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Chapter 382 Tear Off Your Face

Jiang Ping banged on the table, and the eyes of both men fell on her again.

"Li Bao, have you seen Xiao Changche?"

Seeing the gleam in Jiang Ping's eyes, Li Dachui hesitated only slightly before nodding and saying, "I've met you! Once, during a major battle with the Yuan people, our Li Family Fortress was also conscripted and happened to be assigned to the General of the Cavalry. I'm pretty good at fighting, so the General assigned me to his personal guard to lead the attack."

"Did Xiao Changche really always lead from the front in every battle?"

“That’s absolutely true!” Li Dachui nodded and said, “The General of the Cavalry has the cultivation of the ninth rank of Xuan Yuan. Every time there is a great battle with the Yuan people, he is the spearhead that tears open the gaps.”

"Tsk tsk!" Jiang Ping smacked her lips and said, "Our Great Chu is lacking generals like this who dare to lead the charge, which is why we always lose out in battles against Qin."

Han Zheng disagreed: "A great general should focus on the overall situation. At most, Xiao Changche can only lead a few thousand men. If you give him an army of 100,000, I'm afraid he can't command it. Charging into battle is the duty of a general, while coordinating the overall situation is the duty of a commander. People outside the pass have praised Xiao Changche to the skies, but I don't really admire him."

"You know nothing!" Jiang Ping snorted. "Li Bao, is Xiao Changche really practicing the Heaven-Slaying Technique?"

"You know that too?" Li Dachui asked in surprise.

"A man like Xiao Changche is famous throughout the land, so naturally our Great Chu would inquire about him! This man has refined the Heaven-Slaying Technique to the ninth rank of the Profound Origin Realm, he's probably not far from going mad, what a pity!"

"What's there to regret? I think it's great!" Han Zheng leaned closer, grinning, and said, "Whether Xiao Changche has really gone mad or is dead, the loss of one of their key figures outside the pass is the best thing for our Great Chu, isn't it, Jiang Jiang? My father said that Linghu Ye and his ilk are not worth worrying about at all, and He Zudao is essentially a mad dog. What we really need to be wary of is the Li Dachui and Xiao Changche group in Beiting. If Xiao Changche has really gone mad, it will be entirely beneficial to us!"

"Everything is what your father said. Don't you have anything to say yourself?" Jiang Ping suddenly snapped, yelling at Han Zheng.

Han Zheng was so stunned by the shouting that he finally stammered, "That's exactly what I think too!"

Jiang Ping snorted and said, "How could someone like you understand the feeling of heroes appreciating heroes? Alas, heaven is jealous of talent! Li Bao, I heard that Xiao Changche has feminine features and is much prettier than the average woman, is that true?"

Li Dachui chuckled: "That's true. General Xiao is indeed very handsome, so he never smiles. He always has a stern face, and his eyes are full of murderous intent. None of us dare to look him in the eye!"

"Is that really true? I always thought it was just a rumor!" Jiang Ping said with longing. "I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to meet him? The young master is as gentle as jade, riding a white horse, carrying a long spear with blood dripping from its tip. Wherever the spear points, there's a mound of heads of the Northern Yuan barbarians. Oh my, just imagine that scene, doesn't it look amazing?"

Li Dachui and Han Zheng exchanged a glance. Han Zheng's eyes were filled with jealousy, while Li Dachui was quite shocked.

Li Dachui had actually seen the scene Jiang Ping described!
To be honest, I was quite shocked at the time.

He coughed lightly and said, "Things are different now. Now, the General of the Cavalry wears a demon mask every time he goes into battle, so there's no longer any gentle and refined gentleman, but rather a demon from the netherworld descending upon the world!"

Ugh!
Jiang Ping sighed deeply and shook her head, seemingly regretting that she would never see such a scene again.

"Li Bao, have you ever met Li Dachui? What kind of person is he?"

“I’ve never seen him before!” Li Dachui said with certainty. “That bandit was elusive. By the time he became famous, I had already stopped fighting in the army and was focusing on honing my martial arts. However, my family admires him immensely.”

"Is a bandit really that popular outside the Great Wall?"

"It's probably because he brought down the Northern Yuan!" Li Dachui laughed. "You Chu people don't have any feelings towards the Yuan people, but we people from beyond the Great Wall have a deep-seated hatred for them. To be honest, even the women from beyond the Great Wall keep a knife under their pillows when they sleep, ready to draw their swords and fight the Yuan people at any time. Now that the Northern Yuan has collapsed and is unable to move south, it's our armies from beyond the Great Wall that are constantly going out to cause trouble for them. The peace we've longed for for hundreds of years has finally arrived. How many people from beyond the Great Wall have died for this day, generation after generation? Now it's finally over. Our children will no longer have to live in fear. They can herd sheep and horses without fear of the Yuan people suddenly charging in, and they no longer have to lock themselves in high walls at night. They can go wherever they want freely. Don't you think the people from beyond the Great Wall are very grateful to this Li Dachui?"

Jiang Ping nodded: "I've heard that the area outside the Great Wall has indeed changed a lot. That Li Dachui has some ideas, and he's someone who can put them into practice. I've heard that he's not only good at fighting, but also at doing business and managing local areas. He's a master at making money. He's an all-rounder. No wonder the court regards the Li Dachui Xiao Changche Group outside the Great Wall as our future hypothetical enemy."

"The area outside the pass is far from the Great Chu!" Li Dachui looked at Jiang Ping and forced a smile.

He considered the Chu people a formidable enemy, but unexpectedly, the enemy did not neglect him because of his distance; they had long ago listed him as their primary target for defense. Even a leisurely person like Jiang Ping knew this clearly, which shows that this matter had already reached a consensus in Southern Chu.

This is not a good thing.

"Far? Not really!" Jiang Ping shook her head. "Sometimes, the ends of the earth seem near, and sometimes, near feels like the ends of the earth." Seeing the strange look in Li Dachui's eyes, she suddenly laughed, tossed her braid, and said playfully, "Who cares? Anyway, with someone taller to hold the fort, we shorties can enjoy ourselves. Hey, Li Bao, Grandpa said your beard is all glued on, and you've even disguised yourself."

"Huh?" Li Dachui was taken aback.

"You're so clever!" Jiang Ping laughed smugly. "Grandpa said that if you hadn't stuck on this beard, he really wouldn't have been able to tell you were disguised. He even said your disguise skills are very impressive. Show me your face!"

"What are you doing?" Upon hearing this, Li Dachui shrank back.

"Extend your hand over!" Jiang Ping stretched out her hand, leaving no room for argument.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Dachui had no choice but to stick his head out.

Jiang Ping grabbed the long, thick beard and yanked hard. Li Dachui screamed as his face was pulled so hard it almost fell over, but the beard remained firmly in place.

"Huh?" Jiang Ping was greatly surprised. "Wasn't it glued on?"

Sensing that his opponent was about to exert force again, Li Dachui immediately flicked his finger and gently snapped it on the nerve in his opponent's elbow. Jiang Ping cried out in pain and involuntarily let go of his hand.

“Jiang Jiang, it’s sticky, it really is sticky, but you can’t pull it off. You have to wash it with medicine!” Li Dachui raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: “It’s just some petty tricks of the Jianghu people.”

“Get rid of the beard, I don’t want to see a fake face every day!” Jiang Ping snorted.

"Okay, I'll wash it right away, I'll wash it right away!" Li Dachui said helplessly.

Seeing Li Dachui stand up, Han Zheng looked astonished: "Brother Li, is your face really fake?"

Li Dachui smiled awkwardly, walked to the side, took out a bottle of medicine, poured it into water, and then soaked his face with the water. After a while, the beard on his face fell off. Then he rubbed his face with both hands. When he turned around, a face that looked somewhat unfamiliar at first glance, but seemed to have been seen somewhere before, appeared in front of the two of them.

Han Zheng was surprised, but he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although the beard looked better than before, it was still ordinary and couldn't compare to his own.

"Is this for real this time?" Jiang Ping asked.

“It’s true!” Li Dachui nodded. “Absolutely genuine!”

Jiang Ping reached out again, but Li Dachui quickly dodged, saying, "Jiang Jiang, men and women shouldn't touch each other. Look, look!"

Li Dachui grabbed the flesh on his face with both hands and started tearing at it wildly.

Jiang Ping burst into laughter.

"Jiang Jiang, dinner's ready!" Jiang Shiyuan's voice rang out from outside.

Jiang Ping stood up with a grin and pointed at Li Dachui: "That's how it is, no more pretending!"

"Natural, natural!"

"Let's go eat together?" Jiang Ping warmly invited.

"I'll tidy up first, you guys go ahead!" Li Dachui pointed to the dark, fuzzy hair in the basin.

Jiang Ping smiled and went out first, with Han Zheng following eagerly behind. He went out the door, but then poked his head back in: "Brother Li, the blueprints, the blueprints!"

Li Dachui nodded vigorously.

(End of this chapter)