After being forced into a marriage with a wealthy family, the virtuous wife caused a huge uproar.

After descending the mountain, the carriages of both families were already waiting there.

The two women boarded Rong Yingluo's carriage together, while the two maids rode in the Qi family's carriage.

The Southern Xia Kingdom is located in the south, a region with many mountains and rivers, and is situated in a hilly area.

There were still more than 30 li to go back to the capital. Before getting onto the official road, we had to pass at the foot of two mountains.

They had only traveled a few miles when the carriage suddenly stopped.

"Uncle Wu, what's wrong?" Rong Yingluo lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.

"Miss, there's a big rock blocking the way," Wu Guishan replied.

"Did it roll down the mountain?" Rong Yingluo also saw the large rock, got out of the carriage, and wanted to see for herself.

Such a large rock would require at least a dozen strong men to move.

"It should be."

No sooner had Wu Guishan finished speaking than Rong Yingluo saw startled birds take flight from the nearby forest.

"Oh no, Uncle Wu, quick, turn the horse around!" Rong Yingluo exclaimed.

She was furious. Fire couldn't kill her, and they even arranged an ambush halfway through her journey.

Wu Guishan understood and immediately prepared to turn around, but a group of shouts of killing rang out, and a group of men with weapons rushed out of the woods and surrounded the two carriages. There were more than twenty of them.

The four guards from Zhong Shenghe's family immediately drew their weapons and stood guard around the carriage.

"Haha, I just got here and the sheep are already in the pen." A strong, middle-aged man, carrying a large knife on his shoulder, walked to the front laughing.

"Who are you people?" Rong Yingluo asked coldly.

At first, she thought they were specially trained assassins or killers, but it turned out they were a group of bandits. You could tell just by looking at their clothes.

"Haha, of course we've come to take the young lady to be our bandit's wife." The big man laughed heartily.

"Boss, this young lady is really beautiful." One of the lackeys next to the big man sneered, looking at Rong Yingluo as if she were his prey.

"You'd better leave now, or you'll all die here." Rong Yingluo showed no fear, but her words sent chills down everyone's spine.

"Hey, this temper is just right. I love spicy food." The big man wasn't intimidated at all.

"Who sent you? I can offer double the price." At this moment, Ke Miaoran stepped out of the carriage.

She had realized that these people were deliberately arranged by someone.

This place is only about twenty miles from the city gates of the capital. How could there be bandits here? Someone must have paid to lure them here, and their purpose is the same as Wanye's: to take Rong's sister's life.

"Sister Ke, go back to the carriage." Rong Yingluo pushed her into the carriage. "No matter what happens, don't come out." She instructed her with utmost seriousness.

As she spoke, Rong Yingluo drew a long sword from the carriage seat.

She specifically asked Wu Guishan to put this inside, just in case.

"Sister Rong, those are vicious bandits. How can you fight them? Just leave it to a few guards." Ke Miaoran was actually very panicked. They only had five guards and two coachmen.

She had just mustered up the courage to go out and try to negotiate with the bandits, hoping to bribe them with money.

"You'd better think this through. The carriage contains the women of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and the women of Lord Qi's family. If you don't want to die, you'd better leave immediately." Zhong Sheng gripped his long sword, his eyes fixed on the burly man like a hawk's.

"Stop with the nonsense, I just want to experience what it's like to be with a woman from a wealthy family. Brothers, get them! There are only five of them, what are we afraid of?" To avoid any unforeseen complications, the burly man decided to finish quickly. Five thousand taels of silver would be enough for them to eat and drink for several months.

The man confessed that he didn't need to kill anyone, just ruin the woman's reputation.

As soon as the big man finished shouting, he charged towards Zhong Sheng.

Zhong Sheng immediately accepted the challenge.

The opponent used a broadsword that could cut across the back. The force of the blow was so great that Zhong Sheng did not take it head-on. Instead, he dodged to the side and then thrust out his longsword.

The two exchanged blows and began to fight.

Rong Yingluo drew her sword, leaped off the carriage, and joined the battle, along with the good things she had prepared.

For a time, those bandits suffered a lot of losses at her hands.

Her martial arts skills were not as good as Zhong Shenghao's, but they were better than the other four guards.

Several of these bandits were quite skilled. Soon, Rong Yingluo's side was at a disadvantage.

The other side had far more people than they did.

If this continues, they will surely be captured.

Just then, four men in black suddenly appeared from behind. Without a word, they shielded Rong Yingluo, protecting her from all attacks.

"Miss Rong, please get in the carriage. We'll handle these." one of them shouted.

With the addition of these four people, the situation quickly turned around.

However, the other side had more than twenty people, making it difficult to resolve the situation quickly.

Rong Yingluo noticed that two of the four people who arrived later were one-armed.

The two of them formed their own team, cooperating with each other, and were clearly battle-hardened.

The other two men in black fought independently, their martial arts skills clearly very strong, even stronger than Zhong Sheng's.

Who are they? Who arranged this?

She realized that these four people must have been specially arranged to protect her.

Rong Yingluo did not return to the carriage, but instead went to Zhong Sheng's side to fight alongside him.

Instantly, the air was filled with deafening shouts of battle.

Just then, at the other end of the road they came from, several horses were running very fast.

These were the subordinates given to them by Gu Ce and the five emperors.

Upon receiving the message from Zhong Sheng in the morning, he immediately rode his horse to Jing'an Hall.

He was worried that the other side had a backup plan.

If Rong Yingluo also dies, his reputation as a jinx to wives will never be shaken.

Moreover, she was his only hope for curing the poison.

After spending these past few days together, he has already included her in the list of people he should take care of.

She can't be hurt.

When he heard the shouts of battle, he was startled and lashed his horse's rump with his whip, making the horse run even faster.

After rounding a bend, we indeed saw a group of people fighting.

When he got closer, he saw a large rock blocking the middle of the road. He pulled on the reins, and the horse neighed and stopped.

Gu Wei leaped off her horse, soared over the large rock, and landed beside Rong Yingluo.

Without saying a word, he caught the large knife that was about to strike Rong Yingluo.

The five people behind them quickly joined the battle.

With Gu Ce and the five men he brought, the twenty-odd bandits quickly found themselves at a disadvantage.

"Husband, spare them." Rong Yingluo saw the bandits falling one by one, a large number of them dead, and was afraid that they would be too impulsive and kill them all.

Within about fifteen minutes, almost all the bandits had fallen to the ground, groaning incessantly.

Seeing that the situation was dire, the big man tried to escape.

"Not a single one can escape!" Rong Yingluo shouted, and her men immediately blocked their path.

After the tide turned against him, Gu Ce stopped fighting, picked up his blood-stained sword, and went to Rong Yingluo's side, asking with concern, "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine, thank goodness you came," Rong Yingluo said with a smile.

Rong Yingluo finally breathed a sigh of relief when the last bandit was also rendered unable to fight.

Zhong Sheng brought over a live prisoner, the burly leader. Zhong Sheng had already cut off his arm and used acupressure to stop him from bleeding too quickly.

Zhong Sheng pressed down, and the man knelt down in front of Gu Ce and Rong Yingluo.

"Speak, who ordered you?" Rong Yingluo used her sword to lift the burly man's chin.

"Grandma, I was wrong, please forgive me. I'm nothing, please forgive me." The big man knew there was no way to resolve this peacefully, so he had no choice but to admit his mistake.

"If you honestly confess who ordered you to do this, I might spare your life." Rong Yingluo slapped the burly man's face twice with her sword, her threat palpable.