"Sorry, young master. I shouldn't have said that.
But with just the two of us, I really am worried."
"We'll travel by day and stay at inns at night. We should be fine.
Let's go!"
"Yes, young master."
And so, Wen Yanping set off for the Provincial Capital in his family's carriage, with only his book page accompanying him.
Wen Yanping was simply that unlucky. They ran into mountain bandits and were taken captive up the mountain.
The bandits looked like vicious demons. They searched them from head to toe and stripped them of everything valuable.
Then they brought out paper and brushes and ordered them to write home. They intended to demand ransom from their families.
Wen Yanping knew resisting would do no good. All it would earn him was a savage beating.
He obediently did as they said. Afterward, he and his book page were locked up.
Once the bandits left, the book page muttered,
"Looks like I really did call it!"
Wen Yanping sighed. Had his book page's mouth been blessed to make everything he said come true?
Captured alongside Wen Yanping were another young gentleman, his attendant, and several of his guards.
The bandits locked them all up together.
Only then did Wen Yanping learn that this gentleman was the eldest son of the Qin Family, wealthy merchants in the Provincial Capital. He had been heading to his maternal grandparents' home with his attendant and guards when the bandits captured him and brought him up the mountain.
Young Master Qin reassured them,
"Let's stay here for a few days. My father should receive my letter soon. He'll find a way to rescue us."
Sure enough, on the eighth day, a group of government troops stormed the bandit stronghold and rescued them.
The bandits confessed that someone