Chapter 499 – Attacking Fengyi County (7)
Jiang Pengji shot him a glance, exasperated, “If you say I’m not willful, then I definitely must be! How can I save face otherwise?”
Wei Ci was momentarily taken aback, seemingly unsure how to respond, then he chuckled helplessly.
Including their times of confrontation and the days spent together afterward, Wei Ci had known her for nearly thirty years.
He had never realized she had such a childish side to her; it seemed like she needed to be coddled.
In the past, he probably wouldn’t have dared to speak so casually, hence he’d never seen this rare side of her.
Wei Ci’s gaze softened slightly, like ripples spreading from a spring, glimmering with a cool light.
Jiang Pengji winced, rubbing her arms, “Can you just stop looking at me like that? I’m getting goosebumps! Your lord has no interest in dragons and boys; what if someone misunderstands? Besides, with your petite frame, don’t covet me.”
Wei Ci’s gentle smile stiffened just a bit, his jade-like face taking on a hint of green, losing its previous warmth, turning icy as frost.
He calmly replied, “My lord, please don’t misunderstand.”
Jiang Pengji gave an “Oh,” continuing to survey the unfolding map from her horse, while the audience in the live stream mercilessly mocked her.
After days of marching without much entertainment, Jiang Pengji relied on these comments to pass the time.
【Fancy Monthly Vote Request】: Trashy streamer, you’ve bullied my dear little Ci again.
【360-Degree Backflip】: Clearly, Ci’s gaze was gentle enough to drip water, yet he was interrupted by the streamer. With someone as tactless as you, you’re destined to be alone forever. A single dog for life.
【Thomas’s Great Flip】: Streamer and viewers holding hands, whoever gets a partner first is a dog. If singles become dogs, nobody wants to hold your hand. Sigh, it seems, by the time baby gets three or five kids with Ci, the streamer will still be a lone dog.
【Tiger Landing Monthly Vote Request】: Tch, do you even need to ask if my husband can have kids with you? Have you sought my opinion?
【Ci Under Me】: You little third or fourth party upstairs, did you ask the original wife’s opinion?
【Ci In My Bed】: Tch, all you little third, fourth, and fifth parties upstairs, did you consult with me, the legitimate wife?
Jiang Pengji looked at the screen full of chaotic comments, casting a deep glance at Wei Ci. Seriously, beauty breeds trouble.
Even across dimensions, a bunch of guys and gals could fiercely fight over him.
“Sigh, Zixiao,” Jiang Pengji suddenly sighed, “For the happiness of all, have you ever thought about settling down early?”
A married handsome man is better than a single handsome man; he wouldn’t attract as much trouble from flowers and butterflies.
Wei Ci’s already unappealing complexion seemed to flush with a greenish tint, and even his gaze changed.
He coldly replied, “Ci is not fond of the fairer sex.”
Jiang Pengji readily added, “Then marry a husband and take him home, at least you’ll have someone warm in bed at night.”
Thinking of Wei Ci’s cold constitution, he ought to find a partner with plenty of warmth.
“No thanks, Ci isn’t fond of the male sex either.” Wei Ci replied with a fake smile, clearly struggling to say it.
After hearing this, Jiang Pengji’s gaze darted around his face, then slowly shifted downwards, fixating on a certain area.
“Do you need a famous doctor to take a look?”
Females with severe coldness often suffer from weakness and difficulties in childbirth, even infertility.
Similarly, if males are cold and weak, wouldn’t it also affect the normal functioning of certain organs?
Being young and impotent without a nightlife, holding it in could lead to psychological issues!
Wei Ci’s expression had reached a point of no return.
He began to deeply doubt whether he had been blind in his past life.
Why could he only see her aloof side, but not her unbelievably unreliable and frivolous side?
Indeed, obscured by a leaf, he truly needed to go wash his eyes and make them clearer.
Jiang Pengji delightfully teased Wei Ci into a pale face, while Meng Hunyun was overjoyed,
What he thought was just a small food convoy turned out to be an enormous supply troop of the Green Garment Army, not only carrying food but also boxes of gold and silver jewels, so much that it spilled over the boxes, with an estimated five carts!
Goodness, this was truly tantalizing.
Many soldiers born from bandits couldn’t wait to roll up their sleeves and pull off a big heist.
Meng Hunyun cared even more about the supply carts; if he could seize them, it would be a tremendous achievement.
However, that wasn’t the most eye-catching thing. Among the grain convoy, there were also hundreds of ragged women, many barefoot, their faces expressionless, with their wrists tied together with long ropes, making escape difficult.
Li Yun hid beside Meng Hunyun, lowering his voice, “Looking at their marching direction, could they have robbed a wealthy county?”
“Hard to say… Although most of these Green Garment soldiers are suffering commoners, their behavior after unleashing their wild natures is even uglier and more detestable than the court. The court might just ignore the commoners’ plight, but these Green Garment soldiers run rampant, it can’t last long.”
Li Yun had always viewed the Green Garment Army negatively. Now seeing those women tied like livestock, beaten with whips, and constantly insulted, it was unbearable for him, and his steely gaze shimmered with murderous intent.
“It’s truly a chaotic world…” Meng Hunyun felt a bitterness in his heart.
The beasts’ blades are often not aimed at enemies but at weak women, ailing elders, and innocent children.
If one looked closely, they could also see the supply carts hung with quite a number of grayish heads—men, women, old and young.
“This style doesn’t reflect the commoners of Dongqing; they seem more like the beasts of the Northern Frontier…”
Li Yun was raised by his master Xie Qian, who would tell him stories of the outside world while teaching him marksmanship.
Even if Xie Qian didn’t put any personal spin on it, Li Yun could still sense the bloody cruelty common in the uncivilized areas of the Northern Frontier.
【The old and thin men are nicknamed ‘Fire Starters’, women who are young may be ‘Envious of Sheep’, children are called ‘Bone Rotters’, commonly referred to as ‘Two-Legged Sheep’.】
These were the crimes committed by the three tribes of the Northern Frontier and the four factions of the Southern Barbarians.
Over the years, the three tribes of the Northern Frontier had been eyeing Dongqing. Now that Dongqing was in chaos, how could they not be tempted?
As for the Southern Sheng Kingdom, wiped out by the Southern Barbarians, the situation was even more gruesome.
Not to mention the numerous crimes along the way; after breaching the capital of the Southern Sheng Kingdom, all royal males had their heads severed and hung on the city walls, while all female relatives were forced into camp as prostitutes, the youngest being three to five years old, and the oldest reaching fifty or sixty, none spared—countless women fell victim to humiliation and death.
The Southern Barbarians issued orders for slaughter to vent their pent-up frustrations from previous failures, allowing soldiers to run riot for a full day and night.
If that wasn’t shocking enough, how about the Southern Barbarians gathering to feast on human flesh?
【…Capturing people to eat, killing thousands daily… using mortars to grind them into paste, smashing bones and consuming them…】
It was a festive carnival for the demons of hell.
