The Legend of the Medical Concubine

Chapter 328: Entering the Village in Panic

The afterglow of the evening was like a surging sea of blood, wantonly splashing across the valley, engulfing the entire village in a strange crimson. Lin Ruoxue and Xiaoxuan, escorted by the bandits, moved slowly and heavily towards the village that looked like the mouth of a giant beast.

From a distance, the village looked like a prehistoric beast that had been dormant in the dark abyss for a long time, ready to devour anyone. The crude wall was made up of uneven and crooked wood. When the wind blew, the wood collided and rubbed against each other, making a "creaking" sound, as if it was the beast's painful groan, or as if it was making a wail under the heavy load, as if it would collapse at the next moment. The surrounding area of the wall was filled with a disgusting smell of rottenness and blood, which penetrated into the nose like the tentacles of a demon and stimulated the senses. The two guards at the door were as burly as bears, with their faces full of flesh, like two ferocious statues. Their eyes revealed a fierce light like a wild wolf, and a fox-like vigilance. Seeing the leader return, one of them shouted at the top of his voice: "Boss, you're back!" The sound seemed to break through the clouds and startle a few birds in the forest.

The bandit leader put his hands on his hips, swaggered forward, raised his chin high, like a proud rooster, and waved his hand to signal to open the door. As the shabby wooden door slowly opened, a dull and decayed smell came to the face, as if opening the door to hell.

Inside the mountain stronghold, chaotic and noisy sounds came like a surging tide. The painful groans of the injured bandits, the vicious curses, and the sounds of objects colliding mixed together to play a creepy and terrifying movement. The bandits lying on the ground in all directions were like abandoned remnants on the battlefield. Some of them had blood gushing out of their wounds like a fountain, staining the soil beneath them into a glaring dark red; some had hideous faces, waving their arms and shouting obscenities. The strong smell of alcohol and sour sweat filled the air, almost suffocating.

When Lin Ruoxue saw this scene, her heart suddenly shrank, and her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground, unable to move at all. She knew very well that once she stepped into this tiger's den, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky to escape unscathed. A trace of panic flashed in her eyes for a moment, but years of experience made her calm down quickly, and her brain was like a precision instrument running at high speed, thinking about how to escape.

Xiaoxuan tightly grasped Lin Ruoxue's sleeve, her body trembling like a sieve, her teeth chattering, making crisp "cluck" sounds. Her eyes were wide open, and fear was like a flood that overwhelmed her. "Master, I'm afraid..." Xiaoxuan's voice was so weak with tears in it that it was almost inaudible, like a fallen leaf shivering in the wind.

Lin Ruoxue leaned slightly to the side and gently patted Xiaoxuan's hand, her eyes firm and gentle, even though her heart was also surging with fear and anxiety like a stormy sea. "Don't be afraid, Xiaoxuan, Master is here, and nothing will happen to you." Her voice was gentle but with unquestionable determination, as if she was the only ray of light in the darkness.

The bandit leader turned around suddenly, his eyes as ferocious as a hungry wolf, and glared at them viciously, "Go! Go in quickly! If you dare to play any tricks, humph, you know the consequences!" As he said that, he stretched out his rough big hands and pushed them hard into the mountain village.

Lin Ruoxue took a deep breath, resisting the churning in her stomach and the extreme discomfort in her heart, and walked into the mountain stronghold with heavy steps as if they were filled with lead. She could clearly feel the bandits' malicious eyes like hungry wolves sweeping over her and Xiaoxuan, as if they wanted to eat them alive.

"Hey, the boss brought back two women! They are really pretty." A lightly injured bandit sat in the corner, shaking the wine gourd in his hand, splashing a lot of wine, smiling with ill intent, and a disgusting saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.

"Shut your stinky mouth! This is the doctor I found for you. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll cut off your tongue!" The bandit leader's eyes were wide open, veins bulged on his forehead, and he roared loudly.

Lin Ruoxue and Xiaoxuan slowly walked towards the injured bandits under the bandits' teasing or fierce gazes. The blood and mud on the ground stained their white skirts, but they had no time to care at the moment.

"Master, what should we do?" Xiaoxuan's voice trembled so badly that she almost cried out. Her hands tightly grasped Lin Ruoxue, as if that was her last straw.

Lin Ruoxue was extremely anxious, but she knew that she must not lose her composure at this moment. "Let's take a look at their injuries first." She said softly, trying to make her voice sound calm, but the slightly trembling ending still exposed her inner nervousness.

Just as they were approaching a wounded bandit, suddenly, a gray-black mouse jumped out from the corner at an extremely fast speed, passing by their feet like a black lightning. Xiaoxuan screamed in fear and jumped high like a frightened deer. This scream caused the surrounding bandits to burst into laughter.

Lin Ruoxue's face flushed instantly. She held Xiaoxuan's hand tightly, her heart filled with humiliation and anger. But she knew that she had to be patient at this moment. They were like two helpless leaves swaying in the wind and rain in this dangerous and unknown mountain village, and they didn't know what terrible things would happen next.