Chapter 1: Leaving a Retainer for the General
The general's mansion held a Taoist ceremony for seven consecutive days.
The cause was that the old lady had a nightmare. She dreamed that a great general died on the battlefield but had no descendants to see him off.
After the Taoist priest finished the ritual, he left a bag of advice for the old lady before leaving.
"Only when yin and yang are in harmony can we achieve lasting peace."
The old lady thought about it for three days but still couldn't figure out what the Taoist priest meant.
When Wen Wan was eating melon seeds, she heard her little sister talking about this and burst out laughing.
"Harmonizing yin and yang, doesn't that mean that the old lady is sending the woman to the border to breed with the general and leave him as an heir?"
The two sisters suddenly understood, secretly went to the old lady to tell her what she meant, and received two taels of silver as a reward from the old lady.
As a result, the seventeen or eighteen women belonging to the general in the backyard all became interested and flocked to the mistress, wanting to seize the opportunity to give birth to the general's child.
Only Wen Wan still slept after eating, drank after sleeping, and played mahjong after drinking, living a carefree life.
In her previous life, she worked overtime all night and died suddenly. In this life, after being reincarnated as a concubine of a general, she just wants to lie down and refuse to be involuted.
No need to work 996, no last-in-first-out elimination or performance appraisal, good food and drink every day, and no need to deal with the boss.
This kind of life is what every working person dreams of.
Therefore, anyone who wants to do the high-risk, low-reward job of giving birth can do it, but she won't go anyway.
Unfortunately, the mistress of the general's mansion, Zhao, was also a shrewd person. The closer he got to her, the harder it became for her to control him. Instead, she started to set her sights on Wen Wan.
Wen Wan: “…”
Why doesn't the boss lady play by the rules?
Wen Wan had no choice but to pack up and follow Zhao to the border with another concubine, Chunniang.
The journey was originally supposed to take a month, but because Zhao, a young lady from a noble family, could not withstand the bumpy road, they had to stop and go many times, and it took a month and a half to reach the border town.
This time, they were escorted to the border town by a dozen young and strong guards from the mansion.
As the sky gradually darkened, everyone settled in a village beside the post road.
There was only one inn in the village. Zhao's family was rich, so they generously booked the independent courtyard at the back.
Wen Wan and Chun Niang lived in the same room. Not long after they fell asleep, the sound of gongs and drums was heard outside the inn.
"The bandits are coming! The bandits are coming!"
The screams and the sounds of gongs mixed together, and it was very terrifying in the dark night.
Chunniang was frightened and cried, trembling while hugging the quilt.
Wen Wan was also scared, but despite her fear, she still groped her way to the window, pushed open a crack and took a look outside.
This sight frightened her so much that she gasped.
The security guard who had been having dinner with him earlier was beheaded by the bandits who rushed in.
The bandits have already rushed in, if you don’t run away you will die!
Wen Wan retracted her neck, grabbed Chunniang's arm, and pulled her to escape through the back window.
As soon as she pushed Chunniang out of the window, the door was kicked open.
Two bandits, each holding a long knife, rushed in. When they saw Wen Wan, their eyes lit up.
"Oh, what a delicate little lady!"
"I'm so lucky today. I actually found so many good things in this inn. Those guys outside just now looked good too. They can be sold at a good price."
"Don't talk nonsense, tie him up and take him out first."
Wen Wan listened to the conversation between the two and felt temporarily relieved.
As long as she wasn't killed immediately, there would always be a chance to escape.
In order to avoid suffering some physical pain, Wen Wan raised her hands and said to the two bandits very straightforwardly:
"Brother, please be gentle when you tie me up. I will actively cooperate."
The two bandits had been robbing houses for many years, but this was the first time they encountered a young lady who did not make a fuss and just let them tie her up. The look in their eyes when they looked at her became strange.
Is this young lady probably mentally ill or a fool?
"Fool" Wen Wan had her hands tied and was taken to the front room of the inn.
In the huge room, fifty or sixty ferocious-looking bandits surrounded a group of hostages.
Wen Wan was pushed over and stumbled forward, about to fall on a young man.
She thought to herself that it was okay, there was a pad of flesh to cushion the pain, so it shouldn't be too painful.
Unexpectedly, the original meat pad retreated a step to the side, leaving her no chance to buffer.
Wen Wan fell to the ground with a thud, and immediately felt a sharp pain in her tailbone.
She grinned at the meat pad that did not help, and immediately met a pair of deep eyes.
Uh, this pad looks really nice.
The man was tall, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes. He was wearing a coarse cloth shorts like a village farmer, revealing his sturdy arms and calves. Behind his slightly open collar, his wheat-colored skin and strong muscle lines were vaguely visible.
Wen Wan has been kept in the backyard for the past three years. Although she has no worries about food and clothing, her spiritual life is extremely poor.
She misses the pleasure of being able to lick the screen online anytime and anywhere in modern society!
It had been a long time since she had seen such a handsome guy who met her aesthetic standards.
Perhaps her gaze was too naked, the young man frowned and glanced at her with disgust.
"Uh..." Wen Wan realized belatedly that her behavior was inappropriate, and quickly looked away.
She did not see Zhao among the people who were captured.
Considering that Zhao was the mistress of the house, the guards must have done their best to protect her and help her escape.
The bandits interrogated the kidnapped hostages one by one.
Some bandits who could read a few words took up paper and pen and were responsible for taking notes.
They would record the slave's age, name and other basic information. If the family was wealthy, they would ask for ransom. If the family was poor, they would directly sell the slave to the barbarians outside the Great Wall as slaves.
She was sent to the general's mansion as a concubine as a gift. The general's mansion probably wouldn't be willing to spend a large sum of money to redeem her, but she was sold outside the Great Wall, and it would definitely be more difficult for her to escape.
After thinking for a moment, Wen Wan fabricated a story to the bandits who were recording it:
"My name is Zhao Xiaowan, and my husband is Zhou Baiwan from Linqiu City South Street. He's very rich and dotes on me. He will definitely send someone to redeem me."
There was a businessman named Zhou Baiwan on the South Street of Linqiu City. Chunniang had mentioned this to her when they were chatting. There was indeed such a person.
Wen Wan thought that as long as she escaped before these bandits delivered the ransom letter, she wouldn't have to worry about her lie being exposed.
"So it's Zhou Baiwan's family. I was wondering why there was such a skilled guard in this inn."
The bandits had no suspicion of his identity. They thought that anyone who could afford to employ such a guard must be a wealthy family. Looking at the high-quality silk clothes on Wen Wan, she really looked like the lady of a wealthy family.
Wen Wan managed to get away with it and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon it was the turn of the good-looking young man to introduce himself.
"A Chai, 24 years old, has a brother in his family who is a businessman and can afford the ransom..."
She is good-looking and has such a nice voice.
It's a pity that he became a prisoner like her.
Half an hour later, the bandits separated the hostages and escorted them separately. Those who could be exchanged for ransom were locked in a large carriage.
Wen Wan was the last one to get on the carriage. She glanced around at the empty seats and instinctively sat down next to Achai.
Achai's face darkened and he moved back in disgust.
Wen Wan: “…”
Didn't she just look at him a few more times? Was it necessary to treat her like a pervert and avoid her like the plague?
It hurts people's self-esteem!
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