My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Ji Yunshuang applauded Gao Lan and said, "Well said!"

She liked her straightforward personality.

When Old Mrs. Wang saw Ji Yunshuang, she was a little frightened and took a step back, not daring to speak. Wang Xiaofeng, however, stubbornly retorted, "What business is it of yours what happens to the Wang family!"

Ji Yunshuang snorted coldly and lashed the whip in her hand at him.

When the whip struck him, Wang Xiaofeng jumped up in pain.

As Ji Yunshuang hit him, she cursed, "Why should I? It's because I'm the one who defeated these robbers and saved them."

"What were you cowards doing back then? You ran off to try and take advantage now that things were settled? Do you think there's such a good thing in the world?"

"Stop! We're not trying to take advantage of the situation now that it's resolved. We just heard about it."

When Old Lady Wang saw Ji Yunshuang whipping her son, she was extremely anxious. "You hit me for no reason! I... I'm going to the yamen to report you! Do you have no regard for the law?!"

“Go ahead and sue! Don’t go to the yamen, let’s go to Prince Rui.” Ji Yunshuang said, “Tell him that Wang Erniu is serving in the army, and you’re bullying his wife and children because of your status as elders and relatives. I couldn’t stand it, so I gave this useless coward a few lashes and let’s see if he wants to reward me or punish me.”

Grandma Wang was unsure whether Ji Yunshuang was truly capable or just trying to intimidate her. Her lips trembled, and she hesitated to reply.

Villagers who heard the commotion gradually arrived at the Wang family's house. Everyone carried torches and used their farm tools, such as hoes and carrying poles, as weapons.

Upon hearing Ji Yunshuang's words, people rebuked Old Lady Wang and the others, saying, "Old Lady Wang, your family is truly outrageous. Do you think we don't know what you've been doing to Erniu's family these past few days?"

"That's right. They clearly said before that they had severed ties with Wang Erniu's family and would never have anything to do with him again, as if he were no longer their son. But as soon as the officials came to deliver the reward, they immediately changed their tune. I'm ashamed for you."

……

Everyone chimed in, pointing out the Wang family elders' biased behavior and how they had been pressuring Gao Lan and her children for money these past few days.

They said that if the matter went to court, they could all testify to prove that it wasn't that Wang Erniu was unfilial, but rather that the old couple had been too biased, which had truly broken the hearts of Wang Erniu's family.

It's not Wang Erniu's fault that he didn't want to give the reward to the old couple; the blame lies with the old couple.

Wang Dazhi and Wang Xiaofeng were too opportunistic. Before Wang Erniu became an official, they always bullied and belittled him because he was honest.

The accusations from the crowd made Old Lady Wang and the others feel like rats crossing the street; they dared not say another word and could only slink away in shame.

After Wang Laotai and the others left, the villagers who came all asked Ji Yunshuang what to do with the people lying on the ground.

While Wang Laotai and the others came over to argue and cause trouble for Gao Lan, Ke Qiang and the others gradually lowered their voices.

Some people were in so much pain that they no longer had the strength to cry out. Others simply fainted from the pain.

Ji Yunshuang said, "These people wanted to steal from Sister Gao's house, but after failing to steal anything, they planned to kill her to cover their tracks! They are truly heinous criminals. Tie them up and send them to the authorities tomorrow!"

Even if they weren't tied up, these people were already half-crippled by Ji Yunshuang and couldn't escape at all.

But I feel more at ease when it's tied up.

The crowd also deeply hated these bandits, and they all took action to tie them up.

Looking at the wounds on these bandits, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Who exactly is this eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family? She's incredibly powerful! Not only did she take down so many burly men all by herself, but she also beat them into this terrible state.

They should carefully advise their younger family members not to offend that person.

After watching the villagers tie up the bandits, Ji Yunshuang didn't stay at Wang Erniu's house for long.

She turned and mounted her horse, intending to return to the Lu family.

After riding her horse a distance from Wang Erniu's house, she suddenly pulled on the reins and said to the dark figure in the darkness, "Come out!"

While she was at Wang Erniu's house, she noticed a strange man staring at her from the darkness.

This person's demeanor clearly indicates that he is not an ordinary person.

However, she did not sense any malice from him, so she did not react at that time, but only spoke up at this moment.

Qiu Yuan emerged from the darkness and asked, "Excuse me, are you Lieutenant General Ji?"

The noise Ji Yunshuang made while dealing with Ke Qiang and the others was so loud that the Lu family heard it too.

Because they were far away, Gu Chunzhi and the others didn't know what had happened in whose house.

However, considering that his family had just been robbed, and that Wang Erniu's family, like his, had just received a reward not long ago.

Gu Chunzhi and Lu Xumu both guessed that something must have happened to Wang Erniu.

They had always had a good relationship with Wang Erniu's family, so since they suspected that something had happened to Wang Erniu's family, they naturally had to go and check on them.

Qiu Yuan was worried that others might have ill intentions towards the Lu family, so he offered to go to Wang Erniu's house on behalf of the Lu family to find out what was going on.

When he arrived, he found that someone had already subdued the bandits, so he remained silent. He simply observed the person who had subdued the bandits from the shadows.

He had never met Ji Yunshuang before and did not know her.

However, he could only think of one woman with such excellent skills.

Therefore, based on his guess, he called out Ji Yunshuang's identity. Seeing that Ji Yunshuang did not deny it, he quickly introduced himself: "I am Qiu Yuan. General Wei left us to protect the Lu family."

Upon hearing that it was someone left behind by Wei Zhenfang, Ji Yunshuang's expression grew even colder.

Qiu Yuan sensed her displeasure and quickly began to talk about what had happened at the Lu family that day.

Upon hearing that the Lu family had also been attacked by bandits tonight, Ji Yunshuang slowed down her horse slightly.

After hearing the whole story, the two returned to the Lu family home.

At this moment, Zhang Laitou and the others had already been tied up. Gu Chunzhi and Lu Xumu were interrogating them.

After Zhang Laitou woke up, he glared angrily at Hu Erge and said, "Hu Erge, are you planning to kill me?"

You knew perfectly well that he kept a tiger at home, but you deliberately didn't tell me, hoping we'd rush ahead and get killed by the tiger, didn't you?"

Brother Hu said, "So what if it is? Who told you to always bully our family? You're really lucky you didn't get bitten to death!"

Zhang Laitou struggled desperately against the ropes binding him, wishing he could kill him. But being tied up, he couldn't move at all.

He cursed, "You bastard, you schemed against me, do you think you'll get away with this? You're still tied up."

Hu Erge looked at Gu Chunzhi and Lu Xumu and said with tears streaming down his face, "Aunt Lu, Sanlang, I didn't really want to do anything to your family. I was just bullied so badly by them that I had no choice but to come up with this plan."

Brother Sun quickly said, "Aunt Lu, Brother Sanlang, what Hu Lao Er said is all true."

We really just wanted to use you to help get rid of the village bully. We're all fellow villagers who fled here together; don't you trust us? Please let us go.