Actually, it's understandable. The Shi family only has one daughter, so naturally they dote on her like a precious gem.
But today, her actions were completely different from what he had heard before. It was as if she were a different person.
Shi An looked nonchalant, not taking this matter to heart at all.
"Humph, if you want to take action, then go ahead and give it a try."
Xu Qun was finally enraged. Just as he was about to stab with the dagger in his hand, suddenly the whole atmosphere changed. The "Empress Dowager", who had seemed so scared just now, suddenly became extremely fierce. And the way she handled herself with ease was nothing like that of an Empress Dowager who had been living in the deep palace for a long time.
Cui Qizhou and Qin Feng both stared with their mouths wide open.
General Qin, who was always in full control in front of others, looked utterly stunned. He nudged Cui Qizhou beside him with his hand.
"You've spent the most time with this Empress Dowager. Do you know that she knows martial arts?"
After the national teacher came to his senses, he quickly put away that look on his face. He coughed lightly twice.
"Absolutely impossible. How could the Empress Dowager know martial arts? I've known the Empress Dowager for so many years. She even has trouble climbing a tree."
When he said the last sentence, there was a hint of mockery in his tone. But Qin Feng just thought they had all misjudged.
"How can you be so sure that this Empress Dowager really doesn't know martial arts? Can't you see that even Xu Qun is having a hard time against her?"
Indeed, Xu Qun had been through many battles and been on the battlefield countless times. Yet, he couldn't even last a few moves against this young Empress Dowager.
Watching him getting more and more exhausted, the expressions on the others' faces were rather strange.
And Xu Qun, who was struggling hard in the fight, looked even more gloomy: "What's going on? It was so easy for me to capture you just now. And when I saw you a few days ago, you were clearly a weak woman without the strength to even tie up a chicken. Why are you so highly skilled in martial arts now?"
The "Empress Dowager" still remained silent, and her moves became more and more powerful, as if she was determined to kill him.
The outcome was already obvious. Even Cui Qizhou, who had been very worried at first, finally relaxed.
He suddenly felt a bit confused. Had this Empress Dowager been hiding her martial arts skills all along just for this moment?
What on earth was going on?
Seeing that Xu Qun had fallen to the ground, he pulled himself back to reality. He gave a signal to the darkness, and immediately the shadow guards stepped forward to capture Xu Qun.
Qin Feng just couldn't hold back anymore. This person's martial arts were almost on par with his own.
Watching the "Empress Dowager" approaching, he stepped forward: "I wonder why the Empress Dowager has such excellent martial arts skills. Could you please tell me?"
As soon as he said this, the person in front of him made a move. And it was this move that made him suddenly regret asking such a stupid question.
Xiao Xiao frowned, took off the mask on her face, ignored the two people beside her, and walked up to Shi An.
"Master, Xu Qun has been captured, and the grain - transporting team has also arrived in Jiangnan."
"Well done. It seems that my decision to place you beside my little sister was right."
"Thank you for your praise, Master."
After saying that, Xiao Xiao silently stepped back to one side.
All of Cui Qizhou's previous doubts were finally cleared. He raised his eyebrows: "We can leave the rest of this matter to the local officials. What do you think we should do with these two rebels, Young Master Shi?"
Wu Lin never expected that Xu Qun would be so useless. He couldn't even capture the right person. But for now, saving his own life was the most important thing.
Regardless of the sword on his neck, he directly knelt down.
"National teacher, Young Master Shi, I know I was wrong. Please spare my life. General Qin, didn't you say before that you would give me a way out? I can hand over all my subordinates to you. As long as you can let me leave here alive."
There was a look of mockery on Qin Feng's face. He had been a bit interested in this person before, but now, he thought this person was incredibly stupid.
"You've done such stupid things, and your subordinates don't even react. They just blindly follow your orders. I don't want such brain - less people."
His rejection made Wu Lin start to panic: "I know I was wrong. Please, national teacher and Young Master Shi, just forgive me this once. As long as you can let me live, I'll do anything you tell me."
"Well, you said that yourself. Don't blame us later."
Hearing this, Wu Lin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. Why did he feel that what awaited him was even worse than just dying right away?
And his premonition was correct.
Qin Feng didn't know what the national teacher was thinking. He quickly tried to stop him.
"Aren't you afraid that this rebel will do something bad in the future? He already has such thoughts. Who knows, he might do even more excessive things. Maybe he'll even have the idea of staging a military coup."
Cui Qizhou twitched the corner of his mouth, and the words he said almost made people angry.
"As long as you don't instigate anything, I'm sure he won't dare to do anything. General Qin, your worries are a bit unnecessary."
Hearing this, Qin Feng felt a bit indignant in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. After all, what the man said was true.
It was Qin Feng who had instigated Wu Lin to go down this path in the first place.
Fine. If he couldn't argue, couldn't he just shut up?
The national teacher walked up to Wu Lin: "I heard that you're good at farming and have the nickname of the top expert in the city. How about we make a deal?"
Wu Lin swallowed hard: "This skill has been passed down in my family. As long as the national teacher can let me live, I'll do anything."
"Humph, since you've agreed so readily, I'll just be straight. It's very simple. As long as you can write a book about this skill and pass it on to everyone, and help rebuild Jiangnan City. You can leave here only when Jiangnan City has restored its former prosperity."
Now, Wu Lin didn't dare to say a word. He knew that it would be extremely difficult to achieve this.
It was true that the skill was passed down in his family, but there had always been a rule in the family that this skill must never be passed on to outsiders. It could only be used by family members. If someone wanted to pass this skill on, they would have to suffer the family punishment, the pain of having their bones pierced.
By then, even if he managed to survive, he would be half - dead.
Wu Lin bit his lip. He suddenly regretted agreeing to the national teacher so quickly. He should have known that this national teacher was notoriously cunning.
But the matter was already a foregone conclusion. No matter how much he regretted it, it was too late.
"I'll definitely do my best. You can rest assured, national teacher."
Wu Lin was still secretly scheming in his heart. Maybe he could just get through this for now. Since Cui Qizhou didn't know the rules of his family, he could just find an opportunity to sneak away later.