After Liu Zhuiyi was abducted by Duan Ganshan, Bian Zhener and his group also came to Luoyan Mountain.
But they had already heard about the bandits in Luoyan Mountain and took a detour. However, Yun Yao was worried about whether Liu Zhuiyi had taken a detour. If he ended up at the foot of Luoyan Mountain, would he be bullied by those bandits?
"When we get to Lingqiu County, we'll see if we can meet up with Sister Liu. Then I'll apologize to Sister Liu and ask her to come back." Xun Yan spoke when she saw that Bian Zhen'er and Yun Yao were both worried about Liu Zhuiyi.
Yun Yao spoke before Bian Zhener and said, "Don't worry about it. Even if you don't apologize and don't let her come back, Bian Zhener and I will let her come back, right Bian Zhener?" After saying that, he deliberately glanced at Bian Zhener.
Bian Zhen'er walked in front and said softly, "We can't be left behind."
Yun Yao didn't like Bian Zhen'er's answer, snorted with contempt, and continued on his way with his hands in his pockets. Xun Yan walked at the back, her face gradually becoming gloomy. She secretly put poisonous insects in Liu Zhuiyi's medicine, just to prevent her from coming back. If she knew what to do, she could still save her life. If she didn't, Xun Yan would never give her any chance to survive.
Xun Yan put her hands behind her back and a worm crawled out from her sleeves. The worm was exactly the same as the one she had put in the medicine that day.
The gray bugs slowly crawled towards Luoyan Mountain along the area of ​​scorched gold and flowing stones.
Liu Zhuiyi, who was locked in the cellar, suddenly widened her eyes and her facial features twisted. She lay on the ground, one hand covering her lower abdomen, where the cramps were so severe that she could not bear it.
The voices of Gou Ge and Er Ye were heard from the ground. Gou Ge said, "Er Ge, this girl has been hungry all night. How about giving her something to eat?"
"How could I dare to do anything if Big Brother doesn't speak up?" said the Second Master.
When Liu Zhuiyi heard the sound, she quickly crawled to the cellar where the ropes were dropped, where there were several wine barrels. Her face was pale, and veins on her temples were bulging. When she struggled to crawl in front of the wine barrels, she grabbed a wooden stick and hit the barrels with all her strength.
The two people who were talking on the ground heard the subtle sound coming from above. Gou Ge lay on the ground and shouted towards the cellar: "Girl, do you know you are wrong? If you know you are wrong, shout it out and I will tell my brother to let you out."
Liu Zhuiyi was completely speechless. The pain in her torn lower abdomen made her only able to groan in agony, because hitting the wooden barrel had used up all her remaining strength. Before she could finish listening to Gou Ge's words, Liu Zhuiyi fainted.
Seeing that there was no sound in the cellar, Gou Ge felt strange and said to himself, "What's going on?"
"Forget it, let's stop looking. Let's go. We won't starve to death if we skip a meal." Erye pulled Gou Ge and was about to go back. Although Gou Ge felt strange, he didn't take it too seriously and followed Erye back.
But Gou Ge was a womanizer after all, and he couldn't bear to watch such a beautiful woman starve to death in front of him. After drinking and eating meat in the village, Gou Ge secretly took two steamed buns to see Liu Zhuiyi. He lifted the wooden board covering the entrance to the cellar and looked inside. He was shocked to see Liu Zhuiyi lying on the ground, unconscious.
Gou Ge felt something was wrong, so he quickly lowered the rope and went down to the cellar. After he got down to the cellar, he picked up Liu Zhuiyi. He then realized that she was still sweating and her body was cold. Gou Ge was terrified and hurriedly shouted, "Help, help!"
After calling people, Gou Ge asked them to help carry Liu Zhuiyi out of the cellar.
In the lobby of the village, Liu Zhuiyi was lying on a wooden couch with an ugly face. If he was not still breathing, he would have been no different from a dead person.
Gou Ge called Duan Ganshan over, pointed at Liu Zhuiyi and said, "Brother, brother, I don't know what happened to this girl. She looks like she's dead in the cellar. Please take a look. We can't let her die in the village. Although we are bandits in Qiufeng Village, we have never killed anyone!"
"What's the hurry?" Duan Ganshan was very calm. He walked over slowly, glanced at the unconscious Liu Zhuiyi, picked up her wrist, and took her pulse.
Strange, there's nothing unusual.
Duan Ganshan frowned, pulled out a knife, and cut Liu Zhuiyi's ring finger. Suddenly, a trace of blood flowed out. But to everyone's shock, the blood was not red, but gray!
"Brother." Brother Gou was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.
Duan Ganshan's face became serious and he said, "Old Four, take her to my room."
"Yes! Big brother." Gou Ge quickly picked up Liu Zhuiyi. At this moment, Liu Zhuiyi was very fragile in his arms. Gou Ge was afraid that if he held her too tight, she would lose her life.
Duan Ganshan watched Gou Ge and Liu Zhuiyi leave, and thought to himself, "Gray Guworm... the person who poisoned them is really cruel."
Duan Ganshan had been to many places before. He knew that the gray Gu worm originated from an old woman he met . The old woman had raised the gray Gu worm and said that the gray Gu worm was as thin and long as a hair. Once it entered a person's body, the person who poisoned the person would control the person's mind. If the person who poisoned the person wanted to kill the other person, it would be a matter of snapping his fingers.
Once the gray poison worms in the body are activated, they will gnaw at the person's internal organs and slowly torture him to death.
Duan Ganshan drove away everyone and sat at the head of the bed, looking at Liu Zhuiyi. How could she, a little girl, offend the poisonous woman of Shushan? She must have been plotted against by someone.
After a long time, Duan Ganshan stood up and took one of his treasures. He met the old woman because he was bitten by a wild beast. The old woman saved him and gave him a hundred-year-old snake gall.
This snake gall is actually highly poisonous, but if used properly, it can also save lives.
Duan Ganshan ground the snake gallbladder and put it into the water. He lifted Liu Zhuiyi up, let her lean on his arms, and fed her the snake gallbladder water little by little. Liu Zhuiyi lost consciousness and had no intention of swallowing. Duan Ganshan held the bowl under her jaw and said as he fed her: "We just met by chance, and you scolded me so badly, and I have to give you a treasure. If you don't drink it, won't you be sorry for me?"
Liu Zhuiyi couldn't hear what he said, and all the snake bile that entered her mouth overflowed from the corners of her mouth.
"Hiss——" Duan Ganshan exhaled, put down the snake bile water, lifted Liu Zhuiyi's chin, and let the snake bile water flow down her throat. Liu Zhuiyi choked a few times, but gradually came back to her senses. When she opened her eyes, she vaguely saw Duan Ganshan's face. Subconsciously, Liu Zhuiyi thought that Duan Ganshan had bad intentions, and just when she was about to raise her hand to resist, she was firmly clamped by Duan Ganshan.
"Just in time for you to wake up." Duan Ganshan picked up the snake gall water and poured it into Liu Zhuiyi's throat. Liu Zhuiyi choked and coughed. Duan Ganshan even covered her mouth and said gently, "Be good, drink it and you'll be fine."
Liu Zhuiyi gave up resistance, a tear trickled down her cheeks. She said, "You can kill me or chop me up, whatever you want."
"You're not that old, but you want to beat me up and kill me as soon as you open your mouth." Duan Ganshan put Liu Zhuiyi down and asked someone to take the bowl away. Lying on the bed, Liu Zhuiyi was silent, but she felt a faint pain in her lower abdomen again. She curled up her legs unconsciously and clenched her teeth.
Duan Ganshan glanced at her and said calmly, "I guess the little bug is making trouble again. This hundred-year-old snake gall is not easy to deal with. If you endure it for a while, the bug will die."
Liu Zhuiyi lay on her side, curled up completely, her hair, which had just dried, instantly soaked with cold sweat. Duan Ganshan looked at Liu Zhuiyi, who was in so much pain but couldn't even groan, and shouted, "If it hurts, just scream, why are you holding it in?"
Liu Zhuiyi just didn't want to scream out. No one knew how confused she was. The person she wanted was not around, and she could only endure the pain by herself. She didn't know why she was on the verge of life and death. She didn't even know where Bian Zhener and the others were at the moment, and whether they had arrived in Lingqiu County safely. If she died here today, would anyone come to collect her body?
After taking a deep breath, Liu Zhuiyi finally couldn't bear the pain and fainted again. Duan Ganshan walked over and helped Liu Zhuiyi lie down. Seeing her frowning even when she was unconscious, he felt a little disturbed.
Duan Ganshan wiped the sweat off Liu Zhuiyi with his sleeves. Halfway through, he stood up awkwardly and called for help. He wanted them to take care of Liu Zhuiyi, but when he called his men, he found that Qiufeng Village was full of men. How could a man take care of a girl? Duan Ganshan was overwhelmed.
"Boss..." The man stood in front of Duan Ganshan for a long time, looking at him, sighing, frowning, and staring blankly.
Duan Ganshan came back to his senses and said, "It's okay, it's okay. You, go down the mountain and buy some women's clothes. The prettier the better. Then find a woman and bring her up. Then tell her that I, Duan Ganshan, asked her for help."
"Yes..." Although the subordinate was a little confused, he did not dare to ask more questions about Duan Ganshan's orders, let alone disobey them.
When they went down the mountain to Lingqiu County, the men passed by Yun Yao and his men several times. They went to several clothing stores, bought three sets of clothes, and brought a woman up the mountain.
Duan Ganshan pointed at Liu Zhuiyi on the bed and said, "Well, she's sweating a lot. Give her a bath, change her into clean clothes, and then ask her if she needs anything. We are a bunch of old men, and we don't know what the girl is thinking."
The woman looked at the weak Liu Zhuiyi on the bed. There was an inexplicable meaning in her eyes that had experienced all kinds of things in the world. She smiled and said, "I understand. Master Duan, don't worry. I will definitely take good care of this girl."
"Well, go ahead." Duan Ganshan motioned for her to go over and help, while he went out to wait.
Outside the door, Erye and his men looked at Duan Ganshan who was lingering at the door and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what's the matter?"
"It's okay, I'm just cleaning her up." Duan Ganshan said, but he kept looking inside from time to time.
Looking at Duan Ganshan's appearance, Gou Ge whispered to Er Ye: "Second brother, is it possible that Big Brother has fallen in love with this girl? Look at her empty heart, she is not in her body."
"Go, what's your business?" Second Master hit Gou Ge and said, "If Big Brother really likes this girl, we will have another sister-in-law, which is a good thing."
"Then the fourth brother will be sad." Uncle Tu echoed.
Brother Gou quickly said in disdain: "Go away, go away, no matter how useless I am, I will never compete with Big Brother for a woman, this is Big Brother!"
Erye and Tuye pursed their lips, too lazy to argue with him.
Inside the room, the woman and Liu Zhuiyi were washing their bodies, and Liu Zhuiyi, who had recovered, gradually woke up.
"Girl, are you awake?" The woman asked with a kind smile as she watched Liu Zhuiyi open her eyes.
Liu Zhuiyi saw a strange woman in front of him and asked curiously, "Who are you..."
"I was hired by Master Duan to serve you." The woman smiled and said, "Just call me Aunt Zhang."
"Master Duan? Duan Ganshan..." Liu Zhuiyi felt a little heavy and asked, "Why did he ask someone to serve me?"
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "I'm afraid only Mr. Duan knows this. Girl, you've been sweating and your clothes are wet. I'll boil some hot water for you so you can take a bath and change into clean clothes." With that, Aunt Zhang walked towards the kitchen. Liu Zhuiyi was lying quietly on the bed, staring at the room in a daze.
The house was built entirely of wood. Although it was crude, it was very interesting. There were some animal skins hanging on the wall, and there were also some miscellaneous hunting weapons. Liu Zhuiyi recalled what Duan Ganshan said, and touched her lower abdomen again. It really didn't hurt there. Could it be that Duan Ganshan saved her?
After a while, Aunt Zhang came back and boiled a basin of hot water for Liu Zhuiyi. She helped Liu Zhuiyi into the bathtub and rubbed her body. Aunt Zhang chatted with Liu Zhuiyi and said, "Mr. Duan is just young and hot-blooded, so he doesn't know how to handle things. But you'll get used to it, young lady."
Liu Zhuiyi was confused and asked, "Wha...what?"
Aunt Zhang smiled and said, "Don't be embarrassed, young lady. This will happen again in the future. Just get used to it."
Liu Zhuiyi was still confused. What habit? What hot-bloodedness?
While wiping Liu Zhuiyi's body, Aunt Zhang said, "Master Duan is a good man, and he is very kind to the people in Lingqiu County. It is your blessing to meet Master Duan."
Liu Zhuiyi recalled that he had tied him up and thrown him into the cellar yesterday, so he said, "He may not be a good person."
Aunt Zhang misunderstood what he meant and asked in a low voice, "Does it hurt a lot?"
Liu Zhuiyi thought Aunt Zhang was asking about the pain in her lower abdomen, so she said in a daze, "It hurt a lot. I fainted several times from the pain, but I feel better now."
"Ah! Master Duan is so fierce?" Aunt Zhang opened her mouth in surprise, and then quickly covered it when she realized she was talking too loudly. Liu Zhuiyi stared at Aunt Zhang blankly. What did this have to do with fierceness?
Seeing Liu Zhuiyi's dazed state, Aunt Zhang stopped teasing her and obediently helped her bathe and change her clothes.
Two sticks of incense later, Aunt Zhang dressed Liu Zhuiyi up, but Liu Zhuiyi was still a little weak.
After the door opened, Duan Ganshan saw the small figure hiding behind Aunt Zhang and couldn't help but move to the side. Seeing this, Aunt Zhang also made way. Liu Zhuiyi raised her head slightly and met Duan Ganshan's gaze.
She was wearing a turquoise dress, with a graceful figure and bright eyes. She was completely different from the rough girl with dry grass stuck in her hair yesterday.
Dog brother swallowed his saliva and said aggrievedly: "Brother is so lucky."
Duan Ganshan couldn't take his eyes off Liu Zhuiyi. After a long while, he hastily withdrew his gaze and bowed to Aunt Zhang: "Thank you, Aunt Zhang."
"You're welcome, Mr. Duan." Aunt Zhang said with a smile.
Duan Ganshan signaled the people behind him to take Aunt Zhang away. Tu Ye took out a silver ingot and gave it to Aunt Zhang, and left with the others. Duan Ganshan looked at Liu Zhuiyi, not knowing what to say for a moment. He touched the back of his neck and asked awkwardly, "Are you feeling better?"
"You really are saving me." Liu Zhuiyi looked at Duan Ganshan with a guilty look in his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before."
"Uh...it's okay." Duan Ganshan licked his lips and said, "It's windy outside, you should go in and rest."
"I won't rest." Liu Zhuiyi shook her head, looking embarrassed, and clasped her fists and said, "Master Duan saved my life, and I will never forget it. But I have more important things to do right now, so I need to go down the mountain immediately."
Duan Ganshan heard this and said decisively: "This won't work."
Liu Zhui Yi was puzzled.
Duan Ganshan pointed at Liu Zhuiyi's lower abdomen and said, "Do you know what poison you were poisoned with? If you go down the mountain now, your life will be in danger."
"Am I poisoned?" Liu Zhuiyi asked in confusion.
Duan Ganshan was stunned. It turned out that Liu Zhuiyi didn't know that he was poisoned?
He reached out and grabbed Liu Zhuiyi's arm, saying, "Come in and talk." Duan Ganshan closed the door and asked, "What are you doing down the mountain? Don't you know you've been poisoned?"
"I don't know." Liu Zhuiyi hesitated for a moment and said, "I went down the mountain to meet up with some friends in Lingqiu County. I didn't know I was poisoned. It's just that I did some inexplicable things that hurt others in the past few days. I thought I was too tired recently. In order to avoid hurting them, I came to Lingqiu by myself, trying to find out these strange reasons and then meet up with them in Lingqiu County."
Duan Ganshan sneered and said, "Can someone who leaves you alone be called your friend?"
"I wanted to leave on my own initiative." Liu Zhuiyi explained.
"Is that so?" Duan Ganshan said with his hands in his pockets, "Then we can't let you go down, let them find it themselves."
"They don't know I'm here." Liu Zhuiyi said anxiously, and because of her excitement, she felt dizzy. Duan Ganshan quickly supported her and said, "This matter is not up to you. I have the final say on Luoyan Mountain." After that, he helped Liu Zhuiyi to the bedside and said, "You should have a good rest first. I will spread the news. If you are really friends, let them come to see me first."
Liu Zhuiyi pleaded, "Please don't hurt them."
Duan Ganshan smiled and leaned over to whisper in Liu Zhuiyi's ear: "I won't hurt them, I will only hurt you." His words were ambiguous, and his breath made Liu Zhuiyi's ears feel hot. Liu Zhuiyi was embarrassed and reached out to push Duan Ganshan away. Duan Ganshan held her hand and smiled, "Don't fight just because you disagree with me. Isn't it better to be obedient like you were just now?"
Liu Zhuiyi pulled back her hand and turned her head away. Duan Ganshan stroked his beard playfully and left the room. He asked his brothers to spread the news down the mountain, saying that he, Duan Ganshan, was going to marry a wife, and her name was Liu Zhuiyi.
As soon as the news came out, it quickly spread throughout Lingqiu County, and everyone was discussing Duan Ganshan's plan to get married.
Bian Zhen'er and others who were in Lingqiu County also heard the news, but did not pay attention to it. They were eating snacks in the inn until Aunt Zhang came to serve wine, and then they heard about Liu Zhuiyi.
When Aunt Zhang heard people at the next table talking about Duan Ganshan getting married, she immediately walked over to join in.
"I've seen Mr. Duan's wife. She's really pretty. I think Mr. Duan is serious this time. He treats this girl like a treasure." Aunt Zhang came over and squeezed next to the table.
The man at the same table pointed at him and said, "You're talking nonsense about Aunt Zhang again."
"I'm not talking nonsense." Aunt Zhang said hurriedly, "Didn't Mr. Duan's men come to Lingqiu County this morning to buy some women's clothes? His men also took me up the mountain because there are no men in Qiufeng Village, and they don't know how to take care of a girl."
The man said sarcastically, "Did Master Duan find a sickly girl? Does she still need you, Aunt Zhang, to take care of her?"
"What do you know?" Aunt Zhang waved her hand and said, "I went up to see the girl so weak that she was sweating coldly, then I knew what was going on. Our Master Duan is so fierce that he made the girl like this in one sex."
"Ah, Aunt Zhang, you are shameless!" the man said disdainfully. Aunt Zhang said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? This shows that our Master Duan is in good health. Lingqiu County still relies on Master Duan's protection."
"This guy is actually even better than me." Yun Yao overheard a few words and couldn't help but sigh. Bian Zhener glared at him and he quickly shut up.
The man at the next table said, "But it seems that Mr. Duan is serious this time. He even revealed Mrs. Duan's name and asked us to go up the mountain to attend the wedding banquet. I heard her name is... something... Liu Zhuiyi."
"boom--"
As soon as the name came out of their mouths, Bian Zhener and Yun Yao's minds flashed through everything, and everything went blank.
"His name is Liu Zhuiyi. I heard he is from another place."
"Pah—" Bian Zhen'er slammed the cup on the table, and the loud noise attracted a lot of attention. He stood up and walked in front of Aunt Zhang and the others, with a stern look on his face, and asked sternly, "Are you telling the truth?"
The people at that table didn't react in time, and Yun Yao rushed over and grabbed their collars. Yun Yao asked angrily, "I'm asking you a question. Is it true that the woman that stinky bandit wants to marry is Liu Zhuiyi?"
"This, this, this... This is news from the mountain. We didn't know it either." The man who was grabbed by the collar was trembling with fear.
"roll!"
Yun Yao threw the man away, and the man quickly got up from the ground, holding his head and ran out.
Bian Zhen'er quickly left the inn and walked towards Luoyan Mountain. Yun Yao followed closely behind him, cursing all the time. Xun Yan watched the two people rush out without reason, and the teacup in her hand became tighter and tighter, and finally it was crushed into pieces in her palm.
She deliberately poisoned Liu Zhuiyi to make her leave Bian Zhener, but she didn't expect that Liu Zhuiyi was so lucky and survived.
Bian Zhen'er and Yun Yao went straight into Luoyan Mountain. The Second Master and his companions who were playing at the foot of the mountain saw strangers coming and before they could finish their words of blocking the way and robbing their money, they were knocked to the ground by a gust of wind.
Bian Zhen'er's eyebrows lit up, and there was a cold light in the corners of his eyes. Seeing Bian Zhen'er, who was as cold as an iceberg, Erye and the others did not dare to move. Tu Ye pushed Erye and said, "Second brother, hurry up and inform the eldest brother!"
Er Ye made up his mind and turned to run up the mountain. Tu Ye and Gou Ge stepped forward to deal with Bian Zhen'er, but before they got close, Bian Zhen'er sucked them in with a palm and kicked them to the ground with a roundhouse kick, spitting blood.
Yun Yao was stunned watching from the side. He knew that Bian Zhener was very powerful, but he didn't expect her to be this powerful!
"If they dare to bully Liu'er, Bian Zhen'er will go to Qiufeng Village to kill them!" Yun Yao cheered on the side, but when Bian Zhen'er heard him speak, the pupil between his eyebrows gradually disappeared.
"Bian Zhen'er, what's wrong with you?" Yun Yao walked up to support the dizzy Bian Zhen'er. Bian Zhen'er tapped his head gently and said, "I promised Master that I would not hurt anyone with my eyebrow pupil."
"Let's not hurt anyone, let's teach him a lesson! Let's rescue Liu'er!" Yun Yao said.
Bian Zhener nodded and continued walking towards Luoyan Mountain.
Master Tu and Brother Gou were knocked to the ground, their chests aching. They looked at each other and guessed, "That Liu'er... is it Miss Liu?" Unable to figure out the whole story, the two of them supported each other and got up, walking slowly up the mountain.
In Qiufeng Village, the Second Master rushed into Duan Ganshan's room and shouted loudly: "Brother, it's bad, brother!"
Duan Ganshan was arguing with Liu Zhuiyi about feeding her medicine. He wanted to feed her, but she refused. When he was caught by the second master, Duan Ganshan said unhappily, "What are you so flustered about? Can't you just handle it?"
The second master swallowed his saliva and said, "Brother, a monk and a man came from the bottom of the mountain to kill us three brothers. They were killed in one move. They are now coming up the mountain."
Upon hearing what the Second Master said, Liu Zhuiyi quickly got up from the bed and asked excitedly, "Is the little monk here?"
Duan Ganshan thought about it carefully and figured out what it was. He pulled Liu Zhuiyi aside and sat down, saying, "I'll go out and meet him. You stay here."
"I want to go out too. The little monk and the others must have thought that I was imprisoned by you, so they hurt the second master and the others. I must go out and explain clearly." Liu Zhuiyi said. Duan Ganshan held Liu Zhuiyi down and said expressionlessly, "You stay here, I will go out and deal with it. I don't believe he dares to do it in Qiufeng Village. Second brother, keep an eye on my wife!"
"Yes, big brother!" said the second master.
Husband... Madam? Liu Zhuiyi was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses and shouted at Duan Ganshan's back: "What Madam, Duan Ganshan!"
"Sister-in-law, Big Brother asked you to stay here and not go anywhere." Erye stopped Liu Zhuiyi with a playful smile. Liu Zhuiyi threatened him, "I tell you, if the little monk can't see me, he will definitely overturn your Qiufeng Village!"
The second master still refused to let go and said, "I am not afraid. With my elder brother here, no one can do that."
"Really?" Liu Zhuiyi put his hands on his hips and said proudly, "Then I'll wait here and see how the little monk overthrows this village."
"Okay, please come in." The second master made a "please" gesture, asking Liu Zhuiyi to go back to bed. Liu Zhuiyi rolled her eyes at him and sat back on the bed. But she couldn't hold back her anxiety. It must be that Bian Zhener and Yun Yao knew that something happened to her and came to Luoyan Mountain. Thinking of this, Liu Zhuiyi was afraid that Duan Ganshan would bully them, and she was restless for a while.
Duan Ganshan went out to "meet guests" carrying a big knife. When he saw that the visitors were two young boys, he couldn't help but sneered: "Who did I think they were? Turns out they are just two little kids."
"Is Miss Liu here with you?" Bian Zhener asked.
Duan Ganshan raised his head and said in a rough voice, "Yes, eat and drink well here."
"Damn bandit! Did you bully Liu'er!" Yun Yao pointed at Duan Ganshan's nose and cursed. Duan Ganshan smiled lazily, "Bullying, of course I didn't bully her? I'm so happy when you bully me." Seeing Duan Ganshan's gangster look, Yun Yao couldn't stand it anymore and rushed up to fight with Duan Ganshan. But Duan Ganshan was the leader of Luoyan Mountain. Yun Yao's martial arts were enough to deal with ordinary ruffians, but in front of Duan Ganshan, he was forced to have no power to fight back. Duan Ganshan was too lazy to compete with him. He slapped Yun Yao's chest with a big knife. Yun Yao coughed in vain and was hit far away. Bian Zhener jumped up and took Yun Yao down.
Duan Ganshan carried the broadsword on his shoulder and said with disdain, "I was just teaching you a lesson for your rude words."
"Bah! Duan Ganshan, the people of Lingqiu County respect you so much, but I didn't expect you to bully a little girl like this!" Yun Yao said hatefully. When he thought of the conversation of everyone in the inn, he felt indignant for Liu Zhuiyi.
How could such a good girl be ruined by such a beast!
Duan Ganshan frowned slightly and asked, "How did I bully her?"
"You!" Yun Yao's teeth were clattering, but he couldn't say such things out loud. Saying them out loud would only bring shame to Liu Zhuiyi.
Bian Zhener grabbed Yun Yao and asked Duan Ganshan: "We are here to take Miss Liu away. What do we have to do for you to let her go?"
Duan Ganshan stretched himself and said, "Liu Zhuiyi won't let you take her away. I have decided to marry her as my wife."
"Let us see Liu'er first!" Yun Yao shouted.
"Tsk." Duan Ganshan looked embarrassed and asked, "My wife, why should I let you see me?"
"You are a straightforward person, so why don't you just tell me how we can let Miss Liu go?" Bian Zhen'er knew Duan Ganshan's intention, her eyes darkened, and she suggested.
Duan Ganshan grinned, pointed at the high arena built in Qiufeng Village, showed a sharp look, and said: "Defeat me."
It was late autumn, and the harsh winter was about to arrive. The autumn leaves on Luoyan Mountain were blown away by the wind, and the dry branches were waving in the wind. In Qiufeng Village, all the brothers looked up at the ring, where two people stood. The fierce cold wind blew across their cheeks, and the eyes of the two people were full of tenacity that would never admit defeat.
"Whoever falls off the ring first loses, and the loser will give up Liu Zhuiyi." Duan Ganshan threw the sword far away, and the sword was nailed tightly to the top of the pillar. "I, like you, will fight with bare hands."
Bian Zhener stood still without saying a word. Duan Ganshan admired him for his calmness at such a young age. However, he did not have the patience of Bian Zhener. Since Bian Zhener was unwilling to make a move, he would make the first move.
Duan Ganshan attacked first, punching like a whirlwind, but Bian Zhener dodged sideways and clamped Duan Ganshan's punch with both hands. Duan Ganshan shook him with force, and Bian Zhener felt pain in both hands, so he immediately let go and took two steps back. Duan Ganshan sneered and said, "Little monk, you are letting me go."
After testing Duan Ganshan's strength, Bian Zhen'er no longer hesitated and attacked. One of them was extremely strong and powerful, while the other was as flexible as a snake and could overcome the strong with the soft. Duan Ganshan saw that he could not gain the upper hand, so he used his inner strength to absorb the big knife nailed to the pillar into his palm, and threw a long spear to Bian Zhen'er.
Duan Ganshan, with his sword in hand, was even more powerful, forcing Bian Zhen'er to defend himself. Many times, Bian Zhen'er almost fell off the ring, which frightened Yun Yao. Duan Ganshan saw that Bian Zhen'er, who had weapons in his hands, was no match for him, so he couldn't help but underestimate him and said, "Little monk, you, a monk, shouldn't get involved in worldly affairs. I think you should let Liu Zhuiyi follow me. I will give her good food and drink, and let her be my wife. This is a good thing that falls from the sky."
Bian Zhen'er ignored Duan Ganshan, but acted faster. Duan Ganshan continued to interfere, "Liu Zhuiyi is mine now, we will have the wedding night first and then the wedding ceremony, raw rice -"
"Ding——" The spear was nailed on the blade, Bian Zhener looked angry, jumped up, and kicked the blade with both legs. The force made Duan Ganshan retreat again and again until he fell off the stage. The people below the stage screamed in surprise. Fortunately, Duan Ganshan grabbed the stage and jumped up. He rubbed his chest that was hit by the blade and dared not look down on Bian Zhener anymore.
At this time, Bian Zhen'er's body was covered with red light, and the pupil between his eyebrows lit up again.
"The pupil between the eyebrows..." Duan Ganshan was very surprised. He was familiar with this strange power. The pupil between the eyebrows could open up a range of vision within a hundred miles if blood was dripped, and could kill a hundred people if anger was expressed. Such a ferocious forbidden ability actually existed in a little monk.
The other party opened his eyebrow pupil, which must be due to anger. He didn't expect that Liu Zhuiyi was so important in the little monk's heart. Duan Ganshan didn't dare to act rashly. If Bian Zhener fully opened his eyebrow pupil, Qiufeng Village would probably be littered with corpses today.
Yun Yao saw that Bian Zhen'er had become like this again, and hurriedly shouted: "Bian Zhen'er, wake up! We still have to save Liu'er, don't let Liu'er see you like this."
Hearing Liu Zhuiyi's name, Bian Zhener gradually regained consciousness, and the red light between his eyebrows gradually faded away.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Duan Ganshan raised his foot and kicked, hitting Bian Zhener in the chest. Bian Zhener felt a sweetness in his throat, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell off the ring.
"Bian Zhen'er!" Yun Yao rushed forward and Bian Zhen'er fell to the ground, wounded. Seeing that Bian Zhen'er was defeated, Duan Ganshan's brothers rushed forward and surrounded Bian Zhen'er and Yun Yao with their long swords.
Suddenly, a clear and angry voice was heard. Duan Ganshan looked back and was hit in the face by a shoe.
"Duan Ganshan, you have no shame!" Liu Zhuiyi ran out angrily, with one shoe missing. Duan Ganshan was so angry that his facial muscles were cramping. Erye ran behind Liu Zhuiyi and apologized quickly, "I'm sorry, big brother, this girl is too cunning, I really can't keep an eye on her!"
Liu Zhuiyi pushed aside a group of people holding long swords, stretched out his hand to block Yun Yao and Bian Zhener, glared at Duan Ganshan and said: "Duan Ganshan! You are a villain! You used a dirty trick, and I am grateful to you for saving my life!"
"Liu'er..." Yun Yao looked up at the familiar figure in front of him. Seeing that she was fine, he finally felt relieved. Bian Zhen'er's eyes never left Liu Zhuiyi, and there was a hint of affection in them that he himself was unaware of.
Duan Ganshan rubbed his face that was hit by the shoe and said fiercely: "Liu Zhuiyi, do you know what is good for you? If I don't use dirty tricks, do you know how much this little monk cares about you?"
"It's none of your business whether the little monk cares about me or not!" Liu Zhuiyi didn't appreciate it. He turned around and squatted down to check Bian Zhen'er's injuries, and said distressedly, "Little monk, are you okay?"
There was warmth in Bian Zhen'er's eyes. Fortunately, Liu Zhuiyi in front of him was still safe and sound. She had the energy to curse, proving that she had not suffered any hardship.
Duan Ganshan looked at the two fussy people and felt unhappy. He said, "I know how to deal with him. He won't die!"
"If I really die, you won't be able to survive!" Liu Zhuiyi turned around and glared at Duan Ganshan. Duan Ganshan was furious. As expected, Liu Zhuiyi was so gentle when she changed her clothes. It was just an illusion! This girl's hot temper has not changed. She needs to be taught a lesson.
"Brother..." A subordinate came running over and knelt on the ground to report, "Brother, the brothers captured a woman at the foot of the mountain, and she seems to be their companion." The reporter pointed at Bian Zhener and the others.
Duan Ganshan narrowed his eyes and said, "Bring it up."
The men brought the woman up, and Bian Zhen'er and the others saw that it was Xun Yan. It turned out that Xun Yan followed Bian Zhen'er and Yun Yao after they left the inn.
Duan Ganshan glanced at Liu Zhuiyi and said, "Now that everyone is here, we should serve them well. Put them in the dungeon."
"Brother, do you still want to close it?" Dog Brother asked in disbelief.
Duan Ganshan said impatiently: "Just shut it up when I told you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Okay..." Dog brother shrugged his shoulders, walked up to Liu Zhuiyi, and sighed, "Miss Liu, you are unlucky. Come, lock them up in the dungeon."
The people locked Liu Zhuiyi and the other three into the dungeon. Bian Zhener was injured and sat against the wall, coughing non-stop. Xun Yan sat next to him and patted Bian Zhener's chest considerately.
Liu Zhuiyi stood at the door of the dungeon, holding the door with both hands, and kept looking at Xun Yan and Bian Zhener.
Yun Yao came to Liu Zhuiyi. There were some things he had always wanted to ask her, but he never had the chance. Now it was good that Duan Ganshan locked them up together, at least they were together again.
"Liu'er." Yun Yao called Liu Zhuiyi softly.
Liu Zhuiyi said absentmindedly, "Yeah."
"Duan Ganshan didn't bully you, did he?" Yun Yao asked. The bullying he wanted to ask about was naturally the "bullying" that Aunt Zhang mentioned. Liu Zhuiyi was still a virgin. If her innocence was really taken away by Duan Ganshan, Yun Yao would settle the score with Duan Ganshan even if they both died.
Liu Zhuiyi shook his head and said, "Not only did he not bully me, he saved my life."
At this point, Xun Yan's eyes lit up and she listened carefully. Yun Yao asked in surprise, "He saved you?"
"Yeah." Liu Zhuiyi said, "I did offend Duan Ganshan and his people when I came to Luoyan Mountain. They locked me up in the cellar and starved me for a night. But the next day I suddenly felt a cramp in my lower abdomen and almost suffocated. After fainting and waking up, I was already in Duan Ganshan's room. He fed me a kind of medicine, and my lower abdomen pain was gone. He also said to me, 'I guess the little bugs are making trouble again. This hundred-year-old snake gall is not easy to deal with. If you endure it for a while, the bugs will die.' Oh, by the way, he also told me that I was poisoned, but I didn't know it myself. Maybe the abnormality a few days ago was also related to the poisoning."
"Poisoned..." When Yun Yao heard these two words, he subconsciously turned his head to look at Xun Yan, and Xun Yan's eyes met his.
Yun Yao walked over, sat on the other side of Bian Zhen'er, and asked, "Miss Xun Yan, there is something I don't quite understand. I remember one night you got up in the middle of the night to take a look at Bian Zhen'er, and you took his pulse and smelled him all over, and finally you actually touched the pupil between Bian Zhen'er's eyebrows. What do you mean by this?"
"Bian Zhen'er's hands are cold. I was just checking on his physical condition. It was totally unintentional to touch his forehead." Xun Yan said in a light tone, without a trace of panic on her face.
Yun Yao smiled meaningfully and said, "Is that so? Miss Xun Yan is really amazing. I could feel the power of the pupil light from a long distance away, but Miss Xun Yan was so close to me, yet she was safe and sound."
Xun Yan knew that Yun Yao was deliberately looking for trouble, so she smiled and said, "Young Master Yun is not good enough himself, why does he want to squeeze others?"
"You!" Yun Yao glared. She actually said that he was stingy and jealous!
"Stop talking, everyone. Let me be quiet." Bian Zhener, who was caught in the middle, spoke up to stop the two from arguing, holding her chest and gasping for breath.
Liu Zhuiyi frowned and called the boy who was guarding the cell, saying, "Hey, come here, call your fourth son over and tell him I'm looking for him." Liu Zhuiyi was holding a small silver coin in his hand. The boy saw it and happily ran over to take the silver. He nodded quickly and said, "Okay, okay, I'll go call Brother Gou over right away."
Soon, the servant brought Gou Ge over. When Gou Ge saw Liu Zhui Yi, he hurried over to her and said lovingly, "Oh, my little beauty, you've suffered."
Liu Zhuiyi pretended to be pitiful, holding Brother Gou's hand, and said in a charming voice: "Brother Gou, it's so cold and gloomy here."
How could Yun Yao tolerate another man touching Liu Zhuiyi? When he was about to stand up to stop him, he was stopped by Bian Zhener.
Dog brother sighed, held Liu Zhuiyi's hand tightly, and said, "If you apologize to me, I will let you out, right?"
Liu Zhuiyi stretched out her soft little hand, pulled Gou Ge's arm, and said coquettishly: "I know I was wrong, you go and tell Mr. Duan that I know I was wrong." As she said that, Liu Zhuiyi slid her hand from Gou Ge's arm to his chest, clenched her fist and lightly hit him.
Gou Ge's bones were almost softened. How could he resist such a beauty and such coquettishness? So he hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll go find big brother and beg for mercy. You just stay here obediently." Before leaving, Gou Ge pinched Liu Zhuiyi's jade hands a few times.
Seeing Gou Ge leave, Yun Yao stood up and shouted at the door: "You filthy pervert!"
Liu Zhuiyi had a disgusted expression and reached out to wipe Yun Yao's clothes. Yun Yao wiped her and said, "Don't get involved with this kind of person in the future. He only thinks about dirty things!"
Liu Zhuiyi looked at Yun Yao's jealous face and couldn't help but joked, "One pervert is talking about another pervert?"
Yun Yao stuttered, "I... I'm different from him. I would never take advantage of someone in distress."
Liu Zhuiyi smiled and stretched out his hand, gently patted Yun Yao's face, and said: "Yes, yes, you are so handsome and upright." Yun Yao pursed his lips and his cheeks flushed.
He actually gets shy.
But Liu Zhuiyi didn't care too much. She walked to Bian Zhen'er, squatted down, and said gently, "Little monk, just bear with it for a while, it will be fine in a while."
Bian Zhen'er didn't want to make Liu Zhuiyi worry, so she smiled and said, "I'm fine."
After a while, Dog Brother came back.
Liu Zhuiyi hurried over and asked expectantly, "Brother Gou, what did Master Duan say?"
Gou Ge was a little embarrassed and said, "Big Brother...Big Brother said that unless Miss Liu agrees to be his wife, he will not let you go."
The wife of the bandit chief!
The wife of the bandit leader! This Duan Ganshan threatened her!
Liu Zhuiyi didn't have that much patience, and throwing away the charm and gentleness she had just pretended, she stretched out her hands through the cell door, grabbed Gou Ge's collar, and pulled him towards the cell door. Gou Ge's body slammed against the cell door, his face pressed against the cell door, which hurt him.
Liu Zhuiyi roared at Gou Ge, "Go back and tell that villain Duan Ganshan that I won't marry! If you have the guts, lock us up! Never let us out!"
Dog brother begged for mercy quickly: "Hey Miss Liu, if you are angry with big brother, forget it, but don't drag me into this!"
"Ah! I've become a villain again." Duan Ganshan's voice came from outside. Liu Zhuiyi looked up and saw him walking in leisurely with his hands behind his back. Liu Zhuiyi kicked Gou Ge away, and Gou Ge retreated repeatedly, and was finally stopped by Duan Ganshan who grabbed him by the collar.
"Duan Ganshan, what exactly do you want?" Liu Zhuiyi slammed the prison door and asked angrily.
Duan rushed over to play with the calluses on his hands, raised his eyes and said: "Don't worry about it, you want to come out, right? You can, call me husband and I will let you out."
"Then let us fend for ourselves." Liu Zhuiyi said with a cold expression, turned around and huddled together with Bian Zhener and the other two.
Duan Ganshan didn't take it to heart, because he knew Liu Zhuiyi would definitely beg him. Duan Ganshan leaned against the prison door and asked Bian Zhener, "Hey, little monk, can you catch ghosts?"
"The little monk is not a little Taoist priest, how can he catch ghosts?" Liu Zhuiyi said.
Duan Ganshan shrugged and said, "It doesn't have to be a Taoist priest to catch ghosts. This little monk is very skilled in martial arts and smart, so he is very suitable for catching ghosts. Just now, someone from Lingqiu County came up to ask for help, saying that there was a ghost in the ancient tomb in the north of the city, and people nearby always heard a woman crying in the middle of the night. If you guys can catch ghosts, I will let you out."
"You don't have to tell us that we can catch ghosts." Liu Zhuiyi changed her face faster than turning the pages of a book. She walked up, lay down at the door of the cell and said with a smile, "Master Duan, please let us go and catch ghosts."
"Okay." Duan Ganshan narrowed his eyes slightly, pointed at Yun Yao and Xun Yan with a smile, and said, "Leave them here, you and the little monk come out."
"What do you mean?" Liu Zhuiyi's face suddenly fell.
Duan Ganshan fixed his eyes on Liu Zhuiyi's face, leaned down to get closer to her, and said, "You still want to bargain."
Liu Zhuiyi said with a fake smile: "How dare I?"
Duan Ganshan took two steps back, asked his men to open the prison door and release Liu Zhuiyi and Bian Zhener, and then locked the door again.
"Liu'er...Bian Zhen'er..." Yun Yao stood at the prison door and looked at them.
Liu Zhuiyi walked over and said, "Don't be afraid, Yunyao. I will definitely rescue you."
"I'm not afraid, but you have to be careful." Yun Yao warned.
"Let's go, Qiufeng Village will provide them with good food and drink." Duan Ganshan urged from behind. Liu Zhuiyi supported Bian Zhen'er, ignored Duan Ganshan's urging, comforted Yun Yao, and then walked out slowly.