"Whoever escorts me away will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver."
A generous reward will surely attract brave men.
Despite everyone feeling the danger, they still stood guard over Wang Ping'an without hesitation. When Pei Xuan's soldiers saw that Wang Ping'an was about to escape, they immediately gave orders.
"Aim at the people protecting Wang Ping'an, shoot them, remember, capture them alive."
They shouted loudly from here.
Soon, the group sniped at them.
One group of people who were protecting Wang Ping'an during his evacuation died, but another group kept coming. Wang Ping'an was terrified. "Help! Someone save me! I'll reward them with a thousand taels of silver, twenty beautiful women, and fifty acres of land! Help! Help!"
Those people immediately surrounded Wang Ping'an, and soon the group disappeared into the distance.
Tie Xiong and Pei Xuan's men were in hot pursuit. Xu Yuehuai looked back at Lao Mashao and A Qi, "I'm leaving this place to you. We can't let him get away like this."
"We know, don't worry."
Xu Yuehuai saw a horse nearby, leaped onto it, and Aqi picked up a knife from the ground and threw it to Xu Yuehuai. She then brandished the knife and swept away into the distance.
Qi Guze glanced at the figure on horseback, and in that instant, he realized that the dashing figure chasing after him was actually Xu Yuehuai. He couldn't help but cheer inwardly.
Immediately afterward, Qi Guze mounted his horse and chased after them.
"Ah Yue, watch out!"
Xu Yuehuai turned around.
In her past life, she was the heir to an ancient martial arts family. When she was in college, one of her classmates' families owned a ranch and lived near Hohhot. Xu Yuehuai worked at their family's ranch during the summer and was already a master horse rider.
At this moment, it seemed she was about to win over Wang Ping'an.
Qi Guze is almost catching up with Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai closed the distance and laughed loudly, "Now, let alone your people, even a celestial being might not be able to save you."
He chased Wang Ping'an, who was not far away, into a corner. "Lord Wang Ping'an, prepare to die!"
At this moment, the other party also knew that there was no way out. He turned around like lightning. Although it was late at night, Xu Yuehuai's heart still skipped a beat because... this face was not Wang Ping'an at all.
The man laughed loudly, "This is called a smokescreen, hahaha, Lord Wang has already disappeared like a cicada shedding its shell. Lord Wang promised to give me a thousand taels of silver, so I'm willing to die for him, hahaha, little girl, what? You think you can fight me one-on-one?"
In fact, he was not afraid of Xu Yuehuai at all.
The moment he saw that Xu Yuehuai was a girl who was not even twenty years old, he felt it was ridiculous. Killing this girl would be as easy and simple as cutting melons and vegetables.
In reality, he had no intention of killing the girl. On the contrary, he planned to take her as his wife. With this lewd thought in mind, the man burst into laughter.
He had just stood up when Xu Yuehuai cut him in two with a single stroke.
He probably never expected that Xu Yuehuai would be so amazing; her angle, strength, and speed were all incredible.
After killing that guy, Xu Yuehuai hurriedly chanted Buddhist prayers.
"Oh no, I've killed a living being. May the Bodhisattva protect me, Amitabha! I'll have nightmares."
She murmured to herself.
She turned around and saw Qi Guze riding a horse galloping towards her. Because of the distance, she couldn't warn Qi Guze that the two of them had been tricked. She saw a canyon in the distance, picked up the man's body, and prepared to throw it down there to avoid being mistaken for the real thing.
Reaching the edge of the cliff, Xu Yuehuai finally managed to throw the corpse off. Looking back into the distance, she couldn't find Qi Guze anywhere.
It was pitch black here, and you couldn't see anything. The only faint sound you could hear was the clatter of horses' hooves.
In this chaotic situation, it would be dangerous for her to go out; she can only wait here.
But at this critical moment, Xu Yuehuai seemed to hear a violent wheezing sound coming from behind a large rock. Xu Yuehuai hurriedly and silently approached, only to find an exhausted soldier hiding behind the rock. Judging from the soldier's clothes behind his left ear, he must be the opponent.
Upon seeing this, Xu Yuehuai sneered.
Upon closer inspection, it became clear that it was none other than Wang Ping'an.
It's like searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly.
Wang Ping'an thought he had escaped and kept looking at the lights in the distance.
At that moment, Xu Yuehuai leaped onto the large rock. Just as Wang Ping'an was peeking around, Xu Yuehuai chuckled softly. Wang Ping'an was immediately terrified, not expecting there to be someone in this desolate wilderness.
He quickly looked up.
In that instant, he suddenly saw Xu Yuehuai.
"Hey," Xu Yuehuai whistled as she jumped in front of him, "You old rascal, you're something else. You even tried to lure me away from the mountain. How about that? You'll get what you deserve, won't you?"
"You...you're a persistent ghost."
Wang Ping'an pointed at Xu Yuehuai.
Upon seeing that the other party was a little girl, Wang Ping'an was neither worried nor panicked. "I'm going to kill you."
"I'm much better at fighting than you, don't overestimate yourself." Despite Xu Yuehuai's warning, the other party ignored him, picked up a rock and threw it at him. Xu Yuehuai easily dodged it, laughing loudly at the same time. In that critical moment, Xu Yuehuai had already grabbed Wang Ping'an's shoulder. Wang Ping'an turned around and looked at Xu Yuehuai in surprise, "You..."
“Come with me, let’s go to the imperial court and tell them all the shameful things you’ve done.”
Seeing how easily Xu Yuehuai had captured him, Wang Ping'an was naturally terrified. He turned to look at Xu Yuehuai and said, "Let me go."
"What's in it for me? I want something in return. I'm not letting you go for nothing."
Xu Yuehuai originally planned to take Wang Ping'an to a distant place, but firstly, it was too dark and difficult to travel, and secondly, there was chaos outside, and Wang Ping'an might be able to escape smoothly. It would be better to wait here, since Qi Guze would arrive soon anyway.
So, what followed was naturally a joke.
"Girl, what do you want?" Upon hearing Xu Yuehuai's words, Wang Ping'an was no longer afraid. Xu Yuehuai said, "So, whatever I ask for, you can give me?"
"I'll probably grant your request nine times out of ten."
Xu Yuehuai thought for a moment, then gestured in the air, "This is it, a luminous pearl this big."
Yes, yes, here you go.
Xu Yuehuai was taken aback.
"Wow, it's so big! You have it all."
They truly are corrupt officials, possessing such a large luminous pearl.
Seeing the other person nod, Xu Yuehuai scratched his head and simply let him go, "Where's this tall red coral?"
"Of course, Grandma."
"Then I also want men, fair-skinned and beautiful, handsome, so handsome they could be squeezed for water." Xu Yuehuai said deliberately. Wang Ping'an was confused at first, but when he saw that Xu Yuehuai seemed to really want men, he immediately perked up. "As long as you are willing to let me go, I will go to Zuichunlou tomorrow and buy ten or eight men for you. What do you think?"
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