"Who is it? Show yourself if you dare! Now that you're here, why are you acting like a coward!"

Unable to find anyone, Yuan Tongjun shouted provocatively, but remained firmly hidden behind the guards.

Su Qinghe curled her lips into a disdainful sneer, lifted her foot, and stepped directly out from the shadows.

"Then so be it."

Although she knew it was a provocation, Su Qinghe was already confident of victory and wasn't afraid of her at all.

When Yuan Tongjun first met Su Qinghe, she didn't recognize her at all, but Luo Pinzheng's expression changed drastically.

The same change in expression occurred among the group of officials and wealthy businessmen surrounded by soldiers.

They had been wondering why they hadn't seen Su Qinghe for the past few days, and had made various guesses. Some thought she was dead, while others thought she had run away. But they never expected that she would come back now.

Seeing that Su Qinghe had finally come out, Wu Wang couldn't contain his excitement. He tugged at the abbot's sleeve and whispered in his ear.

"Master, we're saved!"

The abbot was somewhat dazed; he still remembered Su Qinghe.

When she saw that the person actually dared to come out, Yuan Tongjun was stunned for a moment, but then she burst into excited laughter.

"Hahahaha—I didn't expect there to be someone this stupid. You came out when I told you to!"

Having vented her frustration, Yuan Tongjun suppressed her smile and looked coldly at the person in front of her.

"Speak, who sent you?"

Su Qinghe unconsciously swung the Desert Eagle in her hand, looking at Luo Pinzheng next to Yuan Tongjun with a harmless smile on her face.

"You'll have to ask Lady Luo, who's by your side. If it weren't for her help, I'd still be in the same situation as those family heads who are under house arrest over there!"

"You agree, don't you, Lord Luo?"

Luo Pinzheng's face turned ashen. When he saw Yuan Tongjun's cold gaze sweep over him, he quickly denied it.

"My lord, please don't believe him! This man is just trying to sow discord so he can profit from it. I have served him faithfully for so many years, how could I do something so self-destructive!"

However, at that moment, Qin Anmin, who was in the crowd, suddenly spoke up loudly.

"My lord, this person is named Su Qinghe. To my shame, she is my sister-in-law. She came up the mountain with us."

“We all promised to be loyal to you, but for some reason, one day after lunch, she told me that she had something to discuss with Lord Luo, and she never came back after she left.”

As he spoke, Qin Anmin looked angrily at Luo Pinzheng.

"Lord Luo must have taken some bribe from her to secretly send her down the mountain. Lord Luo, how could you do such a thing? You've wasted the trust the lord placed in you!"

Luo Pinzheng was in a state of utter confusion.

"I didn't! Qin Anmin, don't talk nonsense here."

After yelling at Qin Anmin, she turned to look anxiously at Yuan Tongjun.

"My lord, Qin Anmin and Su Qinghe were originally friends, and their relationship became even closer after the marriage. There's no way she would harm Su Qinghe. Saying this is definitely an attempt to get rid of me!"

The two had conflicting accounts, and Yuan Tongjun frowned, feeling so frustrated she wanted to kill someone.

Luo Pinzheng was someone her mother trusted, but she also had a good impression of Qin Anmin, and besides, she needed to rely on her soldiers now, so she didn't want to touch either of them for the time being.

Caught in a dilemma, Yuan Tongjun was seething with anger. When she looked up, she noticed Su Qinghe standing on the field, and immediately found an outlet for her frustration.

“Luo Pinzheng, after you have accomplished your task, go and explain it to my mother yourself.”

Then, she pointed at Su Qinghe.

"Where are this man's husband and children?"

Luo Pinzheng didn't dare look at her. "Reporting to you, sir... I couldn't find it."

Yuan Tongjun was furious, but she couldn't kill Luo Pinzheng, so she could only turn her attention to Su Qinghe again.

"Did you come alone?"

She didn't believe that one person would dare to kill her.

Su Qinghe shrugged. "I guess so."

Yuan Tongjun's eyes twitched, and she was too lazy to waste words with her, so she simply waved her hand.

"Arrest her, torture her severely, and find out what she revealed!"

Seeing that Yuan Tongjun wasn't pressing the issue with him, Luo Pinzheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

That way, she can ask Su Qinghe for the antidote.

Thinking about when the poison in his body might take effect, Luo Pin was getting impatient.

She gestured to a group of soldiers who were relatively close to Su Qinghe. "Move, capture them alive."

"yes!"

A group of soldiers obeyed the order and surrounded Su Qinghe.

Su Qinghe still had a faint smile on her face, and instead of running away, she stood still and clapped her hands.

Yuan Tongjun and her group all frowned, wondering what other tricks she was planning to play.

But then Su Qinghe spoke up loudly.

"Everyone, the show's over, time to roll in the net!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a commotion broke out in the room.

Suddenly, the soldiers that Yuan Tongjun had just brought in sprang into action, drawing their long swords and surrounding the soldiers that Luo Pinzheng had brought, which were now only half their original number.

"What happened?"

Suddenly, chaos erupted on the field. Yuan Tongjun's alarm bells went off, and she shouted loudly.

The group of soldiers who were originally going to capture Su Qinghe also stopped their actions. Seeing that other soldiers were also surrounding them, they were all at a loss.

"Qin Anmin!"

Seeing that things were going wrong, and that her attempts to stop them were futile, Yuan Tongjun quickly looked in Qin Anmin's direction.

Meanwhile, the officials and wealthy merchants who had been surrounded by Luo Pinzheng's soldiers were released. Since they were not skilled in martial arts, they were surrounded by Qin Anmin's troops for protection.

Qin Anmin stood inside the encirclement. When Yuan Tongjun called him, he grinned and gave her a very irritating smile.

"I'm sorry, sir, but treason is a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one's family. Although I don't have many relatives, I value my life and would never dare to do such a business with you!"

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