13 fire
◎The flames shot up into the sky, illuminating the night◎
"Bow to heaven and earth."
The old woman shouted at the top of her lungs.
Shu Yao didn't want to bow, and her movements were stiff and slow.
The people around her kept urging her: "Why is the bride so slow? Come on and bow."
"Oh, it seems you're reluctant."
There were people all around watching the show.
The boss heard everyone's discussion and naturally saw what she was thinking. Suddenly, a nameless anger surged in his heart. He tore off her red veil in front of everyone, and the veil fell to the ground.
The people around gasped.
The red veil falling to the ground is not a good sign.
Shu Yao was also shocked. She looked at the boss with a gloomy face in confusion.
The eldest brother held her slender wrist tightly, looked directly into her eyes, and pressed her step by step: "Don't you want to be my wife?"
Shu Yao had nowhere to retreat. Her back pressed against the cold, hard pillar, and the bones of her pinched hands creaked. She shook her head.
But the boss sneered and dragged her out of the village. Shu Yao couldn't keep up with his pace and stumbled all the way.
Everyone was confused and continued to sit in their seats, eating melon seeds and watching the show. The servants of the Ji Mansion had long since defected to Banyan Village. They sat at the last table, drinking inferior wine, and watched quietly as the young lady of the mansion was dragged away, without any reaction.
One of them drank a glass of wine and smacked his lips twice. "If the eldest master knew that his wife was now married to a bandit leader, I wonder if he would be so angry that he would come back to life."
In the past, they had been suppressed a lot in the Ji Mansion. Although the Ji Mansion was one of the richest families in the capital, they were very stingy. They even withheld the servants' meager monthly wages and did not treat them as human beings at all.
Every winter, countless maids and servants froze to death.
The Ji Mansion is magnificent, but it is so terrifying inside.
Fortunately, they have now taken refuge in Banyan Mountain Stronghold. Although it is a bandit's den, it is better than the Ji Mansion, a devil's den that eats people without leaving any bones.
Another person immediately responded, "The bodies of the eldest son and the master are not still in that forest, are they?"
"Who knows?"
The dishes were served just at this time. Several servants were eating the pig's head on the table with relish. The chewing sounds could be heard one after another, and everyone's mouths were full of oil.
Shu Yao was dragged outside. It was windy and snowy outside. She couldn't keep up with the boss's pace and fell several times along the way. Her knees were bruised by sharp stones and the wind blew, causing her excruciating pain.
The boss took her to the edge of a cliff. The cold wind on the cliff was even stronger. She shivered and refused to take another step forward.
When Shu Yao saw the scene on the cliff, she suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
The boss pointed at the people lying in front and whispered in her ear: "You should know those people, go and take a look."
She shook her head vigorously.
The boss didn't give her a chance to refuse and pulled her over to the people lying there.
Shu Yao only took one look and her face turned pale. She almost fell to the ground. Her lips trembled and she couldn't utter a word. She was still in shock.
The boss seemed very satisfied with her reaction. He forced her to look at the corpses on the ground and whispered in her ear like a demon: "If you dare to resist, your fate will be the same as theirs."
The corpses lying neatly in a row on the ground were the maids of the Ji Mansion who were abducted to the mountain that day. Their clothes were disheveled and their exposed skin was covered with scars. The heavy snow and cold wind had formed a layer of white frost on their bodies, and their skin was a mixture of blue and white. It was obvious that they had been dead for a long time.
Some of them died with their eyes wide open, as if filled with extreme resentment.
Shu Yao couldn't bear to watch any longer, feeling indescribably uncomfortable.
The eldest boss said fiercely again: "Go back and marry me obediently."
She closed her eyes and nodded, a trace of warm liquid running across the corner of her eyes.
The boss seemed satisfied. He kicked the corpses on the cliff down in front of Shu Yao.
"The cliff is thousands of feet high. If someone falls down, they will be smashed to pieces. If they are lucky enough not to die, there are man-eating beasts below. Within a night, they will be eaten until not even a bone is left," he said.
On the way back, Shu Yao lowered her head and remained silent all the way.
The boss thought she was frightened, so he said, "As long as you are obedient, I will never do that to you."
Back in the lobby, the bandits inside were drinking and eating big chunks of meat. Seeing the boss coming back, they all came forward to flatter him.
The moment the servants sitting at the door saw the boss, they all ran over with cups in hand, flattering him one after another.
Shu Yao didn't notice them before, and now she was a little confused. What happened to these servants?
Listening to their humble tone, she roughly understood that these people had probably surrendered to Banyan Village.
Thinking of the miserable plight of those innocent maids, she felt a pang of sadness in her heart.
Seeing that Shu Yao was a little absent-minded, the head of the household threw her directly to the old woman and ordered, "Take her away."
It makes no difference whether she worships heaven and earth or not, she can't escape from this Banyan Mountain anyway.
The old woman understood what she meant, put the veil back on Shu Yao, and led her to the boss's residence with her hand.
Seeing Shu Yao looking worried, the system couldn't help but ask with concern: "Master, are you okay?"
Shu Yao: [Don't worry, I'm just trying to figure out how to escape.]
Back to that place, Shu Yao sat on the bed obediently. The old woman stood in front of her and chattered incessantly, saying auspicious words. After that, she threw a handful of red dates and melon seeds on the bed.
"I wish you and our boss a baby soon." The old woman smiled with her hands covering her mouth.
Shu Yao twisted her sleeves and remained silent.
The old woman naturally saw her reluctance, so she couldn't help but persuade her: "It doesn't matter who a woman marries. In the future, you will live a comfortable life with our boss and enjoy the good life."
Shu Yao tightened her hands on her knees.
The old woman chattered a lot next to me until her mouth was dry. She got up and went outside to have a drink, then gently closed the door and locked it.
After making sure that the person had gone far away, Shu Yao lifted her veil, tiptoed to the door, put her ear against the door and listened carefully to the movement outside. She could only hear the noise not far away. She secretly opened the door a crack, but found that there was a lock on the outside of the door. She shook it hard twice, and the chain made a crisp sound.
Seeing that she couldn't get in through the front door, she went to the window and poked a hole in it with her finger. She found a pile of firewood piled up by the window. Without thinking too much, she pushed the window out with all her strength, but it still didn't move.
Shu Yao stopped panting. Why did this window seem to be made of iron? She felt discouraged. If she couldn't get out, her plan would be impossible to carry out. What should she do?
She paced back and forth in the house. It seemed that she had no choice but to implement plan B. She broke the cup on the table and hid a piece of the fragment in her sleeve for future use.
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Everyone in Datong was drunk and their faces were red. These bandits were all rough men. Once they drank, they would start talking dirty.
The boss's wedding dress hung loosely on his body, one foot was on the chair, he ate meat and drank wine in big mouthfuls, and there were a few small pieces of meat hanging on his beard.
He looked around but didn't see the Seventh Master. He frowned and called over to a small bandit, "Is the Seventh Master feeling better?"
The young bandit was already drunk and disoriented. He was burping, his eyes were half closed, and his speech was slurred.
"Seventh Master... burp... he... burp... burp."
The boss kicked him away and said, "Useless thing." He thought about going to see the seventh brother tomorrow.
After eating and drinking, everyone started playing dice. A group of people gathered together. The boss had good luck today and won a full fifty taels. Many of the minions had lost everything they had, not even their underwear left.
As the sky gradually darkened, the head of the household pushed the fifty taels of silver directly onto the table and waved his hand: "I'm in a good mood today, so this money is a reward for you."
The group of people below went crazy scrambling for food. Some of them even jumped onto the table. The boss laughed heartily and walked towards his house in big, urgent strides.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Shu Yao heard a hearty laugh coming from the door. She clutched her handkerchief tightly and looked towards the door nervously. There was the sound of an iron chain being pulled outside the door. With a "click", the door opened and the tiger face of the boss appeared in her sight.
She took a few deep breaths and told herself not to be nervous.
As soon as the boss entered the house, he couldn't wait to pounce on Shu Yao.
Shu Yao stepped aside and said with a smile, "Don't be impatient, Boss. We have to drink the wedding wine on our wedding night. We haven't had our drink yet."
The boss slapped his forehead and said, "Okay, okay, let's drink." Then he asked someone outside to get some liquor.
Shu Yao sat on the chair, holding her stomach with her hands, biting her lips, looking pitiful: "I haven't eaten anything today, I'm a little hungry."
The boss asked someone to cook a table of delicious food.
Shu Yao filled two wine glasses. His hands were shaking when he picked up the wine glasses. He had drunk countless wines in his life, but this was the first time he had drunk wine from a cup together.
The wedding candles were burning with a crackling sound. He drank the wine in one gulp. Shu Yao used her sleeves to cover the wine and poured it all onto her sleeves.
After drinking, the boss urged her to eat quickly because he would get down to business after that.
Shu Yao smiled and poured him another glass of wine. Naturally, he would not refuse the wine poured by a beauty, so he drank one glass after another.
The red wedding candles were almost gone, and Shu Yao was becoming more and more anxious. He had already drunk two bottles of wine, but how come he didn't look drunk at all?
Perhaps because she was anxious, sweat was beading on her forehead.
The boss looked at her, his eyes showing growing lust. He simply picked her up horizontally, and this time his movements became gentler. He didn't throw her onto the bed as roughly as last time.
Shu Yao's heart was pounding.
He couldn't wait to untie her clothes. Shu Yao had tied a knot on her outer garment. He tried to untie it for a long time, but finally his patience ran out. With a "swish", the clothes became torn pieces in his hands.
Shu Yao was trembling slightly because of extreme fear. She saw the broken porcelain piece she had hidden in her sleeve fell not far away. She touched the porcelain piece and scratched it with her eyes closed.
Warm liquid fell on her face. She opened her eyes nervously and fearfully, only to see that she had cut a big gash in the palm of the boss's hand, and blood was constantly oozing out.
Time seemed to stand still, only the burning eyes were still shaking.
"Bitch."
The boss was so angry that he raised his hand and slapped her hard.
Shu Yao was slapped off the bed, her mind dazed.
The boss lifted her collar and said viciously, "If you dare to resist me, you will end up like those women."
Shu Yao stopped pretending at this point and just burst out laughing.
The boss threw her heavily to the ground and said angrily: "What are you laughing at?"
Shu Yao looked straight at him: "I'm laughing at you."
"Bitch." He wanted to go up and teach her a lesson again, but after taking two steps, he felt dizzy and saw double of the person in front of him. He shook his head hard, but his body still fell straight down.
Shu Yao got up from the ground and kicked him several times: "You are a scum who does all kinds of evil."
Fortunately, Narcissus gave her a packet of sleeping powder, which she secretly poured into the wine when the boss was not paying attention.
It was not advisable to stay here for long, so she walked out quietly.
But as soon as I went out, I saw flames rising into the sky not far away, illuminating the night.
That night, most people were drunk, and only a dozen bandits were carrying water to put out the fire. Shu Yao hid behind a pillar to observe the situation and only heard what those bandits said.
"Why did the Seventh Master's house catch fire when it was fine?"
"Don't say any more, hurry up and put out the fire, the Seventh Master is still inside."
"Should we report this to the boss?"
"Go quickly."
It's over.
Shu Yao clasped her hands together, hoping that the boss would wake up slowly, but Narcissus told her that the medicine would only be effective for half a quarter of an hour, so she had to escape as soon as possible.
She looked at the burning house. The fire was raging and in a moment the house would be completely burned to ashes. She turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly, in a flash, she thought of what the bandits on the mountain said that day, that Ji Shijing was sent to the Seventh Boss.
She looked at the fire again. Doesn't that mean he is also in the sea of fire now?
Thinking of this, Shu Yao did not dare to delay and hurried towards the burning house.
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