Traveling to an ancient peasant family: I got rich by doing business

Li Yu was not sure.

But with a powerful enemy at hand, she could only try.

Using the horse to block herself, her eyes followed Lu Xuan's movements.

Finally, the man's face was facing her.

To calm her pounding heart, she raised her arm and aimed the crossbow at the man's brow.

But at this moment, a knife came towards her side, the blade was sharp, shining golden in the sun.

When Master Jiang, who was not far away, saw this, his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

Han Zheng rushed forward regardless, trying to stop it.

It happened so quickly that when the blade was still three or four inches away from Li Yu's face, a sword swept over from the side.

It’s Si’er.

Si'er exerted force and knocked the knife aside, and the knife swept across Li Yu's hair.

"Good job!" Li Yu calmed down his turbulent emotions and gave him a compliment with a smile.

If it hadn't been for Si'er, she might not have been able to survive.

I'll thank Si'er after this is over.

Thinking in his mind, Li Yu looked at the man in gray again.

*

At this time, in addition to Lu Xuan, the person fighting with the gray-clothed man was also General Xiao Liang, who was in charge of escorting the money and food.

This man had been on the battlefield and was capable, so he fought back and forth with the man in gray.

Li Yu was standing behind him and watching him. When he came face to face with the man in gray, he shouted, "General Xiao Liang, get down!"

General Xiao Liang recognized that it was Li Yu's voice and fell to the ground suddenly.

At this moment, Li Yu released the crossbow.

She hoped to hit the target with one shot, but the man in gray was no mere show. Although he was strong, he was quick to react. He raised his hand the moment Li Yu shouted, so the crossbow arrow did not hit his face as expected, but pierced his palm.

Seeing the blood flowing from the man's hand, Li Yu was extremely disappointed, but the next moment, a blood sword flew up from the back of the man's neck.

It’s Lu Xuan.

He took advantage of the fact that the man's attention was on Li Yu and Si'er, and without hesitation, cut the back of his neck with his sword in the shortest time possible.

*

The blood instantly dyed the gray-clothed man's clothes red. The man raised his hand and touched the back of his neck. Seeing his hands covered in blood, his eyes were bloodshot.

He swung his sword and tried to fight back, but it was too late.

The sword strike by Lu Xuan just now severed his blood vessels, and he couldn't even lift the big knife.

Then, after a few breaths, he fell heavily to the ground.

Elsewhere, the minions were terrified to find that their boss was gone and they retreated one after another.

The officers and soldiers followed for several hundred steps and caught a few who ran slowly.

*

A quarter of an hour later, the uninjured officers and soldiers moved the injured soldiers to the empty carriages, and everyone continued to move forward.

There are many mountains and forests here, which makes it easy for bandits to hide. In order to prevent such incidents from happening again, they decided to move to a flat or populated area to rest.

One of the bandits had his hands and feet tied and was put into a carriage. Master Jiang and Han Zheng sat opposite him and interrogated him.

According to what the gray-clothed man said, there are nearly a thousand people in their stronghold, which is not a small number. They must find the location of the stronghold and then have the people from the yamen catch them all in one fell swoop.

*

The person who was caught was a young boy who looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. When he found out that he was tied up tightly and couldn't escape, panic appeared in his eyes.

Seeing this, Han Zheng looked at Master Jiang and asked, "What's your name, where are you from, and when did you become a bandit?"

The boy was confused for a while, and finally realized what Han Zheng was asking.

He bit his lip and said, "If I...if I tell the truth, can you let me go?"

Master Jiang stroked his beard and said slowly, "Okay, but only if you tell the truth."

"Then I'll tell you." The boy said quickly, "I'll tell you everything, but you have to let my sister and my father go."

Han Zheng looked directly into the boy's eyes: "You speak first, and we'll see how sincere you are."

The young man felt uneasy when he was looked at by him. He lowered his head anxiously. After a long while, he took a deep breath and raised his head again: "I...we are from Qinglong Village. My last name is Liu, Liu Xiaoshui. I am from Jiang...Jiangming County, Nanzhou Prefecture. My whole family followed Boss Meng...the big brother you killed. We followed him into the village."

"Did you become a bandit this year, or have you been one before?" Han Zheng asked.

Liu Xiaoshui: "This year, there was a flood in my home, the house was washed away, and we had no food or anything, so we went up the mountain."

"Your eldest brother said there are seven or eight hundred people in the village. Is that true?"

Liu Xiaoshui nodded.

"Who are the people in the village? How many men, how many children, how many old people?"

"Half of the people in the village are from Jiangming County, including men, women, young and old. There are more than 300 men, more than 100 children, more than 100 women, and more than 100 elderly people in the village now."

*

Fearing that Han Zheng and Master Jiang would think they were extremely vicious, Liu Xiaoshui quickly explained, "We haven't killed anyone since we came to the mountain. Today is my first time out. My Lords, please don't kill me."

This man didn't look like someone who had killed anyone. Master Jiang looked at him for a moment and said, "We won't kill you. It's just that the imperial court has disaster relief grain. Why do you still want to go to the mountain stronghold?"

Liu Xiaoshui: "We didn't want to go up the mountain at first, but Boss Meng said that there were too many people affected by the disaster and the court would not care about us. Even if they did, we wouldn't be able to eat enough in the future. As long as we follow him and work hard, we will be guaranteed..."

He paused, then continued, "I guarantee you will have delicious food and drinks in the future."

Han Zheng, Master Jiang: "......"

After a while, Han Zheng asked, "How did you know we were passing by today?"

Liu Xiaoshui frowned, "Someone went to the mountain village, found Boss Meng, and told him your whereabouts."

Han Zheng and Master Jiang frowned together.

Master Jiang asked, "Who is it? Did you hear anything?"

Liu Xiaoshui shook his head: "No, that man covered his face when he entered the village, leaving only his hair and eyes exposed. But he...he was dressed elegantly, like a rich man. And he didn't speak with a Nanzhou accent. My father said that he seemed to be from the capital."

From the capital?

Han Zheng suddenly had a guess in his mind.

Beside him, Master Jiang said nothing.

Just when Han Zheng thought he wouldn't speak, he asked, "Is that person about the same height as me?"

In order to make it easier for Liu Xiaoshui to recall, Master Jiang stopped the carriage, lifted the curtain and got out, letting Liu Xiaoshui look at him.

Liu Xiaoshui observed carefully for a while and said, "He is half a head taller than you, sir."

Master Jiang nodded and got back into the car.

After the car was running smoothly, he continued to ask: "Are there any characteristics on his exposed body?"

Liu Xiaoshui shook his head: "He didn't spend much time in the village, and I just walked past him face to face. Oh, he...he has a scar on his hand, which is very obvious."

Master Jiang remained silent.

Han Zheng waited for a while and asked, "Master Jiang, do you have any clues?"

Master Jiang closed his eyes and said, "I have a guess, but it needs to be verified. Sir Han, please don't worry about it for now. I will tell you after I confirm it."