"Yes, sir!" Yuan Long bowed to take the order, then pointed at Kang Xiao and told the Ning'an Army soldiers, "Take him away!"

Yuan Long brought Kang Xiao out of the residence and abruptly stopped.

Yunniang was kneeling at the gate.

When she saw Kang Xiao, her eyes filled with venom.

Then her gaze moved to Yuan Long. "My lord, this common woman wants to see my lord prince. He promised to let this common woman kill this villain with her own hands."

Yuan Long's voice was grave. "This general has received no such order. But he's going to be cut apart by inches in front of the whole army."

Yunniang shook her head. "No. He killed my son. I have to kill him with my own hands... My lord prince promised me."

Kang Xiao glared at Yunniang. "You poisonous woman, you bitch... If it weren't for you, I'd never have been caught..."

Yunniang glared back at him and smiled savagely. "Kang Xiao, I told you long ago you'd die a terrible death."

Then she turned to Yuan Long. "My lord, this common woman knows you're only following orders. I won't make things hard for you... Could I say just one thing to him?"

Yuan Long thought it over and gave a slight nod.

Yunniang stood up, came to stand in front of Kang Xiao and stared at him hard. She spoke slowly, one word at a time. "What I regret most in this life is ever knowing an animal like you. You ruined my whole life. I swore an oath, I promised my child, that I would kill you with my own hands, you animal. So... die!"

Suddenly Yunniang pulled a dagger from her sleeve and drove it hard into Kang Xiao's belly.

It happened so fast that even Yuan Long didn't react in time.

With the blade in his gut, Kang Xiao doubled over without thinking, and the fifty-five-pound cangue on his neck dragged him forward and down.

He came down on top of Yunniang and knocked her to the ground. The edge of the cangue landed squarely…