Chapter 1645: Be a Good Person

Chapter 1645: Chapter 1645: Be a Good Person

When General Liang saw this, he was startled, pointed at that man and shouted, "Loose the arrows, execute the Rong bandits’ Company Commander!"

"Wait!" Feng Jin hurriedly stood up to explain, "General, you misunderstand, this is my son‑in‑law."

During this half month that Xing’an Prefecture has been besieged, Feng Jin has been running back and forth, going up to the city tower several times, and he has met General Liang.

General Liang, borrowing the firelight to see that it was him, felt his heart ease, then pointed at Qin San Lang and asked, "This really is your son‑in‑law? Why is he wearing a Rong bandits Company Commander’s armor?"

"San Lang!" Niu Dabao, having learned that the Rong Army General had been killed, came down from the city tower as well, and the moment he stepped out he saw Qin San Lang; he was overjoyed beyond measure and said to General Liang, "General, this is the Qin San Lang I’m always telling you about, our Company Commander from the He’an Prefecture Tianfu County Military Office, personally chosen by General Guo as the government army Military Flag’s flag holder, and also the leader of our westbound contingent, acquainted with Elder Lei Wu of the Lei Family’s Trading Team—the girl who made the Insect Attractant is exactly his wife..."

Niu Dabao excitedly rattled off Qin San Lang’s situation, his wording practically fawning like boot‑licking; after listening, General Liang felt... could this be a bit overblown?

However, Niu Dabao had barely finished speaking when he was once again stunned as he looked at Qin San Lang; he rushed over and grabbed a helmet hanging from Qin San Lang’s waist—inside that helmet was still a head—and asked in agitation, "San Lang, is this the Rong Army General’s head?!"

Although he couldn’t clearly see that Great General’s face, he recognized that flashy helmet the man had worn.

Qin San Lang had already fed Ma Da the Convenient Medicine and was pressing down on one of his deep wounds that was still bleeding; upon hearing the question, he nodded. "It is."

He then looked toward General Liang and said, "Please, General, send over the military doctor with the best medical skills. These men are gravely wounded, they must be treated at once!"

Ma Da and the others had staked their lives to hold the city gate, keeping the Rong people from breaching the walls. But they suffered heavy casualties; only a few still had breath in them, and if they weren’t promptly rescued, they were not far from their last gasp.

General Liang was shocked and hurriedly ordered, "Quick, go call Doctor Lu and Senior Doctor Xu!"

"Yes." Several personal soldiers immediately rushed up to the city tower to find the two doctors, but only brought down Senior Doctor Xu and a few military doctors; Doctor Lu was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Doctor Lu?" General Liang held great admiration for Ma Da and his men and did not want them to die; he urged, "Go find Doctor Lu and bring him here. His medical skills are good—with him, these men have a greater chance to live!"

Hearing this, Senior Doctor Xu felt stifled, but his medical skills were indeed not as good as Doctor Lu’s.

"General Liang, don’t look any more; I don’t know where he’s run off to treat people." Senior Doctor Xu spoke as he beckoned several military doctors to at once begin tending to Ma Da and the others, treating their wounds and staunching the bleeding.

"Company Commander Qin, what’s the story with this head? Is it truly the head of the Rong Army General Leimuqin?" General Liang suppressed the agitation in his heart as he asked.

Judging by the wolf tail on that helmet, it must be Leimuqin’s head!

Qin San Lang stood up, clasped his fists and bowed to General Liang. "I greet General. To report to General, this head is indeed that of the Rong Army General..."

He described how they had disguised themselves as Rong people, infiltrated the Rong soldiers, posed as a Company Commander under Haopeng’s command to approach King Leimuqin’s entourage, then during the chaos used the sedative from Qin Gu Family to slow Leimuqin’s movements, and finally took his head with a single stroke.

Just as expected!

General Liang was both shocked and excited. "Company Commander Qin, to take the enemy commander’s head from amidst ten thousand troops—truly a ferocious youth, worthy of this general’s admiration!"

How could he not admire him?

If it were him instead, even if he had the courage, he might not have the ability to kill a Royal Family general of the Rong people.

"General flatters me; this is merely what this low level general ought to do." Qin San Lang, hearing this, gave a somewhat embarrassed smile.

He had already removed the Rong Company Commander’s helmet, revealing a young face; when he suddenly smiled, a dimple appeared on his cheek, looking quite bashful and honest.

Seeing this, General Liang took a liking to him, clapped him on the shoulder and said, "No need to be overly modest; you deserve such praise. And your wife, she is also a capable person—she has saved the lives of all the people in this city."

Originally he had thought Mrs. Qin Gu was a fool, handing over the credit for the Insect Attractant to all the Kangrong Soldiers for nothing; now he realized that this couple both had genuine ability. Why, they had just tossed away the merit for the Insect Attractant, and in the next moment they had turned around and earned a great merit by beheading a Royal Family general of the enemy!

He also thought privately: this Company Commander Qin truly has good fortune—his wife used the Insect Attractant to earn him ample fame, and what’s more, gave him the sedative, allowing him to kill Leimuqin in one stroke.

Leimuqin was quite a capable Great General; when Niu Dabao said that Qin San Lang had killed Leimuqin, he had still harbored some doubt—after all, Leimuqin couldn’t possibly just stand there and let someone chop him.

But Qin San Lang said that he had first used the sedative given by Mrs. Qin Gu to make Leimuqin sluggish, and only then killed him, and that he believed.

Only in such a way could one manage to kill a Royal Family general of the Rong people.

"Go up on the city tower and beat the drum to inform all the people of the city that Company Commander Qin of Tianfu County, He’an Prefecture has slain the enemy Great General, and the peril of Xing’an Prefecture is resolved!" Looking at the various Military Flags fluttering outside the city and thinking of the Lei Family’s Trading Team, Ms. Gao Lei’s ties with Duchess Yuan, and how Mrs. Qin Gu had made the Insect Attractant, General Liang wisely ordered that Qin San Lang’s act of killing the enemy Great General be proclaimed throughout the city.

So many generals had arrived; needless to say, they were here to snatch credit.

Rather than dividing this merit among them, better to help Qin San Lang keep the credit and, in so doing, show favor to the Lei Family’s Trading Team and draw in this newly risen General Star—one move, several gains.

"This low level general thanks General greatly!" Qin San Lang gave General Liang a solemn bow of gratitude.

General Liang smiled. "Thank me for what? This is what you deserved in the first place."

Yes, not bad—this youth knows to remember kindness; he hadn’t helped him in vain.

"Quick, up to the city tower to beat the drum and tell everyone this good news." General Liang looked at his Deputy General and had him personally carry out the order.

"Yes." The Deputy General, greatly pleased, led four squads of soldiers up onto the city tower.

Before long, the booming of great drums sounded atop the tower, and the soldiers shouted in ringing voices, "Victory news! Company Commander Qin of Tianfu County, He’an Prefecture has beheaded the Rong Army General; the peril of Xing’an Prefecture is resolved!"

The four drums on the four‑sided city building sounded together, and the soldiers ran circuits along the battlements, repeating the shout.

The soldiers on the tower heard it, and the households near the city walls also heard it; they erupted in cheers one after another.

"Senior Doctor, how is this brother’s injury?" Qin San Lang knew how important Ma Da was to Luo Ying, so he asked Senior Doctor Xu.

Senior Doctor Xu had labored for over a quarter‑hour before finally staunching Ma Da’s bleeding; wiping a cold sweat, he said, "Fortunately you gave him the pills for bleeding and saving his life; his life is preserved. But his injuries are too severe, he has lost too much blood—he’ll likely need a full year of convalescence to recover."

If he wants to recover completely, he’ll need at least three years of careful nourishment.

Qin San Lang breathed out in relief. "So long as his life is saved, that’s enough."

As he spoke, he turned to General Liang. "These brothers are all men of great righteousness; they do not deserve to die."

He then recounted how he had rushed over, saw Ma Da and the others being besieged and slaughtered, and intervened to rescue them.

This was to let General Liang know that he did not know Ma Da and his men personally.