Ye Wenxue was clearly stunned. Just as she was about to curse, Su Jiu exerted force, and a bloody mark appeared on Ye Wenxue's neck.
"If you dare to make another sound, I'll kill you! Now, hand over all your weapons."
Ye Wenxue bit her lower lip and tremblingly dropped a small knife.
Su Jiu frowned and looked at the person hiding in the shadows in the corner: "Search her body."
"yes."
Aunt Wang walked out timidly, a smug smile flashing in her eyes.
So what if you have a scholar as your husband?
Weren't we easily fooled by them?!
So what if she got a new young husband?
Aren't their lives still in their hands now?
Aunt Wang felt nauseous and wanted to vomit just looking at Ye Wenxue's bright and beautiful face. Wasn't Ye Wenxue just using her pretty face to seduce men everywhere?
She seduced every man in Shanqing Village, yet she stubbornly refused to submit to any of them or accept any grain or money from any of them, preferring instead to go to town to do dirty and hard work.
Who knows if Ye Wenxue's work is legitimate or not.
You lowly bastard.
No wonder Wang Laizi doesn't go to anyone else's house. He's determined to kidnap a few of the Cheng family's kids and sell them. It's because she's too promiscuous. She deserves it!
Aunt Wang strode forward, raising her hand to slap her a few times to vent her anger, but Su Jiu stopped her in the face:
What are you doing?
Su Jiu stared at her with a deathly gaze, lowering his voice to angrily rebuke, "What are you doing? Quickly search her body, don't do anything unnecessary. You have no one to back you up, but she does!"
"Dog Egg is someone the chief values highly. If you hurt his wife, you'll be in big trouble!"
After being warned, Aunt Wang reluctantly stopped. Looking at the smug smile on Ye Wenxue's face, she deliberately used more force when searching her. Unexpectedly, when she squatted down, Ye Wenxue kicked her in the chest, causing her to stumble and fall.
"You're asking for it!"
Ye Wenxue fearlessly moved closer to Su Jiu's dagger, a smug smile on her face:
"Go ahead and kill me if you dare, and see how Gou Dan deals with you!"
Su Jiu's hand trembled, and he quickly moved the dagger further away.
Without even glancing at Aunt Wang, he threatened Ye Wenxue to speak:
"Tell Gou Dan to go back and say you're not feeling well and need to stay here for the night to see a doctor."
Just as Ye Wenxue was about to resist, a knife pierced her arm, causing her to let out a soft cry of pain. She glared at Su Jiu and had no choice but to comply.
Suiye sensed something was wrong and took a step to go inside, but Ye Wenxue threatened him with suicide.
"Brother Gou Dan, don't you trust me? We've shared drinks and heart-to-heart talks; your wife will definitely not encounter any danger in the village!"
The chieftain slowly blocked the doorway and laughed.
Sui Ye didn't believe it, but hearing Ye Wenxue's stern threats from inside the house, and remembering the plan Ye Wenxue had whispered in his ear when he came over, he finally hesitated.
Suiye didn't go back directly, and the chieftain didn't seem to care.
What the chieftain needs to do now is to buy time.
When Ye Wenxue was taken to a place no one knew or could find, no matter how angry Gou Dan was, he had no choice but to submit to him.
Otherwise, he could forget about ever seeing his wife again.
After Ye Wenxue threatened suicide inside the house, her eyes were bound, and she was handed over to another person and taken to a dark path.
It was passed around several times and took several different routes, taking about half an hour to reach its destination.
"Go in!"
The person behind Ye Wenxue shoved her hard, pushing her into a cave. The sound of their footsteps was very clear.
After walking along the cave for an unknown amount of time, Ye Wenxue's ears twitched; she seemed to hear Sanyuan's voice.
The man who brought her there opened the stone door, shoved Ye Wenxue into the cave, clapped his hands cleanly, and left.
Ye Wenxue removed the blindfold, squinted uncomfortably, and looked around at everything.
The cave was densely packed with more than a dozen people, including the old, the young, and the young, but she was the only young woman.
The people in the cave were also surprised to see a young woman locked up inside.
Women who entered the bandits' den were either raped and then resigned to following the bandits, or they were killed and their bodies were disposed of haphazardly. They had never seen a woman brought safely into a cave.
"Mother!" Sanyuan, who was hiding in the corner, suddenly pounced on her.
Ye Wenxue quickly pulled him aside and examined his wounds carefully under the torchlight: "Does it hurt? Don't be afraid, Mother is here. Mother will take you away from here."
Sanyuan hugged Ye Wenxue tightly and whispered, "Mother, I'm not afraid."
Sanyuan knew that his mother would definitely come to save him!
"Oh, young lady, you're overthinking it." The old woman next to her shook her head and sighed heavily. "Once you come to the cave, you can't get out. Unless your husband does something extraordinary, the chieftain won't let him come to see you. I've been here for three months and I still haven't seen my boy."
Ye Wenxue calmed Sanyuan down before quickly looking up and surveying the people sitting or lying in the cave: "No one is resisting?"
"Who would dare?" another person sighed. "This place used to hold thirty or forty people, but now it's just a few of us left."
Anyone who dared to resist, whether inside the cave or a relative outside, would be brought before their family and killed.
Under such intense pressure, no one in the entire bandit stronghold dared to resist or betray them.
Ye Wenxue remained silent, and decided to stop talking. She picked up Sanyuan and found an empty spot to sit down.
Sanyuan whispered something in Ye Wenxue's ear.
Ye Wenxue smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mother will definitely get you away safely."
"Um!"
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