As the old coachman said, shortly after leaving the inn, the road was all mountains, desolate and uninhabited.
There were low and lush mountains, tall and steep mountains, and unknown birds flying and chirping at the mountaintops.
Seeing the mountains, Lu Lili suddenly remembered that in costume TV dramas1, it seemed that there were often bandits lurking in the mountains.
*Bang—*
The carriage suddenly shook, and Lu Lili couldn’t steady herself, bumping her head on the carriage.
She rubbed her head in pain and was about to ask what happened.
*Woosh—*
The carriage had already stopped.
Lu Lili heard the trembling voice of the coachman, who had become fearful.
“Oh, heroes and gentlemen, I beg you to spare us! We are just poor peasants, we don’t have any silver…”
You could feel that the old coachman was almost crying out of fear.
Then, a rough male voice harshly shouted:
“You, a poor carriage driver, probably don’t even have enough silver to floss our teeth! But you see, we still want the silver from the people inside, hahaha!”
Beside him, there were voices of similar small-time henchmen shouting loudly.
“Second Master is right, who is inside the car, quickly make him get out!”
“Leave behind the bribe that satisfies our Second Master, and we’ll let you go!”
Hearing this, Lu Lili already understood clearly that they had indeed encountered bandits.
What a stroke of bad luck!
Just as she thought about the possibility of encountering bandits on the mountain, the bandits actually appeared!
Dealing with bandits who want money is manageable, but it’s difficult when they want lives.
Lu Lili frowned and lowered her head to open her own baggage.
Well, no matter what, even if she’s not favored, she’s still a princess at the very least. She still has some valuable items.
She wrapped all the gold and silver with a handkerchief and handed it over, whispering to the coachman, “Uncle, this is all I have on me. Please help me give it to them.”
Ah, it hurts her heart so much. She won’t have money for food and lodging afterward!
The coachman quickly took it and handed it over to the Second Master of the bandits, trying to please him with both hands.
Sigh, the coachman didn’t want to give it either!
Whose money was blown by the winds and just picked it? Would they just give it away to someone else?
But he was really afraid of the large knives in their hands, afraid that his own life will be in danger!
Xu Wu, the Second Master, opened it and looked at it, he immediately showed a satisfied expression.
He laughed heartily and was about to let the carriage pass.
But after his gaze fell on the white handkerchief in his hand, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had thought of something incredibly good.
“Hold on!” His rough voice suddenly shouted.
The coachman trembled in fear and turned back hesitantly, “H-Hero, what’s wrong?”
Xu Wu touched his dark and thick beard, revealing a ferocious look. “If you want to stay alive, let the people inside the carriage come out and let me see!”
“Uh, well…” The coachman looked fearfully at the notorious group of bandits who were said to kill without hesitation. He also glanced at the people hiding in the carriage who were too afraid to come out.
In the end, he made a difficult decision and chose to let the friendship die rather than let himself die as a poor man. He pulled aside the curtain and said, “Little girl, I’m sorry. I have a family to support, with elderly and children waiting for me to provide for them. Without me, they won’t survive. Please come down and let them have a look.”
“…” Lu Lili had been avoiding showing herself, fearing that the bandits would be attracted to her beauty and try to capture her as their leader’s wife.
It’s not that she’s being narcissistic, it’s just that she had seen too many plots like this.
But now, she had no choice but to step out of the carriage…
- a drama in which the characters are dressed like people of a certain period of time, e.g. historical drama of a certain dynasty era ↩︎