Koi Fubao: Being loved by everyone on the road to escape from famine

Just as the coachman, holding the lawyer hostage, had just stepped out of the threshold of the courtroom, as if freedom was just before his eyes, a small stone whizzed by like an arrow and hit the back of his head at such a speed that the trajectory was almost invisible.

There was a crisp "pop" sound, clear and abrupt, followed by the driver's unconscious groan of pain.

Blood immediately gushed out from the place where the stone hit. The driver felt dizzy, the weapon in his hand loosened, and his consciousness began to blur.

The lawyer seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, pushed away the driver who was unable to resist, and quickly hid behind the officials. His frightened face was full of gratitude for surviving the disaster.

Seeing this, the officers rushed forward with agile and well-trained movements. They pinned four people, including the coachman, to the ground in an instant, with their cold blades pressed against their throats. The air was filled with a tense atmosphere that was about to explode.

The rescued master took a breath and then roared: "How dare they kidnap me and run away? It's simply lawless! Punish them severely, put them all in jail and keep them under strict supervision!"

Authority and anger coexist in his words, and there is no doubt about it.

Xiao Wang and Fang's faces turned pale, and their legs were so weak that they could hardly stand. They had thought that they could take this opportunity to escape the coming punishment, but all their plans were ruined by the unexpected pebble. Whether they were innocent or guilty, they were now puppets of fate.

Faced with this sudden change, Dingxiang's face turned pale, with a trace of surprise and unwillingness in her eyes. She secretly cursed the coachman for his incompetence. As a master from Xuanyu Hall, he couldn't even deal with a few ordinary officials, and caused her to suffer this unjust injustice.

She pierced the driver with angry eyes, gritted her teeth and said word by word: "You useless bastard, when I get out, I will let my grandfather know your incompetence and teach you a lesson!"

His words were full of regret.

The driver lowered his head and said nothing after being scolded, but he was also extremely annoyed.

He never imagined that the freedom that was so close at hand could be so easily shattered. As long as he crossed the threshold and got on the carriage, he could get away from this place of trouble called Sanma Town and start a new life.

However, fate played a cruel joke on him at this critical moment, shattering his hopes in an instant.

Who on earth was the bastard who took action at this critical moment and shattered his dream with an inconspicuous stone?

The driver secretly swore in his heart that if he knew the identity of this man, he would make that man pay the price with his own hands!

At this time, the officers were escorting four people to the gloomy cell, but Liu Yu's gaze quietly turned to Xiao Zhixue beside him.

His sharp eyes captured the scene.

The crucial stone came from Xiao Zhixue's seemingly weak hand.

She grasped the timing and strength of her attack just right. One point more could mean the difference between life and death, and the driver might have died.

In that case, Xiao Zhixue would undoubtedly become the murderer who took the life of others with her own hands.

Xiao Zhixue didn't seem to notice Liu Yu's gaze, and instead asked the master calmly: "Master, can we leave now?"

There was a subtle sense of confidence and calmness in his tone.

The master hurriedly put on a smile and said respectfully, "Thanks to Miss Xiao for helping me. Please feel free to do as you please. I would like to thank you in advance."

After saying this, he bowed respectfully toward Xiao Zhixue and the two people beside him, full of awe and gratitude.

Xiao Zhixue gently picked up the package on the ground, her expression calm but resolute, and led Xiao Tingrui and Xiao Tingxuan away from this place of trouble in big strides.

As they walked out of the yamen, a cool breeze blew by, and the carriage in front of them looked particularly lonely.

Xiao Zhixue reached out and lifted the car curtain, only to see Xiao Yuyan lying quietly in the car with his eyes closed. His forehead was black, his face was ashen, and his breath was weak. It was obvious that his life was hanging by a thread.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Zhixue couldn't help but snort coldly, gently lowered the curtain of the car, and without stopping for too long, walked resolutely towards the ruined temple not far away.

Her back, elongated in the afterglow of the setting sun, appears lonely and determined.

Xiao Wang and Fang have been imprisoned, and Xiao Yuyan's life is also on the countdown. When they step out of that dark place again, they may only be faced with Xiao Yuyan's cold body and a broken family.

The Xiao family gave almost everything they had for this son who was regarded as the apple of their eye. However, in the torrent of fate, all efforts seemed so insignificant and helpless.

Whenever she set out on the journey back home, she was always subjected to the cold looks and bad words of her old neighbors, as if she was the source of all evil and the synonym of stupidity. They were secretly weaving invisible webs to try to trap and humiliate her.

Especially Xiao Yuyan, the seemingly innocent and harmless young man who always had a warm smile on his face, but in fact he had a sharp dagger in his heart that stabbed her silently.

He had made her swallow those disgusting maggots in ignorance, and had made up an absurd lie that they were food caught by her father for her, forcing her to swallow them as a delicacy as part of his ruthless teasing of her. He would only feel a twisted sense of satisfaction when he witnessed her humiliation and obedience with his own eyes.

Now, the decline and misfortune of their family are nothing but the fruit of their own fault. She only hopes that all this will be a cycle of cause and effect and they will suffer the consequences of their own actions.

Walking on the path back to the ruined temple, Xiao Tingxuan's long-suppressed curiosity finally came out in words: "Little sister, did you really lose the knife and whip?"

There was a hint of disbelief in his voice, but he didn't dare to delve too deeply into it.

Xiao Zhixue had expected this question. She gently brushed the dust on the hem of her skirt with her fingers, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Don't worry, I have kept them all properly."

Her tone was calm, but it was impossible to tell whether it was true or not. The two brothers' trust in her did not need much explanation. They were just relieved that she was safe and sound. They tried to avoid looking at those places that were inconvenient to look at directly, and they understood each other tacitly.

The moment she stepped into the temple, Xiao Zhixue first went to visit the room where Fan Yanmu was.

Seeing that he still maintained that unchanged posture and that the tormenting poison did not wreak havoc again, she finally felt relieved.

Then she started to get busy, preparing a medicinal soup to detoxify the poison.

She carefully poured out a bamboo tube filled with scorpions and centipedes, and these terrifying creatures fell into the earthenware pot along with the carefully selected herbs. As the flames licked, the medicinal soup gradually boiled.

When the medicinal juice was half boiling, she swiftly plucked out a few snake fangs, threw them into the pot, and boiled them together with the other herbs. The air was filled with a strange and complex herbal aroma.