Chapter 182: Chapter 183: The Surrounded Man Is Incredibly Powerful, Impervious to Swords and Spears

“Am I crying?” Qi Yue’s anger made her tremble with her handkerchief, “These are tears in the wind!”

“What?” Qu Wei was completely dumbfounded.

He had seen shamelessness before, but never this level of unreasonableness.

She was obviously crying and still claimed they were tears in the wind!

Forget it, he wouldn’t argue with her anymore!

It was at this time that Old Madam Zhang, who had fallen behind, finally caught up on horseback. Upon seeing that both were fine, she immediately dismounted, ready to prepare food and drink for Qi Yue.

Qi Yue hastily stopped her.

“Mother Zhang, there’s a cottage up ahead. You go on horseback first and find us a place to stay; we’ll come along slowly behind you.”

“Yes.”

Old Madam Zhang glanced at Qu Wei and then at Qi Yue, her eyes full of concern.

“Miss, are you alright?”

“What could be wrong with me? Here I am, safe and sound.”

“Yes, then this old servant will go ahead.”

After sending away Old Madam Zhang, Qi Yue glanced at the horse resting on the side, “Big brother, go lead the horse.”

Qu Wei had thought Qi Yue would want to ride with him on the same horse, so he happily went to lead it over, but then saw that Qi Yue was already walking alone on the main road.

He quickly led the horse and followed her.

As the two walked side by side for a while, the atmosphere gradually improved, and Qu Wei returned to his usual dissolute demeanor.

“Yueyue, I think we could ride the same horse. Wouldn’t that get us there faster?”

“You’re overthinking it.”

“What do you mean ‘overthinking’? Clearly, you’re the one overthinking. We’re siblings, what’s there to be afraid of in riding together?”

“Can’t you use your head, at your age?”

“What about me now?”

“Look at this horse, is it fit to be ridden?”

Qu Wei took a closer look at the horse, and he immediately understood.

The horse had been running for a long time and was nearly out of strength; riding it further could cause it to collapse.

If they hadn’t stopped suddenly before, it could have lasted a while longer, but once they stopped, its energy dissipated, and it could no longer continue.

Seeing Qi Yue feed the horse something, which made it neigh softly and quicken its steps significantly, Qu Wei was curious.

“Yueyue, what’s that miraculous thing you have? Give me some too.”

“Carefree Pill, you’ve got some,” she said.

“But you sold those to me, didn’t you? I see I’m worth less than a horse to my dear sister…”

As Qu Wei raised his voice to cry out, Qi Yue threw a bottle at him.

“Stop your howling; here’s a bottle for you.”

Qu Wei hurriedly tucked the medicine bottle into his chest and patted it a couple of times.

A bottle worth over a hundred thousand, he better take good care of it.

Seeing his childish action, Qi Yue felt like laughing but restrained herself.

Tonight, Qu Wei had earned her respect, and from now on, she would treat him like a real elder brother.

If it weren’t for Qu Wei jumping in and stopping the horse, she didn’t know how else to stop.

Ever since she left the Capital City, there was a pent-up frustration in her heart.

It was indescribable.

Pain, disappointment, conflict, self-doubt… maybe a bit of everything.

But Qu Wei’s leap helped her realize that in this world, apart from Zhao Xiyan, she had many other things to do.

People she cared about, matters she cared about…

The future was vast, and she shouldn’t focus all her attention on just one man.

As the two chatted and walked, after half a shichen, sure enough, they saw a place lit up with lights in the distance.

“There really is a cottage!” Qu Wei exclaimed in surprise. “I thought you were just bluffing!”

Qi Yue curled her lips.

Even if she was bluffing, it had to appear convincing on the surface.

After walking for the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, they suddenly heard hurried footsteps. Qi Yue stopped to listen for a moment before continuing forward.

Sure enough, the sound of Old Madam Zhang’s panting approached.

“Miss, miss.”

Qi Yue felt something was wrong and quickly quickened her pace to meet her.

Seeing Old Madam Zhang looking flustered, still carrying her burden, it was obvious that she had not found a place to stay.

“What’s the matter? Is there a problem?”

She hurriedly helped the person to sit down on the side, “Come, take it easy, what happened?”

Mrs. Zhang finally caught her breath and began to recount.

“Miss, I fear that we can’t go to that manor ahead.”

“Why not?”

“There are many officers inside, it seems they’ve surrounded someone. From what they said, the person they’ve surrounded is very formidable, impervious to weapons. Many officers have been lost, and they’re discussing using fire to attack.”

“Impervious to weapons?” Qi Yue suddenly stood up, her expression tense, “Are you sure you heard right?”

Mrs. Zhang nodded repeatedly.

“Yes, I made sure to listen in from the bushes for a while before I knew.”

“What sort of officers are these, did you get a clear look?”

“They were all dressed in blue, and they had a large eagle embroidered on their chests.”

“Rogues.” Qu Wei interjected, “Only the high-ranking attendants of the rogues would wear such clothes.”

Qi Yue pressed the twin sabers at her waist and said coldly, “Let’s go have a look.”

Upon hearing this, Qu Wei immediately stopped her.

“Yueyue, it’s not easy to deal with the high-ranking attendants of the rogues, we should leave this place.”

“If you’re afraid, you can leave.”

Qi Yue dropped the words and headed for the manor without looking back.

Qu Wei glanced at Mrs. Zhang and quickly followed.

“Yueyue, you’re so anxious, do you know the person who’s surrounded?”

“I don’t know if it’s him, so I have to go and see.”

Qi Yue didn’t have time to explain further and hurriedly made her way towards the manor.

She suspected that the impervious individual was Song Gensheng.

The trio quietly infiltrated the manor and sure enough, they saw torches and lights everywhere, and the rogues in blue clothes had surrounded a residence from both inside and out.

There were at least three to four hundred people.

However, not every one of the rogues had an eagle on their chest—some had none, while others had the character “Liang” embroidered.

According to Qu Wei, these were all elite rogues entrenched in the Capital City.

“Yueyue, listen to your big brother, let’s leave quickly, we can’t afford to provoke these people.”

“Enough with the nonsense, if you want to leave, then go,” Qi Yue scolded Qu Wei without any good humor.

How many people in the world are impervious to weapons?

She was almost certain that the person surrounded must be Song Gensheng.

This kid was only fourteen or fifteen years old and had always treated her like a real sister.

Furthermore, the numerous times she had emptied the treasures of evildoers, the blame had been pinned on the notorious Guyang bandit, otherwise the rogues wouldn’t be so wary of them.

Taking both reasons into account, no matter if they could provoke them or not, even if the Emperor’s army were to come, she would have to rescue the individual.

“Yueyue, saying that is heartless. When have I ever abandoned you?”

“Then come up with a plan quickly to save him!”

Qu Wei felt helpless but still tried to argue.

“Are you really certain the person surrounded is someone you know?”

“Yes.”

“Don’t be so sure yet—why not find someone to ask first?”

This reminded Qi Yue.

Her emotions had fluctuated so much today that her brain wasn’t functioning as it should.

After a moment of thought, she instructed Mrs. Zhang and Qu Wei to stay put and not move; she quickly approached the encirclement of the rogues.

With space and teleportation abilities, it was extremely easy to abduct someone.

Without any difficulty, Qi Yue pulled a lone rogue into her space. Before he could react, she teleported several yards away.

Qu Wei and Mrs. Zhang were worrying when they saw Qi Yue already dragging someone back.

“Miss!”

“Yueyue!”

Qi Yue didn’t bother with interrogation; she simply gave the rogue an Obedience Pill to swallow.

“Answer whatever you’re asked, do you understand?”

The rogue, after eating the Obedience Pill, was very compliant.

“I understand.”