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Su Wanqing's eyebrows wrinkled deeply. He and the merchant headed to the only restaurant in the town.

"Su lame, we don't want river shrimp today." The shopkeeper thought that a big guest was coming but seeing the familiar face of Su Wangqin, he sighed with disappointment and continued to play with the abacus beads.

"What are you talking about? Give us a private room." If this wasn't the only restaurant in this small area, the merchant would have long turned his head and left, but he had no choice but to throw a silver ingot.

The shopkeeper took the single ingot in panic and looked at Su Wangqin in surprise. He said in his heart: the lame Su knows a wonderful person!

He quickly called the waiter to lead the way.

After entering the private room, the merchant's eyes turned red, his legs turned soft and almost knelt down in front of Su Wangqin but was supported by a pair of rough and calloused hands.

"General, you, how did you end up like this?" The merchants voice was full of sorrow, the tears in his eyes overflow.

Originally, they were all under the command of the third prince.

Su Wangqin was the first command powerful general who made countless contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Qing, a businessman, was just a small general under Su Wangqin.

At the instigation of the adulterous concubine, the fatuous emperor issued a class order to capture the third prince and the other generals were either killed or injured.

Yuan Qing had a low position and luckily escaped from prison.

His family used some money to get him out of prison.

After that, he looked at Su Wanqin with burning gaze "General's leg?"

Su Wangqin in front of his subordinate,

had a solemn face and a simple and honest appearance.

He poured himself a cup of tea, delivered it on his curled lips and said in a light manner. "I'm a waste!"

"General!" Yuan Qing called out in disbelief. He remembered one thing in his memory: "When the Third prince was attacked that day, he entrusted you a pair of children born to Qing furen..."

(T/N: Furen: Lady/Madam/Mrs)

Su Wangqin's placed his index finger on his lips, his eyes were cold.

Yuan Qing didn't dare to say more.

Su Wanqing's eyelashes quiver a few times, he had his own plan in mind,

"The third prince should now have some power, otherwise you wouldn't dare to venture into business."

"It is precisely that the third prince married the first daughter of the prime minister half a year ago. Now, relying on the strength of the Yue family, he is fighting for the crown prince position with the fifth prince. His chances of winning are not small."

Yuan Qing said with a sense of joy on his face.

He took Su Wangqin's arm and eagerly said "General, you better find the third prince. At least it's better than being in this place"

"If the third prince can ascend the throne, he will look for them. If not, I can protect his bloodline." Su Wangqin broke free from Yuan Qing's hand, his eyes bright and confident

His leg should be the biggest price he had paid. He can't let the two young children get involved in the bloodbath of seizing the throne.

"The general was bullied by a dog. It's not worth your duty!"

"It's OK. Mulan town in Ping'an County is my hometown. I live in fair condition. You don't have to worry too much."

Su Wangqin said with a faint smile in his eyes.

A woman with plump body appeared in his mind. She always thinks of ways to make money and likes to buy meat buns for the children. She also calls him Brother Wang in a sweet voice.

Compared with the days on the battlefield, Su Wangqin felt that his life was also very good.

Yuan Qing saw that Su Wangqin had made up his mind, so he took out some silver notes from his arms.

"The general's life is hard. Take it."

He put the silver note into Su Wangqin's hand.

"I remember that your home is in Luzhou, and your family is huge. This silver note is probably all your income from this trip. I cant pay it back, If you give it to me"

Su Wangqin didn't accept the silver note. Yuan Qing didn't expect that Su Wangqin could still remember his origin. He burst into tears, his heart was sour.

He choked down on his knees and cried: "it's useless for this subordinate if I can't share the worries of the general."

Su Wangqin wrinkled his eyebrows as the man cried bitterly. He thought of the woman who liked to do business at home.

He supported Yuan Qing and said, "I don't want money, but you can bring us goods. You can bring some trinkets(ornaments) from Luzhuo and let my wife sell it on behalf of you. As for the capital of these small items, you can put them on credit."

"Yes, yes!" these goods doesn't cost much. Yuan Qing wiped his tears and asked, "the is general married?"

"Right!" Su Wangqin had a smile on his face

the general's wife must be an amazing person. In the past, they wouldn't see him smile in the camp, so he got the title of an "iron face". Today, he has smiled three times.

He just got off the ship to take a break. and may not be able to see the general's wife today. He held his hand and said, "Our trip is today, this subordinate will have to go back first. I'll come back next month to see you again general!"

"Alright." After drinking a cup of tea, Su Wangqin stood up and left the private room.

When he went downstairs, he was stopped and pulled by the shopkeeper : "Su lame, what's the relationship between you and this merchant?

"I helped him repair his carriage before"

Su Wanqin revealed a line of white teeth and with a naive look he added

"So he invited me for a cup of tea."

"Ah, go ahead." The shopkeeper waved his hand dissatisfied.

Su Wangqin limped back to the pier.

Several men carrying rice bags ridiculed;

"Isn't that the lame man who made a fortune with a merchant?"

"Oh, so he's a noble person. What is he doing carrying rice bags with us?"

"Pah! fighting for our jobs!"

These filthy words were not taken seriously by Su Wangqin's at all.

He have seen more murders and bloodbaths on the battlefield. This small insult isn't worth mentioning.

He quietly went to get a number plate and continued to carry rice bags.

The steward slowly walked over and yelled at those people: "what are you fighting about? So noisy, You are not as good as that lame guy."

Those words made the guys silent.

They were just jealous that Su Wangqin's could gain extra money in addition to 30 coppers

After helping Su Wangqin, the steward asked him something the same of that shopkeeper and Su Wanqin also gave him the same answer.

"Thanks to you, the merchant rewarded me with one silver, here's twenty coppers." The steward took out a handful of copper coins, and handed it to him but Su Wanqin dodged and said;

"I can't accept it." Su Wangqin honestly refused, "as long as I can work here, I am very grateful."

"Ha ha ha, OK!" The Shopkeeper only gave it to him out of fake politeness.

He then put the coppers back on his arms.

Su Wanqin is more and more pleasing in his eyes.