Chapter 143

Yueming stared blankly at Yunkai, who was holding a crossbow on his horse like a god descending from heaven. The heroic spirit in his heart that was ready to sacrifice itself was gone, and what followed was a feeling of grievance.

Tears welled up in her eyes as she angrily shouted at the man on the horse, "You still remember to come back?"

The arrow on the crossbow was aimed at Pujiang, but Yunkai's fierce eyes were fixed on Yueming, who was crying bitterly, and he said in a deep voice: "Do you know you are wrong?"

I sent your entire family away safely, while I stayed behind to fight Pujiang and defend your rear, preventing you from being attacked from both sides. This idiot man actually came back and asked her if she knew she was wrong. I had intended to turn my heart to the bright moon, but it only shone into the ditch. Yueming wanted to jump up and spit blood all over his face. But the current situation didn't allow her to fight internally. She sobbed and looked at Yunkai pitifully, "I know." Knowing shit.

"I'll settle with you later." Yun Kai gritted his teeth very lightly.

The guards who had returned with Yunkai, armed with small crossbows, surrounded Pujiang and his group. Feng Xiaosai rode over to report the battle situation to Yunkai.

"Master, these bandits' men have all been disarmed. Please give us your instructions, Master."

Yun Kai dismounted and looked coldly at the group of people kneeling on the ground: "All of these people should have their tendons cut and be thrown into the water dungeon. Go and call Lao Ben and Qiangba over. I want to ask them how they helped me look after my house.

Yunkai spoke calmly, his face serene, but the bulging veins on his neck made Yueming sense something was amiss. She quickly threw herself into his arms like a fledgling swallow, clinging to his waist as she wept bitterly, "I knew you would come back to save me. I've waited day and night for you to finally come back."

"Oh." Yun Kai rubbed the back of her neck and said coolly: "You are so eager for me to come back, why did you only write the letter to your father? What did I tell you when I left? Are you deaf or stupid to do such a dangerous thing." As he spoke, he increased the strength of his hands.

Yueming was kneaded and pinched until she cried out loudly. She buried her head in his arms and cried loudly, complaining angrily: "Isn't it for you that I did this?"

"Why are you crying? You still have the nerve to cry. You're doing something so suicidal, are you trying to make me a widower? If the spies you sent out hadn't been so clever, seeing Pujiang wasn't moving properly and turning back to look for me, I'd have to pick you up piece by piece." His wife was so timid, he wouldn't be able to rest in peace if he didn't take this opportunity to teach her a lesson.

"I just instigated them to kill Pujiang. Are you coming back or not..." Yueming cried angrily after the back of his neck was pinched hard and the pain was sore: "You hurt me."

Qiangba and Lao Ben, covered in gunpowder dust, hurried over when they heard Yun Kai calling them. Seeing Yue Ming being beaten, they pleaded, "Master, the madam has protected the people of Yun Xiang. This is a great deed. You should..."

Yunkai turned away from Yueming and gently murmured to the two bewildered men, "Don't bother trying to take credit for her. I haven't even counted your contributions yet!" He then scowled and shouted, "Come on, take them both away and give them twenty strokes of the cane each."

Qiangba and Lao Ben were stunned. They fought hard all night and were not rewarded, but why were they beaten?

Yueming was also dumbfounded. These two were meritorious officials. Why beat them? Just as she was about to plead for mercy, Yunkai took the initiative and gently lifted her chin with his finger, saying, "You've been tired all night. Go back and have something to eat. After you're full, you can handle the beating. Xiaosai, take the lady back home."

Yueming retreated amid the screams of the chieftains and the wails of Lao Ben and Qiangba. Yunkai, hands behind his back, paced over to the two men sprawled on the torture bench. Amidst the clattering of blows, he raged, "She's young and ignorant. Did you two get your heads caught in the door? You're jumping around with her. Fighting is a man's job, yet you're letting a woman stand in front of a pile of explosives. You're truly disgracing the men of Yunxiang."

Lao Ben's cheeks burned from the scolding, while Qiangba was filled with bitterness and grievance. "Your wife is like a demon, threatening to kill anyone who disobeys her. We shed blood and sweat under her tyranny, and in the end, it's all our fault. You two shouldn't behave like this."

After the beatings, Yun Kai frowned and said, "Mistakes are mistakes, merits are merits. Since the punishment has been meted out, the merits must be recognized. You two have made invaluable contributions in defending the city and capturing the thieves. Your seats will be promoted two levels." A seat is a cushion used during meetings. A two-level promotion means moving two rows forward, elevating one's official rank by two levels. Taking the blame for Madam Yueming might be a bit of a rip-off, but it was a real benefit.

Qiangba suddenly felt that his buttocks were not so painful anymore. He bared his teeth and asked the soldiers to help him go home to apply medicine.

Yunkai's guards dragged the chieftains whose tendons were cut and prepared to throw them into the water dungeon. Yunkai signaled them to leave Pujiang behind.

He squatted down and lifted Pu Jiang's chin with a horsewhip. Looking at Pu Jiang, who was gritting his teeth with hatred, he smiled and said, "This feels good, right? Is it still useful? You probably never dreamed that you would be beaten by a woman."

"Pah." Pu Jiang spat bloody saliva at the side and sneered, "You bitch, you don't have much talent, you're just good at scaring people. I was just intimidated by her and lost the initiative."

Yun Kai shook his head regretfully, saying, "A loss is a loss. Why are you making so many excuses? You think she's toothless and clawless? But you don't consider that a woman like me, Han Yun Kai, is anything but a pushover." He pointed at the pile of explosives he hadn't yet collected and chuckled, "When she gets mad, I have to hide in a cave, and yet you're so reckless as to provoke her. I used to want to eat you whole, but today, seeing you try to pick on a weakling but end up grabbing a thorny cactus, I suddenly feel so sorry for you."

"I'm a prisoner now. You don't need to humiliate me in such a sarcastic way. The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. You can kill me or chop me up as you please."

Yun Kai nodded happily and said, "You guessed it right. I accompanied Yin Tai back to my mother's home in Li Shengmeng. Her uncle's family has a skilled butcher. The beef he sliced ​​was so thin that you could almost see a person's shadow in the light. My Yin Tai was very impressed and immediately asked her uncle to bring him back. I thought she was just craving for hot pot, but when I asked, I found out that she was saving the beef for you!"

It turns out that little bitch Lan Yueming wasn't just bluffing when she said the best butcher in Yunxiang City was ready to chop him into pieces. That heartless little bitch was actually planning to skin him alive.

Looking down at Pu Jiang, who had fainted from fear, Yun Kai said disdainfully, "How can you be so timid?" He waved his hand to signal the guards to drag him away, and warned, "Remember to feed him some rice soup every day, don't let him starve to death."

In the Tusi Mansion, Ai Ye picked up some food for Yueming while saying bitterly, "Master is so heartless. You risked your life to help him defend Yunxiang City, but he scolded you in front of so many people. If we had known this would happen, we might as well have packed up and run away with the old lady!" After saying this, she glanced at Yueming and said, "But Madam, it's not your character to endure such a great injustice and swallow your anger!"

Yueming ate his meal while muttering unhappily, "Dad will definitely come over after receiving my letter. What if he tells Dad that I'm using my life as bait? I'd better be nicer now. I'll be as submissive as possible and try to appease him."

Ai Ye agreed and said, "That's right. If our master knew, he would definitely not forgive you. But the truth will come out sooner or later. Even if the master doesn't say it, Master Song will tell it!"

"Can it be the same as what Uncle Song said to him? Uncle Song would say that I have done my best and brought honor to the Lan family's ancestors. Han Yunkai would only say that I was disobedient and was playing with my life."

The two were discussing animatedly when they suddenly heard a maid in the yard bowing and greeting, and a burst of hurried and heavy footsteps stepped on the wooden steps.

The door curtain was hastily lifted and then slammed down. Yueming shuddered with fear, raised the bowl to cover half of his face, and peeked out timidly over the edge of the bowl. He cautiously discussed, "As the saying goes, thunder doesn't strike people who are eating. If you want to scold me, can you wait until I finish eating?"

Seeing her trembling lips and an extremely frightened look, Yun Kai sat down dejectedly on the chair beside her and sighed helplessly: "Should I say you are sensible or not?"