Wu Defa slowly straightened up, his eyes fixed on the figure behind the screen, but the other person made no move.

He secretly guessed that this Liu family head must be very old, and that he was just observing his appearance.

Even if you get scolded in the end, you won't lose anything!

If you want to take revenge, you need to know what your enemy looks like.

Liu Daru, sitting in the inner room, did not move, but his heart was beginning to panic.

What does he want to do?

presumptuous!

Bing'er used to be such a well-behaved person, but after marrying him and giving birth to his illegitimate child, she changed completely.

Now they dare to disobey him, and today they even dared to hit him!

Would he also take action against me?

Let's take another look!

Seeing that the shadow hadn't moved, Wu Defa tentatively stood up.

He even bowed respectfully and took a step forward.

"How dare you! What do you think you're doing?" Liu Daru picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on the ground!

Wu Defa quickly pulled his feet back, but didn't kneel. He boldly raised his head and held his hands in front of his chest.

The voice was hesitant and submissive: "Patriarch, please forgive me, I know I was wrong! Chu Tianling and the others only have about thirty people now, and they have all been chased and are currently at their weakest. I think we should take advantage of this opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop."

Liu Daru didn't focus on the words; what he noticed was that Wu Defa hadn't knelt down.

Moreover, their attitude became increasingly outrageous.

Is he provoking me?

"Someone come here!" Liu Daru shouted.

Wu Defa was secretly pleased, thinking that his words had been agreed with.

"Grab Wu Defa! Beat him! Beat him hard!"

Wu Defa then hurriedly knelt down: "Master! I was wrong, Master! Please forgive me this time!"

"ah!"

"Stop hitting!"

Poor Wu Defa, his face and buttocks were swollen from being slapped by Liu Bingbing yesterday.

His injuries hadn't fully healed yet, and after getting a good beating, he became much more docile.

When the others lay on the ground sobbing and trembling, Liu Daru finally felt a sense of relief.

"Alright! Throw him out, you useless piece of trash!"

Wu Defa was dragged along like a rag doll and thrown to the back door.

…

Since they arrived in the mountains, Shen Jiaojiao and her companions finally had a chance to catch their breath.

It is now completely confirmed that the Liu family is ambitious and plots to assassinate the emperor.

"Where are Zhang Jie and the others?" Shen Jiaojiao asked.

"The garrison in Jiangnan is located at Lingyin Mountain, fifty miles from Hangzhou. Let's go there!"

"Let's go now!"

By the time you reach Lingyin Mountain, avoiding Hangzhou, it should be dark.

From afar, the black mountaintop was dotted with twinkling lights.

Shen Jiaojiao and the others also arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Just as Chu Tianling was about to go up, Shen Jiaojiao grabbed him.

"Wait! We can't go up like this now."

Chu Tianling looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"We're still not sure if the other side has been taken over by the Liu family. Everyone is exhausted right now. If we just go up there, wouldn't we be walking into a trap?"

"First, look around for food to fill your stomach and recharge your energy, then sneak up and investigate."

Upon hearing this, Chu Tianling immediately realized that it made sense.

He turned to the people behind him and said, "Spread out and find something to eat nearby. We'll meet back here in half an hour."

He gestured for silence with his hand, and everyone quietly dispersed.

Shen Jiaojiao leaned against a big tree and sat down on the ground. She was so tired. She had walked all day on mountain paths and felt like her legs were about to break.

"Phew!" I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Jiaojiao, how are you?" Although Chu Tianling's legs also hurt, he could still bear it.

"My feet hurt so much!" Shen Jiaojiao closed her eyes, savoring a rare moment of rest.

Suddenly she felt a chill on her feet. Looking closely, she saw that Chu Tianling had lifted her feet and taken off her shoes.

It looks like I'm about to take off my socks.

She quickly pulled her foot back and exclaimed, "What are you doing? My feet have been walking all day, they're dirty and smelly, don't look!"

Chu Tianling looked at her intently, his eyes shining brightly in the night.

"Jiaojiao, I care. I'm just worried that your feet hurt."

"Although I've said it countless times, I still want to say it again: I love you, and everything about you."

The words had barely left his mouth when he felt a chill on his feet.

The snow-white stockings were lifted, revealing her pinkish-white jade feet.

The instep was a jade-like white, and the five pearl-like toes were shyly curled up together.

Redness on the soles of the feet is probably caused by walking too much.

"Oh dear!" Shen Jiaojiao's face flushed red, but the darkness of the night concealed her shyness.

"No!" Just as he finished speaking, Chu Tianling gently took his hand and began to massage the soles of his feet.

Suddenly, rustling footsteps could be heard in the quiet night.

Then came a few teasing laughs.

"Zhang Dapao, what are you standing there for? Get out of here!"

"Hehehe, hurry up and go back!"

What are you doing?

"There's a pair of lovebirds hunting in the wild!"

"Oh! Let me see it too!"

"Get out of here! Shameless!"

"Hahaha!"

Chu Tianling quickly hugged Shen Jiaojiao and looked up in the direction of the voice.

Sure enough, several unfamiliar faces appeared from behind the trees in the distance.

He noticed that the men were wearing military uniforms and seemed to be military personnel; he wondered if they were friend or foe.

Thinking of this, he pretended to be flustered and at a loss, and shouted in that direction, "Who's there? What do you want!"

The people over there saw him look up and saw a matchmaker's face, so ugly it made them want to vomit.

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