Chapter 91: Is Mr. Jiang here to save me?
Zhang Yuan shrank back in fear, then pointed at the woman beside him and said, "This...this is my wife..."
The man in black heard this and his eyes turned cold. "I'm not asking about your concubine, I'm asking about your wife! And where are those three children?"
Zhang Yuan was completely bewildered and said tremblingly, "I... I don't have any concubines, and I... I don't have any children. This is my legal wife..."
The man in black was stunned for a moment. No concubine?
Could it be that... he had misunderstood all along?
The man in black is naturally Jiang Shuo.
Zhang Zhou also hurried forward to beg for mercy, "My hero, my son didn't lie. Our Zhang family has been farmers for generations. We're lucky to have a wife. How could we have the spare money to take a concubine? You...you must not kill my son..."
The other prisoners chimed in, saying, "Yes. There are only three people in the Zhang family, so how could they have any concubines?"
After hearing these words, Jiang Shuo couldn't help but feel a little... happy.
So she wasn't this man's legal wife? But who was her husband? And where was she now?
Jiang Shuo immediately asked, "Where are the three children and their families sitting on the cart you've been pushing these days?"
Zhang Yuan listened and replied, "Are you asking about Miss Shen and Miss Qin? They... I'm afraid they've been killed by the bandits..."
"What?!" Jiang Shuo's blood rushed to his chest and his heart sank. He grabbed Zhang Yuan's clothes and asked anxiously, "Say it again!"
Could it be...that he is still late?
Zhang Yuan said with a sad face, "The bandits forced us to tell them who the Queen and the Crown Princess were, saying that someone had offered a high price for their lives. The Qin family identified them, along with their three children, and they were taken to the back hall of the stronghold and killed..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuo let go of Zhang Yuan, rushed out of the dungeon as fast as he could, and headed towards the back hall of the stronghold.
Damn it! If he had known it would turn out like this, he would rather be misunderstood and would definitely stay by her side. It wouldn't be like now, where he couldn't even come to save her in time!
Moreover, he should have asked directly instead of guessing in his mind that the man was her husband, and ended up guessing wrong!
So...what she meant about being married was true!
It turns out... she is actually the Crown Princess, but the Crown Prince is dead, and she is actually a widow!
The Crown Prince's rebellion was known to the world. As the Crown Princess, she must have suffered many grievances and humiliations along the way. Now, someone actually bribed the bandits to kill her!
Jiang Shuo's heart was filled with regret, pain and anger!
If... she was really killed, he would ask all the bandits in the village to be buried with her!
The main area of the stronghold was around the Dragon and Tiger Hall. The bandits guarding here were much more skilled than those guarding the dungeon. Jiang Shuo soon engaged in a fight with them.
The masked man who had interrogated Shen Fenghe and the others before heard the noise and came out to check.
The moment he saw Jiang Shuo covered with a black cloth, he was stunned.
Jiang Shuo also realized that the person in front of him should be the leader of this group of bandits. To catch a thief, one must catch the leader first. He swung the long sword in his hand straight at him.
At this moment, a charming figure suddenly appeared from behind the bandit leader and said in a crisp voice, "Stop!"
Jiang Shuo saw the figure clearly and was startled. He just managed to stop his sword and called out in a trembling voice, "Madam Shen, are you okay?"
Chen Fenghe had seen Jiang Shuo covered with a black cloth, so she recognized him at a glance, but she was also surprised.
This Jiang Shuo... that night he pretended not to know her and was cold and indifferent. She thought he was no longer following them.
How come... he actually appears in the village now?
The bandit leader stared at Jiang Shuo without blinking, opened his mouth, but said nothing in the end.
"Mr. Jiang? Why are you here?"
Jiang Shuo felt inexplicably unhappy. When they were in the mountains, she had called him Brother Jiang...
But what was going on? Didn't the people in the dungeon say that these bandits wanted to kill her?
Why does it look like she is very familiar with the bandits now?
The bandit leader turned around and looked at Chen Fenghe with a strange look in his eyes, and asked, "Young Master Jiang?"
Chen Fenghe said vaguely, "This Mr. Jiang is an old acquaintance of mine. General Luo... Brother Luo, could you allow me to speak to him for a few words? Is there a vacant room?"
Jiang Shuo felt even more unhappy and glared at the bandit leader coldly.
He called him Young Master Jiang, but changed his words to call the bandit leader 'Brother Luo'?
The closeness and distance of a person's relationship can be judged immediately.
The bandit leader nodded, pointed to an empty room next to him, and said, "That's empty over there."
After hearing this, Chen Fenghe nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Luo. Mr. Jiang, please excuse me for a moment."
Jiang Shuo glanced coldly at the bandit leader, put away his sword, and then followed Chen Fenghe into the room.
After the door was closed, Jiang Shuo frowned and asked in confusion, "Those people in the dungeon said that these bandits came specifically for you and wanted to take your life. How come... you seem to be very familiar with them?"
Chen Fenghe said calmly, "We've only just met for a short while, so we're not very familiar with each other."
Calling me "big brother" when we're not very familiar with each other?
Chen Fenghe changed the subject and asked, "Did Master Jiang come here specifically to save me?"
According to what he just said, he had already been to the dungeon, so he heard that the bandits wanted to kill her.
But, even after hearing these words, with his wounds still infected and not fully healed, he actually dared to forge into the mountain stronghold alone? Was he really trying to save his life?
Just to save her whom I met by chance?
Chen Fenghe sighed inwardly. If that was the case, although she was touched, she couldn't bear it.
They had only met twice, but he risked his own life to save her.
How is she going to pay it back?
She was unwilling to treat him with the same care as before, as she had only met him twice and their relationship was not that deep.
Jiang Shuo was relieved by her words. He glanced at her, then turned away and said coldly, "No, I just happened to be passing by and came up to suppress a bandit and enforce justice on his behalf."
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