CHAPTER 2142: CHAPTER 2142
Where is this place?
"Young Miss, this time the Hidden Cloud Sect's Young Lord wants Master to send you to the Hidden Cloud Sect to be his concubine. Why are we going back? Why don't we leave this place and hide our identities? Although the Hidden Cloud Sect is powerful, once we leave Sishui Commandery, they won't be able to do anything."
Within a luxurious carriage, there was a young servant girl who was about 14 or 15 years old. She was trying her best to persuade a woman who was about 18 or 19 years old. The woman was extremely beautiful, but she had a weak aura about her. She seemed to be in low spirits.
"Little Li, if I leave, what will happen to Father? My Zhao Family's businesses are all here. If that Hidden Cloud Sect's Young Lord gets angry, with the guards that my Zhao Family hired, I'm afraid none of them will be his match."
The girl whispered.
Xiao Li immediately said, "Young Miss, how would the Hidden Cloud Sect dare to openly deal with our Zhao Family? As long as they can't find Young Miss, they won't be able to do anything."
"It's easy to dodge a spear in the open but hard to guard against a stab in the dark …"
The girl shook her head and revealed a determined expression. "When we return, I will arrange for you to stay at home."
"Young Miss, if you go to the Hidden Cloud Sect, then Xiao Li will naturally follow. There is no reason to stay at the Zhao Family alone!"
Xiao Li quickly said.
The woman seemed to be about to say something when the carriage suddenly came to an abrupt halt. She and her maid, Xiao Li, almost fell down.
"Old Ma, do you know how to drive a carriage? If you hurt Young Miss, can you afford to pay for it? "
Xiao Li angrily opened the curtain and scolded Old Ma who was driving the carriage.
Old Ma was around forty years old and looked honest. At this moment, he was sweating profusely. He pointed to the front and trembled. "Young Miss Xiao Li, you, you, you look …"
Xiao Li was slightly shocked. She thought someone was robbing them. Recently, Sishui Commandery wasn't peaceful. Maybe it was because two Xiantian masters of Sky Dragon Country had fought and both sides were injured. It caused the righteous sects to be flustered and many bandits appeared. Several carriages on this road had been robbed, and no one survived!
"Who dares to stop …"
Xiao Li raised her inner qi and jumped to the front of the carriage. Just as she was about to introduce herself, she found that there was no one in front of her. Where did the bandits come from? There was only a man in ragged clothes lying on the ground. His body was riddled with bone-deep wounds, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive!
"Old Ma, he's just a beggar. Can't you just let him go? Why are you so scared?"
Xiao Li looked at Old Ma with dissatisfaction.
Old Ma looked anxious. He pointed at the sky and then at the body. Finally, he squeezed out a few words, "It fell from the sky!"
"It fell from the sky?"
There was a hint of ridicule in Xiao Li's eyes. She said to Old Ma, "Old Ma, I usually ask you to practice martial arts, but you don't. Are you blind now? Did you fall from the sky? Do you think this person is a Grandmaster who can walk on air? "
"Little Li, what happened outside?"
The woman's weak voice came from inside the carriage.
When Xiao Li heard this, she quickly returned to the carriage and said, "Miss, it's okay. He's just a beggar." After that, she shouted at Old Ma, "Hurry up!"
"Yes!"
Old Ma wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and wondered if his eyes were playing tricks on him.
When the carriage took a detour, the woman suddenly opened the curtain and took a look. There was a trace of pity in her eyes.
"Old Ma, stop the carriage. Let's see if he's dead or alive."
The woman whispered.
"Miss, why should we care about this kind of beggar? If he is a spy sent by the robbers, what should we do? Although Xiao Li's kung fu has reached the first stage of Bone Forging, but … "
Xiao Li hurriedly dissuaded her.
"Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Old Ma, go and have a look."
The woman still insisted.
"Okay."
Old Ma responded and then went forward to check. After a while, he said loudly, "Miss, he's still alive."
"Carry him into the carriage and take him back to see a doctor."
The woman ordered.
Soon, Old Ma carried the seriously injured man into the carriage. Xiao Li looked disgusted and did not allow him to enter the carriage. She just lay behind Old Ma, and the carriage continued to move forward.
When the sun was about to set, the carriage finally drove into Baishan City and stopped in front of the most famous business family in Baishan City, the Zhao family.
There were a few madams and elders standing in front of the Zhao family's door. They looked a little anxious, but when they saw the carriage, they heaved a long sigh of relief.
"Zhao Ruo, that lass is finally back. A few days ago, the Hidden Cloud Sect's young sect master sent someone to say that if we don't see Zhao Ruo within a month, the Zhao family's business in Baishan City will be handed over to the Huang family. Heavens bless us, heavens bless us!"
"Eh, who is that person behind Old Ma? A beggar? "
The madams exchanged looks and then looked at one of the elders. That elder nodded respectfully and strode to the front of the carriage. He said coldly, "Old Ma, who is this person?!"
"Chief Steward, I …"
Old Ma was speechless. He didn't know who this fellow was. Along the way, he had been wondering if this fellow fell from the sky!
"Chief Steward, he is a beggar and is seriously injured. Miss is kind and saw that he didn't die, so she brought him back."
Xiao Li nimbly jumped off the carriage and then carefully helped Zhao Ruo get off. She glanced at the madams and elders, and her eyes revealed a trace of mockery as she spoke coldly.
The madams in front of her were Zhao Ruo's concubines, and those elders were their lackeys and the Zhao family's deacons.
In Xiao Li's opinion, this group of fellows couldn't wait for their young miss to marry into the Hidden Cloud Sect and stabilize the Zhao family's position in Baishan City. This way, they could steadily make a fortune!
"Miss is really kind. Someone, bring this person away and find Doctor Ding to take a look at him."
The chief steward put on a fake smile. Then, a few guards walked out and roughly grabbed the heavily injured person from the carriage and walked into the Zhao family.
"Miss, you must have had a hard journey. Please."
The chief steward smiled and looked at Zhao Ruo.
The madams also surrounded Zhao Ruo and asked about her well-being. However, no one knew how sincere they were.
…
"Doctor Ding, this is the person. See if you can save him. If you can't, don't waste our Zhao family's medicine. Just throw him outside to feed the wild dogs."
In the most remote woodshed of the Zhao Mansion, a guard pointed at the person on the ground and spoke to a young man behind him who looked to be only twenty-five or twenty-six years old but appeared mature and steady.
After he finished speaking, he didn't seem to want to stay here any longer. He turned and left.
"With such injuries, he still isn't dead?"
Ding Feng went forward to check and revealed a look of surprise. Then, he took out a silver needle and gently inserted it.
The silver needle broke.
Ding Feng was shocked. What made him even more shocked was that the other party's eyes had already opened and were looking at him indifferently. Ding Feng had never seen such a terrifying gaze before. Even when facing the Zhao family's family head, Zhao Zhuo, he had never felt such fear.
"Where is this place?"
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