The beautiful woman, accompanied by a few attendants, held the little girl, walked up and knocked on Yue Yang’s door and with a panic-stricken expression.
Without caring that Yue Yang was still in his sleepwear, she hurriedly rushed over and handed the little girl to him, “San-er, White Stone City is in chaos. Perhaps the Black Mountain Bandits have attacked the city. Uncle Nan has just returned after scouting the situation; apparently the Eastern part of the city has become a sea of fire. Hurry up and leave with Shuang Er! Quickly! Quickly!” The little girl, Yue Shuang, was crying in fear, and had refused to leave her mother no matter what. When she saw Yue Yang, she jumped into his embrace and wailed in grievance, “Mommy hit me! Third Brother, I haven’t done anything wrong, but Mommy still hit me….it really hurts, wuaaaa!”
“Shuang Er is a good girl, don’t cry, don’t cry!”
Looking at the woman’s expression, Yue Yang could tell that she had misunderstood.
She definitely thought that the eastern part of White Stone City had been attacked by the Black Mountain Bandits. For the sake of protecting her precious daughter, she had rushed to meet Yue Yang so that he could bring the little girl out of the city and escape before the Black Mountain Bandits started wreaking havoc.
Si-niang was such a great mother!
She didn’t think of her own safety at all, completely engrossed in protecting her son and daughter!
Warmth surged from Yue Yang’s heart, flowing throughout his body. Eventually, it caused his throat to constrict and he was unable to speak.
After taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, Yue Yang lightly patted the little girl’s back and gave the woman a comforting smile, “Mother, don’t worry, there’s no need to fret about the Black Mountain Bandits. Even if the Black Mountain Bandits really did slaughter their way here, I would definitely protect you and Shuang Er! Mother, believe me, there are no bandits. It was only the warriors from Merry Forest that broke out into a fight. I just surveyed the scene from the rooftop. Aside from a pretty intense fire that burned a few of the houses, nothing major happened!”
“The Black Mountain Bandits really aren’t coming?” Hearing this, the beautiful woman’s expression immediately relaxed, although she still looked doubtful.
“Definitely not. The Black Mountain Bandits are actually White Stone City’s private force. There’s no way they would come attack us!” Yue Yang patiently explained.
“I was so scared just now!” The beautiful woman’s burden seemed to have been completely dispelled, as she patted her chest, easing her lingering fear away. She was so scared that she needed at least this much time to slow down her thumping heartbeat. The servants behind her also started to shout in joy and relief when they heard Yue Yang say that it wasn’t the mountain bandits in such a resolute and unhesitating tone. A disaster had disappeared suddenly, everyone was extremely happy.
In the Da Xia Kingdom, there were many mountains and dangerous lands. The Black Mountain Bandits had turned the Huang Ye Mountain to their fortress and plundered the nearby villages.
As the nation was still too weak, some places were not governed properly. With the addition of outside support and spy activities, a few mayors or governors of some places had colluded with bandits. Hence although the Black Mountain Bandits was notorious and the Kingdom tried to destroy them again and again, they had grown even more savage through the years. Other than the cities that had city walls to protect themselves, normal villages had to pay taxes to the bandits in order to survive. If they didn’t, it wasn’t strange if the entire village was massacred. Normally, infamous and exceptionally powerful bandit groups would successfully take over some random small-scale towns and occupy it for around 1-2 months. Only when the empire’s army rushed over would they relinquish their control and run away.
A town besieged by the Black Mountain Bandits would typically be destroyed. The usual practice was to massacre everyone in the city for one day, and use them for pleasure for the next three days.
The ugly-looking villagers would be publicly executed, while the beautiful looking young girls would either be raped or sold as prostitutes.
Hence, all girls from renowned families would have a Chastity Pill. The moment they fell into a hopeless situation, in order to protect their chastity, they would consume the Chastity Pill. They would rather end their lives with poison than be tarnished by those bandits.
Inside the small pouch that the beautiful woman carried, there was also a Chastity pill, which was small emerald green in colour. Yue Yang was afraid that she would try to commit suicide, hence he quickly tried to dispel the rumour of the Black Mountain Bandits raiding the village.
After Yue Yang’s numerous attempts to reassure her, the beautiful woman finally calmed down a little.
The beautiful woman carried the little