Originally, Cao Hong set up an ambush for Lu Hongti under the guise of a guest, making the invitation specifically when those around her were occupied. In the wilderness, there weren't many rules to begin with, and now that Qingmu寨 was opening its doors for business, their attitude towards customers was even better. When Cao Hong met Lu Hongti and said he had something to discuss, even though she had no one by her side at the time, Lu Hongti came along. At the time, she was empty-handed, without weapons, and so easily fooled that Cao Hong secretly laughed at her lack of *jianghu* experience.

However, the skill she demonstrated in breaking out of the wooden house from the attack of nine men really gave him a shock. At this time, the others in the village had also launched their attack, and the flames and shouts of killing spread. Cao Hong and the others chased after her, Lu Hongti's figure running quickly, and they could barely keep up. When two Qingmu寨 usurpers rushed out to attack Lu Hongti, the woman merely dodged sideways, and after questioning them to no avail, strode forward to meet their attacks. As the double blades came down, she almost lightning-fast kicked one of them in the knee and knocked the long knife out of the other's hand. Then came two crisp slaps, one on each of their heads, sending them flying with blood spurting from both sides.

At that moment, a bodyguard had also caught up from behind, swinging his knife, but Lu Hongti twisted his wrist in response. Lu Hongti was considered tall among women, but the other party was, after all, a bodyguard selected from elite soldiers, burly, and a head taller than Lu Hongti. When Lu Hongti wanted to use the momentum to throw him off, he took a step forward, wanting to grab and throw her instead.

At this time, the bodyguard's momentum was also fierce, and the two figures rushed more than twenty feet in the blink of an eye. You wanted to throw me, I wanted to throw you, switching positions three times. You could almost hear three resounding "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" sounds in the air. Then, after these three rotations, both flew up due to the momentum.

With a loud bang, the two figures crashed straight into the wooden house behind them, smashing open the sturdy wall made of poplar wood.

At this time, the forest lacked nothing more than wood. The wood used for building houses was extremely hard. It was truly shocking that flesh and blood could smash through it. However, this time, it was the bodyguard's body that took the impact. When the two bodies flew into the air, the bodyguard's back hit the wooden wall. In front of him, Lu Hongti, who was rushing over with the force of thunder, even changed her body posture and slammed into his arms sideways, clearly a *Tie Shan Kao* (Iron Mountain Lean).

At this time, various martial arts styles had their own methods of generating power, but many techniques had similarities. This *Tie Shan Kao*, to put it bluntly, used the power of the whole body to crash into the enemy. When practicing, one would crash into trees and walls with the body, but strength-based moves were usually used by men. However, in this instance, the force gathered in those three rotations was unknown how great. The bodyguard had already lost his center of gravity. When the two flew up, Lu Hongti crashed into him from his arms, and all the power had been blasted onto his body, which was many times more fierce than a *Tie Shan Kao* used from a stationary position.

In that instant, not only did he spit out blood, but almost his body under the leather armor was shattered, with blood mist bursting out in several places. As he crashed into the house with a rumble, Cao Hong and the others saw Lu Hongti walk out of the doorway on the other side of the house.

At that time, Cao Hong had already realized that he had encountered the most difficult opponent.

However, at this point, he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off. The main reason Lu Hongti didn't want to get entangled with them was because she was worried about the situation in the village, but Cao Hong and the others couldn't give up. The few of them chased and fled, almost crossing half of the village. Occasionally encountering fighting, Lu Hongti would rush in and fight for a while, conveniently knocking down a few people before rushing to the next place. Sometimes she was empty-handed, sometimes she would conveniently snatch a weapon. As long as it wasn't a tight formation, or six or seven people simultaneously waving their knives at her, she would kill several people in a few short exchanges. These were techniques honed on the battlefield, each move fatal, leaving no room for error.

Cao Hong and a few bodyguards could only cause her a little trouble. When the woman, covered in blood, turned around to attack them, the rebellion in the village had basically been brought under control. In fact, Cao Hong's martial arts and the combined efforts of five or six bodyguards could still pose a threat to her, but it was only a threat. She probably hadn't expected to fight this day. As the village chief, she was wearing a black dress with a generous style. At this time, it was stained with blood, half red and half black, setting off her oval face and furrowed brows. As she walked over, she gave the feeling of an unyielding chill.

Seven people together could still pose a threat, but when one of them was suddenly killed in the melee, the speed of the collapse suddenly became faster. Cao Hong and the others retreated as they fought, finally understanding that the reason the other party went to talk to them without weapons was not because she lacked *jianghu* experience, but simply because she didn't feel the need.

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"I...we admit defeat, stop!"

Pushed back eight or nine steps by the great force before stopping, Cao Hong finally couldn't help but shout. However, before he finished speaking, a figure flew past him. It was the bodyguard who had just blocked Lu Hongti with his knife. No one knew how she had knocked him so far. The body crashed to the ground with a thud, rolled several times before stopping, spat out a mouthful of blood, and died.

"General, run!"

Another bodyguard had his weapon knocked away. He shouted and rushed towards Lu Hongti, trying to hug her, but his body was still in mid-air when Lu Hongti slapped him on the top of his head. The bodyguard knelt on one knee, his body falling at Lu Hongti's feet. Cao Hong watched, his eyes wide with horror: "I...I am a general under Prince Jin..."

Lu Hongti walked towards him, shaking her head. There were a few spots of blood on her face, but she seemed to give people a sense of purity. She didn't have the ferocity of a typical killer, but simply said, "I won't let you go."

Her footsteps were ethereal as the distance closed. Cao Hong straightened his spear and thrust the heavy spear out with an angry roar. Lu Hongti stepped forward, her body seemingly fused with the heavy spear. Cao Hong felt a blow to his lower abdomen, the second to his heart, and then the sound of wind whistling fiercely came. The sound of the sleeves rolling up even sounded like a "bang." Lu Hongti's two palms bombarded his chest, touching and withdrawing almost instantly, a series of three consecutive blows in the blink of an eye.

Fresh blood spurted into the air, and Cao Hong's body flew nearly twenty feet before falling to the ground. The heavy spear fell. Lu Hongti continued to walk forward.

Struggling for a few times, Cao Hong staggered to his feet and began to retreat. After all, he was wearing armor, and the injuries he had sustained were not fatal: "You don't dare to kill me, if you kill me...Prince Jin will raze Mount Lüliang to the ground...don't kill me, cough cough..."

Lu Hongti bent down and held one end of the heavy spear with one hand. When she stood up, she turned the spear tip to the other side with a swoosh. The spear tip pointed at the ground, pushed towards Cao Hong. "No one can raze Mount Lüliang to the ground..." Cao Hong looked at her, retreating constantly, then with a cry, he pulled out the long knife he was carrying: "You don't dare to kill me..."

The next moment, Lu Hongti exerted force with her wrist, and the spear tip jumped up. Cao Hong slashed out with a swoosh, trying to block the spear, but he slashed into empty air. The long spear was only held by Lu Hongti at the end, and the spear tip was like a spirit snake in the air, even pausing for a moment before piercing through the other party's defense.

The long knife fell to the ground. Cao Hong grabbed the spear with both hands. The long spear had pierced through his lower abdomen, piercing out from his back. At this time, he couldn't speak anymore, but just held on with both hands. At the other end of the spear, Lu Hongti didn't let go, but held it with one hand, pushing him forward. Lu Hongti took another step forward, and Cao Hong had to retreat one step, trembling. Blood and filth seeped out from his clothes and pants.

In the small square not far away, a crowd had gathered, surrounding the rebels. Figures began to appear on the roofs beside the alleys. In the darkness, Lu Hongti pushed Cao Hong over. When she reached the edge of the small square, she suddenly raised the spear, stirring up the other party's intestines. Cao Hong let out his final scream. Lu Hongti gripped the heavy spear with both hands and forcefully inserted the spear tip into the soil and rocks on the ground, nailing Cao Hong to the ground.

The surrounding flames flickered. The rebels and the suppressors watched all this. Lu Hongti walked to the front of the small square, first greeting an old man with white hair but a vigorous spirit, then looked at the rebels. These people were either young people who had participated in the fighting earlier, with injuries of varying degrees, or crying women or children. In the crowd, a young man with half his body stained with blood was still holding Lu Hongti's sword. Lu Hongti walked towards that side, and almost everyone around her took a step back subconsciously. Then she took the ancient sword.

"It's time to return it to me," she said softly, then looked at the leaders of these rebels. "Uncle Lu the Third, Brother Mu, I have always treated you well."

The village had its own customs, and most of these people were direct. Lu Hongti's eyes were a little sad, and she simply said these words. The people on the other side looked at her for a moment. Finally, the middle-aged man holding the fine iron long knife raised his head and said, "You are, after all, just a woman!"

"...It's not said that women can't be village chiefs," Lu Hongti said after a moment of silence. "Besides, the village was left to me by the old village chief."

"But you are still a woman. To put it bluntly, you can't win over the crowd! You didn't die today because they underestimated your martial arts and because we overestimated that Cao Hong!" The man waved his hand, pointing at the surrounding people. "You didn't die, so they are temporarily standing on that side. If you died, they would immediately come to our side and wouldn't remember you at all! This is ultimately because you are a woman. You will marry, and who knows what kind of person your future man will be!"

"Even if I marry, I will still be the village chief of this village." Lu Hongti lowered her eyes, then opened them. "Uncle Lu the Third, I know why you are doing this. During the escort of the goods in June of last year, I said we couldn't mess around. They had already surrendered, but you wanted to snatch the daughter of the镖局 back home to be your daughter-in-law. The father didn't allow it, and Ren Jiu弟 killed him. Because of this, I punished Ren Jiu弟. You didn't reflect on killing someone's father, but told everyone that I let your daughter-in-law go. Is that it?"

"Everyone is in the mountains, who hasn't killed anyone! Who hasn't lived like this! My Lu Ren is already what age, why can't he marry a wife! You punished him with twenty lashes for that kind of thing and made him kneel here for a day. Do you know how sick he was when he went back! What do you know, you woman! Blabbering your set of rules, do you know how much better we could live if we let go!"

"You'll have nothing if you let go! Because I talk about rules, I'm letting you eat!"

"Bullshit!"

"Uncle Lu the Third, you are blind, only thinking that the market is getting better! Why wasn't the market good before!"

"Jin and Liao are at war, everything is in short supply, so more people will run north and south!"

"You...you are pigs!" Arguing and reasoning were ultimately not Lu Hongti's strengths. Her face was slightly flushed at this time, and she cursed. On the other hand, the people on the side saw that Lu Hongti was not good at speaking and suddenly cursed. In the blink of an eye, there was an uproar.

"陸三, do you know what you're talking about!"

"To hell with you, without the rules set by the village chief, who would specifically come this way and send us things..."

"Kill him, why say so much."

In the uproar, Lu San said, "Hmph, anyway, you won, you can do whatever you want. I, Lu San, also lick blood from the knife's edge, and my head is tied to my belt. I forgot how to be afraid a long time ago. But don't forget, you are a woman. The people who oppose you won't just be me. One day, someone will kill you, and then everyone will forget you! Also, there are some things that you pretend to have forgotten, but I haven't forgotten. A few years ago, you said that you would pass this village chief to someone else because you are a woman, and you have always wanted to pick someone out. You did this, right? Now that the village is bigger, you are reluctant to leave, isn't it for that little bit of power..."

The people around scolded. Lu Hongti's face was originally flushed, but at this time, she shook her head: "I won't give the village to you." She smiled with a complex expression, looked at everyone around, raised her head, and repeated, "I won't give the village to you anymore."

This straightforward statement made the people around her a little silent. After a moment, Lu Hongti spoke again: "Because you are eating, I finally let you eat your fill...A few years ago, everyone couldn't eat their fill. Heh, licking blood from the knife's edge, heads tied to the belt, who wasn't like that. At that time, everyone didn't talk about any rules and snatched from each other...When I was still young, that year it snowed heavily in winter. There really wasn't anything to eat, Uncle Lu the Third, I gave Ren Jiu弟 my last half of a饼, and then he wasn't full, and I was hungry too, chewing on tree bark. The people in the village were all crying because they were hungry..."

Her voice was a little choked. She wiped away her tears, but smiled: "At that time, there were always a few days like this every year, right! Everyone has experienced it! After I became the village chief, I had no choice. I am skilled in martial arts and can go everywhere, I can kill people, but who can I kill! Killing anyone is not enough for everyone to eat. I thought at that time that I was a woman and not suitable to be this village chief. Maybe someone else could be better than me. But now it's different. I finally let everyone eat their fill. You want this village chief, that's originally nothing..."

Her face still had tears on it, and she was originally smiling, but at this time, she bit her lip: "But you want everyone to go hungry again. I won't let you turn things into that." Vaguely, there was a firmness in those words, which, for her, came from that man who was thousands of miles away at this time...(To be continued. Vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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