Traveling through ancient times.

Chapter 182 The Price of Arrogance

Zeng Wei’s pseudo-court was established inside a large mountain in the Mangshan mountain range.

This was originally a huge natural cave with numerous caves inside, so they were cleaned up and used as a ready-made "palace".

There were spies outside constantly reporting.

"Report, Master Jiang and his group are still at the entrance of the valley."

"Report, Patriarch Jiang still hasn't come in..."

"..."

There were too many reports, and everyone in the cave was secretly criticizing the head of the Jiang family, saying that he was just a coward and a mouse, and they were very contemptuous of him.

The other side seemed very impatient. If the other party really didn't enter the valley, wouldn't all the previous arrangements be in vain?

At this time, a sturdy man wearing a fox fur coat and a full beard said with a determined look: "Anyway, whether you pass through here or go into the mountains, there is only one way. As long as she wants to avenge her men, she must come. If she doesn't come, it's just right, and those heads will be hung on their farms all over the country, so that those lowly mud-footed people can see that this is the end of following the Jiang family farm...hahaha"

The middle-aged man in Chinese clothes beside him was very happy to hear this, and immediately echoed: "Master Kuang is right. Whether they come or not, we will definitely win this game. Of course, a woman may not have such blood and loyalty. Maybe she didn't even have the courage to break through after seeing this situation."

"In any case, this woman was able to build so many farms across the country in just a few years, attracting all the local people, especially tenant farmers and farmhands, and even many servants in the aristocratic families. If it weren't for the indentures held by their masters, I'm afraid they would..."

"That's right. Not long ago, several adults sent me a message asking us to clean up the Jiang family farm. They said that not only can they no longer annex land and buy cheap slaves, but they are also losing a lot of population, so that a lot of land is left uncultivated, and the people under their command are becoming more and more disobedient..."

The whole hall was filled with a lot of noise, and finally someone concluded, "So, the root of all this is that damn woman. Now that she has come to our Mangshan and landed on our territory, we must take her down!"

"Take it down, kill this woman."

"Kill her and take back everything that belongs to us!"

For a moment, everyone became excited.

Zeng Wei, who was sitting on the dragon throne, raised his hand and pressed it lightly. Seeing the enthusiasm of the crowd on this matter, he knew that this decision was in line with the people's wishes.

Moreover, he was very confident in his previous layout - even if it was a fly, as long as it entered the Valley of Death, it would leave its life behind!

A spy came running in hurriedly, and everyone was already a little numb - that woman was a coward!

"Report, we found that one person is missing from that group, the woman is missing..."

As soon as the spy finished speaking, someone laughed loudly: "It's gone. Maybe it knew about the traps in the valley and ran away in fear."

Most of the others held the same view as him and echoed it, but were also very disappointed.

After all, the biggest blow to the Jiang family farm would be to kill their top leader and make an example of him.

However, the more than one hundred people killed before should have a certain deterrent effect.

Zeng Wei ignored everyone's comments, but frowned slightly and stared at the spies below, "Continue to closely monitor their movements, especially that woman, to see where she went."

The spy agreed and left.

Seeing their lord looking so cautious, these people were about to say that he thought too highly of that woman.

But she is just a woman...

At this moment, a spy ran in breathlessly with a terrified look on his face, his voice trembling: "Report, that woman is coming up..."

Everyone was stunned for a moment. "What do you mean by killing her? There is only one way from the valley to the top of the mountain. One man can block a thousand men. Besides, if the stone door is closed, no one can see the clues on the stone wall without guidance. Besides, the stone door weighs a thousand pounds. It takes at least five or six strong men to push it. How did she, a woman, get up here?"

"Yes, please tell me clearly, how did she get up here? Also, didn't they just say that they were still at the entrance of the valley and didn't dare to come in?"

"Why don't you say something? It's really frustrating..."

The spy had many bruises and scrapes on his body, his face was covered in dirt, and his lips were dry. When he heard everyone urging him, he thought to himself: You guys should just let me take a breath. Also, you guys have been chattering away, and I can't even get a word in...

Zeng Wei stood up suddenly, and the women around him were so scared that they kneeled on the ground instinctively.

"Everyone, shut up!" With a loud laugh, the entire cave hall finally quieted down.

"Tell me, how did that woman get up the mountain?"

The spy also breathed a sigh of relief. "Your Majesty, we were following your instructions and were guarding on the mountain, waiting for them to enter the valley before launching a killing array. But we waited for a long time and found that they were standing at the entrance of the valley and did not come in... Then... Then..."

"And then what?" Zeng Wei asked sharply. Damn, I'm getting so anxious.

"Then, in the blink of an eye, we discovered that one person was missing from the valley entrance. Then, several checkpoints just... disappeared..."

Everyone felt a little confused and didn't understand why the woman was missing and the checkpoint on the cliff hundreds of meters high was gone.

Don't tell them that woman did it.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Here, everyone was still arguing about how a woman got to the top of the cliff without taking the secret passage, and how those checkpoints were built very secretly. Although those people were not martial arts masters, they were also carefully selected by Zeng Wei.

At this moment, another long, broken “report” sounded throughout the cave.

"Dead, dead... why is that woman coming to kill me?"

Zeng Wei stepped forward, grabbed the man by the collar with one hand and lifted him up, "What do you mean dead? Where is that woman?"

"She, she..." The man's face was covered in blood, and there were wounds on his body, no one knew whether they were from stumbling or being beaten by others. He looked very embarrassed.

He was terrified beyond words, and after being hit by Zeng Wei, he was unable to utter a word. He felt hot under his crotch, and a fishy stench spread.

Zeng Wei was so angry that he threw him out with one hand. The body weighing more than 100 pounds flew two or three meters away like a broken sack, and then fell heavily to the ground.

His body twitched for a while, blood flowed from his mouth and nose, and soon he was completely motionless.

Zeng Wei shouted loudly: "Everyone, defend according to the previous arrangements. The rest of you, follow me and kill that woman!"

Everyone had not yet recovered from the shocking change that just happened, which was like a magic trick, and they followed the action in a daze.

After these people left, the women beside the dragon throne had different expressions on their faces.

Jia Rouyi's eyes flickered, then she turned around and quickly disappeared into a passage.