When their master became enraged, his temper quickly infected his subordinates. Wang Yuluan took the lead, charging forward despite his sword wounds. Seeing this, his men were also roused, and their fighting spirit surged.

Across the crowd, Zhao Cheng looked at a tree not far away, where a starfruit branch stood upright on the branch, like a pretty plum blossom.

Zhao Cheng gently shook her head, indicating that she didn't need to intervene.

"Cheer up! I'll increase your wages tenfold! And there'll be an even bigger reward for those who kill the enemy!!"

Xiao Luomu shouted, and the morale of his followers who were still fighting soared, and their explosive power was astonishing. Wang Yuluan and the others, who had just gained momentum, were suppressed again.

Both groups were so enraged that they wouldn't stop until they killed each other, and Zhao Wu no longer needed to throw wooden sticks to fuel their excitement.

After a while, both groups of people finally couldn't take it anymore. Except for those who collapsed and stopped breathing, the rest lay on the ground panting heavily.

Only Wang Yuluan, covered in blood, knelt in the crowd, panting.

Wang Yuluan looked at Zhao Cheng, her eyes filled with anger, confusion, resentment, and helplessness...

Zhao Wu blocked Zhao Cheng's path, his hand on the hilt of his knife.

Wang Yuluan suddenly stood up, turned around and ran.

This sudden run caught Zhao Wu off guard. He had blocked Zhao Cheng's path to prevent Wang Yuluan from going berserk and biting people, given his spirited demeanor and the fact that he seemed ready to die alongside Zhao Cheng...

Zhao Cheng nodded to the starfruit branch on the tree, and the starfruit branch followed Wang Yuluan.

"Zhao Wu!!"

"exist!"

"This place is less than ten miles from Yanchuan City. How dare they openly assassinate the young prime minister in front of this young general! This is utterly lawless! Take them all back to Yanchuan and hand them over to the inspector for punishment!!"

"yes!"

Zhao Cheng looked at Xiao Luomu beside him and asked, "Young Prime Minister, is this arrangement alright?"

Xiao Luomu was somewhat bewildered by the sudden aura Zhao Cheng displayed, and nodded blankly.

"You and your... guards will also have to go along."

"Of course..."

Zhao Wu looked at the people who were already weak and listless, his face full of worry.

Seeing this, Zhao Cheng said, "Are you stupid? Quickly tie them up!"

"Master, there are too many of them, and I'm all alone..."

"Tie them up with rope and take them away! Just like you skewer meat, understand?"

"What if they resist on the way? What if they try to run away?"

"Don't you know to cut their Achilles tendons first? Oh no, they still need to walk to Yanchuan, so cut their wrist tendons! Do you know how to do it? Like when you remove the shrimp vein before grilling shrimp..."

As he listened, Xiao Luomu shivered and wondered to himself, "What kind of people are these?!"

The disabled person managed to create a barbecue-like scene!

Is the human environment in Yanchuan really that bad?

Wang Yuluan's men also began to beg for mercy: "Don't cut my tendons, I promise I won't run away!"

"Don't cripple us! We still have families to support!"

"I also have an 80-year-old mother at home..."

"As long as you don't kill me, I'll remove the shrimp veins for you for the rest of my life..."

...

night.

General Yan Chuan's Mansion.

Wang Yuluan was taking a bath in the inner room, washing away the blood from her body, while Xue Yun was waiting in the outer room, feeling restless.

"Luan'er, the people you took were the elite of the manor, how come not a single one of them came back?!"

Wang Yuluan's voice came from the inner room: "Zhao Cheng was bound to die! But some idiot came along out of nowhere, not only was he fooled by Zhao Cheng and crippled, but he also made his men take the blows for Zhao Cheng! I'm so angry!"

“Now is not the time to complain,” Xue Yun frowned. “It would be one thing if all the people you brought were dead, but now there are still survivors…”

"Don't worry, Mother! I've already given them three times the settlement fee. Our Wang family has been kind to them. Even if they bite their tongues and commit suicide, they won't betray me."

"That's good..." Xue Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You should stay home these days and not go out."

"Aren't you going to avenge my brother?"

"Let's give him a few days' rest. Your father is setting off for war tomorrow, so we have to be patient."

"Perfect timing to kill Zhao Cheng and offer him as a sacrifice for my father!"

Bang!

The door was kicked open, and Yang Taozhi, dressed in black training clothes and with her face covered, walked in.

She held a thin sword in her hand, its tip dripping blood.

"Ah!!" Xue Yun exclaimed, "Who are you? How did you get in?!"

Yang Taozhi raised her sword, and blood splattered onto Xue Yun's face, startling Xue Yun into backing away.

Wang Yuluan didn't even bother to put on clothes; he was only wearing a pair of underwear and used it to shield his mother behind him.

"I could enter this general's mansion with ease; those guards at the gate will teach me a lesson."

Yang Taozhi pointed her sword at Wang Yuluan and said, "You still want Zhao Cheng to sacrifice himself to the flag?"

Wang Yuluan said in a gloomy tone, "Are you from the Right Prime Minister's residence?"

"Now it's my turn to ask you."

"Yes!" Wang Yuluan hardened his heart and said angrily, "Zhao Cheng killed my brother, and I dream of killing Zhao Cheng to avenge my brother!"

"The brotherhood is so touching." Yang Taozhi brandished her sword, but didn't take another step forward. Xue Yun, who was being protected by Wang Yuluan, suddenly felt liquid running down his face.

A bloody mark appeared on her cheek.

"Ah, ah! Luan'er!!"

"mother!!"

“Your mother won’t die. I’m just telling you that if you still want to cause trouble for Zhao Cheng, then I’ll send your mother to join your brother first. You see, this is easy for me.”

Yang Taozhi turned around and said as she walked to the door, "Wang Yuluan, you should thank your father. If it weren't for his sacrifice for the country and the fact that he left you an heir, you would be a corpse by the river outside the city today."

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