Chapter 58
The night was pitch black. Wen Shu's hands were bound with hemp rope, and faint pink marks were rubbed off her wrists. Ignoring the pain, she struggled to stand up.
The woodshed was pitch black, with only a sliver of moonlight filtering through the window, providing a faint illumination.
Wen Shu slowly moved to the doorway and heard the indistinct conversation of the bandits outside.
"Isn't the leader afraid of retaliation from the Wen family after capturing people?"
"Hey! What do you know? We, Dragon Tiger Stronghold, have been in Anyang for so many years, we're not pushovers!" Another bandit scoffed disdainfully. "If the Wen family wants to take revenge on us, they'll have to see if they have the power to do so!"
Wen Fu squatted on the ground, pressed his ear against the door, and overheard two bandits whispering, "Next month is that person's birthday. How could the Wen family possibly be suppressing bandits at this critical juncture? Do you think our leader doesn't have any plans?!"
The bandit who had been questioning him nodded thoughtfully. "That's true, that's true. I heard this one we kidnapped is just a concubine's daughter... the Wen family might not even care about her..."
Wen Shu carefully moved back.
They were right. At this critical juncture, the Wen family certainly didn't want to launch a large-scale rescue operation around the mountain. Once news of the Anyang bandit uprising reached Jijing and those important figures, Father's career would definitely be hindered.
He was not content to stop at being the prefect of Anyang.
A deep chill rose from her heart, and for a moment, Wen Shu felt cold all over, so numb that she had no feeling at all.
If the Wen family abandons her, and she is kidnapped and spent a night in a bandit's den, causing a huge uproar, the Qi family will definitely break off the engagement with her.
Even if she manages to escape alive, what fate awaits her?
Wen Shu bit her lip, forcing herself to calm down. Jiang Xianyi's sudden arrival in Anyang was unexpected, and her arrival broke the trajectory of her previous life.
Things have changed after all.
If she dies, who will rescue her mother and brother?
Amidst the turmoil and inner turmoil, Wen Shu suddenly snapped back to reality: she couldn't die! She had to live!
The pitch-black environment felt exceptionally empty, and the view inside the room was far less clear than the outside.
At the foot of Longhu Mountain, the number of people at the hidden mountain road intersection has nearly doubled compared to before.
As night deepened, the dim lights at the foot of the mountain had long since gone out, and the mountain was utterly silent except for the incessant chirping of insects. Yet, the seven or eight people guarding the entrance to the mountain stronghold were unusually excited.
"Are you serious? Then you've seen that princess from the capital?"
The fat man with the dark face scoffed, cracking sunflower seeds as he continued, "Those people raised in the imperial city, pampered and spoiled, are not people we can just meet casually."
Several of the younger bandits immediately shook their heads and sighed, revealing a disappointed expression.
The chubby man with the dark face, as their leader, felt his pride was greatly hurt when he saw that his underlings were not interested in their actions today.
"Although we didn't see the princess, it wasn't a complete loss." The dark-faced fat man gestured towards the mountain with his chin. "Didn't you see? The fourth daughter of the Wen family is in our hands!"
Who are you talking about—
A chilling voice suddenly broke the relaxed atmosphere.
The moonlight spread across the hilltops of Longhu Mountain, casting a pure white glow wherever it passed.
The young man's shadow was stretched extremely long by the moonlight, appearing intermittently in the extremely constricted pupils of several bandits, who were filled with shock.
"Who—who are you?!"
An uproar erupted at the entrance of the mountain stronghold as seven or eight bandits snapped out of their daze and simultaneously drew their swords at him.
The dark-faced fat man nervously swallowed, and when he saw the young man's gloomy expression, he suddenly jolted awake and loudly urged the people around him, "What are you all standing there for?! Go and call someone! Go and call the boss—"
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