If this posturing buffoon hadn't insisted on putting on airs, they would've been captured long ago, and all this trouble would have been avoided.
And none of this would have happened.
The Qiang Clan chieftain's eyes flashed with murderous intent. "Go back and tell your Empress to deliver our promised payment within half a month. Or else…"
'He'd like to see if the Empress can bear the weight of treason.'
Li Lu was from a Marquis Mansion, and his aunt was the reigning Empress. He was also cousins with Xie Jinbai. Though they didn't get along, Li Lu could still throw his weight around. He was a well-respected figure among the young masters of the Capital City's prominent families, fawned over wherever he went.
Now, being insulted and threatened by a foreign barbarian, he was instantly furious.
But the sight of the other man's blatant killing intent sent a chill down his spine.
