C91 - Calming the Thieves' Nest to Show off Their Power - -
When there were only the two of them left in the room, Jiegeng immediately shrank into a ball.
"What did you call me just now?" Duan Shuang immediately stood in front of Jiegeng and held her chin up. Jiegeng had no choice but to look up at him.
"Your Highness, wasn't it to deceive those bandits just now? You are magnanimous, don't fuss about it." Jiegeng pulled Duan Shuang's wrist.
But she did not know that this action only made Duan Shuang's heart itch.
Duan Shuang immediately withdrew his hand. "Silly girl, I think it sounds nice. You can continue shouting." After saying that, Duan Shuang walked to the chair beside her and faced Jiegeng with his back.
When Jiegeng saw Duan Shuang like this, her little thoughts started again. "Big brother? Big brother!"
Jiegeng called out sweetly from behind.
Duan Shuang, who was in front, could not help but cough.
Jiegeng immediately jumped to Duan Shuang's side and squatted down. She looked at Duan Shuang with a slanted gaze. "Are you shy? Big brother!"
Duan Shuang ignored her, and Jiegeng shouted even more happily.
Suddenly, Duan Shuang turned his head and stared straight at Jiegeng.
Jiegeng was suddenly startled and moved back.
"I was wrong! I dare not do it again!" After Jiegeng reacted, she quickly threw down these words and immediately ran to the other side of the room.
"Come out!" A moment later, a bandit came looking for Jiegeng. "You continue to stay here." When Duan Shuang got up, the bandit immediately shouted at him.
"Brother Sheng, don't be angry. I'll be right back!" Jiegeng immediately ran up to comfort Duan Shuang. If she provoked him now, wouldn't her efforts just now be in vain if he made a move?
"Tie him up again!" The bandit felt guilty when Duan Shuang stared at him just now.
Jiegeng followed her follower and took the bandit to the next room. After a careful examination, she quickly found the cause of the illness.
"How is it? Can you treat it?" The bandit leader asked in an unfriendly manner.
"Have you looked for a doctor before?"
"I've looked for a few touring doctors, and each one of them is useful, so they're all heading to the Western Paradise now." One of the bandits answered. "So, if you dare to fool us, you'll end up the same way!"
Jiegeng calmed her mind and continued, "Then do you remember what the doctor said before?"
"What? Are you not confident? Hmph, those doctors all said it was lungs laxative. What nonsense! " If he was a lung chagris, wouldn't the entire stockade be in trouble? Why were these brothers the only ones suffering from illnesses in such a long period of time?
"Actually, from the symptoms, it does look quite similar. The chest pain, shortness of breath, and coughing of phlegm and blood were indeed pointed at the lungs. However, in reality, that is not the case. " Jiegeng sighed.
" Then what is it? "
"It's a blood worm. There's a bloodsucking bug in their body, that's why they're suffering from such symptoms"
"Blood worm? You mean they have bugs in their bodies! " The bandits panicked.
"I think these people have some rash on their hands. It should be a disease that they recently contracted, right?" Jiegeng pointed at the few people in the middle.
"How do you know?" The thief was surprised.
"Because this is the evidence of their second or multiple infection." Jiegeng picked up the brush and started to write the prescription on the paper. "These insects crawled in from the skin."
"They were already invaded by the blood worms earlier. However, it might be because of their good physical fitness that they did not explode into diseases. However, it would be different if they did it twice or multiple times."
Jiegeng quickly finished writing the prescription and passed it to them. "This kind of bug is usually related to the plague. The river near your stockade should have been contaminated."
Jiegeng said it in a straightforward manner. These bandits did not know anything, so they believed most of it.
"By the way, when you went to catch the medicine, you took such a sign. No need for money. " After Jiegeng finished speaking, she handed over the plate Bai Lan gave her.
"You brat, are you going crazy over us and using this to inform us?"
"Am I that stupid? If I give you something that can show your identity, my father will naturally know. If that's the case, Brother Qu and I will be captured! " Jiegeng immediately put on a frightened look.
"Furthermore, I feel that if you don't take my brand, you won't be able to buy the medicine. These medicines are all quite expensive. You guys shouldn't have that much money, right? Furthermore, this medicine will take quite a long time to take."
" Boss, this... " The hillbilly was in trouble.
"Also, this token belongs to the Bai family of Piao Yuan's Pharmacy. Take this. There are so many people from the Bai family in the entire Great Yan. No one knows who it belongs to."
The bandit leader hesitated for a moment before saying. "You go. You are usually quick-witted. Go and test it out first." The bandit leader pointed at the person who had offered him advice.
"Okay, big brother. I'll definitely do it well!"
"You better not play any tricks! Otherwise, I will definitely kill the two of you!" The bandit threatened.
"How would I dare? Brother Yun and I are both in your hands." Jiegeng immediately acted obedient.
"Take her back first."
"You still have some brains?" When Jiegeng returned, Duan Shuang started to tease her.
"How did you know?" Jiegeng immediately asked back. "Weren't you tied up?"
Duan Shuang instantly broke free from the rope and threw the rope to the side.
Jiegeng was stunned. "But you can't possibly know in this house?"
Duan Shuang immediately pushed open the only window in the room. He signaled with his eyes.
"So you came out from here..." Jiegeng walked to the window and was so shocked that she could not speak.
"Is there a cliff behind this? You did it this way?"
"Did you really forget who I am? "Being questioned again and again, Duan Shuang is very unhappy right now.
Jiegeng patted her head, "Yes, you are Zhen'an King." Jiegeng is discouraged. "Then what am I trying to do? Of course I need you to do something like escape!" Jiegeng was annoyed.
"I thought it was because my little princess couldn't wait to show her talent in front of me, so I didn't stop her."
"Who is your little princess?" Jiegeng's face immediately turned red. "Shameless, who said that I am going to marry you?"
"Don't tell me you still want to marry someone else?" Duan Shuang walked to Jiegeng's side and continued to ask.
"I..." Jiegeng immediately turned around, "I will ignore you."
Duan Shuang was behind her, touching Jiegeng's head lovingly.
The bandit disguised himself a little and went down the mountain to the Piao Yuan's Pharmacy.
"Shopkeeper, I want to ask you something." The bandit went straight to the shopkeeper of the medicine hall.
"This thing, is it your family's?"
When the shopkeeper saw the signboard, his eyes flashed, but he didn't show it on his face.
"That's right. May I ask where you got this?"
The bandit immediately became alert. "Is this thing very precious? Don't all of you from the Bai family have it?"
When the shopkeeper heard this, he immediately smiled apologetically. "That's right. That's why I wanted to ask which branch you are from."
"This thing is free to buy medicine?" After confirming that there were no abnormalities with the sign, the bandit continued to ask.
"This isn't yours? How could you not know?" The shopkeeper continued to follow the bandit's words.
When the bandit was questioned, he immediately smiled awkwardly. "This is a friend of mine. He's sick. I'm here to help him get the medicine. He was so sick and confused, so he gave me this thing. I didn't explain it clearly, that's why I asked."
"Oh, so that's how it is. What about the prescription?" The shopkeeper asked.
The bandit immediately handed the prescription over. When the shopkeeper took a look, he realized that it was written in the Bai family's private message - 'I'm in the bandit's den.'
"Gui'er, follow this prescription and catch the medicine." The shopkeeper immediately instructed.
"Customer, please wait a moment!"
"Hey, this plate." The thief stared at the plate without paying any attention to it, but he was thinking in his heart: This is indeed a good thing!
"Oh, customer, I'll return it to you." The shopkeeper still played with the sign, so he went into the inner chambers.
"Send someone to follow that person. Be careful, this person is a bandit, so his alertness won't be low. Don't be discovered." The shopkeeper immediately instructed.
"Also, inform Manager Bai immediately."
Once Bai Lan received the news, he immediately went to find Anzhao and the others.
"Jiegeng has news." When Bai Lan saw them, he immediately reported the good news. "There is a bandit's nest in the Cui Ya Mountain. Jiegeng and the rest should be inside."
"Big Brother Bai Lan, how did you know? Anzhao and the others had just found traces of them near the stockade. They were just about to tell you. You came. " Shihan was also very surprised. Bai Lan's searching ability was actually comparable to the people Duan Shuang had brought out.
Bai Lan told them the whole story one by one.
"My sister is really smart!" Shihan immediately praised after she heard it. "But those bandits are really stupid. They were cheated just like that."
"Even if those bandits didn't use that sign, we can still know. After all, Jiegeng has already hidden all the information in the prescription." Bai Lan finally relaxed a little at this moment, although he did not know Jiegeng's current situation. But now she should be safe and sound.
"Since we have confirmed the location, let's go and save her." Shihan immediately picked up her sword.
"Okay!" Ouyang Lingfeng also agreed.
After the bandit brought the medicine back, Jiegeng was immediately brought out again.
At this moment, Anzhao came in through the window.
"Your Highness, this subordinate was late, please forgive me." The moment Anzhao entered the room, he immediately knelt down and apologized to Duan Shuang.
"Alright, get up." Duan Shuang raised his hand.
"Your Royal Highness, everything outside has been arranged. Once Your Royal Highness gives the order, we can wipe out the bandits' nest."
"Alright."
Before Anzhao left, he still asked out of curiosity. "Your Highness, I have checked the strength of this stockade. This subordinate feels that Your Highness should not have been trapped here. So... "
" Your priority later is to protect Jiegeng. " Duan Shuang put the back of his hand behind his back.
When Anzhao heard that, he looked like he had expected it.
"Is there anything else you want to report?" Duan Shuang raised his eyes.
"No, this subordinate will go and prepare right away." Anzhao immediately left through the window.
"Boss, this girl really has no one." The little bandit held a packet full of medicine in his hands as he fawned over the bandit leader.
"Alright, pass the medicine to the kitchen."
"Son, you should trust me now." Jiegeng was secretly delighted. Brother Bai Lan should be able to receive the news, right?
"At least you are sensible." Little brother's face was full of pride.
"Where did your lover come from?" The bandit leader had a fierce look on his face. He was calculating in his heart. Since this little girl had such great value, that man was definitely not that bad, so he naturally had to squeeze both of them dry. Then, he would kill them to silence them.
Jiegeng did not reply.
The bandit leader naturally wouldn't give up so easily. "Brothers, bring that man over as well."
"Yes!"
"You guys, tie her up as well! " The bandit leader pointed at his subordinate.
When the bandits opened the door to Duan Shuang's room, they started to shout. "Take him there."
Duan Shuang looked at them calmly.
"This kid is so arrogant. Brothers, teach him a lesson!"
A few bandits immediately stepped forward, wanting to use brute force to tie Duan Shuang up.
"You're courting death!" Duan Shuang's eyes revealed killing intent.
With a casual wave of his two palms, he opened up the two bandits who were charging towards him, and smashed them into the walls on both sides.
When the bandits at the door saw this, they drew their blades and attacked Duan Shuang.
"Why are you so slow?" The bandit leader impatiently asked, "Why don't you go over and take a look? What exactly is going on?"
Before the bandit leader could agree, Duan Shuang had already stood at the entrance in a carefree manner.
"What are you all doing? Tie him up!" The bandit leader cursed.
One! The bandit raised his knife and swung it at Duan Shuang. In an instant, Duan Shuang broke his arm and easily snatched the knife from him.
When one of the bandits near Jiegeng saw this and was about to catch Jiegeng, Duan Shuang threw the knife at him. The knife pierced through his throat and he died on the spot.
"Ah!" Jiegeng was scared out of her wits at the side.
"Damn it!" All the bandits surrounded Duan Shuang. "Take this kid down!"
Even though he was facing all the bandits with white weapons, Duan Shuang's face did not show any emotion.
When all the bandits stabbed Duan Shuang with their swords at the same time, Duan Shuang immediately jumped up and stepped on the blades of the bandits. He directly flew past the bandits in the air and came to Jiegeng's side.
Duan Shuang, who was the closest to them, turned around and attacked again with his blade. Duan Shuang took his long blade and cut off the rope on Jiegeng's body with his backhand.
"Are you scared?" Duan Shuang half-hugged Jiegeng and immediately comforted her.
Jiegeng only stared blankly at the bandit who had fallen to the ground under her feet.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Even though Duan Shuang was hugging Jiegeng, he still easily dodged the bandit's continuous attacks.
Duan Shuang placed Jiegeng in a corner of the house. He gently lifted a long knife from the ground with his feet and instantly attacked the bandits, ending the fight quickly.
Seeing that the people in the house were easily taken care of by Duan Shuang, the bandit leader could no longer remain calm. "Where are they?! Where did they all die?! All of you, take him down! "
" There's no need to shout anymore. I think you're the only one who can move in this stockade. " Duan Shuang said with disdain.
"What? Impossible, I have more than a dozen brothers..." After talking for so long, the bandit leader realized that there was no movement outside.
"Could it be? You!" His face was filled with fear. "You can't possibly have all of them..."
Not wanting to continue listening to the bandit leader's final struggle, Duan Shuang started to attack him.
Although this person's martial arts was a bit better than his subordinates', he was quickly defeated by Duan Shuang's blade.
At this moment, Jiegeng had already recovered from her shock. She looked at Duan Shuang and only had a look of worship on her face.
The bandit leader lay on the ground, on the verge of death, but his heart was unwilling. "You... Who exactly are you!"
His stockade had been in this Cui Ya Mountain for many years. The Central Prefecture's government tried to eliminate them several times, but all of them failed. Today, not one of them was destroyed!
Only now did Duan Shuang give Anzhao an order.
Once Anzhao received the order, he immediately rushed in with his men.
"Your Royal Highness!"
Looking at the situation around him, Anzhao could only feel helpless.
The stockade leader half propped himself up and said in surprise, "Your Royal Highness?"
"The one you robbed was precisely Zhen'an King! Being able to personally be destroyed by Your Royal Highness can be considered the best ending for your stockade." Anzhao waited outside for a long time and did not use any moves. Now he could only enjoy talking.
Duan Shuang looked at Anzhao and said calmly. "Anzhao, catch these survivors and hand them over to the Central Prefecture's Grand Marshal."
"Yes." Anzhao immediately restrained himself.