However, he didn't rest because of that minor injury, instead, he continued to push inward, his desire for gold, silver, and women had numbed him to any pain.
Arriving at a spacious mansion, the Jin soldier realized this might be the big fat sheep he had been waiting for.
What surprised him even more was that after slaughtering and plundering rampantly, he spotted the corner of a brightly colored garment amid the firewood pile in the woodshed.
"Come out!"
The Jin soldier swung his sharp knife with his right hand, while his left hand fiercely pulled apart the pile of firewood.
Then, he saw a woman crouched within the firewood, her face smeared with soot, deliberately making herself look somewhat ugly.
Unfortunately, this attempt at self-disfigurement was ultimately meaningless, as the Jin soldier could still tell from her facial structure and attire that she was likely a well-born lady of natural beauty.
