C979 Wake up

Zhu Hwa and the others did not react in time. They did not know why he stood up at this time. It was obvious that it was not a good thing for these bandits to take him away. Logically speaking, he should not go out with the bandits, otherwise it was hard to say whether he could come back alive. It was also because of this that Zhu Hwa and the others protected him when they heard that the bandits were going to take Master Zhu away.

"Uncle Zhu?" Zhu Hwa did not know what Master Zhu was thinking and looked at him with a frown.

But Master Zhu shook his head and walked past Zhu Hwa towards the bald man and the others.

"Now you know what's good for you." The bald man smiled in satisfaction when he saw Eldest Zhu take the initiative to walk out.

"I'll go with you. Don't hurt them." Zhu Da's face revealed a determined expression as he spoke to the bald man, but at an angle that Zhu Hwa and the others could not see, he winked at the bald man.

Seeing Big Zhu's expression, the bald man understood tacitly. After rolling his eyes, he quickly patted his chest and said.

"Don't worry, I won't touch them. As long as you are willing to cooperate." The bald man looked at Zhu Hwa and the others as he spoke.

"Uncle Zhu? Why are you doing this?" Zhu Hwa did not understand what was going on. The others in the merchant group also did not understand why the mountain bandits were looking for Eldest Zhu.

"Young master, don't ask any more questions. Take care of yourselves." Zhu San shook his head and left with the bald man and the others.

Only the faces of Zhu Hwa and the others were left in the prison. They had been robbed by the bandits this time, and their hearts were already filled with dark clouds. Now, not only were their goods stolen by the bandits, but even they themselves had become the bandits' prisoners. Even the manager of the Chamber of Commerce had been taken away by them.

They didn't know what these mountain bandits wanted to do, and they couldn't stop it. Everyone felt uncomfortable in their hearts.

"Young master, did they take the manager away because of this batch of goods?" At this moment, someone suddenly whispered to Zhu Hwa.

Zhu Hwa, who was frowning, changed his expression when he heard this person. The thing they were escorting was a bit special. The commissioners gave them a box, told them not to open it, and told them to send it to the destination. Zhu Hwa also did as the commissioners asked. He did not open the box.

The owner of the box had even given him the key, saying that he would pay a thousand taels of silver as long as he completed this transaction. It was also because the owner of the box was very generous, and the goods were obviously very expensive, so Zhu Hwa chose to escort them personally.

The reason why the brigands had taken him away now was probably because they couldn't open the box without a key, and because they were afraid of damaging its contents by force, they wanted to take him away and ask him where the key was.

After she understood this, Zhu Hwa's face trembled, and his eyes revealed a trace of coldness. Zhu Da was his confidant, and he trusted Zhu Da very much. He believed that he would not reveal the location of the key, but these bandits had been licking blood off their blades all year round. If Zhu Da did not tell the truth, there might be an accident.

Thinking of this, Zhu Hwa felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on his heart, making him very uncomfortable.

In fact, Zhu Hwa did not know what was in the box, and he had not opened it either, but now he felt that something was wrong. Logically speaking, his escort this time should have been carried out quietly, and no one would have known about it, but these bandits seemed to have received the news a long time ago. They had already set up an ambush and robbed them, and now Eldest Zhu was taken away.

If it was a coincidence, then Zhu Hwa would never believe it. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? It just so happened that this group of bandits without cultivators met a merchant group without cultivators to escort them.

"Could there be a spy? Who is it?" Zhu Hwa suddenly thought as his eyes swept across his companions one by one.

The people in the caravan did not know why their young master was looking at them like that, but they could vaguely guess something.

And at this moment, the damage in Lee Zhuohua's body had almost recovered, and his consciousness began to return.

He opened his eyes slowly, and found himself out of the woods. He was in a place that looked like a cage, dark and damp.

"Eh! Where am I? Aren't I in the mountain forest?" Lee Zhuohua did not know that he had been brought back to the cage by the bandits, and Heavenly Faction also felt that these bandits could not pose a threat to Lee Zhuohua, so they did not wake him up.

Lee Zhuohua stood up from the ground, looked around, and his actions attracted everyone's attention.

Because Lee Zhuohua's condition before was like that of a coma. Now that Lee Zhuohua had woken up, they were all curious about who he was.

"Bro, you're awake!" When Zhu Hwa saw that Lee Zhuohua had woken up, he walked over and said to him with good intentions.

"Hmm? You are?" Lee Zhuohua did not know who the person in front of him was, but he could sense that there was not a single cultivator in the cage. They were all ordinary people. He was very curious as to why he was in such a place.

"I am the Zhu family's Chamber of Commerce's Young President, Zhu Hwa. I wonder how to address this brother." Zhu Hwa said politely to Lee Zhuohua.

Although Lee Zhuohua felt it was strange that he had come here for no reason, Zhu Hwa's politeness made him feel very comfortable.

"My name is Lee Zhuohua. Where is this place? Why am I here?" Lee Zhuohua saw that all these people were here, so he wanted to figure out the current situation first before making any further plans.

Hearing that Lee Zhuohua did not know why he was here, the people from the Chamber of Commerce had a strange expression on their faces. However, when they thought about how Lee Zhuohua was unconscious when he was brought here, they felt relieved.

"This is the lair of a gang of bandits, and we are all men of the Chamber of Commerce. They attacked us on the way and locked us up, and you were brought back by the bandits while you were unconscious. Where are you from, brother? Why are you walking around here?" Zhu Hwa asked curiously after explaining to Lee Zhuohua.

After hearing Zhu Hwa's explanation, Lee Zhuohua immediately understood what was going on. He smiled bitterly in his heart.

When he was recovering from his injuries, he had been kidnapped by a group of mountain bandits. Although he had the protection of the Heavenly Faction, Lee Zhuohua also knew that if there was no danger, then the Heavenly Faction would not alarm him. He thought that the mountain bandits should be the same as the people from the Chamber of Commerce, just ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Lee Zhuohua's face revealed a speechless expression.

"I was just passing by while I was out on the road. As for why?" Lee Zhuohua was just about to tell the other party that he was not unconscious, but had fallen into a state of cultivation.

The bald man from before returned. This time, they all had ferocious expressions on their faces. Eldest Zhu was not brought back by them, so he did not know what had happened.

When these people came over, Zhu Hwa's and the others' faces darkened once again. Lee Zhuohua looked over curiously.