In order to survive, she forced herself to have a happy ending with the yandere villain.

How audacious!

Zhong Shi was very dissatisfied that they did not recognize the Xie family's carriage and still insisted on charging them a toll.

Is this a new recruit?

Zhong Shi had never seen them before.

The officers and soldiers in the lead did not hear Zhong Shi speak, nor did they see him dismount.

He then drew his spear, pointed it at him, and arrogantly threatened:

"Hey? I'm asking you a question, get down here right now."

"... "

People passing by stopped to watch the performance.

The Xie family is notoriously mysterious. The people of Anqi City only know that the Xie family is famous for producing poisons and has been granted the title of city lord by His Majesty.

The city lord and the Xie family never left their homes.

No matter what happened, the generals sent down by the imperial court to monopolize power remained unmoved.

The people have long forgotten that there was once a Xie family, the city lord's mansion, in Anqi City.

The Xie family usually operates in secrecy. Ordinary small matters are handled by Xie family servants, not to mention important matters. Ordinary people would never recognize them.

The local people and the newly arrived soldiers assumed that the convoy was just a group of outsiders coming to do business.

Furthermore, the discovery of officers and soldiers acting under unreasonable force was truly a case of running into trouble.

The people rushed over to watch the spectacle with great interest, but they were all on tenterhooks, whispering among themselves and expressing their indignation on behalf of the new convoy.

"... "

Zhong Shi, seated on horseback, disobeyed the soldiers' orders. Instead, he rode to the carriage behind him and inquired:

"Young master, what should we do?"

A young man's voice came from inside the closed carriage.

"Get rid of him, in the name of the City Lord's Mansion."

"Yes."

Upon receiving the young master's order, Zhong Shi's eyes immediately turned cold as he returned to the front of the troops and confronted a group of incompetent officers and soldiers.

Shout at them loudly:

"Go and summon your general."

"Who are you to demand that our general come out? Do you think you can just summon our general whenever you want?"

"that is!"

"Ha ha ha ha"

The group of soldiers listened as if they had found a funny joke, and laughed heartily.

"Oh? Your general is so precious? I've lived here for decades and have never seen anything like it."

Zhong Shi didn't waste any more words and immediately took out a token from his pocket.

"Surely this will summon your general, right?"

"what is this?"

The leading officer was illiterate; he had never learned to read and could not recognize any characters.

Looking at the token, he asked the soldier below with a puzzled expression.

“Ah Si can read, let him come up and take a look.”

A soldier who could read was pushed forward and saw that the token above him had a large "Thank you" written on it.

This is clearly someone from the Xie family.

He was so frightened that he trembled and his face turned pale. He immediately leaned close to the leading soldier's ear and whispered:

"Sir, this is the Xie family's carriage."

"What Xie family? Explain yourself."

"It's the Xie family, the family of the city lord of Anqi City."

"what!"

When the officers and soldiers in the lead heard that it was the Xie family, they were initially a little worried.

But then I thought about how the Xie family had always been in Anqi City and didn't manage any political affairs.

They said they were from the Xie family?

They even boasted about summoning their general, which is clearly not the style of the Xie family.

The current city lord doesn't concern himself with anything; all affairs in the city are managed by the general.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers felt that they were not members of the Xie family from Anqi City.

Even if they did, they wouldn't have any real power.

The worried look on the leading officers and soldiers vanished instantly, replaced by an even more arrogant and domineering attitude towards them.

"Hmph! I'm the one who calls the shots at this city gate. Even the Xie family has to follow my rules, or they can forget about getting in."

"I'm really tired of living."

A murderous intent flashed in Zhong Shi's eyes. He drew his long sword from its sheath at his waist, and with two invisible "whoosh" sounds, his sword flew out of his hand.

In front of everyone, a long, bloody gash appeared on the arrogant soldier's body, and with a "splat," blood splattered out and sprayed into the air.

"what!"

Before the person could even react, blood began to gushed from their body. They were forced backward until they lost consciousness.

"Boss!!"

The people around were caught off guard by the sudden situation.

The people who witnessed this bloody scene couldn't help but gasp in horror.

How dare they be so audacious as to harm officers and soldiers!

They are true heroes!

Seeing their leader fall to the ground, the soldiers below all picked up their knives and guns and surrounded them to block them, but none of them dared to take a step forward.

Zhong Shi's eyes suddenly turned cold, filled with murderous intent. He dismounted and walked forward.

A group of soldiers watched him come down and took a few steps back in fear.

"Don't come any closer, or you'll be killed without mercy!"

"... "

Zhong Shi showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he sheathed his sword and gradually approached the city gate.

"I'm warning you, don't come any closer!"

With a "snap," the sword in the hand of the soldier at the front was instantly severed by Zhong Shi's sheathed sword in the blink of an eye.

The soldier's arm went numb, and the broken sword in his hand was flung aside. He was so frightened that he retreated behind the crowd.

Zhong Shi looked at the group of soldiers who were so scared that their legs were weak and they were staggering.

They had none of the bearing of soldiers; they were like petty thugs being suppressed.

He muttered curses under his breath, but retreated timidly.

Zhong Shi sighed.

Where on earth did they find these soldiers?

He stared at them intently, his face instantly showing an impatient expression, and coldly reminded them once again.

“Go and summon your general, and don’t let Zhong say it a third time.”

The soldiers looked at each other.

"Go quickly!"

"Yes...yes."

Zhong Shi shouted, and the soldiers behind him quickly ran to report to the general on the city wall.

The soldiers in front stood at the city gate, watching Zhong Shi warily, unsure of what to do.

They retreated to one side, fidgeting.

They were all praying that he wouldn't make a move; they didn't want to become the second person lying on the ground.

A group of civilians watched the soldiers' flustered movements and couldn't help but whisper among themselves in confusion.

"Who are they? They actually managed to intimidate them."

"I don't know, let's see."

Gu Chaomu, who was standing near Qiao Wanwan, felt something was wrong when he saw that the road ahead was stopped and not moving forward.

He rode up to Zhong Shi and saw the soldiers who were timidly blocking the city gate. There was also a wounded soldier lying on the ground.

Unexplained inquiry:

"Butler Zhong, what's wrong? What happened here?"

Zhong Shi sighed and gave Gu Chaomu an awkward smile, saying:

"I'm truly sorry to have troubled you, Young Master Gu. Anqi City has developed some malignant tumors that need to be dealt with."

"?"

...

Inside a room atop the city wall, a portly middle-aged man, his eyes blindfolded with a red cloth, rubbed his palms together and lewdly chuckled as he looked at the young woman inside.

"Little beauty, where are you?"

"Sir, I'm here."

"I'm coming!"

The middle-aged man stretched out his arms and lunged towards the source of the sound, only to find himself missing.

"Report!"

"My lord, something terrible has happened outside."

The panicked voices of soldiers outside the door interrupted his fun.

He continued busy seducing the beauties, complaining:

"What's the matter? Tell me now!"

"Sir... there are people from the Xie family outside who have injured Zhang."

The burly man, his belly bulging with fat, was surprised to hear the report from outside and pulled off the red cloth covering his eyes.

Staring at the person coming in through the door, I asked:

"What? Who did you just say?"

"Da Zhang..."

"No, who did you say came?"

"People who claim to be from the Xie family."

"!!"

General Yang's pupils dilated, and his heart skipped a beat.