As Ji Yinshu rushed over—

Lang Bo grabbed her: “Master Ji, don’t go over there.”

Ji Yinshu was extremely worried. Looking at the bandit holding Wei Yi hostage, she said with forced composure: “He’s just a child. Even if you threaten him, it’s useless. If you can release him, I promise you can all leave safely.”

“Release him?”

“As long as you release him, I can agree to anything!”

“I want your lives, I want all the valuables on your bodies.”

Ji Yinshu didn’t agree!

“Shu’er, it hurts!” Wei Yi shouted.

At this moment, Jingrong, hearing the commotion, dismounted from his horse. His composed expression showed not the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Everyone’s gaze immediately turned to him!

When those few bandits saw him, they couldn’t help but tremble, completely intimidated by Jingrong’s innate imposing presence.

He walked to Ji Yinshu and commanded in a low voice: “Go to the back.”

“Wei Yi, he…”

“Leave it to me!”

Ji Yinshu trusted him.

Ji Wanxin, who had descended from the carriage behind, also stepped forward at this moment and quickly pulled Ji Yinshu to the back.

Afterward, Lang Bo walked to Jingrong’s side and asked: “Your Highness, what should we do?”

What should we do?

Deal with it coldly, of course!

He raised one hand, signaling Lang Bo to step aside, then walked toward the bandits. Those sharp, cold eyes, along with his thick brows, lifted slightly.

The bandit was frightened and quickly asked: “You… who are you?”

“You’re better off not knowing.”

“I’m telling you, our chief is the overlord of Shanhuai County. Today you killed so many of our brothers—our chief will definitely take your dog lives.”

Jingrong smiled: “Good, I’ll wait for your chief to come seek revenge. However, before that happens, you… none of you should expect to leave.”

“Then I’ll kill him!” The bandit tightened the blade, cutting the wound on Wei Yi’s neck even deeper.

Wei Yi cried out in pain to Jingrong: “Brother, they’re going to kill me. You have to save me.”

“Didn’t you say you weren’t talking to me anymore?”

“I know I was wrong. I’m not angry. Brother, I’m not angry at you anymore, not angry…”

This made Jingrong laugh bitterly, yet he said to the bandit in a cold, severe tone: “If you think threatening him will let you live safely, you’re deluding yourself. If you want to kill him, go ahead. After all, an idiot has no use being kept around. If we can capture you and send you to the Shanhuai yamen, who knows—the county magistrate might even reward us.”

The bandits, already making their last desperate struggle, realized upon hearing this that they couldn’t escape their fate.

Making one final gambit: “Fine! Since this idiot is of no use to you, I’ll kill him right now. At least I can take someone down with me.”

Before the blade in his hand could strike down, Wei Yi began to cry and started cursing Jingrong.

“You grumpy pants, your heart is so cruel! I hate you, I don’t like you anymore. If I die, I’ll become a ghost and come find you every night, then scare you to death…”

He went on and on!

The bandit was getting a headache from all the noise!

“Enough! I’ll send you on your way right now.”

After speaking!

Accompanied by Ji Yinshu’s loud shout of “Don’t”—

Helplessly, Ji Wanxin gripped her tightly, not letting her rush over.

The bandit’s wrist had already risen, the blade in his hand visibly lifting several inches, about to slash across Wei Yi’s neck.

Just at that critical distance, something flew out from inside the carriage, striking precisely at the bandit’s hand.

Because the force was quite strong, the bandit cried out in pain. His hand went limp, and the large blade immediately dropped to the ground.

In that same instant, Jingrong swiftly moved forward. With one hand he pulled Wei Yi away, and with the other he struck the bandit hard on the chest.

Seeing this!

Lang Bo led his men to capture the remaining dozen or so bandits. Those who resisted were all killed.

In the end, two people remained, forced to kneel on the ground and bound tightly.

Just as Jingrong pulled Wei Yi behind him, Wei Yi immediately threw himself into Ji Yinshu’s embrace.

Ji Yinshu held him and quickly brought him into the carriage, finding medicine to apply to the wound on his neck!

She blew on it gently: “After applying this medicine, don’t touch it with your hands.”

“Mm!”

“Don’t get it wet either.”

“Mm!”

“When you sleep tonight, try to sleep with your head tilted to the side, understand?”

“Mm!”

Wei Yi enjoyed her applying medicine to him while obediently agreeing to everything Ji Yinshu instructed.

So well-behaved!

Only in those large eyes did some tears well up!

Of course, he didn’t forget to tattle: “Shu’er, Brother Jingrong just told that person to kill me. Why would he do that? Has he turned bad?”

Ji Yinshu touched his head: “How could that be? Don’t let your thoughts run wild.”

“Mm!” He nodded, then said: “Shu’er, I’m tired.”

“Then rest for a while.”

“Okay.”

And so—

Wei Yi tightly grasped Ji Yinshu’s wrist and directly rested his head on her shoulder.

He kept nuzzling his head!

Making Ji Yinshu’s neck go numb several times!

After Wei Yi fell asleep, Ji Wanxin, who had been silently sitting to the side, lightly nudged her and asked: “Have you considered that at that time, if His Highness really hadn’t cared about Young Master Wei’s life, then…”

“He’s not that kind of person!”

“But at that time…”

Ji Yinshu immediately cut off her words, saying with great certainty: “At that time, he must have known Muruo would make a move, which is why he said that. Everyone else can misunderstand him, but I won’t.”

Ji Wanxin felt quite uncomfortable in her heart.

She could only close her mouth!

Outside!

After Lang Bo and the others cleaned up the corpses on the ground, they tied the two captured men directly to the backs of horses. Then he went to ask Jingrong: “Your Highness, are we really sending these two to Shanhuai County? But that person just said their chief…”

Before he could finish speaking, Jingrong gave him a cold look.

“Could it be that the court only keeps idle people? A dignified county magistrate actually controlled by a mountain bandit—such a county magistrate, this prince will also strip him of his official hat.”

“Yes, this subordinate understands.”

“Then let’s set off quickly. Before dark, hopefully we can reach the inn ahead.”

Lang Bo asked: “What about Young Master Wei?”

Jingrong glanced at the carriage where Ji Yinshu was, flicked his sleeve, and said: “Just let him stay with Master Ji.”

“Yes!”

Jingrong then boarded the carriage!

Inside the carriage, Muruo had his arms crossed over his chest, lying directly on the soft cushions.

The very picture of an old drunkard!

Jingrong said nothing and simply sat down to the side. At this moment, the carriage also continued moving forward.

After a long while, Muruo turned over.

With his eyes closed, he asked somewhat indistinctly: “If I hadn’t made a move at that time, were you really planning to let those people kill Wei Yi?”

Jingrong looked straight ahead and said: “But you still made a move!”

“What if I had really been asleep?”

“The facts prove that you were awake the whole time.”

After hearing this, Muruo smiled, turned over again, and closed his eyes deeply, making no further movement!