Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

The news spread quickly, but the commander was not present. Several adjutants rushed over upon hearing the news and immediately dispersed the soldiers who were still watching the commotion. They also found several female healers in the city to treat Li Xiuwen and Zhang Hongtao. However, Zhang Hongtao had already died from the blows of the five men, so they could only try their best to comfort Li Xiuwen.

After dressing herself again, Li Xiuwen stared blankly at Zhang Hongtao's body, which was covered with a white sheet. She sat there blankly in the tent, and no matter how others tried to persuade her, she did not respond. Helpless, the adjutants had no choice but to order someone to guard outside the tent to prevent Li Xiuwen from doing anything foolish.

In the middle of the night, General Zhao Li returned to his army camp. He had just arrived at his tent when someone approached him to report the incident. Upon hearing this, Zhao Li was furious: "Damn it! How dare someone commit such an atrocity in my army?! Who did this?"

The soldier stammered, "I heard they were several centurions, including some from the 40th Army, and..."

"What else!" Zhao Li demanded sharply.

"In addition, three centurions from the Kingdom of Delin and the Slivia Empire are participating, as well as one of our centurions..."

"I understand, you may leave." Upon hearing that a centurion from the allied forces was also involved, Zhao Li's anger subsided by half. Since it involved matters of other countries, he could not make decisions on his own. He immediately summoned a messenger and instructed him to report the matter to the commander-in-chief.

Before long, the news reached Chu Angjie's ears. He was also very troubled. Unfortunately, this was during wartime, and he couldn't make up his mind. He could only report the news to his superiors again.

The news reached Chu Jingwu at the court assembly the next day. Looking at Qin Meng, who was furious after delivering the intelligence, Chu Jingwu remained calm and asked, "What are the opinions of the ministers on this matter?"

Qin Meng was the first to speak, but his words were clearly carefully considered: "Now is the time to unite as one, and we do not want to see this happen. In my opinion, this matter should be punished, but the punishment should be moderate."

Chu Jingwu became interested: "Oh? How is the punishment measured?"

"As is customary, those who commit crimes within the Empire's borders must be dealt with severely, and our centurions should naturally be dealt with severely as well. Since the centurions of other countries are also within our territory, they should also be dealt with according to the rules. However, considering that the war is currently at a stalemate and that the front-line supplies of food and money are relatively scarce, it would be better to do a favor for both countries and increase support in exchange for leniency for the offenders," Qin Meng said.

But Yang Chaoxiu spoke up at this moment: "General Qin is right, but in my opinion, if we severely punish our own centurion while pardoning the centurion of the other country, it may discourage the soldiers at the front and make the other country's army even more unscrupulous. It would be better to make a show of it first, announce to the outside world that we have used severe torture on these people, and then secretly release them and transfer them to the rear, so as to settle the matter."

"Good, my dear minister, you are right. We shall do as you two suggest. But what should we do with that woman?" Chu Jingwu then asked.

“Posthumously honor her husband, give him a grand funeral, reward him with a sum of money and a house, and let her give up,” Yang Chaoxiu said.

"Well, that's the only way. You can go and do it."

Soon, the decision reached Zhao Li, who immediately ordered his men to go to other military camps to arrest the offenders. He then prepared to go find Li Xiuwen, but as soon as he stepped out of the tent, he saw Li Xiuwen kneeling on the ground. He hurriedly went forward and asked, "Why are you kneeling on the ground?" He then tried to help her up.

But Li Xiuwen refused to get up and firmly said, "Please, General, do justice for me and severely punish the five murderers who killed my husband!"

"Alright, alright, I will seek justice for you. I have already ordered men to arrest them. Get up first, let's go bury your husband."

Seeing that Zhao Li agreed, Li Xiuwen got up from the ground. A trickle of blood seeped from her knees, and it was unclear how long she had been kneeling there.

Zhao Li told Li Xiuwen to wait outside the central tent. When he arrived at the tent from the previous day, he discovered that Zhang Hongtao's body, which had been lying on the ground, was nowhere to be found. He called over the soldiers outside the tent and asked, "Where is the body here?"

The soldier replied, "This morning, Lieutenant Gao brought his men over, saying they were taking the body to be buried, and then they took it away."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Li knew things were about to go wrong, so he rushed back to the central tent and summoned his adjutant, demanding, "Who told you to take the body away?"

The adjutant stepped forward and advised, "General, although the Empire's military law is strict, this matter involves another country. In the end, we're afraid only our brothers will suffer the death penalty, while the foreign criminals will escape. Right now, our brothers are about to go to the front lines. If we use military law now, it might discourage them."

Zhao Li roared, "Do you think the court doesn't know?! Who gave you the right to act on your own? The military's orders have been issued; no one will die. Now that you've taken the body away, how can that woman not make a scene! You scoundrel!"

"This... General, it was my own decision, but I was only thinking of your best interests. I thought that if we removed the body, those people would not be involved in murder, and at least they could be spared the death penalty."

Even if Zhao Li was still angry, the situation was already set in stone, so he had no choice but to compromise: "Now that things have come to this, you might as well clean things up. When we interrogate the criminals later, will you explain everything clearly?"

"Please rest assured, General, everything has been arranged."

As the two were talking, five centurions were brought back. Zhao Li immediately ordered someone to bring Li Xiuwen in for a public trial. Before long, once everyone had arrived, Zhao Li had just said "begin" when the five centurions kneeling on the ground all cried out that they were innocent. They insisted that they had not killed anyone and even accused Li Xiuwen of seducing them and that they had paid money to commit the despicable act.

Upon hearing this, Li Xiuwen turned pale with anger. In a hoarse voice, she pointed at the five people and said, "You! You're talking nonsense!"

Their intentions were so obvious that Zhao Li put his hand to his forehead, unable to bear listening any longer. But he had to maintain appearances, so he shouted sternly, "You bastards! Still trying to argue? Do you think the soldiers in the army yesterday were blind?!"

"General, we dare not deceive you; every word we speak is the truth!"

"Words are no proof; do you have any evidence?"

“Yes!” the tall man said, straightening his back. “The woman carried a bag with her, which contained five silver coins that we each gave her, for a total of twenty-five coins.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Li immediately understood that this was an arrangement they had conspired to make, so he continued, "Someone, go and fetch the luggage."

Soon after, the bag was brought over and opened in front of everyone. Some food and many silver coins fell out of the bag. The soldier picked up the silver coins and counted them. There were exactly twenty-five coins, no more and no less.

Unable to continue deceiving the defenseless Li Xiuwen, Zhao Li gave a signal to his adjutant, Gao, who understood and shouted, "The evidence is right here! Li Xiuwen, how do you explain this?!"

Li Xiuwen said urgently, "I didn't seduce them! My husband's body is still in the tent from last night. They tried to take advantage of me, and my husband rushed to stop them, but they killed him!"

With a confident expression, the adjutant looked at the soldier who had brought the baggage and asked, "Is Zhang Hongtao's body in that tent?"

"Reporting to Lieutenant Gao, I did not see it."

Li Xiuwen stared at the soldier in shock, unable to believe what she was hearing. At that moment, the adjutant's words came again, but they were like a heavy hammer that slammed into her broken heart, leaving it irreparable.

"It has been confirmed that Zhang Hongtao stole rations and pay during the march and deserted from the army. He is now wanted by the entire army!"