mtl008 Chapter 44 Savior of Xia Kingdom
Chapter 44 Savior of Xia Kingdom
"Donghuang..."
Xia Peng vaguely remembered the commander mentioning these two words once, his face full of solemnity, instructing him to treat them with utmost care if he ever heard them again.
These words actually came out of the mouth of the Xiao family's abandoned son.
"Xia Peng, what does Donghuang mean?" The Xia family patriarch asked quickly when he saw him lost in thought.
Xia Peng didn't answer, but instead took out his phone and dialed with a stiff face.
He made a private phone call to Lu Qingshan, the commander of the provincial garrison.
As a young military officer highly regarded by Lu Qingshan, he could be contacted at any time.
After ringing a few times, the call was answered.
"Xia Peng, what's up with calling my personal number?" a deep voice came through.
"Commander Lu..." Xia Peng called out, then hesitated before asking, "I want to ask you, what exactly is the code name 'Eastern Emperor'?"
"What did you say? Donghuang?" Lu Qingshan was immediately startled, his voice rising.
As the highest-ranking commander of the provincial garrison, he was always composed and dignified, and had never lost his composure like this before.
After a while.
"Xia Peng, what happened? Why do you suddenly ask this?" Lu Qingshan asked after calming down.
“A young man said he would give you some face and asked me to contact you to ask about… the code name Donghuang,” Xia Peng replied.
Upon hearing this, Lu Qingshan in the military camp froze, his expression turning grim.
"Xia Peng...you didn't...problem with that young man, did you?" he asked in a somewhat panicked manner.
"Commander Lu, that man cut off four of my adjutant's fingers, destroyed weapons, and resisted arrest, so I ordered him to be shot dead. But he had powerful protectors, and the men I brought were all seriously injured," Xia Peng said coldly, still seething with anger.
"Boom!"
Lu Qingshan dropped the phone to the ground, and large beads of cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
At that moment, he felt dizzy and his head was about to explode.
"Commander Lu... what's wrong?" Xia Peng's voice came from the ground.
"Xia Peng, are you out of your mind!" Lu Qingshan picked up his phone and shouted angrily.
"You usually act erratically, and I have warned you repeatedly to restrain yourself. If it weren't for valuing your talent, you would have been punished countless times already! I never thought... that you would dare to make such a big mistake this time!" Lu Qingshan was so angry that his face turned ashen, and he launched into a tirade of abuse.
Xia Peng was completely stunned by the scolding.
The commander had never been so angry with him before.
He hasn't said what his code name, Donghuang, is yet.
"Right now, apologize to that person immediately!" Lu Qingshan roared into the phone.
Xia Peng found it unbelievable.
Should he apologize to the abandoned son of the Xiao family?
Why?
Just because he uttered the words "Donghuang"?
“Commander, I…” Xia Peng was unwilling to comply.
"That's an order!" Lu Qingshan shouted, silencing him instantly, his face turning ugly.
Xia Peng turned and stared at Xiao Chen, his face full of resentment.
He dared not disobey the commander's orders.
So he turned around in humiliation, facing Xiao Chen, and struggled to prepare to apologize.
"Get lost." Xiao Chen was too lazy to accept it and waved his hand dismissively at him.
"You dare to tell a chief of staff of the provincial garrison to get lost? You're courting death!" The Xia family members, who couldn't hear Xia Peng and Lu Qingshan's conversation, immediately became furious and rebuked Xiao Chen.
"Xia Peng, can you tolerate this? Use your power immediately and make him regret it!" the Xia family patriarch urged.
"Commander, he actually dared to tell me... to get out!" Xia Peng said angrily into the phone, his face contorted with rage.
"You want me to get lost? Good, good, great! Quick, get far away from here!" Lu Qingshan was overjoyed and said hurriedly.
Xia Peng's expression froze, and he couldn't speak.
The Xiao family's abandoned son told him to get lost—what a huge insult!
He was, after all, the chief of staff of the provincial garrison, a position of considerable importance.
But the commander seemed relieved, his tone filled with relief.
He was extremely resentful and angry, and did not want to endure it.
"Return to headquarters immediately!" Lu Qingshan ordered.
"Yes..." No matter how unwilling Xia Peng was, he could only obey the order and walked directly out the door.
This left the Xia family stunned.
When did Xia Peng become someone who swallows his anger?
"Xia Peng, how can you tolerate this?" The Xia family couldn't understand.
"The commander summoned me back to the military headquarters, and I dare not disobey!" Xia Peng said resentfully, and quickly walked out, leaving everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
Is this farce really over?
After leaving the Xia family home, Xia Peng got into the military vehicle. He couldn't understand it at all, so he punched the inner side of the vehicle hard, creating a dent.
At that moment, the car's display screen flashed, and Lu Qingshan's figure appeared.
"Commander!" Xia Peng quickly saluted.
"Xia Peng, you're not convinced?" Lu Qingshan frowned as he noticed Xia Peng's expression.
"Commander, how can I submit?" Xia Peng said coldly. "He's just a discarded son of the Xiao family. How dare he tell me to get lost!"
"Shut up!" Lu Qingshan shouted sharply.
"Xia Peng, you are truly ignorant of your own limitations! You are lucky to have survived! If it weren't for that word 'get lost,' you would already be a corpse! You would have been hastily buried and wouldn't even be worthy of wearing a flag!"
Xia Peng's eyes widened in surprise.
"Could it be... that abandoned son of the Xiao family has a very powerful background?" He couldn't quite believe it.
"That can't be described with just the word 'big'," Lu Qingshan sighed.
"The codename 'Eastern Emperor' is a top secret and a taboo for the Xia Kingdom's military! There is some kind of being that can transcend the law!"
"Three years ago... seven nations invaded, and the border was in grave danger. If the border were breached, the entire Xia Kingdom would be overthrown! Someone turned the tide and created a miracle, rescuing the troops from headquarters and devising ingenious strategies and tactics, thus dismantling the alliance of the seven nations..."
"That one man was like a god. He led only ten men and entered the midst of a vast army as if it were empty, beheading the marshals of seven nations and throwing the allied forces into chaos, which allowed our army to turn defeat into victory!"
Upon hearing Lu Qingshan's account, Xia Peng was dumbfounded, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
For those in the military, the war god in the defense battle three years ago was a true myth, a savior who single-handedly saved the Xia Kingdom!
So that was the Eastern Emperor...
Xia Peng suddenly experienced a heart attack and his breathing became labored.
Could that Xiao Chen be the Eastern Emperor?
How...how is this possible?
He was just a piece of trash discarded by the Xiao family, a lowly humiliation and cold-faced figure...
Xia Peng didn't believe it at all.
He wanted to verify, but Lu Qingshan shook his head, saying that such a top secret could not be revealed.
"Now, you should be grateful that you were spared from death."
Xia Peng looked dazed.
He knew perfectly well that it wasn't because of Lu Qingshan's influence, but most likely because of Xia Liuli's influence; otherwise, the entire Xia family would be finished.
And they actually supported Xiao Yichen, regarding him as the son of a true dragon.
“A jinx…” Xia Peng couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
Such a shocking and outrageous event, a harbinger of disaster?
What utter nonsense!
"Xia Peng, I am now stripping you of your rank and demoting you to private first class. You must start from scratch and never contact the Xia family again, nor interfere in any of the Xia family's affairs!" Lu Qingshan said solemnly.
Xia Peng's expression was complicated.
"Xia Peng, as you command!"
He glanced at the Xia family's old house, rolled up the car window, and sped away.
He desperately wanted to tell the Xia family the truth so that they would see the error of their ways and turn to the light, but he couldn't.
"The Xia family, may they have good fortune..."