The Princess of the Substitute Bride Strikes Back

"Give them some water first."

Fu Yunxi took out a water bag from his sleeve and handed it to Mu Da, while Mu Yibai swung his knife to cut the iron chain on the wooden barrel.

Only then did they see clearly what was inside the barrel. It was filled with densely packed poisonous insects, and both of Mu San's arms were covered with bite scars.

"Oh my god, what's being done here is not human work! Sikong Xingyao is already dead, and Sikong Boyu is not coming here, so why hasn't the mangrove been abolished yet?"

Chen Jianzhong and Huo San helped Mu Qi cut the chains and gave him a sip of water.

"Mu San, wake up, we are here to save you!"

Mu Da gently shook Mu San's body, not daring to use force for fear of damaging his already broken body.

Mu San felt dizzy at this moment, his vision flickered, and a stream of cool spring water flowed through his throat.

With his good brother's voice echoing in his ears, he tried his best to overcome his physical weakness and slowly opened his eyes, "Boss——"

Mu San tried hard to open his eyes, which were instantly soaked with sweat and felt extremely sore, so he was forced to close them.

"We are here to save you! If you are uncomfortable, don't say anything. We will take you out!"

Mu Da and other secret guards were all selected after extremely rigorous training since childhood to prevent them from being used by others. They were not supposed to have emotions of their own, but their master Mu Yibai was different. He would not despise the lives of the secret guards and regarded them as his subordinates and family members. Therefore, they would follow Mu Yibai more loyally.

In addition, the Mu family now lives an ordinary life, which makes the Mu brothers' originally iron hearts become hot.

"Boss!"

Mu San seemed to be a little more awake. He stood up with difficulty, wiped the sweat off his face with his hand, and tried his best to open his eyes.

"Mu Da, give him some more water and wipe his face."

Fu Yunxi was very careful and noticed Mu San's condition. She quickly asked Mu Da to wipe Mu San's face.

On the other side, Mu Qi also slowly woke up.

"master!"

When Mu Qi saw Mu Yibai, his first reaction was to kneel down. They had failed to complete the task assigned by their master and were now in such a miserable state. If it weren't for the belief in his heart that supported him, he would have wanted to commit suicide out of fear of punishment.

"Don't move. Speak slowly if you have anything to say."

Mu Yibai was communicating with Mu San and Mu Qi, and the others also came back to their senses.

These people are not the guards who bully them day and night, but they are here to rescue people. So can they be saved too?

"Good Samaritans! Please save us!"

"Please, save us!"

"..."

Thirty or forty people around were trying their best to get up, and many people who had fainted from the pain were awakened when they heard someone coming to help.

Everyone looked at Mu Yibai and others with pleading eyes, and the cries for help were continuous and endless.

"Don't make any noise, we will help you untie the chains one by one!"

Seeing that everything Mu Qi said was covered up, Huo San shouted loudly.

He and Chen Jianzhong stepped forward with swords in hand and cut the chains for them one by one. They could not stay in this place any longer and had to eliminate it as soon as possible and stop it from harming people. Seeing this, the bound people dared not say a word for fear of being left out.

"Master, we failed to complete our mission and fell into the hands of evildoers. We don't want to live in seclusion, but we still want to..."

Every time Mu Qi spoke, his body became extremely weak, as if it had been hollowed out.

Mu Yibai once told them that they should never give up their lives unless it was absolutely necessary, so they did not choose to commit suicide immediately after being arrested.

He found out that the enemy captured them not to interrogate them for intelligence, but to destroy their martial arts and bring them to this remote wilderness to do hard labor. They could only eat flower petals every day. After eating for a while, they began to extract their blood and then used their bodies to feed poisonous insects. They had planned to endure the humiliation and then find a chance to escape and find the whereabouts of General Mu, but their health was getting worse every day and they could not escape at all. At this moment, they were too ashamed to face their master!

"I know that father and elder brother have returned safely. We are here to rescue you. There are only you and Mu San here. Where are the others?"

Mu Yibai understood what Mu Qi was going to say, but it was no longer important. In his previous life, all his ten secret guards had died for him.

He couldn't let them lose their way home in this life.

"They're in the inner room."

As expected, when Mu Qi heard Mu Yibai's words, his eyes instantly lit up. Their mission this time was to rescue General Mu and Major General. Now that they returned home safely, he was relieved.

"You and Mu San rest here, Brother Mu will take care of you, we will go rescue people."

Mu Yibai did not delay any longer and moved them to a clean and safe place to rest.

While everyone was talking, Fu Yunxi took the pulse of Mu San and Mu Qi, and left them with appropriate medicine and spiritual spring water.

The pulses of these two people were extremely weak, their meridians were damaged, their martial arts were lost, and there was no trace of the poisonous insects in their bodies.

It was obvious that the illness was caused by long-term overwork and long-term blood loss. The only reason they could hold on until now was entirely due to their previous strong physique.

If they had not come to rescue them, Mu San and the others would not have been able to hold on for too long!

"Master, there are more than a dozen guards inside. Their martial arts are not inferior to ours. They are also good at using Gu and have weapons in their hands."

Mu San and Mu Qi leaned weakly against the wall and spoke to Mu Yibai in a hoarse voice.

"We'll be out soon."

Mu Yibai did not delay any longer and walked inside with weapon in hand. The other rescued people all struggled and crawled to the outside. They were not sure whether Mu Yibai was a good person, but they would do their best to escape from this terrible place and would never sit and wait to die.

……

"Why is there only this much today? Looks like we need to change people again."

"Who says it's not? It's time for this batch too."

"Hurry up! It's getting late."

"I know, I know. You're the only one who can say that."

The few of them passed through the winding and deep passage and came to a brighter open space, from which they heard the voices of several men complaining.

But if you listen carefully, you can hear the breathing of at least dozens of people behind the wooden door, which is definitely more than the number of people in the room where Mu San and the others are.

Mu Yibai made a gesture, indicating that he and Fu Yunxi would enter first, with Chen Jianzhong and Huo San following behind.

The four of them exchanged glances and understood each other's meaning. Mu Yibai kicked the useless wooden door hard and broke it into pieces, then rushed in.

"who are you?"

"Come out quickly, someone is coming!"

"How did you get in?"

There were indeed more than a dozen knife-wielding guards in the room, taking blood with large bowls and daggers. There were countless unconscious people on the ground. A rough glance showed that the room was at least twice as big as the previous one. The situation could only get worse.

"What you did was absolutely unscrupulous!"

Chen Jianzhong looked at the people lying on the ground. If it weren't for the blood still gushing from their wrists, it would be difficult to tell whether they were still alive.

These people are not only Nangong Hao's lackeys, but also demons!

"No need to show mercy, just do it!"

Fu Yunxi had just seen how Sikong Xingyao raised the Gu, a corpse Gu that feeds on human flesh and blood.

How could she not know what they were doing at the moment? It was nothing more than taking blood to feed the Gu. Only in this way could the Gu worm be more lethal and poisonous, and could take a person's life with one blow, or torture a person so much that he was in unbearable pain but unable to die!