Forced to be a concubine, I went to my husband's place to become a wealthy merchant

"Lie down and don't make any noise." Brother Li whispered to the people in the car.

Ye Xi and Chun Tao both knew that they were being talked to, so they quickly lay down on the floor of the carriage, holding their breath and listening to the noise outside.

"Brothers, I am just passing by here today. I wonder if you could give me some favor?" Brother Li saw that the other side had more people than them, and the people who were originally chasing the carriage also caught up with them. He thought it was not wise to fight with force, so he planned to win with words, so he did not draw his sword.

It's not like he had never walked this road before, but he had never heard of robbers coming and going on this road. After all, the end of this road is the official road, where people from the government pass by on a daily basis, and ordinary robbers would not approach. But now it is abnormal.

"Put down the knife!" one of the robbers said.

Brother Li rolled his eyes, counted in his mind, and then signaled his brothers to put down their knives.

"It's not impossible for you to go if you leave the toll money and the carriage." said a man on the horse, probably the leader of this group of people.

"This... we can give more. Can you let us take the carriage away?" Seeing that the other party had softened, Brother Li was worried that Ye Xi and the others would be exposed, so he tried to bargain.

"Stop talking nonsense. Everything you have belongs to us. You're lucky enough to be alive. How can you still covet the carriage?" The leader was impatient. Perhaps the other party was also concerned that there was an official road on the other side and was afraid that something might go wrong, so he wanted to finish the job as soon as possible and leave.

"Quick, get everyone off the bus and leave all the luggage behind."

Before Big Brother Li could say anything, he heard the other party say this, and then some of the younger brothers came forward to lift the curtain of the car. Big Brother Li tried to step forward to stop them, but was stopped with a knife at his neck.

"Don't move, do you want to live?" the leader shouted.

"Boss, there are two young ladies inside." The younger brother who lifted the curtain said excitedly.

Brother Li felt a chill in his heart and wondered how to respond.

"what!"

Ye Xi and Chun Tao were pulled out by the younger brother and driven off the carriage in a panic. They were too frightened to look up. They heard their words clearly and knew that they had been robbed.

"Let me see. Wow, they are quite pretty young ladies." The so-called boss looked at Ye Xi and Chun Tao carefully.

"Brother, this is the official road nearby. I hope you will think twice and let us go to avoid getting into trouble with the law." What this means is that if they are just after money, they will treat it as a way to avoid disaster, but if they are trying to rob people, they will report it to the police.

"Hmph, we brothers don't come here on weekdays. It's a rare occasion that we come here for business, so what's wrong with robbing a young lady on the way? When you really report us to the authorities, we won't hang around here anymore. Besides, we can just go all the way and kill you all. Then we won't be involved in any legal trouble, right? Hahaha." The boss led the way with laughter.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded, causing pain in the eardrums of everyone present and startling a group of birds in the woods to fly high.

"What are you doing? You're looking for death!" The boss pointed a knife at Ye Xi.

The younger brother beside Ye Xi quickly stepped forward and snatched the whistle from her mouth, and the rope was broken in an instant.

"There are people coming to pick us up on the official road. This whistle is the signal for contact. I just blew it. They will be here soon. Even if you kill us, you can't escape." Ye Xi said tremblingly. She was risking her life, and if she didn't succeed, she would die.

"You're looking for death. I'll kill you first."

"Wait!" Brother Li shouted, "We can pretend nothing happened. You take the money and leave immediately. Even if they come, they can't catch up with you."