Chapter 60
A chilling tension was palpable in everyone's narrowed eyes.
On a spacious hilltop of Longhu Mountain, large enough to accommodate several hundred people, several burly bandits escorted a bearded man as he strode towards them.
Everyone was watching this young man who dared to go to the meeting alone.
A mixture of scrutiny, doubt, admiration, and suspicion swept over Pei Lingjun.
"Who is he? Is there such a person in Anyang?"
"I don't know. My brother said that during the last raid outside the city, he killed many of our brothers."
"What are you waiting for? Take them down!"
Tan Deyou, the second-in-command of Longhu Village, listened to the whispers of the surrounding bandits and roared his orders.
Just as the two thugs beside him were about to make a move, Tu Wen stopped them in the next moment.
After a long pause, he slowly spoke, "Young man, what did you mean by what you just said?"
The leader is indeed the leader; compared to the others in the stronghold, he is more rational and intelligent.
Pei Lingjun's expression remained unchanged, and he slightly curled his lips, "I'm telling you, kidnapping Lady Wen will bring you absolutely no benefit!"
Tan Deyou's broad face was filled with rage. Pointing at Pei Lingjun, he said to Tu Wen, "Brother! This kid is an envoy sent by the Wen family. His purpose is to get us to release the Wen family's daughter. After that, he will definitely send people to surround and annihilate us!"
Everyone's faces darkened; what Tan Deyou said was not without reason.
Even Tu Wen was starting to waver.
Everyone was on high alert, their gazes towards Pei Lingjun filled with rejection.
Unexpectedly, the tense atmosphere was suddenly broken by a soft laugh.
Tan Deyou's gaze suddenly shifted, fixing on the handsome young man who was surrounded by a large group of people.
"I say, aren't you all a bit too timid?"
Pei Lingjun spread his hands and threw his sword forward, startling the bandits in front of him, who retreated in fear.
"I came up the mountain alone just to discuss a business deal with the chief."
"Business?!" Tu Wen didn't speak, but Tan Deyou shouted, "What business do we have to discuss with your Wen family?!"
Pei Lingjun shrugged, "I'm not a member of the Wen family."
"You're talking nonsense!" someone in the crowd, brandishing a knife, retorted urgently, "Last time outside the city, I saw you protect the traitor Wen and help him escape! You even killed our brothers." The bandit's voice suddenly rose, shouting, "You're his nephew! You're family with him!"
Suddenly, the crowd erupted in a flurry of chatter, with everyone discussing the matter openly and without restraint.
Hatred piled up layer by layer, like the fuse that detonated a powder keg. Everyone was shouting, "Kill him! Avenge our fallen brothers!"
"Quiet!"
A voice boomed above all the noise on the empty mountaintop. Tu Wen squinted and directed his two men, "Bring him here."
Even if he were the renowned General Sha, who had entered Longhu Mountain alone, it would have been impossible for him to escape from hundreds or thousands of bandits.
Tu Wenzheng knew this, which is why he was not afraid.
Another point is that kidnapping the Wen family's daughter was not his original intention. Now that he has failed to use the princess to restrain the Wen family, he has instead captured a concubine's daughter from the Wen family. This does not pose a great threat to Wen Tao.
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