"Ziwei, it's almost time. We should go and meet up with Yongqi and Xiaoyanzi."

"We're finally done with our work. I wonder how Xiao Yanzi's memory is recovering now."

Fu Erkang and Xia Ziwei finally finished their business, so the two of them hurried to Suzhou Prefecture.

Because the two took a shortcut and rode at top speed, what should have taken ten days was reduced to five.

On March 20th, at 9:00 AM, Kang Wei arrived in Suzhou Prefecture.

After the four reunited, Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei hugged each other again.

"Little Swallow, how are you? Have you remembered anything?"

Little Swallow laughed and said, "I remembered a lot of things, especially the years we traveled together..."

"That's great! Then you'll definitely be able to remember it again in the future." Xia Ziwei was genuinely happy for Xiao Yanzi. "Father and the others will be very happy to know this."

"Erkang, we've almost finished with our business. Let's rest for another day today and set off back to the capital tomorrow."

"That's what I meant too, but Ziwei is anxious to go back and see Dong'er..."

If he weren't worried about his child, he would have liked to walk around a bit longer and go home later.

After staying in Suzhou for a day, Kang Wei returned to the capital with Yong Yan the following morning.

The four of them rode horses together in front, while the carriages behind them were filled with luggage.

After traveling smoothly for five days, the four were stopped by a group of bandits at the foot of a mountain.

"This road is mine, these trees are mine, if you want to pass, leave your toll!" A henchman next to the bandit leader shouted at Yongqi and his men.

Little Swallow laughed, "How ridiculous! Someone actually dared to steal my money!"

The bandit leader's eyes, however, were fixed on the two beauties, Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei. "You don't have to pay, just leave those two beauties behind and I'll let you go. Otherwise, I want both the money and the women!"

Yongqi glared at the bandit leader, "If you look at me again, I'll gouge your eyes out!"

No sooner had Yongqi finished speaking than Xia Ziwei's hidden weapon flew towards the bandit leader, "This old lady will send you on your way!"

She was disgusted by the bandit leader's gaze and couldn't help but take action.

The bandit leader dodged Xia Ziwei's hidden weapon and laughed loudly, "I thought she was a weak little girl, but I didn't expect her to be such a fiery little devil! I'm even more interested now!"

Fu Erkang couldn't resist shooting an arrow at the man, but someone else took care of the bandit leader.

Little Swallow sneered, "I didn't expect these bandits to have some skill! Then let's try the taste of my Swallow Divine Whip!"

Little Swallow flew forward, brandishing her Swallow Whip. She thought this person would be like the others, whipped away or dodged, but to her surprise, this person actually grabbed her whip directly, and with tremendous strength. "You... how can you have such strength?"

"Hahaha, our boss has superhuman strength! You little wench, you'd better surrender now!"

Seeing that Xiao Yanzi was no match for him, Yongqi, Ziwei, and Erkang all dismounted and went forward to help, trying to take the whip back!

However, the four of them still couldn't stop the bandit leader.

Seeing their master in trouble, his men rushed forward to help.

Just as everyone's attention was focused on the Swallow Whip, another group of people appeared behind them. Little Swallow and Yongqi had sharp ears and heard what was behind them. Little Swallow quickly shouted, "Everyone, watch out behind you!"

However, the attack from behind came too quickly, and half of the guards were killed.

Little Swallow's group was reduced by more than half, so they ultimately failed to defeat the bandit leader, and their whip was taken away.

Although Xiao Yanzi didn't say anything, her eyes revealed her worry about the whip.

The bandit leader laughed loudly, "If you want this whip, then come over here by yourself, otherwise, I'll destroy it right now!"

Yongqi instinctively grabbed Xiaoyanzi's hand. "Xiaoyanzi, it's just a whip. I can just give you another one. You can't take the risk!"

Xiao Yanzi didn't say anything, but Yongqi understood from her eyes that she was determined to get the whip back!

Yongqi stepped forward and said, "If you need a hostage, I will!"

Fu Erkang was startled and quickly stepped in front of Yongqi, saying, "No, if you want to be a hostage, let me handle it!"

“Erkang…” Yongqi naturally didn’t want Fu Erkang to take risks for them. “This matter is clearly…”

Before Yongqi could finish speaking, Fu Erkang interrupted him, "You are Ziwei's brother, and Xiaoyanzi is Ziwei's sworn sister and sister-in-law. Your affairs are my affairs. If anyone really needs to go, it should be me!"

Seeing such a spectacular scene, the bandit leader laughed and said, "This whip is so important to you, then I'll make even better use of it!"

"Come on, arrest all four of them. If the rest resist, kill them all. And seize everything they have behind them!"

"Don't you dare move, or I'll destroy this whip right now. You can try if you don't believe me!"

Yongyan, Kangwei, and the other three dared not take any risks and had no choice but to surrender.

"Come on, search them. Take all their weapons and miscellaneous medicines, and remove all the hairpins and other items from their hair!"

Seeing that Yongyan, Kangwei, and the other two looked very unwell, he smiled kindly and said, "Don't worry, the people searching these two beauties are also women..."

"Oh, right, they might be hiding drugs in their mouths too, we should check that as well..."

After the body search, the four of them were taken back to the prison on the mountain. "The men were put in cell number 1 on the left, and the women were put in cell number 3 on the right..."

He looked at Yongyan, Kangwei, and the other two and said with a smile, "Also, take off all your clothes, you can't wear a single piece..."

Upon hearing this person's words, Yongyan, Kangwei, and the other three all turned pale.

“If you had a broken hand or a broken leg, or if you had been drugged, you could have been rescued, but since you have no clothes, you wouldn’t dare go out…”

Men might not care much; if they're seen, they're seen. But if a woman goes out and runs around naked, she might as well just commit suicide!

"If you resist, this whip..."

Little Swallow glared at him angrily, "We can take our clothes off, but you have to get out. If you don't get out, we'll fight to the death!"

"Everyone else, get out."

After the bandits' men left, only Yongyan Kangwei and the bandit leader wielding the Swallow Divine Whip remained in the prison.

"I'm not going out, so what?"

"Not only will I not go out, I'll come in..."

Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei both looked at him warily, as they truly had no weapons left to defend themselves.

"You bastard, come here right now, or I'll beat you up!"

"If you're a man, come here and fight me for hundreds of rounds!"

The two young masters opposite couldn't sit still any longer, fearing that Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei would be bullied!

To everyone's surprise, when the bandit leader heard the last sentence, he burst into laughter and said, "Whether I'm a man or not, these two ladies can prove it to me, right?"

He went into Xiao Yanzi and Xia Ziwei's cell and locked the door.

"See this outside? If you don't take it off, your whip will turn to ashes..."

"If you want to fight back, if you want to hit me, then don't blame me for not warning you. I don't hold back, and I might just tear all your clothes off. Then you'll really have nothing to wear. You'd better think carefully: do you want to obediently take off your clothes properly, or let me tear them off?"