After making his arrangements, Shen Yu led a team of men to the thieves' den, shouting at them to lay down their weapons and surrender. However, no one from the other side came forward to respond. Aside from a few thieves holding out in the front, the rest were busy escaping through the back door.
But before they could escape, they found that the road behind them was blocked. When they tried to escape from other places, they found that there were already soldiers guarding there.
Thanks to Shen Yu's previous reminder, Wan Hesu and others took the antidote pills in advance.
When they ran into women holding children, the women first held their children and pretended to be pitiful, saying that they were captured on the mountain, and then sprinkled powder on them when the soldiers were not paying attention. Some even used the children they were holding as cover and stabbed them with their swords.
Some soldiers who didn't take Shen Yu's words seriously were ambushed. It was only then that they realized how terrifying these women were and finally took their time to deal with them.
These women were also very cruel. Whenever the soldiers were about to hurt them, they would use their children as shields. The soldiers could not bear to hurt the children and had to resort to caution.
Fortunately, there were more soldiers returning, and the women managed to escape for a moment before several more surrounded them. The powder in their hands had little effect on the soldiers, and in the end, the women and the thieves were either killed or captured.
This den of thieves was too close to the Ningjiang County government; it absolutely could not be allowed to remain there. After all the thieves were eliminated, Shen Yu ordered his men to douse the place with oil. Just as he ordered his men to light the fire, someone handed him a torch.
The moment his hand touched the other person's, it froze in mid-air. If his judgment was correct, it was a woman's hand.
When he turned to look at the person who handed him the torch, he found that Wan Xueying had been following him on horseback without him noticing.
"When... did you come?" Shen Yu was inexplicably happy to see her, but then he felt a little at a loss.
Over the years, he had been hiding himself very well, not wanting her to see his cold-blooded and ruthless side, but just now he had his men deal with a group of women and children.
Wan Xueying smiled and said, "What are you waiting for? This matter is over, and there are still many things waiting for us to deal with."
Her smile warmed Shen Yu's heart, and he smiled back unconsciously. He said "OK," and then ordered his men to stay and clean up the mess. He then took Wan Xueying to the side to examine her carefully, and asked her with concern what had happened.
It turned out that Wan Xueying had realized that things were not going well and immediately stuffed an antidote pill into her mouth. Therefore, she was actually unconscious for a very short time. She simply took advantage of the situation to find out who the thieves were and find Xue Lingyue at the same time.
When she opened her eyes, she was tied up and locked in a secret room, and Xue Lingyue was locked up with her.
Perhaps because they didn't expect her to wake up so soon, the two guards outside were talking carelessly.
"Didn't the buyer say he wanted to kill Madam Pei? Why did he lock Madam Shen up again?" one of them asked the other.
"I heard from them that the boss had no intention of killing Madam Pei. He just took advantage of the situation and captured her so that he could negotiate with Lord Pei. As for Madam Shen? It seems that she ruined our plan last time. The boss was afraid that the plan would be ruined again this time, so he captured her as well and took the opportunity to talk to Lord Shen."
"I see!"
Through the conversation between the two, Wan Xueying initially concluded that the thieves had captured Xue Lingyue because she had offended someone, and that person was looking for the thieves to save her life. However, the thieves' leader had a different idea, which was to use Xue Lingyue to negotiate with Pei Xuanqing, and she had accidentally stumbled upon him.
The thieves thought that if they took the powder from her body, she would not be in any danger as she was still tied up, but they did not know that she had space.
She silently thought about it, and a dagger appeared in her hand. Although it took some effort, she successfully cut the rope.
Then he took out a packet of medicine powder from the space, and secretly sprinkled some medicine powder outside for fear of accidentally hurting himself and Xue Lingyue after taking another detoxification pill.
After the two men were knocked unconscious, she used a dagger to pry open the door lock.
Because Xue Lingyue was given an antidote pill, she woke up shortly afterwards.
Wan Xueying led her along the way, using her mental power to explore the way and avoid the thieves as much as possible. When they really couldn't avoid them, she used some medicinal powder. Not only did the two of them escape successfully, they also rescued the captured guards.
The leader of the bandits was unaware of this and was still trying to negotiate with Pei Xuanqing.
Pei Xuanqing didn't know that they had escaped successfully and went to keep the appointment.
"Tell me, what exactly do you want to do by arresting my wife and Madam Shen?" Pei Xuanqing did not waste any time and asked straight to the point.
Even though he was wearing a mask, he could still see the corners of his mouth curl up slightly. "No reason? I just want to cooperate with Master Pei."
"Cooperation?" Pei Xuanqing sneered, "If you truly want to cooperate, you won't resort to such despicable tactics."
"Master Pei should be thankful that we resorted to such despicable means, otherwise you might not be able to see your wife again."
"Oh?" Pei Xuanqing gestured for the other party to continue.
"We accepted the money from the buyer and promised to kill Madam Ling."
“I wonder who the buyer is?”
"Master Pei, don't you have any idea at all?" the other party asked back.
"If you want to cooperate with me, you have to reveal some information first to show your sincerity, right?"
"Then I wonder what Master Pei thinks of my sincerity in exchange for cooperation with Qiansi's antidote."
"Antidote for Qiansi?" Pei Xuanqing frowned slightly. "Isn't there an antidote for Qiansi in this world?"
"Does Lord Pei really believe the emperor's words?"
"Then why do I believe you?"
The other person's smile widened. "Based on me, you should believe that there is an antidote for Qiansi."
This person had spoken normally before, but this time he deliberately lowered his voice. Pei Xuanqing's pupils dilated instantly after hearing this, and then he threw a punch at the other person.
The other party seemed to have guessed his intention long ago and dodged it easily.
Pei Xuanqing didn't stop even though his attack missed. Instead, he sped up his attack speed and unleashed several moves in succession.
The opponent saw the moves and guessed them, and resolved them all one by one.
Pei Xuanqing used a few more moves before withdrawing his attack, bowing and saying, "Commander Han, how are you?"
"Your skills have improved a lot. I'm afraid it won't take more than a few moves for me to be defeated. You have to admit your age."
"Commander Han has referred to himself as this old man. If I remember correctly, Commander Han is only in his forties this year."
"Forty-something?" Han Jun smiled again. "How many of us can live past forty?"
"In other words, Commander Han actually faked his death and actually sought refuge with someone else to obtain the antidote?"
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