"We..." The woman trembled and shook her head helplessly, "We don't know..."
Mu Jingrui stared at the woman intently. The woman couldn't stand his inquiring gaze, so she could only lower her head to avoid it, and subconsciously increased the strength of her arms to hug her daughter tightly.
"have no idea!"
Mu Jingrui repeated his cold voice and pulled the little girl over.
The little girl was frightened and cried.
The woman screamed and tried to get her daughter back, but was held tightly by the soldier. She struggled and beat the soldier desperately, crying, "General, please... don't hurt my child..."
Mu Jingrui ignored her and squatted down to wipe the little girl's tears, and comforted her softly: "Little sister, don't cry, big brother won't hurt you."
The little girl looked at the smile on Mu Jingrui's handsome face and gradually stopped crying.
"Little sister, can you tell your big brother that it's your sister who gives you food?"
"Okay..." The little girl didn't understand anything. She only knew that the sister gave her a full meal and she liked the sister very much.
"Then you definitely don't want anything to happen to your sister, right? Tell me, big brother, do you know where the bad guys took her?"
The little girl looked confused and shook her head in doubt.
"General, my daughter is still a child. She really doesn't know anything..." The woman knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, begging bitterly, "Please let her go."
Mu Jingrui didn't even turn his head, his eyes always stayed on the little girl, but the corner of his mouth curled up in an evil curve.
"She's still so young, I'm sure she doesn't know anything. But...what about you?"
Mu Jingrui was tidying up the little girl's messy hair, which reminded him of his sister.
"I have blocked all the roads out of the border. Your people can't take Ning'er to the barbarians. As long as you tell me their whereabouts, I will release you immediately. But..."
Mu Jingrui turned his head and looked at the woman. His sharp eyes were like a torch, which made people shudder. "If anything happens to Ning'er, you... won't die, but you will live a life worse than death."
The woman shuddered. She didn't doubt Mu Jingrui's words at all.
She looked at her daughter, who was held in Mu Jingrui's arms. This scene, which originally seemed nothing special, became eerie and strange.
"I...I said..." The woman collapsed to the ground, covering her face and crying.
On the other side, Shangguan Wanning woke up in a daze and found herself in a dilapidated thatched hut.
Rays of sunlight shone through the cracks. It was clearly daytime, but it looked mottled and dark.
She wanted to stand up, but found herself tied up like a caterpillar, fixed to a pillar and unable to move.
Shangguan Wanning's memory was frozen at the moment she fainted.
At this moment, the more she struggled, the tighter the rope seemed to be. She worked hard for a long time, sweating profusely, and the skin on her hands was scratched, but she still couldn't break free.
She sighed dejectedly, and the moment she lowered her head, she saw several black insects crawling towards her.
Shangguan Wanning wanted to dodge, but she couldn't. She could only watch the insect crawling up her instep.
She got goosebumps all over her body and couldn't help but redden her eyes.
"Are you scared?"
A cold voice came from behind, and Shangguan Wanning shivered with fear.
She had no idea there were other people here.
She heard some noises in the hay on the ground, and then footsteps slowly came closer and closer to her.
"ah!"
Shangguan Wanning saw a horrifying face.
The person standing in front of her had disheveled hair, his face was almost completely ulcerated, and he exuded a real stench.
In sharp contrast to this is his gorgeous clothes.
The moonlight-white silk was almost spotless, and the man had an upright figure. If one only looked at his back, one would doubt that he was a handsome and elegant young man.
"My face, isn't it scary?" The man walked up to Shangguan Wanning and lifted her chin with his hand. "You are very beautiful, and pure as ice and jade."
Shangguan Wanning's body trembled slightly. She tried her best to suppress her fear, secretly clenching her fists and letting her nails dig into her palms.
The pain kept her calm.
"What do you want?"
“You don’t have to be so scared. I won’t kill you for now. I just want to…” The man suddenly stretched out his hand and broke the rope with his internal force.
He grabbed Shangguan Wanning's hand and saw the blood oozing out. He immediately licked it a few times, which frightened Shangguan Wanning so much that she screamed repeatedly.
She didn't know where she got the strength from, but the moment she pulled her hand back, she gave the other person a loud slap in the face.
Shangguan Wanning retreated to the corner in fear, staring at the man vigilantly.
The man's expression became even more ferocious.
He clapped his hands, and several girls dressed in exotic costumes came in from outside the door.
Some of them carried bathtubs, and some held flower petals.
"Please help this girl bathe and change her clothes. Wait a moment, I need to take her blood." After saying that, he turned and left.
Shangguan Wanning was shocked. Before she could react, two girls came forward to help her undress.
Of course she refused, and suddenly her body stiffened as someone pressed her acupoints.
Several girls cleaned Shangguan Wanning very carefully. She felt like a lamb to be slaughtered.
What is Mu Jingrui doing at this time? Will he come to save her?
Shangguan Wanning's thoughts were in a mess. In this situation, she couldn't save herself at all. Her mind was turning quickly, at least to delay time.
However, the other party did not give her such an opportunity.
Several girls helped her put her clothes back on and then left.
Not long after, the man walked in again, holding a dagger that was shining with cold light in his fingers.
He approached Shangguan Wan Ning step by step and whispered, "Do you know? In fact, just a few days ago, I was the same as you, with an enviable face. But now... there is a saying in your Central Plains, that if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. So, don't blame me."
Shangguan Wanning had retreated to the corner, her back against the cold wall, her heart filled with despair.
The man came up to her, grabbed her hand, and was about to cut her wrist.
At this moment, a shrill scream was heard from outside the door, followed by a clash of weapons.
The man was slightly startled, then he picked up Shangguan Wanning and jumped out of the window to escape.
As soon as he landed, a huge net fell over him.
Almost at the same time, a strong palm wind hit him, knocking him back a few steps, and Shangguan Wanning was pulled over by a powerful force.
As the man fell to the ground, the giant net also covered his body. He quickly took out a dagger and tried to cut it, but there were already spears pressing against various parts of his body.
Shangguan Wanning was still in shock and fell into a strong chest.
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