Chapter 20
Yan Ge truly looked charming in menswear and even the bandits couldn’t look away . Although she was dressed up as a man, they still brought her up the mountain to dedicate her to their leader that loved males .
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As they went up the mountain, Yan Ge was spared the fate of being shut in a firewood room due to her rare ‘looks’ .
She was imprisoned in the bedroom of the head of the mountain bandits . When the bandits saw that she was a weak scholar, they did not make things difficult for her and merely threatened to kill her if she stepped out of the room .
Oh, the leader of the mountain bandits was not on the mountain . It would seem that he took a team of people to go rob . Yan Ge waited for the people to leave before she nimbly snuck out through the window . Not only make a full circle around the mountain, but she also managed to capture a bandit . Under all kinds of torture, the guy clearly stated where every trap was located and what the arrangements were on the mountain .
She learned that a book boy was sent up the mountain along with her and was unconscious in the firewood room . The book boy was the weakest guy in the Ming Army and he was nicknamed ‘Sima' . He had that nickname because the guy’s nagging was dreadful .
After handing over a map of the mountain to Sima and appointing a time to attack, Yan Ge returned the bandit leader’s bedroom .
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They had probably scored a large haul . That night, the mountain bandits had a celebration party with meat and wine . By the time the bandit leader went back to his room, he was already drunk .
His eyes brightened at the sight of Yan Ge sitting on the bed and immediately threw himself at her .
Yan Ge saw a few shadows of the figures outside the door and didn’t stun the bandit leader right away . Instead, she played a giggly cat and mouse game with him for a while and then snapped his neck .
A knock on the door sounded at this time .
Yan Ge was startled and hurriedly dragged the leader’s body under the bed .
She had no time to reach the door before it was opened .
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The lights and candles in the room went out as early as when Yan Ge snapped the leader’s head .
She could not see who the person in the dark and assumed it was a mountain bandit . Imitating the bandit’s leader’s voice, she scolded in a low voice: “Roll out . ”
Not only did the person not roll out, but they also threw themselves towards Yan Ge’s voice .
The cold light of the dagger flashed in the darkness . Fortunately, Yan Ge hid in time or she would have been killed by the man .
Her heart trembled . Not knowing if this person was a friend or foe, she unconsciously evaded the attacks .
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She had dispensed medicine in the kitchen . While it was a success on those bandits that feasted, a fish must have escaped the net . Yan Ge worried that the signal to attack would be released while the barbarians were growing suspicious . When facing the attacker before her, decided to cut the gordian knot . 1
Her hand came up empty when she wanted to pull the dagger from her shoes . Then she belatedly remembered how she gifted it to the emperor .
Neither one wished to alarm the people outside . They silently attacked each other in the dark with fierce moves meant to end the fight as soon as possible .
Yan Ge noticed from a glance that the bandits standing at the doorway had disappeared and she was slightly agitated . She might have slowed down for the other person managed to grab her hand . Immediately, she retreated and spoke in a low voice: “For what reason has Xiongtai[brother] come here?”
The other party was obviously startled: "Yan Ge?"
This voice is too familiar .
Yan Ge was stunned . Is this guy Emperor Yuan?
Why has the esteemed emperor come to a mountain bandits’ den?
Not waiting for Yan Ge to respond, Emperor Yuan’s look turned fierce as he interrogated her angrily: "Are you the leader of the mountain bandits? What about the scholar tied up in your room today?"
1 Cut the gordian knot (快刀斩乱麻—kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má): idiom that means to make a swift and ruthless decision in a complicated situation .