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

"Humph, this humiliation is hard to get over." The big boss was about to step forward with a knife. The younger brother who wanted to make way suddenly said "hush", asking everyone to be quiet. Then his face changed and he said, "Big boss, there seems to be the sound of horse hooves."

The big boss also listened carefully for a while and found that it was just as the younger brother said, the sound of horse hooves seemed to come from the official road at the end of the forest road. His face changed. Could it be that it was really as the young lady said, her people heard the whistle and rushed over, and it seemed that there were quite a few people, the horses were running very fast, and the sound of horse hooves became clearer and clearer.

"Quick, retreat!" said the big boss, and everyone on horseback and on foot fled in a hurry. The other party was really worried about the newcomer. Before leaving, the big boss seemed to want to kidnap Ye Xi, thinking that if the other party pestered him, he would threaten her with someone else. However, he thought of what Brother Li had just said, so he gave up and left quickly.

Watching the robbers leave, Ye Xi collapsed to the ground, sweating coldly. She almost died just now, and she knew it very clearly. Her threat didn't work. If it weren't for the sound of horse hooves coming from the official road, she would have been beheaded.

Brother Li was worried that the enemy would come back, so he asked everyone to pick up their knives and be ready to fight at any time. Brother Li asked Ye Xi and Chun Tao to get on the carriage quickly, and they formed a circle with the blades facing outwards.

Soon, a group of people came to them. When Brother Li saw the people coming, his tense body relaxed and asked everyone to put down their knives. The people coming were faces they had seen before. They were Xue Jiu and his master who had given them a room in the passing inn. There were also a group of young and strong men following them. Brother Li knew that the people coming had no ill intentions.

"I just heard a sharp whistle over here. What's going on? Why are you drawing your swords against each other?" asked the man in fancy clothes, Master Xue Jiu.

"We just encountered robbers here, but fortunately, the sound of your horse's hooves made the robbers think that someone was coming to help them and they ran away." Brother Li explained.

"Robbers? Where did they go?" asked the man in fancy clothes.

Brother Li pointed in the direction of the woods and said, "They fled separately, in these two directions."

"Go, split up and chase them." said the man in fancy clothes.

"Yes, my lord."

The young men automatically split into two teams, leaving one person in each team, and the rest chased in the direction pointed by Brother Li. The man in fancy clothes, Xue Jiu and two other young men stayed behind.

"Tell me the truth about what happened just now." said the man in fancy clothes.

Because of the word "sir", Brother Li guessed that the person in front of him should be a government official. Although he didn't know what position he held, since he was willing to chase the robbers, he should be a good person, so Brother Li told him everything he knew.

"Aren't there two more young ladies?" the man in fancy clothes spoke with a rather cold tone.

Brother Li then remembered that the other party was an adult, and was probably dissatisfied with others being secretive, so he quickly invited Ye Xi and Chun Tao to come down.

Ye Xi had heard the conversation outside in the carriage. She didn't expect that the person who came was actually an official. She was really surprised. But they didn't mention them, and she didn't know whether she should go out. When she got off the carriage and saw the person in front of her, she suddenly had the illusion that she would meet someone everywhere in life. It's no wonder that she didn't recognize the other person's voice. For someone who she only met once, she really didn't have a deep impression of him. It was good enough to remember his appearance.

"Hello, sir. Thank you again for rescuing me." Ye Xi and Chun Tao bowed.

"Why are you carrying a whistle?" asked the man in fancy clothes.