First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Chapter 311 Take Old Bear Out for a Walk

A few days later, Wei Ling came back and Xie Yingfeng was waiting at the door of his tent.

"You're back." Xie Yingfeng had a constipated expression when he saw Wei Ling.

"What's wrong?" Wei Ling was puzzled.

"That Xiong Shilin's wife is here again. She has been standing in front of the prefect's mansion for the past few days! It's useless to say anything." Xie Yingfeng said, "Didn't you tell her before that you would release Xiong Shilin when he got rid of his banditry? Now his wife says that you imprisoned her husband for no reason. This time she not only came by herself, but also brought her own children! Tell me, who did you learn this from? She always comes to kneel with her family, either in your general's mansion or in the prefect's mansion. I'm convinced!"

"Does Xiong Shilin have any intention of repenting?" Wei Ling asked.

"Hey, he's a stubborn guy, it would be strange if he could change!" Xie Yingfeng sighed, "I went to see him in prison, and he was still cursing at you, saying that you were unkind and ruthless, and he even said he didn't want to do it anymore."

"Then give him a pen and paper and ask him to write a letter of resignation." Wei Ling did not indulge Xiong Shilin at all. "He has the nerve to disobey military discipline! And he even threatens me with resignation? Was I brought up to be scared by him?"

"Okay, okay, you have the final say. I'll have someone send him paper and pen." Xie Yingfeng said, "Oh, by the way, there is one more thing. Your wife burned Nangong Rui's indenture IOU in public and let Nangong Rui leave the general's mansion."

Upon hearing this news, Wei Ling was a little surprised at first, but then his expression immediately calmed down, "My wife must have her reasons for doing this. It must be Nangong Rui's fault. Don't mention him again in the future."

"Hey! You are such a soft-hearted guy! You made me lose a hundred taels!" Xie Yingfeng laughed when he heard this. Although he lost money, he did not show any regret at all and still had a bright smile on his face.

"You made a bet with your wife?" Wei Ling glanced sideways.

"You are such a boring person, how come you guessed it right?" Xie Yingfeng said. Yesterday, when he and Qu Wanning were chatting, they mentioned that Wei Ling would be back from patrolling the camp today, and then they mentioned Nangong Rui's matter, and the two made a bet. Qu Wanning said that Wei Ling would definitely support Su Jixiang unconditionally, and Xie Yingfeng said that Nangong Rui was half of Wei Ling's apprentice, and Wei Ling should feel a little uncomfortable.

Now it seems that it is just as his wife said, Wei Ling really supports Su Jixiang's actions unconditionally. Nangong Rui is really disappointing, a good horse never turns back!

"No one in the military camp dares to use me for gambling, and no one outside the military camp is more boring than you. You can only drag your wife to gamble." Wei Ling said calmly.

Xie Yingfeng was speechless for a while. Although what Wei Ling said made sense, he still felt a little hurt...

"Okay. Stop making that weird expression. Since you lost one hundred taels of silver, I'll go to the prison and help you check on Xiong Shilin." Wei Ling said.

"Thank you so much! Is this my business? This is obviously your own business. You are lazy, so you throw it all on my head!" Xie Yingfeng curled his lips and said disdainfully.

Wei Ling chuckled, asked someone to come in and get paper and pen, and then went out of the tent with him.

The cell where Xiong Shilin was imprisoned was located in the military camp. There was a special row of solitary confinement cells used to detain officers who had violated military regulations but whose offenses were not particularly serious.

Just as I got close to the cell, I heard Xiong Shilin's loud voice, "Hey, I'm thirsty, bring me some water!" Then there was the sound of impatient knocking on the iron bars, bang bang, it was really noisy.

Seeing that the guard was going to bring water to Xiong Shilin, Wei Ling raised his hand and took the water from the guard, then walked to the cell where Xiong Shilin was imprisoned. Although it was his first time here, he was still able to find Xiong Shilin accurately. After all, he had a loud voice and it would be hard to miss him.

Hearing the footsteps, Xiong Shilin didn't even turn his head. He was sitting on the ground with his back to the outside. The prison uniform on his body was really dirty and smelly. His hair was not combed and was messy on his head.

"Xiong Shilin." After Wei Ling stood still, he called him slowly.

Xiong Shilin's shoulders stiffened, and he slowly turned around. Seeing that it was Wei Ling, he subconsciously wanted to stand up, but sat back down halfway.

"Hey, isn't this our great general?" Xiong Shilin said sarcastically, "Greetings, great general!" He did not stand up, still with his back to the fence, but raised his hands above his head and clasped them together lightly as a salute.

"Are there any more rules?" Seeing Xiong Shilin being so arrogant, the people accompanying him could not help but scold him, "How can you be so rude to the general!"

"How am I rude? I've already bowed, haven't I?" Xiong Shilin said with a grin. He still didn't turn around, but said with his back to Wei Ling, "As for rules, I, Old Xiong, have never had any."

Wei Ling said nothing, and then poured all the water in his bucket onto Xiong Shilin's head.

Xiong Shilin jumped up with a roar when he was suddenly splashed with freshly drawn well water. The bucket of water wet half of the hair on his head that looked like a bird's nest. His hair collapsed on his scalp, and water kept dripping down along the hair.

"Are you awake?" Wei Ling shouted. "I think you are out of your mind! Didn't you say you don't want to do this? Fine. I brought a pen and paper today. You write your resignation letter in front of me and I will let you go. From today on, you have nothing to do with my Black Tiger Army. If you want to go back to being a bandit, go ahead. But let's be frank. I don't care where you are a bandit, but you'd better not meet me again! I recruited you once, and I won't recruit you a second time!"

Xiong Shilin looked at Wei Ling's cold eyes that were filled with ice and snow, and knew that Wei Ling was not joking.

He wanted to slam the table and say like a real man, "Okay, I'll write it and leave right away," but when the time came, he seemed to be at a loss for words...

Going back to being a bandit?

He is now a general, although he is only a lieutenant general and only a fifth-rank official, but his rank is higher than that of the county magistrate in their county. Are you really going to leave?

Seeing Xiong Shilin hesitated, Wei Ling slowed down his tone and said, "Old Xiong, I recruited you because of your honesty and bravery. But honesty does not mean ignorance. Bravery does not mean recklessness." Wei Ling signaled the jailer to open the prison door.

"Come out and take a shower and change your clothes first, and I'll take you out for a look. After you've seen it, you can decide whether to leave or stay and abide by military discipline." Wei Ling's tone was very calm, and there was no bone-chilling coldness at all like before.