C42 (1/2)

Ma Junping was a middle-aged man in his forties. He wasn't fat nor was he thin. He was very tall, and he looked like a refined maester. This was somewhat out of DongLing Wan's expectations. However, Dong Ling Wan wasn't someone who would be fooled by her appearance. She still remembered Liu Rumei's words. This person had a bad reputation in the martial arts world, he definitely wasn't a good person.

At the same time, Ma Junping was also sizing up Eastern Ling Wan. This youth looked to be only 14 or 15 years old, but he dared to bring only one person with him to the mountain to deliver the ransom. It was just that this youth looked really fair and clean, just like a girl.

”Are you the one who sent the ransom?”

”That's me.” Dong Ling Wan bent down in a bow, but the puzzlement in her eyes became more and more serious.

”Bring out the ransom!”

One of the subordinates extended his hand to take away the box in Chen Huan's hand, but was stopped by Dong Ling Wan. ”Stronghold Chief, before that, may I meet with my brother?”

”I will ask you to see it when the time comes. Where is the ransom?” Ma Junping grunted coldly.

”However, the previous chief said that he would arrange for reinforcements, but after waiting for a few days no one came, so it is unavoidable that I became anxious and worried about brother's safety, so I rushed over. I only brought one hundred thousand taels of silver with me, and the remaining half, can I go back to the bank to get it?”

When Ma Junping heard this, he sneered: ”You're quite a clever one! However, this chief has never liked people who dare to play small tricks with this chief! ”Tomorrow before sunset, bring two hundred thousand silver for a redemption. If you can't come …”

”This... Stronghold Chief, in a short period of time, where did I get those two hundred thousand silver taels!? ” Dong Ling Wan frowned, looking very anxious.

”Bring the silver tomorrow before sunset. Otherwise, don't blame this chief for being ruthless!”

”This... ”Yes!”

After being sent down the mountain stronghold, Dong Ling Wan and Chen Huan hurriedly walked down the mountain. Although they didn't know what was going on, it was obvious that their father wasn't in the hands of this group of people.

In the village, watching the two silhouettes of Dong Ling Wan and Dong Ling Wan disappear into the distance, Ma Junping burst out in laughter, ”Men, prepare the wine. I, the chief, will drink a few cups today!”

”Yes sir!”

Ma Junping was about to carry the jar of wine and drink to his heart's content when a lackey rushed in from below. He said that a group of people were wandering around the outskirts of the Black Cloud Mountain when he caught them.

It turned out that the employer of this group of people had died from an epidemic disease a few days ago. After dividing up the employer's belongings, they became greedy and sent one of them to deliver a letter to the employer's home, saying that the employer had been kidnapped by the people from Black Cloud Mountain and sent a ransom of one hundred thousand taels of silver.

They had intended to pretend that they were from the Black Cloud Mountain to contact the person who sent the ransom and kill them to rob them. They had planned to contact the person who sent the ransom and kill them to rob them, but something seemed to have gone wrong and the messenger never came back. ”In order to preserve their lives, these people even mentioned that their employer was Dong Haojie, while the person who came to deliver the ransom was the second young miss of the Dong Family, Dong Lingwan.

Before he could finish his sentence, Ma Junping smacked the table fiercely, ”It's a woman! Someone, stop those two men for me! ”

Dong! The Dong Clan, one of the Seven Desires of the Great Ye! If he caught her, it wouldn't just be a mere two hundred thousand silver taels.

Such a big piece of fat almost slipped out of his mouth!

Dong Ling Wan and Chen Huan rapidly descended the mountain. Unfortunately, the bandits were well-informed and their actions were swift. In less than fifteen minutes, the two of them saw someone chasing after them. Dong Ling Wan said hatefully, ”We've been exposed!”

Chen Huan couldn't be bothered about the master and servant pair, she directly picked up Dong Ling Wan and was about to use her qinggong to fly away from this place. However, at this time, an afterimage flew by, and the person who arrived struck Chen Huan's chest. Chen Huan was caught off guard and fell to the ground together with Dong Ling Wan, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

”Second Miss Dong, since you've come to my Black Cloud Stronghold, why are you in such a hurry to leave?” Ma Junping retracted his hand with a fake smile on his face.

”What is it that you want?”

”Haha …” Ma Junping laughed loudly, ”Second Miss is a straightforward person!” This is right to our village chief's taste! ”

Ma Junping changed the topic of the conversation, and his face turned ferocious, ”It's just that this chief has never forgiven anyone who lied to me.”