Capítulo 1924: Chapter 1923: Shaless Without Limit
Outside it was lively, yet the Northern Pasture Racetrack remained quiet.
It was hard for any news to get inside, so everyone went about their business.
Only the Dragon-Horse was different from usual. This fellow, fresh with vitality, imdiately galloped wildly around the field.
Afterward, it trotted to its harem for so enjoynt.
The various stallions inside, be they Divine Blood Treasure Horses, Kirin Treasure Horses, or Phoenix Tail Treasure Horses, neighed all afternoon, causing all the warhorses in the racetrack to restlessly neigh as well.
At the pasture, Long Fei set up a pile of firewood and had the hundred or so coachn under his jurisdiction sit down, gathering around the fire to enjoy a barbecue.
The noise of the horses agitated everyone. A group of big n had little else to talk about and inevitably veered the conversation towards won.
Old Ma picked up an erhu and even played and sang for everyone.
The lyrics were about brothers, sisters, holding hands, kissing — quite frivolous indeed.
Long Fei listened with amusent, thinking secretly that people were no match for horses!
Horses had a harem of three thousand, each one was a gem, and there was no rivalry — all vied to please.
In his own ho, there was only one, yet it was already a tumultuous affair.
He took a sip of wine, lay back on the ground, propped his head with his hand, and gazed at the stars, wondering about his wife at ho.
Old Ma, having finished singing, sat happily beside him, smiling as he teased, “What’s up, missing your princess wife?”
Long Fei chuckled and asked Old Ma, “Aren’t we not allowed to marry in this camp? Why is it that all of you are bachelors?”
Old Ma took out his pipe, took a couple of puffs, and sighed, “Consort Prince, you might not know, but those of us who are older actually have families and businesses. Our camp used to allow families to live here, and we lived just like people outside.
But after Commandant Shen Huai’en arrived, he changed the rules, driving our wives and children away.
According to him, it’s to prevent warhorses from catching an epidemic and to enforce military managent here. Our food and lodging must be like in the military camp.
But everyone knows, he’s pocketing our family subsidies. That’s why he found an excuse to stop our wives and children from staying with us.”
“Is there such a thing?”
Long Fei furrowed his brows and said, “Then why don’t you file a complaint?”
Old Ma said, “How do we report it? His brother-in-law is from the Li Family, and this racetrack is all under the Li Family’s control. The ones in charge just turn a blind eye, who’s willing to offend them!”
The other coachn all started complaining, “Consort Prince, you know the princess, ask her to communicate with those in charge, help us out. Life without our wives is too hard. We are raising horses for the Emperor’s army, but we are not the army, they shouldn’t bully us like this.”
“Exactly, Consort Prince. These warhorses eat herbal fodder, drink Spiritual Spring water. Their daily food and drink cost more than ours, how can they catch an epidemic! Before Commandant Shen arrived, our generation of coachn did just fine, why should there be an issue now?”
“Boss, Commandant Shen must be embezzling, pocketing our family subsidies! Talk to the princess, get her to send soone to check, they’ll surely uncover the truth.”
This barbecue gathering swiftly turned into a critique session on Commandant Shen.
Everyone was passionately exposing the truth when soone yelled from behind with a dark face, “You bold rebels, do you wish to live? How dare you privately discuss officers behind their backs, what cri is this?”
Everyone was so startled by the voice that they jumped up.
They saw Shen Huai’en and Li Gui with a group of guards standing nacingly behind them and quickly knelt to beg for forgiveness.
Long Fei calmly drank his wine, knowing well that they were coming, just wanting them to hear the people’s voices.
Commandant Shen stared at him, his face twitching, and scolded, “Jiang Hengyuan, don’t think that just because you’re the future Consort Prince, you can act arrogantly here. Don’t forget, you’re not even married to the princess yet! Inciting others, sowing discord, and urging them to discuss officers behind their backs. This cri deserves a hundred heavy beheadings, do you plead guilty?”
Long Fei looked at him calmly and said, “Which rule in this camp allows a lowly seventh-grade Commandant like you to strike at officers?”
Commandant Shen laughed dismissively, “What officer are you? Do you hold any official seal? You’re just a future Consort Prince who doesn’t even know what’s happening, daring to challenge here?”
He had long had soone monitor Long Fei and finally caught the opportunity. How could he not give Long Fei a hard ti?
“Just you wait, the official seal is coming soon.”
Long Fei drank so wine, lying peacefully on the grass.
Commandant Shen cursed, “You think you’re big stuff? A demoted nobody, how dare you act so wildly?”
He raised his hand, shouting to the guards behind him, “Co, give this nobody a hundred lashings!”
The group of guards lifted their sticks, advancing coldly toward Long Fei, “Consort Prince, orders from above, don’t make it hard for us.”
Old Ma and the rest were too frightened to lift their heads, muttering with their heads down.
Just then, the sound of galloping hooves resonated.
A golden-scaled warhorse, leading a group of warhorses, charged from the horse corral, flashes of golden light streaking through the air, protecting Long Fei in the blink of an eye.
Its aura spread, causing the grass on the ground to sweep back suddenly, forcing everyone present to take a step back involuntarily.
“Who dares to harm my master, die!”
A horse’s neigh shook the surroundings.
A majestic dragon presence stirred, whipping up a wild wind all around.
Commandant Shen’s eyes widened in surprise, “Dragon-Horse? You—, you can speak?”
Dragon-Horse cursed back, “Nonsense, I’ve always been able to speak, just disinclined to talk to trash like you.”
Commandant Shen’s face turned red, pretending to be tough, “Dragon-Horse, this is a matter within our Human Race, it’s none of your concern. Don’t act fierce here, lest the Emperor hears and punishes you.”
“You trash dare to threaten ?”
Dragon-Horse let out a long roar, opening its big mouth. A burst of Dragon Fire spewed forth, charging toward Commandant Shen like a roaring dragon.
“Stop, you can’t do this!”
Commandant Shen scread in terror, hastily pulling his brother-in-law in front of him as a shield.
With a loud boom, his brother-in-law was engulfed by the Dragon Fire, exploding instantly, leaving a Golden Core escaping from within.
Commandant Shen grabbed the Golden Core, retreating rapidly.
The servants dared not stay any longer, fleeing for their lives.
Commandant Shen shouted at Long Fei, “You, you made this Dragon-Horse kill my brother-in-law. Randomly killing on this adow; your cri is unforgivable!”
He hurriedly shifted the bla onto Long Fei.
The Dragon-Horse is a treasure here; even if it kills, the Emperor would never bla it.
But if Long Fei killed soone, that’s a different story.
Long Fei coldly looked at him and laughed, “Shen Huai’en, you’re also a graduate of the Outer Sect of Heaven-Piercing Palace. We’re even fellow disciples, it’s truly disgraceful. Your shalessness is truly beyond my imagination.”
Shen Huai’en cursed back, “What’s the point of saying such things now!”
He thought Long Fei was trying to pull rank, so he beca even more arrogant, “Are you scared now? Just wait, I’m going to complain right now. I’ll see if you, the Consort Prince, can surpass our rules at Celestial Realms City.”
He drew out his longsword, ready to soar away.
Just then, a team appeared galloping from afar, clad in palace attire, clearly displaying high rank with their formation.
Shen Huai’en shouted excitedly, “Heaven’s on my side, Jiang Hengyuan, you’re finished!”
He led his n to greet them hurriedly, kneeling on the ground, welcoming the envoy from the palace.
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