Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1013 The Cook Takes the Blame

Yan Xiaoding pointed to the courtyard on the left.

"Over there, probably making a fire."

Yan Xiaowu sneered: "Why, is he okay?"

"What could possibly happen to him?"

Yan Xiaoding looked at Yan Xiaowu strangely.

Yan Xiaowu turned his head and glanced at everyone in the room, then sighed softly.

"Everyone, who came up with the idea of ​​robbing the salt trucks and stealing the pirates' salt?"

Yan Xiaobing was stunned.

Yan Xiaoding's eyes suddenly widened and he glared at Yan Xiaowu fiercely.

"Speak clearly."

Yan Xiaoyi also glared at Xiao Ding.

"Be patient and listen to Xiao Wu's analysis."

Yan Xiaoding snorted coldly and shut up.

There were only four Yan brothers and Yan Xiaoyi's two personal bodyguards in the room.

Yan Xiaowu lowered his voice and said, "Sister Xiaoding, have you asked about the background of this cook you brought back?"

Yan Xiaoding turned to look at Yan Xiaobing. When they met Lin Feng, there were only two of them, as well as Ji Xueliang and another member.

"Xiao Bing, do you think there's something wrong with Master Shu?"

Yan Xiaobing narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and shook his head.

"It should be no problem. I was originally going to Changzhi Prefecture to look for Duan Yiwei, but I encountered a storm and my boat capsized at sea, and I ended up here."

Yan Xiaowu chuckled, "But he happened to end up at the gathering point of the Seven Heroes of the Yan Clan."

Yan Xiaoding also sneered: "If the pirates knew our rendezvous point, would they still need to send spies?"

Yan Xiaobing nodded: "Yes, they can easily set up an ambush with heavy troops and wait for us to fall into the trap."

Yan Xiaowu shook his head: "They wanted to gather us together and kill us in one battle, so they came up with the idea of ​​stealing the salt and tricking us."

Yan Xiaoding was so angry that he laughed.

"Haha, you have a brain... who abandoned Master Shu and acted on his own?"

Yan Xiaoyi said in a deep voice: "You mean I did something wrong?"

"I don't know if you did anything wrong, but Master Shu shouldn't be blamed for the failure of this operation, right?"

Yan Xiaoding was not afraid of Yan Xiaoyi's fierce look at all.

Yan Xiaowu stepped between the two of them and waved his hand to ask them to calm down.

"We have to look at it this way. Robbing the pirates' salt carts is a big deal. Everyone knows the importance of salt, and the pirates certainly know it too. So, isn't such an important material very tempting for the Seven Heroes of the Yan Clan?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Once someone proposes this idea and simultaneously lays out a seemingly simple but actually difficult-to-achieve goal, and covers it up with it, the pit is deep enough for us to willingly step into it."

Yan Xiaoding waved his arms.

"Oh my, you've got me so confused. Why are you beating around the bush? Just say it's Master Shu's fault. Wouldn't it be better to be straightforward?"

Yan Xiaowu spread his hands and said, "I'm analyzing it for you, so that everyone can see the truth."

Yan Xiaoding sneered, "The truth is bullshit. Master Shu asked us to complete the investigation details, but we just stared at those trucks of salt and did nothing. Are the pirates stupid enough to let you rob them openly?"

"Sister Xiao Ding, can you please be reasonable?"

"Bah, am I being unreasonable?"

"He asked us to investigate the details, and this mission was an impossible goal."

"How can it be impossible to complete? Did the people you sent check it out?"

"I went there, and he asked for a tree, a pit, a slope, a stone... What's the connection? How can I check it?"

Yan Xiaoding took a breath, a sarcastic look on his face.

"You said this mission can't be completed?"

"Yeah, this is something that no one can investigate clearly."

Yan Xiaowu replied, shaking his head.

"now it's right."

"What is right?"

"Of course, if you think it's impossible to complete, why bother grabbing the salt?"

"Of course we have to grab the salt, but the preliminary investigation he proposed is simply impossible to complete."

Yan Xiaoding ignored his argument and turned to look at Yan Xiaoyi.

The people in the room were not stupid, so of course they could hear the argument between the two and know who was the loser.

Yan Xiaoyi said coldly, "The reason I decided to grab the salt is because we are in urgent need of this material. It's all for everyone's benefit."

"Brother Xiaoyi did the right thing in this operation, but why is Master Shu blamed for the failure of the salt robbery?"

Yan Xiaoding looked at Yan Xiaoyi with a questioning expression on his face.

The room fell silent and no one spoke.

After a while, Yan Xiaoyi finally spoke.

"This is a serious matter. I think we should report it to the boss for a decision. There's no need for you and me to argue about it."

In the house next door, flames were flickering under the earthen stove in the kitchen.

Lin Feng had already lit the firewood and was ready to cook some porridge.

They hadn't eaten or drunk anything since that evening and were starving.

Looking at the boiling water and rice in the broken iron pot, Lin Feng showed a faint smile on his face.

Because the quarrel in the house next door, although it was twenty or thirty steps away and there were several walls in between, still reached his ears without missing a word.

His porridge was not yet cooked when the last group of members of the Seven Heroes of the Yan Clan returned.

Yan Xiaoji and Yan Xiaogeng led the team. Both of them were seriously injured and bleeding, which was shocking to watch.

Out of more than one hundred members, only forty-three returned. Many were lost along the way, and some were killed on the spot. The loss was more than half.

This situation made Yan Xiaoyi's face even gloomier. His decision had obviously brought huge losses to the team of the Seven Heroes of the Yan Family. He could not afford such heavy losses.

Yan Xiaowu followed behind him with the same grim expression.

Both of them were wondering how to divide the responsibility for this accident.

A team of more than 300 people was reduced by more than half in one battle.

Among the 150 or so people in the town right now, more than 30 are injured.

This is also the most serious loss suffered by the Seven Heroes of the Yan Clan in many years.

Yan Xiaoyi took Yan Xiaowu to a house and saw two seriously injured members lying on the earthen kang in the dilapidated house.

Seeing that the two men were exhaling more than breathing in, the doctor was helpless.

Yan Xiaoyi turned and walked into the yard, looking up at the gray sky.

"Get away from Xiao Ding. We need to find out the origins of this cook. We must not let me find any clues."

Yan Xiaowu listened to Yan Xiaoyi's words and knew that he had made a decision, so he nodded.

"Brother Xiaoyi, I will take care of this matter and I will definitely satisfy you."

Yan Xiaoyi had a fierce look on his face.

"Take them with you to prevent others from causing trouble."

He was referring to the two personal guards following behind him.

Yan Xiaowu nodded to the two guards and motioned them to follow him.

Both of these guards were strong and sturdy, young and strong, and had great martial arts skills.

The two have been following Yan Xiaoyi, and their loyalty surpasses that of other members of the Yan Clan's Seven Heroes.

The three of them walked together towards the house where Lin Feng was staying.

Yan Xiaoyi had already called Yan Xiaoding to another place in advance to have a good talk with her about this matter.

Yan Xiaoding didn't suspect anything and was squatting in front of the stove, watching Lin Feng cook porridge.

When she heard Yan Xiaoyi calling her, she got up and ran out.