C98

The surrounding soldiers with Da Yun in the midst of battle were all gathering towards Assistant Minister Ma.

Inside the courtyard, Shui Qingyan's ears were sharp enough to hear the Assistant Minister Ma's voice. The moment she closed the door, she also felt the Assistant Minister Ma's expression when she saw her prey.

Shui Qingyan's heart went cold, not only did Zhang Jing want to kill the people from the eighteen strongholds, he also wanted to make a move against her.

In the courtyard, Bao Ningcheng completely ignored the group of women and directly rushed into First Madam's room.

Looking at the bloodstain on the bed sheet, Bao Ningcheng ran over to First Madam's head and knelt down on both knees. Bao Ningcheng roared.

In First Madam's ears, she clearly heard Bao Ningcheng's voice. After taking a deep breath, her eyes instantly lit up.

"Ning Cheng!" First Madam shouted.

Bao Ningcheng tightly held onto First Madam's hand as he cried. He stuck First Madam's hand on his own Lianshan: "Why, why didn't you tell me?"

First Madam smiled slightly: "Still, do you remember the one in the mountain valley, the one in the mountain valley, the sheep, the goat shaped jade pendant?"

Bao Ningcheng's pupils instantly shrank.

His memories returned to five years ago, the border between his West Cold and them, the inside of his West Cold, and the mountain forests.

"This is my sheep, give it back to me!" In the darkness, Brother Xige, who was disguised as a woman, blocked Bao Ningcheng's way.

"Your sheep?" Bao Ningcheng waved the goat-shaped jade pendant in his hand, "In my hands, it will be yours."

"What big sir? I am the real big sir. You should be warned. If you don't give it to me, I'll kill you." Brother Xige who was dressed in men's attire had the scent of a woman's makeup.

Bao Ningcheng let out a cold snort, stepped forward and grabbed Brother Xige's arm, then stretched out her neck to look at Brother Xige who was lying under the night sky: "You stinking woman, even if you wore men's clothes, you still wouldn't be a man."

Brother Xige flung Bao Ningcheng aside: "Bastard, you dare to capture me!"

"Hmph." Bao Ningcheng snorted, "Go back quickly, this is not a place for you."

"You stole my jade pendant, but if you don't return it to me, then I won't go back." Brother Xige had no idea that she was in a bandit's territory.

"Uncle Cheng, what are you doing!?!?" Someone shouted from outside the forest.

"He's gone, he's gone, what's the point of urging him on? Let's not let him off so easily!" Bao Ningcheng shouted to the man in black and turned to leave.

"Give it back to me!" Brother Xige stopped Bao Ningcheng.

"Uncle Cheng." Someone asked, "Who are you talking to?"

Bao Ningcheng immediately pulled Brother Xige into his embrace, and said to the person who came forward: "I'm talking to my Little Bird, where should I go, where should I go? If you keep bothering me, I'll slap myself to death later."

"Seriously." The man looked at Bao Ningcheng's back, smiled and shook his head, "Hurry, everyone is waiting to sleep with Brother Cheng on the last pot, we will reach the border of Da Yun tomorrow."

"Got it, got it!" Bao Ningcheng said impatiently.

The man shook his head and left.

Seeing that he had left, Bao Ningcheng suddenly pushed Brother Xige away: "What smell is this, it's smoky to death."

In the dark night, Brother Xige's face was as red as a ripe apple. When she heard Bao Ningcheng's words, she glared at him.

"I'm warning you, this is the border of the West Cold. If you follow us, we'll capture you and make you our big brother's wife!" Bao Ningcheng glared at Brother Xige.

"Madam Wang?" Brother Xige opened her eyes wide, "Aren't you merchants?"

"Have you ever seen such a crude merchant!" Bao Ningcheng snorted, and turned to leave.

Brother Xige grabbed Bao Ningcheng's arm.

Bao Ningcheng turned around, the tanned Shun Zi shone brilliantly as he looked at Brother Xige with a frown: "You really want to follow me back to the Yin Village as my wife?"

Brother Xige was so frightened that she suddenly let go of Bao Ningcheng's hand and shook his head.

"Hurry up and leave!" Bao Ningcheng shouted coldly.

Brother Xige pouted and left in a hurry.

Bao Ningcheng looked at Brother Xige's figure, and the jade pendant in her hands slowly tightened.

Thinking of this, Bao Ningcheng cried even harder: "No wonder, no wonder, no wonder!"

First Madam smiled slightly: "Ning Cheng, promise me, promise me, leave this place, bring our child and leave this place."

Bao Ningcheng sobbed and nodded repeatedly.

First Madam smiled slightly, "Murong, Brother Xige, I've never, ever, regretted meeting you!"

Bao Ningcheng nodded his head repeatedly.

First Madam smiled, and her pupils dilated.

When Bao Ningcheng saw this scene, the hand that was reaching for First Madam's face, a grown man cried so much that he lost all of his image.

First Madam's hand slipped out of Bao Ningcheng's hand.

Bao Ningcheng was stunned, in the next second he faced the sky and roared: "Ah!"

The mournful and despairing voice was like a ripple that spread out in circles.

"Madam!"

Immediately, the room was filled with wails and wails.

Right now, she still did not know what was going on outside. She only knew that the First Madam was gone, and that her life would not be long.

The three live maids had the same thoughts as the midwife. They too were crying their hearts out, thinking that they were unlucky.

Mrs. Chenghua was the first to enter the door. Seeing that the room was filled with tears, he smiled.

Behind Mrs. Chenghua, someone immediately touched the corner of his eyes: "Big sister actually left."

"Elder sister!" One by one, the women in the courtyard entered the house and fell to their knees crying.

In that moment, the whole room was filled with cries. Only Mrs. Chenghua looked at the body of the servant girl lying in wait, and slowly tightened her grip on the silk.

Just as he turned around, he saw Shui Qingyan behind him.

Ah!" Lady Orange patted her chest. "You scared me to death.

Shui Qingyan said expressionlessly: "If you don't want to do this, then why are you afraid of knocking on the door?"

"You!" Mrs. Chenghua glared at Shui Qingyan, "I don't know what a doctor like you is talking about, but a cultivator like you doesn't want to be a doctor."

Shui Qingyan slowly smiled, "You better behave, or the next person who will be lying on the ground will be you."

Mrs. Chenghua suddenly noticed that the old man speaking to her was very straight. Although his pupils were not focused, she felt a sense of fear from the bottom of her heart.

Mrs. Chenghua was so scared that she retreated a step: "You, you are a mountain demon." Especially those eyes. They clearly had no pupils, but they made her feel as if she was being looked straight at.

Shui Qingyan smiled but did not speak.

Outside the yard.

Assistant Minister Ma looked at the courtyard and said with a sneer, "Not a single person can be let off while surrounding them all!"

"Yes sir!" His men quickly surrounded the courtyard.

"Vice Minister, other than those who were guarding the mountain path, everyone else has already been captured." Someone went up to report.

"Let's put the mountain path aside for now. There's no need for those people to get in trouble." The Assistant Minister Ma nodded.

"Vice Minister, according to the information, Qin Yubai, the second in command is missing." Another person went up to report.

"The Second Leader of the eighteen strongholds has always been without a trace. For the time being, it doesn't matter if we can't find him." Assistant Minister Ma waved his hand.

"Assistant Minister, some people have voluntarily surrendered. Do you want to kill them all?" Another person came forward to report.

Assistant Minister Ma thought for a moment, then shook his head: "Master is a scholar, there are still people who would like to disarm, women, and some children who do not remember."

"Yes sir!" The subordinate accepted the order and immediately went to do some work.

Shui Qingyan had heard everything clearly in the courtyard. Hearing Assistant Minister Ma's words, Shui Qingyan slowly clenched her fists.

The Assistant Minister Ma and Zhang Jing were famous friends, even if the actions of the Assistant Minister Ma were not directed by Zhang Jing, it was likely allowed by Zhang Jing.

Other than Zhang Jing, no one else knew that she had disguised himself as a doctor and entered the Eighteen Stronghold. From the look in Assistant Minister Ma's eyes when he saw her earlier, Shui Qingyan could guess that when Zhang Jing was discussing matters with his subordinate, he must have revealed her identity.

Thinking about it, Shui Qingyan squinted her eyes. Zhang Jing was really her good brother-in-law!

"Where are the people inside? Hurry up and surrender!" Assistant Minister Ma roared from outside.

When Mrs. Chenghua heard this, she instantly looked outside.

The people who were crying in the room also ran out.

"What happened?"

"Who was it?"

Mrs. Chenghua slowly opened her mouth: "The eighteen strongholds seemed to have been taken by the officials."

Ah!" It was like a stone that gave rise to a thousand ripples. Everyone opened their eyes wide.

"Listen up, we won't kill women, we won't kill children!" The Assistant Minister Ma roared.

The frightened woman in the yard immediately cried out happily." Not killing women, not killing women!

"Hand over the blind doctor who just entered, and we can let the others go!" The Assistant Minister Ma's voice sounded again.

In the courtyard, the group of women all set their gazes on Shui Qingyan.

"Open the door immediately, otherwise we will attack and not leave a single one alive!" Assistant Minister Ma's voice sounded again.