Confiscating property? A stunningly beautiful substitute bride empties the national treasury and is

"My son..."

Even though she was dizzy, Madam Yu exclaimed in surprise, got up, and chased after him.

Yu Shuowen fell to the ground, clutching his bleeding calf and screaming in pain...

"Mother-in-law, what should we do?"

Hu knelt beside Yu Shuowen, weeping bitterly, at a loss for what to do. Old Madam Yu was also anxiously pacing back and forth.

Song Qingqian refused to treat them, and the soldiers ignored them. Was it truly Heaven's will to destroy the Yu family? She then quickly gave the order:

"Go, go and beg the old lady to put pressure on that little bitch Song Qingqian, or you can ask Lu Jingchuan, just find someone!"

"it is good!"

Madam Hu nodded, got up and ran away quickly. In her haste, she tripped and fell, but she didn't care about the pain and ran crying to the Lu family's carriage.

"Aunt...Aunt, help me!"

The old lady rubbed her forehead in exasperation. The Lu family's second branch had just left, and now the Yu family had sent people. It was never going to end!

She then glanced at Madam Bai, leaned slightly against her, and cried out in pain:

"Oh dear, I can't take it anymore... I'm getting old and useless. My chest hurts terribly. Quick... quick, help me to the carriage to lie down!"

Bai nodded in agreement and beckoned Lu Lanyue to quickly help the old lady into the carriage.

"aunt…"

When Madam Hu saw that only Lu Xieyue was left beside the carriage, her face immediately turned extremely ugly.

Lu Xieyue glanced at her, snorted coldly, and went to watch Lu Yunqi butcher the wolf meat.

Helpless, Madam Hu followed. When she reached a short distance from the carriage, she knelt down beside Lu Jingchuan and pleaded, grabbing at his clothes.

"Jingchuan, I beg you, wake up! Let your wife save your brother. If his leg is really broken, how will we, a widow and her children, survive?"

Lu Jingchuan's brows furrowed instantly, and a deep disgust flashed in his eyes as he looked at the robe that Hu Shi had grabbed.

Hu's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly let go of his hand. She had forgotten that Lu Jingchuan had been very strange since he was a child. He never allowed strange women to touch him in the slightest. He even disliked his own sisters, let alone an outsider like her.

"Jingchuan...I'm sorry...I forgot in my haste!"

Lu Jingchuan said it was nothing, but he used a dagger to cut off the hem of the clothes that Hu Shi had grabbed, threw it on the ground with disgust, and directly rejected her.

"My wife has already said she doesn't care, it's no use you coming to me, I can't control it."

"Jingchuan, he's your older brother! You can't just stand by and watch him die!"

Lu Jingchuan's face instantly turned cold, and he warned, word by word, "I made it clear last time that I will not show you any favoritism again. You can leave now!"

"Instead of wasting your time here, you'd be better off going to find the officers and soldiers!"

"But...but the soldiers don't care, and Doctor Hu can't handle it all by himself..."

Hu explained through tears that they had gone to the soldiers, but they ignored them completely.

"It's all about human effort. Simple first aid is basic common sense for any soldier. You're using it in the wrong place."

"Can…"

Hu wanted to say something more, but Lu Jingchuan had already stopped looking at her, his intention to drive her away was obvious, so she could only turn around and leave unwillingly.

After treating the wound on his arm, Li Cong went straight to Sun Wuyin's carriage. When the wolf pack attacked, Sun Wuyin hid in the carriage and hadn't come out. With the soldiers protecting him, he wasn't injured or even frightened.

"Sir, we have lost three soldiers and five exiled prisoners. More than ten people are seriously injured and unable to walk. The others have minor injuries, but they are not affected by our normal journey."

Li Cong reported in detail: "Twenty-two wolves were killed. The Lu family kept two, we got ten, and the other ten were snatched up by the exiled people."

Sun Wuyin's face darkened upon hearing this. He lifted the carriage curtain and scolded, "What are you all good for? How could you let the exiles rob you? What right do they have? Did they kill the wolf?"

"If they killed them, they can keep them; if they didn't, we'll take them all back and distribute them among ourselves. These wolf meat and pelts can be exchanged for a lot of silver in Bingzhou. What are these prisoners anyway? Do they even deserve to eat them?"

Li Cong nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Sir, what about the two wolves from the Lu family? They were the ones who shot most of the wolves. If we ask them for them back, they probably won't give them to us. They might even ask for a few more to help with the exiles… It's hard to say what will happen then…"

Sun Wuyin pondered for a moment and then waved his hand: "Never mind them. Let them have their fun for a few days. Someone will deal with them."

"Yes!"

As Li Cong was leaving, he turned back and said, "Sir, when the wolf pack came, Zhang He was powerless to fight back. One of the wolves bit off his neck. Although he is still alive, Doctor Hu said that he is beyond saving and is at best a living dead man."

"Useless things!"

Sun Wuyin cursed, then ordered, "Drag them out and bury them along with those who were bitten to death! Out of sight, out of mind!"

"Yes!"

Li Cong gave an evil smile, then turned and left.

Back among the exiles, he gathered more than twenty soldiers and, without a word, began to seize the wolf meat that the exiles had already started processing.

"What...what are you doing! This is our wolf meat!"

Did you kill the wolf?

Li Cong scolded, and Jiang Yicheng's arrogance instantly diminished. He quickly added, "I picked up this wolf, so it's ours!"

"That's wishful thinking! Take him away!"

Madam Jiang hurriedly pleaded, "Sir...Sir, you mustn't do this! We'll starve to death without wolf meat. Or...or you could leave us a wolf leg, that would be fine."

"Sir, I beg you..."

Jiang Meier also stepped forward, gently wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, pleading with a frail and delicate appearance:

"Sir, please have pity on us... With so many wolves, could you please leave just one for us?"

Li Cong grabbed Jiang Meier's hand and pulled her close, vigorously rubbing her delicate hand with obvious greed in his eyes.

"Miss Jiang, if you want wolf meat, you can have it if you sleep with me. How about that?"

"Sir...Sir, you mustn't!"

Jiang Meier's heart trembled. She tried to pull her hand away in disgust, but she was no match for Li Cong. However, she was unwilling to give up the wolf meat she had already obtained.

A glint flashed in her eyes, and she had a good idea. She lowered her gaze and smiled, saying:

"This is negotiable, we can talk about it later. But could you leave the wolf meat for us, sir?"

"Alright, my beauty, I'll be waiting for you tonight!"

Li Cong gave a wicked smile, hooked his large hand around Jiang Meier's waist and rubbed it hard, then spoke:

"You'd better not go back on your word, or I'll make you wish you were dead."

Jiang Meier smiled ingratiatingly and pushed him away.

"Don't worry, sir, I mean what I say!"

"Alright, you can have half of the wolf meat!"

After saying this, Li Cong ordered his men to carry the other half away.

Jiang Meier's lips twitched; she was about to vomit from disgust at Li Cong's actions. Her mother said with concern:

"How could you agree to such a beastly condition? I... I've raised you with all my hard work all these years for nothing? If I had known it would be like this, I should have agreed to all those marriage proposals back then and married you off to him sooner, so you wouldn't have to suffer like this."