Chapter 602: Slaying the Scarlet Goblin

Husband, let's have sex a bit!

Qin Zhanhong, reeking of alcohol, puckered her lips and went to nibble on Chen Wuji's neck.

She also drank quite a bit tonight.

Moreover, looking like this, her drinking habits don't seem very good.

She's clearly not drunk, so how can she act like this after drinking?

Wash up first, then we can do it, then we can do it again. Chen Wuji tried to push Qin Zhanhong away with his hands, but his beautiful wife, who must be a proper martial artist, blocked with both arms like iron hoops.

Chen Wuji is now considered brave and strong, but compared to Qin Zhanhong, there's still a noticeable gap; even if he fears hurting her and uses little force, logically he shouldn't remain completely still.

"Husband, you actually despise me!" Qin Zhanhong twisted her body like a water snake, rubbing up and down on Chen Wuji, and he didn't even kiss her, going straight to kissing.

"Hiss..." Chen Wuji let out a soft hiss, "I don't despise you; after drinking, washing up makes sleep comfortable. Be good, listen!"

"I won't listen, I won't listen to the tortoise chanting sutras, I just like sleeping like this!" Qin Zhanhong cooed in a pinched voice, "Come on, husband, come on, let's do it, I really want... really want..."

That coquettish sound almost paralyzed Chen Wuji, his hot blood surging wildly.

Even though he and Qin Zhanhong knew each other's ins and outs thoroughly, studied every detail, but Qin Zhanhong pulling this stunt still made him unable to bear it, immediately getting heated.

"Come on, come on, let me wear you out!" Chen Wuji shouted and began to busy himself.

Qin Zhanhong looked at Chen Wuji with a seductive gaze, giggling like a fool, accompanied by several coquettish cries, making the already fired-up Chen Wuji unable to restrain himself; he swept in from below and unleashed his ultimate move.

"Husband, you're so direct."

"Don't you like it?"

"I like it, how could I not like it? I like everything."

Qin Zhanhong's face full of charm, her waist moving like an engine engaged, fully automatic rolling.

"Damn it!"

The sensation on his palm made Chen Wuji blurt out a national essence expletive.

This guy looks like he really meant it.

Right from the start it went straight down, which is relatively rare on Qin Zhanhong's body.

Although she has always been leap.

But there are still some differences between usual and today.

"Husband, come on!" Qin Zhanhong cooed softly.

Chen Wuji's anger was already somewhat big right now; he couldn't withstand Qin Zhanhong's relentless grinding effort, so he immediately gave himself a quick finish.

"Yah!"

"Husband, you seem especially formidable today; I'm already having a hard time holding on."

……

Chen Wuji stayed another three days in Guangtongzhou.

During these three days he properly did three things.

By day he followed the surrendered troops training on the drill ground; at night he practiced skills with Qin Zhanhong; in between he sometimes answered Chen Bushi's questions and cleared up doubts.

After realizing Chen Bushi had figured out the situation in Guangtongzhou, Chen Wuji without hesitation immediately gathered generals and mobilized troops to discuss the campaign against Yushan Prefecture.

Yushan Prefecture borders Guangtongzhou, but the contact area between them isn't large; in between lies Dingzhou, a hard bone that Lu Ping'an has repeatedly tried to gnaw but couldn't crack.

Sending troops to Yushan Prefecture will inevitably involve Dingzhou.

If we can borrow a route through Dingzhou, Chen Wuji's army can directly advance to the northern side of Yushan Prefecture.

There are two major cities in Yushan Prefecture; if we can capture those two cities, Yushan Prefecture will basically be in our grasp.

What worries Chen Wuji now is that he doesn't know what attitude this prefecture holds toward him.

Information about Dingzhou is truly too scarce, making it basically impossible to judge.

Unable to figure it out himself, Chen Wuji brought the issue to the table and threw it to his civil and military subordinates.

For this discussion, all civil and military officers in the army gathered.

On the civil side were Xu Zengyi, Wang Ce, Lu Ping'an, etc.; on the military side were Chen Baojia, Chen Luozi, Lu Ji, etc.

"Let's discuss Dingzhou first." Chen Wuji said, "Old Lu has more dealings with Dingzhou; do you have any opinions?"

Upon hearing the two words "Dingzhou", Lu Ping'an's face instantly wrinkled like a chrysanthemum: "My lord, that broken place... anyway it's hard to attack. Dingzhou's clan forces are strong, the folk customs are fierce, nearly reaching the point of every household being soldiers, each locality having the stature of a battalion."

"Dingzhou is one of the places where the court earliest relocated civilians; when the relocation happened, those who came were almost all family by family. After so many years of development, some places even have one village and one neighborhood constituting a single family."

Chen Wuji waved his hand: "I don't currently plan to attack Dingzhou; our true goal is Yushan Prefecture. I mean, is there any chance Dingzhou would surrender, or could they possibly lend us a passage?"

"I'm afraid... it's very difficult." Lu Ping'an said uncertainly.

"The current prefect of Dingzhou is Hu Bu Gui, who can be considered the oldest prefect in the Southern County Officialdom, having served over eight years. He has long been united with Dingzhou's upper and lower ranks, arguably winning the people's hearts."

"I can't easily judge his ambitions, but from our correspondence, this person likely also harbors thoughts of carving out autonomy. Your lordship's strength is truly the greatest in the Southern County; if Hu Bu Gui also has such ambition, he certainly won't assist, and the chance of him tripping us up is extremely high."

Chen Luozi furrowed his brows: "How could there be a prefect for eight years?"

"Unclear; perhaps the court forgot him, or maybe he has connections in the court and deliberately stayed on." Lu Ping'an said,

Upon hearing this, Chen Luozi became even more puzzled: "With your connections, you couldn't find out?"

"No." Lu Ping'an shook his head: "I also suspected back then; either his connections are deeply hidden with great power behind them, or he actually has no background and was simply forgotten by the court."

"Which do you lean toward?" Chen Wuji asked.

"The former!"

"Why?"

"There are rumors that he once worked in the Zhao Prince's mansion years ago, but it's uncertain if true. This happened twenty years ago; I sent people to investigate, but the results were ambiguous and inconclusive."

Chen Luozi looked suspiciously at Lu Ping'an: "If he had ties with the Zhao Prince's mansion, surely there would still be some connection now? How could it be just hearsay with no substantive evidence at all?"

"Because there were rumors early on that the Zhao Prince plotted rebellion, and indeed there still are such rumors these years. But this prince is too mysterious—he either stays behind closed doors painting or goes up the mountain to cultivate Dao, hardly ever contacting the outside world." Lu Ping'an said.

"The Zhao Prince's mansion has few servants; other princes' mansions often have hundreds or thousands of servants, but the Zhao Prince's mansion has fewer than twenty, making it difficult for outsiders to gather any news."