[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army":3,"chapter-a-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army-a-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army-chapter-608":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","A Little Soldier of the Late Ming Border Army",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1205897,1561,"Chapter 608: Disposition","a-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army-chapter-608",608,"\u003Cp>Counting those kneeling in the hall, there were over thirty people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the ones of highest status or most deeply implicated were Feng Dachang, Chief Clerk of the Staff Office in the Shogunate Administration Hall; Ji Zhongkun, second son of his father-in-law Ji Shiwei and Wang Dou's elder brother-in-law; and Lady Tao, wife of Qi Tianliang, Director of the Logistics Department, an old comrade from the Jingbian Outpost days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also the daughter and son-in-law of Zhong Rong, Director of the Finance Department; and Hong Qiu, former trusted aide to Zhang Gui, Director of the Civil Affairs Department, who had once greatly helped Wang Dou, formerly Platoon Leader of Dongjiazhuang and now Fort Commander of Jingbian Fort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also kneeling dejectedly below were some people Wang Dou had known well or slightly in the past, such as clerks Han Yu, Guo Zhongju, Wang Zhong, and Ma Zhong, as well as Yang Zhichang, Garrison Commander of the Five Forts in Baoanzhou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, there were some people Wang Dou had never met, either from the Shogunate system or the old bureaucratic and gentry systems, who had been bought off by the Shanxi merchants during this trade war and used as internal traitors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these people, especially Feng Dachang, Lady Tao, and Hong Qiu, Wang Dou's expression was sorrowful. He was a man who cherished old ties, and these three were all people who had shared hardships with him or had once given him tremendous help. Their betrayal pierced Wang Dou's heart like a blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching his frightened daughter and son-in-law in the hall, Zhong Rong's face streamed with tears. Zhang Gui looked at Hong Qiu, his hands trembling uncontrollably...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Tianliang suddenly sprang from his seat, tore off a shoe, and began beating his wife over the head and face: \"...I'll beat you to death, you wretched woman... I'll beat you to death, you wretched woman. A little paltry benefit from those treacherous merchants and you were bought? I see your heart is blinded by lard. I'll beat you to death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he struck her, old tears streamed down his face, and finally he broke into loud wailing: \"Heavens, what sin has my old Qi family committed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Tao also wept desperately, dodging as she pleaded with Wang Dou: \"Great General, your sister-in-law was wrong. At first I didn't know, I only thought there were benefits... Later, when I found out, they threatened me. I was afraid, afraid of bringing trouble on Old Qi. Great General, for the sake of our old bond from the same outpost, please let your old sister-in-law off this once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dou sighed, recalling the days at Jingbian Outpost. Of the people from that outpost back then, few remained now. He sighed and said: \"Old sister-in-law, you... rise first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then looked at Feng Dachang and Hong Qiu, both with expressions of utter desolation. Wang Dou had read the Intelligence Department files and their confessions. Both had been dragged into the water by others. Feng Dachang in particular, along with the current Granary Commissioner Han Yu, had both been clerks in the Shunxiang Fort Administration Office, and their friendship was extremely deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Han Yu was bought off, Feng Dachang noticed clues of it. Unable to withstand the pleas of his old colleague, he tried to cover for Han Yu, only to be threatened by him in turn, and so step by step he went astray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Chief Clerk of the Shogunate Administration Hall, Feng Dachang had deep connections and great authority. With him acting as an inside agent, it goes without saying that the treacherous merchants had smooth sailing within the Eastern Route territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Qiu's situation was similar. He had noticed something suspicious about his son and daughter-in-law. Having had a son late in life, he doted on him beyond measure, and so under his son's desperate pleading, step by step he too went astray.\u003C\u002Fp>",653,"2026-06-03T14:06:10.567Z",1,"Novelzhen Translator","50f0f0e561588ed762579c1628e25c59f0300f27fb1c5f1770015c98a5903cac","a-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army-chapter-609","a-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army-chapter-607",896,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-little-soldier-of-the-late-ming-border-army-cover.jpg"]