Chapter 66: Cruelty

  The sound of horseshoes from the cavalry squad that had been following the money also caught the attention of the other party, and before long, a group of people came out surrounding a young man dressed in luxurious clothes.

  That young man was indeed slender and delicate, with regular features and very handsome. However, his complexion was poor, extremely pale, not to mention that the area around his eyes was somewhat darkened, which contrasted sharply with his complexion. Under him were seven or eight people wearing tight-fitting clothes, and several others wearing complete armor, some of whom held long swords dripping with blood in their hands.

  The young man was still a bit flustered, but as his gaze swept across Qian Bu Li and the others, his demeanor calmed down, and he revealed a hint of arrogance, possibly because he didn't see any badges symbolizing their identities on them.

  "What are you people? What brings you here?" The young man pointed at Qian Buli, took a few more steps forward, and was immediately pulled back by a middle-aged man wearing armor who was standing behind him.

  The silent soldiers gathered momentum that the young man couldn't feel, but those who had been in the military would know that it was murderous aura, angry murderous aura! The middle-aged man looked at the naked woman on the millstone, his throat moved up and down, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

  Qian Buli's eyes were fixed on the young man's arm, and he suddenly smiled. He was different from the soldiers, as a leader, he had to decide whether these people should be killed, how they should be killed, and whether there would be any consequences, rather than getting angry with the soldiers! Qian Buli had seen many tragic events, but he rarely lost his composure. The only time he lost his rationality was when he first entered military school, where he saw a confidential document from his grandfather that recorded how during the Sino-Vietnamese War, a field hospital of a certain army was raided by commandos, who took away the doctors and nurses, cut off the limbs of those poor women, knocked out all their teeth, and cut off their tongues to satisfy their lust. They called these women "human pigs".

  Finally, a scout from a certain department ambushed the Vietnamese camp and rescued these women. However, after experiencing extreme human suffering, all that was left for these women was the wish to die! At that time, Qian Buli, who had drunk quite a bit of wine, became extremely furious upon seeing this and completely forgot that the war had ended many years ago. He shouted that he wanted to go take revenge, but was dragged down to the basement by Grandfather's bodyguards and locked up for five whole days.

  After that, Qian Buli became silent, but he still did something astonishing. He was afraid of being intercepted at the airport and didn't dare to take a plane, so Qian Buli stole his grandfather's car, changed the license plate on the way, and drove thousands of miles to Yunnan Province to visit those women who survived the disaster in the sanatorium recorded in the data. Although those women were desperate to die, both emotionally and rationally, the country would not let them do so, so in the end, they could only be supported.

  After returning from Yunnan, Qian Buli's personality became much more stable, a person's maturity often happens in an instant, or it can be said that this is epiphany.

  Years later, Qian Buli finally realized that the information was intentionally shown to him by his grandfather. His grandfather had been worried that Qian Buli only understood the artistic aspect of war and ignored its cruelty, leading him astray and becoming a man with great ambition but little talent.

  The old general's efforts were not in vain, at this moment Qian Bu Li's eyes were clear and calm, anger was an unnecessary emotion, as long as these people deserved to die, that was enough!

  Qian's gaze shifted away from the young man's arm, where a white cloth stained with blood was wrapped, and he faintly pointed at the woman on the grinding stone: "Is this what you've done?"

  "What's wrong with you......"

  That young man hadn't spoken yet when he was gagged by the middle-aged man in armor. Then, the middle-aged man took a step forward and smiled: "Sir, we...we are handling criminals! Look, we have a public notice from Luling County." After finishing speaking, the middle-aged man walked up a few steps, knelt down on one knee, and handed over a document-like thing.

  "Are you guilty? Alright, I'll give you some time to explain. If you can't come up with a reason that convinces me...!" Qian Buli's smile at the corner of his mouth disappeared, and his tone turned icy: "Then all of you... will die!"

  Qian Buli's personal guards drew their long swords, while the soldiers of Du Bing's cavalry squad held up their spears, waiting for Qian Buli's order.

  "Scoundrels! How dare you be rude to me, a noble!" The young man pointed at Qian Budiao's nose and scolded loudly: "You lowly commoners, get out of here immediately! Otherwise, when your superiors come to investigate, you'll be the ones who can't bear the consequences!" Although the young man was being arrogant, he still had some self-awareness, only daring to use his status to berate them, without any intention of using physical force.

  Unfortunately, the title of Jie Si doesn't pose any threat to Qian Buli and his kind; he's just a quasi-noble! Upon hearing the other person's words, Qian Buli felt relieved instead.

  "A small jazz...," Du Bing said, pausing involuntarily as Qian Lide's gaze fixed on him.

  "If this is your reason for stating that, then I'm sorry, you haven't convinced me." Qian Buli raised his hand.

  "Sir, it's like this!!" The middle-aged man hastily kneeled a few steps and loudly exclaimed: "Sir, that woman is my family's servant girl. She had an affair with an outsider, secretly carrying our family's treasure to escape. We've chased her here to kill her and retrieve our family's jewels. This is all allowed by law, sir! We're just retrieving our own family's belongings!"

  Qian Buli dismounted and walked to the woman's side, removing his cloak and covering her with it. He then picked up her still warm feet and examined them. The woman's feet were a dark copper color, with thick calluses on the soles, and her calves were somewhat sturdy; Qian Buli also took the woman's only remaining hand, and although the skin on the back of her hand was very delicate, the palmar surface of her fingers had also formed thick calluses.

  This is a woman who has been doing hard labor, and her skin tone can also be seen that she hasn't been spared from working under the scorching sun. Maid? Nonsense! In Jia Tianxiang's castle, there are many maids, but those maids have all been pampered, they are good at serving tea, massaging backs and feet, their hands and feet will never have such thick calluses!