Hang it up for the merchants of Cloudridge City to see

The personal guards were like wolves and tigers.

They dragged Xiaotao and Su Xiu out. Xiaotao's face was already completely pale and bloodless, and her body was shaking like a sieve.

She never dreamed that this great general, who was about to marry her young miss, would dare to brazenly draw his sword in the Su Residence.

And all because of a trivial matter like falsely accusing him of stealing a golden hairpin.

But the boiling fear inside her made her scream in panic: "No, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

"I was wrong, I was wrong."

"Great General, you didn't steal my golden hairpin. You didn't steal it. It was the Second Miss who told me to frame you..."

"It was all the Second Miss..."

Before she could finish her sentence, a personal guard's blade fell.

A head rolled to the ground.

Spraying blood splashed everywhere, and a lot of it landed on the face of Su Xiu, who was right behind her. On her face, which was fairer than snow, she only felt a warm, metallic-smelling wetness.

Her whole body couldn't help but shudder.

She had enjoyed wealth and honor for half her life, never even entering a kitchen. When had she ever seen such bloody scenes, and when had she ever thought that such blood would fall on her own body?

Her cold and aloof temperament completely vanished.

Her snow-white face was filled with deep fear!

"I, I, I..."

But after opening her mouth, she couldn't say a single word.

She only saw a cold waist knife raised high above her head.

She closed her eyes and immediately fainted.

"Stop!"

At this time, a shout rang out.

The voice was old but full of energy, and it carried absolute exasperation and anger: "Outrageous, too outrageous!"

"How dare you casually start a massacre in my Su Residence?"

"How dare you touch my precious granddaughter?"

"Do you really think this old woman can't lift a sword anymore?"

The personal guards were stunned and looked up. They saw a group of people quickly walking out from the back hall.

The person in the lead had a head full of silver hair and leaned on a walking stick. Although she looked old and decrepit, her steps were so urgent that it seemed as if she was running.

Behind her followed a group of people, all dressed as servants and maids.

"Great General..." Deputy General Wang Ming whispered in Ren Tianye's ear: "This is the grandmother of the Su family, the nominal person in power."

Ren Tianye realized.

He said: "Old Madam Su?"

"This old woman's surname is Qin!" The old lady had already arrived in front of them. She grabbed Su Xiu and hugged her, her face full of heartache, but the look she gave Ren Tianye was full of hatred.

Then she spoke in an extremely proud and arrogant tone: "You may respectfully call this old woman Old Madam Qin. This old woman... does not take her husband's surname!"

Does not take her husband's surname!

These few words were shouted by Old Madam Qin with earth-shattering force, as if it were some incredible feat.

The maids and servants behind her, who had originally been somewhat afraid when they saw the massacre, seemed to have their inner pride ignited by Old Madam Qin's shout and all straightened up.

This actually surprised Ren Tianye a bit.

Did those words, "does not take her husband's surname," have such great magic?

However, Ren Tianye couldn't be bothered to care.

Marrying the legitimate daughter of the Su Residence, Su Xiu, to obtain an ample and long-term supply of money and grain was his optimal solution at the moment.

But it wasn't the only solution!

If the proper and righteous path didn't work, he still had countless other paths to choose from.

The Su Residence, when useful, would naturally be cherished.

But if this Su Residence was a hidden explosive, he would definitely discard it.

He raised his hand, about to signal his personal guards to continue.

But Old Madam Qin was already hugging the unconscious Su Xiu, her face covered in tears, crying and cursing: "This old woman disagreed with this marriage from the very beginning."

"This old woman has been married into the Su Residence for so many years. What great storms haven't I seen? It's merely the world in turmoil. As long as this old woman is still here, what is there to fear?"

"It's all that unfilial son Su Hong, whose heart was blinded by lard, insisting on marrying you, this great general. Now look, it's caused trouble in my Su Residence!"

"Killing people of my Su Residence, and even daring to lay a hand on you!"

"This old woman isn't dead yet!"

"How can I allow others to run wild in my Su Residence!"

Saying this, Old Madam Qin handed Su Xiu to the maid behind her. She looked at Ren Tianye coldly and scolded: "Today, don't even think about leaving my Su Residence!"

"Men!"

"Take him down for me!"

"Serve him with private punishment!"

The last sentence, "serve him with private punishment," was shouted by Old Madam Qin with an imposing momentum, somewhat resembling the aura of a commander-in-chief giving orders to the three armies.

The maids and servants behind her were also infected by her momentum and immediately took action, rushing toward Ren Tianye and his more than a hundred personal guards.

This made Ren Tianye's hand, which was raised in mid-air, pause.

He was also a bit confused.

No, are they that brave?

Those ten or twenty maids and servants charging at his hundred or so elite personal guards, carefully selected from over seven thousand soldiers?

Ren Tianye really didn't understand.

Looking at Old Madam Qin's momentum, it was likely the aura of a superior cultivated by holding great power in the Su Residence for a long time. But the problem was...

Wasn't the actual person running the Su Residence Su Hong?

How exactly did she cultivate this imposing yet absurd majesty?

Or could it be that she really trained a bunch of maids and servants whose martial arts were so abnormally strong that their strength was awe-inspiring?

Reality quickly gave Ren Tianye the answer.

The moment those maids and servants charged over, the blades in the hands of the personal guards swung in full circles. One strike for each, and in the blink of an eye, the maids and servants who had charged over screaming all turned into a pile of dead bodies.

This luxurious hall in the residence instantly became a battlefield of corpses and blood.

Old Madam Qin's face also completely changed color.

Moreover, she no longer had the power to protect the unconscious Su Xiu.

Because a blade was also resting on her neck!

A blood-stained blade!

The gleaming edge of the blade exuded a chilling coldness that seeped into her skin strand by strand.

"You, you, you..."

Old Madam Qin screamed as if she had lost her voice, harsh and unpleasant.

She only felt that everything was completely different from what she had expected.

She controlled the Su family and held the power of life and death over everyone in the Su family. Even in Cloud Ridge City, due to the Su family's status, she could coldly scold anyone and give orders.

But now...

Why wasn't it working anymore?

She was the pillar of the Su Residence, the core of their strength. How, how could she be so humiliated by a mere great general?

But the blade resting on her neck, the killing intent seeping into her bones, was so real. The intuition that her head would roll to the ground in the blink of an eye was so clear.

It made her whole body tremble with terror, but she still summoned her greatest courage and shouted: "No, you can't kill me!"

"My Su family is the head of the merchants in Cloud Ridge City. If you kill me, the Su family will definitely not tolerate you, and the merchants of Cloud Ridge City will definitely not tolerate you either!"

"Wait!"

Ren Tianye reached out and stopped the personal guard who was about to strike, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Old Madam Qin's words actually reminded him.

All the merchants in Cloud Ridge City?

Fine, since the matter of obtaining a continuous supply of money and grain through the Su Residence had encountered an unexpected change, he had to think of another way.

There were many merchants in Cloud Ridge City. Although they weren't as wealthy as the Su Residence, there were plenty of them.

Old Madam Qin's words enlightened him.

He ordered: "Hang this old thing on the city wall. At the same time, make all the merchants in Cloud Ridge City come and watch. They are not allowed to leave until they have watched for two hours."

"Yes!"

Deputy General Wang Ming immediately agreed and then asked: "Then what about this Su Xiu?"

"String them all up! Let the merchants of Yunji City get a good look!"

"As you command, General!"

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