Chapter 103
"Miss, let's go!"
Just as Wen Xin regained consciousness, she heard the woman's anxious scream.
Her whole body ached, her head throbbed with pain, and the most unbearable pain was the tearing grief and despair still lingering in her heart.
Um, her soul fragments in this life seem to be in pretty bad shape?
However, as the female protagonist of every small world's tragic novel, she never escapes a miserable existence.
Bang bang bang!
boom!
The gunfire and bombing were so loud they almost ruptured people's eardrums.
Accompanied by the cries and screams of his compatriots, and the pervasive smell of gunpowder... this was nothing short of hell on earth.
After finally managing to merge the fragments of the soul into her main soul and gain control of the body, Wen Xin found herself on a main street, surrounded by shops on both sides.
However, either the doors were tightly shut, or they had been knocked down and left in a mess, with fresh blood visible everywhere.
People were constantly fleeing in the streets, their faces filled with fear. A group of ghostly figures in yellow uniforms, wearing human skin and carrying guns, were chasing after unarmed ordinary people, torturing and killing them like wolves toying with sheep.
There were two such ghostly things in front of Wen Xin.
They were babbling incoherently, approaching her with lewd and disgusting expressions.
Her fragments of soul had been hiding behind a stall while she was fleeing, but they were still discovered.
In her panic, she tried to run, but she tripped and hit her head on the wall, which killed her instantly.
"You beast, get away from me! Don't touch my young lady!"
A woman wearing a dark cotton coat rushed over.
How could a mere woman possess the strength of two strong men? She was easily swept away by them.
Seeing that the claws of those two disgusting creatures were about to reach for her, a cold killing intent flashed in Wen Xin's eyes.
She is a supreme deity; how dare these ghostly things touch her?
However, just as she was trying to silently erase their souls, two gunshots rang in her ears.
The two ghostly figures in front of her fell to the ground, blood gushing from their mouths and their eyes wide open, utterly dead.
The sound of horses' hooves echoed throughout the city, as if a thousand troops had charged in.
Several tall horses stopped not far from Wen Xin, led by a handsome man in a dark green military uniform.
He was young, with cold and stern features. His dark eyes were icy and unfathomable, his thin lips were indifferent, and he never smiled. His aura was like that of a killing god or a demon, and his fierceness was so intense that one glance at him would fill one with fear.
Wen Xin was still sitting on the ground in a disheveled state, her sky-blue cheongsam stained with mud and her forehead stained with blood, but it could not hide her fair and beautiful face. Her big, watery eyes seemed to speak volumes, and her gentle and sorrowful expression touched people's hearts.
The young officer sat on his horse, scrutinized her for a few moments, then suddenly leaped off. With broad shoulders, a narrow waist, and long legs, his neat and solemn military uniform made him appear even more ascetic and dignified.
His military boots clicked on the ground as he walked towards her.
Wen Xin opened her eyes slightly, like a frightened little rabbit, her eyes misty with tears, biting her lip tightly to suppress her sobs.
She was pressed against the wall, so there was no way for her to hide.
The young officer stopped in front of her, reached out his white-gloved hand, and picked her up without giving her a chance to resist.
How could a girl raised in a conservative family, who had always upheld traditional female virtues, tolerate being touched by a strange man and having her purity defiled?
"Let me go, let me go, you scoundrel! You bandit!"
The girl, tears streaming down her face, thrashed about with her hands, pounding on the shameless man who had groped her.
Unfortunately, her sweet and soft voice, when used to scold someone, not only lacked any power but sounded more like she was being coquettish. She was simply a little beauty, how could any man resist that?
The man's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, his clear, low, magnetic voice was slightly hoarse, and his strong arms easily suppressed the soft, boneless girl in his arms. "Don't move."
If it weren't for the fact that the place was in the wrong place, I would have liked to just take care of her!
In this chaotic world, even when men wear solemn military uniforms, their hearts are filled with nothing but tyranny and plunder.
They'd be no different from bandits!
The moment the man saw the girl and met her clear, watery eyes, a fire instantly ignited in his heart, and a strong possessive desire arose within him.
He never restrained his ambition, and his possessiveness towards the girl in his arms came in a strange way, but he had no intention of hiding or suppressing it.
If you want it, then take it back!
The man's personal guards' eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
What is the young marshal doing?
Wasn't he sexually frigid and always looked down on women?
They came to Biancheng to clear out the vanguard of the invading ghost army, how come they suddenly learned to... abduct women?
Ah, this...
At this moment, the wet nurse who had been pushed to the ground and knocked unconscious by the two ghost soldiers woke up.
The moment she opened her eyes, she saw her young mistress being held in the arms of a handsome young officer. She was both shocked and furious, and was about to get up and fight these barbaric beasts.
However, the next moment, the wet nurse saw the other person's face clearly...
"Young Marshal Huo!"
The young officer, Huo Jingzhou, had no intention of paying attention to the wet nurse, but the little beauty in his arms seemed to care about her a lot.
Thinking that this was his future woman, Young Marshal Huo gave her some face and stopped to look at the wet nurse.
"Young Marshal Huo! It really is you!"
The wet nurse was overjoyed and quickly walked over, dragging her lame leg.
"Did you come here specifically to save the Wen family?"
Huo Jingzhou: "..."
Huo Shaoshuai's handsome face remained as cold as ice, but inwardly he was thinking: "???"
The Wen family?
who?
However, the wet nurse seemed quite used to and unconcerned about Huo Jingzhou's stern and cold face, talking to herself while wiping away tears.
"The ghost army came too fast and too suddenly. Although the master asked Commander Huo for help, it was too late."
"The Wen family members were all killed by the ghost army, and the master is gone too. Only my young lady is left."
"Thank goodness you arrived in time, young marshal, otherwise, Miss..."
Hearing the wet nurse's words, Huo Jingzhou frowned slightly, finally realizing something.
He had heard of the Wen family in Biancheng.
The Wen family were imperial merchants of the previous dynasty. Although their businesses have shrunk considerably in recent years due to the collapse of the dynasty, the outbreak of war, and the rampant encroachment of foreign capital on the market, they still control the grain trade in Biancheng and are extremely wealthy, making them the undisputed richest family in the city.
Back when the old man was fighting in Biancheng, he received generous financial assistance from the Wen family, which enabled him to successfully conquer the entire Nanjiang region and become a major warlord in the area.
Therefore, the old man valued the Wen family highly, treating the Wen family head as a brother and even arranging marriages between their children.
So, the little beauty in his arms is the eldest daughter of the Wen family, the only surviving member of the Wen family, and also the future daughter-in-law of the Huo family.
However, Huo Jingzhou was the eldest son of Marshal Huo, and his mother was Marshal Huo's legitimate first wife, so his family's influence was also enormous.
When she was alive, she was strong-willed and would never have allowed her husband to arrange any marriage for their son.
So the person engaged to the eldest daughter of the Wen family was actually Huo Jingfeng, the second concubine of Marshal Huo and the second younger brother of Huo Jingzhou!
Huo Shaoshuai's already cold face became even more icy.
The young beauty that Marshal Huo had his eye on turned out to be his future sister-in-law!
hehe!
Huo Jingfeng seems to be on a ship returning from Country A across the ocean. Why don't we send troops to blow up that ship?
The cold-faced good brother was silently plotting in his heart.
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