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Chapter 141 - Ruan Xingzhu s Request

Ruan Xingzhu's words were filled with ridicule and mockery. Perhaps it was because Duan Zhengchun's attitude towards her earlier was too vile, so Ruan Xingzhu was extremely angry in her heart. But this time, she actually did not put Duke Duan Zhengchun's identity in her eyes at all.

Duan Zhengchun's expression was extremely ugly, it was obvious that he did not expect Ruan Xingzhu to have such guts, daring to mock him in front of everyone.

"Ruan Xingzhu, you better not go too far!" Duan Zhengchun said as he angrily opened his eyes and looked at Ruan Xingzhu.

Hearing that, Ruan Xingzhu laughed coldly: "Who is too clear, Sect Master Ling is here to watch today, could it be that you dare to touch this old lady?"

Duan Zhengchun was startled when he heard it, he did not expect Ruan Xingzhu to use Ling Xiao as a shield. Indeed, with Ling Xiao present, Duan Zhengchun did not dare to make a move, if this were to spread, he would become the prince of Dali, and things would become chaotic, and if the world were to find out that he had an illegitimate daughter, the consequences would be even worse.

Thinking about all these possible troubles, Duan Zhengchun could only grit his teeth and swallow his anger. However, he looked at Ruan Xingzhu with extremely fierce eyes, as if he already harbored hatred towards her.

Perhaps because he saw Duan Zhengchun's violent side, Ah Zi had become even more resistant to him. In addition to the fear caused by her capture in the beginning, Ah Zi didn't want to see Duan Zhengchun again at all.

Therefore, Ah Zi held Ling Xiao's hand, and said in a low voice: "Sect Master Ling, why don't we leave this place, I feel very uncomfortable looking at that man."

Hearing that, Ling Xiao nodded his head lightly, and said: "Alright, we will leave now."

Therefore, Ling Xiao walked in front of Duan Zhengchun, cupped his fists and said: "Prince Duan, let's do this first, I will bring Ah Zi to the Beggar Gangs, if you want to see them in the future, you are welcome to come to the Beggar Gangs at any time, I will take good care of them."

Duan Zhengchun's mood was exceptionally bad at the moment. He had originally planned to leave, and now that Ling Xiao had said this, he naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity, and nodded his head repeatedly: "That's fine, this king is also tired. How about this for today, Sect Master Ling, farewell!"

After he finished speaking, Duan Zhengchun waved his sleeve and turned to leave. Although Duan Zhengchun didn't say anything else, it was enough to tell that he was impatient from his tone and expression.

However, no matter how angry Duan Zhengchun was, it was impossible for him to vent his anger on Ling Xiao. After all, Ling Xiao's reputation in Jianghu was so high, and he was also Duan Yu's Master, so Duan Zhengchun absolutely did not dare to make a move against him.

Especially the terrifying killing intent that Ling Xiao released earlier, it was probably equal to that of Yama Minamiya. After going through that experience, Duan Zhengchun would only go find trouble with Ling Xiao if he was tired of living.

After Duan Zhengchun left, the atmosphere finally eased up a bit.

Far away, before Duan Zhengchun rode his horse away, he even turned around to look at Ling Xiao and the others, as if trying to memorise them in his mind.

Duan Zhengchun's turn of head scared Ruan Xingzhu half to death. Ling Xiao could clearly feel Ruan Xingzhu's fear, he was trembling all over, his face pale white, probably knowing what would happen if he offended Duan Zhengchun.

However, Ling Xiao did not think that Ruan Xingzhu was looking for trouble on his own, because she told the truth with a single sentence, in order to protect Ah Zi from being bewitched by Duan Zhengchun.

"Madam Ruan, I will be taking Ah Zi out of Dali right now and towards Beggar Gangs. She will be fine there." Ling Xiao looked at Ruan Xingzhu and said with a bland smile.

After Ruan Xingzhu heard this, she wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, she nodded her head.

Therefore, Ling Xiao pulled Ah Zi and prepared to leave, but before they had even walked far, Ruan Xingzhu's voice came from behind.

"Sect Master Ling!" Ruan Xingzhu shouted.

Hearing this, Ling Xiao somewhat suspiciously turned his head to look at Ruan Xingzhu.

Ruan Xingzhu looked into Ling Xiao's eyes, and instantly lowered his head with a red face, as if there was something hard to say. After a while, he stuttered: "Sect Master Ling, can you also take me away?"

After hearing that, Ling Xiao was startled, he then scratched his head and said: "Are you saying that you will follow me back to the Beggar Gangs?"

Ruan Xingzhu repeatedly nodded her head: "That's right, after today's incident, Duan Zhengchun will definitely not let me off, Sect Master Ling, please help me!"

"Even, even for Ah Zi's sake?" Seeing that Ling Xiao did not reply for a while, Ruan Xingzhu anxiously moved out of the room.

Hearing this, Ling Xiao's brows twitched, he hated that Ruan Xingzhu was using her own daughter as a bargaining chip.

Therefore, Ling Xiao, who originally wanted to agree, turned his head and looked at Ah Zi: "Miss Ah Zi, do you want her to go back with you?"

Seeing that, Ruan Xingzhu could not help but be startled, she did not think that Ling Xiao would throw the topic to Ah Zi, since that was the case, she felt extremely awkward.

Because previously, Ah Zi's attitude towards her was very ordinary, and there were even some that she did not want to get close to, causing Ruan Xingzhu to be worried.

"Ah Zi, let me go with you!" Ruan Xingzhu looked at Ah Zi and pleaded.

Ah Zi's heart softened as well. Seeing her own biological mother begging him, she struggled for a bit before nodding in agreement.

"Alright, then you … "Let's do it together." Ah Zi opened his mouth, but in the end, only a single word came out from his mouth, 'you'.

Since it was Ah Zi's own choice, Ling Xiao naturally had no reason to reject it.

Therefore, Ling Xiao nodded at Ruan Xingzhu and said: "Madam Ruan, please come with us."

After leaving the pavilion, Ling Xiao and the rest walked over to the Xiao Feng who was still waiting nearby.

"Sect Master Ling, what happened? Why did Duan Zhengchun leave alone?" Xiao Feng was observing the movements inside the pavilion from afar, but he could not see anything clearly.

Hearing that, Ling Xiao looked at him and said: "Let's not talk about this for now, if there's a chance later, let's return to the Beggar Gangs, it's not good to stay here any longer."

Ling Xiao was not afraid of him, but he still had to bring Ruan Xingzhu with him right now. If Duan Zhengchun decided to send someone to cause trouble for Ruan Xingzhu when he got back, then leaving right now was the wisest decision.

Even though Xiao Feng was very curious, he could tell that Ling Xiao was very serious and was not joking. He could only suppress his curiosity and followed Ling Xiao and the others to return to the Beggar Gangs.

Because they did not have enough horses, they could only go to the market place at the city gate and buy a horse.

After exiting the city gates, Ling Xiao noticed that the guards had serious expressions and were extremely vigilant. He knew that Duan Zhengchun's order had already reached them.