Chapter 17 Bandits
Jin Sui chased for two valleys, but still didn’t see Jin An. This kid ran faster than a rabbit!
If they catch you, they will beat you up. How can you run around in such a place? You will know you are wrong if you are chased by wolves.
While running, she suddenly heard Jinan shouting, "Don't come over here, there are bad guys!"
Looking in surprise, I saw Jin'an tied up and hanging on a tree.
Before Jinsui could react to what was happening, he felt his feet loosen and he fell into a hole with a plop.
She struggled to get up, and saw two strong men with machetes at the entrance of the cave. They touched their chins and laughed:
"Another one! We are really lucky today. No one ever comes in or out of this Black Mountain Pass. We could catch a roe deer or a muntjac at most, but we didn't expect to catch two fat sheep today!"
The sturdy man reached out and grabbed Jin Sui's collar, pulled her out of the hole, threw her heavily at Jin An's feet, and pointed the knife at her face: "How many accomplices do you have?"
Jin Sui said flatteringly: "Master, spare our lives. It's just the two of us brothers."
After following Grandpa Ling around for so long, she has learned some skills in speaking differently to different people.
The big man looked her up from head to toe and sneered, "Why don't I see her as him? Your brother went into the mountains without any belongings?"
At this time, a whistle came from the tree, and the strong man kicked Jin Sui down fiercely: "What a slippery boy!"
Then he said to another strong man, "Get ready, there is another person behind you."
Soon Jinsui's hands and feet were tied and he was hung together with Jinan.
Jinan's face was filled with guilt, and he cried, "I'm sorry, it's all my fault, brother."
Jin Sui cursed him mercilessly in a low voice:
"Now you know how difficult it is to go to Chang'an, right? You must correct your mistakes and follow Grandpa's arrangements in the future."
"Father is your biological father, my father as well, and grandpa's biological son. How can we just ignore him?"
Jin'an's eyes were red, but he tried hard not to cry. He heard the conversation between his grandfather and sister that night, and was afraid that neither of them wanted to go to Chang'an to overturn their father's verdict.
He ran away on impulse just now, thinking that if he ran away, the two would definitely chase him. As long as he was more resolute, his grandfather and sister would have to follow his wishes and go to Chang'an.
Who would have thought that what they encountered in the mountains were wolves and tigers, and what they encountered outside the mountains were not woodcutters and hunters, but mountain bandits! Jin Sui did not shout to inform Grandpa Ling, because it was useless. Grandpa Ling had difficulty walking and could not escape at all. It would be better for the three of them to be captured by the mountain bandits together, and she would use the space to find a way to escape.
Soon the bandit came over with Grandpa Ling, looking unhappy: "He's just a lame old man, useless, just kill him on the spot!"
Jin Sui hurriedly shouted, "My grandfather is the Heavenly Master of Qingyun Mountain. He is very good at fortune-telling and asking for good luck. He will be of great use!"
The big man with tiger whiskers and round eyes laughed and said, "You are so good at calculating, why didn't you expect to run into us today?"
Jin Sui was speechless. How could these bandits all say this? Grandpa Ling smiled and said, "I have predicted that I will meet a noble person today. This means that this divination is for you gentlemen."
The three bandits laughed when they heard this: "You old Taoist priest are quite good at talking. Come, tell me your fortune. If it works, I will spare your life."
Grandpa Ling said regretfully: "I am governed by the will of heaven, and can only tell one divination today..."
Seeing the bandit's expression suddenly change, he changed his words:
"But I can also read faces. Judging from your face, you must have lost your parents at a young age and had your assets taken away by villains."
"But when you are thirty, your luck will turn from bad to good, as long as..."
The bandit really believed it and asked hurriedly, "What do you want?"
Grandpa Ling glanced at the Jinsui siblings, stroked his beard and said, "As long as you don't commit murderous sins, I will definitely achieve great things and build a successful career."
These words greatly pleased the bandit, especially when he heard that he had lost his parents in childhood and his property was taken away by a villain, he began to believe it a little.
In addition, people in their line of work also have taboos. They are afraid of retribution for killing monks and Taoist priests, so they waved their hands and said, "This old Taoist priest has some skills. Let's take him back to the mountain village first and let the boss make the decision."
Jin Sui hurriedly said, "My grandfather has difficulty walking, please let me help him walk."
The bandit didn't object, he just put the knife to Jin'an's neck and said, "If you dare to run and scream, I will kill this kid first."
Jin Sui intended to teach Jin An a lesson and deliberately did not come to his rescue.
This child is too stubborn and thoughtful. I hope what happened today will make him less impulsive in the future.
Grandpa Ling looked around trying to remember the way, but he didn't expect that not long after he started walking, the bandits blindfolded the three of them and dragged them away with ropes.
Jin Sui carefully supported Grandpa Ling, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice out of curiosity: "Grandpa, are you really good at reading faces?"
Grandpa Ling sneered: "How many people who commit murder and destruction have both parents? Even if they lose something due to carelessness, they will blame others."
"Anyway, this story of losing one's parents at a young age and being bullied by a villain is true nine times out of ten for people in the martial arts world."
Jin Sui was very impressed. If it wasn’t the wrong timing, she really wanted to give Grandpa Ling a thumbs up.
This fortune-teller who travels around the world doesn't tell the truth at all! He tells the truth about human relationships.
The bandit who was holding Jin'an ignored him after he fell three times and just pulled him away by the rope.
When he walked over to Jin Sui and Grandpa Ling, Jin Sui found that the cloth covering his eyes was wet. He said in a self-blaming and guilty tone:
"I'm sorry, Grandpa. It's all my fault."
Grandpa Ling hurriedly comforted him: "It's okay, Grandpa and sister don't blame you. Even if you didn't run away, the three of us, the grandparents and grandchildren, couldn't escape today."
The bandit pulled the rope and said, "Hurry up! If you delay any longer, I will kill you."
The three of them didn't dare to say anything and followed carefully.
When he heard a noise of people, the cloth on his eyes was torn off by the bandits, and he saw a mountain fortress built of wood and bamboo in the valley.
There are two kinds of people coming and going: one is the bandits carrying whips or knives, and more are ordinary people in ragged clothes.
Ordinary people, young and old, male and female, were forced by bandits to mine and open up wasteland.
For some reason, when he saw just one bandit, he didn't feel anything, but when he arrived at the mountain village, Jinsui instinctively felt that these bandits were controlled by someone.
They are organized and disciplined; they are not ordinary bandits who rob passing merchants.
She suddenly thought of the black-haired bandit who had captured Grandpa Ling before, and he also captured ordinary people.
This is hundreds of miles away. Could it be that bandits no longer rob merchants, but are instead engaging in human trafficking?
The bandits escorting them pushed the three men into the woodshed and warned them fiercely: "Just wait patiently, or we will interrupt you if you dare to run around!" Then they left.
Jin Sui hurried to see if the rear window could be opened, but heard Jin An pointing at the grass and exclaiming, "There's a person here!"
Jinsui hurried over to check, mainly to see whether the man was dead or alive.
When the haystack was removed, the man was seen covered in wounds, with two bloody marks on his face from being whipped. His clothes were torn, and the exposed flesh was covered in blood.
Especially the ankles, which were shackled with iron chains, and the flesh was worn to pieces, revealing the bones.
Jin Sui carefully tried to touch his nose, but saw that he suddenly opened his eyes and grabbed Jin Sui's wrist.
Jin Sui's first reaction was to turn around and say to Grandpa Ling and Jin An, "Great, it's a living person."
Grandpa Ling stamped his feet anxiously and pointed at the man, saying, "Let go! Don't hurt my grandson."
The 'living person' slowly sat up, took a look at the three people, confirmed that they were not bandits, and then let go of Jinsui's hand.
Jin Sui rubbed his wrist and looked at him. He had long eyebrows, phoenix eyes, a high nose and thin lips. Even though he was covered in blood, it couldn't hide his handsome appearance.
But the more she looked at him, the more familiar he looked. After she traveled through time, she didn't find many people familiar. When had she seen such a handsome man? If she had seen him, she would definitely have an impression of him.
At this time, Grandpa Ling stepped forward and pulled her behind him, whispering, "Have you forgotten what's on the wanted list?"
Jin Sui suddenly realized that she had seen him not only on the wanted poster but also the man she and Grandpa Ling found in the reeds that night!
Uh, no, I didn’t pick it up at that time. I just applied medicine and bandaged it.
(End of this chapter)
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