The Anti-Japanese War Begins with the Northeast Army

Chapter 238 Breaking the Deadlock
Cui Jinghui exchanged some polite greetings and welcomed them in.

Jiang Cheng looked around: This courtyard is not big but exquisite and unique, with a small vegetable garden on the left.

At the beginning of hot summer, the grapes on the old vines are lush and green, which looks particularly pleasing to the eye.

"Hey, Brother Chao Liu, this house is nice! Are the salaries at the General Staff Headquarters so high?"

They sat down at the tea table under the grape trellis. Xue Cheng looked around and smiled with squinting eyes.

What you said is meaningless. Isn't this just a way of saying that Jiang Chaoliu has money of unknown origin?

Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes inwardly, but shook his head and smiled: "What you said seems to make our brother Chao Liu confused..."

"He gets a military salary from the General Staff Headquarters and is also our Marshal's secretary. Besides, we are brothers from the same clan, so how can we not make some arrangements for him?"

He blinked his eyes and made up a lie in an instant: "My grandfather and Brother Chaoliu's grandfather are brothers... We are brothers from the same family."

Xuecheng curled his lips and didn't dwell on it - in fact, Zhang Hanqing knew everything about this matter:
Who is his father? How could he not check clearly if he had someone so close to him?
Jiang Dengxuan's ancestral home is in Zhili, but his father Jiang Lanxuan is from Shanxi. He belongs to a declining scholarly family and is one of the earliest descendants of those who went to Guandong.

The two families are not even remotely related, but he's trying to claim they're related.

He was not exposed on the spot. This kind of personal connections were not uncommon within the Fengtian Army. Even his father would support some young talents to settle down in Fengtian.

It was already past noon while we were chatting. Jiang Dengxuan, who had returned home for lunch, was stunned for a few seconds when he saw so many people at his house. Then he immediately put on a smile and said, "Oh, what's going on today? Everyone is here at once!"

"You really bring honor to my humble home, hahaha... Come on, please, please, please, have a seat, let's drink and chat happily today!"

As he was about to give money to Xiaowen to buy the food, Jiang Cheng on the side said with a smile: "It is unreasonable for us to barge in here today, so how can we ask the host to provide meals?"

As he said that, he asked Hai Pingchuan to call the waiter. Jiang Dengxuan hurriedly said, "I have two jugs of good wine in my room... Hui'er, go and get some for everyone to taste!"

Hearing the word "good wine", they all narrowed their eyes and laughed happily.

Originally I thought it was inappropriate for them to drink since it was still Cui Yinggui's mourning period, but since Jiang Dengxuan had mentioned it, it was better for the guests to follow the host's wishes.

Just after noon, the wine and delicacies were served, and the solemn atmosphere gradually turned to calm, and then to relaxed.

The men first talked about Cui Yinggui's matter. When Jiang Cheng heard that it was the Hai family who came forward again, he was stunned for a moment, then he thought that it must be Hui Xin who helped him deal with it, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Haha, you see, I just asked Hui Xin for help."

"I didn't expect this girl to take it seriously..."

Unexpectedly, Xuecheng was full of witty remarks: "If you ask me, you'd better marry Miss Hai as your wife! I think she is so virtuous and capable, it would be no difference for her to be your principal wife!"

Everyone was stunned: My goodness, we all knew that you have always had evil intentions towards Hai Huixin, why are you suddenly pushing it onto your brother now?

Then everyone, including Jiang Dengxuan and his wife, turned their eyes to Jiang Cheng, making him feel embarrassed: "Brother Xuecheng, you are just trying to embarrass me, right?"

"Xiaojuan and I have always been very loving, and she just gave birth to my baby, Chengye, and the baby is still a month old..."

"If she hears what you said, it will be a disaster!"

As if seeing Jiang Cheng's face getting red, Feng Yong pretended to laugh at him: "Oh, I never realized that our Fei Lan is still a henpecked man, hahaha!" Jiang Dengxuan heard that he was trying to change the subject, so he took over the conversation and replied with a smile: "When I went south, I heard from the men in Sichuan that being henpecked has an elegant name, called 'henpecked'..."

"I wonder if our Fei Lan is the so-called henpecked man, haha."

Knowing that he was joking, Jiang Cheng pretended to be angry and said, "Hey! Brother Chao Liu, why are you teasing me with your words?"

When their eyes met, Jiang Cheng suddenly found that Brother Chao Liu's eyes were flickering, as if hinting that he had something to say.

Just as he understood what he meant, Jiang Dengxuan suddenly stood up and said, "Today's dishes are more or less meaty. My dear guests, please drink and wait for a while. Chao Liu will prepare some vegetarian dishes right away!"

As he spoke, Jiang Cheng stood up. He rolled his eyes and also stood up and said, "Hey, what are you saying? It's hurting the host family. Come on, come on, let's go and help."

After saying that, he turned around and trotted after him. Unexpectedly, just as he passed the grape trellis, Jiang Dengxuan began to speak in a low voice: "Feilan, you came to see me today, not just because of my father-in-law, right?"

Unexpectedly, this person was so straightforward, which made Jiang Cheng a little embarrassed: "I am... what do you want me to say!"

Jiang Dengxuan shook his head and smiled, then he pulled him into the small kitchen and began picking vegetables and lighting a fire, while he said softly, "You want to know what happened in Zhengjiatun this time, right?"

Jiang Cheng silently raised his eyelids to look at him, and smiled bitterly: "It's true that I can't hide anything from Brother Chao Liu! To be honest, I'm working on this matter."

"But there is no news from top to bottom... Something bad almost happened during the last study tour in Jinzhou, so I thought about making preparations in advance."

Jiang Dengxuan paused while pumping the bellows with his right hand: "Do you think that Guo Maochen is preparing to cause trouble again?"

Not knowing why he suddenly said that, Jiang Cheng frowned and said, "Then... is it not?"

"Hiss - isn't this what Chief Canon Yang meant?"

Seeing his expression, Jiang Cheng suddenly understood, "I understand! This should be Yang Yuting's plan. He wants these two hundred or so cadets to go to Zhengjiatun to stir things up..."

"He's trying to fish in troubled waters, isn't he?"

Jiang Dengxuan looked up at him and laughed out loud: "What you said, are you calling our Chief of Staff a villain?"

"To put it bluntly, this is what Mr. Shuai meant in the end."

He stood up and began to pick at the green vegetable. "Right now, Jilin, and even the border areas of Siping, feel a bit cold..."

"Master Shuai was also thinking of letting you trainees go and explore."

Jiang Cheng now understood everything.

To put it bluntly, these people are the ones who create the "catfish effect".

Obviously, it was because Guo Maochen had previously acted as the "catfish" that stirred up the situation in Jinzhou.

Therefore, Marshal Zhang now wants to break the deadlock on the border and even in Jilin Province, so he plans to send him out again?
(End of this chapter)