My God of Wealth is a Short-lived Ghost

Chapter 200: At the General's Order

The next moment, Zhong Su realized that Zhao Jinghua was dead. He must have seen a ghost, so he quickly looked at Zhao Jingcheng and decided to make the best of a bad situation. He put the cat on the ground and kowtowed to Zhao Jingcheng, "Your Highness! I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhao Jingcheng hurried forward to help Zhong Su up, "My Lord, there is no need to be so polite! Get up quickly!"

Zhong Su looked at Zhao Jinghua cautiously. Seeing that Zhao Jinghua was still looking at him, he showed an expression as if he had seen a ghost. Then he lowered his head quickly and said, "I wonder if your highness has brought Prime Minister Wan and the three commanders." At this point, he timidly avoided Zhao Jinghua and looked at Wan Sutong, Luo Lin and Zhou Lang beside him, "And what are these three doing here?"

Zhou Lang and Luo Lin laughed and bowed slowly, "Greetings to the Marquis of Zhenbei."

Zhong Su frowned and nodded at the two of them. Then he pretended not to see Zhao Jinghua and turned his head to look at Wan Sutong. "May I know who the girl is?"

Wan Sutong blinked when she heard this, then she walked to Wan Yanzhong's side with a giggle and said, "I am the daughter of Prime Minister Wan." Then she looked at Zhao Jinghua and said, "She is also his wife."

Zhong Su immediately reacted upon hearing this and quickly bowed to Zhao Jinghua, "Your Highness, please forgive me. You are too similar to Emperor Jingren. I really thought..." Before he could finish his words, Zhao Jinghua lowered his voice and sneered, "You just thought I was a ghost, right?"

Zhong Su froze when he heard Zhao Jinghua's voice, then he quickly bowed and said, "I hope you can forgive me. I really didn't mean it. You... are too similar to me."

After hearing this, Zhao Jingcheng and the three commanders finally understood why Zhong Su suddenly knelt down. Zhao Jingcheng laughed and walked up to pat Zhong Su on the shoulder, then turned to look at Zhao Jinghua and said, "Royal brother, the Marquis of Zhenbei thought he was seeing a ghost, and you too, just had a gloomy face and didn't say a word."

Zhong Su blurted out in disbelief, "Ah? You are the King of Jing? That's not right! Didn't Prime Minister Wan's daughter marry that playboy, the Crown Prince of Lin?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone except Zhao Jinghua burst out laughing, and then they couldn't stop laughing "Hahahahahaha"

The commander of the West Camp tried hard to suppress his smile, fearing that Zhong Su would say something thoughtless and offend Zhao Jinghua. "He is not the Fourth Prince. You should have guessed who he is, but from today on you have to call him the Regent."

Zhong Su was stunned when he heard this. Zhao Jinghua glanced at Zhong Su but said nothing. Instead, he walked towards the three people who were drinking and playing finger-guessing games. Then he slowly squatted in the vacant seat of the three people and spoke in a cold tone, "How about three of you and me?"

The three nodded and said drunkenly, "Okay." But after they finished speaking, they realized something was wrong. Then they looked up suddenly, and when they saw Zhao Jinghua, they sobered up instantly and all the drunkenness was gone. "Ghost!" After saying that, the three of them hugged each other and trembled.

Zhao Jinghua slowly stood up, sneered, and then loudly reprimanded, "Commendants, do you know that everyone in Kyoto now knows that the Mingbei Camp is undisciplined? The once invincible Mingbei Army has become a laughing stock in the capital! Where is your perseverance? Where is your unwillingness to be mediocre? Are you all buried with the former crown prince? What's the use of your skills? When the army is not united and the country is destroyed and the family is ruined, how many enemy soldiers can you kill alone?"

Zhao Jinghua's voice of rebuke was sonorous and powerful, and it was loud enough to reach everyone's ears in the empty training ground. The soldiers lowered their heads in shame and realized their mistakes. The next moment, Zhao Jinghua spoke again, "Comrades! I know you are waiting for a commander who can inspire morale in your hearts, not a commander who is afraid of you. But a good army does not rely on the commander, but on whoever the commander is, even if he is an ordinary citizen! You can lead him to win a battle!"

After hearing these words, the soldiers seemed to have rekindled their hope. They all knelt on the ground, grasped the long swords hanging at their waists that had been sealed in the scabbard for three years, and then said in unison, "At your disposal, General!"

Zhao Jinghua sighed and then said in a cold voice, "Form a formation!"

The moment the words fell, the soldiers gathered together. More than a hundred soldiers were in neat formation. They were wearing dark light armor, so they looked like a huge black dragon. It was very spectacular.

Wan Sutong was so shocked by the scene before her that she covered her mouth. "How many people are there in this formation?"

Zhao Jinghua answered without any hesitation, "Fourteen thousand and four"

Wan Sutong frowned and nodded in disbelief. "It's amazing that you can remember this."

Zhao Jinghua raised his eyebrows slightly after hearing this, and then spoke loudly in a serious voice, "Remember! Your commander is not me, but the current crown prince! Starting from tomorrow, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will personally train you every day at noon until you go south to attack the Yuwen Kingdom!"

After the words fell, the soldiers knelt down in unison, and then shouted, "Your Highness, I will send you."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jingcheng immediately looked at Zhao Jinghua, and then whispered, "Brother, I can't even fight a war, let alone train soldiers."

Zhao Jinghua lowered his head and smiled when he heard this, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will be here for you from now on."

Zhao Jingcheng looked at Zhao Jinghua's awe-inspiring expression, and an indescribable emotion surged in his heart, which seemed to be sadness and joy. He nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then I'll have to trouble the Regent." After saying that, he looked at the soldiers and said, "Stand up."

Zhao Jinghua looked at Zhao Jingcheng's slightly smug expression and chuckled with great satisfaction. At this time, Wan Sutong noticed Zhao Jinghua's joyful mood and asked Zhao Jinghua in her heart, "Do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is suitable for the throne?"

Zhao Jinghua raised his hand and touched Wan Sutong's cheek, neither denying nor confirming, then looked at Zhao Jingcheng and said, "Your Highness, please follow me to the main tent."

At the same time, Zhao Jinyao put Lin Shuangrong into an ice coffin. The candlelight in the dark room kept swaying as if it would go out at any time. The faint candlelight illuminated Zhao Jinyao's figure. He stood in front of the ice coffin and stared at Lin Shuangrong's face intently. He had a smile on his lips, as if the ice coffin did not contain his wife who had been with him for more than 20 years, but the body of his enemy after his great revenge.

"Shuangrong, you will never leave this palace again. Don't blame me. Blame yourself for not knowing what is good for you!" At this point, Zhao Jinyao raised his hand and gently stroked Lin Shuangrong's belly, and said with tenderness in his eyes, "Shuangrong, do you still remember that I was so happy when you first got pregnant, but unfortunately... you had a premature birth."

Zhao Jinyao was silent for a long time and then slowly spoke, "Did you know? It was a baby girl. She didn't cry or make a fuss. She was still alive when she was born. But the midwife had only held her in my arms for an incense stick of time when she gradually lost her breath. At the same time, the imperial physician also told me that you have injured your body and you may not be able to get pregnant in the future."

After saying this, Zhao Jinyao raised his head and laughed wantonly, "Hahahaha! I really like you, otherwise I could have openly taken that woman into the mansion as a concubine, and how could I have hidden the fact that I had a child with that woman from you?"

"At the beginning, Zhao Jinghua said that he would adopt Si Nian under your name. Maybe thanks to Si Nian, we would have a child. As expected... But unfortunately! I didn't expect... After you had our child, you would not be able to tolerate my son. But don't worry, if I ascend to the throne, I will make our son the prince, and you will stay in this palace forever."

Having said this, Zhao Jinyao sealed the ice coffin, then turned around, opened the secret door, and slowly walked out of the dark room, "Hahahahahahaha"

Zhao Jinyao's laughter was extremely low, as if it came from his chest, like a devil crawling out of hell, and others were terrified.