Chapter 203 (1/2)
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She forced herself to calm down, looked at the two masked men in black in front of her, and asked loudly, “Who are you people? I’m just a child of a fis.h.i.+ng family, and I don’t have any grudges with you guys . Could it be that you have mistaken me for someone else?”
The masked men looked at one another . The shorter one laughed grimly and asked, “Are you Yu Xiaocao of Dongshan Village?”
Xiaocao’s heart sank . Since they were able to say her name, it was impossible that they had gotten the wrong person . After she looked around, her heart turned completely cold . This was the most remote section of the mountain road . On one side was a steep cliff, while a dense forest was on the other side . It was the best place to murder someone and then destroy the corpse!
The two masked men blocked all her routes of escape in front and behind her . The thickets of the forest next to her was even taller than her, so it was nearly impossible to quickly jump in there and hide . The cliff on the other side was even worse . If she jumped, she would definitely die without a corpse . What should she do? Was she going to die today?
Yu Xiaocao secretly took a deep breath and said it a low voice, “That’s right, I am indeed Yu Xiaocao! However, I don’t think that I have ever done anything ruthless and unlawful . I also don’t recall having any enemies . Why are these two strong warriors attacking me with weapons without any reason?”
The taller man had a slightly sharper voice, which sounded grating on the ears, “Heh heh… Someone spent two hundred taels for your life . As for who it is—go and ask in the underworld!”
[Little Glutinous Dumpling, are you there? If you don’t come out now, then your master is going to die!] Yu Xiaocao desperately called for the little divine stone within her heart . This little fellow usually jumped out when it wasn’t needed, so please don’t let her down at such a critical moment ah!
The little divine stone’s voice slowly emerged within her mind, [Humph! Don’t call me Little Glutinous Dumpling! What kind of stupid name is that? It’s not impressive at all . Change it!]
[Is this the time to be worried about your name? Do you want me to die so that you can change your master ah?] Yu Xiaocao was so angry that she forgot about being scared . Her fierce expression made the two bandits looked at each other again . They were very baffled in their hearts—was this little la.s.s so scared that she had turned into a fool?
The little divine stone slowly said, [Of course I would like to change to a more powerful master, but… Ay! It’s hard to bind with people who aren’t in the same magnetic field ah! This Divine Stone has no other choice but to accept you as my master . There’s nothing I can do ah!]
[Since you can’t change your master, shouldn’t you hurry up and help me?] Yu Xiaocao was about to die from anger because of it . This tactless thing, it was such a critical moment right now, yet it was still dawdling!
The little divine stone replied in a leisurely and unhurried manner, [Don’t worry . My help won’t be needed! You ah, you’re really lucky, so there’s no way you will die!]
At this moment, the bandits had already lost their patience . They raised their swords and rushed towards Yu Xiaocao . Yu Xiaocao was so scared that she immediately got under the donkey cart . The bandits missed their target and were about to bend down to stab her under the cart when the sound of horse hooves came . A clear voice shouted, “To rob and a.s.sault people in broad daylight, do you really think that there’s no law in the Great Ming Dynasty?”
Her savior had finally appeared! Yu Xiaocao was so excited that she burst into tears (Author’s note: Are you sure it wasn’t because you were scared?) . She breathed a long sigh of relief and relaxed her stiff body under the donkey cart .
The bandits looked towards the direction of the sound and saw a white horse galloping over at full speed . With the neighing of the horse, an agile figure jumped off the back of the horse and landed near the cart . The bandits were only ordinary hooligans in town . When that person approached them, they were swayed to commit a crime at the sight of money . Moreover, they had heard that the target was just a weak little girl, so they agreed to take up this job .
Although they looked savage and cruel, they were actually very nervous . They usually just engaged in some small-scale bullying of the weak, gang fights, and so on . It was actually their first time being hired as. .h.i.tmen . At this time, seeing that this deed had been exposed and that the person who came seemed to know martial arts, they naturally didn’t dare to fight him . Thus, they immediately picked up their swords and ran at a speed that was even faster than a rabbit .
From afar, Zhu Junxi had seen the two masked bandits in black aiming their broadswords at the little girl . Thinking that the bandits had blocked the road in order to rob her, he hastened his beloved steed and rushed over . He had prepared to fight for justice, but unexpectedly, the two cowards had run away in fear before he had even stood still .
But, since he had encountered this situation, how could he allow the bandits to get away? With a few strides, he had caught up with the bandits . He had expected a fierce battle, but who knew that they were like a pewter spearhead that shone like silver—impressive-looking but useless . They were defeated and captured in a few moves . Zhu Junxi felt unsatisfied—weren’t they too easy to defeat?
Two streams of tears flowed down the bandits’ faces, ‘Big brother, can you not hit so hard?’
When Yu Xiaocao came out from the bottom of the cart, she saw this scene: a bandit was kicked away by a handsome guy in white, hit a big tree and bounced back . He was spitting blood while lying on the ground and unable to stand up for a long time . With his arm twisted, the other bandit was being pressed facedown on the ground . Hearing a clear ‘cracking’ sound, she reckoned that his arm was probably useless now!
After taking a closer look, she felt that this handsome guy in white looked rather familiar . Wasn’t he one of Princess Consort Jing’s sons? Anyways, he was definitely the princess consort’s son! She hadn’t expected that a young master of the Prince Jing’s Estate would actually be skilled in martial arts .
“Oh? Aren’t you General Fang’s G.o.ddaughter? Who did you offend? You have actually attracted such a fatal disaster?” After getting a good look of the dirty face of the little girl who crawled out from under the cart, Zhu Junxi was surprised to realize that she was an acquaintance, so he asked .