Chapter 41
The next day, when Ji Xian woke up and opened the door, he saw his junior sister lying on the railing on the second floor not far away, looking down at the floor with a perverted look.
He certainly couldn't miss such a good opportunity. Ji Xianyi deliberately slowed down his steps and quickly patted Li Qingruo on the shoulder.
Li Qingruo was so frightened by the sudden touch that she almost jumped up, but she seemed to be cautious and swallowed back the words in her mouth.
Looking at the girl gesticulating in front of him, Ji Xianyi looked in the direction of her finger, and the red color easily entered his sight.
Even though I had only known her for less than a day and didn't even know her real name, I would think of her just by seeing her red dress.
After watching Ah-Li's figure disappear behind the door of the inn, Ji Xianyi discovered that the four people who were originally having breakfast in the lobby of the inn got up and left almost at the same time.
"I saw it clearly from the second floor. Those people seemed to be having breakfast, but their eyes were fixed on Sister A-li for longer than on the buns in their bowls."
"What are you looking at? Don't you want these eyes anymore?"
"It hurts...it hurts, let go! There are guests here!"
The stalls on both sides of the street displayed many rare commodities. The shop owners were shouting loudly, but when Qiu Muli looked over, the shouting became weaker for some reason. Even the dark-skinned man who was cutting pork nearby had a suspicious blush on his face.
Noticing that the big man was being pulled by the ear by the woman next to him and was screaming in pain, Qiu Muli, as the "culprit" of all this, shifted his gaze to another stall.
After strolling around for a while, with the little tail behind him circling again and again, Qiu Muli bought a peach blossom wood hairpin and then left the bustling street.
Looking at the woman in front of him who slowed down her pace until she stood still, Qian Xi's eyes showed a determined look. He said to his eldest brother beside him: "Brother, if we offer this woman to the saint, not only will we brothers get rewards, but we may not have to worry about offerings for the next three months."
The man he called "big brother" was dressed in a green robe. The two of them had a 70% resemblance in their eyes and brows. Anyone could tell that they were related by blood.
Qian Qian was also moved by Qian Xi's words, but when he thought of the saint who had a fairy-like appearance but a devilish heart, his face darkened and he said in a cold voice, "Be careful."
"Don't worry, big brother." Qian Xi nodded and walked towards the woman.
Qiu Muli looked at the four people surrounding him with a smile on his face. He had noticed these four people in the inn yesterday. He was particularly sensitive to gazes, and the gazes of these four people on him made him even more curious.
Surprise, greed, and even terrifying malice, Qiu Muli was particularly familiar with these looks, but he felt the joy of surviving a disaster in these people's eyes. If this emotion had not been swallowed up by malice afterwards, Qiu Muli would have narcissistically believed that he was the savior of these four people.
Perhaps the four of them felt that Qiu Muli was a prey that was about to be caught, so they did not deliberately conceal the content of their conversation. Although there were only a few short sentences, Qiu Muli still got a lot of information.
Since she is called a saint, she must be a woman. But why would a "woman" be dedicated to another woman? Qiu Muli is not a feudal person. It's just that the probability of the saint liking women is probably not as high as the probability of torturing and killing beautiful women. Of course, all this is his guess. The only certainty is that the saint is most likely a face control. After all, the four evil-minded people around him are all good-looking, and they are also kidnappers. Compared with the bandits in Shenlu Village, they look like rich young men.
Qian Xi looked at the woman with her eyes downcast, not moving at all, as if she was too frightened to move. His original alertness gradually disappeared. At the same time, Qiu Muli's appearance also made him have some inappropriate thoughts. Looking at the other's fair skin, his eyes dimmed and then he reached out his hand.
"Be good and don't move. I don't want to hurt your face...Ahhhhhhh!"
The original frivolous voice was replaced by a scream. After the green snake bit his neck, the poison quickly entered his body. Qian Xi fell to the ground after letting out a scream, and he was dead in less than a moment.
The others were startled by this sudden change. Qian Qian's eyes widened, and the three of them quickly approached Qiu Muli.
Qian Xi's eyes turned red as he could no longer sense Qian Xi's presence. He shouted and swung the sword in his hand, "You little beast, today I'm going to skin you alive and tear out your tendons."
The green snake was agile and quickly dodged Qian Qian's attack. The other two, one assisted Qian Qian in killing the green snake, while the other reached out to grab Qiu Muli. Just as he was about to touch the guqin wrapped in black cloth behind Qiu Muli, the green snake suddenly jumped onto the black cloth.
Qian Qian, who wanted to kill the green snake to avenge his brother, swung his sword without thinking. Fortunately, Qiu Muli dodged in time and the sword did not hurt him. However, the package behind him was not so lucky.
Although he was not injured, Qiu Muli's face became completely gloomy. Fortunately, the book above the guqin blocked the sword, otherwise if there were any scratches on the guqin, he would have made these people wish for death.
The pages of the book fell to the ground in all directions. Qiu Muli was holding the guqin. The exposed corner of the guqin looked golden in the sunlight. The green snake seemed to sense its master's mood. It realized that it had made a mistake and crawled back to Qiu Muli's wrist obediently. At this time, it had completely lost the momentum that had just poisoned someone to death. Instead, it lay obediently motionless, just like the jade bracelet.
"You almost hurt her. If we don't have the good stuff, none of us three will survive."
The man in black who originally wanted to catch Qiu Muli now looked at Qian Xi angrily. It was obvious that Qian Qian's behavior of almost accidentally hurting Qiu Muli just now made him dissatisfied with Qian Qian.
"The goods..."
Qiu Muli repeated these two words in his heart. He looked at the few people with a curled lip, but there was no smile in his eyes.
The green snake's body became even stiffer, and at this moment it seemed like a dead object.
Feeling the man getting closer and closer to him, Qiu Muli smiled even more brilliantly. At this moment, a sword separated him and the man in black.
Looking at the girl standing in front of him, and then looking at Ji Xianyi who suddenly came in and was bending over to pick up the pages of a book, Qiu Muli's original murderous intent inexplicably receded.
"Don't be afraid, Sister A'li. With me and my senior brother here, no one dares to bully you." Li Qingruo held a sword in her hand and used her petite body to block in front of Qiu Muli.
Qiu Muli's long eyelashes concealed the emotions in his eyes. After hearing Li Qingru's words, he lowered his head slightly and said word by word: "Okay, then you must protect me well."
These words rolled out from Qiu Muli's tongue, and each word seemed to carry warmth. Li Qingruo, who was closest to him, felt her ears inexplicably hot. She gradually began to doubt herself, wondering if she was a sound control.
Ji Xianyi looked at Qiu Muli inexplicably. He and his junior sister followed them secretly after realizing that those people had ulterior motives. Seeing that several people attacked Qiu Muli, Li Qingruo wanted to draw his sword immediately to block them, but he still grabbed his junior sister. However, after seeing that the other party only had the green snake to protect him, the junior sister became more anxious and directly shook off his hand. Ji Xianyi had no choice but to come out of the dark like his junior sister.