One Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-Seven: Fa Xu Pei, the First Princes to Kill (57)

Water bandits?

The sound of chaotic footsteps pierced Xu Yanxiao's eardrums, and the familiar fear spread uncontrollably throughout her body.

She kept her eyes wide open, the fingers of her hands were almost embedded in the flesh of her palms, and the roots of her teeth were trembling up and down as the footsteps approached.

Outside the cabin was the terrified crying of the female relatives. Although I didn't see it with my own eyes, I could describe the specific scene in my mind just by the sound.

The experience outside the mountain urn that day once again popped up from the depths of her mind, Xu Yanxiao's hands and feet were as cold as ice lumps.

Bang——

The door of the cabin was violently pushed open, and the burly boatman in sackcloth whistled loudly at the panicked female relatives in the cabin.

"Hey, all the big fish are here—" the other party said with a thick Zhejiang accent, laughing, "Did you come out by yourself, or did our brothers carry you out one by one? Who wouldn't If you are willing to cooperate, you may be fed to the fish."

The female family members in the cabin are all Xu Pei's concubines, concubines' daughters and first-class maidservants.

The water bandits were so threatening, they cried and did not dare to move, they were so miserable that the sound of crying could almost pierce the eardrums.

Xu Yanxiao also clenched her hands tightly in fear, her little face turned pale from bleeding.

She felt that the current situation was even more terrifying than that in the Shan Urn City.

The last time she was not alone, Xu Yanxiao still felt a little bit safe when her mother desperately protected her in her arms.

Now she is alone, life and death are at the mercy of God, and she can't help herself at all.

The water bandit threatened again impatiently, Xu Yanxiao still did not move, and the pale-faced first-class maid raised her hand and pushed her.

"Miss Xiao, if you don't go out now, they will throw you into the river to feed the fish—"

Xu Yanxiao came back to her senses, turned her head pale and glanced at the maid next to her.

Xu's inner house is not safe, and these maids who serve the master are also good people, who are used to changing the rudder according to the wind, pushing high and trampling low.

Xu Yanxiao's status is embarrassing, her biological father is Xu Pei's cousin but was forced to hang herself by the other party, her biological mother died in love, she is just an orphan who is not liked. Even if Xu Pei wanted to treat her kindly for the world to see, how would the outside world know how she was living in the back house?

The eldest aunt was indifferent to her and never asked her about her situation.

Xu Yanxiao is also the eldest daughter of Xu Fei's concubine, and the living expenses and monthly schedule are actually compared with Xu Pei's concubine daughter.

The servants are not dedicated to serving them, and they often sneak around, and the only "first-class maid" is also a sneaky and slippery one. Xu Yanxiao's daily meals were delivered to her table after the other party secretly ate a lot. Fortunately, the weather was still hot, and if it was left in winter, they might not even be able to eat a hot dish. Because Xu Yanxiao was still in love with filial piety, her aunt bought clothes and jewelry for her casually. They looked pretty on the surface, but she knew exactly what was inside. Even so, those items were also sneaked away by the servants who served them after they were put into the warehouse.

It's not that Xu Yanxiao is soft-tempered, it's just that she is living under someone else's roof, how can she have the majesty of her master?

She also took the opportunity to mention Diao Nu's matter with her aunt, but Aunt Clinker didn't take it to heart at all, but instead encouraged Diao Nu's arrogance.

It's like the first-class maid beside her, who has repeatedly overstepped the bounds of force, shoving and yelling at every turn.

Xu Yanxiao said, "If you go out, you will die, if you don't go out, you will die. Why should I take two extra steps?"

The servant girl was choked by Xu Yanxiao's words, and it took her a while to roll her eyes.

An orphan girl who doesn't know what's good or what's wrong!

Living a life that is not as humanly dignified, with the genealogy of the master's family on display all the time, do you really think she is still the honorable lady of the Xu family?

While the master and servant were talking, the water bandits outside had lost their patience, holding a mallet in their hands, ready to hit them.

The female relatives were so frightened that their eyes were full of tears. One by one, their legs were weak, and they helped them out, and some of them crawled out limply and shamefully.

Seeing Xu Yanxiao's refusal to move, the servant girl spat out "I don't know what's good" and followed the female relatives out in panic.

The outside was full of water bandits standing guard, and all the fleeing ships had been occupied by them.

Everyone was terrified.

"Look at what, the little lady has never looked at a man?"

The water bandit outside smiled and bared his teeth,

He was laughing one second, but he was threatening the next second, and the voice was as loud as thunder, "All squatted against the fence, with their heads in their hands, who dared to look up, gouged out their eyeballs, stripped off their clothes and threw them away." Enter the river to sacrifice to Hebo—”

Xu Yanxiao was surprised to see that the water bandits didn't intend to do anything to the female relatives.

Seeing that there was a thin girl in the cabin, seeing her plain clothes, black hair without a trace, and small face white and clean, they immediately mistook her for a low-level maid serving people in a wealthy mansion, and urged, "You Go out too—"

At this moment, Xu Yanxiao had no desire to survive.

God does not favor one person one after another. Last time Qin Gongneng came to save her, but now he is doomed.

Rather than being driven to squat outside like cattle and suffering unknown humiliation, it would be better to die cleanly.

Xu Yanxiao was unmoved, the water bandit tried to intimidate her with a mallet, and she also had the expression that if you want to beat her, you will kill her.

Water Bandit: "..."

Our life is not easy, we all come out to make a living, can't we act according to the script?

It is impossible for the water bandits to let her stay in the cabin. The women on these ships have special identities, and it is difficult to explain who is killed by accident.

"Little girl is tough!"

The water bandit put away the mallet, and raised Xu Yanxiao, who was looking frightened, as if he was carrying a little chicken.

Picking up the person, the water bandit said something disgusting in his heart——

There are times when the big family can't open the pot. How hungry is a good girl, and she is so thin that there is no meat left.

The cold wind on the river beat her face, Xu Yanxiao's swollen head calmed down a lot.

She was already smart and thoughtful, seeing those water bandits standing guard neatly, they had no intention of infringing on the women's family members at all, which instead made her suspicious.

This doesn't look like water bandits robbing along the river, it's more like——

Well-trained sailors?

Xu Yanxiao was shocked by her guess.

Then something happened that made her heart almost stop.

A hand that was not considered generous, but with hot and dry palms stretched out from behind and covered her mouth, and the other hand pulled her back.

Xu Yanxiao subconsciously wanted to yell, and the next moment she opened her mouth to bite the opponent's finger.

The man behind gasped, but the other hand didn't delay, and easily dragged her into the blind spot at the corner of the ship plank.

Xu Yanxiao opened her red eyes, seeing that struggling was useless, she slammed into the railing of Class A with all her might.

"Miss Xu—it's me—"

Just as Qin Gong pulled his finger out of her mouth, seeing that she wanted to jump into the river, his scalp exploded in fright.

Hearing the familiar voice, Xu Yanxiao's body froze suddenly, but her body still leaned forward according to the inertia.

The expected pain did not come, but hit a wall of flesh instead.

Xu Yanxiao raised her head slightly, and saw Qin Gong leaning forward half on her stomach, and raised her hand to cover her forehead with the palm of her hand, acting as a pad for her.

"Qin, Qin—Qin Gong—"

Xu Yanxiao felt a sour heat welling up in her nasal cavity and spreading to her eye sockets.

Qin Gong was not wearing armor at this time, but was dressed in coarse linen clothes. Although he was not as dignified as usual, he had the taste of a romantic knight.

"Well, it's the last general."