Chapter 139: You dare to touch the commander’s men?
Wen Ruyun wiped the sweat from his forehead and didn't bother to ask Wen Xingluo for the tea order. He said vaguely, "One or two hundred people... Oh no, three or four hundred people! No, no, seven or eight hundred people!"
He tried to recall, but was too frightened to remember anything. Finally, he said awkwardly, "The mountain road was too dark. I couldn't see clearly."
Wen Xingluo looked at him as if he were trash, and asked, "Why are you in Qingcheng Mountain?"
Wen Ruyun wiped the sweat off his face again.
Why is it in Qingcheng Mountain?
He couldn't just tell Wen Xingluo that he was here to arrest her, but the fake bandit met the real bandit halfway...
He said perfunctorily, "Don't worry about that. We're trapped here now, and we have to find a way to escape quickly! Oh, and how about you guys open the door to meet the enemy and hold off the bandits, while I quietly go down the mountain through the back door and help you call the officers and soldiers? How about that?"
Cuicui scorned, "I think you want to escape by yourself!"
"You—" Wen Ruyun was furious, "Am I that kind of person?!"
Yeshui leaned against the wall, holding his sword, and said quietly, "The bandits have surrounded Laojun Pavilion from front to back. You can forget about escaping through the back door."
Wen Xingluo lowered his eyes.
These bandits must have escaped from Xie Guanlan's hands.
If they occupy Laojun Pavilion, they will most likely take everyone in the Taoist temple as hostages and threaten Xie Guanlan to let them leave.
Although she had the master Yishui by her side, the idiot Wen Ruyun had no idea how many bandits there were outside. To be cautious, she could not act rashly to avoid killing Xie Guanlan's confidants.
Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the curses and banging sounds of the bandits outside the Taoist temple, and the glazed window made a loud "bang".
When she looked, she saw that what hit the window was a freshly severed head!
Wen Ruyun recognized the owner of the head. He was the one who first agreed with him to lower the purchase price of tea during the day.
At this moment, his head was covered in blood and his eyes were staring into the window, which was very creepy under the light.
Wen Yueyin and Xu Miaomiao couldn't help but scream, and the surviving tea merchants and several little Taoist children also turned pale.
Wen Xingluo glanced at Cuicui.
Cuicui understood and immediately took two old Taoist priests to bring wooden boards, nails and hammers, and nailed the window tightly from the inside to prevent the bandits from finding an opportunity to break in through the window.
Wen Yueyin choked with sobs, "What should I do? As the future Crown Princess, I am as precious as gold and jade. I can't die here!"
"It's all your fault!" Xu Miaomiao suddenly accused Wen Xingluo harshly, "If you hadn't snatched my second brother's tea order, why would we have to go up the mountain to look for you in the middle of the night?! Your eldest brother is right, Wen Xingluo, you're a jinx!"
She raised her hand and slapped him hard.
Before he touched Wen Xingluo, Yeshui appeared quietly like a handful of black smoke and easily grabbed her wrist.
He threatened coldly, "You dare to touch the commander's men?"
"What's the point of being a commander or not?" Xu Miaomiao was furious. "She's my husband's sister! The eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, I have the right to teach her a lesson! Today she has put my second brother in trouble. If anything happens to my second brother, the Wen family will lose a legitimate second son. If a legitimate second son is lost today, the whole family will lose its incense tomorrow. How can a girl like her afford this?! Let me go!"
She wanted to take action, but Yeshui was impatient and slapped her away!
"Sister-in-law!" Wen Yueyin helped her up in fear.
Xu Miaomiao weakly spat out a mouthful of blood and tremblingly pointed at Wen Xingluo, "You... you have no respect for your elder sister-in-law. Compared to your younger sister Yueyin, there's a world of difference! No wonder your elder brother doesn't like you!"
Wen Xingluo ignored her nonsense and asked the Taoists to continue reinforcing the doors and windows.
Seeing the little Taoist children crying pitifully, she patted their heads and said, "The prince of Zhenbei Palace is suppressing bandits nearby. He is very powerful and will definitely be able to track the bandits and find us here. As long as we hold on until then, we will definitely be rescued!"
The girl's voice was as gentle as water.
The little Taoist boys seemed to have found their backbone and suddenly they were not so scared anymore.
Wen Ruyun crossed his arms and said unhappily, "Perhaps Master Xie didn't even notice the bandits had fled and had already led his troops back to the city. In my opinion, we still need to send people out to ask for help!"
After saying this, he suddenly smiled evilly, not knowing what he was thinking about.
He walked to the center of the palace, raised his arms, and shouted, "Everyone, we are trapped here tonight by bandits, and our lives are in danger. I promise, whoever can find reinforcements or a way to take us away, I will betroth my sister Wen Xingluo to him!"
There was silence in the hall for a moment.
The survivors all looked at Wen Xingluo.
The girl stood under the colorful lotus palace lantern, her thin lotus purple cloak outlining her fragile figure, her cyan-gold skirt drooping like flowing clouds, her eyebrows dark green and her face full of spring, just like the peach blossoms on the branches in spring, so tender that they seemed to be able to squeeze out water.
Wen Yueyin and Xu Miaomiao looked at each other.
Xu Miaomiao smiled, "That's right! An elder sister-in-law is like a mother. I'm going to make a decision here today. Whoever can save our family and leave, we'll betroth Wen Xingluo to him!"
Wen Xingluo was speechless about this family.
She ignored their presumptuous actions and looked up at the top of her head.
Laojun Pavilion has a total of six floors.
Maybe she could release a Kongming lantern on the top floor to attract Xie Guanlan's attention.
She whispered to the old Taoist priest, "Make the Kongming lanterns right now. The more the better."
The old Taoist priest understood her meaning and quickly called his disciples to go upstairs to make lanterns.
After they left, the palace became quiet.
Although they were in danger, the tea merchants were drooling over the beauty and were racking their brains to think of a way to break the deadlock.
The scene then became chaotic.
Some people took out a martial arts secret book from their pockets and practiced it on the spot in a mysterious manner, hoping that they could suddenly master peerless martial arts.
Some people ran behind the door and tried to bribe the bandits with silver bills.
Some people chose to pray to God instead of praying to themselves or others. They knelt on the cushions and kowtowed to the statue of Laojun repeatedly, praying that Laojun would appear and drive away the bandits so that they could win the beauty.
Wen Yueyin looked at these elderly, bald, and pot-bellied businessmen, feeling secretly happy.
Even if Wen Xingluo is a lady from a royal palace, as long as she marries these vulgar businessmen, her second half of life will be completely ruined.
And she is innocent, maybe the Zhenbei Palace will take her back and love her as much as they love Wen Xingluo. In the future, together with her three brothers, they will support her to go to the capital to become the Crown Princess.
Thinking of this, Wen Yueyin said softly, "Congratulations, sister! You're about to find a perfect husband. I wonder who will have the ability to save us from the fire tonight and become your husband?"
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