Quick Transmigration: Cannon Fodder's Daily Rise to Power and Face-Slapping

Chapter 199 Slapping the Face of the Treacherous General 7

When Wenren Mo received the letter, there were still three days until September 17th.

After reading the letter, he burned it over the candle flame, and then got up to find the commander.

Commander Zhao Jian'an was sitting at his desk reviewing documents when he saw Wenren Mo enter. He stood up and went over to him, asking, "Why are you here with Uncle Zhao in the middle of the night?"

"Uncle Zhao, I'd like to be assigned to patrol the eastern woods in the next few days," Wenren Mo stated his purpose directly.

"Oh? This morning Liu Wen also asked me to patrol the woods to the east. Why do you two both want to go to the woods to the east? Is there some kind of treasure there?" Zhao Jian'an asked curiously.

"Who else has applied to go to the woods to the east?" Wenren Mo asked in a low voice.

Zhao Jian'an lowered his head and thought for a moment. "No one else suggested going to the woods in the east, but it was Li Ming's turn to lead a patrol of the woods in the east these past few days."

"Uncle Zhao, if I told you that the Phoenix Feather Kingdom would attack us from the eastern woods in three days, would you believe me?" Wenren Mo asked.

"What?" Zhao Jian'an's eyes widened in surprise. "Are you telling the truth? Where did you get this information?"

"I'm telling the truth, but I can't tell you where I got the information right now. Uncle Zhao, this time we might be able to catch the traitor who framed my father. Please help me!" Wenren Mo said excitedly.

“Alright! I will definitely help you! General Feng has been kind to me, and I have always believed that he would not betray the country. If I can help him clear his name, I will do my duty without hesitation!” Zhao Jian’an said firmly.

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao! Then let's do it this way..." Wenren Mo and Zhao Jian'an made detailed plans for the next few days, waiting to catch the traitor on the 17th.

On the morning of the 17th, Wenren Mo led his soldiers towards the woods to the east. He specifically instructed his soldiers to sharpen their swords the day before in case of a surprise attack by the enemy.

Before even entering the woods, Wenren Mo encountered Li Ming and Liu Wen, who were also patrolling the eastern woods, each accompanied by a group of soldiers.

Before Wenren Mo could speak, Liu Wen shouted, "Wenren Mo, what are you doing here? I have already applied to the commander to patrol the woods to the east. This is none of your business. Go back now."

Wenren Mo looked at Liu Wen coldly, "I also applied to the commander to patrol the woods to the east."

Liu Wen looked at Wenren Mo inquisitively, "You're patrolling the woods to the east too?"

"What? You can't?" A hint of murderous intent flashed in Wenren Mo's eyes.

Liu Wen chuckled awkwardly, "Everyone knows you're Commander Zhao's most favored man. If you want to patrol the eastern woods, of course you can." With that, he turned and led the soldiers behind him into the woods, not wanting to get entangled with Wenren Mo.

Wenren Mo looked at Li Ming, who was deep in thought, and asked, "Commander Li, aren't you going to the woods to the east?"

Li Ming glanced at Liu Wen and his soldiers who had already entered the woods. "You and Liu Wen will both lead the soldiers to patrol the eastern woods. The eastern woods are only so big. Although it is the easiest place to hide the enemy, there is no need for three commanders to lead soldiers on patrol, is there?"

"So what do you want?" Wenren Mo asked.

"I naturally won't go in. It's shameful to waste troops. I'll just patrol the woods to the west." Li Ming smiled, turned around, and led his soldiers in the opposite direction.

Wenren Mo looked at Li Ming, who turned around without hesitation, with a questioning look in his eyes. He didn't know if Li Ming was using a retreat as a tactic to advance, or if he was never Du Rong's confidant to begin with.

However, compared to Li Ming, Liu Wen was indeed more suspicious. After thinking it over, Wenren Mo waved his hand and led the soldiers behind him into the woods.

As soon as the group entered the woods, they heard shouts of battle coming from deep within the forest.

Wenren Mo's eyes narrowed, and he quickly led his soldiers toward the direction from which the sound came.

Upon reaching the depths of the forest, Wenren Mo saw soldiers from Fengyu Kingdom and Liu Wen's troops locked in a fierce battle.

Wenren Mo could see that Liu Wen was feigning resistance, and then he kept retreating, ordering his soldiers to follow him as he retreated.

It seemed that the soldiers of Fengyu Kingdom were attacking very fiercely, but Wenren Mo knew very well that Liu Wen had deliberately lost to Fengyu Kingdom.

This time he was absolutely certain that Liu Wen was Du Rong's confidant, but he was probably not the one who received the letter; he was likely that person's subordinate.

Wenren Mo ordered his soldiers to join the battle, while he charged toward Liu Wen, pretending to save him and then subtly stabbing him in the back with his sword.

Liu Wen was injured and fell to the ground. Then Wenren Mo gave a look to a soldier behind him, and the soldier took advantage of the chaos of battle to take Liu Wen away from the battlefield.

Perhaps because Du Rong had already made arrangements with the Phoenix Feather Kingdom, the people of the Phoenix Feather Kingdom believed that they would win without a fight, hence their small numbers.

Not long after, Wenren Mo led his soldiers to capture all the soldiers of Fengyu Kingdom.

Wenren Mo ordered his soldiers to clean up the battlefield and bring back the surviving prisoners, while he ran into the depths of the woods.

In a mountain hollow, Wenren Mo met the injured Liu Wen and the soldier from before.

Upon seeing him, Liu Wen exclaimed with delight, "Quickly take me back to the camp! I'm injured!"

Wenren Mo walked up to Liu Wen and placed his sword against Liu Wen's neck. "Speak! Who ordered you to come to the eastern woods today?"

Liu Wen, cold sweat pouring down his face as he looked at the sword against his neck, roared in terror, "Wenren Mo! What are you doing? Do you know that if General Feng finds out what you've done to me, you'll be in big trouble!"

"General Feng? Feng Shi'an? So, he's the one who ordered you to come to the woods to the east today?" Wenren Mohe looked at Liu Wen with a probing gaze.

"I don't know what you're talking about. If you know what's good for you, let me go!" Liu Wen shouted.

Wenren Mo pressed the sword deeper into the ground. "Tell me if it's him, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Liu Wen felt a sharp pain in his neck and cried out, "It was him! He told me to come to the woods to the east today, saying that I should pretend to be defeated by the Phoenix Feather Kingdom's army, and that he would reward me handsomely afterwards!"

Bright red blood splattered all over the ground. After he finished speaking, Wenren Mo used his sword to cut off Liu Wen's head.

Wenren Mo flicked his sword lightly, shaking off the bloodstains, then sheathed it and said coldly, "Take care of this place!"

Upon hearing this, the soldier beside him knelt down on one knee. "Yes, sir!"

After returning to the military camp, Wenren Mo locked himself in his room. He sat in the shadows, silently polishing the sword that Leng Yuexing had given him.

Feng Shi'an was once a sworn brother of his father, Feng Mo.

After arriving at the border garrison, the first person he thought of was him, and the first person he wanted to contact was him.

However, after careful consideration, he gave up. Perhaps it was because Feng Shi'an had never contacted him or taken care of him since his father was framed and killed, which made him unable to trust him.

Therefore, he first sought out other people he considered trustworthy.

However, he never imagined that Feng Shi'an would betray his father and be one of the culprits who caused his father's death.

However, now that I think about what happened before his father was killed, his father had clearly ordered the soldiers to defend the city gates to the death, so why did he open the city gates in the middle of the night and let the Phoenix Feather Kingdom's army drive straight in?

The soldiers guarding the city gate said they had received a letter from his father ordering them to open the gate at midnight, but his father had never written such a letter.

In retrospect, that handwritten document was forged by his friend Feng Shi'an, who was familiar with his handwriting!

Feng! Shi! An!

Wenrenmo murmured Feng Shi'an's name, his voice filled with hatred.

After polishing his sword until it gleamed, Wenren Mo put it back into its sheath and then wrote a letter to Leng Yuexing.

In the letter, he told Leng Yuexing the information he had found. Thinking that the Mid-Autumn Festival was just a few days away, he put the Mid-Autumn Festival gift he had prepared in advance and the letter together and had someone send them to the capital by fast horse.

When Leng Yuexing received the letter, she was preparing a gift for her father, the emperor, to present at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

After reading the letter Wenren Mo wrote to him, Leng Yuexing picked up her pen and wrote another letter back to Wenren Mo.

He told Wenren Mo to find the letters between Feng Shi'an and Du Rong as soon as possible, and to find evidence of their treason, so that he could eliminate Du Rong in one fell swoop.

Afterwards, looking at the lanterns that Wenren Mo had made by hand, he picked up his pen and wrote:

Wishing you well this Mid-Autumn Festival. The lanterns are beautiful, I love them dearly. As the weather grows cooler, I've found a warm piece of jade; I hope you'll like it too.