"Doesn't Miss Wei like bandit dens?" Su Hua pressed her slightly sore palm and said calmly, "Miss Wei and I have known each other for a while, so I'll send this last gift to Miss Wei's bandit den as a token of reciprocity. Is Miss Wei satisfied?"

Upon hearing this, Wei Jianjia's eyes widened instantly.

"Su Hua! I advise you not to do anything reckless. If you dare to cause me to fall into the bandit's den, my father will not forgive you, nor will Consort Shu and the Third Prince. They will avenge me and will definitely kill you!"

And your Su family, aren't you most fond of your two nephews? If you dare to touch me, I will make sure they kill both of your nephews and wipe out your entire Su family..."

Upon hearing this, Su Hua's almond-shaped eyes turned completely cold. She picked up the broken piece of wood from before and used it to strike Wei Jianjia's right knee.

"Clang!"

"ah!!!"

The broken wood was completely snapped in two, and the sound of bone cracking, accompanied by the girl's scream, echoed all around the official road.

Wei Jianjia hugged her leg with her left hand and cried out, "It hurts so much... my leg hurts so much... it hurts so much! What did you do to my leg... what did you do to my leg..."

She tried to move her leg, but there was no response from her knee down; instead, the pain was even more excruciating.

Yu Feng and his subordinates in black gasped in unison. They seemed to only know how to watch such a swift leg-breaking technique, but not how to use it themselves.

Moreover, judging from the sound, her kneecap must have been shattered to pieces in one blow; even a miracle doctor couldn't save her.

Indeed, you should never mess with a doctor, especially one who is extremely knowledgeable about human bones.

Qiu Shuang swallowed hard, then felt extremely fortunate that she had switched sides quickly; otherwise, she would be the one with broken arms and legs now, and being sent to the bandits' den.

Su Hua took a step forward, her gaze meeting Wei Jianjia's tear-streaked eyes. "Miss Wei, can you speak now? Do you still want to kill my nephew and destroy my Su family? Hmm?"

The slight upward flick at the end of the note instantly made Wei Jianjia tremble like a startled bird.

Beneath the wide sleeves, unseen by others, her only remaining intact left hand was already bleeding from gripping the fabric. She had to endure it now; once she returned to the capital, she would repay Su Hua a hundredfold, a thousandfold, for what she had done to her today.

But as soon as this thought crossed her mind, she saw the girl's red lips part slightly, and the voice that came out was even colder than the snow in winter, "Since Miss Wei hates me so much, it seems that the gift of merely entering a bandit's den is too light!"

The journey from Wuxi Prefecture to the capital passes through five prefectures, and each prefecture has one or two bandit strongholds.

I've heard that noble families value perfection; perhaps we could bestow upon Miss Wei the gift of perfection.

As for your revenge... what use is a person with crippled hands, broken legs, and a ruined reputation to his so-called prime minister father, imperial concubine aunt, and prince cousin?

Do you think they'll still go to such lengths to avenge you by then?

"What..." Wei Jianjia hesitated for a long time, but couldn't utter a single sound.

Perfect in every way?

Does that mean they're going to throw her into ten bandit dens?!

Her right hand and right leg are broken now. If Su Hua really throws her into ten bandit dens... then she's finished, completely finished.

They can never get back up.

Thinking of this, Wei Jianjia's eyes immediately reddened, and she pleaded, trying to grab Su Hua's skirt. "Su Hua, I was wrong, I was wrong. I shouldn't have dragged you into the bandit's den. I only did it because of a momentary obsession. I won't hurt your family. I was just trying to scare you..."

Everyone listened with bated breath; at this moment, they finally understood what it meant for every word to be precious and every sentence to pierce the heart.

This kind of punishment is much worse than death.

Qiu Shuang shrank to the side, trying her best not to let them notice her, and her sense of relief reached its peak.

Xiao Jinhan took two steps back with Su Hua in his arms and instructed his subordinates in black: "You two go to each mansion immediately to spread the news. Make sure all the bandit dens know that Miss Wei the Second of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion has arrived."

After capturing people from the bandit's den, they would then beat drums and gongs to suppress the bandits and rescue the people.

After making ten incursions and ten exits, they escorted Miss Wei back to the capital, all the way to the Wei residence there, determined not to let her die.

Do you understand?

The man's voice, devoid of any warmth, fell, and the air suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Yu Feng couldn't help but recall what Yu Yu had said before: "When his master kills someone, Miss Su helps to skin him alive!"

Isn't this scene exactly what they mean? No, to be more precise, it's the other way around.

His master is returning to them everything that the Wei family masters and servants did to Miss Su that day.

Seeing them stop in their tracks, Xiao Jinhan raised an eyebrow. "What's wrong? Didn't any of you understand?"

"No, I understand!" Yu Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly bowed and agreed, "I will make the arrangements immediately."

After saying that, he immediately dragged away the Wei family master and servants who were standing next to him.

Wei Jianjia's pleas for mercy stopped abruptly, and her words instantly turned into curses, "Su Hua! Xiao Jinhan! You are utterly heartless! You have wronged me like this, I will haunt you even as a ghost! I will definitely take my revenge, you just wait..."

He was only halfway through his sentence when Yu Feng tore off the dead leader's clothes and gagged him, leaving him only able to glare fiercely at the two figures who were getting further and further away.

At this moment, Qiu Shuang felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her.

He looked at Su Hua with a shocked expression, "Miss Su, didn't you just say that if I did something for you, you would spare my life? Why are you suddenly going back on your word..."

"Ha! When did I ever agree to such a foolish thing?" Su Hua's almond-shaped eyes were cold and deep. "Betrayal is something that can happen a second or third time after the first one."

Moreover, is it truly true, as you say, that the bandit hideout was merely a place where they acted on orders?

Upon hearing this, Qiu Shuang's eyes narrowed sharply, her hope vanished instantly, and she felt a pang of resentment. "When I was at the Earth God Temple, I was completely covered from head to toe. How did you know it was me?"

She couldn't understand this until her death; everything seemed perfect, how could it have been exposed?

"Want to know?" Su Hua curled her lips. "I'm not telling you."

"Su Hua!!..." Qiu Shuang was so angry at the sight that she almost cursed out loud.

"Tsk, it's not good for your health to get angry!" Su Hua waved her hand. "Your young lady's hands and feet are not very convenient right now. You'll have to take good care of her when she goes to the bandits' den. Let's get going..."

Qiu Shuang's anger burned even brighter.

However, this time, it wasn't directed at Su Hua!

As Wei Jianjia was being dragged onto the carriage, she heard these nonchalant words and felt a chill run from her heart all the way down to her spine.

Su Hua watched the convoy gradually disappear into the night, then glanced at the rocky hill outside the clearing. "The show's over, aren't you two planning to come out?"