My Sexy CEO Wife

Chapter 471 - 468: Who is outsmarting whom?

The girl with a ponytail said, "My name is Xiahou Bing, I'm the daughter of the City Defense General."

"I'm Linghu Piaoshui, my father is the Great Commander."

"I'm Du Feichong, my father is also the Great Commander."

...

Under Gao Fei's coercion, the group of dandified youths revealed their identities.

"Your fathers, who's the most formidable?" Gao Fei asked, "I mean, whose rank is the highest?"

Everyone turned their heads toward Xiahou Bing.

"My father's rank is the highest," Xiahou Bing said coldly.

"What about when compared to the four great princes?" Gao Fei continued to inquire, "Who's more powerful?"

"Of course, the four great princes are more formidable," Xiahou Bing said.

"One last question," Gao Fei raised a finger, "If I use you as chips to demand a large ransom from your elders, will they give it?"

"You can try and see," Xiahou Bing snorted.

"I'll contact your elders now," Gao Fei turned and left.

Xiahou Bing stared at Gao Fei's retreating figure with a murderous look in her eyes.

"What should we do, what on earth can we do?" Linghu Piaoshui said with a mournful face, "He won't kill us, will he?"

"Don't worry, someone will come to rescue us soon," someone replied.

"I'm so full of regret, green with it," said another.

"Regret what?"

"I regret not bringing guards when I left home! If I had guards with me, I wouldn't have been kidnapped."

"What's the use of saying all this now!"

A group of people sighed and groaned, feeling utterly miserable.

...

The Imperial City was under martial law, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers searching the city.

The eight Mysterious Iron City Gates were also closed, not allowing people from outside to enter or those from inside to leave.

"What happened? Why are the city gates closed?"

"You don't know?"

"What do I know?"

"The City Defense General's precious daughter has been kidnapped."

"What? For real?"

"Of course, it's real!"

"Damn, who's so bold, daring to kidnap even the City Defense General's daughter! That's having the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard!"

"Besides the City Defense General's daughter, other nobles' children were also kidnapped."

"The sky's about to fall! No wonder the whole city is under martial law! So it's to catch the kidnappers."

...

A group of civilians huddled together, chattering endlessly.

The number of soldiers on the streets kept increasing, searching every household. Anyone suspicious was immediately apprehended and then handed over to the Government Office for examination.

A few hundred zhang away, on top of the city wall.

A group of men were engaged in a heated dispute, all of them had something in common, they exuded an extraordinary aura, showing the demeanor of high-ranking individuals in every move.

"Everyone stop arguing!" bellowed the City Defense General Xiahou Wei, "We should hurry up and think about how to save our children."

"I surveyed the scene, then sought eyewitnesses, and finally learned... there was only one bandit!"

"Let me find this person! I will tear him to pieces!"

"Daring to kidnap our children, what audacity," said another.

With their own children kidnapped, could the fathers not worry?

"Report!"

A soldier ran over from a distance, panting, "There's news of the bandit..."

"Where is the bandite!" Xiahou Wei hurriedly asked.

The others also widened their eyes, with some even beginning to rub their hands in anticipation.

"This is from the bandits..." A soldier handed over a piece of paper with several lines of writing on it.

"Swoosh!"

Xiahou Wei dodged the white paper and bent down to read it.

"What does it say?" The others crowded around too.

"They're demanding a ransom!?"

"One hundred million Spirit Stones, a hundred thousand Amethysts, such a huge appetite!"

"Motherfucker! Where do these bastards come from!"

After reading the content on the paper, everyone became furious.

Xiahou Wei looked up at the soldier standing to the side, "How did you come by this paper?"

"Found it on the street." The soldier answered truthfully.

"Found it?" Xiahou Wei was taken aback.

"These white papers are all over the streets..."

"Crafty bastard!" Xiahou Wei snorted, "Using this way to pass information to us, very cunning indeed."

"What do we do?" Inner Army Great Commander Linghu Wuheng asked in a heavy voice.

"Of course we can't agree!" Outer Army Great Commander Du Yue shouted, "Who are we? We can't let people shit and piss on us! We absolutely can't agree to the bandits' demands!"

"We definitely can't agree!"

"If we don't agree, our children will be in danger."

"I don't believe they'd dare hurt our children."

"Better safe than sorry."

"The fact that they dared to kidnap our children in broad daylight shows that they're extremely vicious criminals. Such people, once cornered, could do anything."

The heated debate continued without end, no one able to persuade the others.

"General Xiahou, what do you think?" Someone asked for Xiahou Wei's opinion.

Xiahou Wei pondered for a moment, "Agree to it."

"Ah?" Everyone was stunned, "Really agree to it?"

"Don't rush, listen to me carefully." Xiahou Wei gestured with his hand, "We pretend to agree, and when he shows up, we charge forward and capture him."

"This is very risky..."

"Do you have a better idea?"

"No..."

"Then follow my command!" Xiahou Wei said domineeringly, "Get in touch with the bandits immediately and tell them we agree."

...

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, it turned dark.

Gao Fei hid in an alley, holding a piece of white paper, a hint of a smile on his lips, "Agreeing so readily, there must be a trick." Gao Fei rubbed his hands together, and the paper turned into shreds that floated to the ground, "Since you want to play, then I'll play along with you."

Soon, Gao Fei responded, telling Xiahou Wei and the others to throw the Spirit Stones and Amethysts into Blackwater River.

Blackwater River was a wide river about several hundred feet across, a hundred miles from the imperial city.

Early in the morning, Xiahou Wei and the others arrived at the Blackwater Riverbank, then tossed two bulging Storage Bags into the river. Afterward, they turned and left; they had made a thorough plan: as soon as the bandit came to take the Storage Bags from the riverbed, they would be the first to know and rush to capture the bandit.

The plan was meticulous, now only if the bandit would show up.

The critical question was, would the bandit appear?

They waited until nightfall, and still the bandit did not appear, nor did anyone come to retrieve the two Storage Bags thrown into the river.

Gradually, Xiahou Wei and the others became impatient.

"Has the other side noticed our plan?" Linghu Wuheng said in a grave voice.

"The likelihood is not high," Xiahou Wei shook his head, "Let's wait a little longer!"

After waiting another day, there was finally a stir from the bandits...

"My lords!" A soldier came running in a panic, holding a bunch of small boxes, "These were found in front of your residences... sent by the bandits..."

"The bandits?" Xiahou Wei and others quickly snatched them and opened the lids.

"You bastard!!!! Damn!!!! Despicable!!!! I'll kill you!!!!"

What exactly was inside the boxes? And why did it enrage Xiahou Wei and the others so much?