen to change her clothes.    

    

After Jiang Changhua finished his soup, he anxiously walked in and obscenely called out, "Beautiful girl, your grandpa is here, where are you?"    

    

Peony wanted to laugh when he heard it, so he deliberately changed his clothes behind the screen. No matter how Jiang Changhua shouted, he did not reply.    

    

"Delicious, so fragrant …" He took a deep breath and suddenly staggered. His eyes were blurry as a shadow appeared. He patted his forehead and mumbled, "Did you drink too much?"    

    

he thought, laughing again. How is that possible? He wasn't drunk.    

    

Shaking his hand, he grabbed Peony's skirt and staggered toward the bed. When he was almost to the bed, he tripped over himself, fell to the ground, and tried to get up, but failed. His head grew heavy, and soon there was a loud snoring sound.    

    

Peony, in a dark dress, came out from behind the screen and kicked him. Seeing that he had no reaction, she knew that he was unconscious, so she dragged him to bed with all her might and covered him with the quilt before blowing out the candle and leaving the room.    

    

"Xiao Hong, Xiao Hong, where are you?" she shouted.    

    

"It's here, it's here …" Xiao Hong ran over in a hurry, holding a jar in her hands and a black cat in her arms.    

    

Peony looked at the black cat and asked Xiao Hong in a low voice, "Have you prepared all the items?"    

    

The Xiao Hong nodded her head seriously. Although she did not know why the Miss was doing this, the Miss had promised her that after this matter was over, she would give her the indenture contract and give her a sum of money so that she could settle for the rest of her life.    

    

"Let's go, don't leave any traces behind." Peony urged.    

    

"This servant understands." Xiao Hong's expression turned serious. She hugged the black cat even more tightly, scaring the cat so much that it meowed once.    

    

Peony and Xiao Hong were both shocked, and they jumped up as well. Peony pressed its hand on its chest and slapped Xiao Hong on the shoulder, "Be careful, don't let anyone find out."    

    

Xiao Hong hurriedly caressed the black cat's back, caressing it's fur and pacifying it.    

    

Peony looked at her. "Let's go," she said.    

    

Xiao Hong nodded her head. Carrying a lantern, she followed the peony out of the courtyard.    

    

The Xiao Hong opened the door gently and quietly went to the door of the room with the peach blossom. Just as she opened the door a crack, she heard a shameful moan from inside, she opened her mouth in shock, and almost screamed out, young miss actually stole the person?    

    

She shook her head to calm herself down. She quietly reached into the room and poured the oil on the table with the oil lamp in her hand. Then she took out a fire piston and lit it.    

    

After releasing the oil, the fire started to burn even hotter. Xiao Hong pricked up her ears and listened attentively, but the people inside were still passionately working, not knowing anything about what was happening outside.    

    

Suddenly, she felt disdain in her heart as she carried the black cat out of the room.    

    

He placed the black cat in the servant's room.    

    

"Meow, meow …"    

    

"Where did the cat come from?" The little maidservant, who was sleeping on the table, was woken up. She rubbed her eyes and walked out, but found that the Eldest Miss's room was on fire, scaring the three spirits out of their wits. She immediately shouted, "I went into the water, I went into the water …"    

    

Xiao Hong was waiting at the door. Upon hearing her shout, she immediately shouted as well, "We went into the water, the Sunset Garden went into the water …"    

    

When the guards who were patrolling around the manor heard this voice, they hurriedly swarmed over to the Duskfall Courtyard.    

    

Seeing that they were running over, the Xiao Hong took the opportunity to slip back into the northwest courtyard. She did not dare to stay behind to watch the show, because if she was caught in a disaster, she would be in trouble.    

    

Not long after she returned, Peony also returned. She looked a little flustered, but as soon as she entered the courtyard, she quickly closed the door and took out a bunch of treasures from her bosom. "Throw those things out quickly, quickly. Once you're done, go outside and shout for the thieves …"    

    

Xiao Hong was startled, is Miss trying to catch the thief or something?    

    

"Hurry up, what are you waiting for?" Peony saw that she was still and shouted.    

    

"Oh, oh, I'll be there right away." Xiao Hong reacted and quickly packed up his things, pushing them out of the dog hole beneath the wall. She then ran out of the courtyard and shouted, "There's a thief, we caught him!"    

    

Peony calmed herself down and hid the letter and account book in her bosom in Xiao Hong's room. Then, she went into the room to wake Jiang Changhua up.    

    

The incense in the room was actually a type of sleeping incense. If a normal person smelled this incense, they would have to sleep for at least eight hours, and people with weak bodies like Jiang Changhua would probably sleep until daybreak.    

    

Peony saw that he was sleeping like a dead pig, and began to snore like thunder. She couldn't help but give him a kick, and then she shouted, "Master, wake up, something's happened!"    

    

Peony shook him desperately. Seeing that he was not waking up, she picked up the kettle and poured it into his face.    

    

"Cough, cough …" Jiang Changhua was woken up by the cold water.    

    

"Master, something big has happened. Please go take a look." Without waiting for his response, Peony pulled him outside.    

    

"..."    

    

Two major events had occurred in the Jiang manor that night. The first was that the Sunset Garden had gone astray, and when the guards came to save the fire, they discovered that the Eldest Miss and the others were busy with something else. The second was that the Jiang manor had been robbed of an important object in the old master's study.    

    

When Jiang Changhua heard these two news, he was so angry that he almost gasped for breath and fainted.    

    

— —    

    

When Wei You handed the letter and the account book he got from Peony to Mu Chen, he conveniently mentioned the cause and effect of these two events.    

    

"That girl Peony is quite impressive. In just a few days, she managed to turn the Jiang manor upside down." Wei Zuo praised.    

    

Wei You smiled and nodded. It was just that he had come up with those ideas.    

    

Mu Chen's expression did not change, he picked up the letter and glanced at it. Three letters, one was from Long San to Jiang Changhua, one was from Jiang Changhua to Vice General Liu, and the other was one …    

    

"Did Your Highness say when we would arrive?" Not long after they spread the news, they received a reply, stating that the Emperor had already ordered for General Zheng to return to the capital, and that King Jing had brought several hundred elite soldiers to head towards the Jiang City.    

    

"I think he'll be here in a few days." Wei Zuo said, "Should we prepare?"    

    

"Yes." Mu Chen muttered to himself for a moment, "It's time to prepare to go back."    

    

Wei Zuo staggered a bit and turned to look at him in disbelief. Master, I said I'm going to exterminate the bandits? Yet you keep thinking about going back to the Mu Family Village?