Chapter 86

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Qiu Zhu heard the knocking and knew exactly why it had changed . She looked at Qiu Yuetong who still hadn’t moved . She took a deep breath and walked to the door . She wouldn’t let anyone disturb the chief, no matter what . She didn’t know what she was thinking, but her chief was the most important .

She walked to the door .

“Who dares act that audaciously?” she asked .

The person was startled by her and stopped knocking . Qiu Zhu then opened the door .

“Elder Wang, Elder Li . What is this supposed to mean?” said Qiu Zhu .

She looked at the people standing outside the door and prevented them from passing . The two people were old men of the fortified village . They were older than the former brigand chief of fortified village . They had a lot of influence in the village .

It seemed that everybody had decided to make them take the lead and come . There were a dozen men behind them . They all remained silent . Everyone was staring at Qiu Zhu . Qiu Zhu had gone through a lot with Qiu Yuetong . She was alone this time though .

She had a strong personality, unlike her sister . Usually, Qiu Mei sorted out any problems . Qiu Zhu knew she could only rely on herself right now .

“Little Zhu, it’s been two days . Why haven’t you delivered a message? Today, we must see the brigand chief,” said one of them impolitely .

He was older than Qiu Zhu and had a high social status within the village . He was could afford to talk to her like that . Qiu Zhu wouldn’t have minded on any other day, but today was different . She was the only one who could be in the courtyard .

Qiu Yuetong was always with Qiu Zhu and Qiu Mei in the past . She had to be brave even though she was alone .

“No . You can’t . Our chief is resting . Nobody can disturb her,” said Qiu Zhu .

She was doing her best to keep calm . She took a deep breath .

“Resting isn’t a priority, right? Our leader has a strong personality . She would never hide for two days unless something really happened to her,” said the other one .

His expression was grave when he looked at Qiu Zhu . Qiu Zhu shivered . She forced herself not to step backwards . If she wasn’t injured, she wouldn’t have feared these people . Nobody would have been able to force their way in . She would have taken out her sword first .

Mu Yi had thrown two evil spirit slaying charms at her and she was also badly injured . She was less injured than Qiu Yuetong and her sister . As long as they didn’t attack, it didn’t matter . If they did, she wouldn’t be able to resist . If she let them in, the consequences would be great .

“Hmph! Our leader is strong and powerful . The enemy was extremely strong and injured her, so what? She’ll recover . What could happen to her?” said Qiu Zhu .

Her voice was confident . Qiu Yuetong couldn’t compete with Mu Yi, but she actually wasn’t injured . She had decided not to show up . Qiu Zhu wasn’t very smart . She had followed Qiu Yuetong her entire life though and knew her better than most people .

If she had been injured, Qiu Yuetong would have let Qiu Zhu take care of her . She saw Qiu Yuetong standing under the tree almost frozen . It seemed like she was meditating . Meditation wasn’t something she really understood . She could only guess that based on her limited knowledge .

If that was really the case, then it was normal that Qiu Yuetong asked not to be disturbed . If someone who was meditating was interrupted, they could lose their mind .

“Since it’s that way, why doesn’t the chief come out?” asked the two old men .

Their goal was clear . They wanted to see the leader . She was the leader and the strongest person in the fortified village . Qiu Zhu didn’t know what to say . The excuse they were using was that Qiu Yuetong was injured and needed time to recover .

Qiu Yuetong hadn’t shown up for two days . If she said Qiu Yuetong was meditating, nobody would believe her . On top of that, people would call her a liar . They would force their way into the courtyard . At that time they would have reached the point of no return .

“I’ve already told you . The chief won’t see anyone today . Go back now,” said Qiu Zhu firmly .

She was too young and had no experience with such matters . She didn’t know how to take care of the situation . She didn’t know what to do . She didn’t know what to say to influence people . Her saying that Qiu Yuetong wasn’t going to see anyone was the best strategy she had .

Any ordinary person would have doubts about what was going on . The elders faithful to Qiu Yuetong had doubts too . If she was fine and everything else was fine, then it would be fine . If she had health problems, they could also think of what to do .

The kind of faith they had couldn’t really be called faith . They were faithful only because the other option was less advantageous for them . Their kind of faithfulness could be disregarded .

“Has the chief had an accident? Why would you prevent us from going in otherwise?” one of them said .

“Indeed, she looks nervous . Maybe she has imprisoned the chief!” someone yelled .

“Capture her! We’ll tell the chief about it after . ” Someone said .

“Not bad, capture her first!” They yelled .

Qiu Zhu would have never thought that not only wouldn’t they leave but that they would also try to capture her . She had the impression the world was swallowing her . Some people groaned a moment later .

“Stop!” said someone .

A person had appeared in front of Qiu Zhu .

“Doc… Doctor Sun!?”

The people wanted to capture her but not injure her . They just wanted to see Qiu Yuetong . They didn’t think Qiu Yuetong would have blamed them . That’s why they dared to do so .

They didn’t know that as soon as they moved, someone would appear . They all knew the person really well . He was the fortified village’s doctor, Doctor Sun .

Doctor Sun usually hid key facts but it was part of his duties . That’s what doctors usually did . Many people admired him for that and were thus happy to call him their doctor .

They dared to attack Qiu Zhu but they wouldn’t dare attack Sun Yi . They respected him . He had also appeared rather quickly a few minutes before .