Chapter Fourteen: The Truth

  The elderly man who had just performed the ceremony and the villagers were standing not far away, Wu Xiu's arrival forcibly interrupted their sacrifice, not only the old man on the stone platform earlier, but all the villagers had a face full of anger. But Wu Xiu simply waved his hand and several soldiers holding sharp blades walked over, they all lowered their heads and didn't say a word.

  It was just a small village, and all the people put together looked like only two hundred or so. At this time, they all lowered their heads, and no one could see their expressions clearly.

  Because they were just ordinary villagers, there were only a few soldiers guarding them. The soldiers didn't even guard them closely, but just wanted to separate them from Tang Xiaoxia, so as not to interfere with Wu Xiang's affairs.

  Luosi saw so many archers drawing their bows at her, and she was still very afraid in her heart. The arrow branches on the bow, the arrowheads were slightly shining in the moonlight, this light made Luosi feel cold, and she subconsciously leaned closer to Tang Xiaoxia again.

  Tang Xiaoxia felt it and looked at her with concern, his eyes filled with genuine care, even though his concern couldn't change their situation.

  But afraid of returning in fear, anyway, there's no escape now, Luosi Qi just let go.

  She said to Wu Xi: "Why are you doing this? Aren't you a member of the Wu family? Why harm us?"

  "Wu's family?" Wu Xi sneered, "That's right, I'm surnamed Wu, but I'm just a nephew of the great Wu Xuan! No matter how hard I try, I'll never be his own child. My martial arts skills are good, and I have brains too, but no matter what, I can only be a small leader among his subordinates! Look at Wu Shang, he's so foolish, knowing that going to the capital is a death sentence, yet he insists on going! What's the use of saving someone like him? All he knows is how to be filial, but it's all just empty words! That kid Wu Yuan isn't stupid, but what can one person do? If the King of Chu wants to kill him, can tiny Song State really protect him?"

  Luosi heard Wu Xie's words and finally knew the reason for his betrayal of the Wu family. In her opinion, as Wu Xie, it was already very good to treat his nephew like this, and how could Wu Xie be his relative? He actually betrayed his uncle because he was dissatisfied with his future prospects. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but scold: "You can betray your own uncle just because you're not satisfied with your future prospects! You're really a despicable snake!"

  Wu Xi had long known that Luosi would scold him, and instead smiled: "Lu Niang is really polite to me, it's already come to this point, scolding me isn't very unpleasant, and Lu Niang looks so good, I'm actually a bit reluctant to hit you!"

  "Can't bear to part with us? Then let us go!"

  Wu Xie certainly wouldn't let them go, he gently shook his head and said: "I don't have the guts to do something so big, but I can guarantee that as long as you surrender, I will plead for leniency from Lord Fei!"

  Luoshi heard Wu Xie mention Fei Daren and her heart skipped a beat. She asked, "The Fei Daren you're referring to is Fei Wujie, isn't it?"

  Wu Xi smiled and said: "Luo Niang indeed has a clever mind, guessing it right at once!"

  "When did you betray the Wu family?" Tang Xiaoxia suddenly asked coldly.

  With the overall situation in hand, Wu Xi no longer had any scruples and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid to tell you that Lord Fei has long been preparing to deal with the Wu Xuan family and Crown Prince Jian. He promised that after the success, he would recommend me to King Chu as the guardian of the city gate. If it weren't for Fan Yang, that traitor, who informed the crown prince first, none of them would have escaped!"

  "Why did you still bring people to the valley to find us and rescue Wu Shang? Fei Wuji wants to deal with the prince and the Wu family, what does it have to do with us?" Luosiqi didn't expect Wuxie's betrayal to come so soon, and that he had deliberately come to Xueyungou to deceive them. She couldn't hold back her indignation and asked loudly.

  When Wu Xiu saw her voice suddenly turn high-pitched, she lost control of her emotions and rushed over. Subconsciously, he took a few steps back, called two soldiers to block him in front of him, and said: "Because I have been in the Wu family for a long time, no one knows better than me what it takes to destroy the Wu family and benefit Lord Fei! Qingyuanzi has been famous for a long time, his martial arts are profound and unpredictable. His three apprentices, although I only heard from Wu Zixu, he praised them after seeing you, thinking that you are not simple either. If you don't get rid of them, relying on your relationship with the Wu family, it will inevitably be unfavorable to Lord Fei and me afterwards!"

  "So you used the name of Wu Xie's father and son to deceive us into going to Chu with you?" Lu Shi Qi asked hatefully.

  "This is all false, of course," Wu Xi said with a hint of pride. "When Wu Shang was captured, Wu Yuan had already escaped. At that time, the city's father still had a great deal of power, and the envoy brought fewer soldiers, not daring to force his way. The people I brought were not only those who had been following me for a long time but also secretly sent by Lord Fei to assist me! Going to Xueyun Valley to seek help was just to lure you out, and Qingyuanzi is both fierce and cunning. It's extremely difficult to capture him, and even if we join forces against you, I'm afraid the people in my hands are still far from enough. So, I devised a plan to lure you out first! If we had captured you first, it would have been different. With you as hostages, Qingyuanzi would be helpless later on, and I could set up more traps, and he wouldn't dare not take the bait!"

  Luosi was already furious upon hearing this, but she still had some things she didn't understand and wanted to ask clearly. She suppressed her anger and asked Wu Xi: "If you want to make a move on us, why not just do it after leaving Xueyun Valley? Why drag it out and pretend to be ambushed instead?"

  Wu Xie smiled and said, "How could I be so foolish? With your two abilities, if you were to make a move near the Snow Cloud Valley, even with more people on my side, I wouldn't be able to hold you back! Even if I relied on having more people to fight against you, but if you directly escaped towards the Snow Cloud Valley, with your abilities, it would be impossible for me to stop you!"

  "So you've been leading us on a wild goose chase all day?" Lossie couldn't believe that she and Tang Xiaoxiao had rushed so hard, only to find themselves running right into the enemy's trap. She was furious beyond words.

  Wu Xi saw her like this, and then hid again, before continuing to say: "I brought you to Kang City, Kang City is a day's ride from Snow Cloud Valley, the lord of Kang City is also one of Fei Da Ren's people, I had already communicated with him beforehand, when you arrived, the lord of Kang City was already prepared, not only were the city gates where we entered on horseback arranged, but even the Yongning Inn where we stayed was arranged to have people watching. But I was still afraid that more soldiers would not be able to hold you, so according to the plan previously agreed upon with the lord of Kang City, I staged a play in the inn.

  Wu Xie saw Luo Siqi ask what play, and he said to himself: "I plan to let Kang Chengling make a move to bring people to catch us, and fight with us. I think you are not bad at martial arts, but after all, you are still young, and there is no information about your travels around the country outside. You are so young and inexperienced in handling affairs. Even if you don't panic, we will be together, and your martial arts skills are excellent, so there's no reason to ignore us. At that time, I and a few of my men will pretend to retreat behind you when you deal with others, and then attack you from behind. Hehe, at that time, even if you are very powerful, you will definitely be captured by me, and avoid the trouble of not being able to catch you head-on and having to kill you."

  "Indeed, it's a wonderful plan! Wonderful!" Tang Xiaoxia clapped his hands, and his mood had become cheerful after listening to Wu Xie finish speaking, and it was especially cheerful, as if he were praising his own partner.

  Luosi knew why Tang Xiaoxia was so excited, because she and Tang Xiaoxia were originally guys who looked very fierce but actually weren't that great. If Wu Xi had taken direct action, they might have been tied up with a rope to be used as bait for Qing Yuansi long ago!