Noble Son-in-Law - Chapter 2.3

Chapter 2.3

For such an open-minded and wise minister, Shen Tingwen believed that the other party would never ignore his daughter’s life.

“Where is the Marquis of Pingxi?” Shen Tingwen asked hurriedly.

The man in the raincoat, who had answered before, finally understood why the Marquis did not show up. He bowed his head and said, “The Marquis has been delayed because of something. I’m afraid he is still on his way.”

Shen Tingwen clenched his hands.

Hearing that Li Zhi was not here, Cao Xiong was overjoyed and escorted Shen Qingqing out with ease while Shen Tingwen and others subconsciously gave way. But the circle of people in raincoats who arrived one after another did not even move.

Seeing that Cao Xiong cut off some hari standards of Shen Qingqing, she was full of fear; she cried and looked at her father. “Daddy…”

Seeing his daughter’s hair cut by a thief, Shen Tingwen suddenly lost his temper and angrily shouted at the men in raincoats. “Retreat quickly.”

Shen Qingqing was shivering with fear while crying for her father and mother.

The beautiful little girl cried so hard that the people in raincoat clothes began to give in.

One person walked out, and a group of people retreated step by step. Under Cao Xiong’s control, everyone gradually arrived at the back hill of Xiaoquan Temple.

“Don’t move. If you move even one step, I will cut off one of her fingers until all of them are cut off.” With his back to the mountain and facing everyone, Cao Xiong grabbed one of Shen Qingqing’s hands and threatened viciously.

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she immediately knelt down in front of a group of people in coir raincoats, with tears in her eyes. “Please let my daughter go; she is only fourteen years old; she has never offended you!”

“Mom, get up!” Shen Su He dragged his mother up.

The people in coir raincoats were about to discuss something when they suddenly saw Cao Xiong’s face change drastically and his eyes fall behind them.

Everyone turned back.

A man’s slender and straight figure, clad in purple, was coming towards them holding an umbrella.

As he got closer, the surface of the umbrella lifted up, revealing the face of a man in a purple robe. His eyebrows were like the clear mountains in the distance, his eyes were as clear as mountain springs, and he was as gentle and handsome as an immortal from this world.

“Master Marquis.” The people in coir raincoats bowed down at the same time.

‘Is this the Pingxi Marquis, Li Zhi, who was born as a merchant and could lead troops in war?’ Shen Tingwen had been away from the capital for many years and had never seen Li Zhi. Just when he had difficulty connecting the handsome man opposite Pingxi Marquis, he finally noticed the sword on the man’s waist.

After being surprised, Shen Tingwen looked at his trapped daughter, stepped forward, and said to Li Zhi: “Master Marquis, Our Shen family is staying in the temple. I don’t want to hinder the Marquis’s important affairs, but this Shen family has one daughter, and I still hope that the Marquis will take care of this matter. I pity my little girl, who is young and innocent, so I will retreat to the foot of the mountain for the time being. When my little girl comes back safely, Shen is willing to go back to Beijing with the Marquis to plead guilty.”

Then, Shen Tingwen put his hands together and bent down low to show respect to Li Zhi.

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Li Zhi hurried over to Shen Tingwen. He helped Shen Tingwen get up and said, “The third master said something serious. If I hadn’t led people up the mountain, your family wouldn’t have been so shocked.”

Shen Tingwen stood up straight and raised his head to meet Li Zhi’s warm phoenix eyes.

He looked hopeful. “Then…”

Li Zhi signalled to him not to say anything and turned to Cao Xiong. “Cao Xiong, you captured Miss Shen. I really don’t dare to hurt you, but you should also know that I will never let you go down the mountain easily. Instead of a futile confrontation, it is better to let the others go down the mountain, and you and I will fight alone. If you win, I will let you go. If I win, you will follow me back to Beijing to answer your orders. How about that?”

Cao Xiong looked at Li Zhi with sinister eyes.

Li Zhi smiled lightly. “Don’t you dare?”

The man smiled in a way that made Cao Xiong annoyed. Cao Xiong said, “Stop trying to make me angry. I have never been afraid of anyone, even you.”

Li Zhi still smiled. “Very good, then you let Miss Shen go down the mountain with her parents.”

Cao Xiong looked at Shen Tingwen and his wife with a sarcastic look and said, “Do you think I’m dumb? Tell everyone in the Shen family and your followers to leave first. Otherwise, how can we fight?”

Li Zhi frowned, as if hesitating, and Shen Tingwen and his wife also didn’t want to leave their daughter behind.

When Cao Xiong saw it, he grabbed Shen Qingqing’s finger with a grin and raised the dagger.

“No!” Mrs. Shen screamed, almost madly.

Shen Tingwen gritted his teeth, hugged his desperate wife, and said to Li Zhi, “Master Marquis, I will leave my daughter to you!”

Li Zhi solemnly nodded.

Shen Tingwen looked at his daughter for the last time, and his eyes turned red after just one glance.

Shen Qingqing had already cried a lot, and her eyes were blurry. She had a sore neck and felt shaky all over, but her mother’s constant crying made her feel even worse. Shen Qingqing was scared to talk loudly when a knife was held against her throat. She looked at her parents and said with difficulty, “Dad, brother, please help mom get down the mountain. I’m fine…” Before she could finish her words of comfort, she burst into tears.

End of chapter 2