kvmb Chapter 325 The Bandit's Wife is Spicy
Chapter 325 The Bandit's Wife is Spicy
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Lu Yangyang lay on the bamboo raft and drifted downstream. She didn't know how much time had passed before the raft finally stabilized. She gritted her teeth, endured the pain, and pulled out the arrow from her shoulder. She quickly treated the wound and then lay back down on the raft, panting heavily.
It was completely dark. She was tired, sleepy, and hungry, but she dared not let herself fall asleep.
Fortunately, the rain gradually stopped. She forced herself to stay awake and observed her surroundings. No assassins were chasing her, so she figured no one would be after her.
Those people's target is His Highness.
I wonder how Your Highness is doing now? Did you manage to leave safely?
While lost in thought, Lu Yangyang groped her way to the bamboo pole tied to the raft and struggled to slide it towards the riverbank.
Not far away was a reed bed. It was too dark to see what was behind the reeds, but it should be close to the shore.
After an unknown amount of time, just when Lu Yangyang felt like she was about to have her last bit of strength drained away, she finally saw the riverbank beyond the reeds, with two small, dilapidated boats moored on the shore.
Great, the presence of a boat means someone will pass by.
She'll take a nap first, and then she can go to the nearby villages and towns to find something to eat early tomorrow morning.
Lu Yangyang laboriously rowed the bamboo raft to the side of the small boat, struggled to her feet, and jumped onto the small boat. She found a tinderbox on the boat and lit it. She searched the boat but couldn't find any food. However, there was still half a pot of water left in the teapot, so Lu Yangyang hurriedly gulped down a few mouthfuls.
The tea was a little cold when she drank it, but it did relieve the itch in her throat.
Then she staggered ashore from the small boat. In just a short while, she was already covered in sweat. She had used up too much energy fighting with those people on the boat and was almost exhausted. Now she didn't know how long she had been drifting in the river, without food or water, and she was injured. She really had no strength left.
After calming down for a while, Lu Yangyang gritted her teeth and stood up. She walked along the shore for a while and finally found a dilapidated thatched hut. It must have been used by the ferrymen to rest temporarily. It was drafty from all sides, and the straw inside was soaked by the damp rain, but at least it could keep out the rain.
She found a corner to lean against, and finally couldn't hold on any longer, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.
In a daze, she heard faint noises around her. Her eyelids were heavy, and she tried for a long time but couldn't open her eyes.
"It's actually a girl, and she's quite pretty, but it's a pity her face is ruined, otherwise she could have been sold to the Hundred Flowers Brothel," a lewd male voice said.
“Hey, it’s possible to sell it, there are plenty of gentlemen with special tastes at this Hundred Flowers Pavilion, but that Madam Wei is very shrewd, she’ll definitely find fault, so it won’t fetch a good price,” another person replied.
"What should we do? This stuff looks pretty good. Are we just going to let it go? If we come down the mountain empty-handed, the chief will definitely chop us up! Things haven't been easy in the village lately!"
"How about we take her back? To be the chief's wife? This girl is carrying a whip, and it looks like a good one. The chief loves spicy food, I guarantee he'll like it!"
"Okay, I'll do it your way!"
The two quickly reached an agreement. One of the men, who was slightly more muscular, walked up to Lu Yangyang and reached out to touch her face: "Wow, so pretty!"
"Stop dawdling, hurry up, it'll be dawn soon. It's just the two of us, don't linger outside," the other urged.
Without saying anything more, the burly man pulled out a sack, put Lu Yangyang in it, bent down, and hoisted her onto his shoulder.
The two quickly left the thatched hut.
Lu Yangyang's eyelids twitched, vaguely realizing that she had been carried away. She asked in a weak voice, "Where are you taking me?"
"Holy crap! He's awake!" The burly man was startled and quickly looked around warily to see if anyone was there.
He chuckled and said, "I'll send you to the mountain stronghold to enjoy a life of luxury. I advise you to behave yourself and serve our boss well, and you'll have the best of everything! If you don't behave, I'll sell you to a brothel right now!"
Lu Yangyang's eyelids twitched. After weighing the options between being sent to a mountain stronghold and a brothel, she decided to go to the mountain stronghold instead.
After all, the mountains were her happy hometown.
Moreover, once she's inside the mountain stronghold, those assassins will probably never be able to find her.
So she responded softly, "Okay."
Then he closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
The burly man suddenly stopped, his eyes widening in disbelief as he looked at his companion beside him, as if asking, "She just accepted it like that?"
Aren't you going to struggle at all?
Even his accomplices were a bit confused; what exactly was going on?
The two exchanged a strange look, feeling that something was amiss.
However, it is not advisable to stay here for long.
"Let's go back first and talk about it later," his accomplice said in a low voice.
The two then stopped talking and ran quickly toward the mountain stronghold.
Lu Yangyang was carried around for an unknown amount of time, but once she was certain she was out of immediate danger, she slept quite soundly the whole way. When she woke up again, she felt much better, but she was still very hungry and her stomach was cramping.
"How much longer until we arrive?" Lu Yangyang asked.
The two bandits were still struggling to make their way back to the mountain stronghold when they were suddenly startled by the noise, their legs went weak, and they almost dropped Lu Yangyang.
Lu Yangyang was wrapped in a sack and couldn't see what was happening outside. When she didn't hear a reply, she said again, "Can you hurry up? I'm hungry."
The mountain bandits were somewhat at a loss.
On ordinary days, the girls they encountered while robbing and plundering were all crying and struggling desperately. That was easy to deal with; a few slaps or some medicine would make them behave themselves.
This was the first time they had encountered such a situation. They didn't need to slap her or give her any medicine. She cooperated obediently and even dared to ask them for food.
They couldn't even handle two bandits.
After a moment's hesitation, the two exchanged a glance. Since it was a gift for the chief, they decided to be polite: "Bear with it, we'll be there in half an hour."
Half an hour? That's a bit long.
Lu Yangyang was quite anxious.
But forget it, she doesn't have the strength to walk now, it's better to be carried.
"Then hurry up, I haven't eaten all day, I'm starving," Lu Yangyang urged weakly.
Her response was a long silence from the two bandits.
Fortunately, perhaps the two bandits were also hungry, because they quickened their pace for the rest of the journey and finally arrived at the mountain stronghold around noon.
From afar, someone called out to the two men: "Ge Er, Da Qiang, what goods have you brought back?"
The shorter, thinner one is Ge Er, and the burly man is Da Qiang.
Upon hearing the voice, the two excitedly shouted, "We've brought back a bandit leader's wife! She's got a real firecracker!"