Scumbag Chapter 136 The Reformed White-Eyed Wolf General (2)

The wish-maker has three requests: repent and atone for his sins, deal with the Eastern Sea pirates, and take revenge. For the first one, Mi

The wish-maker has three requests: repent and atone for his sins, deal with the Eastern Sea pirates, and take revenge.

For the first one, Mingting sorted through his thoughts, and the original owner had wronged quite a few people.

As for the second, as a general, the original owner fought countless battles in his life, and finally died in the hands of the Eastern Sea pirates in such a brutal way, with his body thrown into the sea to feed the sharks. His end was tragic.

So his lingering wish to pacify the coastal regions was understandable.

But the third request, saying he wanted revenge, made Mingting couldn't help but sneer.

Wei Mingting had wronged many people in his life, but he had been exceptionally good to his white moonlight and her family.

This kind of ‘love me, love my dog’ mentality, how ‘I like you, so I'll promote your husband and pamper your son’, was something Mingting found hard to comprehend.

The fact that they could turn around and stab him in the back was only possible because Wei Mingting had handed them the knife himself.

He brought it upon himself!

Mingting really wanted to say, Serves him right!

However, Mingting discovered that the female lead’s husband, Shi Jing, had not only delayed military operations during a critical battle but also tampered with reinforcements. Aside from his own ingratitude, there were also hints of imperial power’s struggle involved.

‘This is very interesting!’

‘It seemed the original owner’s death wasn’t as straightforward as it appeared, and his targets for revenge weren’t limited to just his white moonlight’s family…’

Seeing Mingting finally take things seriously, Fengtian wiped its sweat and breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, it remembered something important.

[Boss, the wish-maker has a family heirloom, it’s a Buddhist prayer bead containing a spiritual spring space.]

[He’s willing to give it to you for free! According to the Space-Time Bureau’s rules, if a wish-maker voluntarily gifts their supernatural item, it becomes the task-taker’s personal possession and can be taken to other worlds.]

[If it weren’t for the spiritual spring space, I wouldn’t have picked this task! The treasures the Ancestors gave before couldn’t be taken away, what a waste…]

Only then did Mingting realize that the Female Lead’s cheat ability in this world originally belonged to Wei Mingting.

Jin Yuping rose to prominence in Yaozhou.

Using the spiritual spring and the fruits and vegetables from the space, she opened restaurants, served medicinal cuisine, made a fortune, and befriended many nobles… even the Empress Dowager adored her.

The spiritual spring could prolong life, beautify the skin, and enhance vitality.

The fruits and vegetables grown in the space taste particularly good, and eating them can strengthen the body, while the medicinal herbs grew quickly and had special effects.

‘So this golden finger originally belonged to the cannon fodder?’

‘Well, no wonder he got screwed over!’

‘This was a classic cannon fodder… giving the female lead money, benefits, a golden finger, and even his own head in the end. A simp who ended up with nothing.’

Mingting touched the inside of his collar, and found that he was still wearing the Buddhist prayer beads.

‘Since this thing was the wish-maker’s payment, I’d gladly accept it.’

After discovering that the death of the cannon fodder was not that simple, Mingting began to question everything.

For example, the deaths of his father-in-law’s family, were it just ordinary bandits who broke into his house and robbed them, or was there someone deliberately manipulating it behind the scenes?

The new dynasty had just been established, and while some areas were still plagued by bandits, the original owner had assumed it was just lawlessness.

Back then, the men the original owner sent to investigate never found the culprits, and the case remained unsolved.

Now, upon closer thought, Mingting suspected the bandits’ identities were questionable.

Perhaps, from that moment on, the original owner had already become a thorn in someone’s side...

In the original timeline, Wei Mingting is a fierce and skilled warrior.

His current title of Count was earned through blood and battle, fighting his way out of mountains of corpses.

He had even risked his life multiple times to save the Emperor, charging into enemy lines and taking arrows for him. His contributions were undeniable.

Otherwise, among all those who had supported the Emperor’s rise, aside from the earliest followers, Wei Mingting was one of the few who received such a high-ranking title.

And Wei Mingting was also fiercely loyal to the Emperor. When the Emperor expressed concern about the threat of pirates along the coast, while others stayed in the capital to enjoy their wealth, Wei Mingting volunteered to go to Yaozhou.

In terms of loyalty to the Emperor and love for the country, Wei Mingting was flawless and deeply trusted by the Emperor.

Given the current emperor’s temperament, it was unlikely he would harm the original owner.

On the contrary, the princes under the Emperor have grown up one by one and have other thoughts, so they were the more likely suspects.

Aside from the Empress’s son, who was named Crown Prince, the other princes had been granted titles.

Several of them had tried to recruit Mingting, overtly or covertly, but he remained steadfastly loyal to the emperor and refused them all, so it was unclear which one he might have offended.

However, no matter who the mastermind was, whether man or ghost, this time, Mingting wouldn’t let them off!

After two days of travel with forty men, Mingting reined in his horse and called for a stop when they reached the outskirts of Ji County.

Wei Mingting’s father-in-law’s family is a well-known landowners in Ji County. His father-in-law, Liu Yongshan, was a generous man who believed in physiognomy and fate.

When he first met the original owner, Liu Yongshan was struck by his imposing stature and extraordinary aura. He convinced that he was no ordinary man, so he betrothed his beloved daughter to him.

Even though Wei Mingting was just a petty bandit at the time, Liu Yongshan still firmly believed that his son-in-law was not an ordinary person, and even supported the young couple financially.

It must be said that Liu Yongshan’s judgment was impeccable, as the original owner did achieve greatness.

But he forgot an old saying, ‘You can paint a tiger’s skin, but not its bones… you may know a man’s face, but not his heart.’

Liu Yongshan probably never imagined that his seemingly honorable son-in-law would turn out to be such a super white-eyed wolf.