Frontier Hero: From Receiving a Convicted Woman to Becoming an Emperor for All Time

Back to Qingshi Village.

Shen Chuxiao scaled the wall and entered the courtyard, landing lightly and silently. The courtyard was dimly lit, and Wang Yilu's quiet figure was reflected in the window paper.

He raised his hand and tapped twice lightly.

The door opened.

Wang Yilu was mending clothes, her fingertips delicate and her movements gentle.

Hearing the noise, she looked up, her eyes lighting up with joy: "Husband, you're back."

"Hmm." Shen Chuxiao closed the door behind him, shutting out the chill from the courtyard. "It's cleaned up."

Wang Yilu was slightly taken aback, then realized what she meant, but she didn't ask any more questions.

She got up, poured a bowl of porcupine soup, and handed it to her: "It's just warm, drink it while it's hot."

Shen Chuxiao took the bowl.

My fingertips touched the warm porcelain wall; it felt very warm.

In his past life, he had lived on the edge of a knife, constantly facing life and death, and had never experienced such warmth and humanity. He sipped his soup, his gaze fixed on the gloomy sky outside the window.

After a moment, he said calmly, "Those border troops won't be coming."

"However, Zhou Hu will not let this go." Shen Chuxiao put down the empty bowl, his eyes turning colder. "He hasn't avenged his severed arm, and he's waiting for the border army to back him up and rob you. He will definitely bring people to your door today."

This bastard,

He deserves to die!

It wasn't even afternoon yet.

Zhou Hu went out with his left arm in a sling. He squatted under the old locust tree at the village entrance, craning his neck and waiting for the two border soldiers to bring more men so that they could tear Shen Chuxiao to pieces and then snatch Wang Yilu back.

But when the sun was high in the sky, the dirt road at the village entrance was spotless.

Not to mention the border troops, there wasn't even a single person on horseback.

"Damn it! What the hell is going on?"

Zhou Hu kicked the old locust tree trunk, wincing in pain.

"We agreed on a three-day deadline, and today is the last day. Why aren't they here yet? Have those bastards forgotten?"

Little did he know that those border soldiers had already gone to see his great-grandmother.

The four scoundrels following behind were all lowlifes who usually made a living by currying favor with Zhou Hu. They joined in and started stirring things up.

"Tiger, let's not wait any longer! I don't think that Shen Chuxiao is anything special. Can't the five of us beat him?"

"Exactly! Maybe the border general thinks he's too useless and is too lazy to come in person. We can just go and teach him a lesson!"

"That beauty is as beautiful as an angel, why should she be with a good-for-nothing like Shen Chuxiao? Tiger, go and snatch her away, she can be your bed warmer!"

"That's right! Steal that woman, force Shen Chuxiao to hand over all his belongings to pay off his debts, and see if he still dares to go against you, Brother Tiger!"

hearing these words,

Zhou Hu felt inexplicably uneasy.

"Damn it!" Zhou Hu spat and said viciously, "Fine, I'll go myself! Today I'll make sure Shen Chuxiao knows the consequences of offending me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he ignored the pain of his severed arm, grabbed a wooden stick about the thickness of his wrist from the corner of the wall, weighed it in his hand, and it made a whistling sound.

Seeing this, the four ruffians also grabbed the wooden sticks beside them and followed Zhou Hu, heading menacingly towards Shen Chuxiao's courtyard.

The villagers along the way were so frightened by the spectacle that they all gave way, but their faces were full of excitement as they watched the spectacle.

Qingshi Village is small, and there are usually many grudges between the villagers. Shen Chuxiao used to be a lazy man who stole chickens and dogs and had a very bad reputation. Many people had suffered from his minor troubles.

When they saw Zhou Hu leading his men to cause trouble, everyone assumed that Shen Chuxiao deserved it and no one stepped forward to stop him. Instead, many people whispered among themselves, waiting to see a good show.

"Tsk tsk, Zhou Hu is getting serious now. Shen Chuxiao is in for a rough time today."

"Of course, no one can tolerate the grudge of losing an arm."

"I think Shen Chuxiao is doomed this time. He's all alone; how can he possibly defeat Zhou Hu and his five men?"

"What a pity for that little beauty. She's so pretty. It was one thing for her to be with Shen Chuxiao, but now Zhou Hu is going to snatch her away and ruin her..."

……

Before long, the group arrived at the entrance of Shen Chuxiao's courtyard.

The wooden door was ajar.

Zhou Hu stopped and kicked the wooden door hard.

"Clang!"

The wooden door, unable to withstand the weight, was kicked open.

The door swayed and slammed against the courtyard wall with a dull thud.

"Shen Chuxiao! Get out here!"

Zhou Hu roared at the top of his lungs, his voice sharp and filled with barely suppressed rage.

There was still no movement inside the courtyard.

Seeing this, Zhou Hu became even more convinced that Shen Chuxiao was too scared to come out, and his arrogance grew even stronger.

He swaggered into the courtyard with four ruffians, brazenly scanning the simple courtyard before finally settling on the tightly closed door of the main house.

"Hide? How long can you hide?" Zhou Hu sneered. "I thought you, Shen Chuxiao, were so capable, daring to challenge the border troops and oppose me. Turns out you're just a coward, only good for hiding in your house like a wimp!"

Four hooligans followed behind, laughing along with them, their laughter full of contempt and mockery.

"Shen Chuxiao, hand over the hundred taels of silver and send that pretty girl out to apologize to Brother Tiger. Perhaps Brother Tiger will be in a good mood and spare your life!"

"Stop hiding! We all know you're home. You can't hide forever!"

"You'd better behave yourself, or we'll tear down this shabby house, drag you out, and break your other leg!"

"And that little beauty, stop hiding her. Come out and live a good life with Brother Tiger. It's better than starving and freezing with Shen Chuxiao!"

The villagers, hiding in the shadows and watching intently, found it fascinating, but no one thought there was anything wrong with it.

In their eyes, Shen Chuxiao was a good-for-nothing, Wang Yilu was a criminal, and Zhou Hu was a village bully. The disparity in strength was huge, and the weak should be bullied, it was only natural.

at this time,

Shen Chuxiao came out of the house.

He glanced at Zhou Hu and his group indifferently, as if looking at a group of grasshoppers.

The noise subsided slightly in an instant.

Zhou Hu's sinister smile froze for a moment, his heart skipped a beat, and he felt an inexplicable sense of panic.

He shook his head, suppressing his unease: "I thought you were going to hide forever!"

Shen Chuxiao remained silent, his eyes indifferent.

That look,

This intensified Zhou Hu's unease.

He feigned ferocity and took a step forward: "Don't play dumb with me! The three-day deadline is up. Have you gathered the hundred taels of silver for the border general? Hand it over!"

Seeing that Shen Chuxiao remained silent, he spoke even more brazenly: "Can't come up with it, huh? I knew you couldn't! That's simple then, hand over that woman next to you to pay off my debt, and also hand over this dilapidated house and everything else you own, and we'll call it even!"

"Otherwise," Zhou Hu's eyes flashed with malice, "I'll throw you into the wilderness to feed the wolves today! And I'll make that bitch serve me properly right in front of you!"

Upon hearing this, the four hooligans behind him immediately joined in the commotion, their eyes greedily fixed on the tightly closed door of the main room, as if they could already see Wang Yilu's beautiful figure.

"Yes! Hand over the little beauty!"

"Don't refuse a polite toast only to suffer the consequences!"

"You'd better watch your step, or you'll regret it!"

The villagers hiding in the shadows also chimed in, "I think Shen Chuxiao has no choice but to admit defeat this time. He can't come up with the money, so he'll have to hand over the woman."

"Yes, Zhou Hu has a large and powerful force, and Shen Chuxiao simply cannot defeat him."

"What a pity for that little beauty, she's going to be ruined by Zhou Hu..."

Everyone thought that Shen Chuxiao would compromise.

Unexpectedly, Shen Chuxiao simply said calmly, "I don't have any money. It doesn't exist. Or rather, dare you touch it and see if I cripple you, or cripple you all."

Village Chief Shen Bogong, hiding behind an old locust tree in the distance, felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this. Two days ago, Shen Chuxiao had asked him for the key to the military supply depot; who knows what he had done?

Especially now that the border troops have been delayed...

He dared not think too deeply about it.

Zhou Hu took a step forward, his severed arm swaying, his face contorted in a ferocious grimace: "I see you're refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit! I'll kill you!"

"Get him! Take him down! Drag that woman out!"

Four hooligans rushed forward, brandishing wooden sticks and striking at Shen Chuxiao.

The surrounding villagers were so frightened that they covered their mouths and dared not make a sound.

But the next second,

They witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

As the first ruffian's wooden stick came crashing down, Shen Chuxiao raised his hand, precisely grabbed the opponent's wrist, and gently twisted it.

The same trick still works every time. The close-quarters combat skills that special forces soldiers are proficient in are something that these unruly civilians can't handle.

"Snap!"

After the sharp crack, came a blood-curdling scream.

The scoundrel immediately knelt on the ground, his wrists bent backwards, and rolled around on the ground.

The remaining three were startled and before they could react, Shen Chuxiao had already pounced on them.

The movements were clean and ruthless, without any unnecessary frills; they were all deadly moves designed to defeat the enemy in one strike.

In the blink of an eye, all four hooligans collapsed to the ground, howling in pain, their severed hands dislocated.

all of a sudden,

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

The sinister smile on Zhou Hu's face froze instantly.

He looked at his groaning subordinates on the ground, then at Shen Chuxiao walking towards him step by step, and his legs began to tremble.

"You...you stay away!" Zhou Hu's voice trembled as he instinctively backed away. "I...I'm a registered auxiliary soldier in the border army! If you dare touch me, the border army won't let you get away with it!"

Bringing up the border troops was his last line of defense.

Shen Chuxiao stopped two steps away from him, her gaze calmly fixed on his face:

"Those who trespass on private property with the intent to forcibly take another man's wife shall be executed according to the laws of the Great Jing Dynasty."

"I didn't want to end your life so quickly, but you kept courting death, so don't blame me."

Zhou Hu's pupils contracted sharply, and his face turned ashen: "You...you dare..."

Before he could finish speaking...

Shen Chuxiao choked him, grabbed his shoulder with one hand, and gently twisted him.

Zhou Hu's body went limp and he collapsed, dying instantly.

The villagers who had been spying around were terrified and shrank back. Some collapsed to the ground, trembling and chattering, not daring to even breathe.

Shen Chuxiao didn't even glance at the corpse on the ground. His gaze swept over the villagers who were spying outside the courtyard. His tone was calm, yet carried a chilling undertone:

"From this day forward, no one is allowed to approach my courtyard. No one is allowed to touch my people."

"If there's a next time, then you're disrespecting me, Shen Chuxiao. If you're disrespecting me, Shen Chuxiao, then I'll have no choice but to kill you."

"snort."

Shen Chuxiao picked up Zhou Hu's body and threw it outside the village. He figured it would be devoured by wild animals in the mountains within half a day, and this was his own fault.

Qingshi Village

It's finally quiet.