"Is that all?" Su Sanhu laughed instead of getting angry upon hearing this.
He strode forward in a few steps, pulled out Qian Dabao's belt, and tied it around his hands. "This matter may pass here, but it won't pass in my Su family, and it simply can't pass!"
Besides, who knows whether what you said today is true or false, especially if you were originally with those bandits?
"If we release you now, wouldn't that just send you to inform the bandits?"
Qian Dabao was so enraged by the boy's rebuke that he forgot to struggle for a moment. By the time he realized what was happening, his hands were already tightly bound with the boy's belt, and he couldn't break free. He immediately cried out loudly, "Heaven and earth bear witness, what are you saying, Third Brother?"
How could I possibly be in cahoots with those bandits!
We're family by marriage, after all. Even if my third brother is angry with me, he shouldn't try to pin this kind of blame on me!
The bandits in Daheishan were notorious for their arson, murder, robbery, rape, and abduction; they committed all sorts of evil deeds and had always been a headache for successive magistrates of Qingshui County. Only in the last two years had things eased up a bit.
But a bandit is a bandit, a filthy creature that everyone should kill. If he were labeled a bandit from the Black Mountain, it wouldn't just be a matter of having his leg broken and being beaten today. He might be lucky to spend his life in jail, or he might even lose his head.
He just happened to see Su Hua being arrested, and thinking that the Su family now owned Zaozhuang and restaurants and earned more money than they could ever spend, he tried to get a share of the profits and earn a few coins.
"Ha! In-law?" Su Sanhu sneered. "I'd rather I'd never had an in-law like you."
Even a pig or a dog would be a hundred or a thousand times better than a relative like Qian Dabao…
"Sanhu! Say less, Mother is still waiting for us down the mountain." Su Dahu frowned slightly and interrupted, then tugged at the man next to him who had been standing there in a daze.
"Erhu, Sanhu and I can guard this place. You can drive Mother and Qian Dabao back first, and then come over."
Su Erhu nodded and responded in a low voice.
Qian Dabao wanted to argue, but Su Sanhu hoisted him onto his shoulder and ran down the mountain. Among the Su family, apart from Su Hua, Su Sanhu was the strongest. He could carry a man like Qian Dabao on the mountain road as if walking on flat ground.
Su Dahu glanced at the man who was still unconscious on the ground.
They only picked up a bundle of silver that had fallen to the side. When they heard that they had to exchange silver for the news, they were prepared to pay to avoid trouble. But these people were wrong to take the silver and then go back on their word, using his sister as a scapegoat.
Meanwhile, Xiao Jinhan and Xue Lao's group followed the east side of the mountain where the bandits had entered during the day and entered Daheishan. After midnight, the moonlight in the sky dimmed, and they had to light torches to continue forward.
The bandits were cunning, and they deliberately erased any traces of their entry into the mountains.
Before dawn, Xiao Jinhan simply divided the team into ten groups of two people each, each responsible for three miles, and they quickly advanced westward from the east side of Daheishan Mountain.
After all, as far as he knew, half of the bandits in this den were from the Western Rong Kingdom. The Western Rong people had different living and eating habits from those of Yu the Great. Even if the bandit dens moved around, they should generally be located on the western side of the mountain, closer to the Western Rong.
At this moment, Su Hua, who was in the bandit's den, had no idea that Xiao Jinhan had already brought his men to find her.
She's usually in good spirits and can stay up for days without sleep without any problem, but now that she's in the bandits' den, she has no desire to sleep at all.
Although there was no one guarding the house where Hei Mu lived, the row of small wooden houses in front of it were full of bandits, and the open space outside the small wooden houses was also guarded. Su Hua only opened the door a crack and took a peek before obediently walking back.
Inside the room, Kuroki was already fast asleep, snoring loudly, and A-Zheng also had her eyes closed, but one was on the floor and the other was on the tatami mat.
Su Hua's almond-shaped eyes darted around as she quietly searched the room. These bandits had mentioned her portrait twice, indicating that the person who drew it was likely in contact with the bandits.
Anyone who has studied painting knows that everyone has a different painting style and brushstroke habits.
Finding this portrait would provide another clue to the person behind it all.
Although this house was much better than the cave where Su Hua was first abducted, the furnishings were still extremely simple, with only a bed, a couch, a table, and three wooden chests in the corner.
The bed was at the very back, covered with several pieces of black animal hide, under which was a thin cotton quilt, and besides that, there were only a few bare bed boards.
As for the tatami mat and table, she had already scanned them when she entered the room and hadn't hidden anything. Now, only the three wooden chests in the corner remained unsearched.
The box wasn't locked, and Su Hua pushed it open easily. The moment she opened it, a strong scent of perfume wafted out.
Even Su Hua, who was usually calm, was a little unsettled at this moment. The scent of this perfume powder was a mixture of many different spices, some of which were expired and spoiled. The combination of them almost made people faint.
Su Hua was somewhat surprised to see so many feminine perfumes in the Black King's trunk.
Could it be some kind of quirk?
It was dark in the corner and she couldn't see clearly. She used her sleeve to gently pick up a piece of clothing and brought it to the window to look at it. In the moonlight, Su Hua realized that what she was holding was not a man's clothing, but a... bellyband.
The bib was also embroidered with a double lotus flower with intricate embroidery.
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