In a chaotic and famine-stricken era, I picked up an empress to be my wife.

Xiao Yan'er regretted it more and more, and felt more and more that Shen An was a devil.

This kind of person is even more terrifying than Feng Zihuan.

If she disagrees, this man will kill her. Her death is not a pity, but her husband's family will also be implicated. When they meet in the afterlife, how will she have any face left?

Xiao Yan'er was so anxious that tears streamed down her face.

"Crying won't help. I sympathize with your situation, but you came to monitor me for your own benefit. I don't care what difficulties you have. Anyone who infringes on my interests is my enemy."

"If you don't cooperate with me, then you can expect your family to be destroyed!" Shen An raised his hand to stroke Xiao Yan'er's face, his expression gentle, but his words were chilling.

Xiao Yan'er was terrified. She hadn't even left the wolf's den, and now she had entered the tiger's lair.

"I am willing to follow Magistrate Shen. From now on, I will do whatever Magistrate Shen asks me to do. But Magistrate Shen, please keep your word and save my husband in the future!"

"I keep my word. As long as you do as I ask, I will rescue your husband before Feng Zihuan leaves, and you will be reunited!" Shen An promised.

"I believe you," Xiao Yan'er said, but she didn't believe it at all. She only hoped that Shen An and Feng Zihuan would keep their promises and not harm her husband in the future.

"What is your relationship with the women Feng Zihuan placed beside Liu Wenyuan and Liao Bing?"

"I wasn't familiar with them, but we rode in the same carriage on the way here, and I heard them talk about it. They weren't forced into it, but they wanted to take this opportunity to become Feng Zihuan's people so that they could rise to prominence in the future," Xiao Yan'er recalled.

"So, I'm lucky to have run into someone like you with something on him." Shen An put away his whip. "How often does Feng Zihuan require you to report to him?"

"Report any incidents immediately, and report every three days even if nothing happens."

"Okay, I know you got hurt too, let me bandage you up."

"I can do it myself."

"I said I'd bandage you up, so I'll bandage you up!"

Shen An was extremely assertive. Xiao Yan'er thought that Shen An's bandaging would be very painful, but she didn't expect that Shen An's bandaging technique was so skillful and gentle that she didn't feel any pain at all.

She suddenly felt that Shen An was a very contradictory person; he didn't seem like a human being at all, from beginning to end.

After bandaging him up, Shen An instructed, "In a little while, go tell Feng Zihuan that I was violent when I was doing 'that,' and that you couldn't take it anymore!"

"Um!"

"Remember, don't have any ulterior motives. If you dare to betray me, my men will kill your whole family!" Shen An warned again.

Xiao Yan'er suddenly felt as if a mountain was pressing down on her.

Shen An exerted even greater pressure on her than Feng Zihuan.

Even though she wanted nothing more than to kill Shen An, she still obediently nodded.

Half an hour later, Xiao Yan'er left. Shen An arranged for spies to follow her. At the same time, Shen An was also prepared for the possibility that Xiao Yan'er would betray him.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan'er was indeed afraid that Shen An would kill her entire family.

Obediently, he followed Shen An's instructions and reported to Feng Zihuan.

At that moment, Feng Zihuan was leisurely sipping tea when he heard Xiao Yan'er's report. He stood up and shoved Xiao Yan'er onto the tea table: "Xiao Yan'er, if he hits you, just bear with it. No matter what, you better keep an eye on him. If you're afraid of being beaten and don't keep an eye on him, I will definitely kill your husband!"

"Lord Feng, please rest assured, I will definitely keep a close eye on him!"

After Xiao Yan'er returned, Shen An was certain that she hadn't betrayed him. Shen An's expression softened a bit. He stopped making empty promises to Xiao Yan'er and just thought to himself, "Xiao Yan'er, you did the right thing. Follow me, and who knows, you might climb to a position you can't even imagine in the future!"

The threat from Xiao Yan'er has been eliminated, but as for Liu Wenyuan and Liao Bing...

Liu Wenyuan being watched by others doesn't have a big impact, but Liao Bing's influence is enormous. He still needs Liao Bing to recruit soldiers and train them to use new weapons.

Shen An absolutely cannot use those weapons again before a major conflict breaks out between him and Li Huaiyi.

Therefore, the woman next to Liao Bing must also be dealt with.

As for Dugu Meng, Shen An had arranged a separate residence for her before Li Huaiyi arrived, so there was no need to worry about her being exposed.

Early the next morning.

Shen Anxian went to the county government office and met Liu Wenyuan. The woman was always by his side.

Although Shen An also brought Xiao Yan'er with him, the two were in completely different states.

Liu Wenyuan was clearly annoyed, indicating that he had not yet found a way to deal with this woman.

Shen An had no intention of helping Liu Wenyuan. He was more focused on delivering a fatal blow to Li Huaiyi. Now that Li Huaiyi was gone, Liu Wenyuan could simply continue being the county magistrate.

Shen An doesn't need him for the current matter of preparing for reinforcements.

After pretending to pay his respects, Shen An then feigned wanting to drink with Liao Bing and found him in the city's military camp.

From a distance, Shen An could hear a series of alluring, seductive moans coming from Liao Bing's tent.

Judging from the sound, the woman seemed to be suffering terribly.

Shen An's eyes lit up. Could it be that Liao Bing wanted to conquer her in this way?

But the reality was quite the opposite; the noise stopped after a short while.

The woman emerged from the tent, fanning herself with a look of utter disdain: "A good-looking but useless fellow, and he's supposed to be a general? What a waste! He's squandered my time."

After saying that, she saw Shen An arrive, immediately shut her mouth, stepped forward, bowed, and said with a beaming smile, "County Commandant Shen, what brings you here?"

"Since we're free, how about we go have a drink with General Liao? Is he inside?" Shen An replied, putting his arm around Xiao Yan'er.

"I'm here! But I can't keep you company, I'm going to take a shower."

Go!

Shen An waved his hand and entered the tent. Liao Bing was lying on the bed, panting heavily. Hearing the noise, he roared, "You bitch, who are you calling names? Come here and give me another thirty thousand rounds!"

But when he looked up and saw Shen An, Liao Bing quickly changed his tune: "So it's County Commandant Shen."

"Hurry up and get dressed."

As Liao Bing put on his clothes, Shen An ordered Xiao Yan'er, "Go and wait in the next tent."

"yes!"

Seeing how obedient Xiao Yan'er was, Liao Bing was incredulous. He whispered, "My lord, have you conquered her?"

"Otherwise, would she be so obedient? It's you who seems a bit lacking."

"My lord, you are mistaken. It's not that I'm incapable; I did it on purpose to make her dislike me. Didn't you see that she left just now? That's all because I deliberately acted like I was incapable!" Liao Bing said, puffing out his chest.

Shen An believed him for a second, and stopped joking with Liao Bing: "I still need you to do a lot of things. The military camp can't be under that woman's surveillance. You've spent a whole day with her; do you have a way to get rid of her?"