Yao Kun was suddenly attacked by a walnut husk. Her body instantly crouched down, and the long sword in her hand was knocked flying by someone. Unable to dodge in time, Shi Muwǎn, who was hiding behind her, was thus exposed to the range of the black - clothed men.
Seeing a hand reaching out to grab her, Shi Muwǎn instinctively wanted to dodge. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the falling walnut. She held her breath, silently cheered herself on in her heart, and actually didn't dodge.
Inside the carriage, Huo Qizhou saw her body that was about to dodge suddenly stop in mid - air. The next second, she was snatched away by someone.
He didn't expect her to have such courage. Huo Qizhou unconsciously curled the corner of his mouth, and put a small walnut back into the fruit plate.
Those men seemed to have also discovered Yao Kun's extraordinary skills. They decisively gave up on her and directly took Shi Muwǎn away.
Yao Kun glared at the person inside the carriage. She kicked up the long sword on the ground and pointed it straight at the carriage. Huo Qizhou caught her sword with two fingers. Their eyes met, and the atmosphere was tense.
"Three times." Yao Kun suddenly said something out of the blue, then drew out her sword and chased after the black - clothed men.
Huo Qizhou stood still for a moment, then quickly followed.
When Yan Mo chased along the trail, he only saw the small carriage. There was no one there, but the surrounding traces clearly indicated that there had been a fight.
He just didn't know the result.
He could only pray that nothing bad would happen to the two of them.
Those black - clothed men knew that Yao Kun would surely chase after them, so they left a few people behind as a rear - guard to stop her.
Seeing this, Huo Qizhou who had caught up bypassed them and chased ahead. Those black - clothed men didn't expect that there would be another person.
Yin Muran and Xiao Li had been waiting at the appointed place for a long time, but no one came.
"What's going on? Usually, by this time, we should have caught several people." Yin Muran questioned Xiao Li.
Xiao Li said in a deep voice, "Maybe something has gone wrong. Brother Yin, we'd better retreat first. The situation is not right."
Yin Muran's face darkened. Suddenly, he saw several figures leaping in the forest and a bright green that was very eye - catching in the snow. Then he said mockingly, "Mr. Li, I thought you were so capable. You messed up a big deal on your first time here. According to the higher - ups, we're going to be in trouble again. The loss this time is not small. Who can take the responsibility?"
This Mr. Li was sent by the higher - ups. Nicely put, he was here to assist him. In fact, it was because the goods he had sent up had problems in the previous times, so they sent someone to supervise him! He had endured this for a long time.
Now let's see how he would handle this. This whole thing was arranged by this Mr. Li.
When those figures walked up to him and he saw clearly, he burst into laughter. His turbid eyes were almost covered by the flesh on his face.
"On my first cooperation with Mr. Li, you may not know some of my little habits. Fortunately, this insignificant little habit of mine has been a great help this time. Although there's only one, the quality is top - notch."
Yin Muran's face was full of wrinkles. His rough and fat hand roughly lifted Shi Muwǎn's head.
Shi Muwǎn was pretending to be asleep for fear of ruining things. Being twisted by the neck made her very uncomfortable, but she still held on and didn't open her eyes.
Xiao Li, who had originally had a kind face, now looked as dark as coal.
This Yin Muran was asking for a favor from him!
"Brother Yin is really amazing. It's just that I'm still too inexperienced. I just wonder what you usually do with the girls you catch with your little habits."
Yin Muran knew that he was trying to trick him, so he wasn't that stupid. "Of course, I hand them over. It's just that there are a lot of rejects. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people in my opera troupe, right?"
He even had the nerve to say that. The things he handed in were all junk. That's why the higher - ups sent him here to supervise this group of people.
Xiao Li sneered in his heart. But now the situation was unfavorable to him. Not only did his men fail to catch a single girl, but his subordinates also didn't come back. Now there was only the one in Yin Muran's hands, which was indeed of high quality.
But this old fox Yin Muran had secretly caught other girls without his knowledge!
Most of the troubles the higher - ups had encountered were because of Yin Muran's group. He didn't check the identities of the girls he caught. As long as they were beautiful, he would take action. The girls he caught were indeed good, all raised delicately by big families.
Yin Muran was a relative of a big shot among the higher - ups, so no one dared to mess with him, allowing him to act recklessly. So he had been extremely cautious this time and had made some investigations before taking action.
There shouldn't have been any mistakes.
This girl clearly wasn't ordinary. She exuded an air of nobility. Although the style of her clothes wasn't very novel, the material was top - notch.
Xiao Li was a bit worried, praying that nothing else would go wrong. But the next second, he saw a black - clothed man whispering something in Yin Muran's ear. All the wrinkles on Yin Muran's face instantly drooped.
"Boss, we only caught one of the two girls as originally planned. The other one knows martial arts and is chasing after us. I left a few brothers to stop her. But that girl is very powerful. It's quite difficult for several of our brothers to deal with her together. She may catch up soon."
"What!" Yin Muran roared in a loud voice and hit the black - clothed man with a stick. "Damn it, why didn't you say so earlier!"
The black - clothed man rubbed his buttocks aggrievedly. "I didn't dare to interrupt your conversation with Mr. Li."
"Let's go, let's go quickly." Yin Muran started to urge.
Xiao Li's eyelids twitched. Sure enough, there was no good news.
"Brother Yin, why don't we let this girl go, so as not to cause more trouble."
"Then do you want to take the blame?" Yin Muran sneered at him.
"But that girl knows martial arts. She must be extraordinary. This kind of person is the most troublesome. The higher - ups may not be happy."
Yin Muran wasn't willing at all. He took the horse led by his subordinate. Although his leg was lame, he got on the horse very nimbly. Sitting on the horse, his whole aura seemed to rise a notch.
"The girls I've caught in the past were a bit risky, but there are people who like them. The higher - ups will naturally take the blame in order to please others. You're still too young and don't understand the tricks. You should let your master learn more from the older generation. I can come back safely every time not only because of my background but also because of my own abilities."