Chapter 263
Fan Xiaoxiao's eyes twitched, and she sighed inwardly. Sure enough, internal energy and martial arts are heaven-defying things!
But on the surface, she remained motionless, her sleeves tucked in.
After a while.
The people from the Dark Pavilion finally quieted down a bit.
Fan Xiaoxiao smiled and asked, "How is it? Is it possible to break free?"
"Actually, you don't need to waste your energy. This fine iron was made by a first-class craftsman. It's not an ordinary item."
Seeing his disdain, Fan Xiaoxiao didn't bother arguing with him.
"I've seen the token on you; you're from the Imperial Secret Service, aren't you?"
"Ha, a little brat, she actually has some knowledge." He said with a hint of contempt.
Fan Xiaoxiao took a slight step forward: "That's right."
"What despicable and shameless things did you just say?" She raised her eyes with a half-smile: "I'm afraid your Dark Pavilion is no less despicable, you don't have the right to say such things, do you?"
The man chuckled twice, but before he could say anything else, Fan Xiaoxiao slapped him across the face.
She wasn't very strong, and although she exerted all her strength, she couldn't cause much damage.
However, it is extremely insulting.
"How dare you hit me!?"
"So what if I hit you?" She was now reckless, thinking that if these people didn't underestimate Jiang You, they would come and wipe them all out.
Right now, they are the ones being beaten up at will!
Fan Xiaoxiao's group doesn't just have adults; they also have children like Yu Xiaobao.
She clenched her aching, numb hands, her voice turning cold: "What? You still think your people will come to rescue you?"
The man raised his voice, which sounded strained and somewhat shrill, and rather strange.
The more provocative the words were, the more furious he seemed: "You rebels! Soon, our army will be on our side, and we'll raze this wretched village to the ground!"
Xiao Hei's heart skipped a beat; he was quite worried.
He looked at Fan Xiaoxiao with trepidation.
After all, there were five of them when they came, but only one has been captured. Even if Jiang You is not included, the remaining three will definitely try to rescue him.
But Fan Xiaoxiao seemed very calm. The next second, she scoffed, "You mean, your people will come to rescue you?"
She simply ripped off the sheepskin sheath she was holding and slapped it mockingly across the man's face.
His tone was harsher than Xiao Hei's: "You really know how to flatter yourself! Who do you think you are?!"
"Nine thousand years old?"
"How dare you!!!" The man was furious, and his struggle seemed to loosen the wooden stake a little.
Worried about Fan Xiaoxiao's safety, Xiao Hei quickly punched the man in the stomach.
He groaned, his face pale, unable to utter a complete sentence for a moment.
Fan Xiaoxiao and Xiao Hei left together.
Xiao Hei noticed her strange behavior earlier.
Once they were some distance away, he asked, "Lady Xiao, we've already captured this man, why humiliate him like this?"
"I'm not expressing sympathy, I don't mean anything by it, but what's the purpose of doing this?"
Fan Xiaoxiao's expression improved slightly; she had actually been quite scared just now.
She pursed her lips for a long time before finally saying, "You have to make him hate you."
"Only those who hate us enough will pay more attention to us."
"Have you noticed that this person's voice, skin, and face are all very strange?"
Xiao Hei was stunned for a moment.
He hadn't noticed it before, but when Fan Xiaoxiao mentioned it, he remembered: "His skin is more delicate and smooth than that of ordinary people, and he's a bit... effeminate, and his voice becomes shrill when he gets excited."
"He's a eunuch!?"
“That’s right.” Fan Xiaoxiao nodded: “Even if this kind of person isn’t a big shot, he could very well be someone who has influence with the emperor.”
Eunuchs are more eccentric than ordinary people.
In normal circumstances, it would be nothing.
But now that he has fallen into the hands of the Tianshan Village people and suffered humiliation and hardship, he will surely be even angrier than a normal person.
“The more we make him feel wronged and humiliated, the more he will retaliate against Jiang You when he goes back.”
"And our whereabouts..."
Fan Xiaoxiao and Xiao Hei turned around together.
The houses here are not their Tianshan Village.
It was a hunting lodge.
It was a remote place, far from where they conducted their business.
He will never know.
"But... what if that kid Jiang You tells on us?" Xiao Hei was a little worried.
He was originally the apprentice of the Ghost Doctor, and later nominally worked for Gu Chongtai. He didn't have a deep relationship with Gu Chongtai's original subordinates.
Therefore, they tend to be more suspicious of Jiang You than others.
Fan Xiaoxiao glanced at him, her voice calm but tinged with a sigh: "It's alright, he's probably kicking himself right now."
It was snowing. She brushed the snow off her shoulders and took an umbrella out of her bag.
"Don't let him rest. Find a few people to take turns giving him a good talking-to."
This way, we can ensure that this person will kill Jiang You as soon as he gets back!
...
...
What Fan Xiaoxiao and the others didn't know was...
Her plan is no longer needed.
In the Dark Pavilion's temporary headquarters.
All eleven members wore worried expressions; the Dark Pavilion team consisted of twelve people. Now, they had lost their most crucial member.
Unlike the others, the leader surnamed Cao was originally a eunuch in the palace.
Because of his excellent martial arts skills and his ability to please his superiors and the emperor, he was originally slated to be promoted to deputy of the Dark Pavilion.
Although this person is greedy, has a volatile personality, and is an absolute brute who acts rashly.
But the higher-ups just love it.
Now something has gone wrong.
At this crucial moment in the attack on the Tianshan Sect, no one dared to report to their superiors.
"The person is dead, no longer breathing," someone came up to report.
"How could you be so careless!?"
"..."
After a moment of silence, the one who killed the man couldn't help but speak up: "I told you long ago that this person couldn't be trusted."
"I wonder if they were working together with those rebels from the inside."
"If you die, you die."
"..." For a moment, no one could think of a good solution.
The leader hadn't taken this person's talk of Tianshan Village seriously, so they only made one-sided preparations.
The first priority is to capture the leader of Tianshan Village.
They did not leave the village's address for others to raid.
Now, the only person who knew the location of the village has been killed.
They didn't even have anywhere to go to cause trouble.
After much discussion, they had no choice but to decide that the four of them would go to find Tianshan Village.
The four continued their mission to investigate the whereabouts of the Tianshan Sect members, while one person stayed behind to guard the temporary camp. The two unlucky ones went back to report to the imperial army.
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...
Three calm and uneventful days passed.
The weather was gloomy, and it looked like it was going to snow again.
After sorting out the village's accounts, Fan Xiaoxiao received a message from Xiao Hei.
The blower prototype is finished!!!
Upon hearing this, her mood immediately brightened.
This was the most encouraging moment in the entire period of anxiety.
"Want to go take a look?" As soon as Xiao Hei finished speaking, she dropped the accounts and headed for the door.
(End of this chapter)
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