CHAPTER 22: CHAPTER 22: WHAT ROTTEN LUCK!

Ruan Mian was slightly stunned. Seeing her own simple and thin clothing, she finally realized.

It seems they have mistaken her for a slave.

The journey had just left her looking disheveled.

Before long, they threw Ruan Mian into a cage and locked it, surrounded by darkness, damp and dreary. She tried to open her eyes to adapt to the dark, but still couldn’t make sense of it.

But she was not panicked. After sitting still for a moment, she touched her bracelet and was about to enter the space when suddenly a noise broke through the darkness.

She saw a few people carrying her cage to a wide area.

Ruan Mian had not yet seen her surroundings clearly when she was suddenly pulled out!

Unceremoniously thrown to the ground.

Dust flew up, choking her several times.

After a few coughs, she reopened her eyes, only to see a ferocious, drooling tiger baring its fangs just a foot away from her!

It let out a terrifying snort, and the spectators outside the enclosure all cheered with great interest.

Not far from her was another young man fighting the tiger, wounded all over, lying on the ground barely alive, his swollen eyes looking at Ruan Mian.

Ruan Mian broke into a cold sweat, involuntarily cursing.

What dogged luck!

The tiger rushed towards her at high speed. Ruan Mian rolled swiftly, immediately groping for her bracelet!

She took out the sharpest dagger from the space!

At that moment, the tiger lunged from above, smacking her hard with its massive paw. Ruan Mian gripped the dagger tightly, aiming straight for the tiger’s mouth.

All that was heard was the tiger’s tragic howl as the dagger pierced through its jaw, blood splattering!

Ruan Mian quickly let go and rolled away from the tiger’s grip. The pained tiger became furious, shaking its head violently before setting its sights on the young man lying barely alive on the ground again.

Ruan Mian thought it was not good, took out another dagger, and without hesitation, stabbed it into the tiger’s throat, like slaughtering a pig.

No one at the scene had seen such a scene, and they all cried out in alarm.

Dong Jun, on the viewing platform, threw the tea cup heavily, "Where did the slave get a weapon?! Catch her back! Change the person, change the beast!"

If not stopped in time, those nobles’ bets would go down the drain.

If the nobles lost the contest, he wouldn’t know how much he’d have to compensate.

Upon his order, many burly men suddenly poured into the beast arena. They subdued the injured beast and locked both Ruan Mian and the young man in a cage, taking them out of the arena.

At this moment, Ruan Mian was exhausted. She had been smacked once by the tiger’s paw, and the pain made her inhale sharply.

The young man was even more motionless.

It was only when they returned to the darkness that she heard the young man whisper to her, "Thank you..."

At this moment, their cage was thrown into a dungeon.

It was then that Ruan Mian saw countless slaves around her!

They were crowded in an airtight dungeon, packed together, with no hint of life on their faces.

Some were so hungry that they had directly passed out.

And now, all these people were merely entertainment tools for Dong Jun and his group of high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

She used the faint light to check the young man briefly, closed her eyes, and took out a bottle of golden sore powder from the space, sprinkling it on his wounds.

Fortunately, it was just some external injuries.

She thought for a moment before speaking to the young man, "Do you want to escape?"

The young man didn’t have much strength, but the eagerness in his eyes already gave Ruan Mian the answer.

Turning her back, she took out a steamed bun, prompting the young man to be utterly shocked, having no idea where she conjured the food from.

But he couldn’t care less. After being hungry for days, he devoured it ravenously while Ruan Mian spoke to him.

"I can help you escape, but if you want to survive, you can only find a person and tell him a secret."

"If you can do it, I’ll help you."

The young man nodded without hesitation, unable to speak; he could only kneel and kowtow on the ground.

Seeing this, Ruan Mian simply turned around, took out a pen, ink, and paper in the dim light, wrote a small note, and handed it to him.

"Later, once you get the chance to escape, run east along the backyard. There’s a dog hole that will let you out. Take this secret and go to Yuefu Inn to find a person with a black gourd tied to their waist and hand over the item! Just say it’s intelligence agency confidential."

She was running out of time; she had to return to the post station before evening.

The young man carefully placed the note over his heart to hide it. Ruan Mian then took out several pieces of iron wire, unlocking the cage from the outside!

Not only that, but she also unlocked all the locks in the dungeon, releasing over a hundred slaves who rushed out, eager to escape the dungeon.

The joy of being saved mingled with fear and terror, and none of them wanted to wait here to die. They broke through the prison gate at all costs, trampling the two government officers at the door.

In an instant, the whole dungeon turned chaotic.

The guardian brawny men rushed to catch people as Ruan Mian went to the guards’ quarters, discovering an entire wall filled with premium wines and dozens of warm animal skin blankets.

There were even a dozen fragrant pig hocks on the table, waiting to be eaten!

Even the guards lived so well; one could only imagine how comfortable life was at the Dong Family Mansion.

Thinking of this, Ruan Mian touched her bracelet, collecting all these things into her space, then discovered the nearly exhausted tiger locked up on the other side.

Seeing its end was near, Ruan Mian decided to collect it into her space too; perhaps it could be exchanged for something at a critical moment.

After completing all this, she turned and ran in another direction.

Through a long tunnel, she arrived at Dong Jun’s mansion.

In the original book, Dong Jun’s mansion and the beast arena were meticulously described, even the intelligence agency situated beneath the dungeon, which Ruan Mian knew how to reach.

The secret on the paper just now was the specific location of the intelligence agency.

She arrived at Dong Jun’s mansion, discovering luxurious pavilions and towers inside.

Years of plundering had yielded plenty, not only serving rebels but also indulging in corruption.

So Ruan Mian did not hold back.

She left nothing wherever she went, moving everything into her space.

Clothing, food, anything available was taken.

At that moment, chaos erupted as slaves poured out from the beast arena, drawing everyone there, leaving only some women and elderly servants in the mansion. All these old-fashioned locks, Ruan Mian could open with just an iron wire.

The warehouse was full of money and jewelry, which she packed into her space box by box.

Until she almost finished looting, the servants noticed something unusual, loudly calling the guards to come, "Someone!! There’s a thief, there’s a thief! Catch the thief quickly!"

Her eyes flickered lightly as she swiftly ran out, a group soon chasing after her!

Ruan Mian took out several stacks of silver notes, scattering them behind her!

Suddenly, the stacks of silver notes flew like celestial maidens dispersing flowers over the faces of those at her back.

Seeing it’s silver notes, they no longer cared to chase, immediately running to pick them up.

Ruan Mian completely got rid of them, thinking it was about time, turning around to merge back into the crowd.