Chapter 222: Heroes Save Beauty

"Your Majesty! Emperor! It's a big deal! ”

In the imperial study of the palace, Wen Sen was out of breath, rushed to the emperor with a roll, knelt down and shouted.

The emperor was reading a book, and when he saw Wen Sen's anxious and frightened look, he couldn't help frowning, and said in a deep voice: "What are you panicking about!" The time your immediate boss Fang Zheng disappeared, I didn't see you panic like this, hum! Unorthodox! ”

Wen Sen's face turned pale with fright, and he quickly straightened his clothes, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is fortunate not to be dishonored, and he has found Master Fang Zheng Fang!" ”

"What?" The emperor was surprised when he heard this, and the book in his hand fell off the table, and he didn't realize it.

"Again, did you find Fang Zheng?" The emperor was overjoyed, staring at Wen Sen and said in a deep voice.

Wen Sen repeated respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lord Fang Zheng Fang has been found. Fortunately, Lord Fang was safe and sound. ”

The emperor stroked his long beard, and he couldn't hide the joy in his eyes, and muttered when he heard the words: "Yes, Mengtian's luck, hehe, it's really Mengtian's luck!" Ha ha! ”

The emperor laughed a few times, then suddenly paused, and wondered: "What about others?" Why haven't you entered the palace yet? Did you go home first? ”

Vinson licked his dry lips, feeling very embarrassed, sure enough, it was the father and daughter who were connected, and even the words of the question were printed in a mold.

"Back to the emperor's words, uh...... Lord Fang has not returned to Beijing for the time being......"

"Oh?" The emperor frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Why didn't he come back?" But what's the problem? ”

Trouble, of course trouble, your son-in-law is in big trouble right away.

Wen Sen secretly glanced up at the emperor with a calm face, and said astringently: "Your Majesty, Lord Fang said that he found the person who kidnapped him, and he was in Qinglong Mountain at this time, Lord Fang meant to be with him, so as to find out the mastermind behind the scenes......"

Vincent replied to Princess Changping's words again. Repeated as it was.

The emperor nodded, not quite convinced of Fang Zheng's heroic behavior of entering the tiger's den and getting the tiger's son, and after thinking for a moment, he sneered: "Investigate the case? Looking for the mastermind behind the scenes? Hehe. Joke! What kind of person is Fang Zheng. Don't I understand? As long as it is a dangerous thing, unless he puts a knife on his neck, he will never do it, and now he takes the initiative to go deep into the bandit's den to find out who is behind the scenes. Hum! When have I ever seen him so valiant? It's really the sun coming out in the west......"

When Wen Sen heard this, he couldn't help but admire the emperor's accurate judgment. That's just right! In a word! With Lord Fang's character, what is the investigation of the case, it really can't hide from the emperor's bright eyes.

The emperor thought for a while, and then revealed the matter and did not mention it. Fang Zheng is very tricky, there are too many ghosts, it is difficult for others to guess what he is thinking, it is better to wait for him to ask after he returns to Beijing.

The emperor frowned and asked Wen Sen, "You just entered the door and shouted, saying that the big thing is not good, what is the matter?" ”

Wen Sen hurriedly knelt on the red carpet of the imperial study, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Changping led hundreds of female guards to the residence of General Feng Qiudao outside Xuzhou City......

"What did Mi'er do there?"

Her Royal Highness said. The purpose of this visit was to ask General Feng to send troops...... Uh, attack the mountains, suppress the bandits......"

"What? Why did Mi'er do this? Is she crazy? Fang Zheng is still on the mountain! The emperor was shocked.

Who's to say it isn't? Vinson's heart was full of helplessness and worry, and the sword soldiers had no eyes, if they attacked the mountain. Lord Fang was injured by General Feng's soldiers of the Long Wu Army, it was a big joke......

Seeing the emperor's shocked face, Vincent sighed, and had to polish the matter a little before saying it. Of course, hooking up with female bandits is absolutely untainable. When the emperor knew about it, Long Yan must be furious, and it was not necessary to order Lord Fang to be cut down. Therefore, Wen Sen only dared to say that Changping was eager to save Fang Zheng from the bandits' den, so he asked General Feng to send troops to attack the mountains and clouds.

"Nonsense! It's nonsense! The emperor was so angry that he raised his eyebrows and was furious.

"Fang Zheng went deep into the bandits' den, in order to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, didn't Mi'er's trouble disrupt Fang Zheng's plan? What a nonsense! The emperor who was still in the dark said angrily.

"Wen Sen, pass on my will to Feng Qiudao, if Mi'er transfers troops to him, he is not allowed to use a single soldier!"

Vinson wiped his sweat and smiled bitterly, "Uh...... Your Majesty, your will ...... I'm afraid it won't work......"

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness Princess Changping only brought hundreds of guards to go, if Feng Qiudao does not send a single soldier, I am afraid that Her Royal Highness the Princess still refuses to give up, there are too many deadly traps on the mountain road of Qinglong Mountain, and she will definitely not be able to attack with her hundreds of people, so General Feng has to send troops in order to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, otherwise, if Her Royal Highness the Princess makes any mistakes, he General Feng will not be able to exonerate his guilt, Your Majesty, this matter, it is General Feng who is embarrassed!"

When the emperor heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and finally sighed: "With Mi'er's temperament, I can't chase it back, and this matter has become a dead end that cannot be solved...... Alas, that's it, Wen Sen, transfer all the shadows to Qinglong Mountain to protect the safety of Mi'er and Fang Zheng, and for other things, let's wait for Feng Qiudao to destroy the bandits before making arrangements. - Also, wasn't the person who kidnapped Fang Zheng also in Qinglong Mountain? Secretly kidnap him to the capital and interrogate him strictly, that person can't die! I also want to know who in the whole world dares to oppose me! ”

Vincent kowtowed to receive the order, and his heart was as bitter as if he had swallowed a yellow lotus.

His two words caused Her Royal Highness the princess to churn in the sea of vinegar, and in a fit of rage, he sent troops to suppress the bandits, if Lord Fang knew, would he be so angry that he would kill him? Also, in order to exonerate Lord Fang just now, he concealed the real reason why Her Royal Highness the princess attacked the mountain in front of the emperor, and if it is found out by the emperor in the future, it will be a crime of bullying the king......

Vinson felt that he was now in an awkward position where he was not human inside and out.

I shouldn't go back to Beijing, I shouldn't go back to Beijing! Alas, the official has been running around for a long time and his body is not very comfortable, so after this matter is over, it is better to take a few days of sick leave......

The emperor watched Wen Sen exit the imperial study, and sighed helplessly for a long time. Family affairs, national affairs, world affairs, everything is troublesome!

At this time, Gonggong Cao carefully walked into the imperial study, knelt down and said: "Your Highness, Your Royal Highness, King Shou and King Ying, have entered Beijing today......

The emperor frowned when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "The two of them are not in the domain, what are they going to do when they go back to Beijing?" If they enter Beijing without an edict, do they want to rebel? ”

Gonggong Cao said softly: "The old slave only heard from the two highnesses that the climate of the domain is cold, and the two highnesses are unwell, and your body is sick. So I went back to Beijing to recuperate......"

The emperor sneered: "How uncomfortable? Are you sick? Hum! The two of them fell ill at the same time, which was a coincidence, the prince was in charge of the country, and the king of Fu entered the ministry, but they came back at this time. I'm afraid I have pink eye, right? ”

Gonggong Cao has served the emperor for a long time. The emperor also regarded him as a confidant, so it didn't hurt to say something in front of him.

Gonggong Cao lay on the ground, not daring to speak for a long time.

"What about the King of Thailand? He can't happen to be sick too, right? ”

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Thailand has since eliminated Pan's rebel party. So he left the capital and went back to the domain......"

The emperor's face was a little pale, and he said softly: "It's still the King of Thailand and the King of Fu who know the most!" These princes of mine ...... Alas! ”

Gonggong Cao hesitated for a while, and finally spoke: "Your Majesty...... According to the shadow report, His Royal Highness King Shou was about to enter Beijing yesterday. He once sent a group of people and horses to Qinglong Mountain, as if to inquire about some news, and then saw that Qinglong Mountain was full of shadows, and His Royal Highness King Shou did not dare to act rashly, so he turned around under the mountain and went back the same way......"

"King Shou has been supervising the army in Xingqing Mansion, what did he send someone to Qinglong Mountain to investigate? There's only one bandit den there...... Could it be ......" The emperor's brows furrowed deeply, and he fell into deep thought.

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Fang Zheng was finally rescued by the shadow subordinates.

As soon as he woke up, Fang Zheng went crazy. One by one, they kicked the shadow subordinates and screamed.

"The beauty that Lao Tzu finally fell in love with was killed by you bastards! You're all going to have to pay for her life! ”

The shadows were kicked and screamed, my lord, you said that you had taken a fancy to that girl, and we wouldn't dare to do this to her if we killed her......

One of the shadow stewards was hit several times on the head without a shadow. He cried out in pain: "My lord! Adults do it slowly, there is still time to save people at this time, adults don't waste time, it's too late to rest......"

Fang Zheng was taken aback. That's right, Luo Yueniang's martial arts are strong. Even if you can't defeat the siege of dozens of shadow people, at least it's okay to resist for a while, right? I have to hurry to save people, I can't waste time here.

"I'll clean you up after I return to Beijing! Lawlessness! Lao Tzu's women dare to kill, what did Vincent feed you recently? Bear's heart leopard gall? ”

Fang Zheng turned around and ran up the mountain, his shadow subordinates followed him with eyebrows, and the group hurried to the back mountain in a hurry.

In the bamboo forest in the back mountain, more than forty shadow subordinates were masked and were coldly confronting Luo Yueniang.

They have been besieging Luo Yueniang for more than half an hour, but Luo Yueniang's martial arts are too strong, and the shadow has been put down a lot by her, but everyone is still helpless against her, and they only let her suffer a few minor injuries with all their might. This inevitably made the shadows feel a little ashamed, after all, they were all elite talents who had just been trained under the killer brother, dozens of people besieged a woman, and they hadn't cleaned her up for more than half an hour, it was too embarrassing for the shadows, I don't know how Lord Fang and Lord Wen would punish them after they found out......

Luo Yueniang held the long sword in her hand and gasped violently, at this moment she was disheveled, her arm and abdomen were slashed, and the blood couldn't stop flowing out, but she didn't have time to bandage it.

Her heart was full of horror and suspicion, the group of people in front of her followed her silently, and after she found out, she summoned a large group of helpers to besiege her in a short time, what is the origin of this group of people? She grew up in Qinglong Mountain since she was a child, and she couldn't figure out when such a group of people were stationed on the mountain. What exactly are they going to do?

If they were for the territory of Qinglong Mountain, targeting more than 200 bandit brothers on the mountain, it would be a big joke! Judging from the skills of this group of people, they cooperate tacitly when attacking, and there is quite a chapter of military joint attack between advance and retreat, and dozens of people are matched together, even if they face several times the enemy, they can also fight on an equal footing. Such a group of people, will she be rare in the small territory of Qinglong Mountain?

"Who are you? Why are you killing me here? By whom? After gasping for a while, Luo Yueniang adjusted her breath and asked coldly.

The shadow did not answer, and one of the stewards at the head of the group masked, glanced left and right, and answered her with a sword in unison.

Luo Yueniang cheered up and quickly challenged with her sword, and everyone started a new vicious fight.

When Fang Zheng and his shadow subordinates arrived at the back mountain, they saw such a scene.

"It's over, it's over! My wife is about to be beaten to death by you! Fang Zheng patted his forehead and whispered with a sad face.

The shadow steward's face was pale, and he opened his mouth to tell everyone to stop.

"Wait! Shut up! Fang Zheng hurriedly interrupted him.

"You guys stopped, how do I explain to her when I go up? Say that you are my men. Sent by me to kill her? How will Lao Tzu soak her in the future? Fang Zheng didn't have a good airway.

The steward scratched his head and hesitated, "That'...... What does an adult mean,...... Kill her next? ”

Fang Zheng rolled his eyes at the sky, it was my misfortune to have such a group of stupid subordinates!

"Acting! Can you act? Fang Zheng glared at him and said.

Seeing the steward's blank idiot expression. Fang Zheng sighed.

"You'll all go up later. Say hello secretly to the dozens of people present, and make it look like you're going to kill her, but don't really kill her! And then, hey, hey. It's time for me to make a debut......"

The steward blessed his soul, and immediately said: "Ah-the subordinates understood, and then the adults heroically saved the beauty, and finally our brothers were beaten by the adults and fled." Adults can win the hearts of beauties...... Tall, my lord! It's really high! ”

Fang Zheng smiled proudly, although the hero's rescue of beauty is a little bloody, but it works, pickling girls does not rely on how surprising the method is, but on using the right method at the right time, no matter how old-fashioned this method is.

"What are you doing? Let's get started! Fang Zheng urged impatiently. The battle in the bamboo forest has gradually become white-hot, and Luo Yueniang's figure is also a little staggering, so she will continue to fight like this. Maybe she'll be killed by the shadows.

The steward was a spirit, and he hurriedly waved his hand, and everyone joined the battle circle with swords in hand. Fang Zheng was left alone, looking at the thief outside the bamboo forest.

The more than 40 shadows besieging Luo Yueniang suddenly came to reinforcements. They shouted happily.

Luo Yueniang saw that the strong enemy came to foreign aid again, and couldn't help but secretly complain, I am afraid that I will be planted here today. In the shadow of the sword and sword, Luo Yueniang didn't know why. Unexpectedly, Fang Zheng's thief's face appeared, the one who slept with her all night. The stinky man who slighted her, I wonder if he will feel sad for me if he dies today?

After the reinforcements joined the battle circle, they were not in a hurry to act, but secretly communicated with the shadows besieging Luo Yueniang.

I could only hear the shadow subordinates who were originally besieging her all forgetful and shouting, "What? ”

"What does that mean?"

"Shut up! Execute the command! The shadow steward whispered.

So, more than fifty shadow subordinates glanced at each other with a smile, and then raised the sword in their hands weakly, and attacked Luo Yueniang lightly, they shouted killing in their mouths, but there was no strength in their hands, looking like a group of old men in the park playing Tai Chi slowly, their attack moves are not to mention sharp, they are simply full of loopholes, and they are ridiculously slow.

Luo Yueniang was full of sorrow and fear, thinking that she was about to die today, but she didn't expect that after the enemy's reinforcements came, the strength of the attack was even smaller, and under the sudden reduction of pressure, she didn't have time to think about the reason.

However, the shadows are not stupid, although the moves and strength of attacking her are soft and there is no danger, but in the face of Luo Yueniang's attack, they do not dare to take it lightly, and the defense is really leaky, this fight like a stage drama has continued like this, and the whole scene is full of extremely strange meanings.

Fang Zheng observed for a long time, and suddenly smiled, it was time for the hero to play.

So he emerged from a dense bamboo forest, raised his hands high, and shouted in a righteous and stern voice: "Ah! So many big men, besieging a weak woman, it's so shameless and shameless! Don't be afraid! I'm here to save you! ”

With that, he rushed out of the shadow encirclement with a single lunge.

Fang Zheng is the top boss of the shadow, how can everyone not recognize him? Seeing him coming, they all breathed a sigh of relief, the protagonist finally appeared on the stage, and if he continued to fight like this, the girl was not tired to death, we should be tired to death, and acting is also a hard job.

Seeing Fang Zheng rushing over, the shadows automatically and consciously got out of the way, allowing Fang Zheng to rush into the encirclement, this situation was like a desperate struggle, it was like a mezzanine to welcome the leaders who inspected the scene of the fight.

When Luo Yueniang saw Fang Zheng coming, she couldn't help but be shocked, and said angrily: "Why are you here?" You...... You're sick! Don't run yet! Want to die? ”

Fang Zheng straightened his chest with awe-inspiring eyes, glanced at the shadow subordinates surrounding them with murderous eyes, and said in a deep voice: "In charge, there are those who are as light as a feather in death, and there are also those who are heavier than Mount Tai, we ...... Xiao Wu is an upright man. How can I stand idly by when the family is in trouble? ”

At the moment of life and death, Fang Zheng stood up for her to die, and Luo Yueniang couldn't help but burst into tears at this time, looking at Fang Zheng with red eyes. Moved said: "The second master...... You ......"

Fang Zheng stared at the shadows vigilantly. With a cold face, he waved his hand and shouted: "Boss, don't say it!" Even if you die today, it's worth it. I only hope that the head of the house will not forget me, not being able to get your heart in this life is the biggest regret in my life, if we have a fate, see you in the next life! ”

After saying this affectionate and sensual confession. Fang Zheng didn't wait for Luo Yueniang to react, his eyes widened angrily, and he shouted violently at the shadows: "Dog offal! Come on! Let Fifth Master Fang surpass you! ”

The shadows were covered with goosebumps by Fang Zheng's words, and their hearts were full of sighs, look at what the adults said, it was really too ...... Disgusting! No wonder adults are young, and there are four ladies in the house, and the ability of adults to hook up with women is really not small!

Seeing Fang Zheng waving his fists. Pretending to attack the shadows, all the shadows came up and shouted, "Good coming!" "It's convenient for you to feed back and forth.

So, there was another battle in the bamboo forest, but it was a pity. This battle is like a movie that has slowed down N times, everyone screams in their mouths, and their moves look sharp, but in fact, they don't even touch half of Fang Zheng's clothes. Every time they touched Fang Zheng's body, their subordinates unexpectedly changed the direction of their attacks. Either slid down on his side or punched him in the side of the head. It looked as if there was an invisible protective film on the outside of Fang Zheng's body, and no sword or fist could touch his body.

Luo Yueniang's situation is similar to Fang Zheng, the more she fights, the more strange she becomes, this ...... This is like working hard, it's clearly like a group of adults helplessly playing with a little kid, this ...... What the hell is going on? Why did the situation evolve like this as soon as Fang Zheng appeared?

A group of people are pretending to have fun in the bamboo forest, if it keeps being like this, it's okay, according to the original plan, it won't be long before Fang Zheng will show his might, beat them to the ground, this scene can come to an end, everyone can also hurry back to wash and sleep, what should they do......

It's a pity that there are unforeseen circumstances, and above the bamboo forest is a strange rock, and the three figures are hiding behind the strange stones at the moment, coldly watching this farce in the bamboo forest.

The three of them were dressed in black, all of them covered their faces, and they couldn't see their faces clearly, and their eyes showed a cold and cruel light, like three cheetahs waiting for an opportunity to pounce and bite off the neck of their prey.

"The person in the middle, are you sure it's Fang Zheng?" One of the masked men asked coldly, looking at Fang Zheng, who was jumping up and down in the arena and beating him so badly, his eyes couldn't help but flash a little murderous intent.

"Yes, Hu Tou'er, his subordinates are sure that it is him, and the woman next to him is the bandit leader Luo Yueniang......" The masked man next to him said respectfully.

It turned out that the masked man who questioned was Hu Yunsheng, who received his master's order and rushed to Qinglong Mountain in the starry night, preparing to assassinate Fang Zheng, Luo Yueniang and Zhao Jun.

When Hu Yunsheng heard this, a little excitement flashed in his eyes, he rubbed his palms, and said in a low voice: "God really help me!" Three targets, two of which appeared in front of them, and someone happened to kill them, and the scene was so chaotic that it was just right for fishing in troubled waters. I can finally live up to the trust of God......"

"Boss, let's do it, they are all masked, we are mixed in it, they can't recognize it for a while, we just took the opportunity to help them kill Fang Zheng and Luo Yueniang, look at that group of pus, they haven't been cleaned up for half a day, it's extremely useless......"

Another masked man hesitated, "Boss...... They fought as if they were ...... It's kind of weird. ”

Hu Yunsheng looked at the people in the audience, then shook his head and said, "It's really a little wrong,...... But don't miss the opportunity, the scene is chaotic and unknown, it's good to go down alone, don't forget that Zhao Jun is still in the bandits' den, which is more complicated than here. ”

One of the masked men said, "Boss, then I'll go down, and you guys go and kill Zhao Jun." ”

Hu Yunsheng nodded and said, "Okay, be careful, Fang Zheng is so slippery, don't follow his way, let's go into the bandits' den to kill Zhao Jun." ”

After speaking, Hu Yunsheng took a masked man to disappear from behind the strange rocks, and the masked man left and right observed the form in the field, and suddenly his figure flew up like a big bird, and fell lightly behind the encirclement of shadows, landing silently.

Fang Zheng is playing happily, he hasn't exercised like this for a long time, all his subordinates accompany him to practice his muscles and bones, but he is also comfortable and tight, but his arms are a little sore, it seems that after a while, this young master should show his might, beat them all away, and then hugged Luo Yueniang in his arms, and kissed her cherry lips fiercely with a big mouth full of manliness, Luo Yueniang snorted, and then threw herself into his broad man's arms, and since then they have tied the knot, and they will go to Wushan Yunyu at night, you and I will give birth to a little bandit leader in the coming year......

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng completely forgot that he was "fighting to the death" at this time, and actually laughed out loud.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" In the midst of the chaotic fight, a shadow subordinate took the opportunity to whisper a reminder to Fang Zheng.

"Huh? What the? Fang Zheng was stunned.

"Your Excellency,...... It's time for you to block this move from your subordinates......" The subordinates are full of black lines.

Fang Zheng looked down, but saw that his subordinate's fist had reached Fang Zheng's chest, and then he stopped moving, just waiting for him to stand his arm to block it.

Fang Zheng let out a long laugh and said loudly: "Good come!" The dog thief looks at the trick! ”

All the shadows are full of black lines......

At this moment, the situation suddenly changed, and a black shadow stabbed out, holding a long sword in his hand, and his moves were as fast as lightning towards Fang Zheng.

Luo Yueniang, who was fighting on the side, saw it inadvertently, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Be careful! ”

The shadows were lazily feeding the moves with the mentality of playing with adults, and they didn't notice that this black shadow came out to attack such a sharp move.

Not to mention Fang Zheng, he has no martial arts at all, no matter how careful he is, it is useless, so ......

Between the lightning and flint, only a "snort" sound was heard, and the scene suddenly fell silent.

Under everyone's stunned gaze, they saw that Fang Zheng's clothes were cut open by the long sword of the man in black, and blood trickled out of the mouth.

Luo Yueniang was shocked when she saw this, and rushed to Fang Zheng's side with an arrow step, and asked in a panicked voice, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Fang Zheng only felt a numbness and pain in his ribs, and then subconsciously touched it with his hand, and found that his hands were full of blood, and he couldn't help but freeze.

This...... What's going on? Which bastard would dare to play with me really?

Fang Zheng felt a little dizzy when he saw the blood, and when he looked up and saw Luo Yueniang looking at him with an anxious face, Fang Zheng's heart couldn't help but warm. This little girl finally has a conscience, and she still cares about me.

In a hurry, the masked man's sword did not penetrate deep into the flesh, and it made a shallow cut, but it was only dripping with blood, which made the wound a little scary.

The shadows looked at each other, but they didn't react.

The masked man struck a blow, and when he saw that the scene suddenly became quiet, everyone stopped and looked at him with a strange face, and he was suddenly stunned, I stabbed you with a sword, you should take advantage of the victory to chase after it, what is the matter if you stop moving?

Fang Zheng was angry, and said It's just fun, you dare to hurt Lao Tzu, whose subordinate is this? If you go back, you'll have to lock him up for a year!

The splitter snatched the big knife from the hand of one of his subordinates, and Fang Zheng angrily raised the knife and slashed at the masked man.

He shouted, "Damn! Bastard turtle king bastard! Who are your instructors? Dare to hurt Lao Tzu, don't die? ”

The masked man was also stunned by this sudden change of situation for a while, forgetting that he was carrying martial arts, and just held his sword to passively parry Fang Zheng's headless slash. While resisting, he shouted at the shadows in grief and indignation: "He has been injured by me, why don't you do it?" ”

"Fuck your hands! It's not enough for you to hurt Lao Tzu, you have to ask them to hurt me, and if you want to die, Lao Tzu will fulfill you! I will give you a charge of treason and defection to the enemy! Fang Zheng shouted as he split.

So, in the quiet bamboo forest, dozens of people stood still in a daze, staring at the two people full of strange atmosphere in the field, one panicked and parried, the other chopped and chopped, and only heard the sound of "tinkling" gold and iron in the bamboo forest, like striking iron, and the sound came out of the mountains and mountains. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )