After hearing Zhao Zhigang's words, Zhao Youwei suddenly became furious.
He raised his hand and wanted to slap Zhao Zhigang, but facing his only son, he couldn't bear to drop his raised hand.
"You idiot! She is your mother, my wife, and a member of our family. Of course I can bring her in, and I can bring her in openly! But is the woman you brought here a member of your family? She is just a geisha!
You noble centurion, bring a prostitute back to the military camp, what do you want the soldiers to think?"
Zhao Zhigang smacked his lips impatiently, and then nodded in agreement: "Okay, okay, I understand. I will send her out later. Are you satisfied now?"
Zhao Youwei glared at his son Zhao Zhigang and said nothing.
But at this moment, an orderly suddenly ran in from outside.
"It's not good, it's not good! Commander Zhao, something bad is going to happen!"
This orderly rushed in and startled Zhao Wanrong. Zhao Youwei was very dissatisfied and scolded: "What does it look like to be in a panic! Stand at attention!"
The orderly snapped to attention.
Seeing that he calmed down, Zhao Youwei then asked: "What's the big deal? What happened?"
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The orderly held a handful of cold sweat and said hesitantly: "The new commander-in-chief, with two commanders, arrested Centurion Zhao's female family members!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhao Zhigang, who was drinking at the side, immediately crushed his wine glass.
"How brave he is to dare to touch my woman!"
Camp.
A woman wearing very thin clothes, with her shoulders and two beautiful white legs exposed to the air, was sitting on the ground in panic.
Lin Xiao was standing in front of her, and waiting here were Yuan Zheng, Zhou Guangzhong, and Li Dong.
Tang Guorong and his daughter Tang Ling did not come. After all, this was not something they should get involved in.
Many city defense soldiers came closer out of curiosity and wanted to know what was happening here.
"What are you looking at! Stand still!"
Zhou Guangzhong shouted loudly, and the approaching city defense soldiers immediately lined up and stood in line as if on conditioned reflex.
Before you knew it, hundreds of people had gathered here.
The soldiers of the city defense army lined up neatly, but after seeing the strange scene, they couldn't help but start talking in low voices.
"What's going on? How come Commander Lin and the two commanders arrested Centurion Zhao Zhigang's woman?"
"Could it be that Commander Lin fell in love with Centurion Zhao Zhigang's woman, so he took action to snatch her away?"
"Don't talk nonsense, Commander Lin is definitely not that kind of person!"
"Indeed, Commander Lin is a wise and powerful man. He doesn't look like that kind of lecherous person."
The discussion became louder and louder, but Lin Xiao did not stop it.
It is better to defend the people's mouth than to defend the river. Speech cannot be blocked, and there is no need to block it.
Zhao Zhigang is here.
Zhao Youwei also came.
Because of anxiety and worry, Zhao Youwei's wife Zhao Wanrong also came with her.
When he arrived, Zhao Zhigang pulled his woman up from the ground, and then asked Lin Xiao angrily.
"Commander Lin, what are you going to do? Bring my woman here. Do you want to cheat on her?"
As soon as Zhao Zhigang's words came out, Zhao Youwei's expression changed drastically.
He knew this was bad.
As expected, all the city defense soldiers looked at Zhao Zhigang with great disdain.
Because Zhao Zhigang hid a woman in his dormitory, only some soldiers knew about it. Now he made a noise and everyone knew about it.
The city defense soldiers would of course feel contempt and disdain for him.
As a military cadre and a centurion, he secretly hides a woman in his dormitory and engages in prostitution all day long.
What qualifications does such a person have to be a centurion?
This kind of stuff is a disgrace to the Dorado City Defense Force!
"Do you admit that you hid this woman in the army?"
Lin Xiao looked at Zhao Zhigang coldly and asked.
Zhao Zhigang's heart skipped a beat, knowing that he had done something bad.
If he pretends not to know anything when he first comes here, or even denies that he doesn't know this woman, then he still has room for excuse.
But when he came just now, he asked Lin Xiao why he wanted to arrest his woman, which was equivalent to admitting his relationship with this woman and the fact that he hid her in the army.
In this case, what else does he have to defend?
"Since you have nothing to say, then don't blame me for military justice."
Lin Xiao turned to look at Yuan Zheng and asked: "Yuan Zheng, for hiding women in the army for fun and causing huge negative effects, what crime should he be punished for?"
"Forty people will be punished with a cane in public, their military rank and status will be reduced, and they will be expelled from the military camp!"
Yuan Zheng replied in a loud voice that all the city defense soldiers could hear clearly.
Hearing this, Zhou Guangzhong and Li Dong both knew that Zhao Zhigang was going to be in trouble today.
The city defense soldiers who lined up to watch all showed excited expressions, while Zhao Zhigang's face turned ashen.
"Commander Zhou, Commander Li, do you have any objection to this punishment?"
Lin Xiao looked at the two captains Zhou Guangzhong and Li Dong and asked.
Of course, Zhou Guangzhong and Li Dong made no sense, and replied together: "No objection!"
Lin Xiao looked at all the city defense soldiers again and asked loudly: "All soldiers, do you have any objections to this punishment?"
"No objection!"
The city defense soldiers shook their fists and shouted.
Listening to the deafening shouts, Zhao Zhigang's face turned from livid to pale.
So many soldiers expressed no objection to his punishment, which already shows that he, the centurion, has become a target of public criticism.
Now, he can only place all his hopes on his old father.
"Dad! Dad! Say something to me quickly! I can't live without a military position, I don't want to be an ordinary person..."
Seeing his son begging him like this, Zhao Youwei felt heartbroken!
But now, what can he do?
With so many city defense soldiers watching with wide eyes, he could not plead for his son in full view of everyone!
"Commander Zhao, do you have any objections?"
Lin Xiao looked at Zhao Youwei with a smile and asked in front of all the soldiers.
What else could Zhao Youwei say? He could only shake his head slightly: "No... no objection..."
"Dad! I am your son! How can you just watch me being punished! You have to save me! Please save me quickly -"
Zhao Zhigang panicked and was afraid.
He shouted repeatedly, but Zhao Youwei turned away and stopped looking at him.
Lin Xiao loudly announced the punishment: "Since all the soldiers have no objections, then the punishment begins now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several city defense soldiers ran over spontaneously and pushed Zhao Zhigang to the ground forcefully.
Forty strokes with a rod means forty blows with a wooden stick.
Don't underestimate these forty blows. If an ordinary person is hit twenty times, his skin will be torn apart and he will lose half his life. Forty blows are very likely to kill someone!
Even if Zhao Zhigang is a trained warrior and a well-trained soldier, he may not be able to persevere.
Seeing that his son was about to be punished, Zhao Youwei couldn't bear it anymore.
In front of his own wife, in front of all the soldiers, in front of Zhou Guangzhong and Li Dong, two peers, he knelt down in front of Lin Xiao with a thud!