Chapter 4 Obstruction

  At this time, there was a woman who dared to speak out, and her voice was so calm that everyone couldn't help but look at her in surprise. They saw that she was wearing black clothes, with skin as white as snow, a beautiful face, and an icy expression. She walked quickly forward and said, "Wait!" The several big men were stunned, and loosened their grip.

  Sun ran into the crowd with a "wow", and even her son was left behind.

  "What, you're coming too?" Several big men surrounded her, sizing her up and down. One of them said: "This is a good one, if you come with us, we'll let these two go, how about it?" As he spoke, he pointed at Sun Shi and Si Fu, guffawing loudly.

  "Sister..." Xie Ling wanted to run over to help, but somehow couldn't move her legs, only feeling her whole body trembling, almost unable to stand upright. In her heart, she couldn't help but blame Xie Xian, this stupid Saint Mother sister, actually being so foolish and trying to take charge at a time like this...

  "Everyone, please calm down." Xie Yan saw several big men coming up, her expression unchanged, and even her voice didn't have any fluctuations. She took out a jade pendant, held it high, and shouted: "I am the adopted daughter of General Jing Yi, who dares to come forward?"

  General Jing Yi?

  In the courtyard, Jin Yiwei's face changed color when he heard this name. The Wen Shen Group was their arch-nemesis, but high-ranking military generals were the objects of contention between the two major groups. Especially for these Imperial Guards who wanted to rise through the ranks, they had to go to the military to gain experience... This little girl mentioned General Jing Yi, who was the greatest marshal of the border town's army, and even the Emperor showed him respect, not to mention those close attendants of the Son of Heaven...

  "Goddaughter? Who believes it?" A big man reacted and curled his lip.

  Xie Rou smiled slightly and said, "General Tie Qi doesn't believe it, but he can try to bully the adopted daughter of General Jing Yi...". Her voice was calm and emotionless, as if she wasn't afraid of them at all. Instead, she took a few steps forward, looking up at the group of men in front of her with a fierce gaze. The courtyard had already been lit up with torches, and in the flickering light, her face was as calm as jade, showing no signs of panic. Although she was a weak and gentle woman, she seemed to be dominating the situation.

  "Let me see." Chang Qing had been standing silently in the dark depths, but suddenly spoke out, his voice hoarse. The firelight cast a cold, cruel curve on his jawline, exuding a bloodthirsty aura. His eyes gleamed like knives, cold and ominous.

  Xie Yan bit her lip, it seems she has made up her mind to deal with the Xie family...

  What's wrong?

  Will he?...

  Her heart was nervous, but her face became even more calm, she raised an eyebrow, took a few steps, stopped within a foot of Chang Qing, held up the jade pendant and looked up to say: "Commander, please take a look."

  He gazed at the jade pendant, seeing that in Snow White's hand was a crystal clear, exquisitely carved "Water Yi" character. His eyes narrowed, and a glimmer of cold light flashed across his pupils... General Jing Yi's courtesy name was "Water Yi", known to very few people, but it couldn't deceive these Jin Yiwei who specialized in prying into secrets. This jade pendant... was actually real!

  Is this little girl really General Jingyuan's adopted daughter?

  That's going to be tough...

  Chang Qing slightly furrowed his brow, just as he was pondering, when a swift cavalry guard said: "Sir, is this true?"

  Chang Qing's face was cold and hesitant for a moment before slowly nodding his head.

  Everyone in the courtyard showed a look of regret, humiliating the family was their greatest pleasure when they were looting, and it was all because of this jade pendant...

  "She can't move, what about others?" One of the tall men suddenly said: "She is a adopted daughter, are all of you in this house?" Before he finished speaking, many people nodded in agreement and said: "Exactly, exactly, she can't move, what about others?"

  "Ladies and gentlemen..." Xie Yan didn't think that taking out this jade pendant could only save herself, her heart was icy cold, she took a deep breath, retreated two steps, stood at the door of the great hall, and said word by word: "I stand here, who dares not to give General Jingyue face!" Her voice was not loud, but clear and distinct, every word entered the ear.

  Everyone saw the little girl blocking the door, with meat in front of her eyes but unable to eat it. It was infuriating, and a certain Pang Qi, a cavalry officer, was particularly hot-tempered. With a "swoosh", he drew out his knife and walked up to Xie Yan's face, gesturing twice with his hand, saying: "Little girl, do you want to stay here forever?"

  "Yes." Xie Yan said in a low voice, a habit cultivated over the years, the more urgent the situation, the calmer she became, and at this moment, life and death were put aside, revealing her usual elegant and quiet demeanor.

  Pang Qi gazed at the beautiful young women inside, her eyes twitching with rage, gritting her teeth in hatred, wanting to slash the girl in front of her to death. But she thought of the jade pendant... "Ah ya ya!" With a cry, she swung the knife towards Xie Xian, and amidst the crowd's shocked cries, the knife sliced down, grazing Xie Xian's body...

  Xie Yan didn't shout or call out, and she didn't even blink her eyelids.

  Pang Qi saw her like this, suddenly had a competitive heart, and another horizontal slash, just about to cut Xie Xian in half, but the knife was extremely slow, as if waiting for Xie Xian to turn around and escape, making way for the door, but seeing Xie Xian still motionless, instead standing straighter...

  "Go ahead, little girls." Pang Qi saw this and evil arose from his gallbladder. He simply swung out a set of knife moves, enveloping Xie Xian in the wind of knives. Every move was shining with knife light, only inches away from her...

  Xie Yan knew from the first move that her opponent didn't dare to kill her, so she stared at Pang Qi without moving. Pang Qi danced for a while, seeing that Xie Yan wasn't intimidated in the slightest, and stopped with a huff, spitting out a mouthful of saliva: "Damn it, forget it! Bad luck! Bad luck!"

  "What to do, sir?" The crowd of riders had originally planned to have a wild time tonight, but who knew they would be blocked by a little girl? They were all discontented and looked up at their leader, Chang Qing.

  Chang Qing narrowed his eyes and stared at Xie Yan, seeing that although the girl's face was calm and composed, her back was drenched in sweat, and her body trembled in a way that was not easily noticeable. He coldly smiled and said, "Wait."

  "That's right, the adults are right, wait and see!" A swift riding officer named Ma Fang slapped his thigh in surprise, turned his head to Pang Qi and said: "Old Pang, you're stupid, scaring people is useless, let's see how long this girl can hold on?"

  Everyone who heard this nodded in agreement.

  "Sit down and wait!" Ma Fang waved his hand and said, "Let's see how long this little girl can hold on, haha, it's interesting, I didn't expect Old Man Xie to have a daughter like this!" As he spoke, the Jin Yiwei guards sat down on the ground, surrounding the main hall in a tight circle.

  "Sister..." Xie Ling saw this situation and wanted to step forward, but suddenly heard Xie Yan shout without turning her head: "Don't come over!" As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Chang Qing, saying in a deep voice: "Mr. Chang, what kind of grudge or hatred do you have with the Xie family that you would want to bring about our downfall?"