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The moment he saw Lin Kai throw the longsword at him.

"How dare you!"

Fang Xiaoren's beard and hair stood on end instantly, and his eyes widened.

"I am the son of Emperor Aizong of the Great Qian Dynasty, how dare you be so disrespectful?"

Fang Xiaoren glared at Lin Kai, his tone full of sarcasm.

Given this height difference, you threw a longsword at me?

"I advise you to quickly disband your army and then explain to the Emperor that you did not..."

Still standing in the same spot, Fang Xiaoren spoke coldly.

But Fang Xiaoren was only halfway through his sentence.

"Pfft!"

As blood spurted out, the longsword pierced Fang Xiaoren's chest.

...

With Lin Kai's current strength, which is 10 times greater than that of an ordinary person, even if the sword he throws in anger is three zhang high, it can easily pierce through a person.

Fang Xiaoren, who was obsessed with studying until his death, died without even making a ripple.

With Fang Xiaoren's death, Lie'an City was captured by Lin Kai without losing a single soldier.

After capturing Lie'an City, Lin Kai still used a portion of his troops to take over the defense and another portion to raid the homes of the powerful families within the city.

Objectively speaking, Lin Kai's insistence on confiscating property was due to...

Firstly, it replenishes their supplies; secondly, it makes soldiers more loyal; and thirdly, it filters out female-oriented individuals.

After all, I surrounded your house with my army and demanded 10 taels of silver from you. You refused to give it to me no matter what, and even cursed at me and threatened to sue me. So who would believe you if you said you weren't a female-oriented brainwasher?

Female-oriented brainwaves are just unlucky to look at...

The insults and curses continued throughout the entire afternoon over Lie'an City.

At 5 PM, in the back garden of the Fang family mansion in Lie'an City.

"Young Master, this time we looted a total of 675 million taels of silver, 86 taels of gold, 8.4 shi of grain, and 7312 sets of armor from the major families in Lie'an City. As for the remaining supplies..."

Cui Ji stood on the ground, looked at Lin Kai, and began to speak rapidly.

Lin Kai listened silently, nodding in satisfaction from time to time.

Until Choi Ki uttered his last words.

"Following the usual practice, the proceeds from the confiscation will be..."

Lin Kai waved his hand.

However, he hadn't finished saying that.

"Young master, there is something I'm not sure if I should say."

Choi Ki looked up hesitantly.

"What is it?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Kai raised his eyebrows.

"In Fang Xiaoren's study, they found a calligraphy piece personally written by Emperor Renzong, which contained only two characters: 'Loyalty and Righteousness'..."

"...Why are you bringing this up? Are you...?"

"Behind this painting and calligraphy, there was a small secret passage. The soldiers dug it open and discovered this..."

Meeting Lin Kai's gaze, Cui Ji hesitated before speaking, and at the end, he reached into his pocket.

next second.

As Cui Ji took out a jade object shaped like an overturned tile.

"..."

Lin Kai glanced at it and immediately fell silent.

Made of jade, in a tile-like arc shape, similar to a voucher, with imperial edicts and achievements engraved on the surface, and the characters filled in with cinnabar or gold powder...

Lin Kai didn't even need to ask to know what it was: a certificate of merit.

"The former imperial family is utterly loyal to the current emperor... The current emperor bestows upon the former imperial family a certificate of merit and integrity..."

Holding the imperial edict in his hand, Lin Kai's lips twitched.

I hesitated for a few seconds.

"Go down, the army will continue its march tomorrow..."

Lin Kai sighed and waved to Cui Ji.

Upon hearing this, Choi Ki nodded.

I just turned around.

"General, a group of women have arrived at the entrance to the back garden. They say they want to thank you. Look..."

A bodyguard hurriedly ran over from not far away.

...

To be honest, Lin Kai was still a little curious.

After all, thanking himself... Lin Kai felt this was a first in the world...

With Lin Kai agreeing, he allowed his personal guards to let him pass.

After a cup of tea.

"Tap! Tap! Tap!"

A series of hurried footsteps sounded.

As Lin Kai sat on the stone bench, he saw a group of women dressed in palace-style gauze dresses running towards him.

There are 38-year-olds, 28-year-olds, and 18-year-olds...

Seeing this scene.

"Gentlemen, I wonder what brings you all here to see this general so late at night...?"

With a smile, Lin Kai stood up.

As long as it's not a psychological attack, as long as it's a thank you!

Is it an accusation against Fang Xiaoren's tyranny? Or Fang Xiaoren's injustice? Or perhaps Fang Xiaoren's oppressive policies in daily life?

Upon hearing this...

"General, you are so righteous! My name is Hu Yu'er. I heard that you had eliminated that scoundrel Fang Xiaoren, so I rushed over without even eating to thank you..."

The middle-aged woman in her thirties, who was at the head of the group, knelt down with a thud, looked up at Lin Kai, and spoke expectantly.

His lips twitched slightly.

"Oh? I wonder what's the reason for this, everyone..."

Lin Kai spoke with a beaming smile.

Forget it, Fang Xiaoren is already cruel and unjust, I can't be cruel too!

"General, I am Fang Xiaoren's legal wife, but I have long wished to tear that scoundrel Fang Xiaoren to pieces!"

Hu Yu'er looked at Lin Kai and gritted her teeth.

Lin Kai: ?

"No, this..."

"To be honest, General, Fang Xiaoren has repeatedly demanded that the jewelry I wear not exceed 300 taels, and has repeatedly refused my requests to buy jewelry, saying that what is taken from the people should be used for the people, and as the lord of a city, he should not be extravagant and wasteful."

Before Lin Kai could finish speaking, Hu Yu'er burst into tears.

As Hu Yu'er's "tragic" words fell.

"Yes, yes! Fang Xiaoren went too far! I'm clearly his concubine, but all I wanted was to buy a 1000-tael luminous pearl, and he immediately berated me!"

"Furthermore, Fang Xiaoren often made us clean the house ourselves, saying that even women should do housework!"

"What's most outrageous is that Fang Xiaoren also tried to take away our right to use our surname, saying that we only know the surname of the family line, not the maiden name?"

"That's nothing. Last time, I was just in a bad mood and yelled at the servants a few times, and Fang Xiaoren demanded an apology from me!"

"If Fang Xiaoren weren't the garrison commander, and also in charge of the people's livelihood in Lie'an City, I wouldn't be with him!"

"Exactly! Last week was supposed to be the anniversary of our three-year acquaintance, but Fang Xiaoren actually said he was going to inspect the military camp? What does that mean? Are those soldiers doing hard labor more important than me?"

"Please, General, do me justice... Last month, I only cursed my mother-in-law once, and Fang Xiaoren slapped me across the face..."

"Upon hearing that the General has killed such a despicable wretch as Fang Xiaoren, we are all overjoyed and are thinking of giving the General..."

The women next to him also knelt down with a thud, looked at Lin Kai, and spoke with snot and tears streaming down their faces.

"..."

Lin Kai remained silent.

"Pooh!"

"I thought at least it wasn't a psychological attack, but then..."

Lin Kai spat on the ground beside him and gritted his teeth.

next moment.

"Where did this death row inmate come from?"

Lin Kai raised his foot with a look of disgust.

"What kind of work are you doing? How could you allow a death row inmate to come to my residence?"

After a pause, Lin Kai looked at the guards beside him.

...

Feeling a little guilty towards Fang Xiaoren, Lin Kai went to sleep after finishing his business.

Before going to sleep, Lin Kai added to Cui Ji, "This general knows nothing."

And then the sun rises the next day.

"Crunch—"

Pushing open the gate of the Fang residence, Lin Kai walked out looking refreshed.

"By order of the general, the cooks in the camp shall begin preparing the food. The army will continue its march in one hour!"

Lin Kai walked toward his warhorse and waved.

Walk over to the horses.

Lin Kai was just about to mount his horse.

"Young Master! Something terrible has happened! According to the scouts, a large-scale army has been spotted 50 li south of Lie'an City..."

Cui Ji rushed over, taking three steps at a time.

"What's the situation? Have you identified the enemy's target and exact number?"

"More specific information has not yet been sent back from the scouts, but according to one scout, the leader seems to be Yu Wanqing, the garrison commander of Puyang City..."

"?"

Turning to look at Cui Ji, Lin Kai blinked.

There was a moment of silence.

"Let's go! To the city wall!"

Lin Kai turned his head and mounted his horse.

...

Puyang City is a city located near Lie'an City.

Strictly speaking, the closest city to Tongde should be Puyang.

but……

"Puyang City is surrounded by mountains, lakes, or dense forests. I figured since it wasn't a supply route, there was no need to waste time there, but then..."

Riding on horseback, Lin Kai looked utterly miserable.