After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 389 Bandits Spotted Nearby

The next morning, Su Xiaoxiao felt that she had gotten up very early. When she heard that there was no sound from next door, she wondered if those people hadn't gotten up yet.

After Su Pingan went out and brought back the water for washing his face, he said to Su Xiaoxiao, "It's alright, those people from next door have all left. You should wash up quickly, and we'll go downstairs to get something to eat so we can get going."

Su Xiaoxiao then got up and felt that the people of unknown origin she had met last night were like bandits, which was quite frightening.

After all, Su Xiaoxiao could tell what bandits were. When Qian Musheng took her to Cuiwei Mountain before, she had already seen what those desperate criminals looked like. This time, when she encountered those seemingly legendary desperate criminals again last night, she felt that sense of crisis and pressure again.

Hearing Su Ping'an say that those people had all left and the rooms had been checked out, Su Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She went out to fetch water to wash her face and then followed Su Ping'an to pack her luggage, preparing to head to the capital.

Actually, Su Xiaoxiao was somewhat looking forward to this trip to the capital. She was excited to see what the city was like and join in the fun. She was the kind of person who couldn't stay still and loved being in the thick of things. Besides, isn't it natural for people to want to go to big cities to broaden their horizons? Otherwise, why would everyone flock to those big cities? It would be so much better to stay in a small, narrow place your whole life, just looking at the sky above you. You wouldn't need to go out and see anything else.

After all, the capital city was far more bustling than Baihua Village, but Su Xiaoxiao couldn't say all of this. She had come to the capital on important business; this time, she was there to rescue Su Xiuer.

In fact, Su Xiaoxiao had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on. She said she was there to rescue people, but she wasn't stupid. The person opposite her was Prince Gong, the Prince Gong who would kill without blinking an eye. The person Su Xiuer had offended this time wasn't just Wang Guihua from the village, or Li Dongmei, but Prince Gong from the imperial court.

Su Xiaoxiao didn't have high hopes, but she still had to come. After all, if they didn't come, it would seem like they were letting Su Xiuer down. Their sister had been arrested and thrown into jail, so why wouldn't they come to rescue her immediately? Did that really make sense?

It wouldn't make sense to Su Ping'an, and Su Xiaoxiao actually understood this point. However, recently she was still hesitant to mention to Su Ping'an that she wasn't very confident about coming to the capital to save Su Xiu'er. Saying it would only disappoint Su Ping'an.
After all, Su Ping'an came with great enthusiasm and was eager to know if he could rescue his sister Su Xiu'er. He even dreamed about it at night, which showed that his determination was extraordinary.

Therefore, Su Xiaoxiao did not dare to offend Su Ping'an. She wanted to give Su Ping'an some hope for the time being and prevent him from becoming completely disappointed so quickly.

Su Xiaoxiao also tried her best not to mention this matter every day, and spent all her time on the journey and planning how to rescue Su Xiuer as soon as possible.

After Su Xiaoxiao came downstairs, she saw that the young waiter from yesterday looked sleepy and had heavy dark circles under his eyes. She asked him with great confusion, "What's wrong with you? Did you not sleep well last night?"

When the waiter saw that there was no one around except Su Xiaoxiao and Su Ping'an, he began to pour out his troubles to Su Xiaoxiao.

"Oh, don't even mention it. You have no idea how scared I was last night. Not just me, but their manager too." Su Xiaoxiao was actually quite shrewd. She knew it must have been the group of guests who came last night. In fact, the so-called guests were probably just some bandits. They must have terrified the waiters and the manager.

Who wouldn't be scared of this? If it really was a group of bandits, they wouldn't pay for their lodging and meals, and they might even rob the inn of everything, and in the end, all the staff and the innkeeper might lose their lives.

"Oh, you have no idea, a group of guests came last night, and it really scared me to death."

The young waiter told Su Xiaoxiao, "At first, I thought we saw bandits coming to rob us. I almost discussed with the manager whether we could give these bandits some money as protection money for the bandits who came to collect protection fees before. But then we thought, something's not right. Weren't the bandits from Qingfeng Village on the nearby mountain just wiped out? Why is another group showing up?"

"Fortunately, these people were just staying at the hotel and didn't say they wanted to rob us or ask us for protection money. They were alright; they paid us back every penny for our lodging and meals. We didn't even think of that at the time."

After saying this, the young man felt quite lucky.

Su Xiaoxiao roughly understood that she wasn't the only one who was worried all night; the staff at the inn were also very worried.

It seems they shared the same thought: these guests were indeed not to be trifled with.

Do you think there are still bandits around here?

Su Xiaoxiao asked the young waiter, "Yes, there's a Qingfeng Village nearby. It's said that there are three bandits in that village who always come down to collect protection money. Before, our inn would be visited by people collecting protection money every few days. It always made everyone here feel uneasy. But a few days ago, a great hero came. He did something really brilliant. He wiped out the people of Qingfeng Village in one fell swoop and even captured the third leader of Qingfeng Village. We never expected that. He really did a great thing for the villagers here."

Whenever the young man mentioned this matter, he would get very excited, as if he knew that great hero.

However, Su Xiaoxiao wasn't interested in these things. But that was fine. She was already very worried about the safety of the road, afraid that they might encounter some kind of situation, such as bandits suddenly appearing and blocking their way. Fortunately, no bandits appeared. Moreover, they were quite lucky. Before they came, this mountain had already been wiped out by some great hero.

The young waiter continued to treat Su Xiaoxiao and her companions with great hospitality, saying, "I heard from those people that they are also heading to the capital. Yesterday I heard you say you were also going to the capital, but you should be careful on the road and try not to run into those people."

Those people didn't look like good guys at all. The thought that they might be bandits or some other kind of highway robbers made the people very worried.