295: Chapter 295: Killing Two Birds with One Stone, Cool!

295: Chapter 295: Killing Two Birds with One Stone, Cool!

Lady Pan’s remark instantly provoked another round of exclamations from the crowd.

Another old woman coldly stepped forward, “That’s right, my grandson confessed under duress, and it wasn’t the truth at all.”

Smack!

Then Sikong Jing slapped the old woman across the face.

She was the grandmother of the young thug, but Sikong Jing didn’t care.

Anyone who dared to speak ill of Su Yuexi deserved to be hit!

Spreading rumors requires no effort, but quashing them will break one’s legs…

Sikong Jing knew this well, so he felt he had no choice but to resolve this matter quickly and with force, otherwise, neither Yue Xi nor her parents-in-law would be able to hold their heads high again.

Seeing the old woman struck, the people of the 99th Town grew indignant but also kept retreating, no longer daring to voice out.

This Sikong Jing from the Canglong Small Domain was simply too brutal.

Some time passed, and Sikong Jing casually threw the young thug on the ground, then turned to Lady Pan and said indifferently, “Whether he was coerced into confessing, you will soon find out.”

With those words, he reached out his hand and pulled Lady Pan towards him.

He then said to Sui Wenzhan, “Uncle Sui, could you please go and call Yue Xi?

We’ll take a trip to the 99th Castle together.”

Before long, Su Yuexi arrived at the scene, escorted by Sui Wenzhan and his wife.

Su Yuexi stood pale-faced beside Sikong Jing, who gently consoled her before taking everyone directly onto the Flying Blood Colorful Winged Horse and flying towards the 99th Army.

Naturally, Lady Pan was also held in Sikong Jing’s grasp, accompanying them to the 99th Castle.

Meanwhile, in the 99th Town, noise erupted once again.

A previously slapped elder, speaking with difficulty due to his injured mouth, spitefully said, “What does this trash from the Canglong Small Domain think he’s doing?

He can’t possibly be thinking of confronting General Pan at the castle, can he?”

“He’s just asking for death.

General Ning isn’t in the castle right now.”

“What do you think, could it actually be that General Pan has switched sides to Lan Zhuanghe?”

Someone then cautiously suggested this—clearly a more reasonable member of the Black-armored Soldier’s family.

But he was quickly drowned out by the crowd’s objections, and the elderly man and woman almost went to fight him in their fury.

“It’s impossible.

Why would General Pan side with Lan Zhuanghe?”

“Hmph, it must be this Sikong Jing taking advantage of General Ning’s favor, deliberately oppressing us,” one person scorned.

“Damn it, we must drive them out of the 99th Town.”

Hearing the crowd’s sentiments, several young thugs began to shout again.

Now that Sikong Jing had left, they saw no reason to tell the truth, nor was there any need; after all, with Sikong Jing heading to the 99th Castle, he was sure to be killed by General Pan.

…

Meanwhile, at the 99th Army’s castle,

Elder Wei entered the castle looking exhausted.

Upon seeing the three Martial Arts Sect Realm Deputy Generals, he said, “The incident at General Ning’s house is quite serious, and it seems he won’t be able to return for some time.

The matters of the 99th Army will be left in the hands of the three Deputy Generals for now.”

Elder Wei had just returned from General Ning’s place.

Since Ning Jingjing had been forcefully taken back by the Ning Family, Elder Wei, as her former servant in the Ning house, naturally accompanied her.

Now that Ning Jingjing was confined, she could only send him back to explain the situation.

Pan Zha’s eyes flashed with a sharp glint.

He quickly insisted Elder Wei rest first, then immediately returned to his room to write a letter.

Soon after, a small black bird flew out the window.

In the castle of the 96th Legion, in a room, a man and woman were in bed together.

Suddenly, a little black bird landed on the windowsill, chirping intensely, but the man didn’t get up from bed right away, choosing to continue until he was satisfied.

He put on his clothes and got out of bed, taking the message tied to the little black bird’s leg.

After reading the message, he burst into loud laughter, “Excellent, excellent, I didn’t expect this bitch Ning Jingjing to be really held back by her family’s affairs, temporarily unable to return to the 99th Army.”

It was clear that this note had been sent by Pan Zha, who recounted Elder Wei’s words within its message.

“General Lan, doesn’t this mean we can attack the 99th Castle now?”

Naturally, this man was Lan Zhuanghe, and the woman lying on the bed was…

Yan Ruyu!

“Exactly, it’s still the pretty little thing with the schemes.”

“Using various means to turn Pan Zha, then exploiting him to force that Troublemaker Sikong’s family out of the 99th Town.

“And now even Heaven is helping me, Ning Jingjing has issues at home!”

“Hahaha…”

“Next, we can march our troops toward the 99th Castle, and Pan Zha will open the gates wide to welcome us.

We can avenge the grudge of the siege by the 99th Army and also capture the family of Troublemaker Sikong.”

“I’ll play with his wife, manipulate him at will, and also curry serious favor with Commander Yan.”

“Killing several birds with one stone, how exhilarating!”

Upon saying this, Lan Zhuanghe burst into laughter, filled with a joy he could not contain.

After his laughter, Lan Zhuanghe looked towards Yan Ruyu on the bed and said with a chuckle, “Little beauty, what reward would you like?”

The present situation was largely due to Yan Ruyu’s meritorious service.

In an instant, Yan Ruyu’s alluring eyes twinkled, and suddenly with bitten lip, she coquettishly said, “I don’t want anything, I just want to stay by General Lan’s side forever, to follow General Lan back to the Lan Family.”

Upon hearing this, Lan Zhuanghe’s expression froze slightly, and then he forced a laugh, “We’ll deal with this matter after taking the 99th Castle…

Don’t worry, I will certainly grant you a proper status.”

Having said that, Lan Zhuanghe strode out of the room, beginning to deploy his troops and generals.

In the room, Yan Ruyu’s countenance suddenly darkened, followed by a sinister chuckle.

“Lan Zhuanghe, oh Lan Zhuanghe, with my strategies, I refuse to believe I can’t take you down.”

“And what are you to me?

Merely a small stepping stone for Yan Ruyu.”

“As a princess, I will surely be the center of attention in the Long Night Empire, and this is just the first step.”

Having said that, she slowly got up and dressed.

Then sitting down, she looked at herself in the mirror and said, “Sikong Jing, no matter how much that cheap Ning Jingjing fawns over you, with just a whisper in the ear and a few small schemes, I can make your life worse than death, filled with agony.”

In the past twenty days, Lan Zhuanghe had been looking for an opportunity to make a move on Sikong Jing without success.

Following Yan Shun’s orders, he was expected to sort things out quickly.

But both Su Yuexi and Mei Xiaofang never left the 99th Town, and Su Zhenglong along with Su Yue Immortal were in the 99th Army’s Reserve Camp, making things difficult.

Both the 99th Town and the Reserve Camp were under the close scrutiny of the Long Night Black Burning Army, where no one was allowed to cause trouble.

If found out, death would be the least of worries; the entire family being thrown into prison was not a laughing matter.

And then Yan Ruyu appeared, full of cunning and schemes.

As a princess of the Great Shang Dynasty, she leveraged the relatives of Sun Gan, who had been killed by Sikong Jing, to investigate everything about Pan Zha and then turned him…

One by one, she provided schemes to Lan Zhuanghe, leading to the current situation.

In less than a month, Yan Ruyu became a favorite by Lan Zhuanghe’s side, his woman, but this was by no means her only goal.

How could she be content with just being a Little General’s woman?

What she wanted was the whole world.

…

As Lan Zhuanghe led his troops toward the 99th Castle, inside the stronghold of the 99th Army, an icy killing intent suddenly pervaded the air.

“Pan Zha, come out!”

Sikong Jing, accompanied by Su Yuexi and others, thunderously arrived.