As his cursing gradually subsided and finally stopped, a beautiful woman swayed her hips as she walked in to comfort him. The woman had an excellent figure, was exquisitely beautiful, had a face like a peach blossom, and skin like solidified cream. As soon as she entered the room, she leaned against Duke as if she were boneless.

"Why is the general angry? It will break my heart if you harm your health." This woman was a Miao woman skilled in using poison. She was also the concubine that Duke had sent to Prince Duan's side as a spy. Prince Duan was poisoned to death by her with a colorless and odorless slow-acting drug.

Duke's previously contorted face softened upon seeing the woman's face, and he then smiled, his laughter growing louder and louder. "This general has come up with a plan, Li Niang. I'll need your help this time."

Li Niang smiled charmingly, nestled in his arms like a boneless creature, and said sweetly, "Whatever General needs me to do, I am willing to do it for you."

"Hahaha, very good, very good. I like your understanding nature. This matter can wait. Let me pamper you first." With that, Duke picked up the beauty and carried her to the couch in the inner room.

Two days later, Ye Moxun lit an incense stick—no, he lit an antidote. All the people who had been lying stiffly outside the city for two days woke up. When they saw the young man standing against the wind at the city gate, they all shivered.

"Your poison is only half cured. If you want it completely cured, then you'd better obey me." Ye Moxun's voice wasn't loud, but everyone outside the city heard it clearly.

Ye Moxun did not kill them, but captured them. He wanted to use these people. Xiangyang City had no regular army, and he urgently needed usable troops. This was the only way for the time being.

He knew this method wouldn't convince people, but there was no other way to deal with the urgent situation. He could only take it slowly, and he had his own way of winning people over.