"General Liao! What are you doing?" I demanded, marching forwards.
The General ignored me, watching Nian Qu struggle to keep still as the blade cut into the flesh of her throat. I did my best not to look at her, knowing that if Liao Hu knew that Nian Qu was my guard, she would be killed on the spot.
"Madame," Jue He came up to me from within the cave. The 250 soldiers had set up camp here, about 20 bandits tied up and sitting on the floor.
Most of the soldiers were moving bodies to the side, piling the dead bandits up in a heap as though they were packing sacks of grain.
"What's going on? Why is the General holding a knife to a woman's neck?" I demanded, making sure that the General could hear my disapproval.
"She came to us out of nowhere, Madame. Said she could make a deal for us with Nue Sha. But she only wanted to speak to the Yin Shang General and his disciple."
That explained Nian Hai's unbridled fury.
