The Little Consort's
Eps. 60: Mission to Save the Wife
The Feiyun Mountain bandits were the strongest bandits in the history of Dongling Kingdom. Decades ago, a former palace guard chief escaped after training until his martial skills reached a skilled level. In order to avoid the pursuit of the palace guards, he fled into the protected interior of Linghua forest, then built a bandit headquarters with some of his comrades. They often come to the city to buy and sell kidnapped slaves from illegally lost families. Now, the headquarters of the bandits are getting bigger and stronger. People called it the Duanrou Fort Bandit, which often kidnapped women to sell to slave markets.
Li Anlan who was unlucky to be kidnapped by them was taken to the main building in the region, which was bigger and cleaner than where she was held. The occupants of the headquarters who were gathered in the courtyard stared in amazement at a woman who was walking with a rough and angry footstroke, who had a beautiful face. Like a Goddess of kahyangan, Li Anlan seemed to be the new prima donna among the bandits.
The woman arrived at a large room with many sparkling wood carvings on the walls and poles.
The two bandits who were walking behind him continuously pushed him to walk a little faster, as someone in front there was already waiting for them.
The person the two bandits were referring to was an ugly and seedy middle-aged man, but his eyes implied that the person was not a fool to be deceived, either, like the eyes of someone who has experienced dozens of events that demand accuracy of judgment. His hair was tied, in his hand was a long sword. In one glance, Li Anlan could guess that the ugly man was the notorious and inhuman leader of the Duanrou Fort Bandits.
“Chairman, this is the woman you ordered us to arrest,” said Salah seroang bandit.
The cruel ugly Chairman squinted his eyes, looking at every corner of Li Anlan's face which bore an annoyed and angry expression. The ugly chief then the mangosteen, then sipped a glass of wine that smelled so strong that it could be smelled by Li Anlan's nose. Many times he was bearded again, then gulped down a glass of wine, so and so up to five sips.
“Chairman, this woman is very naughty. From that moment he kept shouting and making a scene,” said one of the other bandits.
“Nakal?” ask the Chairman to make sure.
“True. How about we just kill it?” One of the bandits who had spoken earlier suggested.
“No. Master asks us to continue to let him live,” reject the ugly Chairman firmly. Two of his subordinate bandits were disappointed, feeling unacceptable with the rejection thrown by their chairman. The two bandits were irritated by Li Anlan's mannerisms that could not stand still and kept shouting, making a fuss and forcing the doormen to intervene to make him quiet.
Li Anlan, in his frustration, secretly thought who the master these three damn bandits were referring to was. If the master in question was someone who told them to, it meant that they did not move on their own. They must have watched Li Anlan's movements for a long time to know when he would leave the palace and the guard became careless. The master they were referring to was someone with power, who dared to kidnap a Royal Empress belonging to King Dongling.
Ah, goddamn! What did he do until someone took his life? I don't know, Li Anlan wasn't sure of himself. He just wants to enjoy his life in this strange world, but someone instead disturbs his peace without him knowing what mistakes he has made. Because it is like this, it is better to dive while drinking water. Li Anlan was going to use these damn bandits to figure out who their real boss was.
“Hey, good-natured fucking bandit brother! Why did you kidnap me?”
The stupid question is of course intended to find out the level of intelligence of these bandits. If they answer, they are stupid. If they didn't answer, it meant that Li Anlan would be in trouble because these bandits must be smart. Those who are intelligent will not tell a hostage who their superior is like him.
“You want to know?” The Bandit Leader asked back.
“Of course!”
“Why do you want to know?”
“I am a persecuted hostage. If you don't tell me who your boss is, I'll be even more persecuted. You won't let a noble woman like me suffer right?”
The Bandit Leader seemed to think. Li Anlan cheered inwardly, shouting at the stupidity of the bandits who were acting cruel but being as hello kitty-hearted as they were. He guessed that he would soon find out who was behind his kidnapping this time.
“Our master is a person of high status.”
“My height or her height?”
“What is your department?”
“I'm Mrs Huang. You guys don't know?”
The Bandit Leader and his two men were very surprised. They really did not expect, the woman they kidnapped was a Noble Empress. They thought Li Anlan was just an ordinary concubine or princess who did not have this kind of special standing. Fear and doubt mix into one. Afraid, because King Dongling will definitely look for his wife and hunt them down. Doubtful, if Li Anlan lied about his status and position.
“Chairman, how is this? The king will definitely behead us!” said one of the bandits while whispering.
“Where do I know! The master only told us to capture and kidnap her, not at all telling her that the beautiful woman was a Royal Empress!”
“Then what should we do? How about we let him go, then get out of here?”
“Stupid! You want you to be angry and punish us? How many are there, huh?”
Seeing the two of them busy discussing, Li Anlan grew even more piled up in frustration. Did these bandits not consider his existence? Do they think that Li Anlan is just a statue of a beautiful woman?
“But the good-natured head of the damn Bandit, whose height is his status? Me or your master?”
“Te..Our Master is higher! You are nothing compared to him!”
“You want to meet our master?” ask the Bandit Leader.
Li Anlan nodded.
“Stop that crap! Woman, you're pretty. What if you marry my son? I guarantee you will live a good and happy life here,” said the Bandit Chairman suddenly.
“Hey, I'm someone's wife! How to marry another man!”
“Of course you can. After marrying my son, your status will be released and you will only be a bandit wife.”
“Sister Bandit Leader, you didn't know that polyandry was banned?”
“Enough! Announce to our brothers, today there will be a marriage between the Young Master and a beautiful woman from the village! You, tell the sisters to dress it up. You, buy some stuff and a wedding dress! Remember, today should be available!” the Bandit Leader's Order.
Li Anlan gaping. How could this ugly man make such an upsetting decision like this? Be married? Just be right! Being the wife of a king alone was already very troublesome, let alone being the wife of a bandit! Li Anlan's suffering would definitely increase many times over.
Some women whose clothes were almost similar to these bandits entered. They seem to be the wives of these goddamn bandits. The women then led Li Anlan towards a building inhabited by several other women. Li Anlan continued to shout and rebel, but the power of these women was large enough that Li Anlan could not match him. He walked half-dragged, while constantly trying to escape.
In another corner of the Linghua Forest, Long Ji Man and Wang Tianshi walked down every road leading to the Duanrou Fortress Bandit headquarters. They pass not only rocky roads and thickets, but also cliffs and the edges of very steep ravines. It was only fitting that his guards could not find this headquarters, because it turned out that the terrain was already very troublesome.
However, Long Ji Man was not willing to lose. He had to stay afloat and had to get to the base immediately. He had a mission of great importance, beyond the importance of meeting with officials. Long Ji Man is on a mission to rescue his wife, who disappeared after being kidnapped by the bandits. If he had no mission, he would not have bothered to fight against danger. Staying in the palace while being served is more fun than walking through thickets and cobblestone streets, or passing through deep ravines.
As Long Ji Man and Wang Tianshi reached the higher regions, they saw a stone fortress built into a semicircle, stretching out to form a horseshoe. Inside the fort there are several buildings made of wood and the roof of the grass and a magnificent and sturdy. But what they surprised was the amount of red cloth that stretched almost on each pole of the building. From a distance, they also saw many people passing by while carrying goods, just like people in a residence who want to hold a wedding.
“Your Majesty, are they preparing for a wedding?” asked Wang Tianshi.
“Maybe.”
“Then what should we do?”
“Li Anlan has a beautiful face. Impossible if they are not tempted.”
Long Ji Man paused his words, then he continued,
“Tianshi, return to the palace! Bring in the troops to catch them!”
Wang Tianshi looked doubtful, though,
“Your Majesty, you won't go there by yourself, will you?”
“Quick! No more time!”
“Your Majesty, don't do that! There is very dangerous, if something happens, how can I explain it to the people of Dongling?”
“Ckck.... Tianshi, since when did you become as chatty as a woman?”
“Your Majesty, this is for your own good!”
“There's no time! Quickly or the Noble Empress will be the wife of a bandit!”
Long Ji Man pushed his personal bodyguard away. Despite the hesitation, in the end Wang Tianshi still left. The man ran as fast as he could and exerted all his martial arts in order to get to the palace as soon as possible. On his shoulders are now two lives at stake.
Meanwhile, after Wang Tianshi's death, Long Ji Man continued to pay attention to the headquarters of the bandits who were getting more and more crowded in the afternoon. Not long after, he saw a woman dressed in red in gold and pearls on the crown of her head coming out of a building accompanied by several other women. The lady's escort was wearing a red belt of satin. Long Ji Man's eyes were squeaking. He took out a black object, then placed it in both eyes.
“Sial! They'll start the ceremony!”
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...Hello, dear Author! Finally Author can steal the time to make up, but only this up😢 very sad not yet perfect love a lot, even though very upset with Li Anlan & Long Ji Man. Doain hope his activities are settled & the mood of the Author is good, so he can long adventure with Ji Man and Anlan, hihihi......
...Oh yeah, anyone can guess who "Master" the bandits mean? If there is, try writing in the comment field!...