Gourmet Girl: Becoming a Royal Merchant Started from Selling Buns

Xue Sha, who was holding Su An hostage, couldn't run fast to begin with, and soon he felt the rapid pursuit from behind.

The night is as dark as thick ink.

Fu Zhun chased him relentlessly all the way. His speed was extremely fast and the distance between him and Xue Sha was gradually shortening.

Xuesha felt the pressure from behind him, and glanced back hurriedly, unable to help but being horrified.

The powerful figure shuttled rapidly through the mountains and forests, and the rustling of his robes could be heard. Every step was accompanied by powerful momentum.

It turned out to be that cripple!

Not only did he stand up again, but he also moved with terrifying speed!

"Damn it, what the hell!" Xuesha cursed inwardly, knowing that he could not escape, and stopped immediately.

He grabbed Su An's neck tightly and threatened him head-on.

"Don't come over here, or I'll kill her now!"

Su An suddenly had difficulty breathing, and only then did he see the figure in front of him in a blur.

Fu Zhun stopped a few meters away, his face extremely cold.

Just when Xue Sha thought his threat was successful, Fu Zhun raised his hand in silence and instantly launched a hidden weapon, which flew towards Xue Sha like a meteor, so fast that it caught people off guard.

"Ah!" Xuesha was shocked and dodged quickly, but was still scratched by an arrow and his arm was torn into a string of flesh and blood.

Fu Zhun seized the opportunity and rushed towards Xue Sha, with the sword pointing directly at his throat.

As long as he let go of Su An and dodged, he could avoid the attack.

However, Xuesha saw through the intention. He gritted his teeth and smiled fiercely. He did not dodge or evade, and even with his bloody arm he pinched Su An tightly.

As Fu Zhun got closer, he exerted more force. In an instant, Su An was suffocated and his face turned purple. He struggled in pain.

He was betting that Fu Zhun would not dare to rush over, otherwise he would be able to strangle Su An to death before that, and die together with him!

Seeing the determination on his face, Fu Zhun had to deflect the sword and stopped with a gloomy face.

"Let her go, and I will spare your life." His voice was as cold as ice, revealing a chilling pressure.

"Impossible!" Cold sweat broke out on Xuesha's forehead, and he couldn't control the fear and relief in his heart.

Fortunately, fortunately he made the right bet.

He really wouldn't just watch Su An die!

Xue Sha suddenly felt confident and held Su An tightly in front of him, "Let me go, I won't hurt her."

"But if you keep pressing me, don't blame me for dragging her down with me!"

Fu Zhun frowned, looking at Su An's painful face gasping for breath, and his breathing paused slightly.

He wanted to act as if he didn't care, but the dull pain in his heart made him clench his fists, and veins on the back of his hands bulged.

"Remember what you said. If she loses even a hair, I will kill one person from your Blood Lotus Sect."

Xuesha's hands trembled unconsciously, and he cursed the madman in his heart.

But he didn't dare to show off his strength at this moment. He held Su An with one hand and retreated cautiously step by step.

Only after he was sure that Fu Zhun was not chasing him did he drag Su An and continue running.

"Ahem! Slow down, slow down!" Su An's voice was hoarse and he felt extremely uncomfortable. He staggered all the way and almost fell several times.

The whole person wanted to cry but had no tears.

These two people can fight each other, but what does it have to do with a weak and helpless little thing like me?

Living a life of suffering!

After running around for an unknown amount of time, Su An was finally brought to an old wooden house deep in the mountains.

Xuesha pushed the door open and walked into the wooden house holding Su An hostage.

The house was filled with an old and decayed smell. Xuesha, sweating profusely, pressed a mechanism somewhere and took Su An into the secret passage.

Su An was choked by the smell and it took him a while to look around.

The secret passage was dimly lit, with only a few weak oil lamps swaying on the walls, casting mottled light and shadows.

The narrow passage twists and turns, extending in all directions, making it difficult to tell the direction. It is like a maze with many connections.

Xuesha ignored her reaction and dragged her around several corners. Finally, they saw a secret room in front of them.

A group of people were crowded in the room, dressed like ordinary people, all of them were covered in dust, their eyes full of fatigue and fear.

The leader was a middle-aged woman. She was dressed in simple clothes, her hair was a little messy, and her face was full of traces of time. However, her eyes inexplicably revealed a sense of vicissitudes and ruthlessness.

"Leader!" Xuesha walked over quickly and pushed Su An forward.

"The person has been brought here. The prince reacted strongly. She must be an important hostage."

"You are injured, go bandage it quickly." Feng Chunlian frowned and instructed, then looked at Su An as if examining him.

At the same time, Su An looked at her in surprise.

Unexpectedly, the leader of the Blood Lotus Sect who caused this riot was such an ordinary woman.

"What exactly are you going to do?" After thinking about it, Su An couldn't help but stare at her and ask.

At least for now, the other party has no intention of hurting him, so there might still be room for maneuver.

When Feng Chunlian heard the question, her face was full of bitterness, and her eyes were filled with helplessness and anger that she could hardly suppress.

After taking a deep breath, she seemed to accept her fate and slowly explained in a hoarse voice:

"Young lady, you may not know this, but my husband is the village chief. A while ago, the village suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed. Every household couldn't afford to eat, and they were almost starving to death. Later, when they learned that the government was releasing grain, my husband happily led the villagers to collect it."

"But who could have imagined that the government would actually ask us to collect a hundred taels of silver before releasing the grain? We are all poor people, how could we possibly have that much silver?"

"To survive, we sold everything we had and borrowed money from everywhere. We finally managed to scrape together a hundred taels of silver. But when we went back, the government changed its demands to five hundred or a thousand taels. It's like a bottomless pit, constantly sucking the blood out of us ordinary people!"

After a pause, Feng Chunlian clenched her fists fiercely. "We were forced into a desperate situation. We had no choice but to organize the refugees, create the Blood Lotus Sect, and lead everyone to rob the granary!"

"My husband was unfortunately beaten and died by soldiers while looting grain, so I became their new leader."

At the end of her speech, Feng Chunlian's voice trembled a little, and tears welled up in her scarlet eyes.

"But from the beginning to the end, we were just ordinary people. We robbed the granary because we had no choice but to do so. We just wanted to survive. We are not traitors at all!"

"We are here to fill our stomachs and have never harmed the lives of innocent people!"

Looking at Feng Chunlian's somewhat excited face, Su An pursed his lips, feeling complicated.

"I see……"

It is quite admirable that he led the unarmed villagers step by step to the current Blood Lotus Sect.

But Su An was not blinded by his soft heart. He stared at her and asked, "So, what is your purpose in kidnapping me? Are you going to negotiate with the government?"

"We previously planned to kidnap the prince to threaten the government, but now there is a better way..." Feng Chunlian wiped away her tears and looked at Su An intently.

"I would like the young lady to introduce me to the prince so that I can discuss this with him."