My God of Wealth is a Short-lived Ghost

"Stop!" It was Zhao Jinghua's voice. He was like the head of a large family. When he left for a while, the children started fighting.

All the soldiers looked over at once, "General?" The captain and centurion had already knelt on the ground when they heard the call to stop. They weakly called out "General..."

Zhao Jinghua walked up to them and helped them up, saying helplessly, "I knew you didn't leave." Then he looked at the soldiers and said, "Go back, I can't protect you."

"We are not afraid of death," the soldiers answered in unison, which gave Zhao Jinghua a headache.

Zhao Jinghua sighed and said, "I beg you." Zhao Jinghua was about to lift his robe and kneel on the ground. Everyone rushed forward to stop Zhao Jinghua, and then all the soldiers knelt on the ground. The captain took the lead and said, "General, we are not afraid of death. We know that you regard us as your own brothers and cannot bear to let us sacrifice. We also know that you sent us away because you were afraid that we would escape from the battlefield and lose our lives. But we also regard you as a family member. We cannot watch you die."

Zhao Jinghua knelt on one knee with his brows furrowed, his hands hanging down at his sides. "Everyone, I... have been judging others by my own standards. Pack up your things and follow me back."

The captain signaled Zhou Lang to help Zhao Jinghua up. Zhou Lang quickly stood up and helped Zhao Jinghua up. "Sir, let me help you up. If you don't get up, they won't dare to get up either."

At this point, Wan Sutong finally understood, "Did he do this on purpose? Am I wasting my time?"

"Yes, but no. The host did not do anything unnecessary. Zhao Jinghua will remember your kindness." Seeing Wan Sutong nod, the system continued, "I answered no because, according to my analysis, if he fought 150,000 Beili troops alone, he would be waiting for a cup of poisoned wine after returning to the imperial city, but in exchange for the lives of more than 5,000 people. The reason why I answered yes is that if there were 5,000 people, no one would say that it was Zhao Jinghua who killed 150,000 Beili troops alone. This would be a legend of 5,000 soldiers of Mingbei Camp fighting one against a hundred." The system patted Wan Sutong on the shoulder. "If this system tells you the guess, will the host still send the elixir?"

Wan Sutong shook her head and said "No." The system sighed and said "Then you missed this opportunity. Although this system does not know what he is thinking, this is indeed an opportunity."

Wan Sutong was a little confused, "If he won alone, why would he be given poisoned wine?"

"One person can defeat a hundred thousand troops. If the host is the emperor or the prince, aren't you afraid that he will usurp the throne in the future?" Wan Sutong nodded but still puzzled, "But he can't drink either?"

The system groaned and began to explain to Wan Sutong, "Food, cakes, tea, all could be poisoned. It's pervasive. Who would be stupid enough to do it openly? Don't you think so, host?"

Wan Sutong finally understood this time, and the carriage returned to the Wan Mansion. "But this is also the guess of this system. As for the direction of things, we still need to take it step by step."

Wan Sutong nodded and got off the carriage, only to see Su Qinghui waiting outside the mansion. "Tongtong is back."

Wan Sutong quickly threw herself into Su Qinghui's arms and said, "Mom!"

Su Qinghui touched her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Wan Sutong giggled and said, "He confiscated it at first, but luckily I was smart and threw it to him when I left."

Su Qinghui chuckled and said, "Come in, Luo Lin has already prepared the food."

At the same time, the soldiers' stomachs began to growl. Zhao Jinghua sighed and conjured up fifty baskets filled with sesame cakes. "Eat them. I wanted to let you take them away." Some soldiers scratched their heads in embarrassment, while others smiled. After a while, they divided into five rows and began to take the sesame cakes in order.

At this time, Zhao Jinghua noticed the wild vegetables that the soldiers dug. He walked over quickly, bent down to check, and frowned. He suppressed his anger and turned to look at the soldiers. "Did you dig all these?" The soldiers turned their heads to look at Zhao Jinghua while biting their sesame cakes.

Zhao Jinghua sighed, "None of you dug up any edible wild vegetables. What's the matter? Do you want to sleep forever?"

The soldiers swallowed the sesame cakes in their mouths and lowered their heads, not daring to look at him. At this time, Zhou Lang came over and took a closer look, and said uncertainly, "Isn't it a wild vegetable?"

Zhao Jinghua picked up a wild grass dug by the soldiers, then found a wild vegetable and handed it to Zhou Lang. "Edible wild vegetables have no fluff."

Zhou Lang took it with both hands and examined it carefully. After a moment, he felt like he had survived a disaster. "Fortunately, you came in time."

At this time, the captain bit a sesame cake in his mouth and said incoherently, "I have seen it myself, how can I be wrong?"

The centurion who was eating a sesame cake beside him sneered, "You don't believe what the general said. If you think it is, then eat it." Zhao Jinghua frowned and glanced at the centurion. Seeing this, the centurion quickly shrank his neck and silently added, "It is."

Zhao Jinghua sighed and looked at Zhou Lang, "Why don't you go eat?"

Zhou Lang shook his head and said, "I'll go up the mountain after dinner." Zhao Jinghua nodded without saying anything.

When the soldiers had eaten and drunk their fill, they saw a man in silver armor swaggering up the mountain.

The soldiers all stood up and blocked Zhong Su in front of them, then kept blinking at Zhong Su. Zhong Su looked at them suspiciously, thinking that they were poisoned, with worry on his face, "What's the matter? Did you eat poisonous weeds? I'm not a doctor! Wait for me... I'll go down the mountain to find a doctor." Zhong Su was about to turn around when he heard a chuckle from behind the crowd, "I came early, otherwise you would have really eaten me." The soldiers did block Zhong Su, but they forgot that Zhao Jinghua was five feet eight, half a head taller than them, and the position where Zhao Jinghua stood was also higher than them, so they could not block Zhao Jinghua's sight at all.

The soldiers quickly cleared a path for Zhao Jinghua, then looked at Zhong Su and shook their heads. Zhong Su stared at Zhao Jinghua with anger in his eyes, but when Zhao Jinghua got closer, he could only be forced to slightly raise his head and said, "Why does my wife have to take me away? Don't you trust me? Are you afraid that I will let something slip?"

Zhao Jinghua said nothing but conjured up a wooden box and handed it to him. Zhong Su took the box and was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean, General?"

Zhao Jinghua frowned and said in a cold tone, "Sister-in-law knows your temper, so she asked me to give you the elixir for promotion." Then she turned and left

Zhong Su quickly followed him, "You haven't answered my question yet?"

Zhao Jinghua turned to look at him and said coldly, "Zhong Su, you shouldn't have come back. Do you know that if I win, His Majesty will kill me with a cup of poisoned wine in a month? I am also betting on whether Eunuch Chen will help me. If I bet wrong, His Majesty will not keep any of you more than 5,000 people if you say a word for me!"

Zhong Su frowned, "But won't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince protect you? He won't watch you die!"

Zhao Jinghua sneered, "Do you think that if His Majesty orders a death sentence, who will discuss it with the Crown Prince? If I disobey the order in court, the entire Eastern Palace will be implicated." Zhao Jinghua's voice was not loud, but all the soldiers of Mingbei Camp heard it clearly. In an instant, they understood why Zhao Jinghua asked them to leave, because whether they lost or won, they would die. Zhong Su was instantly speechless.