Shocking! In this matriarchal society, every man wants to marry me!

Their gathering place was in a place called Tiger Gully, deep in the mountains and forests, rarely visited by people. Even though Jin Xia drew her a map, Zhong Tian still searched for a long time.

They finally arrived at their destination, an abandoned mountain stronghold, which was brightly lit. However, they didn't know what was happening inside, as they could hear a woman cursing and a man groaning.

Oh no, Xia Muning may have been hurt.

Nakata estimated his strength and concluded that he should be able to handle five people.

He immediately picked up a stone from the side, weighed it in his hand, and threw it at the target.

The window, carelessly covered with wood, shattered with a loud crash. Like a thunderclap in the silence, it startled the people inside, who immediately ran out.

The leader was not wearing a mask; it was Wang Yuan.

However, according to Shi Shu, there should have been five people, so why did only four escape?

Wang Yuan looked around and saw only one woman standing in front of her. Upon closer inspection, she realized that she was an acquaintance.

"Nakata?"

Zhongtian looked at them and, sure enough, they were the same people Jinxia had mentioned. "They're all old acquaintances!"

"What are you doing here!?"

"Of course we're here to rescue people! Otherwise, we'd be doing this illegal thing like you!"

"You're quite arrogant. You're just one person, while there are four of us."

"Are four people a lot?"

Zhongtian had no weapon in his hand. He looked around and saw only a thick willow tree, so big that it would take one person to hug it, lying alone by the roadside.

Zhongtian stepped forward and tried it; it worked.

She stepped forward, took a deep breath, and slowly exerted force, turning over the soil and pulling up the tree, which was as thick as a thigh.

The tree was so lush and leafy that when Nakata stretched out his branches, people around him would stumble backward.

Zhongtian immediately threw the thick weeping willow tree away, pinning the four people under it, unable to move.

"Stay put!" Zhongtian glared at them fiercely.

The door was ajar. Nakata initially wanted to push it open and go in, but after thinking about it, he knocked instead.

No one answered.

"excuse me!"

Nakata immediately pushed open the door and went inside.

Xia Muning sat there blankly, his clothes torn, his legs bruised and swollen, and he clutched a gold hairpin tightly in his hand, the sharp end still dripping blood.

A person lay in front of him, with a pool of blood on the ground. The person's eyes were unfocused, and he was probably already dead.

Nakata knew why only four people had come out.

Xia Muning is truly brave! He managed to kill one of the five robbers all by himself.

Xia Muning, like a frightened wolf cub, bared his sharp fangs at the person who entered.

He looked at Nakata with a wary gaze, and seemed quite surprised to see her.

"It's you!"

What am I?

Xia Muning rushed forward, hairpin in hand, ready to stab Zhong Tian in the eye.

Zhongtian easily grabbed Xia Muning's arm.

"Xia Muning, calm down! I'm here to save you!"

Xia Muning looked up, his senses returning, and he began to cry, tears slowly dripping from the corners of his eyes.

"Why did you come?"

He wiped away his tears: "Where are those people?"

"outside."

Xia Muning mustered all her strength and ran out.

He looked at the four people under the giant tree with some surprise.

This was done by Nakata; I underestimated her.

The gold hairpin in his hand was still dripping blood, which dripped onto her shoes. He walked step by step closer to the four people.

Looking down at them:

"It was you who touched me, wasn't it?"

The man shook his head in alarm.

Xia Muning clearly wouldn't listen to any explanations, and forcefully stabbed down with the gold hairpin in her hand, immediately piercing through her palm.

Xia Muning seemed not to hear her wails. He immediately looked at another person. "It was you, looking at me with those lecherous eyes, wasn't it?" "No, it wasn't me!"

Xia Muning ignored the explanation, pulled the gold hairpin from her hand, and plunged it into the woman's eye.

Painful screams quickly echoed through the empty valley.

Zhong Tian watched the scene before him with some shock; Xia Muning was indeed ruthless.

Zhongtian, unwilling to see Xia Muning, reminded him, "Young Master Xia, murder is punishable by death."

Xia Muning looked up, her eyes slightly red, a surge of extreme malice welling up inside her.

Blood splattered on his face, but he curled his lips into a cold smile: "You know, I don't have to pay with my life for killing people!"

Zhongtian thought coldly that killing someone meant paying with one's life, which was common sense to her, but for Xia Muning, killing a kidnapper who dared to rob him meant he would not have to pay with his life at all; this was a privilege of the nobility.

However, for Zhong Tian, ​​the punishment of criminals should be decided by the government, so she stepped forward and stopped Xia Muning: "Young Master Xia, I have already sent someone to deliver a letter to Fang Shilian, and they will be here soon."

"You look terrible. Do you want others to see you in such a sorry state?"

"Then where should I go?"

"I'll take you there!"

When Fang Shilian led the constables into the mountain, they saw four people trapped under a giant tree. One of them had injured his eyes, another had injured his hand, and his cries of pain were already weak and feeble. The other two stared blankly at the sky.

"Sisters, lift up the giant tree and gag them so they don't say anything they shouldn't."

"Yes!"

...

After navigating a winding mountain path, Nakata finally arrived at her little house. A lamp was lit, and someone was mending clothes under it, waiting for her to come home.

Xia Jin'an came out to greet him upon hearing the voice; he had been waiting for Zhong Tian.

However, Nakata was not alone today; he was followed by a person whose face was indistinct.

As he approached, tears instantly welled up in his eyes. He knelt on the ground and cried out, "Young Master."

Xia Muning was quite surprised to see Xia Jin'an at this moment. He thought he was dead, and his tone was more joyful: "You're still alive?"

"Yes, I'm still alive. It was Lady Zhong who saved me." Xia Jin'an glanced gratefully at Zhong Tian, ​​then hurriedly asked, "Young Master, what happened?"

Zhong Tian was surprised that the two knew each other. Judging from their appearance, they must be master and servant. Xia Jin'an must be the runaway slave of the Xia family.

"It's a long story. Jin'an, why don't you take your young master inside to wash up?"

"it is good."

The room was rather cramped, and Nakata waited outside, bored.

Xie Jin'an first filled a basin with water and had Mu Ning wash off the bloodstains all over her body. Xia Mu Ning rinsed herself off briefly.

Xia Muning put the gold hairpin into the water and watched as the blood on it disappeared little by little, making it valuable again.

Since Zhongtian started making money from glass, she began to furnish her home. She bought Xia Jin'an many beautiful clothes, and Xia Jin'an found a brand new, expensive one to present to Xia Muning.

"Young master, this servant will help you change your clothes."

Xia Muning touched the fabric of the clothes; it was soft and comfortable, and must have cost a lot of money.

Xia Jin'an tried to touch Xia Muning, but Xia Muning's expression suddenly changed: "Get out!"

Xia Jin'an was puzzled, but immediately responded obediently, closed the door, and left.

Xia Muning slowly took off his clothes. There was a bronze mirror in the room, and he touched his neck with trembling hands.

There were red marks there, the traces of a woman's forceful kisses, and teeth marks, the marks of a woman's hateful bites as she died.