Lin Yanqing called over a woman who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old and ordered, "Go and keep my brother company!"

The woman trembled slightly and answered softly, "Yes."

As she spoke, she came over to help Zheng Ankang, but Zheng Ankang was startled and quickly dodged to the side, avoiding the woman's delicate hand.

Lin Yanqing laughed and said, "Brother, this is a true lady from a prominent family. Go and enjoy yourself; it's an extraordinary experience, haha!"

As he spoke, he grabbed the woman and pulled her clothes down forcefully, revealing a high, white, tender mound.

The woman looked ashamed, but ultimately did not hide.

The guards were stunned and blushed; they were all young men, and few could resist such a sight.

Lin Yanjun's face was gloomy. He slapped the stone with a loud crack: "If you want to sleep, then take it away. Stop dawdling!"

Chenxi's hands hurt just looking at him!

Shen Xi gestured to Zheng Ankang to take the woman away!

Zheng Ankang's expression remained unchanged; he simply grabbed the woman and said, "I'm taking her away!"

With that, he led the woman and his guards aside.

The moonlight was hazy, the forest was dense, and the intertwined branches made no sound of wind rustling through the leaves.

All that could be heard was Lin Yanqing shouting in great dissatisfaction: "Lin Yanjun, if I acknowledge you, you are my second brother, the second-in-command of the team. If I don't acknowledge you, who do you think you are?"

Lin Yanjun said coldly, "When we started our uprising, it wasn't to forcibly seize women, engage in lewd activities, kill infants for food, or arbitrarily slaughter refugees. But what have you done now!"

"Hmph!" Lin Yanqing sneered, "What's wrong with women? Once we've had our fill, they're our food. Children? We won't live long if we don't eat them. If we don't give our men some incentive, who will want to follow us!"

Someone advised, "Boss, Second Boss, we can't fight amongst ourselves. Second Boss, it's just that a few women and children were killed. If our men don't have meat to eat, we have to be careful with our food. We really don't need the women and children."

Lin Yanjun's aura remained chilling: "Wang Haozi, you haven't done anything good either. Without your instigation, my brother wouldn't be like this!"

Wang Haozi's real name is Wang Haochi, and he was born in the Year of the Rat, so people are used to calling him Wang Haozi.

Wang Haozi smiled and lowered his voice: "Second Master, the boss is doing this for our own good! If we ever run out of food, we can take the strongest men from these thousands of people, and the rest will be our food!"

Lin Yanjun's forehead throbbed; he hadn't expected his elder brother to have such a plan.

"Brother, is what Wang Haozi said true?"

Lin Yanqing chuckled: "What's the point of talking about whether it's true or false? If it really comes down to that, even a sheep with two legs is still a sheep."

Lin Yanjun's head was buzzing; he didn't know why things had turned out this way.

Their uprising was intended to overthrow the corrupt officials who oppressed the people and punish the local tyrants and bullies who treated the people as less than human beings. But what was the result?

He couldn't accept this outcome!

Enraged, he swung his sword at Wang Haozi, shouting, "You're the one who instigated my brother in the first place! I'll kill you!"

Wang Haozi hurriedly dodged, hiding behind Lin Yanqing. The broadsword then slashed at Lin Yanqing, but Lin Yanqing was quite skilled. He dodged and pulled Wang Haozi back a few steps.

"Second brother, are you crazy?"

Lin Yanjun did not sheathe his sword, and continued to slash at Wang Haozi behind Lin Yanqing.

Lin Yanqing's confidants swarmed around him, trapping Lin Yanjun and his cronies in the middle.

Both glared at each other angrily.

Seeing that he couldn't kill Wang Haozi, Lin Yanjun's anger didn't subside at all: "Brother, it's all because of him that you've become like this. If I kill him, you won't be like this anymore."

Lin Yanqing sneered, "I'm your leader, how could Wang Haozi possibly influence me?"

Seeing that there was no danger, Wang Haozi poked his head out and said, "That's right, that's right. The boss is so wise and powerful, how could I possibly influence him? Second-in-command, please don't take this to heart. I'll apologize to you. If you're still not satisfied, you can beat me up if you want."

Lin Yanjun glared at him angrily: "Shameless scoundrel."

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm just a nobody, how could I possibly influence the boss?"

"Second Master, please don't be angry. The boss treats you much better than he treats us."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yanqing snorted: "Second brother, what Haozi said is true. Just tell me, when there was good food, I didn't let you have any. When you were in danger, didn't I save you?"

Lin Yanjun opened his mouth, and what he said was true. So, although Lin Yanqing's actions made him extremely angry, he ultimately did not completely break off relations.

Seeing that he was no longer speaking and no longer insisted on killing Wang Haozi, Lin Yanqing ordered his confidant, "Take the second-in-command away and wake him up."

The confidant agreed and led Lin Yanjun, whose temper had already subsided considerably, aside, then took out a rattan cane and whipped him hard on the back three times.

Lin Yanjun gritted his teeth and remained silent, his anger still directed at Wang Haozi, his eyes glaring at him.

Wang Haozi smiled broadly and snorted softly, "Trying to fight me? I'll make sure you get what's coming to you!"

Meanwhile, Zheng Ankang was in a dilemma. This woman was trying to put him under pressure, and he couldn't possibly agree to it.

He wouldn't have wanted this woman if the commander hadn't ordered him to bring her.

Seeing Zheng Ankang's attitude, Shenxi smiled and said, "Brother, I think she's quite pretty. If you take her in, I'll talk to your sister-in-law and make sure you don't have any trouble."

Zheng Ankang said urgently, "Chief, I don't want that. My wife is far superior to her."

The woman didn't take the word "commander" to heart when she heard it. Although she found the word strange, she didn't think of it as a leader, since the girl in front of her was too young and just a girl.

However, she clearly saw Zheng Ankang's disdain, and the woman immediately became angry: "I am the daughter of Marquis Xie of Nanning, how can I be compared to a country bumpkin!"

"Marquis Xie of Nanning?" Shen Xi had guessed that she might be from some prestigious family, but she never expected that she was the daughter of Marquis Xie.

Do you know Xie Ning?

The woman was clearly startled, her voice somewhat shrill: "What is your relationship with that traitor?"

"It's nothing, it's just that you do need to shout louder right now."

As he spoke, he took out a thin twig and handed it to Zheng Ankang: "Give it a few twigs."

Zheng Ankang stood there dumbfounded, holding the branch: "Chief, Chief, you want me to whip her?"

Shenxi said very seriously, "Yes, slap her."

Zheng Ankang's face turned red, but under Shen Xi's direct gaze, he raised the branch and whipped the woman.

The woman screamed in pain. Chenxi gestured for Zheng Ankang to continue, and Zheng Ankang, as if subjecting her to torture, slapped her a few more times.

The woman's scream, accompanied by the sound of branches whipping, reached Lin Yanqing's ears not far away. Lin Yanqing laughed and said, "I didn't expect Brother Zheng to be so good at this."

Wang Haozi was extremely excited, itching to try it: "Boss, let's try it like this too, it's fucking thrilling!"