Chapter 241
"...What do you mean by that!"
Fan Xiaoxiao's voice sounded so cold for the first time, and the frost in her eyes seemed to solidify into a physical form.
Xiahou stared intently at the ongoing argument at the other end of the tent, and replied without turning his head, "Literally, they were taken away and haven't returned all afternoon."
Fan Xiaoxiao's hand suddenly dug into the tree trunk beside her, and sharp wood chips pierced her fingernails, causing blood to gush out immediately.
But at this moment, she couldn't care less about the pain in her hand: "All afternoon..."
A lot can happen in an afternoon...
"Renle..."
Fan Xiaoxiao's eyes were bloodshot, and she didn't even notice the blood dripping from her hand onto the snow.
She turned to look at Xiahou, trying her best to maintain her last shred of composure.
"I'll go to the main gate and meet Renle. After you get the things, take my sister and Lu Bo and the others and leave Tianshan Town. Renle's purpose in coming here is not pure; he only wants your Tianshan Sect to change hands and be under the Zhou family name. With the Heavenly Venerable gone, no one can protect Tianshan now. Remember, take them away from Tianshan Town, but don't leave the Tianshan territory! You'll know what it's like outside when you come back!"
She spoke very quickly, each sentence like a torrent of beans, which made Xiahou somewhat uneasy. Was she really just an ordinary peasant girl? Had no one taught her these words? How could an ordinary peasant girl possibly know so much?
Xiahou moved his hand, and after a moment of surprise, a deep sense of doubt welled up in his heart. This Lady Xiao had said far too much.
Moreover, her words didn't sound like she was giving instructions.
On the contrary—it looks like a will!
He suddenly grabbed Fan Xiaoxiao's sleeve, his tone becoming alert.
What are you trying to do?!
What a joke! Although this woman has no connection to him, she was someone his master was tasked with looking after. Now that something has happened, it's already wrong of him not to look after her for his master; if he were to let something happen to her now…
Xiahou dared not think any further, and tightened his grip. Fan Xiaoxiao struggled twice but could not break free from his hold. Her eyebrows furrowed, and her tone became increasingly hostile.
"How dare you be so rude, disciple of the Celestial Venerable! Don't you want Renle's token and leave this place with Lady White?! You should know that Renle isn't the only one looking for you in Tianshan Town right now! Your good fellow disciple is also here!"
"We can't just watch you go and die for nothing!"
Xiahou was unusually angry; he disliked those fools who overestimated their abilities.
He had thought Fan Xiaoxiao was brave and resourceful, but now it seems he had misjudged her!
Fan Xiaoxiao naturally had no idea what he was thinking. Seeing that she couldn't break free from Xiahou's grasp, she gritted her teeth to control herself and stop herself from cursing at him.
"Who said I was going to my death!"
Xiahou froze, and the pressure on his hand loosened slightly.
"You, what you just said..."
Fan Xiaoxiao controlled herself from rolling her eyes at him, but if eye-rolling had any power, Xia Daxia would probably be bruised and battered by now.
"What I just said was to tell you that after you leave Tianshan Town, you must never come back easily! And also to protect my sister and the others!"
"Yeah, but what about you!?"
Xiahou was quite confused by Fan Xiaoxiao. If he took her family away, what would happen to her?
Fan Xiaoxiao was utterly speechless, and couldn't help but roll her eyes at Xiahou.
"I'm going to find Renle and sound him out!"
This is it! Xiahou glanced at Fan Xiaoxiao's bleeding finger and was somewhat incredulous at her words.
"..."
Fan Xiaoxiao noticed his gaze, and her anger subsided slightly.
"We haven't seen any bodies yet. As you just said, Father and Mother are just missing. As long as we haven't seen any bodies, it means they might still be alive. Since that's the case, I can't give up even the slightest hope."
Renle is high-profile in her actions; her actions against my godparents were merely meant to make my older sister suffer. Since that's the case, if my godparents were truly gone, she certainly wouldn't hide it from me; on the contrary, she would use this incident to continuously provoke my family.
“I am still very useful to Renle. They not only need me to brew wine, but also to keep the greenhouse. They can’t function without me. But my sister and the others are not important, so if you take them away, I will be safe.”
After the words were broken down and analyzed, Xiahou understood Fan Xiaoxiao's intention.
Without further ado, she led the person back to the front of the tent. The sudden explosion had already attracted many townspeople to gather around at a distance. Fan Xiaoxiao directed Xiahou to place her not far from the crowd, making herself appear as if she had rushed over, before she felt relieved and ran towards the tent.
Once out of Xiahou's sight, Fan Xiaoxiao subtly touched the thing in her arms.
She hadn't actually finished speaking; one reason was that she wanted to save her older sister and the others.
But what she was trying to do, hidden in her words, was to kill Renle.
Although the timing may not be ideal, she doesn't have much time to choose right now.
Renle's existence is a clear obstacle for her.
She didn't have much time left. If she really waited for the people from the Imperial Secretariat to arrive, and was attacked from both sides, she would truly have no way out.
The crowd stood in front of the tent, pointing and whispering. Fan Xiaoxiao rubbed her cheeks, revealing a flush that seemed to come from running. She struggled to squeeze out of the crowd and hurriedly ran towards the tent.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Fan Xiaoxiao's voice was sharp and filled with panic and fear. Because of the princess's special status, the townspeople of Tianshan Town only dared to stand far away and watch from this direction.
But Fan Xiaoxiao was different from them. After breaking free from the crowd, she stumbled and staggered towards the camp.
But before she even got close to the door, she was stopped.
"Hey! Stop right there! This is the princess's camp! No shouting allowed!"
The soldiers at the gate recognized Fan Xiaoxiao; they knew she was brewing wine for Princess Renle. They also knew her relative was the one who had been imprisoned. However, a fire had just broken out in the camp, and this young woman had conveniently appeared at this time. No matter how much the soldiers knew her, they found it rather strange.
But Fan Xiaoxiao didn't care about the soldier's opinion at all, and struggled towards the tent while crying and shouting.
"Let me go! Let me go! Your Highness! Your Highness!"
"You country bumpkin!"
The soldiers at the gate were getting annoyed by her shrill screams and were just about to kick her out when a voice rang out behind them.
"What are you howling about! I'm not dead yet!"
Renle actually came out!
(End of this chapter)
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