by La Mi Tu
At one side was the precious friendship. At the other side was her mother’s tears. The Bai Yi Yue in the middle of them, struggled really hard to choose.
“Yi Yue, long time no see. I heard that the peach blossoms at Jingting mountain have already bloomed. I will wait at the Jingting mountain in the south of the capital to enjoy the flowers with you! See you there! Feng Qi Qi.”
Looking at the words on the invitation, Bai Yi Yue hesitated for a long time.
In this whole matter, Murong Qi Qi was the most innocent. From the moment she was born, she had been taken away by Li Qiu Shui. Now, although she was admitted into her family, but her parents had already passed away. Her original lover became her big brother. In fact, this Murong Qi Qi was also a pitiful person.
Speaking of it, she, as a friend, should’ve stayed at Murong Qi Qi’s side at that crucial moment. However, because of the matters of the previous generation, she had taken her anger out on Murong Qi Qi. Not only did she not care about her (MQQ) at that moment, instead she ignored her (MQQ). Thinking of it, Bai Yi Yue felt guilty.
After so long, she’d only cared about her thoughts and her feelings and ignored Murong Qi Qi, this friend. Moreover, she repeatedly rejected the people (MQQ) she had sent and closed their friendship on the outside of the door. Doing this was really too selfish.
Looking once again at the time and place on the invitation, Bai Yi Yue closed the invitation. She decided to go to the appointment in accordance to what was written in the invitation.
Mother, I really see Qi Qi as a very good friend. You’ve always been so kind and tolerant. I also believe that the you in heaven will support daughter to continue this friendship!
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Wangfei: main consort/wife of the prince of first rank
Wangfu: residence of the prince of first rank
Er: term of endearment
Chapter 159: Bai Yi Yue Meeting With Danger
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Jingting mountain, although it’s called a mountain, but it was in fact a small hill. Bei Zhou is flat. Therefore, such a hill was extremely rare. They put the name ‘mountain’ on it and became a good place to sightsee.
Bai Yi Yue arrived at the foot of Jingting mountain, the location written in the invitation. Today, the weather was very good. The spring breeze blew slowly. Although there was still a slight coldness, but it didn’t have the winter’s chill anymore. It made people feel a lot more comfortable.
The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain. Bai Yi Yue got off the carriage. The road going up from the foot of the mountain was made from stones. It was twisted and rugged all the way till the top of the mountain. You could see the so-called top with one glance. Above the top was a small pavilion with red glazed tiles. It was particularly eye-catching in the vast of green.
“Miss, don’t you want this slave to follow you?” Bai household’s servant Bai Qi stood next to the carriage. He had a slender figure and was Bai Yi Yue’s coachman.
“No need! It’s just a few steps! Wait here for me!” The invitation was written by Murong Qi Qi. Bai Yi Yue didn’t harbor any suspicions. After letting Bai Qi wait for her at the foot of the hill, she walked up, step by step.
There were surprisingly very few people around. Occasionally, she could see one or two. At this time, it’s a bit early to go for a hike in spring. When the weather turned warm in April and May, then that’s the best to go for a hike. Now, it was a bit cold and there were only some flower buds. The spring mountain scene couldn’t be seen.
At the top of the mountain, Misha gently tapped the handle of the wheelchair. From the moment Bai Yi Yue appeared at the foot of the mountain, his heartbeat quickened. Looking at the woman in white slowly climb the mountain and get closer and closer to him, Misha’s heartbeat also gradually jumped to his throat.
Are you Yi Lian? Misha’s throat was a bit dry. He licked his lips. The rhythm of his finger tapping also accelerated.
When Bai Yi Yue was almost at the top of the mountain, Xia Xue came to Misha’s side, “Young master, she’s about to arrive. Should we hide?”
“Good!”
Misha nodded. Xia Xue pushed Misha and left the pavilion. They hid in the woods.
Bai Yi Yue’s cheeks were red after walking to the top of the mountain. She took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her forehead. She also used the handkerchief to gently fan herself.
Although Misha was not far away, but their hiding place was completely covered. Bai Yi Yue didn’t realise that there was someone peeping at her. Hiding behind a tree, Misha carefully looked at Bai Yi Yue. He wanted to find Yi Lian’s shadow in her.
“Young master, is it miss Yi Lian?” After waiting for a long time and seeing that Misha still hadn’t spoken, Xia Xue gently asked.
“Let them try…,” As always, Misha didn’t directly answer Xia Xue. Instead, he let Xia Xue go prepare. A whistle was sent from Xia Xue’s mouth. Suddenly, ten people surrounded the pavilion.
Originally, Bai Yi Yue had sat down to take a rest. After hearing the whistle, she wondered why it happened when in front of her appeared more than ten men. Her heart immediately became alarmed.
“What do you want?” Bai Yi Yue put her hand on the sword at her waist. She looked vigilantly at these people.
“Little lady, what are you doing here alone? Are you waiting for this big brother, ah?”
A heavy and big man sat lecherously beside Bai Yi Yue. He put his hand on Bai Yi Yue’s shoulder, but she dodged it. “Be a bit more respectful!” Bai Yi Yue frowned. She turned and wanted to go down the mountain, but she was stopped by five people
“Beautiful little lady, how come you just came and already want to leave, ah?! Spend more time with us, ah! Your lover didn’t come, there’s us to keep you company, ah!”
Ten people surrounded Bai Yi Yue. On everyone’s face was a dark smile, making the restlessness in Bai Yi Yue’s heart gradually expand. Bai Yi Yue wasn’t a fool. These people must’ve hidden here long ago and she was presumably their goal.
However, wasn’t the one who invited her Murong Qi Qi? Why didn’t Murong Qi Qi appear, but these rogues did? “Who sent you?” Bai Yi Yue looked at the heavy and big man. He looked like the head of this group.
“Hehe, no one sent us, ah! We are brought together by fate from a thousand miles to meet each other! This is destiny, ah!” The heavy and big man smiled, revealing yellow teeth. A foul odor would emit from his mouth with every word he spoke, making people feel nauseous from the smell.
The heavy and big man was talking about destiny, but his hand did an ‘action’ gesture. These ten people were like hungry wolves and jumped towards Bai Yi Yue.
“Looking for death!” Although Bai Yi Yue had a gentle personality, but she wasn’t a weak woman that let other people bully her. The sword flashed in her hand. The two people who first rushed at her, immediately hugged their arm, rolled on the ground and cried for their father and mother. Blood flowed along the gap of their fingers. The muscle tendon of the right arms of these two people had been cut by Bai Yi Yue.
“Tsk, tsk, didn’t know that little lady is very hot tempered, ah!” At first, the heavy and big man was shocked by Bai Yi Yue. Later, he spat on the ground and revealed a cruel smile, “This lord likes women who look gentle on the outside but are in fact hot-tempered. When doing ***, they can stand the toss and turns. This lord took a fancy to you! Brothers, go! Grab her, tonight, we’ll all get to eat!”
“Oh, oh!”
Those men who were, just now, shocked by the blood, after hearing this sentence from the big and heavy man, they acted like they’d been injected with chicken blood and began to fire up. Their gaze wandered unscrupulously all over Bai Yi Yue’s body as if they already could see how she would toss about in bed under their body, making them happy.
“Bastard!” No matter how good Bai Yi Yue’s personality was, after hearing such humiliating words,
she also got furious. She’s a lady of a prominent family. Usually, she came in contact with people at the same level as her status. When had she ever met such shameless rogues?
“Hear that, her voice is like the oriole bird. Brother, look at her, she’s still a virgin, yo! We’re blessed!” The heavy and big man rubbed his hands. His eyes were full of desire as if he immediately wanted to peel off Bai Yi Yue’s clothes and get a taste of her.
Being stimulated repeatedly by the heavy and big man and being overwhelmed by lust, people with big lustful guts rushed at Bai Yi Yue. Now, Bai Yi Yue didn’t have the gentleness of before. She directly cut off the tendons of the arms and feet of the person who came at her.
“Ah…,” The injured people cried and rolled in front of the heavy and big man, but they were kicked away by him. “Rubbish! Useless! We’ve so many people and can’t even deal with a little woman! Have you all not eaten?!”
“Boss, she knows martial arts. There’s a sword in her hand, ah!”
There was already three people who had been injured. Especially the last one. The tendons of his hands and feet had all been severed. The bloody appearance of the wrists and ankles was very frightening, making the rest of the people feel very scared and afraid. At this time, they surrounded the heavy and big man.
“Damn! Rubbish! Rubbish!” The heavy and big man once again spit. “Did you forget the old rule?!”
The moment they heard ‘old rule’, the eyes of the rest of the people immediately lightened up. Everyone took out a rough hemp rope. Seven people surrounded Bai Yi Yue.
Sensing something bad, Bai Yi Yue stomped and wanted to use qinggong1 to leave the top of the mountain. Unexpectedly, when she jumped, two ropes were thrown into the air at the same time. The rope intertwined in the air and blocked Bai Yi Yue’s path.
‘Ceng…’ Bai Yi Yue’s sword cut off the rope. Two other ropes had been thrown by people. The ropes tied into a knot and wrapped around Bai Yi Yue’s ankles and dragged her back to the ground.
“Let me go!” Bai Yi Yue didn’t expect that these people were able to trap her with only ropes. From the top to the foot of the mountain was still some distance. Even if she screamed from the top of her lungs, Bai Qi, who’s at the foot of the mountain, wouldn’t be able to hear her.
These people heard Bai Yi Yue’s cries, but they had no intention of letting her go. The two people who held the ropes that were wrapped around Bai Yi Yue’s left and right hand, after a few turns, they bundled Bai Yi Yue’s arms together. At this time, Bai Yi Yue’s legs were also bundled tightly together.
‘Pa!’ The hemp rope in the heavy and big man’s hand fiercely hit the hand which Bai Yi Yue used to hold the sword. Bai Yi Yue felt pain on her right hand. Her hand loosened. The sword fell and was kicked away by the heavy and big man. It directly spiked on the side of the trunk.
“I told you, the strength of being united is great! Brother will only get to eat meat if we’re united!” The heavy and big man walked with a smile towards Bai Yi Yue. With every breath he took, that kind of rotten smell could make people faint.
Bai Yi Yue turned her face to a side to not be face to face with him, to avoid that she would faint.
Seeing this expression of Bai Yi Yue, the heavy and big man’s face sank. Presumably, he also knew that he had this bad breath disease. Now, Bai Yi Yue was being so obvious. It was a direct provocation to his self-esteem.
“F***! Dislike this old one for being stinky! Tonight, this old one will use thins stinky mouth to bite your whole body!” The heavy and big man cursed fiercely.
At this side, after Misha saw this scene, he frowned, “Xia Xue, what kind of people did you find? I only let you find people to test Bai Yi Yue’s skill. Why are the people you found such hoodlums and ruffians?”
“Young master, I couldn’t request people at such a short period of time…,” Xia Xue’s eyes flashed a strange light, but the expression on her face was more respectful than usual.
Xia Xue’s explanation made Misha’s expression get a bit better, “Go, help that girl. As for those hoodlums…kill them all! they’re disgusting!”
Hearing these words from Misha, Xia Xue’s eyes lightened up, “Young master, she isn’t miss Yi Lian?”
“No…,” Misha shook his head disappointedly. He didn’t look at Bai Yi Yue anymore, but he looked at the vast land far away. “Yi Lian won’t easily take action. If she takes action, no one will live. Bai Yi Yue isn’t Yi Lian. Yi Lian…not everyone can insult her!”
The moment she heard that Bai Yi Yue wasn’t the person Misha was looking for, Xia Xue’s heart immediately relaxed. As long as it isn’t Yi Lian it would be good!
Although when Misha mentioned Yi Lian, his tone would be so gently, so gentle that it made her jealous. However, as long as they don’t find Yi Lian, she could stay one more day at young master’s side. It would be the best if this Yi Lian never appears. Then, she could continue to serve Misha…
Being invited to Jingting mountain by Murong Qi Qi, in the end, such a gang of hoodlums appeared, was really outside of Bai Yi Yue’s expectations.
What happened in between? Could these people be sent by Murong Qi Qi? If it was true, why would she (MQQ) treat her like that?
Bai Yi Yue couldn’t remember when she and Murong Qi Qi had incurred hatred. Aside that her tone was a bit harsh before and that she refused to get in touch with her (MQQ), she (BYY) didn’t do anything too overboard. Could Murong Qi Qi’s tolerance be so small?
Thinking till here, Bai Yi Yue shook her head. Although, the time she spent with Murong Qi Qi wasn’t much, but the girl who was able to compose < A glance at the mundane world>, how would she be someone with such a small tolerance?! Someone was certainly behind this!
It was just, time didn’t allow Bai Yi Yue to think about these. A burst of foul odor came at her. the two big purple lips of the heavy and big man came at Bai Yi Yue.
“Ou…,” Bai Yi Yue didn’t hold it. She almost vomited the things she ate in the morning.
“Bitch!” Originally, the heavy and big man wanted to suck Bai Yi Yue’s cherry lips and get a taste of them, he didn’t expect that other party retched. His interest was completely gone.
He raised his hand. The heavy and big man wanted to give Bai Yi Yue a slap on the face, but his hand was juts raised and didn’t fell, suddenly he held his left hand and knelt on the ground.
Looking again, the hand of the heavy and big man had been cut off by someone. That cut off hand lay bloodily on the ground. It twitched slightly and was still emitting heat, making people who watched it feel frightened.
‘Sou, sou…’ two sounds appeared. The rope on Bai Yi Yue’s body was cut. The sword that was spiked on the tree trunk returned to her hand once again.
“Why is it you?”
When Bai Yi Yu saw the person who came, she was so surprised that she shouted. Wasn’t this person Ruyi the one who fought with her in the ring?! Why did he appear here?
Ruyi didn’t waste time to talk nonsense. He threw a smoke bomb on the ground. With a ‘boom’ sound, it exploded. At this time, he pulled Bai Yi Yue’s hand and rushed down the hill.
The loud noise on the top of the hill made Bai Qi at the foot of the hill surprised. Thinking abut that Bai Yi Yue was still at the top of the hill, Bai Qi quickly flew up the mountain. Now, Ruyi had already taken Bai Yi Yue to halfway of the hill.
Maybe because they run in a rush, the two people didn’t realize that Ruyi’s hand was tightly wrapped around Bai Yi Yue’s small hand. Until when they met Bai Qi, Bai Qi shouted, “Let go of our family’s miss!” And he came with a sword towards them, that these two people realized that their hands were sweetly ‘entangled’ together.
“Aiya…,” Bai Yi Yue blushed. She quickly pulled her hand out. Bai Qi’s sword was already in front of Ruyi.
“Bai Qi, stop!” Bai Yi Yue shouted, but it was already too late.
Seeing Bai Qi’s sword almost hurt Ruyi, Ruyi folded his arms and held Bai Qi’s sword in his han
d. “Ha!” Ruyi shouted once. He glared and his face got red. ‘Bang, bang, bang…’ Bai Qi’s sword had been jolted into two just like this, making Bai Qi stunned.
Very thick inner force! A hint of admiration flashed through Bai Qi’s eyes.
“Bai Qi. he’s not a bad guy!” Bai Yi Yue anxiously came before Ruyi. “Are you fine? Did you get hurt? I’m sorry!”
“It doesn’t matter!” Ruyi shook his head and gave an honest and simple smile. The broken sword fell on the ground and made a ‘kuangdang’ sound. “I just broke his sword!”
“Bai Qi, he’s my savor!” Bai Yi Yue told Bai Qi what had happened at Jingting mountain. Bai Qi got embarrassed and quickly bowed at Ruyi, “Thanking her for saving our eldest miss! If it wasn’t because hero, our miss would’ve been bullied by the villains! Bai Qi was reckless and didn’t distinguish between the right and the wrong. Bai Qi almost injured hero. It’s Bai Qi’s fault! Asking hero for forgiveness!”
For many generations, Bai Qi had been Bai household’s servant. Because of his loyalty, he had been given the surname ‘Bai’ by his master and because he was ranked as the seventh brother, so he’s called Bai Qi. Now, Bai Qi knew the truth, he felt very guilty. Fortunately, he hadn’t injured Ruyi or else he would’ve feel guilty for life.
Bai Qi (白七): literal meaning is white seven.
“No problem! You didn’t hurt me. not to mention, I ruined your sword. It could be considered an offset,” Ruyi also cupped his fists and bowed.
Seeing that Ruyi was so courteous and didn’t care for his (BQ) rudeness, Bai Qi had an even more favorable impression of Ruyi, “Our miss received princess Zheng Guo’s invitation and came to enjoy the flowers at Jingting mountain. We didn’t expect that such a thing will happen…”
After Bai Qi said that Ruyi was more bewildered. It was simply impossible for Murong Qi Qi to invite Bai Yi Yue, ah!