Chapter 501: Suspicious Activity
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Vice General Zhong saw this, he also realized the seriousness of the matter and hurriedly brought his men to follow.
The cooks were walking at the back of the team. Before they got close, they saw thick smoke rising.
The grass used to repel insects was usually burned in a closed stove with only a few small holes left. This way, it was easy to carry and could also emit a larger smoke,
Seeing that the generals had arrived, the chief cook quickly stepped forward and asked respectfully,”General, what’s the matter?”
Ming Zhiyan’s eagle-like gaze landed on General Song, causing him to tremble in fear.
At this moment, General Song was squatting beside the stove, placing the herbs into the furnace.
Seeing Ming Zhiyan come over, his hands subconsciously shrank and he asked nervously. “G-General, why are you here?”
Deputy General Zhong immediately stepped forward and kicked the stove over, extinguishing the fire inside.
General Song looked at the medicinal herbs on the ground that had not been completely burned and was charred black. He clenched his fists and asked in confusion, “Vice General Zhong, what’s going on? Is there a problem?” Deputy General Zhong ignored him and followed Ming Zhiyan to squat down and carefully observe the half-charred grass on the ground that was still emitting white smoke. They picked up the herbs one by one and carefully searched for anything bad that had been added to these herbs.
Seeing the two generals squatting down to look for the half-burnt grass, the chief cook asked nervously, “General, what’s going on? What are you looking for? Why don’t I look for it?”
Ming Zhiyan waved his hand, indicating that there was no need. He continued to carefully observe the medicinal herb.
After searching for a few, he found some yellowish-brown powder on one of the herbs.
He was not sure what it was, so he picked it up with his fingers.
There was only a little powder on the herb, and he could not smell anything.
“General, did you find it?” Vice General Zhong asked in surprise.
Ming Zhiyan hummed and said, “Let’s look again.”.
General Song looked at the powder on Ming Zhiyan’s hand, and his pupils constricted. He turned around and left.
However, he was surrounded by the people Vice General Zhong brought.
“General, what’s the meaning of this?” General Song asked with a stiff expression.
Ming Zhiyan clapped his hands and stood up. He said coldly, “Take him away and imprison him!”
General Song gritted his teeth and feigned ignorance. ‘General, can you give me a clear explanation of what I have done? I’ve been following you for so long. Even if you’re the commander, you can’t just arrest me at will, right? Besides, I’ve been following the army obediently these past few days and haven’t done anything against the rules. Don’t you have to give me an explanation for arresting me so rashly?”
Deputy General Zhong snorted coldly. “You know what you did. If you didn’t do it, you would be fine. If you did it, you wouldn’t be able to escape! Be honest, tell me what you did!”
“What did I do?” General Song asked in confusion. “I didn’t do anything! I just felt that there were too many poisonous insects, so I came here to ask the chef to burn some herbs to expel the insects! Because the chef’s hand was injured, I wanted to help him put the herbs in! What can I do?”
At this moment, Military Doctor Wu rushed over and said respectfully,
“General, this subordinate is late.’
Ming Zhiyan nodded and said, “Go and see what the powder on the medicinal herb is.’
Military Doctor Wu nodded and went forward to take a closer look.
Although General Song was nervous, he had nothing to fear. Not everyone knew about the secret medicine. Doctors who had never seen it before would think it was a powder for deworming because the person who gave him the powder had mentioned that one of the medicines was made from a very precious deworming medicine..