Xie Zhaozhao firmly disagreed: "I have four guards and Yuanyuan, so we can always fight."

Tu scolded, "Are you completely sure?"

"There's no 100% certainty about this kind of thing, but no matter what, we can't just sit there and wait for death!"

"You are too cruel to gamble with the lives of the entire mansion, Third Madam."

The old lady also scolded her: "Xie, shut up."

Everyone hurried to buy jewelry, and everyone took out some of their own bracelets, earrings, and necklaces.

Xie Xiangxiang looked at the red string around Xie Zhaozhao's neck and said, "Sister, why don't you take out the jade Buddha around your neck?"

Xie Zhaozhao said calmly: "This is the thought my late mother left me. It will never fall into the hands of others."

Xie Xiangxiang sneered, "Whose things don't have a history? Why can't you touch your things? You should always think about everyone else."

"I don't know how to put together jewelry." Xie Zhaozhao said coldly, "The most important thing we should do is rush out!"

The fifth aunt stammered and begged, "Third niece, please just make some of the contribution. We should all do our best and make some."

Xie Zhaozhao smiled softly: Trying to be kind to bandits? That's simply courting death!

However, these women who won't cry until they see the coffin will not listen to anything you say now.

I have a big bag of things, who should I send to deliver it?

The old lady pointed at Yuanyuan and said, "You go, you have martial arts skills."

Xie Xiang immediately objected: "No, Yuanyuan is my eldest sister's maid. They wanted to run away anyway. What if they secretly took away the jewelry on the way and got into a fight with the bandits?"

Yuanyuan put the things in front of her and said angrily, "Young Madam, will you deliver it?"

Xie Xiangxiang said to Taxue, "You are someone close to my grandmother, so you can do things safely. You go and send her off."

The old lady instructed Taxue, "Go over there and tell them that the things have been given to them. Tell them to leave quickly."

Her legs were shaking as she stepped on the snow, and she cursed Xie Xiangxiang a thousand times in her heart. Yuanyuan was skilled in martial arts, and could fight or escape when encountering danger. If she went, what if she was raped by bandits?

But the old lady urged her to go quickly, and she had no choice but to comfort herself: When two countries go to war, envoys will not be killed! She was just a delivery person, just delivering a message.

Taxue carried her things out of the yard and called Mo Yan to accompany her at the gate.

The bandits laughed when they saw so many jewels: "The women in the Bo's Mansion are so rich! I can't make ten strings of money a year without my head on my trousers, but the ones they wear are worth more than a thousand strings of money."

Taxue said hurriedly: "These are all the jewelry that the ladies have. They are all given to you. You should keep your promise and leave quickly."

The bandit laughed loudly, stretched out his hand to pinch Taxue's chin, and said wickedly: "Of course we are trustworthy. After giving you one thousand strings of cash, we don't need any more money... But, brothers, you have worked hard to come to meet you late at night, we can't not reward you, right? We need a few women to accompany you."

"You are shameless!" Taxue hastily stepped back and cursed, "You are so dishonest?"

The bandits all laughed. How could they keep their word? Did the women of the Bo family really grow up eating food?

He pulled Taxue over, pointed a knife at Mo Yan and said, "Boy, go back and tell them to send a few more girls over. They must be pretty!"

Mo Yan pursed his lips, suddenly rushed over, grabbed Taxue's hand and ran away. The bandit chased him and slashed Mo Yan on the back with a knife.

Mo Yan gritted his teeth and continued running despite the pain.

The bandits chased after them, howling, and Mo Yan and Taxue ran desperately back to the yard on the top of the mountain.

The bandits shouted loudly below: "We will count to fifty, and you must send five young ladies out. If you don't, we will rush in and rape and kill all of them!"

Taxue and Moyan ran in. Moyan was covered in blood and fell to the ground, unconscious.

Taxue told the old lady the bandits' demands, and the old lady was frightened out of her wits.

There were voices outside calling for women.

Give them five women? If they go, they will definitely be abused. But if they don't go, the bandits will say that all of them will be raped and killed.

Everyone was in a panic and crying.

Xie Zhaozhao looked at the old lady coldly. She would most likely agree to the bandits' demands.

Who should I ask to go?

The maids all looked pale and hopeless, and they tried to curl up into a ball, hoping that their masters would not see them.

Xie Xiangxiang said proudly: "My maids have now become the young master's concubines."

Everyone looked at the old lady. Fifth Aunt and Fourth Aunt didn't know what to do. They were country women and didn't have the courage to deal with bandits. They also looked at the old lady.

The old lady looked at Xie Zhaozhao for help, and Xie Zhaozhao said, "Run out from the back door and give a signal to the people down the mountain to come up and rescue us."

Guan Yingying sneered: "It's easy for you to say that. Did you see how many people are outside? As soon as you gave the signal, they rushed in."

Xie Zhaozhao said, "We also have dozens of people. There are a lot of firewood and branches in this yard. We can light them and throw them out. It won't be difficult to hold out for a quarter of an hour and wait for reinforcements to arrive."

"Don't listen to her, she's lying to us. Where are the reinforcements coming from? The bandits have blocked the road halfway up the mountain. Even if there are reinforcements, they can't get up."

"Then we split up and hide in the forest in the cemetery. When daybreak comes, there will surely be someone coming up from below."

"No, they will dig up the Marquis's grave."

While they were arguing, the bandits outside sent another message saying that they only wanted five women, and this time they would keep their word and leave as soon as they got what they wanted.

"Choose five maids," the old lady said tiredly, "for the sake of the master, you have to make some sacrifices. When we return to the Earl's Mansion, we will compensate you well."

Xie Zhaozhao firmly disagreed.

Guan Yingying and Xie Xiangxiang both yelled at Xie Zhaozhao: "You are so selfish. You don't care about our lives."

"Grandma, you can't listen to her." Xie Xiangxiang said, "Five maids, one is enough. In our courtyard, Yan Ke or Nian Ke can go, one from Second Aunt's courtyard, and two from the concubines' courtyards. Five is enough."

Xie Zhaozhao sternly refused: "I will not ask anyone from Yuanyuanmanman to go. We should rush out immediately and fight the bandits to death instead of serving them."

The bandits outside were shouting again, threatening to rush over if the woman was not delivered.

The old lady closed her eyes and said to Taxue, "Taxue, I'm sorry..."

Taxue knelt before her and cried, "Madam, I have followed you since I was a child, you can't abandon me! Madam, how about you let your aunt go..."

The concubines immediately said angrily: "We are all my women, and you, a slut, are bringing shame to me?"

"Taxue, I have no choice but to consider the overall situation. Please go..."

The old lady also cried.

The bandits outside shouted even louder.

Taxue cried and begged in vain. He looked at the old lady in despair, but the latter turned her eyes away, not daring to meet his gaze.

Lu had no choice but to send Siqin, who also cried so hard that she had to go.

Guan Yingying didn't want to ask Yan Ke and Nian Ke to go, but the situation forced her to say to Yan Ke, "Yan Ke, I'm sorry, you go."

Nian Ke and Yan Ke were stunned.

Yan Ke cried and said, "Aunt Yue, you said that all men are created equal. They are bandits, and I don't want to be abused by them."

Guan Yingying gritted her teeth and said, "But there is nothing we can do now, Yan Ke, it's just sleeping with someone, it doesn't matter who you sleep with, it's just like that..."

Nian Ke suddenly said, "I will go with my sister."

"You don't have to go. Yan Ke can go alone."

"No, I want to stay with my sister." Nian Ke said coldly.

Five maids, Yan Ke, Nian Ke, Taxue, Siqin and Quan Ling'er, went out of the main house.

The bandit shouted excitedly.

"Sister, run!" Nian Ke walked out the door, grabbed his sister's hand and immediately ran into the cemetery and forest.

Yan Ke followed her sister and ran for her life!

Taxue, Siqin and Quan Ling'er were instantly lost in the bandits...

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