Daddy brought money back, Daddy brought money back...
A child snatched the salary Wang Hu had brought back, turned around, and handed it to Wang Hu's concubine.
That concubine had a clear, delicate, and weak appearance, so slender that a gust of wind could blow her over, looking extremely pitiable.
However, weighing the purse in her hands, she frowned imperceptibly, and after opening it to count, her frown deepened.
She first glanced at Wang Hu, who seemed to have something to say, and then said softly, Brother Hu, why is this salary so much less?
Did you go out drinking and entertaining girls, Brother Hu?
Alas, it is all Xiaolian's fault for not pleasing Brother Hu, making you have to go outside...
No, no! Wang Hu quickly explained, How could I not be pleased with you? If I was not pleased with you, why would I have taken you in? And why would I have divorced my wife for you?
Since I have been with you, Xiaolian, I have not gone out drinking with girls at all.
Then this money...
Sigh! Wang Hu sighed, Did an imperial envoy not arrive in our Yunji City? He took advantage of General Zhan going to the capital to meet His Majesty and changed the rules.
The Supervisory Squad has been disbanded. Now, I am no different from an ordinary soldier.
So, I can only get this much.
And, from now on, I will only get this much!
Speaking of this, Wang Hu was also extremely angry. He slammed his fist heavily on the table, smashing even the teacup.
Xiaolian's eyes instantly turned red.
She first squatted down to pick up the broken pieces of the teacup, accidentally cutting her fair finger, then stood up, ignoring her injured hand, and poured tea for Wang Hu.
She said softly, Brother Hu, please do not get so angry that you harm your health.
Xiaolian knows you are unhappy. Before, in Yunji City, you were a respected member of the Supervisory Squad, and everyone treated you with great reverence.
We never lacked money at home; you always found a way to bring some back.
Our son and I could also afford a few extra clothes and dress up a bit.
But now you are no different from the ordinary soldiers, and your future salary will only be this much... How are we going to live?
Saying this, Xiaolian's eyes grew even redder, looking as if she were about to cry. Paired with her bleeding little finger, she truly looked pitiable—any man would feel his heart ache for her.
Wang Hu quickly pulled Xiaolian into his arms, rubbing his son's head with his other hand, while the anger and unwillingness in his eyes grew heavier.
Brother Hu... Xiaolian continued softly in his ear. You are not like the ordinary soldiers. You are so capable; even General Zhan praised you.
When you saved Xiaolian back then, what a hero you were.
How can you go repair the city walls and dig the moat like those foot soldiers? That is too degrading for you, Brother Hu.
You are so capable, how could you end up like this?
Before she could finish her sentence, the child beside them shouted with the innocence of youth, If you have no ability, you do not deserve to be my dad.
What nonsense are you saying? Go play on the side.
Xiaolian quickly held her son down. Turning her face to meet Wang Hu's eyes, tears instantly rolled down her fair cheeks, falling like crystal pearls.
Brother Hu, Xiaolian is just a weak woman and does not understand grand principles, but Xiaolian knows that a capable man like you should not be treated like this.
With your skills, you can absolutely climb higher.
General Zhan valued you; why would the new master not appreciate you?
Brother Hu, for Xiaolian, for our son, for our family of three, you must fight for it!
The anger in Wang Hu's eyes was gradually replaced by a surging, firm ambition, and his fists involuntarily clenched tighter.
Yes!
When General Zhan was around, Wang Hu could be a member of the Supervisory Squad. Now that there was a new imperial envoy, why could he not become a member of the newly formed Picket Squad?
Even if he could not join the Picket Squad, he should at least get back his previous treatment!
A rough idea instantly formed in Wang Hu's mind.
He knew that the newly arrived imperial envoy did not like the brothers from their Supervisory Squad and would even deliberately suppress them.
But he could not tolerate it anymore!
He had to fight!
He had to fight together with his former brothers from the Supervisory Squad!
At this moment, Xiaolian was already wiping her tears with a handkerchief, her face showing a helpless expression as she said, Brother Hu, Xiaolian is not asking you to cause trouble.
Xiaolian...
Xiaolian just feels heartbroken for you, Brother!
I do not want you to suffer such a great injustice.
Brother Hu, why do you not go find your former brothers to discuss it, and go talk to the new imperial envoy together?
You cannot just suffer this injustice forever!
As her voice faded, Wang Hu's mind was made up.
He slammed his hand on the table again, shaking the roof tiles, and stood up abruptly, saying, You are right, Xiaolian. What a heroic figure I, Wang Hu, am! How can I be the same as those ordinary soldiers?
Hmph!
This is a deliberate humiliation to me, Wang Hu!
I am not resigned to this!
Pausing, he said to Xiaolian, Rest assured, Xiaolian, I will go find those brothers right now. Many of them are dissatisfied with the new imperial envoy.
We will discuss this.
If the new imperial envoy restores our previous treatment, fine. If not... hmph, as the saying goes, even a mighty dragon cannot suppress the local snake. I, Wang Hu, will let the new imperial envoy know that we are not to be trifled with!
Wang Hu got up and walked out, bumping right into his son, who had been shooed out by Xiaolian. The boy was holding an exquisitely crafted bamboo dragonfly, smiling at him.
The intense emotions in Wang Hu's chest surged even more violently.
He had bought this bamboo dragonfly for his son for two taels of silver.
Just a toy was this expensive. If he only had 2.5 taels of silver a month, how could he feed his son and his delicate, helpless mistress?
He had to do it!
He absolutely had to act!
Soon, he left the house and found his former brothers from the Supervisory Squad, discovering that the vast majority shared his thoughts.
Why should the new imperial envoy reduce their treatment?
General Zhan had just left Yunji City, and he already wanted to make a move against them? Hmph, they were the veterans of Yunji City, living here for generations, the local snakes. How could they be so easily manipulated?
Discussing together, they continuously contacted more brothers.
The more they contacted, the more they realized how many brothers in Yunji City were dissatisfied. Some even guessed that the new imperial envoy was deliberately fooling them with news of the Chifeng Army just to seize military power in Yunji City.
I think this imperial envoy just wants to suppress our General Zhan and compete for his place in His Majesty's heart!
I think so too. This new imperial envoy has ulterior motives. We have received great favors from General Zhan, so we must guard this Yunji City for him!
Their eight hundred men occupied all the important positions as soon as they arrived, controlling all the food and salaries in the city. It is obviously a plot. Although General Zhan has gone to the capital, we cannot let him suffer such a loss!
"Well said! Let us go confront the Imperial Envoy. If he cannot give us a satisfactory explanation, we will simply lay down our tools and strike. I want to see if this Lord Envoy can withstand the pressure of so many of us refusing to work!"
"That is right! We must let this newly arrived Imperial Envoy know what we are truly capable of!"
...
In just a single day, these men gathered a force of over five hundred people, all of whom were fiercely loyal followers of Zhan Shubai.
With their plans set, the massive crowd marched out at dawn the following day in a formidable procession, heading straight for the General's Manor in Yunji City!
They were going to demand justice for themselves!
They were going to demand justice for Zhan Shubai!
And above all, they were going to make Ren Tianye realize exactly who he was messing with!
...
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
lity and could only live as an ordinary mortal. He only wished to live a peaceful life. Yet he didn't know— The dog he adopted, because it ate his food, became a legendary demon king. The kitchen knife he casually forged became a peerless divine weapon, causing numerous experts to fight desperately for it. The young disciple he took in became an immortal lord that led an era, due to cultivating the techniques Ye Feng taught him. Even the skeletons he looked down on the most were ominous demon kings that suppressed countless worlds. Many years later, looking at the void shattered with a punch, Ye Feng murmured to himself: It turns out the peerless kings were myself all along...
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
