The eldest brother's face suddenly changed. He looked around and saw five or six guards surrounding them. His eyes flashed.

Then he raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Zhaorong fiercely, and spat fiercely: "Bah! You officials really don't tell the truth. Damn it, you just said so much just to waste time and delay us. Let's wait for reinforcements to come!"

Jiang Zhaorong drooped his eyelashes slightly, and he already had a guess in his mind.

He spent the whole day hunting geese, but in the end, he got his eyes pecked by a goose.

I'm really in trouble this time.

He boasted that he had shaken them off, but at the speed he was coming out...

Jiang Zhaorong looked around and sneered.

I'm afraid that as soon as I turn around, they will follow me back.

Jiang Zhiyu and Xu Yaowen are fighting under the pretext of suppressing bandits, and they are even going to suppress themselves!

The veins on the back of his hands where he was holding the reins bulged.

The guard sternly said, "Put down your swords. You have no chance of success in the city. Surrender as soon as possible. If the Prime Minister shows mercy, I believe he will spare your life."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bandits burst into laughter.

"Damn it!" one of the bandits cursed loudly, "You can use that to coax a three-year-old."

There was no fear in their eyes. Jiang Zhaorong pursed his lips in thought.

No, there must be something wrong.

The guard remained expressionless and shouted in a low voice, "You are stubborn and recalcitrant! Brothers, protect the Prime Minister and bring the thief to justice!"

At his command, the guards drew their swords from their waists and in the blink of an eye, they started fighting with the bandits.

Although the guards were outnumbered, they did not lose the upper hand after several battles.

The eldest brother gasped, swung his sword to block the oncoming blade, turned his head and roared: "Wang Mazi, what the hell are you doing?! Give the signal quickly!"

Upon hearing this, the big man called Wang Mazi quickly turned his horse around, and the bandits beside him surrounded him to resist the attack of the guards.

Wang Mazi took out the arrow with a whistle from behind him, pulled the bowstring, and the arrow flew out into the air.

The guards' faces turned stern, and their men's movements became more rapid.

The bandits waited for reinforcements and stopped attacking, focusing on resisting. For a while, the two sides were in a stalemate.

There was only one way out of the alley, which was blocked tightly. Jiang Zhaorong moved slowly, and just as he reached the corner, he heard the chaotic and noisy sound of horse hooves getting closer and closer.

The guards' attacking movement faltered.

The leader's eyes flickered, he weighed the pros and cons in his heart, and turned around decisively: "Retreat!"

The others quickly put away their weapons, followed him, and walked away.

The dust was thick, and when another wave of bandits arrived, the guards had disappeared, and several of them were injured. The eldest brother looked at them and nodded, signaling them to go first.

The man known as Scud was among them.

After they left, the eldest brother looked up at Jiang Zhaorong with a somewhat ferocious expression: "Now we can have a good chat. Official, we brothers are just asking for some money. If you insist on being so decisive, don't blame us for being ruthless. Put your mind at ease and go with the brothers."

Jiang Zhaorong didn't say anything, his face was calm, and he let the bandits tie his hands.

The more he said, the more mistakes he made. Since the bandits already disliked him, no matter how much he said, it would be in vain.

Jiang Zhaorong thought this in his heart, but his mind was pondering the ins and outs of the matter.

He had just observed carefully and found that these bandits were just show-offs, while the guards were the ones with real skills.

Not to mention fighting one against two, even if another wave of reinforcements comes, fighting one against five is no problem.

Yet they fought back and forth with them, and retreated so quickly...

Jiang Zhaorong was thinking when he suddenly heard the excited voice of a bandit outside.

"Brother! Brother! Come quickly, look at me!"

He dismounted, carried the person on the ground on his shoulders, and walked with a swagger. People around him consciously made way for him.

"Who is this?"

"I don't know either. I saw it on the road just now and grabbed it." The big man chuckled twice. After seeing his elder brother's disapproving look, he grabbed the hanging arm of the person on his body and shook it.

"Although I don't know the value of it, but big brother, look at it, look at it," his eyes were shining, "This thing flows like water under the light, it's obviously worth a lot of money!"

Can clothes flow like water?

Everyone was amazed and couldn't help but lean forward to look.

"I guess this guy must be a son of an aristocratic family. There is definitely no such person in Jinzhou..." He nodded and said, "I think he must have come with this official. Let's take him back and get some extra money."

"And, this guy is pretty good-looking. After we get the ransom, we can sell him off and make another killing!"

He Yanting, who was being carried up, felt his forehead twitch violently a few times.

He slowly raised his head, and without anyone noticing, his eyes were fixed precisely on the roof.

In my sight, Jiang Zhiyu was chuckling on the roof.

As if she saw his gaze, Jiang Zhiyu's eyebrows curved, her eyebrows slightly raised, and the corners of her mouth were almost stretched to her temples.

He Yanting looked at her quietly.

The bandits murmured and discussed for a while, and all agreed that there was no harm in bringing such a "burden" with them. They could make some money. Moreover, after all this trouble, it was already dawn. If they delayed any longer, the guards would surely return...

The eldest brother took a deep breath and said, "Take these two people with you, grab whatever you can find along the way, and set off back to the mountain!"

The group walked towards the city gate in a mighty manner. When they were a hundred meters away from the city gate, they saw a little girl in front of them. Seeing them, she not only did not run away, but rushed towards them with tears on her face.

"Brother, have you seen my brother?"

Her eyes were dark, tears slowly dripping from them and flowing down her cheeks. Her tone was anxious and she looked extremely pitiful.

But these bandits were not the type to pity people. Without even raising his eyes, the eldest brother controlled his horse and was about to step over Jiang Zhiyu...

Jiang Zhaorong tightened his grip.

As early as the moment He Yanting appeared, Jiang Zhaorong immediately understood their plan. They were planning to use him as bait and they would be the one to take advantage of the situation!

But there's no need for them to go so deep. Wouldn't it be enough for them to just follow me, find their lair, and tip them off?

Or are they confident that they can destroy an entire camp with just two people?

Seeing that the horse's hooves were about to trample over Jiang Zhiyu, the man carrying He Yanting hurriedly said, "Brother! Wait!"

The eldest brother held the reins tightly and said "hmm" in confusion.

"Look at her clothes! They must be brother and sister. If we take her back, and both of them are in our hands, how can their family not pay the ransom?!"

That’s true, and it’s just a little girl, what could go wrong?