Chapter 167 Boil the Frog in Warm Water

Liu Qun lay on the bed, looking at the empty sleeve on his right side, still unable to accept that he had become a cripple.

He lost an arm, how could he continue to serve as the county lieutenant of Beicheng? Would his subordinates still listen to him?

...Thinking of this, Liu Qun felt waves of despair in his heart.

"Husband, at least you are back alive, which is a blessing in disguise."

Liu Qun's wife came in with the medicine and comforted Liu Qun. Although she said it lightly, it could be seen from her red and swollen eyes that she was still very sad.

Liu Qun ignored his wife's words, but turned his head and stared straight into his wife's eyes, as if trying to find some flaws in her face.

Liu Qun's wife felt frightened when she was looked at, but thinking that Liu Qun had lost his arm and was feeling sad, she acted like this, so she still went forward with the medicine to serve him. However, just as she stepped forward, she was violently pushed down by Liu Qun.

The boiling hot medicine in the bowl splashed onto the back of her hand, burning her fair skin red. The pain made her groan. She lost control of the bowl and dropped it to the ground, breaking it in two. Tears welled up in her eyes: "Husband, what are you doing!"

Liu Qun didn't care about much at this time. All the helplessness and despair in his heart turned into anger. He stepped forward and grabbed her clothes with one hand and asked, "It's all because of you, bitch. If I didn't make money for you, buy you jewelry and clothes, I wouldn't have lost my arm!"

Liu Qun's tone was filled with anger and his eyes were wide open, obviously he hated her very much.

"Husband!" Liu Qun's wife was shocked. She had never seen Liu Qun look so ferocious.

"Husband, I know I was wrong. Please let me go." She cried and begged Liu Qun for mercy.

In fact, she didn't spend much of the money Liu Qun earned. Most of it was spent by Liu Qun.

The jewelry she bought were all gold and silver that maintained their value and could be pawned at a pawn shop at any time.

But now, she knew, was not the time to explain.

Liu Qun was already mad with anger, and his appearance frightened her so much that she could only cry and beg Liu Qun for mercy.

Her crying did not arouse the slightest sympathy from Liu Qun. He threw her to the ground with one hand, and she fell on the broken pieces of the medicine bowl. Blood immediately flowed out, and her forehead was broken due to the violent impact. The bright red blood flowed down her cheeks to her chin, staining the clothes on her chest red.

She lay on the ground wailing, but did not get any pity or sympathy from Liu Qun. Instead, it angered Liu Qun. He raised his foot and kicked her in the abdomen again, this time with more force.

"Why are you yelling! You useless piece of trash. You can't even hold my medicine bowl and you dropped all my medicine. I'm going to beat you to death today so that you won't hurt others in the future!" Liu Qun sneered and said to the embarrassed woman on the ground.

After saying that, Liu Qun raised his leg and kicked her.

"Hmm~" Liu Qun's wife let out a groan, then curled up on the ground, holding her stomach.

Liu Qun was not satisfied, so he kicked her a few more times until she fainted. Then he stopped, gasping for breath.

Liu Qun's wife was lying on the ground, blood slowly seeping out of her body.

Her eyes were closed, as if she was asleep.

Seeing this, Liu Qun left the room cursing, leaving behind a pool of scarlet blood.

Liu Qun's wife was very beautiful, but now that he had lost his arm and his official position was no longer secure, he felt that his wife might not always be with him.

He could only vent the anxiety and hatred in his heart to his wife.

Liu Qun hated Lu Yuan, and he hated the Wang family even more.

But Liu Qun couldn't afford to offend either of these two parties.

Liu Qun hated Lu Yuan because he used silver to lure him to go pearl hunting.

But Lu Yuan was not someone he could afford to offend. He had been unable to defeat Lu Yuan before, and he was even more unable to defeat Lu Yuan now.

And the Wang family was most likely the mastermind behind his loss of his arm.

The Wang family has close relations with the pirates, and they also possess some mysterious powers. The previous lack of water in the North City was caused by the Wang family.

If he hadn't been smart at the time and forcibly led his troops to surround the Wang family, he would have had no water, and one can imagine how difficult it would have been. So the Wang family might really have some means to control sea monsters.

It is obvious that he and the Wang family are allies, but the Wang family has always wanted to force him to deal with Lu Yuan. How is it possible for the Wang family to hide behind the scenes and watch the show?

He went to collect pearls to deal with Lu Yuan!

Consume Lu Yuan’s wealth.

He told the Wang family about his plan, but the Wang family refused to let him collect pearls.

If she didn't want to let him go, then she wouldn't let him go. But she actually plotted against him secretly. He couldn't swallow this.

But he was powerless and he hated it!

I wanted to take revenge on the Wang family, but I couldn't.

Liu Qun did not doubt Lu Yuan at all, because Lu Yuan had only been in Beicheng for a short time after all.

Although Lu Yuan was capable, no matter how capable he was, he couldn't control the sea beast so quickly.

Although Liu Qun hated the Wang family, at this moment, he could only pretend that he knew nothing. He still needed the Wang family to help him keep his position as county lieutenant.

So Liu Qun could only go to the Wang family.

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"My lady, I am capable of this! I can conquer North City within a month."

Lu Yuan lay on the recliner with a smug look on his face and asked Xu Qiuyue.

"Great!"

Xu Qiuyue gave Lu Yuan a thumbs up.

Xu Qiuyue was not being perfunctory, she really thought Lu Yuan was cruel enough.

If it were her, she wouldn't be able to do it.

But when two factions fight each other, there will definitely be bloody means.

Lu Yuan bought pearls at a high price to attract pirates to show up.

Then he reached a cooperation agreement with the pirates, and finally the pirates helped to deal with Liu Qun.

Lu Yuan was in charge of the barracks in North City, which was almost the same as being in charge of North City.

No matter how much trouble the Wang family makes, they can never be defeated by Lu Yuan.

Next, we just need to boil the frog in warm water and slowly kill the Wang family.

Now that the pirates have got in touch with Lu Yuan, it will be impossible for them to continue cooperating with the Wang family.

After all, Lu Yuan wanted to treat the island as his base and manage it well.

In fact, Lu Yuan was not as calm as he looked when he was demoted this time. He was still very scared in his heart.

However, Zhu Xing'er was not guilty, nor did she collude with the assassin. She was just deceived. This matter had nothing to do with Ning'an Palace.

It’s not that Lu Yuan didn’t understand the emperor’s hint, but he couldn’t do it.

So he would rather be demoted.

That day, Lu Yuan kept thinking, what should he do if the emperor did not back down and chopped off his head?
After all, the censor who had made the remonstrance before was beheaded by the emperor.

That person only revealed Xuan Jiuqing's crimes. Xuan Jiuqing used many cruel methods in Guyue Bookstore to force those scholars to become ghostwriters for the nobles.

The emperor only wanted to protect Xuan Jiuqing, so he executed the loyal censor.