Chapter 57 Saving My Sister
That is, Ruan Tao.
When Ruan Tao saw her, there was pain and shock on her face.
The apprentice saw the expressions of the two and said playfully, "Ah, so you know each other, are you sisters? I remember now, little evil star."
His wolf-like eyes seemed to penetrate the dimension of memory and stare straight at Ruan Xing in the present.
She didn't have the courage to read on and hurriedly ended this simulated memory.
She suddenly remembered what Ruan Tao had once said to her.
"...But later, Dad changed. The year Mom gave birth to you, a Taoist priest came to our house and said that I had a connection with Taoism and wanted to take me in as a Taoist child. Dad didn't want to, so the Taoist priest said that Mom's pregnancy was a bad omen and would bring disaster to the family. Dad would never pass the imperial examination and would have no children or grandchildren, and his old age would be miserable."
Taoist priest……
Ruan Xing had always thought that this Taoist priest was either a charlatan with no special skills, because his fortune telling was inaccurate, or the Red Head Taoist priest was the one who personally cheated children when he first arrived in Jiangning City and had not yet formed the Red Head Gang.
She had never taken the Taoist priest mentioned by Ruan Tao seriously, but she didn't expect that she had already passed by the immortal cultivator of this world before she was born.
Ruan Xing felt a little complicated, but now was not the time to feel sentimental. She sorted out the patterns of so many simulations and found that before she became the gang leader, Ruan Tao would always be sold in various ways within two years, but after becoming the gang leader, she never encountered this situation again.
What is the difference between them? What is the first thing she did after becoming the gang leader?
Returning the granddaughter to Cai Wen, and then triggering the weaving case in advance...
So, the national teacher's apprentice is also related to the weaving case?
No, it was the person who kidnapped Ruan Tao and gave him to the national teacher's apprentice, and he was related to the weaving case.
The time when Ruan Tao was sold was different each time, proving that she was just a gift given by that person to please the national teacher's disciple. Ruan Tao would only be used as a bargaining chip when that person had something to ask of the national teacher's disciple.
In the simulations where she became the gang leader but did not leave Jiangning City, Ruan Tao was safe. So it was she who did another thing after coming to Huaining City, and the flapping of the butterfly's wings affected the other party, causing him to ask for help from the national teacher's disciple.
And what did she do? She saved Cui Yurong.
Ruan Xing sorted out his thoughts.
If she had not left Jiangning City and had continued to be her gang leader, the plot in Huaining City would be that the caravan was robbed, Cui Yurong committed suicide in despair, while Ruan Tao was safe and sound.
If she left Jiangning City and rescued Cui Yurong, Ruan Tao would be abducted to Huaining.
The variable here is that the people who planned to rob and kill Cui Yurong's caravan and the people who abducted Ruan Tao and sent her to the National Master's Palace were the same group of people.
Originally, those people were enemies of the heroine Cui Yurong. She didn't want to intervene and get involved in the plot, but those people shouldn't have set their sights on Ruan Tao.
She is not qualified to compete with Jindan Zhenren's disciple now, but she must save Ruan Tao, so she can only start with Cui Yurong's enemies.
Ruan Xing continued the simulation, and this time she wanted to find out who sent Ruan Tao in.
The National Master's Palace has two gates, the main gate and the back gate. They would not do such a shameful thing too openly, so Ruan Xing waited near the back gate of the National Master's Palace. On the tenth day, a gray carriage entered the National Master's Palace from the back gate. Led by a Taoist boy, it drove along the palace road all the way to the residence of the National Master's apprentice. When they arrived at the place, two men driving the carriage lifted a large box out of the carriage and moved it in.
There was only the Taoist boy outside the door. Ruan Xing blocked her view and went around the wall. When the Taoist boy was not paying attention, she got into the carriage.
There was no one in the carriage, but there were a lot of straw piled on the floor for shock absorption and sound insulation. Ruan Tao must be in that big box and had been transported in at this moment. However, Ruan Xing's simulation this time was not to save her. It was only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure. To cure the disease, one must first treat the root cause. She had to find out the details of these people.
She lay on the floor, huddled in a dark corner, and then covered herself with the straw piled in the carriage.
After a while, two men came out carrying an empty box. They did not look carefully to see if the straw in the carriage was any different from before. They stuffed the box into the carriage and drove out of the Imperial Master Palace along the palace road.
Ruan Xing listened to the noise outside. After the voices died down, she relied on her agility to squeeze out quietly from the gap between the box and the car wall, opened the car door and jumped onto the roof.
The two men driving the car were still unaware of the situation. Ruan Xing turned over and knocked one of them unconscious with her elbow. She then held the unconscious man's shoulder with one hand to prevent his body from sliding down, and with the other hand she held a dagger across the neck of the other man driving the car.
The two men were not masters and had only some poor external strength skills, so they were easily subdued by Ruan Xing. The sharp tip of the knife pressed against his skin, and the cold touch made the man swallow his saliva. Although he was trembling a little, he controlled himself and did not shout loudly.
Ruan Xing asked in a low voice, "Where are you going now?"
"Go...go back to the master's house." The man replied in a low voice.
"Who is your master? Who sent you to transport this box? I hope you answer carefully, otherwise I don't mind poking a few more holes in you." Ruan Xing threatened.
"Young man, spare me! I know nothing! I am just a groom who runs errands. I don't know what is in the box! My master is President Zhang of the Shanghe Chamber of Commerce. The president ordered me to deliver the box to the National Master's Palace!"
The man was still begging for mercy, but when he saw Ruan Xing impatiently pressing the dagger down a little, he immediately blurted out answers to Ruan Xing's questions and told her everything he knew.
Ruan Xing questioned him again and again, but he still gave the same excuse. He didn't look like a trusted confidant, so Ruan Xing believed him. "You are going to drive the carriage back to the master's house to report, right? So, wake him up and let him drive himself. Then say you are tired and want to lie down and rest for a while, and come to the back carriage. If you do as I say, I won't kill you."
The man nodded, and Ruan Xing retracted the dagger, let go of the unconscious man, jumped onto the roof of the car and got back into the car.
As soon as she sat down on the straw, she heard a conversation in front of her.
"Wake up! Don't sleep anymore!"
"Um...what's going on?"
"You've been sleeping for quite a while, but you're so sleepy. Did you steal last night?"
"No, I don't know what happened, my neck seems to hurt a little..."
"Come on, you've already rested for a long time. You drive the rest of the way. I'll go to the back and take a nap."
"alright."
While rubbing his neck, the man who had just woken up took the lasso and resigned himself to the fate of setting up the carriage.
The other person went to the back car and sat opposite Ruan Xing. He pressed his body against the back wall with some fear and gave a flattering smile.
Ruan Xing made a gesture to keep quiet, and the person opposite nodded repeatedly. The two sat in silence until a new sound was heard outside the carriage.
It seemed that he had a few words with the doorman, and the people outside shouted, "Lao Wang, get off the car, and report back to get the reward money."
Under Ruan Xing's cold gaze, the man on the other side was sweating profusely, but he didn't dare to answer the outsider's words. "Strange, is he really asleep?" The outsider muttered as he opened the door of the carriage. Just as a little light came through, Ruan Xing knocked him out again with lightning speed and jumped off the carriage.
She is now in the mansion where Chairman Zhang is.
Ruan Xing turned around and asked the man who was still sitting in the car, "Who are you reporting to? President Zhang?"
"Yes... but we may not necessarily see him. If he is busy, we just need to ask the president's confidant to convey the message to him and that's it."
"Okay." Ruan Xing nodded, "Then tell me the approximate location."
"Yes, the president is usually in the study at this time. The study is in this direction... If it's later, he will go to his wife's room, which is this way..."
The man stumbled over his words and said in a low voice, "You won't kill me, right?"
"Of course." Ruan Xing smiled, jumped up and chopped his neck with a knife.
With a thud, another person fell unconscious on the ground.
This mansion did not have any guards. The servants and guards were just ordinary people who had not even reached the level of perfect external strength. Ruan Xing could easily avoid the sight of these people and lurked outside Chairman Zhang's study with ease. There was only a servant at the door of his study. Ruan Xing walked over the roof and landed lightly at the window.
The window was slightly opened, and Ruan Xing saw a short and thin old man with half gray and half white hair and beard inside.
There was another person with his back to her and his head lowered, who seemed to be the old man's subordinate, and at this moment, the sound of conversation could be heard.
"It's already this late, haven't the people sent to the Imperial Master's Palace returned yet?"
"Please be patient, President. The doorman just reported that he has returned. He may be unloading the carriage in the back now. He will get back to you later."
"Well, I hope it goes smoothly. The girl sent over this time was specifically requested by Taoist Sun, so there can be no mistakes. The information Taoist Sun gave us clearly showed that she was just a girl from an ordinary family, so how could she know martial arts? She also caused the loss of several of my men. Did you handle this matter cleanly? She knows martial arts, so she must have a background. We must not let anyone find out that it was us who did it, or we will make enemies for the Zhang family again."
"Yes, President, I was also puzzled by this matter, so I went to check it out. This girl's family background is indeed ordinary. She is just the daughter of a boy who just passed away some time ago. However, her sister is said to have been accepted as an apprentice by one of the high-ranking members of the Red Head Gang, a local snake in Jiangning City. That's why this girl had the opportunity to learn martial arts. We kidnapped her mother and tricked her out. We didn't have a direct conflict with the Red Head Gang, and we also cleaned up the mess, so we couldn't find her."
"According to what you said, she has no status in the Red Head Gang. That's good, it won't attract attention. But what about her mother?"
"She was also brought back and is being hidden in a farm in the suburbs. The girl is quite fierce. If her mother hadn't been holding her back, she would have bitten her tongue and committed suicide on the way."
"The people have been sent over, why keep her mother around? Let's find a time to deal with her."
"That's what the president said."
When Ruan Xing heard this, she couldn't help but open the window, flipped over and went in. A stream of white energy shot out, directly splitting the person with his back to her into two.
Blood and intestines scattered all over the ground, and the unsupported half of the body also fell to the ground.
The short and thin old man exclaimed and pointed at Ruan Xing with his eyes wide open, unable to speak.
The servant outside heard the noise and hurried in. Before he could finish his words "What's wrong, master?", a stream of true energy came towards him again.
There was absolutely no movement inside or outside the study.
Ruan Xing drew out her dagger and pointed it at him. A few drops of dirty blood splashed on her face. She tilted her head and wiped it off with the back of her hand. She said with a cold expression, "Don't scream."
The old man nervously grasped the armrest of the armchair.
"I'll ask you a few questions. If you answer them to my satisfaction, I'll give you a quick death."
The old man forced an ugly smile, "Is there no option to survive? I don't know why you are here... Zhang has always been kind to others. If I have offended you in some way, there must be a misunderstanding..."
"The girl you sent to the National Master's Palace today is my sister." Ruan Xing said softly, taking another step forward with the sword in hand.
The old man's face suddenly turned pale. Judging from the fighting power that Ruan Xing had just demonstrated, no matter what he did now, it would not be faster than her sword.
He couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards his former subordinate who had died in front of him. He had promised to clean up the mess, but how come he was beaten up in less than a day?
Ruan Xing continued, "You only have two choices now. Answer my questions well and I'll give you an intact body. Or don't answer my questions well and I'll give you an intact body for your whole family. What do you want to choose?"
"Whatever you want to ask, Zhang will naturally... tell you everything he knows."
"Then, the first question is, the Cui family caravan was robbed by horse bandits a few days ago. Was it you who planned it? I came to your house almost unhindered today. How did you command twelve acquired masters to disguise themselves as horse bandits?"
This was also what Ruan Xing couldn't understand. If a post-natal master could be bought with money, why wasn't there a post-natal master in his mansion to protect him? Those guards weren't even at the level of perfect external strength.
The old man was somewhat stunned. He did not expect that Ruan Xing's first question would be this. He hesitated for a moment and said, "It was me who did it. Those twelve acquired masters were all Thousand Feather Guards of the Patrol Security Division. They were of such a high level that I naturally could not command them... But you also know that I work for Taoist Sun. The Imperial Master has an extraordinary status, and Taoist Sun is the Imperial Master's disciple. It would not be difficult for him to mobilize a few Thousand Feather Guards in the name of the Imperial Master's Palace."
The old man briefly explained what had happened in a few words, and Ruan Xing finally understood the cause and effect.
In fact, the old man had been in cahoots with this Taoist priest Sun for many years. At that time, Taoist priest Sun was not restricted by the national teacher, but traveled all over the country with great curiosity. He had followed the national teacher to the Mortal Dynasty to relax because of the depression in his heart, but he did not expect that the relaxation failed, but gradually stimulated his twisted psychology and developed unusual hobbies.
Later, this matter was discovered by the National Master, who was very angry and disappointed. He summoned Taoist Sun back to the National Master's Palace and did not allow him to leave Huaining City again. In order to please him, the old man secretly built a secret room in his residence and often sent the little girl there.
In return, Taoist Sun would give the old man some benefits from time to time, and the old man would ask Taoist Sun for help when there were things he couldn't do.
The two of them hit it off in robbing and killing the Cui family caravan. The old man wanted to expand the scale of his business and get a title of imperial merchant. Taoist Sun thought it would be more convenient for the old man to deliver goods to him if he became an imperial merchant supplying the Imperial Master's Palace. Therefore, the Cui family became the victim.
It just failed because of Ruan Xing's interference.
This was a godsend opportunity. Boss Cui was in prison, and the Cui family had no one to support them. They were already short of funds, and if they lost more goods and could not repair or compensate, they would certainly lose their title as a royal merchant.
However, he did not expect that not only did it fail, but twelve Thousand Feather Guards also lost their lives. This matter is still concealed from the Patrol Security Bureau. The Patrol Security Bureau only thinks that the mission sent by the Thousand Feather Guards seconded by Taoist Sun has not been completed. If this matter is exposed again, the National Master will certainly lose face. Taoist Sun has been very upset these days, so he urged the old man to send the girl he wanted as soon as possible.
Is this the reason why the Imperial Master was furious? Ruan Xing was not sure. How could a Jindan Zhenren care about the lives of mortals?
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I have told you before that Ruan Xing is used in the real plot and Ruan Xing is used in the simulation plot, but sometimes I forget that Ruan Xing is also used in the simulation plot... Anyway, understand it in the context! Forgive Xiaoyou for his poor brain, kiss!
(End of this chapter)
