In the evening, Leng Yi finally settled all the gold and silver of the business, so he ordered the wives and daughters of the servants to leave the city overnight, afraid that the bandits in the mountains would see signs of him moving his entire family.
After the Leng family left Yanping City, Madam Leng held her daughter Leng Hongying's hand and followed her husband in the forest. The servants of the Leng family followed closely behind in a long line.
After a while, Madam Leng complained,"Why did you leave the main road behind and come to this mud instead? No matter how powerful the Mountain Bandits are, they would never expect us to leave the city in the middle of the night.”
Leng Yi was leading the way in the forest. He said to his wife without looking back,"What do women know? Since those bandits have sent us letters to collect taxes, they will definitely prevent us from escaping during the night.”
Madam Leng saw that her husband was serious and understood that the situation was serious. Although she was still mumbling, her feet were already following her husband. Leng Hongying, on the other hand, found it very interesting to travel in the forest. Her slender eyes looked around excitedly and curiously.
The people of the Leng family traveled through the forest and crossed three mountains in succession. When they were hungry, they would eat the dry food they brought with them. When they were sleepy, they would sleep on the ground.
After enduring this for six to seven days, Leng Yi estimated that they had already left Yanping territory, and only then did he lead everyone onto the official road. At that time, there were bandits everywhere in the country of Da Duo. Leng Yi thought that the capital was under the feet of the emperor and there should be no bandits, so he set out for the capital with his family.
The people of the Leng family had traveled on the official road for less than two days before they finally encountered mountain bandits.
Leng Yi saw that this group of Mountain Bandits were not on the same side as the Mountain Bandits of Yanping City. He calculated that the other party did not know his background and could muddle through. Therefore, he quickly took out gold and silver and said to the Mountain Bandits,"Greetings, heroes. I brought my family along and passed by the treasure land to make a living. I hope that you can do me a favor. It's not easy for all the heroes to travel around. Please accept these tributes and buy some wine to reward your brothers.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the bandit leader suddenly shouted,"Leng Hongying!" When Leng Yi's daughter heard someone calling her name, she immediately replied,"Who is it?"
When Leng Yi heard his daughter's reply, his heart skipped a beat. He knew that a disaster was about to befall him.
As expected, the bandit leader said proudly,"Hahaha, you're actually the people of the Leng Residence who fled from Yanping City! Since the heavens have sent you all into my hands, it would be disrespectful to the heavens if I let you off so easily. Haha, haha.”With that, he waved his hand and led a group of Mountain Bandits to charge forward. With a swing of his saber, he killed everyone from the Leng Residence.
Before Leng Yi breathed his last, he still could not figure out how these bandits knew that they had escaped from Yanping City.
But how would Leng Yi know that the world was already a nest of officials and bandits. On the second day after their family had sneaked out of Yanping City, the soldiers found that the Leng Manor was empty and immediately informed the bandits outside the city.
When the bandits of Yanping City learned that the Leng family had fled without permission because they refused to pay the merchant's silver, they immediately spread the news and described the appearance and characteristics of the Leng family in great detail.
On this day, the bandits that the Leng family had encountered had already received the news, so they challenged each other. The reason why he called Leng Hongying is because he is young and ignorant, and his way of doing things is still shallow. As expected, Leng Hongying answered the moment the bandit leader called out her name. This way, since the bandits knew that Leng Yi and the others had escaped, they naturally didn't need to keep them alive to ensure that the 'small stream of water flows for a long time' was the key to obtaining wealth.
The young Leng Hongying saw her parents, housekeeper, and servants fall into a pool of blood one after another. She was so scared that she stood rooted to the spot and even forgot to cry.
When Leng Hongying was the only one left alive, several bandits surrounded her with lewd smiles on their faces. The rest of the bandits plundered the bodies of the people in the Leng Residence, not letting go of a single piece of property.
Leng Hongying knew that she could live a happy life because of the wealth in her family. Now that Leng Hongying had seen her family's gold and silver stolen by bandits and her family members die tragically, she gradually became crazy.
"Ah!" As soon as the bandits touched Leng Hongying's clothes, Leng Hongying suddenly let out an extremely sharp cry. At the same time, the ground under her feet rose and fell like waves. Then, Leng Hongying felt dizzy and fainted.
At this moment, an angry roar suddenly sounded like thunder,"Stop! In broad daylight, you bandits actually have no respect for the law!”
The bandits were shocked and turned around. With a glance, they saw a young man with an imposing manner rushing towards them with several attendants carrying swords and sabers.
The bandit leader saw that the number of people coming was far less than his own, and his heart relaxed. He shouted arrogantly,"Law? Haha, I am the law! Kid, I advise you to hand over the silver, otherwise…"
The young man didn't wait for him to finish his sentence and charged at the bandits with his sword. The young man moved his sword like the wind and stabbed several bandits to death in the blink of an eye. The young man's followers followed closely behind, brandishing their swords and slashing with their sabers. They were very brave. Although the followers were not as fast as the young man, they were still several times faster than the bandits.
Leng Hongying fell into a coma due to the violent mental shock in her head. She woke up on her own after a long time. She only felt that the shouts and screams around her had become one. In her daze, she only wanted to take advantage of the chaos to quietly leave.
Although she was penniless and could not pay the officials, she did not even have money to buy food. But even so, it was still better than losing his life.
Leng Hongying took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her and quietly rolled on the ground. She flashed into a forest and carefully moved more than ten feet away before running away.
However, she had been pampered since she was young. After running for about a mile, she was so tired that she panted. She sat down on a large rock to rest. At this moment, Leng Hongying's stomach started to make a sound. It turned out that she had been hungry for a long time. Previously, she was tense and did not realize it. Now that she had free time, she felt hungry and thirsty.
Leng Hongying looked around and saw a big tree full of wild fruits not far away. She couldn't help but salivate. She immediately walked up to the tree and wanted to pick the fruits. She bent her legs slightly and jumped a few feet. Then, Leng Hongying hugged the tree trunk with both hands and climbed up.
Unfortunately, Leng Hongying was too weak and failed several times. Not to mention that she was exhausted now, even if she was full of energy, it was almost impossible for a spoiled young lady like her to climb up this big tree.
After a long while, Leng Hongying finally fell to the ground, exhausted and hungry. She was disappointed, helpless, and wronged. At this moment, an indescribable feeling suddenly appeared in her mind, just like the time when the sun in the sky became unusually dazzling for no reason a few months ago.
As the hunger and fatigue grew stronger, Leng Hongying felt more and more desperate."Heavens, could it be that I'm going to starve to death in this forest? Why was this fruit tree so tall? If it hadn't fallen or its roots had sunk into the ground, how could I have plucked the fruits to satisfy my hunger?”
At this moment, Leng Hongying suddenly heard a loud bang and jumped up in shock. Looking closely, it turned out that the ground had really collapsed, and the huge fruit tree had sunk into the ground.
Seeing this, Leng Hongying was overjoyed. She hurriedly ran over and picked some fruits to chew on.
Not long after Leng Hongying escaped, the young man and his group had killed all the Mountain Bandits.
After the attendants finished counting the battlefield, they bowed to the young man and reported,""Young Marshal, none of the Mountain Bandits survived. That little girl has also disappeared. She must have escaped during the chaos.”
"En, let's continue on our way."”
This young man was Zhu Xiangyang, the son of the late cabinet minister Zhu Wenxuan. He had once served as a young marshal in the elite army of the Dado Dynasty. His martial arts skills were truly impressive.
After Zhu Wenxuan was ostracized and left the capital, Zhu Xiangyang was also sent back to his hometown by the Emperor with an imperial edict for the reason of "helping your father suppress the bandits".
Zhu Xiangyang didn't know that his father had been killed by the thief and was thinking hard about his future livelihood. His followers were not only his trusted aides, but also his good brothers who had lived and died together with him in the army. This time, Zhu Xiangyang was sent back to his hometown, and this good brother was also willing to leave the capital with Zhu Xiangyang.
After Zhu Xiangyang and his group killed the bandits, they continued on their way. In less than a day, they arrived at the Tian Feng Mountain area not far from their hometown.
At this time, Zhu Xiangyang was missing his hometown and couldn't help but speed up his pace to run to his hometown. At this moment, he saw a corpse hanging on a big tree in the distance. Although the corpse was facing inwards, Zhu Xiangyang felt a sense of panic and unease.
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