Chapter 87: Chapter 83: It’s So Cold Today

Through friendly conversations along the way, Shen Jingxian learned the identity of the man who was left behind.

His name is Qi Qi, and usually everyone calls him Old Seven. There are a total of twelve brothers in charge of this hill, with dozens of other brothers below. It’s the old novel trope of robbing the rich to feed the poor and claiming the mountain as your kingdom.

Upon hearing this, Shen Jingxian suddenly understood the situation.

Originally, Song Yan was also kidnapped once. It was the Princess and a little manipulator who jointly bribed people from Guihun Pavilion to take action.

After that kidnapping, Song Yan used her medical skills to cure the Pavilion Master’s hidden illness, successfully winning his heart, and he willingly became the man behind her.

Not only did he expose the Princess and the manipulator thoroughly, but he also secretly tore up the agreement, starting to trouble the Princess and the manipulator.

But to be fair, this Pavilion Master is reliable.

At least before tearing up the contract, he refunded the deposit for buying a life to the original Princess and manipulator, and informed them that Song Yan had become his master. Causing trouble for Song Yan was causing trouble for him.

Ah, I always root for the loyal dog!

Got sidetracked.

After understanding the current situation, Shen Jingxian realized that although on the surface they seemed like a group of foolish kidnappers, in reality, they were assassins from Guihun Pavilion who killed without hesitation.

But as assassins, they seem a bit unprofessional, right? Exposing their faces directly, aren’t they afraid of revenge from enemies?

As Shen Jingxian watched, memories of things Shi Wang taught her involuntarily surfaced in her mind, and she successfully discovered a trace on Qi Qi’s earlobe. This line is easily overlooked by ordinary people, but for Shen Jingxian, it clearly indicated that Qi Qi was using a fake face.

Qi Qi seemed to notice Shen Jingxian looking at him and turned around on horseback to comfort her, “Don’t worry, wife, we’ll soon reach the village.”

The word “wife” startled Shen Jingxian, but she couldn’t rebuke it directly, so she just smiled and tried to use her charm to fish for information.

“Brother Qi, if we become the closest people to each other, shouldn’t we be honest with each other?”

“Naturally!” Although Shen Jingxian couldn’t see Qi Qi’s face while he drove the carriage, she sensed his excitement from his tone.

Knowing there was some leeway, Shen Jingxian softly asked, “Then, Brother Qi, do you know how my sister’s leg was broken? Could it be… one of Brother Qi’s brothers did it…?”

Before Shen Jingxian finished, Qi Qi anxiously interrupted her, “It’s not like that!”

Then he recounted the cause, process, and result of their kidnapping.

Cause: Someone paid a high price, an extraordinarily high price, to buy Song Yan’s life. To ensure success, they specifically sent twelve people out together, securing all the escape routes.

Process: Shen Jingxian was by Song Yan’s side drinking sweet milk when one of the twelve assassins, who couldn’t tolerate the smell of milk, immediately went berserk, knocked Shen Jingxian out, and drugged Song Yan unconscious.

Then the employer appeared. It was a woman, her face masked and unseen, yet her actions were extremely ruthless.

She not only broke Song Yan’s leg but even ordered Qi Qi and the assassins to ruin her body before sending her back.

But the assassins didn’t comply. Guihun Pavilion had rules: taking lives was acceptable, but acts of rape and robbery were forbidden. So, they simply took her back without implementing the order.

Shen Jingxian, lying on the side with disheveled hair, seemingly didn’t attract the employer’s attention. But the assassins still bagged her, tied up her hands and feet, and took her away to be safe.

Result: Shen Jingxian’s beauty was so astonishing that all twelve assassins were captivated, willing to wash their hands of the matter for her.

Qi Qi even decided that after healing Song Yan’s leg, he would immediately take Shen Jingxian far away, facing wind and rain, never to separate!

Shen Jingxian could listen no more and turned back inside the carriage.

(Hands behind back, leaves)

Being in the same carriage, their current situation was much better than when they first awoke.

While recalling the plot, Shen Jingxian didn’t forget to concern herself with Song Yan’s injury.

Though Song Yan still pretended to be calm, her pale face and the cold sweat emerging from her body revealed her true state.

Shen Jingxian could do nothing, so she kept talking to Song Yan, diverting her attention.

“Sister Song Yan, how about I tell you a story?”

Song Yan kept herself together, “Alright.”

“Once upon a time, there was a bun walking down the street feeling hungry, so it ate itself.”

After saying this, Shen Jingxian shivered from the chill, yet Song Yan smiled and said, “That story is interesting, never heard it before.”

Upon hearing this, Shen Jingxian got enthusiastic and told several more jokes.

Shen Jingxian, “Fish says: I keep my eyes open all the time, unwilling to leave your side. Water says: I flow tirelessly every day, just to surround you and hold you up well. Pot says: Almost cooked, still so stubborn!”

Song Yan, “So that’s what they’re thinking when cooking fish.”

Shen Jingxian, “If I can hold 8 white nuts with one hand, what does it indicate?”

Song Yan: “The Prince likes to eat white nuts?”

Shen Jingxian: “No, it indicates that my hand is big.”

With Shen Jingxian’s string of cold jokes, Song Yan was successfully distracted and was even made to laugh by these chilling jokes.

Outside, driving the carriage, Qi Qi heard occasional laughter from the carriage and, looking at the surrounding scenery, sighed, “With such a wife, what more could a husband ask for?”

It was unclear how long passed before the carriage finally stopped.

The cloth curtain in front was uncovered, revealing Qi Qi’s delicate face, and beside him, a woman dressed in tight-fitting black clothes appeared silently.

Although wearing a mask, making her face unclear, Shen Jingxian could definitely tell it was a woman, for she was large.

The masked woman didn’t speak but merely extended her hand, effortlessly lifting Song Yan.

“Wife, I’m now going to treat your sister’s leg.”

Shen Jingxian nodded, following behind the woman, “I want to go too.”

Qi Qi frowned. Normally, he disliked having people around when treating someone.

“Brother Qi, is it not allowed?”

The soft voice penetrated through Qi Qi’s ear canal straight into his heart, and he felt a rational voice within him being shattered by Shen Jingxian’s gentle calls of Brother Qi.

“Of course it’s allowed!”

They came to a dilapidated large gate, but it was actually more like a frame surrounded by straw.

This is the village?

The novel mentioned this as Guihun Pavilion, did I guess wrong?

Yet it wasn’t until a layer of black cloth was placed over Shen Jingxian’s eyes that she realized things weren’t so simple.

“Wife, though we may have no secrets between us, this concerns the safety of all our brothers, so you’ll have to bear with it.”

Shen Jingxian nodded, becoming even surer of her situation.

But… in the original novel, Song Yan won over these people through medical skills. Now what should she do?

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