The turbulence woke Lingzhi up.

She gently opened her eyes and found herself lying on the horse's back, her body tied tightly with vines.

"Brother, slow down. I feel dizzy."

Lingzhi tried hard to turn over, like a twisted and crawling lizard.

The bandit suddenly laughed out loud: "Why call me Big Brother? From now on, you will be my wife, and I will be your man."

After saying that, he formed his hands into claws and pressed hard on Lingzhi's back, clamping her even tighter.

Damn, I’m still your ancestor!

Lingzhi rolled her eyes, knowing that the more she resisted, the more she would eat a mouthful of horse hair, so she stopped struggling.

Seeing Lingzhi's obedient appearance, the bandit leader thought that she had set her eyes on the position of the chief wife and was very satisfied with her vision.

"Hahahaha, young lady, you seem to be quite sensible. You are much better than those hypocritical women who are constrained by worldly etiquette and are very shy."

He tugged at the reins with a swagger, pointing his machete at the horse's head. "Heading up is our Black Wind Stronghold. If you're willing to stay and become my wife, Wang Mang, I promise to make sure you enjoy the best food and the most delicious drinks, and live a life of unbridled happiness."

Wang Mang patted his chest, proving that he was attracted to her at first sight. Ah, bah, love at first sight.

Lingzhi asked calmly, "So, you are very powerful?"

"That's natural."

Wang Mang, the bandit boss who had no good looks or beauty, was extremely narcissistic and told her about his great achievements in robbery over the years.

Amidst his endless boasting, they entered the Black Wind Village.

There were still many bandits left in the village. When they saw the bandit leader coming back, they immediately surrounded him.

"Boss, you're back?"

"Hey, why did you bring back a woman?"

The bandits surrounded Ganoderma lucidum, pointing and admiring it like they were visiting a small animal.

The bandits were rough and rude, and did not understand the words "as bright as the autumn moon", "beautiful eyes", and "a feast for the eyes".

I only heard one sentence: "The boss has a good eye. This woman is as beautiful as a pheasant."

The bandit who was speaking had a ferocious look on his face, but he showed a silly smile when he looked at the beautiful Lingzhi.

Lingzhi rolled her eyes immediately and said, "You look like a pheasant, and your whole family looks like pheasants."

Wang Mang lifted Lingzhi off the horse with one hand and with the other hand he pulled off the sole of his shoe and smeared it on the face of the bandit who had spoken earlier.

"What are you yelling for, you bastard! I'll skin you alive if you scare my wife away!"

The silly bandit laughed: "The boss finally has a wife, what a joy!"

"roll!"

"Okay!"

Wang Mang kicked the foolish bandit and turned to look at the crowd: "From now on, this will be my wife. Please be respectful to her."

"yes!"

Several bandits agreed with a smile.

"Boss, why are you back alone? Where are the other brothers?"

At this moment, a cold voice came from behind.

Lingzhi turned around to look at the source of the voice, and saw a sturdy man with a sinister face and a smartly dressed woman with a long sword on her back separating the crowd and walking towards them aggressively.

Wang Mang narrowed his eyes slightly, "So it's the Second and Fifth Masters."

Speaking of the other brothers, Wang Mang's face suddenly darkened. "The enemy is powerful and strong. All the brothers in the stronghold... were defeated. Even the third brother couldn't escape."

Upon hearing this, the Second In Commander's face darkened. "Humph! Failed to escape? Did you bring too few brothers with you, or did you deliberately sell us out?"

Hearing this, Wang Mang's eyes seemed to be spitting fire: "Fuck it! Second brother, what do you mean by this? No matter how much of a bastard I am, I will never betray my brothers who follow me!"

"Then why did all the brothers die, but you are the only one who is safe and sound?"

A sinister smile appeared on the second in command's face, and he glanced in the direction where Lingzhi was standing.

"Not only did the third brother get inexplicably killed, but dozens of his brothers also lost their lives. And you, you even had the leisure to bring a woman back? How come I didn't know when the boss became so fond of women?"

Wang Mang half-closed his eyes, raised his chin slightly, and glanced at the second-in-command and his gang from time to time. He pinched the joint of his thumb, making a crisp "cracking" sound.

"If you have something to say, just say it directly. Don't beat around the bush and be a coward."

The second in command snorted coldly, "Boss, if you hadn't gotten the message that a fat sheep was passing through here and you hadn't insisted on bringing people down the mountain to intercept them, how could so many brothers have gone without returning?"

After hearing this, Lingzhi's mind moved slightly.

Someone sent a letter to Wang Mang?

In their team, only Xiao Qingyun's identity is of some importance and worth targeting.

Could it be that someone deliberately leaked Xiao Qingyun's route back to Beijing to the bandits, intending to kill him?

It seems that there is a spy hiding in the team!

The second in command continued, "To put it bluntly, you killed our brothers! If we had continued to follow you, we would have either become headless corpses or become homeless dogs!"

"Bullshit!"

Wang Mang's face turned purple. "Second brother, don't think I don't know what you're thinking? You've been eyeing the position of the head for a while now, right? How could there be a bastard like you in our village?!"

The second in command said viciously, "Stop talking nonsense. Let's have a fight. If you win, you'll still be the head of Black Wind Village. If you lose, get out of Black Wind Village!"

As he was speaking, there was a loud bang.

He pulled out a big knife with a broad, shiny blade that made Lingzhi's eyelids jump.

Seeing his brothers split into two distinct teams, Wang Mang's face suddenly darkened.

"Let's see who dares to be rude to the boss!"

At this time, a thin man wearing a cloak and whose face could not be seen clearly pushed through the crowd and walked over.

"Second in command, you covet the position of the first in command. I have to ask you, have you forgotten? When our Black Wind Stronghold was first established, how did the first in command fight the bandit soldiers to protect us all?"

The second in command glanced at him and said, "Alright, Old Four, you dare to teach me a lesson?"

He picked up the big knife and weighed it in his hand, then said, "If you don't agree, come forward!"

The sound was like a secret signal. It was unclear who moved first. The second in command screamed and shot out like an arrow.

But this second-in-command will not turn back until he hits the wall.

He got up and rushed forward again, his arms wrapped around the fourth boss' waist like vines.

The fourth boss frowned, grabbed the little finger of one of his hands without even looking, and pulled it back hard, breaking the joint at an extremely strange angle.

The second-in-command let out a howl that was not like a human, and immediately collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud.

He fainted from the pain.

Lingzhi was shocked when he saw this.

A chill suddenly ran down my spine, and only two words remained in my mind:

brutal.

Then a few more bandits rushed towards the fourth in command. The fourth in command did not show any mercy. He either broke their arms or legs and dealt with them one by one.