Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

"How is it? Princess, I heard that this is your second sister? You two sisters should have a very good relationship, right?"

Captain Zheng grabbed Lin Zhaodi's jaw, and despite her resistance, he forcibly brought her face close to him, stretched out his smelly, wet and sticky tongue, licked Lin Zhaodi's bloody cheek, smacked his lips in ecstasy, and said perversely as if he was savoring the taste, "Sure enough, the taste of blood is the sweetest. What do you think, Princess? You use your second sister's life to pay for the lives of Captain Liang and Captain Gu. Tsk tsk tsk, you still win!"

"San Ya, don't worry about it..." I

Before Lin Zhaodi could finish her words, Zheng Qianhu slapped her hard in the face. Then, in order to stop her from talking any more, he tore off a piece of Lin Zhaodi's bloody clothes and stuffed it into her mouth, tightly blocking all her resentment.

"What exactly do you want?" Lin Xiaoyue clenched her fists, reminding herself to be patient. If she was too impulsive, not only her second sister, but also the other hostages in the hands of the enemy would be in danger.

"Hahaha... As expected of Princess Le'an, you are so straightforward." Captain Zheng thought he had something on Lin Xiaoyue and laughed wildly, "It's simple. How about using you to exchange their lives?"

"Okay. If you release the man, I will surrender myself voluntarily."

As if he didn't expect the other party to agree so easily, Captain Zheng rolled his eyes and said, "Come here first, let my people tie you up with ropes, and I will let them go."

"No, Princess, you can't go over there, I'm afraid there might be a scam."

"Yes, Princess, we can always save the person if we think of other ways."

"The princess is worth a lot of money. If she falls into the hands of Zheng Gou, I'm afraid Zheng Gou will take the opportunity to cause trouble for the princess."

"Yes, Princess, you must not do this. Zheng Gou is cruel and ruthless. If you agree to the hostage exchange, once you fall into his hands, you will definitely suffer unimaginable torture, and you may even never return. I hope Princess will think twice."

Everyone was extremely anxious and tried to stop him. Regardless of whether they had followed Zheng Jianxiong before, most of them were from the same military settlement and had heard about what Captain Zheng had done. Now they saw that he had set his sights on Princess Le'an. Being targeted by such a sinister person clearly showed that he had bad intentions.

Lin Xiaoyue looked at the worried faces of the crowd, and her heart was touched, but her eyes were determined. She shook her head gently, "The other party is obviously coming for me, how can I watch my family suffer for me? Even if there are mountains of swords and seas of fire ahead, I will never retreat."

After saying that, Lin Xiaoyue ignored the guards' attempts to stop her and walked towards Captain Zheng with firm steps.

Her figure seemed so thin in the wind, yet full of fearless courage.

Lin Xiaoyue's gaze was always fixed on the kidnapped members of the Lin family, her eyes full of determination and perseverance.

Upon seeing this, Captain Zheng and Captain Yang quickly put aside the uncertainty in their minds and smiled with confidence of victory.

Captain Zheng was not afraid of Princess Lin Xiaoyue's identity at all, nor did he think that his methods were despicable. Instead, he was complacent about it.

He has General Qian as his backer. As long as he succeeds in getting the formula for gunpowder weapons, it will be a great achievement for General Qian. To protect him is just a matter of asking.

What's more, the emperor is far away. Even if the emperor favors this grassroots princess, what can he do? He has a general at the border as his backer and military merits on his hands. How can he be defeated by a clever girl?

Besides, if the person really has the emperor's favor, the emperor should keep him in the capital instead of "sending" him to a remote border area where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

Based on various speculations, Captain Zheng became more and more unscrupulous.

The Lin family members behind Captain Zheng and Lin Zhaodi in his hands were struggling hard, crying and begging her not to come over.

However, Lin Xiaoyue looked very calm, like an unrelated passerby, and walked step by step into the enemy camp. She looked directly at Captain Chen with cold eyes, through the soldiers who came forward and quickly put ropes on her, and said, "I'm here, let her go."

Lin Xiaoyue was reminding him to release all the members of the Lin family.

Seeing Lin Xiaoyue surrendering obediently and being tied up tightly in a few seconds, Captain Zheng was very proud and laughed out loud, "It's a pity that everyone still praises Princess Le'an for her intelligence and cleverness, but it turns out she is just like this."

"You want to break your promise and get fat?"

"So what? I am the butcher and you are the meat. What can the princess do to me?"

Lin Xiaoyue was not angry at being teased, but calmly looked at the arrogant Zheng Qianhu in front of her, and said calmly, "What do you want?"

Captain Zheng laughed proudly and whispered in Lin Xiaoyue's ear, "I want... the formula for gunpowder... how about it?"

As he spoke, Captain Zheng grinned smugly and looked extremely arrogant, as if he was sure that Lin Xiaoyue would compromise.

So that's how it is. Lin Xiaoyue remembered the contents of the secret letter from her seventh uncle, and quickly connected Captain Zheng in front of her with the person who stole gunpowder and weapons. No wonder he was so arrogant and domineering.

Although he didn't hear what Captain Zheng said in the princess' ear, it did not prevent the timid Captain Yang from seeing the changing expressions on the princess' face. He felt inexplicably confident, and walked up to Lin Xiaoyue with his head held high, waved his hand and slapped her hard.

"Snapped"

Lin Xiaoyue's eyes flashed slightly, but she did not avoid the opponent's attack, but took the slap hard.

"What are you staring at? Do you believe that I will dig your eyes off? Damn it, you, a bitch, dare to challenge me. If I don't teach you a lesson, you will forget your place." After saying that, he slapped her several times in the face.

Just when everyone was shocked that Captain Yang was humiliating the princess personally appointed by the emperor in public, Lin Xiaoyue smiled sarcastically despite her swollen cheeks and bleeding mouth, "I'm afraid you didn't get the title of Captain by stealing other people's military merits."

"Bullshit." Yang Qianhu looked unhappy and roared angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about, you bitch? My military achievements were earned by fighting on the battlefield."

"Haha, you are so arrogant, you are so boastful, you..." After saying this, Lin Xiaoyue paused, raised her eyebrows and looked Yang Qianhu up and down, "It's not easy for an ant to shake a tree."

Such undisguised sarcasm and contempt caused an uproar at the scene. Many soldiers who had opinions about Yang Qianhu turned their heads away.

Yang Qianhu was furious as if someone stepped on his tail. He was furious and immediately became as angry as a ghost. He kicked the man out without caring about anything. "You bitch, I'm going to beat you to death."

As he spoke, Yang Qianhu rushed forward and punched and kicked Lin Xiaoyue on the ground as if to vent his anger, completely ignoring the fact that the other party was just a thin woman. He just clenched his sandbag-sized fists and hit Lin Xiaoyue hard.