Hearing Mo Lan's suggestion, the man in black looked in the direction she pointed and into the depths of the forest. His surprise was undisguised. The others looked at each other, unsure of what to do.
"What, there are so many of you, you're not scared, are you?"
Looking at the men in black in front of him, there were about twenty of them, but they didn't seem like bodyguards; they looked more like guards.
He talks a lot and exudes an air of arrogance.
People from the Dark Guard Camp aren't that long-winded.
Seeing these standard features, Mo Lan forced a smile. The Song family really didn't take her seriously.
Before Mo Lan could confirm, the leader of the men in black burst into a wild laugh.
"Haha... Little girl, you've got some nerve. In Guan County, there's nothing your grandfathers wouldn't dare to do."
As the leader laughed, the other men in black also snapped out of their surprise. With their leader laughing so hard he was practically falling over, in their eyes, Mo Lan's behavior was either foolish or she was scared out of her wits.
However, this was the first time they had ever seen such an arrogant and ignorant woman.
Looking at their undignified appearance, no different from the thugs around those spoiled brats, Han Shuang could handle such trash without her even lifting a finger.
"So, you're people sent by the Song family?"
Mo Lan asked casually, and the other party was stunned. Although he tried his best to remain calm, how much could he hide from that look of "I'm hiding something"?
"What Song family? We were just doing our duty by standing up for what was right..."
Before the man could finish speaking, Mo Lan waved her hand to interrupt him, "A while ago, I heard from a friend that he wiped out the Song family's secret guard camp. It seems to be true. Otherwise, the Song family wouldn't have sent you bunch of good-for-nothings here."
The Dark Guard Camp?
When Mo Lan asked him a question, the leader of the men in black visibly paused, then looked back at his companions with a bewildered expression.
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could someone as powerful as Patriarch Song be wiped out in one fell swoop?"
"That's right, they're asking us brothers to help because they think highly of us."
“Brother Tian… Brother Tian, I think what they said is true. My cousin’s son and daughter-in-law’s brother works as a guard in the Song family. He patrols with his brother and overheard the steward saying that the losses were heavy and that the master was blaming our master for mismanagement… He doesn’t know the specifics, he just overheard it, but it’s true that the steward always looks worried when he goes in and out these days.”
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Mo Lan listened to their rambling but didn't stop them. She simply led her horse into the poplar grove.
The man in black paused for a moment, then simply waved his hand and said, "Why should we care so much? We're just doing our job, nothing else is our responsibility."
After getting away from the main road, Mo Lan stopped and looked at the rabble with a speechless expression.
Han Shuang stood before Mo Lan, sword in hand. "Boss, I'm enough on my own."
"You overconfident little wench, you think I'm a pushover? Brothers, get her! There are no outsiders here, just kill her and bury her." The leader glanced at Han Shuang, and although he was skeptical, he figured with so many of them, taking down two women wouldn't be a problem.
The fighting began, and with a series of clanging and banging sounds, in less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, a group of people lay on the ground, groans and pleas for mercy rising and falling. Where was their previous arrogance now?
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