The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 183 Revenge

Lao Xiao was very quick. In less than three days, Lu Zixuan received the news that Deputy Captain Meng had been appointed as the head of the logistics department of the Southwestern Border Force. He was responsible for organizing and transporting all kinds of military supplies. He would follow the escort troops to the border in two days.

Before leaving, he found an old friend of Mr. Meng and placed his son Meng Jiansong in the recruit company of his comrade-in-arms. He also made careful arrangements for his son's affairs after joining the company. Then he held his head high and set out on the journey with full confidence.

It seemed that Meng Jiansong begged his father to arrange for him to join the army, but in fact everything was carefully planned by Lu Zixuan.

After Lu Zixuan reported Meng Jiansong's suspected enemy spy, he had already conducted a brief investigation into his family background. Similar to Lao Xiao's investigation, he only found out that his father was a deputy regiment commander in charge of logistics. He did not dig deeper, nor did he pay any attention to it.

In his opinion, this was just a trivial matter. At most, Meng Jiansong would be criticized when he returned home, punished by his family, and his freedom restricted for a few days. He did not expect that his negligence would cause such a big stir.

After the kidnapping, Lu Zixuan asked Zhu Feng to investigate again carefully. Only then did he learn about the terrifying power of the Meng family. He immediately asked Lao Xiao to take him to apologize to them. He did not dare to investigate the kidnapping any further to avoid causing greater disaster.

Lu Zixuan always thought that the conflict with the Meng family originated from his report, so he did not let Zhu Feng investigate the reason why the Meng family kidnapped him. It was not until he heard Meng Jiansong's reproach that he realized that Mr. Meng was the wise old man who condescended to his family. If he had known this, he would not have returned the pocket watch to him, leaving him with regret for the rest of his life.

It is unclear how Deputy Captain Meng and his father learned of Chen Ping's information. If the old man did it on purpose, it would be terrible.

Lu Zixuan once asked Lao Tong to review the real reason why the captain surnamed Chen was brought down. Apparently, someone disliked the fact that Mr. Meng used a bandit style to manage his subordinates, and used the matter of his godson to warn him. But after so many years, his son actually blamed Chen Ping, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

The admiration for Mr. Meng was gone, replaced by hatred and disgust.

Although he understood that backward technology, imperfect laws and other factors led to some unjust, false and wrongful convictions during this period, Lu Zixuan always felt that they were just stories and history. He never thought that such a thing would happen to him, or that someone did it on purpose.

The old man must have taken his reputation into consideration and did not kill Chen Ping and her son. Later, he went to participate in the war and left, so he did not have the chance to do so.

When Lu Zixuan knew that the old man had returned to China, he chose to return the pocket watch because he was afraid that the old man would be angry because he was reluctant to let it go. He didn't expect to be implicated anyway.

I no longer hold out for luck and decided to take revenge. Since he cared about my reputation, I would destroy his reputation. Since he cared about the future of his juniors, I would make sure that he would have no successor and his children and grandchildren would achieve nothing and become a laughing stock of everyone.

So Lu Zixuan learned about the news of providing supplies to the border and promoting the regiment commander through Director Ma of the Quartermaster Department, who was also the little Ma soldier of the Military Control Commission back then.

He designed and arranged for Deputy Captain Meng to go to the border. He knew very well that a large-scale war would break out there within two years. Given Deputy Captain Meng's cowardly and life-threatening nature, even if he had the willpower, he would be scared to the point of peeing his pants on the spot, let alone being a hero on the battlefield.

If Lu Zixuan's idea were to come true, perhaps Deputy Captain Meng would not even hear the news of the war and would disobey military orders and escape back home.

No matter what the outcome, Deputy Regiment Commander Meng will always be a disgrace to the military. Even a hundred years later, he will appear as a negative example in the army and will be infamous in internal publications for eternity.

Meng Jiansong's fate would be even worse. Lu Zixuan first selected five people from his social connections who had a close relationship with him and were well-informed.

He then ordered people to follow these five people in turn, and frequently proposed that the children of soldiers with outstanding military achievements would be given preferential treatment when joining the army. If they were lucky, they could be promoted to a higher rank quickly, and with the help of connections, they would surely rise to the top.

And these five people will definitely share this important news with Meng Jiansong during the party and chat.

If one person says it, it can only be a gossip; if two people talk about it, it could be a coincidence; if three people talk about it, it must be true; and if five people mention it at the same time, it not only shows that the listeners are uninformed, but also confirms the reliability of the news.

Some of these five people have insufficient family background, some are not interested in this, some have no support from their families, some are physically weak, and some have no big ambitions.

Only Meng Jiansong met all the requirements. The five of them all looked envious on the surface, which made Meng Jiansong's sense of pride surge.

As Meng Jiansong was eager to make achievements and prove his excellence to everyone, he immediately asked Deputy Regiment Commander Meng to join the army.

Deputy Captain Meng was also worried about the future of his only son, so when he heard about this opportunity, he immediately made arrangements.

When Lu Zixuan received the news that Deputy Head Meng had made arrangements, he immediately found Zhu Feng and informed him of the details.

Ask him to notify his comrades and contact the recruit company that Meng Jiansong is about to join, and in the name of Deputy Regiment Commander Meng, pay everyone to take care of Meng Jiansong. This is real care, not suppression.

Then he found the logistics department he wanted to join, and used the excuse that Deputy Captain Meng wanted to pave the way for his son to discuss the matter with those who had ability but no hope of promotion, no background, and whose families were short of money.

At a price of one hundred to three hundred, they were asked to sell their future third-class and second-class merits to Meng Jiansong so that he could be promoted as soon as possible.

"Why not buy the first-class merit? Besides, the calculation of military merit is very strict, it can't be bought and sold casually."

Zhu Feng heard Lu Zixuan's plan and raised questions.

Lu Zixuan said in disbelief:

"Are you overjoyed by the news that Aunt Lan is pregnant?

Which first-class meritorious service was not obtained at the cost of one's life and limbs? It cannot be faked. Or it must be someone who made special contributions. Do you think someone who can make special contributions can be an unknown person? Even the military leaders dare not easily take credit for it.

The second-class merit and the third-class merit are different. Recovering losses for the team is a meritorious service, protecting the safety of people’s property is also a meritorious service, and putting forward reasonable suggestions is also a meritorious service. There are many ways to do this.

As long as you name a price, someone will naturally do business with you. Do you think so many people choose to join the army for lofty ideals?

Most people fought just to have a full meal and reduce the burden on their families. National justice was inspired by the war, and heroes who sacrificed their lives were mostly forced to do so.

Those who held high the flags and shouted loud slogans were mostly intellectuals and passionate young people. They had never been to the battlefield and had never experienced the cruelty of fighting.

They simply don't know how many people will be buried in a foreign land just for fighting for national justice. This is why scholars are warlike and military generals are afraid of war.

As for those who have achieved success individually, how many times have you seen a large group of people doing it together? It's enough as long as there are one or two people who can prove it.

Meng Jiansong must be promoted to the position of platoon leader within a year. He cannot be charged with the crimes of taking human life lightly and killing innocent people for credit, but it is not difficult to accuse him of the facts of using power to suppress others and falsely claiming credit..."