The bodyguards rushed onto the stage menacingly, but Miaomiao threw them off one by one. These bodyguards were hotel staff. Apart from the advantages of being male and young and strong, they had no real combat strength. Miaomiao could easily toss them out using just brute force without any skills.
As a child, Miaomiao was dealing with these young and strong men as if it were a game. This scene had a greater impact on the guests present.
Most of the people below the stage were already in a daze. At this wedding they had attended today, they had witnessed all sorts of strange things and encountered all kinds of absurd situations. By now, they were extremely frustrated and just wanted to flee this wedding as quickly as possible. But they still had to save face, so they had to wait for the hosts to announce the end of the event.
Most of the guests who had come today were not here for the two - family alliance, but for the Gu family behind the Lu family.
In any case, they couldn't leave early and offend such a powerful family.
The wedding had turned into such a mess that it was probably impossible to continue. Many people had already started packing up and getting ready to leave, just waiting for those on the Lu family's stage to announce the end.
But things didn't turn out as they had expected.
Suddenly, a group of young men stood up from a table, left the round banquet table, and walked straight towards the stage. As they walked menacingly towards the stage, they drew out soft swords from their waist belts.
They were from the Gu family.
The situation suddenly escalated to a point of armed confrontation. The guests who had only come to attend the wedding became even more restless. Swords and weapons were dangerous. For their own safety, they wanted to leave early regardless of whether they would offend someone. But when they looked back at the door, suddenly a group of people armed with weapons appeared out of nowhere and blocked the exit. Now they couldn't leave even if they wanted to.
Seeing so many people with long swords rushing towards Miaomiao, Wei Ziqi decided not to sit back and wait for Miaomiao to deal with them.
Before rushing onto the stage, he had hidden a dinner knife from the Western - style tableware in his pocket.
Seeing that Miaomiao could still handle the situation and taking advantage of the chaotic scene where no one was paying attention to him, Wei Ziqi quietly walked behind Tao Jingying, cut the rope that bound her, and crouched down, trying to hide behind Tao Jingying to conceal his figure.
After cutting the rope, Wei Ziqi immediately turned around and rushed towards Lu Huai, who was standing there arrogantly as if watching a show. He ran behind Lu Huai as fast as he could, pointed the knife at Lu Huai's neck, and hijacked him.
"Don't move! If a single hair on her head falls, your young master's head will be gone." As Wei Ziqi said this, he tightened his arm, leaving a bloody mark on Lu Huai's neck.
Those who were entangled with Miaomiao with their swords immediately stopped. They looked at each other, not knowing what to do next.
Just when Wei Ziqi thought he had scared them off and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, those with swords moved again. It seemed that they didn't care about Lu Huai's life at all.
This situation left Wei Ziqi a bit stunned.
In this wedding, the main parties were only the Lu and Tao families. Since Miaomiao and he were causing trouble, those who came to help must be from these two families. Seeing that the opponents were using deadly moves, not panicking even though they were no match for Miaomiao one - on - one and changing their strategy to team - based entanglement, it was clear that they were well - trained martial artists. According to the results of Lin Yao's investigation, neither the Tao nor the Lu family had any martial arts background. So it could be judged that these sword - wielding people were not relatives of these two families.
There was only one possibility: the Gu family.
When Lin Yao investigated the Gu family, there was only a brief note in the information that the direct descendant and future heir of the Gu family had studied at the Martial Arts School in the imperial capital for three years because of his hobby.
This was the only family with a bit of a connection to martial arts.
If they were from the Gu family, they should be on Lu Huai's side. So why didn't they care about Lu Huai's life at all?
On the contrary, if they were from the Tao family, it was impossible for Lin Yao not to find out anything. Even if there were some omissions, the Tao family must have had greater plans when they decided to have an alliance with a family that was on the verge of decline. In this case, the Tao family might have been the one most eager to see the alliance succeed, and they were even less likely to ignore Lu Huai.
So, where had things gone wrong?
Wei Ziqi thought and thought but couldn't come up with an answer. Finally, he attributed it to the fact that he looked very young. Maybe the opponents thought he didn't dare to do anything to harm Lu Huai, so they were so unscrupulous.
Although Miaomiao didn't seem to be at a disadvantage for now, Wei Ziqi was worried that the opponents' strategy of taking turns would eventually exhaust Miaomiao's physical strength and put her in danger. So he made up his mind and tightened his grip on the knife.
Lu Huai even began to scream. He no longer looked confident as before.
With the knife on his neck and the pain getting stronger, Lu Huai shouted, "All of you, back off quickly! Can't you see that I'm injured?!"
But no matter how much Lu Huai shouted and screamed, and even though his blood had soaked through his clothes, those with swords didn't react at all.
It seemed that they really didn't care about Lu Huai's life.
Seeing the encirclement around Miaomiao getting tighter and tighter, and the long swords almost cutting Miaomiao's skin several times, Wei Ziqi became more and more anxious.
He tried hard to calm himself down. Then he made up his mind, let go of Lu Huai, kicked him in the butt, and threw him out. Then he immediately turned around and pointed the knife at Tao Jingying.
"Stop!"
Wei Ziqi almost roared this. The sword - wielding people didn't pay too much attention to the stage. But an old man below the stage also shouted when he saw Wei Ziqi hijack Tao Jingying, "All stop!"
As the old man's shout rang out, all the sword - wielding people stopped. One sword was even only a few centimeters away from Miaomiao.
It turned out that what they really cared about was Tao Jingying!
Tao Jingying, who was being hijacked, didn't show any sign of panic. Even with the knife on her neck, she didn't seem to care.
"Kid, I don't know where you came from. But you've already hurt someone. It's not good for a young person to do illegal things. It will also have a great impact on your future. If you leave now, I can act as if nothing has happened and let you go. If you continue to resist, the consequences may be beyond what you can bear."
The old man slowly stood up and threatened with a hidden malice in his smile.
"Xiaoying, aren't they here for you? Hurry up and tell him to put down the knife. What if you get hurt?"
Just after the old man finished speaking, another girl stood up. She seemed to be about the same age as Tao Jingying. From the intimate way of addressing, it could be guessed that she and Tao Jingying used to have a good relationship.