Can't a girl be a traitor like Cao Cao?

At this point, Ding Xia still didn't understand what was happening.

A shrewish, heavily made-up, and beautiful madam slapped him twice.

Ding Xia was suddenly awakened.

The woman spat in her face again and cursed, "You dog! You dare to freeload off me! You look all grown up, but you're such a coward!"

To be honest, Ding Xia, who was originally the main character, actually looks quite presentable at this point.

He was wearing a fine long robe made by Chi Junlin, and the white jade pendant hanging from his waist was also given to him by Chi Junlin.

He looks quite respectable, like a young master from some powerful family.

But his sleazy expression and cowardly eyes immediately exposed his true nature.

Upon seeing the beautiful female manager in front of him, Ding Xia immediately flattered her with a smile, "Good sister, if you have something to say, why start a fight at the drop of a hat? Do I look like someone who would eat for free?"

The manager snorted and said, "Well, you ordered ten girls from our Mandarin Duck Pavilion last night, all of them top courtesans."

A girl costs twenty taels of silver to entertain guests for one night. Ten girls would cost two hundred taels. Give me the money! If you don't have it, I'll break your legs!

Upon hearing this, Ding Xia immediately protested, "I didn't even touch those girls last night, at most I just kissed and touched them. Why do you want so much money?"

The female manager chuckled and said, "Where did this country bumpkin come from? You want to spend the night with the top courtesan in the shop, and you don't see any other customers all night, and you don't even want twenty taels per person?"

Upon hearing this, Ding Xia nodded repeatedly, smiling obsequiously, and said, "It's right, it's right."

But while saying that, he complained in his heart.

Damn it, I've been detained in this godforsaken place for so long. By now, Chi Junlin should have received the news by now, right?

Why haven't they sent anyone to find me by now?

Don't his personal guards know where he is?

What a bunch of rubbish!

But then I thought about it again. With 100,000 troops entering the city, the situation inside was chaotic, so it was normal for them not to know where they were.

But when she comes to rescue me, I have to give her a good scolding to teach her a lesson.

That stupid woman! How can she lead troops like that?!

Thinking this through, Ding Xia was certain that the people in this shabby brothel wouldn't dare to do anything to him.

When the army arrives, let alone pay him, the other side will probably give him two hundred taels of silver to settle the matter!

Ding Xia quickly gained confidence and sneered at the female manager, "You may not know my identity. If you want money, go to the Northern Army camp and mention Ding Xia's name..."

"Pah!" The female steward spat again, cursing, "You worthless filthy maggot! You bragged all night that you were a guest of honor of that so-called Prince of Zhenbei. I already sent someone to ask, and they don't even recognize you! Still trying to fool me!"

Upon hearing what the other person said, Ding Xia clearly showed a look of shock.

He blurted out instinctively, "Impossible! Their commander-in-chief listens to me the most! She does whatever I tell her to do. How could she not recognize me..."

The female manager sneered, muttered "noisy thing," and waved her hand, preparing to have the burly man in black beside her break one of his legs before he could speak.

Just as the two grabbed Ding Xia's leg, preparing to strike.

Ding Xia quickly raised his hand and said, "Wait! Wait! I can pay the bill, I have something to offset it!"

"Wait." The female manager waved her hand, indicating that they should not take action yet.

Then he said to Ding Xia, "If you dare to lie to me again..."

"This! The jade pendant! My jade pendant!" Ding Xia hurriedly took the jade pendant from his waist and said to the female steward, "This is what that woman bought from a famous family at a high price. She said it was a token of love."

I reckon it's worth a lot of money, at least five hundred... no! Eight hundred taels of silver! If I pawn it, I'll definitely be able to pay off my debts!"

The female steward took the jade pendant with some skepticism, examined it, and could indeed see that the white jade was translucent and the carving was exquisite, with the four characters "永结同心" (meaning "forever united in heart") engraved on it.

As someone who managed a brothel, the female manager was quite knowledgeable and knew that if the item was genuine, it would indeed be worth a lot of money.

He then said to the servant beside him, "Take this jade to the pawnshop and let Manager Hu take a look to see if it's really worth that much silver."

Then she said viciously to Ding Xia, "If this jade pendant isn't worth that much money, I'll castrate you and make you, you rotten pimp, sell yourself at the Yuanyang Tower to pay off your debts for the rest of your life!"

Ding Xia smiled and repeatedly assured the female manager.

But he couldn't help but harbor resentment towards Chi Junlin.

It's all that stupid woman's fault, and those useless soldiers under her command.

If she had found me at the brothel in time, I wouldn't have lost face so badly in this godforsaken place.

Just wait, Red King.

Wait till I get back to the main camp, and see if I give you the slightest bit of a hard time!

Chapter 4 The Unbelievable Shrimp-Headed Man

It was nearly dark when Chi Junlin left the Princess's residence.

Before I knew it, I had spent a whole day playing with the princess. Time really flies.

However, the Red Emperor's attention remained focused on the situation in the capital.

Upon arriving near the cavalry guard stationed near the palace gate, Chizagu quickly came to report the situation to her.

Sixty thousand of the 100,000 troops have now entered the city and are stationed on the four walls of the imperial city.

The remaining 40,000 troops were stationed in the southern camp, occupying advantageous terrain.

It turns out that the thousands of garrison troops near the imperial city have all been incorporated into the army and scattered, and then incorporated into various units.

The important grain and military supply camps and transportation routes around the imperial city have also been captured by the Zhenbei Army.

As expected, the entire Great Zheng Dynasty has fallen completely into the hands of Chi Junlin.

As long as Chi Junlin gives the order, the elite cavalry can immediately launch a strong attack on the inner palace, capture Jiang Hao, and use the emperor to command the feudal lords.

The entire palace complex was rebuilt based on the palace of the previous dynasty.

The palace was built with the inclination to defend the inner palace in case of war and the breaching of the outer walls. There are four palace gates in total, located to the east, west, south, and north. Once the high walls are locked, they can only be opened from the inside.

Unless prepared for an attack on a fortified city and fortress, and nearby residential houses are dismantled and used as siege weapons, it will not be possible to take it down in a short time.

Considering the significant political impact of destroying civilian homes and storming the palace on the Great Zheng Dynasty, and to avoid instigating rebellions across the country, the Red Emperor only declared martial law within the city.

Then, under the pretext of guarding the imperial palace and the capital, they tightened their guard over all the palace gates in the inner garden, preventing anyone from taking the opportunity to escape.

Inside the inner garden were Jiang Hao's personal guards, as well as thousands of eunuchs and palace maids.

The amount of food consumed daily is by no means small.

Even if Chi Junlin does nothing but lock him up for ten days or half a month, the people inside will naturally not be able to stand it. At that time, someone will probably take the initiative to tie up Jiang Hao and come out to surrender.

Therefore, Chi Junlin was not in a hurry at all.

Furthermore, Chizagu had already shot a letter of surrender into the inner garden when the army arrived.

Although there has been no reply yet, in the current situation, no reply is itself a reply.

This shows that there is unrest in the inner palace, and the guards, maids and eunuchs are not of one mind. Someone hid the letter of persuasion to surrender so that Jiang Hao would not see it.

After all, no one wants to die alongside a dying emperor who is clearly about to lose power.

After listening to Zagu's report, Chi Junlin smiled and said, "If there is no response, guard the palace gates tightly and arrange for people to patrol below the palace walls to ensure that no one can escape from the palace."

In addition, a letter of persuasion to surrender was sent every hour, each time with slightly reduced benefits for surrender. Eventually, someone would succumb and lead the remaining people to open the palace gates.

Chizagu immediately accepted the order and assured that with him there, not even a fly would be able to escape from the inner garden.

Seeing that everything was arranged, Chi Junlin decided to leave and return to the Princess's residence to continue playing with the Princess.

But unexpectedly, just as she was about to leave...

A commotion arose from the nearby street.

Both Chi Junlin and Zagu looked in the direction from which the commotion was coming.

But then they saw a slovenly-looking young man pushing and shoving several guards.

Chi Junlin's memories gradually became clearer, and he remembered that the rascal-like guy was none other than Ding Xia, the original protagonist of this world.

It is worth noting that although the cloud of fortune above Ding Xia's head was not particularly magnificent at this time, it displayed a very special and dazzling seven-colored appearance.

What alarmed Chi Junlin was that when he got close to other people, the cloud of fortune above his head would automatically absorb the fortune of those around him.

May your auspicious seven-colored clouds grow stronger little by little.

Chi Junlin had never seen anyone with such a special ability in their luck cloud.

"Why won't you let me through! Don't you recognize me?"

At this moment, Ding Xia was venting his anger on his personal guards when he noticed Chi Junlin on horseback.

He immediately turned his anger on her, saying, "Chi Junlin! Control your subordinates! They even dare to stop me, they've really gone too far!"

Chi Junlin frowned, noticing the hesitant expressions on the faces of his personal guards, who seemed about to let him pass.

Fearing that this thing would drain her luck if it got close, she said to her guards with a look of utter disgust, "Where did this stray dog ​​come from? Don't let it near me!"

Ding Xia was currently unleashing a torrent of insults at Chi Junlin's personal guards, but because of Chi Junlin's past attitude towards Ding Xia, none of them dared to say anything more to him.

Even according to Chi Junlin's previous orders, he still had to address him as Young Master Ding and could only treat him with a smile and kind words.

Anyone with eyes can see that Ding Xia has no genuine feelings for Chi Junlin, but Chi Junlin himself is oblivious to it.

And he had to act like a commander-in-chief, humbly trying to please this despicable and lowly gangster.

This made the guards feel extremely humiliated.

At this point, they thought Chi Junlin was about to suffer a relapse of his old illness, and they were already prepared to make way for Ding Xia.

But then he suddenly heard Chi Junlin give an order that was completely different from the ones he had given before, and he was so excited that he almost cried with joy.

The commander-in-chief has finally come to his senses!

Although this realization may not last long, the commander-in-chief may relapse into his old illness after a while.

But now, at least I don't have to speak so humbly anymore.

The guards immediately turned fierce and stopped Ding Xia, preventing him from getting any closer to Chi Junlin.

Ding Xia was taken aback and looked at Chi Junlin.

Then he saw Chi Junlin's undisguised look of disgust.

Clearly, Ding Xia had never seen this expression on Chi Junlin's face before.

He thought of something and looked down at his disheveled robes, which still bore traces of perfume and rouge left by a woman.

He immediately realized that Chi Junlin already knew about his overnight stay at the brothel.

But then I thought, you stupid woman, you tomboy, you're trying to boss me around?

Why?

His face darkened with anger, and he immediately confronted Chi Junlin, saying, "Chi Junlin, what do you mean! I admit I went to a brothel last night. But I was there to gather information in the city!"

You know I cultivate the Heavenly Child Divine Skill; it's impossible for me to have relations with those courtesans. Is it necessary to treat me like this?

Chi Junlin frowned impatiently and replied, "What does it matter to me where you go? Do you really think you're someone important? Don't you know your place? How dare you speak to me like that?"

Ding Xia was both shocked and furious, never expecting Chi Junlin to say such a thing.

You should know that she used to be very obedient to him, and she used to be extremely humble and ingratiating, afraid that he would be unhappy in the slightest.

This woman, I don't know what suddenly drove her crazy.

So what if she spent one night in a brothel? Is it really worth making such a fuss?

So he said angrily, "Chi Junlin, that's enough. Do you really expect me, a man, to apologize to you?"

In other words, the old man asked me to take care of you before he died. Otherwise, do you think I'd even bother with you...?

At this moment, Chi Junlin was no longer the same as before. Upon hearing Ding Xia's words, murderous intent began to surface in his heart.

She immediately gave Chizagu a look and gestured discreetly, "Surround him and kill him immediately."

Although Chizagu was somewhat surprised, he didn't think too much about it and immediately and faithfully carried out the orders given by Chijunlin.

He immediately signaled with flags, instructing the cavalry to surround him along the street.

Ding Xia had not yet noticed that the Crimson Blood Iron Cavalry on the street were already filled with murderous intent, their spears gleaming coldly.

She continued to nag at Chi Junlin, saying, "So what if you're the Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army? In the end, you, Chi Junlin, are just a woman. Women should have their own duties, so don't meddle in men's business."