Chen Xingwang and Qiao Zhenghua of the inspection team returned together after just three days at the Lower Logging Camp.
And their faces, too, were black and blue.
They returned right at noon. Seeing the state they were in, Xu Baoshan was so furious he smashed his bowl on the ground!
Xu Baoshan ran his inspection team on camaraderie more than anything. It was just like when he first met Zhao Jun and told him to call him Brother Xu.
This wasn't an exception. Aside from his two apprentices, everyone on the team younger than him called him Brother Xu. Those who were older could just call him Baoshan.
His men had been beaten twice now. And this time, it was Chen Xingwang and Qiao Zhenghua—and they weren't young men. Chen Xingwang, in particular, was already fifty-one!
But when Xu Baoshan asked what happened, Chen Xingwang said, "Baoshan, something's not right about this."
Hearing this, Xu Baoshan suppressed his rage and asked, "Elder Chen, tell me what happened."
