Auntie, We Were Wrong! Spare Our Lives!

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said:

"That's right, the dishes at our banquet have been improved a long time ago, and they won't be exactly the same every time."

The seafood supply depends entirely on the daily fresh catch; whatever fresh, live seafood is brought up from the sea.

The kitchen staff adjusts the dishes according to the available ingredients, creating something new every day.

Eight cold dishes: braised river shrimp, cold jellyfish salad, braised snail meat, smoked dried anchovies, cold bamboo shoot salad, pickled mushrooms, braised wild celery, and honey-preserved chestnuts.

Sixteen hot dishes: Steamed grouper, Braised crab with ginger and scallions, Boiled bamboo shrimp, Stir-fried squid rolls with soy sauce, Pan-fried yellowfin pomfret, Braised seasonal vegetables with scallops, Stewed tofu with dried shrimp, Chicken and mountain delicacies soup, Braised preserved meat with dried bamboo shoots, Stir-fried wild ferns, Braised shiitake mushrooms in a clay pot, Braised mountain pork, Stir-fried mushrooms and crisp bamboo shoots, Braised pork with bamboo shoot tips, Three delicacies from the mountains and sea, and Milky white clam soup.

Everyone ate to their heart's content, and the best part was the variety of wines, juices, and milk teas that added to the enjoyment.

The young women sipped their milk tea with delighted expressions. "Delicious! This milk tea is absolutely amazing! It's simply divine!"

Suddenly, she heard the Old Scholar Tree calling her from not far away, "Wanwan, there really are bandits coming! Should we do something about it?"

Zhou Wanwan frowned and said, "Bandits? There really are bandits here to rob us? Of course I have to go and see."

Zhou Wanwan never expected that there would actually be fearless bandits coming here today.

As soon as Zhou Wanwan stepped into the courtyard, she saw a group of bandits surrounding the courtyard full of rare treasures, examining them one by one.

One of the leaders rubbed his hands together and said, "Let's look at them one by one, pick the most valuable ones, and take them all with us!"

The henchmen around him nodded in agreement.

"I thought this mansion would be heavily guarded! It looks nothing special."

The dog hole in the backyard is loose and easy to squeeze through; it's no trouble at all.

Zhou Wanwan realized that the bandits had sneaked in through a dog hole.

She stood quietly to the side and asked, "Gentlemen, which mountain do you come from?"

The sudden female voice startled the bandits, who turned sharply to look at her, their expressions filled with panic.

The bandit leader shouted in alarm:

Where did you come from, you little brat?

There wasn't a single person in the courtyard just now!

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly:

I came from the front hall!

Judging from your appearance, you're here to rob me, aren't you?

The leader's expression changed, and he shouted sternly:

"Quick! Arrest this girl first, we absolutely cannot leave her alive to leak the news!"

If the people in the manor find out, none of us will escape!

Hurry up, don't dawdle! Take everything you can carry, everything valuable, and get out of here!

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said:

"I advise you to put these things down. Today is Lord Nie's treasure appreciation event."

He gave me five thousand taels of silver and asked me to watch over these treasures for him. He said he really wouldn't be able to explain if they were lost.

Zhou Wanwan didn't want to either; it was just that Nie Shi'an's money was too easy to earn.

Why didn't I notice this before?

Now, all she has to do is mention it to Nie Shi'an, and she can take charge of security for this courtyard.

Nie Shi'an actually agreed and gave her five thousand taels of silver.

The bandit leader sneered:

Who do you think you are?

"You dare to point fingers at me? Believe me, I'll find a latrine and shove you in there in a minute."

The bandit leader had barely finished speaking when he was entangled in vines and dragged directly into the latrine.

The bandit leader vomited profusely.

"What is this thing? Why is it tied up like this? I can't move at all."

Let me go right now! Little girl, who are you?

Zhou Wanwan sighed and looked at him, saying, "Me? I'm from Black Wind Stronghold!"

Upon hearing the Black Wind Stronghold, the bandits didn't dare move. The second-in-command immediately knelt down, "Black Wind Stronghold? Hahaha! Grandma, we were wrong, spare our lives!"

Dozens of bandits lay prostrate on the ground, trembling.

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "Oh my! What are you all doing?"

The second-in-command wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "I know I was wrong, I... I'm willing to bring you the most valuable things in the stronghold."

Zhou Wanwan looked at the second-in-command in front of her and said calmly, "Your stronghold shouldn't be far from Black Wind Stronghold, right?"

The second-in-command looked terrified.

"Girl, you've misunderstood. We're not called Black Wind Stronghold; we're from Qilin Peak."

I will immediately order my men to bring you all the most valuable things from the mountain stronghold, begging you to show mercy and spare our lives.

Zhou Wanwan casually waved her hand:

"Alright, I understand. You take your men and leave immediately."

And your leader, he's a terrible person, take him with you.

I've secured this place today; don't cause any more trouble.

The second-in-command nodded and bowed repeatedly, saying, "Understood, understood, we'll leave right away and won't cause any trouble!"

He immediately ordered his men to help the disheveled leader up, and they quickly crawled through a dog hole in the corner of the wall and fled.

Not long after, just as Zhou Wanwan was about to turn and leave, she heard a commotion.

Looking up, he saw dozens of bandits wielding weapons scaling the wall and blocking the courtyard menacingly.

Zhou Wanwan rolled her eyes helplessly and looked coldly at the group. "What? Are you here to rob us too?"

The bandit leader, his face contorted with malice, roared, "Men! Kill them all!"

These bandits were far more ruthless than the robbers from before, but as soon as they took out their weapons, their hands and feet were bound by vines.

The vines had also taken away all the weapons. The bandit asked incredulously, "What the hell are these things? Why can't I move?"

"You brat, let us go right now!"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "Are you here to rob us today? How did you know there was a treasure appreciation event here today?"

The bandit leader said:

"Nie Shi'an is going to hold a treasure appreciation event, and the whole city knows about it."

Now it's not just us who know, all the bandits in the mountains know, and they're all rushing this way.

Listen to what's going on outside.

Zhou Wanwan had a terrible headache. This Nie Shi'an was really good at causing trouble. In order to lure out the Flying Master Thief, he made today's treasure appreciation event known throughout the city.

These bandits have no sense of martial ethics; when they hear there's treasure here, they all naturally want to come and join the fun.

This wasn't just something one group of bandits knew; it was something all the bandits knew.

The key is that Nie Shi'an is quite eccentric; he seems to want people to know that he can afford to host a treasure appreciation event.

They started having people promote it non-stop two weeks ago.

Zhou Wanwan was truly speechless. She now understood what Nie Shi'an meant by spending 5,000 taels of silver to have her sign that contract.

So they knew she couldn't hold out here, and deliberately set a trap!

Nie Shi'an didn't take Zhou Wanwan seriously at all; all the people he invited were elite soldiers and martial arts masters.