Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 125 Zhang Min is a blessed woman
Two hours later, Eji was fast asleep. Yun Ce quietly got up, quickly dressed, and glared at the puppy staring at him with wide eyes. The puppy immediately crawled under the bed.

Gently closing the door, I saw Eji stretching her legs out and hanging on the quilt that Yun Ce had just rolled up.

"This girl is already awake, but she's pretending not to know."

Yun Ce muttered something to himself, then climbed over the high wall of the inn. He walked less than a hundred meters forward and saw Zhang Min, who was already dressed in her armor, waiting for him. He quickly came over, and Zhang Min led him into a small courtyard.

Old Chou and over a hundred hunters had been waiting for quite some time.

Without saying a word, Zhang Min opened a map of Jimingyi drawn on animal hide, pointed to a red dot on the edge of Jimingyi, and said, "This is Ren Hu's manor."

How many people are inside?

"Normally there are sixty warriors, ninety servants, two hundred maids and servants, and one thousand two hundred slaves living in the horse farm east of the manor."

Are there any experts here?

"Yes, Ren Hu is one, he's a bit better than me."

"Hey, don't all those who are more skilled than you have to go through the Iron Enclosure Pass?"

“Not everyone considers going to Tiewei Pass as a lifelong honor, but Ren Hu is one of them.”

“Alright, I’ll deal with Ren Hu and the warriors. You take Lao Chou and the others to intercept and kill the fleeing people, and you must also prevent them from sending out signals.”

"We must kill Ren Hu first before we can create chaos among them."

"Don't worry, I will definitely be the first to find Ren Hu. The focus is on you. Give us enough time to move the valuables."

"Are you always so rushed and careless when you commit murder and robbery?"

Yun Ce thought for a moment and sighed, "There's nothing I can do. I want to make sure things are watertight, but unfortunately, I'm always unlucky. It seems like I'm always seen when I'm killing someone."

Can you believe it? The way I killed someone on a rainy night in the wilderness attracted tens of thousands of onlookers. My luck is just too bad.

"So, you're not going to hide it anymore now, are you?"

“If concealment were effective, I wouldn’t have been seen through so easily. I’m starting to give up now. I need money, so they put Ren Hu on the list for me. I’ll just find a time to kill him and take his ill-gotten gains to use for good.”

Zhang Min paused for a moment before saying, "Okay, this time I'll help you clean up the mess, and your luck might not be so bad."

Yun Ce nodded and said, "Very good. If you can really bring me good luck, I will take you as my concubine."

Zhang Min was about to burst into a tirade when she saw Yun Ce run into the darkness. Not far away, Ren Hu's house lay on the ground like a fierce tiger, inspiring fear in everyone.

"I will not be a concubine!"

Zhang Min spat at Yun Ce's departing figure and began arranging the ambush points for Lao Chou and his men.

Just as Zhang Min drew his crossbow and patrolled Renhu Manor, keeping watch both overt and covert, he suddenly discovered that Yun Ce had returned.

Zhang Min stepped forward and asked, "Is something strange?"

Yun Ce laughed and said, "We've seen some familiar faces, so we've changed our strategy. I'll go in first to scout things out. No matter what happens inside the manor, we shouldn't take the initiative to attack."

I think tonight, I'm not the only one who wants Ren Hu's money.

"Who else?"

"The Jade Consort of the Great Han Dynasty".

Hearing Yun Ce say this, Zhang Min's eyes almost popped out. As far as she knew, Consort Yu despised money the most, and that was indeed the case. As long as she wanted money, countless people would eagerly offer it to her, so there was no need to fight for it.

Yun Ce moved like a cheetah, silently leaping over the high wall. He glanced at the direction the dog pointed in, then pulled off the cloth covering his face and shuffled towards the front of Ren Hu's house.

When he came in, he saw Qingfeng and Mingyue here. Qingfeng looked fine, but Mingyue was pale, and it seemed that his injuries had not healed.

The living room in the front house was brightly lit, and there seemed to be a large group of people inside, offering congratulations to the person seated on the throne. It was too far away for Yun Ce to hear clearly, so he slowly approached the living room along the roof ridge of the corridor.

Under the bright lights, a woman dressed in a white palace dress sat at the highest point, with Qingfeng and Mingyue standing behind her. The hall was filled with people.

"The Huo Prince's Mansion will soon be established, and it will all depend on your assistance. Yuheng will never forget it, and the Huo Prince will never forget your contributions. As for what you have done today, you will surely receive tenfold or even a hundredfold reward in the future."

I have heard that there was a merchant named Lü Buwei who did not sell grains, nor did he herd livestock, and he was unwilling to buy low and sell high. He simply invested his money in Qin Yiren and received a return a hundred times greater than that from selling grains or cattle and sheep.

From now on, I ask that you all continue to support my son Huo Qing and assist him in becoming a wise king like his father.

After listening to Yu Heng's speech, Yun Ce was about to take another step closer when he saw Qing Feng's gaze suddenly turn towards him. Yun Ce immediately lay prone on the roof ridge, and only continued to slowly approach after Qing Feng's gaze shifted elsewhere. "Ren Hu respectfully presents five thousand taels of gold to Consort Yu."

"Ren Zhong respectfully presented three thousand taels of gold to Consort Yu."

"Ren An presented Consort Yu with two thousand taels of gold."

“Zhang Mingyu respectfully presented Consort Yu with one thousand taels of gold.”

"Zhao Deshi presented Consort Yu with one thousand taels of gold."

“Mei Ziling respectfully presents one thousand taels of gold to Consort Yu.”

Watching the lively donation scene and hearing the string of embarrassing numbers, Yun Ce felt that he should let Ren Hu go today. Especially when he saw that those people were taking out gold vouchers, Yun Ce immediately felt that it would be better to turn his attention to Yu Heng instead.

As the gold vouchers on the plate in front of Yuheng grew higher and higher, Yuheng, who usually avoided men, surprisingly picked up the wine pot today and personally poured wine for the donors, offering them a toast.

Under the influence of lust, the men happily drank their wine to the last drop. Some even went so far as to take out a lot of money in hopes of getting a word of thanks from Yu Heng in exchange for another drink with her.

The atmosphere reached its climax after Ren Hu personally presented a jade immortal statue to Yu Heng.

Ren Hu, who was the first to drink, collapsed to the ground with a thud. Soon after, the others who had been drinking in the hall also collapsed to the ground.

None of the servants or maids who hadn't drunk any alcohol survived a second longer. After Qingfeng and Mingyue swept around the hall like ghosts, the servants and maids all collapsed to the ground, unable to get up.

Seeing blood flowing from beneath them, they must be dead.

After Qingfeng finished dealing with the people in the hall, he stood outside Huating and whistled. Yun Ce then saw a hundred or so men in black jump out from all directions and rush towards the back of Ren Hu’s house. It seemed that they had no intention of leaving any Ren family members alive.

Yun Ce was very lucky. These fierce men in black had been hiding around the hall. If he had moved three feet closer, he would have lost the cover of the roof and been completely exposed to the assassins they had arranged.

"It seems that Zhang Min is a woman who brings good fortune to her husband."

"Madam, should we kill these people?" Qingfeng's voice rang out in the blood-stained hall.

Yu Heng slowly stood up and said to Qing Feng, "Are you a little reluctant?"

Qingfeng avoided Yuheng's outstretched hand, his pretty face flushed red, while Mingyue stared intently at Yuheng's hand, hoping that the comforting words Qingfeng didn't want would fall on him instead.

"Zhang Heng handed over the three Ren brothers to Yun Ce in exchange for him going to the north of the Great Wall to cultivate land. Alas, once Yun Ce succeeds in cultivating land north of the Great Wall, the Han Dynasty will immediately have no worries about the rear. At that time, there will be another northern expedition and another massacre."

"Qingfeng, the Guifang people and the Han people are now of the same race and origin. Why can't we sit down and discuss things properly instead of resorting to arms?"

Qingfeng frowned and said, "Then kill them all. Since many people know that Yun Ce wants to take money from Ren Hu, if Ren Hu dies, people will only think that Yun Ce did it. Anyway, he is in Jimingyi today, so he can't avoid this mess."

Yuheng nodded in satisfaction after hearing Qingfeng's words.

Mingyue quickly said, "Now, there are not only the three Ren brothers in this hall, but also several playboys from very wealthy families in Chang'an City."

Now that they're all dead, someone will surely retaliate against Yun Ce, thwarting his plan to establish settlements north of the Great Wall.

Just as the three were having a lively and enjoyable discussion, Gouzi stretched his body out to its maximum length and slowly moved closer to the plate full of gold vouchers.

Screams echoed continuously from Ren Hu's back residence, while blood had spread throughout the hall, gradually forming a pool of blood on the gleaming floor.

Yu Heng sat on the threshold, untouched by the blood, like a young girl. Qingfeng sat on her left and Mingyue on her right. They were oblivious to the blood lake in the hall and the screams coming from the back courtyard, just like three ignorant young boys and girls looking up at the eerie blood moon in the sky with longing.

The dog shakily carried the plate with its tentacles and slowly approached Yun Ce, afraid of making the slightest noise. Yun Ce had to keep one eye on Yu Heng and the others, and the other on the dog's actions, keeping him very busy.

"Dog, Zhang Min is a woman who brings good luck. Do you think if I sleep with her, I'll have even more good luck?"

"If you sleep with Zhang Min first, believe it or not, Eji will cut off Zhang Min's head and cook it into soup for you."

"Eji was a very kind girl."

"That woman is single-minded. Only after she's established as the principal wife and has given you your eldest son will she stop caring how many women you have. Otherwise..."

The gold plate filled with gold vouchers finally reached Yun Ce's hands, and was instantly stored in the Dragon Ball. He then saw that Yu Heng and the other two were still acting like young boys and girls, continuing to look at the moon.

Yun Ce, like a maggot, slowly detached himself from the roof ridge, quickly jumped onto the high wall, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Murder!"

His voice was very loud; although it couldn't be heard for ten miles, it could still be heard for three to five miles.

(End of this chapter)