Border Cook

All she wanted now was to go home, drink a bowl of hot, sweat-inducing hot and sour soup, take a hot bath, change into soft and dry clothes, lie comfortably on the soft bed, and have a good sleep.

Xia Mingyue was full of anticipation. She stood up and walked out of the mountain.

But just as she took a step forward and before it touched the ground, Xia Mingyue felt her body lighten and she flew into the air, completely losing her balance.

Having just experienced the thrill of jumping off a cliff to survive, the physical and mental discomfort and fear of weightlessness still lingered in Xia Mingyue's mind, causing her to scream and subconsciously reach out to hug Lu Qiyan beside her.

This hug just happened to climb up Lu Qiyan's neck, allowing Xia Mingyue to lean completely on his chest.

Realizing that she was being carried by Lu Qiyan like a princess, Xia Mingyue heaved a sigh of relief and looked at Lu Qiyan, "What are you going to do?"

"The road here is difficult to travel, so I'll carry you over." Lu Qiyan said, "You can rest for a while."

Lu Qiyan had a broad chest and strong arms, and he completely embraced Xia Mingyue in front of him, as if he were holding a baby, allowing Xia Mingyue to lean on him comfortably without having to use any strength.

Xia Mingyue felt very comfortable, and being so close to Lu Qiyan, she also felt quite secure in her heart, so she did not refuse and just leaned her head on Lu Qiyan's shoulder.

Lu Qiyan turned his face to the side, kissed Xia Mingyue on the forehead, and strode out of the mountain.

His steps were steady and powerful, but his movements were extremely gentle, so even though he was striding with big strides, Xia Mingyue didn't feel any bumps.

It was this feeling of comfort that made Xia Mingyue's head, which was about to explode, feel much more relaxed and comfortable.

Xia Mingyue was not feeling very tired, so she simply stopped closing her eyes to rest. She reached out and gathered all the hair that had fallen on Lu Qiyan's shoulders, rolled it into a small bunch, and played with it on her fingers.

The inky black hair, wrapped around Xia Mingyue's onion-like fingers, appeared even more distinct in black and white, and looked quite beautiful.

"Aren't you sleepy?" Lu Qiyan asked.

The breath is a little disordered.

But it was not because they had walked for a long time, but because of Xia Mingyue's unintentional behavior, which was like the spring breeze blowing on the tender willow branches, making his heart itchy.

"Not bad." Xia Mingyue smiled, "I'm thinking about something."

"What could have made my wife so worried?" Lu Qiyan replied with a smile, "Why not tell me about it for my husband to hear."

"I was wondering, what happened last night happened so suddenly, how did my husband come up with a foolproof plan?"

"Madam, do you want to hear the truth?"

"Of course." Xia Mingyue raised her chin, "You must tell me the truth, don't hide anything!"

"Then I'll tell you the truth." Lu Qiyan paused and said with a smile, "Actually, it was all just a spur-of-the-moment decision."

He had guessed that the instigator was Li Junhao, but he had never predicted that the place where Li Junhao would meet him would be the top of the Banbi Cliff, and he had never expected that Li Junhao would use such threats to force him to submit.

The reason why he suddenly had such an idea at that time was that among the personal weapons he usually carried, there was an extremely hard Flying Tiger Claw, which was strong enough to bear the weight of two of them.

This gave him the idea to rescue Xia Mingyue and escape successfully.

"But this is all thanks to my wife's intelligence. She understood my husband's hint at the time." Lu Qi Yan said with a smile.

Xia Mingyue pursed her lips.

There is some gambling involved in this.

At that time, she guessed that sentence should be Lu Qiyan's hint to him, but under the circumstances, she did not have time to confirm it and could only give it a try.

If the test is successful, then everything will be fine.

If it doesn’t work…

She is Lu Qiyan's weak spot. Without her weak spot, he would be an indestructible warrior who can wipe out everything without any worries about his life.

All in all, the results are good.

Fortunately, the result was good.

Xia Mingyue couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips and rubbed her cheek against Lu Qiyan.

Seeing this, Lu Qiyan smiled even more knowingly, his smile was full of doting and deep meaning.

He understood that Xia Mingyue was taking a gamble.

And he also took a gamble.

Given the situation at the time, it was a complete deadlock and it was extremely difficult to break out of it.

So, when Xia Mingyue jumped down, he also leaped forward.

If it succeeds, everyone will be happy.

If that doesn't work out, he and his wife will die on the same day, month and year, and die in the same place, which will be enough in this life.

Fortunately, it worked.

Lu Qiyan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The couple said nothing more, just smiled at each other, and silently hugged each other tighter.

When they reached a wider road, they saw two horses tied under a thick tree. They were Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan's.

After untying the reins of one of the horses, Lu Qiyan placed Xia Mingyue on the horse's back, then he also climbed onto the horse, held her in his arms, squeezed the horse's belly, and drove the horse towards Jinqiu County.

Here, Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan brought Wu Jin to give Li Junhao and others a good beating.

Li Junhao and others, either with broken arms or injured thighs, were all covered in wounds and blood, and fell to the ground unable to get up.

Seeing that everyone had no strength or possibility to struggle anymore, the two men and the dog finally stopped.

Fan Jinglan had a satisfying fight and felt that all the energy she had been holding on to was now released, making her feel extremely refreshed.

Especially when he thought of Xia Yunji's outstanding agility just now, he became more and more excited, "General Shenhu is indeed very skilled."

"Ms. Fan is also very heroic and has made great progress compared to before." Xia Yunji reciprocated and praised her.

"General Shenhu, thank you for your praise. I was in a hurry today and didn't bring any weapons with me. I'm not very comfortable using the long sword and short blade, and I can't use them properly."

Fan Jinglan said, "If you bring a long whip, there probably won't be a need for General Shenhu to take action."

She alone was enough to knock all these people down.

"Of course." Xia Yunji said with a smile, "If that's the case, I can just sit there and drink tea and watch the show..."

"Speaking of drinking tea and watching plays, my sister and brother-in-law went to the theater to listen to a play yesterday. I heard that the play was very good. If you have time, Madam Fan, how about going to watch the play with me?" Xia Yunji took the opportunity to make an invitation.

"Okay." Fan Jinglan was very excited. "I heard that the Legend of the White Snake has been very popular these days. Let's go and listen to it together."

"But the refreshments in the theater are not very good. I need to bring some food from home in advance."

"That's easy." Xia Yunji patted his chest, "I'm learning how to make peach cakes from my sister. I'll make some more and bring them to Madam Fan." "In that case, I'll prepare some canned fruits!"

Xia Mingyue had previously made canned hawthorns and canned pears and gave them to Fan Jinglan. She was reluctant to eat them all at once and left a lot for herself.

When the time comes, I will take them to the theater, where I can listen to opera while eating cold and sweet canned fruit. How comfortable it will be!

"Okay!" Xia Yunji also agreed readily.

The two of them enthusiastically discussed going to the theater to watch a play, and Li Junhao and others who were unable to move on the ground looked at each other.

Li Junhao, "..."

Did he forget that there were people lying on the ground at this moment, or did he simply not care about them?
It was bad enough that Lu Qiyan completely ignored him before, but now even the young general Xia Yunji is so arrogant.

Damn it, damn it!
I have to let Xia Yunji see how powerful he is!
Li Junhao struggled to get up, but he had several broken ribs, the bones of his hands and feet were twisted, and he had many injuries of varying sizes on his body. If he moved even a little, his whole body would feel as if it were completely shattered.

The pain is heart-wrenching.

Li Junhao couldn't help but let out a hissing sound.

This commotion finally attracted the attention of Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan.

The two of them turned their heads together and glanced at Li Junhao.

"What should we do with these people?" Fan Jinglan asked.

"I sent someone to deliver a letter to the county government when I came here. The county magistrate will definitely send someone here after receiving the letter."

Xia Yunji said, "It's just that they don't know what happened later. They will probably go up the mountain to take a look now. It will probably take some time for them to find this place."

"So, we still have to watch them here?" Fan Jinglan frowned.

"That's right." Xia Yunji looked at Fan Jinglan, "Is there anything wrong?"

"There's nothing else to say, except that my parents always said that this person needs to look at strong people from time to time, so that he can be influenced by them and have the motivation and drive to make progress."

Fan Jinglan said, "So I was wondering, if I keep looking at these useless pieces of trash, will I..."

Lowered her and Xia Yunji's IQ and abilities?

Li Junhao, "..."

What a shame!
Li Junhao was extremely angry and didn't care about the pain all over his body. He struggled to get up and grab the big knife that fell on the ground next to him.

Wu Jin pounced over at the right time and pressed his front paws on Li Junhao's wound, causing Li Junhao to grimace in pain and almost faint.

"Woof woof woof!" Wu Jin threatened.

The bloody mouth was almost touching Li Junhao's face, and Li Junhao was so frightened that he couldn't help but close his eyes.

It really proved what Madam Fan said just now, it's just trash!
Wu Jin looked down on Li Junhao.

Li Junhao was cursing in his heart, wishing he could cut the black gold into pieces.

A tiger in trouble is bullied by a dog...

Bullied by a dog!
Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan watched Wu Jin beating up Li Junhao with great interest, while they continued to chat about watching the show and eating.

After staying like this for a while, Fan Pingyang came hurriedly with the yamen runners.

"General Shenhu, Madam Fan." Fan Pingyang was panting, not even bothering to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and hurriedly bowed to apologize, "I am late, please forgive me."

"Not too late, not too late." Xia Yunji said hurriedly, "Master Fan has arrived just in time."

It just so happened that he had a good chat with Fan Jinglan for a while, and they had decided which plays to watch, which places to visit, and which food to eat.

Now that Fan Pingyang has arrived, he can just hand over the rest of the matters to Fan Pingyang, so he can go out and have fun leisurely with Madam Fan.

"I'll leave this place to Lord Fan. We'll take our leave first." Fan Jinglan bowed to Fan Pingyang.

"Just hand it over to me." Fan Pingyang said, "General Shenhu and Madam Fan have worked hard, so go back and rest first. Please inform Marquis Dingyuan and Lord Anle that I will report in detail after I have handled it properly."

"Thank you."

Xia Yunji and Fan Jinglan stood up to say goodbye and left with Wu Jin.

Fan Pingyang bowed and waited until the two men left. Then he looked up at the current situation with a gloomy expression, "First, take all these people back to the county government office, and then send someone to the Western Frontier Army to inform Commander Fan of this matter. Ask Commander Fan to decide how to deal with it."

After all, Li Junhao has a special status, which involves the diplomatic relations between the Great Zhou Kingdom and the Jinwei Kingdom, and it is not something that a county magistrate like him can decide.

It would be most appropriate to give the decision-making power on this matter to the Western Frontier Army, which is currently responsible for the peace talks.

"Yes!"

The yamen runners took action immediately and took the group back to the county government office first.

Li Junhao and others were seriously injured and could not walk normally, so they had to be carried.

But the people of Jin Weiguo were always tall and strong, with broad backs and strong waists. It was extremely difficult to lift them. It took the strength of four yamen runners to lift one person.

However, this place is still a long distance from the road where the carriage is parked. It is really not an easy task to transport all these people to the carriage.

The yamen runners were soon exhausted and simply gave up the method of carrying them. They tied up everyone tightly with hemp ropes, tied thick hemp ropes around their ankles, and then put the hemp ropes on their shoulders, dragging them forward like boat trackers pulling a boat.

In this way, it saves a lot of effort, everything can be taken into consideration, and the progress speed is also much faster.

As for dragging like this, the wounds of Li Junhao and his men would burst, blood would flow, and even their heads would bump against rocks and tree roots from time to time, causing them to suffer many kinds of pain, and even endanger their lives...

It's not within their consideration!

The Jinwei Kingdom and the Da Zhou Kingdom are in peace talks, and the two countries have not yet formally established diplomatic relations. The people are strictly prohibited from having private exchanges. People like them who are from the Jinwei Kingdom but come to the Da Zhou Kingdom privately can be killed without mercy.

Moreover, these people will be handed over to the Western Frontier Army, and the Western Frontier Army will definitely inform the ruler of the Jinwei Kingdom about this matter.

As for Jin Weiguo, Li Junhao had already committed suicide. After the king of Jin Weiguo learned about this, he would naturally get rid of Li Junhao to prevent future troubles.

Li Junhao and others had no way to survive anyway, so it didn't matter what happened at this moment.

Li Junhao also anticipated what he was about to face. His eyes were bloodshot and he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Kill me, kill me!"

He couldn't survive anyway, and dying here was better than falling into Li Juncheng's hands, being ridiculed and mocked by him, and seeing his smug face!

"Shut up!" Fan Pingyang glared at him fiercely.

The runners understood and immediately found something to stuff Li Junhao's mouth with, and tied him up more tightly. Even when dragging him, the runners deliberately found some very uneven roads.

The hemp rope cut into his flesh, and the wounds on his body were constantly rubbed against the ground. Li Junhao almost fainted from the pain, but he could not scream and could only endure it helplessly. (End of this chapter)