Yi Qing intended to tease him further, but her lack of strength didn't allow it. She secretly resented her own weakness. Facing such a handsome man, she couldn't enjoy the fun. So she could only act coquettishly and say, "I want to drink honey water. Go and get me a cup."
As soon as her voice fell, Xiao Tian's face suddenly changed.
Yi Qing: "..."
Did he get angry just because she asked for a cup of water?
But seeing Xiao Tian making a silent gesture seriously and looking out of the window, Yi Qing obediently shut up.
Xiao Tian then pointed under the bed.
Yi Qing: "?"
She pointed at her own nose and then at the bottom of the bed to confirm with him.
Xiao Tian nodded.
Yi Qing made a helpless expression, grabbed the porcelain pillow on the bed, crawled on the ground and got under the bed.
This porcelain pillow was the most useful weapon she could get.
Xiao Tian felt like laughing, but the situation was serious. He kicked the table towards the window and shouted sternly, "Who are you sneaky guys? Show yourselves!"
Then there was a loud crashing sound and the sound of the teapot and teacups on the table shattering.
Yi Qing covered her face with the porcelain pillow, thinking that she mustn't let the broken pieces hit her face.
Her mind was spinning fast. Could it be that the revenge from the "sell oneself to bury one's father" gang came so soon? If so, they might have offended the local bullies.
While she was daydreaming, the door was kicked open.
Yi Qing was lying under the bed counting the legs. Well, eight people had come in. One of them was wearing white clothes and had obviously slender legs. It should be the girl's.
After all this, it turned out to be Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! Impressive.
"You bullied my younger sister?" A rough male voice sounded.
Yi Qing immediately imagined a man with a ferocious face.
Xiao Tian didn't answer. He looked at the girl coldly and said, "Failed to deceive us and now getting angry?"
The girl's voice was no longer sad. It was as crisp as a silver bell and seemed to carry a smile.
"You're so good - looking. I'll rob you back to our mountain stronghold and make you my husband. How about it?"
Yi Qing spat mentally. Sure enough, she was shameless. She even came to rob her man?
That little white lotus. Why isn't she pretending now? I'll go out and scratch her to death!
Xiao Tian sneered, "So you really are bandits coming down from the mountain. You've been swindling for so long. It's your bad luck to run into me today!"
Then Yi Qing felt a flash of the sword light. Xiao Tian had drawn his sword and attacked them, getting entangled with them.
The room was originally small, and she was lying under the bed. For a moment, she only felt that many legs were swaying back and forth, which made her head ache.
But she wasn't worried about Xiao Tian. If he couldn't handle these bandits, he wouldn't even be worthy of the surname Xiao.
This group - fight against Xiao Tian ended quickly with Xiao Tian having an absolute advantage.
When Yi Qing crawled out from under the bed with the porcelain pillow in her arms, all the opponents except the white - clothed girl had fallen to the ground and couldn't move.
The white - clothed girl was obviously flustered now. She leaned against the door and looked at Xiao Tian in disbelief.
Xiao Tian calmly put away his sword and asked Yi Qing, "Were you scared just now?"
Yi Qing pouted and nodded, "I was a bit scared just now when you almost knocked one person in to accompany me."
"That's impossible!" The white - clothed girl still looked incredulous. "I clearly put bone - softening powder in your tea. And there were so many of us..."
One must be very careful when walking in the Jianghu.
The white - clothed girl's name was Xue Miao'er. She was the apple of the eye of the most famous bandit leader in Henan, Bandit Leader Xue.
She was an active girl and liked to do such absurd things.
Unfortunately, Bandit Leader Xue had more than a dozen concubines, and Xue Miao'er was his only precious daughter. So he doted on her extremely. Everyone in the mountain stronghold had to flatter her, follow her and let her act recklessly.
Xue Miao'er thought she had done everything perfectly, but unexpectedly, she had capsized in the shallows.
Yi Qing raised her eyebrows at Xiao Tian and said, "I misunderstood the innkeeper just now. I even said it was a black inn. It turned out that they were taking the blame for others."
"Impossible. You... you actually noticed?" Xue Miao'er seemed to be even more shocked.
Could a woman like Yi Qing, who only knew how to talk, actually have experience in the Jianghu?
Xue Miao'er felt that she had been outshone by Yi Qing, and her face showed a bit of frustration and unwillingness.
Yi Qing sneered, "Using a long - obsolete drug. Who do you think you're looking down on?"
Xue Miao'er: "Don't pretend to know everything. This is already the best bone - softening powder!"
It was a must - have magic drug for robbing and walking in the Jianghu. Why did it seem worthless in Yi Qing's eyes?
Yi Qing said, "If you give me ten thousand or eight thousand taels of silver, I can consider helping you improve the formula. Do you want to do this business?"
Xue Miao'er actually started to think about it.
Xiao Tian looked at the black - clothed men on the ground with broken teeth and shouted sternly, "Who on earth are you? What's your intention?"
He had already ignored Xue Miao'er, thinking that she was not even worth interrogating.
Xue Miao'er then realized that the initiative had been completely taken away, but she was not willing to admit defeat. "Who are you, an outsider? You're from the capital, right! I heard your capital accent!"
"People from the capital are easy prey?" Yi Qing looked at her half - smiling and said, "It's a pity that you're not lucky this time. You've met a wolf in sheep's clothing. Should we report this to the official or just kill them directly? They broke into our room. If you accidentally kill them, it should count as self - defense, right?"
Xiao Tian nodded, "It does."
"Then just kill them all." Yi Qing said deliberately.
Xue Miao'er exclaimed, "How dare you!"
Yi Qing said, "Why not? Shouldn't thieves be punished by everyone? Do you have any last words? Considering that you're so good - looking and your father is dead, looking so pitiful, I'll let you finish them."
Xue Miao'er was so angry that steam was coming out of her ears. She roared, "Your father is dead!"
"I wish my father were dead."
"I also wish my father... Bah, bah, bah. You vicious woman!" Xue Miao'er almost fell into Yi Qing's trap accidentally. Her eyes were wide open as if she wanted to devour Yi Qing alive.
"What a stupid and arrogant girl." Yi Qing said to Xiao Tian, "If we ever have a girl like this who doesn't know her limits in the future, I'll definitely strangle her."
Xiao Tian didn't answer. He sized up the people opposite, his eyes deep, as if he was considering how to deal with them.
"Report this to the official." He said to the waiter who had rushed over after hearing the noise, but his eyes kept lingering on Xue Miao'er.
He saw that after Xue Miao'er heard these two words, a look of relief flashed across her face as quickly as possible.
Sure enough, just as he had guessed, there was collusion between the officials and the bandits... No wonder it was so difficult to exterminate the bandits in Henan. With their inside - outside cooperation, who could be their match?
Xiao Tian quickly made up his mind. He would start with Xue Miao'er to investigate the collusion between the officials and the bandits and see if he could find any clues.