Ah Cai and Ah Hong, who were hiding in the dark, heard the call, bit their lips and leaned against the big tree beside them.
Ah Cai pursed her lips and murmured softly:
"Ah Hong, I'm sorry. I've caused you trouble. I was so thoughtless. I deserve to die."
Ah Hong patted her hands and comforted her softly:
"Silly girl, you and I have been together since childhood. Although we are not blood sisters, we are better than blood sisters. You don't need to apologize to me. Besides, isn't it the same for us to protect the princess along the way? We can see her at any time, just like we are right next to her."
After hearing what Ah Hong said, Ah Cai finally grinned.
"Your words make sense. Now that they've left, let's go too!"
After saying that, she stood up, reached out and held Ah Hong's hand.
But Ah Hong opened her eyes wide in astonishment and looked behind her. Ah Cai, not knowing what was going on, felt something was wrong and wanted to turn back, but was shouted at:
"Don't move."
It turned out that a shining long knife was already on her neck.
Then, another long knife was placed on Ah Hong's neck, and someone shouted,
"Tie them up."
Before Ahong and Acai could react, someone tied them up.
In a cave, they were thrown directly to the ground. In another place, a dozen men in black were sitting around a fire, eating freshly roasted pheasants and talking.
One of them threw away a chicken bone in his hand and said while rolling up his sleeves:
"Brother, these two girls are pretty good looking. Would you like me to try them?"
"Shut up."
The leader roared:
"Today, our brothers failed in their mission and won't get the reward. We might even be killed if things go wrong. Do you still want to play with women? Don't you want to live anymore?"
The man spat in anger, "Pah, if it weren't for these two women blocking my arrow, that man and woman would have died long ago, and we would have received the reward silver long ago, right?"
"That's right, these two people deserve to die. It's better to rape them first and then kill them. Who let them ruin our good thing?"
"Shut up."
The leading man in black roared again with a ferocious look on his face:
"Although we are bandits, we still have rules. I told you long ago that if any of our men are provoked, we should pay to find a prostitute. We must not harm innocent women. Are you pig-brains? Have you forgotten?"
"Brother, what should we do? We can't let these two women go, we can't play with them, and we can't kill them. How about taking them up the mountain and letting them be your wives?"
"fart."
The leading man raised his voice again and roared angrily,
"You guys are so clueless! Since they were able to rescue those two, it proves they're familiar with them. Why don't we use them as hostages? Lure them out, and then kill them. Wouldn't that be killing two birds with one stone?"
Hearing what he said, the others all responded.
"Brother is right."
"Big brother is smart."
"Big brother is worthy of being the big brother."
“…”
Listening to the flattery of these people, the leading man waved his hand and said:
"Xiao Wu, take my letter to the town ahead. Find the inn where those people are staying, deliver the letter to them, and then come back."
Although Acai and Ahong were very afraid of what they would do, they did not want to cause trouble for the princess and the prince. However, their mouths were blocked and their hands were tied. They could only shake their heads vigorously, but it was of no avail.
Xiao Lingzi and others rode at full speed to the town ahead to meet up with Leng Yu and Luo Lan. Leng Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they were all safe.
Xiao Lingzi clasped his fists solemnly and said:
"Your Highness, these men in black look like both well-prepared and highway robbers. Each of them uses a different kind of martial arts, as if they were put together haphazardly."
Leng Yu frowned and said seriously:
"Although their skills resemble those of a group of robbers, they are here to kill. Otherwise, they wouldn't have come straight for us when my wife and I abandoned the car and left first. And that arrow, swears, was meant to kill me one day."
Speaking of this, Luo Lan suddenly asked:
"Xiao Lingzi, who was the person who saved my husband and me along the way?"
Xiao Lingzi shook his head. "After we beat back the men in black, they disappeared. But I always feel that judging by their figures and steps, they resemble Ah Cai and Ah Hong."
Hearing the names of these two people, Luo Lan's heart sank. Leng Yu suddenly looked at Luo Lan as if he had thought of something and asked:
"By the way, my lady, I wanted to ask you, why did the two of them suddenly disappear?"
Luo Lan tightened his expression and shook his head slightly:
"There are some things I don't know how to say, but after hearing what Xiao Lingzi said, I also think the two people who saved us looked like Acai and Ahong. I don't know where they went."
At this point, she sighed deeply. Although Leng Yu didn't understand why, he still held her hand and comforted her softly:
"All good things must come to an end. No matter why they left, don't be too sad. If we are destined to be together, we will meet again in the future."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yuan ran in quickly.
"Your Highness, the waiter downstairs just brought a letter and said he wanted to give it to you."
Leng Yu was a little surprised, and Luo Lan also frowned.
Who would deliver a letter to them here? This is so strange.
Leng Yu spread out the letter, and the more he read it, the uglier his expression became.
Luo Lan couldn't help but ask:
"My husband, what happened?"
Leng Yu handed the letter to her and said softly:
"Just look at it!"
Luo Lan took the letter with some doubts. When she saw the content inside, her brows furrowed instantly and she covered her mouth inadvertently.
Xiao Lingzi, who was standing aside, asked hurriedly:
"My Lord, what happened?"
Leng Yu replied solemnly:
"The letter says they've captured two women. Although they don't know their names, they know we're in the same group because they saved me. Now they want my wife and I to meet them at Wolf Head Mountain, or they'll kill us."
Hearing this, Zhang Yuan spoke first:
"Those two women, aren't they Ah Cai and Ah Hong?"
Leng Yu frowned and nodded, "Very likely."
Luo Lan's hand tightly grasped the letter, his face pale as he spoke word by word:
'I'm going to save them.'
"My Lord, Princess, I'm going to call the Twins and the others, and we'll go to Wolf Head Mountain together."
"Don't be impatient."
Leng Yu waved his hand to stop Xiao Lingzi and said calmly:
"According to the contents of the letter, the people who wanted to kill us yesterday were bandits from Wolf Head Mountain. This is enough to prove that someone hired them to kill. So I guess these bandits only care about money and not people. It is definitely not wise for us to rashly enter this Wolf Head Mountain where we don't know the depth. So, my wife and I will go there tomorrow morning."
"But we still have half a day's journey to Quancheng, and the martial arts conference will be held in two days. We don't have much time!"
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