Farmer girl swaps husbands: buys a sickly villain and pampers him

Chapter 280 Closing the Net
Upon hearing their words, Xiao Yanci realized that everything he had been doing these past few days had been under their surveillance.

Since they all know what he did, how could Su Rende still be poisoned? Could it be that Su Rende's poisoning was fake?
"Your father wasn't poisoned at all, was he?"

“You’ll find out soon enough,” Su Yaoguang said.

“Even so, I might not lose.” Xiao Yanci laughed heartily. “You and your daughter can control the chaos on the border, but what about the capital? Those good-for-nothings in the court are not as difficult to deal with as you and your daughter. We have already set up our scheme, just waiting for the court to fall into chaos so we can take over.”

"Was it you who took their place, or was it that Prime Minister Wang who took their place? Xiao Yanci, you've done so much, only to have it all go to someone else in the end. Are you out of your mind?"

“I am the descendant of a disgraced official. If this were exposed, how could the person in the palace tolerate me? Sure enough, as soon as they saw I was the descendant of a disgraced official, they exiled me. Since that's the case, of course I must choose a wise ruler. Once he succeeds, I can also rise to great heights with him.” Xiao Yanci looked at Su Yaoguang’s radiant face. “Yaoguang, we were husband and wife, we could have cooperated. Why don’t you persuade your father, and we discuss this great undertaking together? If General Su raises an army, I will submit to him.”

"Xiao Yanci, how blind I was to have been deceived by you?" Su Yaoguang sneered. "But it's not too late to open your eyes now. Now that you've fallen into my hands, you'll pay for my mother's life!"

"What...what do you mean by this?" Xiao Yanci's expression changed drastically.

"My mother has been so good to you, and you sent people to harm her. Do you have any conscience?"

Xiao Yanci looked at her in shock: "How could you know? You... I had long suspected that you had memories of your past life, and it was true. But how could you know that your mother's death was related to me? I kept it a secret very well, and anyone who knew about it was silenced long ago."

"Heaven is merciful. It knows that I was blinded by villains in my past life and couldn't bear to let me die with my eyes open, so it gave me a second chance at life. It also gave me a revelation, letting me know that you still have the blood feud of my dearest relatives on you. Xiao Yanci, I will not kill you, because I will make you wish you were dead."

Xiao Yanci was captured and imprisoned in a dungeon, where he was placed under strict guard by soldiers. The place was practically surrounded by a dense crowd just to keep an eye on him.

The situation at the border began to turn around.

Su Rende, who had disappeared for a long time, reappeared and led his soldiers to catch the enemy off guard. For half a month, news of various victories came in.

The enemy country has quieted down.

Su Rende dared not underestimate the enemy and continued to guard the border strictly.

"Yaoguang, the war situation has almost stabilized. Do you want to return to the capital?" Zhang Zhaodi asked.

Su Yaoguang was worried about leaving Zhang Zhaodi alone here, so she decided to stay a little longer.

The enemy country certainly didn't stop, harassing the border every few days. Not only that, they also tried every means to assassinate Su Rende.

Su Yaoguang stood in front of Zhang Zhaodi's door, watching the assassin rush towards her. She brandished her large knife and thrust it at the assassin.

*Thud!* The assassin collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

There were still many assassins in the courtyard. They wanted to rush in and capture Zhang Zhaodi, or at least Su Yaoguang, the daughter of a general. However, they never expected that Su Rende's daughter had inherited his innate superhuman strength and could fight back against the enemy without using internal energy.

"Young Miss, are you alright?" The butler rushed over to greet her.

Looking at the captured assassins, Su Yaoguang said, "I'm fine. Interrogate them thoroughly and see if there are any of their accomplices in the city."

"Young Miss..." Tong Rong ran in from outside. "Enemy troops have appeared at our city gate."

"How many people?" Su Yaoguang asked. "Two or three thousand, I guess! If it weren't for the quick-witted soldiers guarding the city gate who noticed something was wrong and closed the gate, they would probably have already stormed in and started a massacre."

“I’m worried this is only part of the story, and there might be more to come. These people are coming to our city because they want to attack it and distract my father. We need to gather all the people in the city immediately to fight them off and get rid of the enemy outside, otherwise we’ll be in great danger.”

"Yes."

The officials in the government office didn't know how to fight the enemy, and when they heard that enemy troops had appeared, none of them knew what to do.

Su Yaoguang selected Tong Rong and several other daring guards, and had them lead the general's mansion's guards to the city gate.

"You must immediately gather all the weapons in the city, and recruit soldiers from all over the city. Anyone who is willing to fight the enemy will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver after the mission is accomplished. If anyone dies in the fight against the enemy, they will receive a pension of one hundred taels of silver. Also, there are no gender restrictions. Anyone under the age of fifteen or fifty is welcome. Every single one counts."

Zhang Zhaodi stood in the courtyard, watching Su Yaoguang take charge of the overall situation.

She touched her belly and looked in her direction with concern.

The butler said, "Madam, your task is to protect yourself. The eldest young lady has inherited the great general's bravery and fearlessness. With her here, we will surely overcome this difficulty."

It is indeed a difficult hurdle.

Su Yaoguang guessed correctly.

They had previously said they only had two or three thousand people, but when Su Yaoguang gathered her troops, five or six thousand people had gathered at the city gate.

Those people have already begun their siege.

They brought various tools for climbing walls and even used bows and arrows to shoot the soldiers on the walls.

Riding on his horse, Su Yaoguang addressed the people of the city: "There is a river outside the city, and these vicious dogs from the enemy country crossed over from there. Their goal is obvious: to conquer this place and use it to threaten the general into withdrawing his troops. Gentlemen, the general is leading a large army to fight the enemy, and we cannot become a burden to him. This is our battlefield, so let us win this battle ourselves and let our descendants see that none of us who live on this border are cowards."

"Young Miss, we'll do as you say."

"We heard that Miss fought off the assassins; she's a true heroine. We won't let you down either," a middle-aged woman said, waving a hammer.

“Young Miss, you posted a notice saying that both men and women are welcome, which shows that you appreciate and understand the strengths of us women. Today, we will fight alongside you.”

"Gentlemen, our city gates are tightly closed, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. As long as we unite as one, dealing with those villains outside is a piece of cake. Listen to me, let's fight the enemy together."

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"

"Those who are willing to fight alongside me, please have your information recorded in the government office. Let's get to work."

Su Yaoguang stood on the city wall, directing the people in the city to boil water—to scald the pigs.

The soldiers fired arrows with torches still coated in oil, shooting the torches directly at the enemies and instantly turning them into fireballs.

The enemy country did not expect that these ordinary people would dare to fight back, and that someone would even command them in battle. They dared not make any further moves and immediately withdrew several kilometers.