Chapter 643 Extra: Female Bandit Ah Xian
The Huo family was brutally wiped out overnight.
Almost no one in the family of more than one hundred survived.
The entire village was reduced to ashes in the fire. The next afternoon, officials from the government arrived slowly.
This incident caused a huge sensation in the local area, and the people paid close attention to the follow-up news. However, after a few days, they only received a notice from the government.
There is no inside story or culprit in the Huojiazhuang incident. The government has found out that it was caused by a fire in the manor in the middle of the night.
That's all.
Even the perfunctory reason is so perfunctory.
After the incident at Huojiazhuang, no royal family or nobles from any country appeared in Shifang County again, and there were not even people who came to pay their respects.
The previous admiration and support for the Huo family seemed like a show.
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Summer, the eleventh year of Hongde.
The Qili plank road where the Weicheng bandits were entrenched.
The waiting area below the bandit camp.
Several women who had just returned from washing clothes were walking along the path towards their homes, holding wooden basins full of wet clothes in their hands, talking in low voices as they walked.
"The news we heard earlier said that the people passing by this time were fat sheep, but after searching inside and outside the house, we couldn't even find a single ounce of silver. The boss is furious."
"Aren't you angry? Those people aren't dressed much better than us, they're all skinny, and they're fed on crappy food. They can't be sold at a good price, so this business is a waste."
"It's not that all of them can't be sold at a good price. I just took a few peeks, and the scholar in blue clothes that I caught is so handsome!"
"What's the point of being handsome? His face is as white as paper. It's hard to say how many days he can live. It's a waste of his face."
On a fir tree growing obliquely from the cliff beside the path, a woman in coarse gray clothes sat with her back against a branch. She waited until the women who were talking walked away before she continued to eat the fresh fruit in her hand, making a constant crunching sound.
After finishing the fruit and throwing the core away, the woman jumped down from the tree and prepared to go back to her room to sleep. Someone hurried over from the other end of the path and shouted, "Ah Xian, don't leave in such a hurry. The Second In Command wants to see you!"
The woman who called out Ah Xian turned around. She looked about eighteen or nineteen, with a pretty face, but the most striking thing was her eyes, which were upturned at the corners. Because the upward arc was too large, when she looked at people with her chin raised, she seemed a little mean.
Very strong, and one can tell at first glance that he is not someone to be trifled with.
"What do you want from me? I don't do human trafficking." Ah Xian was very impatient.
The man smiled apologetically and said, "I'm looking for you because I have something for you to do. You'll know when you get there. I'm just an errand boy, so I don't dare ask any more questions."
Hearing this, Ah Xian reluctantly walked towards the front village. Out of boredom, she pulled out the whip from her waist and whipped it as she walked, damaging all the flowers and plants on the roadside.
The person who delivered the message fell behind her and rolled his eyes fiercely when she couldn't see.
If this woman didn't have some skills, he would have to punish her. She was so arrogant to everyone. After all, wasn't she just an orphan living in a lower-class area?
I don’t know where she learned those kung fu skills, even the second in command has to be nice to her.
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When Ah Xian walked out of the village hall, there was a smile on her face. She stopped whipping with the whip and tied it up and put it at her waist.
The village got a batch of good goods some time ago. Some unlucky guy transported several carts of good porcelain through the plank road, and in the end all the goods fell into the hands of the bandit village.
Tsk, he didn't even ask where the Qili Plank Road was before transporting the goods. He is certainly brave, but he really has no ability.
"Hurry up! Do you want to get beaten for dawdling? Damn it, a bunch of poor guys pretending to be rich, making me wait for half a day in vain! I'll take you away to the barracks later!" A few shouts and scoldings from the front interrupted Ah Xian's thoughts, and she looked up subconsciously.
Coming from the opposite side was Wangcai, the subordinate of the second in command, driving a group of piglets that looked like they had lost their parents.
I think it is the "fat sheep" that those gossipy women mentioned earlier who were just caught today.
Ah Xian glanced at the group of people and then looked away, stepping two steps to the side.
The village was located on a mountain, and the roads in and out were not wide. Although she was not afraid of the second-in-command's men, she thought it better to have less trouble than more, and there was no need to attract attention to herself.
Besides, the second in command had just given her a job. After selling that batch of porcelain, she could make a small profit, which would be like putting money into her pocket.
My aunt is in a good mood and won't make herself unhappy.
"Hey, Aunt Ah Xian, why do you have time to come here? Did you get a job?" She didn't want to attract attention, but when Wangcai saw her, he rushed to talk to her.
Ah Xian curled her lips, raised her eyes and said perfunctorily, "Ah."
When I raised my eyelids, the group of piglets passed right in front of me. A flash of green caught my eye in the gray crowd.
Ah Xian's eyes followed the green shadow and when she saw the man's profile clearly, her eyes stopped moving.
Very good looking person.
She had been in this bandit camp for more than ten years and had never seen anyone so beautiful, not even outside the camp.
Her eyes were like stars at night, her nose was very straight, and her lips were of moderate thickness, slightly pursed. Her lips were bright red, making her face look a little too pale.
Perhaps noticing that she was too focused on him, he tilted his head and looked at her indifferently.
His eyes are very straight and peaceful.
There is no fear or indignation of being taken captive.
Nor did I see any contempt or disdain from the female bandit.
Although her hair and clothes were disheveled and her face was covered in dust, her elegant demeanor managed to suppress all these embarrassments.
Like the pine and bamboo on the cliffs, they are not afraid of wind and snow and will not bend.
Ah Xian pursed her lips and held her breath unconsciously. Her heart beat faster and faster under her chest, and the heat climbed to the tips of her ears.
She actually felt a rare sense of embarrassment. The clothes she wore today really didn't look good on her. They were too casual. "What are you looking at? Who are you looking at?" Wangcai cursed again and pushed the man hard.
The man staggered and rushed forward, brushing against Ah Xian's nose, but stopped halfway.
The woman's thin arms were across his body, holding him steady and preventing him from falling.
The man immediately stood up straight and took a half step back, then whispered, "Thank you."
"..." Ah Xian's eyes were erratic, her heart was beating faster, and her ears were burning. "Ahem, no thanks."
She didn't even know how she walked out. Her legs took mechanical steps, and she stopped abruptly after walking a long way. She cupped her cheeks, which seemed to be burning, with both hands and muttered, "Fuck, beauty is misleading... I'm actually a thing that only attracts attention?!"
Impossible!
Ah Xian had seen all sorts of storms, so how come she couldn't even walk after seeing a handsome man?
It's possible.
She is absolutely stunning, who doesn’t like to look at a beautiful woman?
At least it's pleasing to the eye!
"...Where do the good-looking people in the village usually get sold?" Thinking of this, Ah Xian turned around, looked at the empty place, and several places where handsome men were bought flashed through her mind.
What a pity, she's so pretty.
Who made him look so handsome?
That night, Ah Xian couldn't sleep for the first time in her life. She tossed and turned in her own little doghouse, and all she could think about was the look in the man's eyes when he looked at her.
No fear.
No contempt.
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