Hearing what Li Shida said, Le Shan replied with a derisive laugh, "You make yourselves sound so noble, but don't think I don't know what you're plotting. You're just trying to trick us out of our family property, aren't you?
"I'm telling you, as long as I'm here, I won't let you get away with it."
As she spoke, she drove the sword in her hand hard into the ground in front of her.
The sword plunged deep into the earth, sinking more than a foot.
The four Li Shida brothers were all startled by the sight. They hadn't expected the Fourth Brother's fifth daughter to be so formidable.
The road outside the Li family home was paved with huge stone slabs, yet the sword had pierced them as easily as if they were tofu.
If it struck someone, it would probably cut them clean in half.
Seeing that his brothers were growing afraid, Li Shiqian put on a righteous air and declared heatedly, "Le Shan, we're your elders! How dare you threaten us? I'll report you to Kaifeng Prefecture and have you flogged!"
Le Shan heard him out, then scoffed. "Go ahead and report me! Let's see if our family is afraid of you. You want to take advantage of us? Not a chance!
"Besides, after you extorted our family's property, we split from you long ago. If you dare break into our home again, I'll break every one of you old bastards' legs."
The four Li Shida brothers were so furious that their mustaches bristled, but when they saw Le Shan's ferocious expression, they knew they couldn't scare her. There was nothing they could do.
In the end, Li Shida could only put on a brave face and say, "Fine, then! We'll go report you to the prefectural