174: Poor Song Lin

"Take him down!" Lin Yue suddenly said softly!

Song Lin instinctively ran, but he was directly pinned to the ground by Zhao Yun with a single move.

Song Lin's face was pressed against the snow, bitingly cold.

He shouted loudly, "What are you doing!"

"What is your real purpose for going up the mountain?" Lin Yue asked, leaning over.

"I already said, I went to scout out the enemy situation!

Why don't you believe me!" Song Lin said angrily.

"You're lying. You went to deliver provisions," Lin Yue said coldly, his exquisite eyes devoid of emotion.

Song Lin's face turned pale upon hearing this, and then he struggled frantically:

"I'm not! I didn't!

I went to scout out the enemy situation. If you don't believe me, we can go back and confront!"

Lin Yue smiled and asked, "Zi Long, if I sent you up the mountain to scout out the enemy, and on the way you encountered a few Soldiers who suddenly appeared to block your path, what would be your reaction?"

Zhao Yun thought for a moment and said,

"This humble general would remain vigilant at all times, and only after verifying their identities would This humble general make further plans."

"Well said. Scouting out the enemy is inherently a covert mission. If several people of unknown origin suddenly appear, one should verify their identities. One shouldn't just believe them directly, right?" Lin Yue said, then asked Xing Daorong:

"A Rong, if it were you, would you believe them?"

Xing Daorong shook his head: "No!"

"See, even Xing Daorong doesn't believe it.

But what about you? After you recognized us as Qin Army, your first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief. Tell me, why is that?

Or are you not afraid of Mountain Bandits at all, because they need you to deliver provisions for them?

But you are afraid of Mountain Bandits of unknown origin who suddenly appear, because you are not familiar with every Mountain Bandit. Mountain Bandits who suddenly appear might very well snatch your provisions!" Lin Yue said in a deep voice.

"You're not afraid of us because you only take us as Qin Army who accidentally entered this area. This place is under your jurisdiction, and we won't kill you.

Moreover, we couldn't possibly be Mountain Bandits impersonating the Qin Army,

because if Mountain Bandits wanted to kill you, they wouldn't go to such lengths to impersonate the Qin Army!" With every word Lin Yue spoke, Song Lin's face grew a shade paler!

Everyone nodded unconsciously; what he said seemed to make some sense.

However, Xing Daorong's expression was solemn as he thought to himself, "What did my Lord mean by that just now? Was he praising me?"

"And this is the area your unit is stationed in. We shouldn't be here, yet you didn't question it. Instead, you just wanted to shake us off.

Are you in a hurry?" Lin Yue asked.

"I was ordered to scout out military intelligence. I don't know anything you're talking about. You'd best kill me now, otherwise, after I go down the mountain, I'll definitely report you!" Song Lin continued to growl.

"Are you still going to be so stubborn?" Lin Yue said in a deep voice, his gaze constantly moving over him.

"You say I'm delivering provisions, but where do I have provisions on me?

You're framing me! I'm going to find the Commandant to uphold justice for me!

I'm going to report you!" Song Lin shrieked frantically!

He was like a trapped beast, roaring unwillingly.

"My Lord, he's right, where does he have provisions on him?

Could it be that we caught the wrong person, and the provision merchant hasn't arrived yet?" Xing Daorong whispered to Lin Yue.

After all, they were comrades in the military, and although he was only a Military Marquis, the reputation of framing someone would not sound good.

Moreover, to treat a Military Marquis this way without substantial evidence, he worried that Lin Yue might incur Liu He's displeasure because of this.

"Xing Daorong, strip him of his clothes!" Lin Yue said directly in a deep voice.

In this weather, it would be impossible to transport provisions up the mountain without anyone knowing!

What's more, thirty thousand catties of provisions—how many people would it take to carry them up the mountain?

So many people couldn't possibly escape the Qin Army's eyes, so there was only one possibility: using a spatial treasure!

The only thing he hadn't expected was that it was a Military Marquis from the Great Wall Legion who was escorting them!

And Song Lin, at this moment, cried out in a panic:

"What are you doing!

Don't touch me! Don't mess around!"

But how could he be a match for Xing Daorong? In just a few moves, Xing Daorong stripped him bare!

Afterward, Song Lin stopped making a sound, only curling his body as much as possible.

Lin Yue had heard a saying: no matter the status of two people, if one is clothed and the other is not, the one without clothes will subconsciously lose their imposing manner.

Song Lin was like this now.

Xing Daorong rummaged through his clothes haphazardly, searching back and forth, but found nothing.

"My Lord, there's nothing there," Xing Daorong said blankly to Lin Yue.

"Give me back my clothes quickly," Song Lin said softly.

Lin Yue ignored him, stroking his chin and staring at him, which made Song Lin's hair stand on end, and he unconsciously brought his legs together.

"The anal canal," Lin Yue said softly.

Song Lin's face was filled with terror, and he subconsciously clenched his buttocks.

Everyone suddenly understood, but not a single person stepped forward.

At this moment, Wu De stepped forward and said, "I'll do it!"

"Good!" Everyone cheered in unison.

Wu De picked up a torn piece of clothing from the ground, cut it with a knife, wrapped it around his finger, and looked at Song Lin with some excitement.

"Thousand Years of Pain!"

Song Lin cried out in alarm, and Ma Baoguo and Yang Dengshan quickly held Song Lin down. A heart-wrenching scream then erupted!

"Ah!"

The world returned to peace, and Wu De excitedly said, "My Lord, there really is something!"

"Then take it out," Lin Yue said.

"Understood!" Wu De nodded.

Perhaps finding Song Lin's scream too jarring just now, he directly removed the cloth strip from his finger and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Ugh!"

Song Lin couldn't help but retch, but his mouth was tightly covered by someone.

Seeing him in such a miserable state, Lin Yue turned his head away to avoid looking.

It wasn't until Wu De finished his procedure that Wu De's excited voice came: "Sir, I took out a cloth bag containing twenty-five beads!"

"Beads?" Lin Yue asked.

"They should be spatial beads, similar to spatial rings, but because they are not easy to carry, their production is not high," Li Mu quietly reminded.

He was well-informed and recognized them as spatial beads at a glance.

"Wu De, open it and see what's inside," Lin Yue said.

"Understood!" Wu De replied, then shouted in surprise, "Provisions! All gleaming white provisions!"

Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief; wasn't this an accomplishment right here!

"Xing Daorong, you and Ma Baoguo take him to General She Jian!" Lin Yue said.

As a Second-Rate Military General, Xing Daorong, and Ma Baoguo, being a steady person, should ensure no mistakes if they escort him.

"Understood!" Xing Daorong replied.

"Li Mu, go down the mountain and find Colonel Liu He to explain the situation here to him," Lin Yue said.

"Understood!" Li Mu nodded and walked directly down the mountain.

Then Lin Yue ordered Wu De to carry the spatial ring and followed Tian Liang back up the mountain.

Watching Lin Yue and the others walk away, Ma Baoguo asked with some reluctance, "Commandant Xing, shouldn't we give him some clothes to wear?"

"Did my Lord tell us to give him clothes when he ordered us to send him to General She Jian?" Xing Daorong sneered, glancing at Song Lin, who was now like a dead dog.

"But in this weather, if we don't give him clothes, he won't make it to the Military Camp," Ma Baoguo said.

Xing Daorong was speechless at this, then said, "You handle it."