I traveled through time and space to hunt and support my family in ancient times

Jiang Yue shook her head: "I'm not afraid of the two who escaped to report the news, but I don't believe these bandits dare to come again!"

Ye San nodded: "Don't chase after a desperate enemy."

Jiang Yue looked at the horse thief blood splattered on Wan Fubao and Jiang Ming's faces, and the corners of her mouth lifted involuntarily: "Cousin, big brother, you did a good job today."

The two men couldn't laugh at all. They had both seen Jiang Yue kill people, but this time they were the ones killing people. They didn't think anything of it just now because they were so bloodthirsty. But now that they have calmed down, they feel a little scared.

Jiang Yue saw the panic in the two people, patted them on the shoulders, and walked back to the village together.

The village head immediately rushed out of the crowd and excitedly thanked her for her help.

Jiang Yue looked at the bloody left arm of the village chief and said, "Heal the wound first."

The head of the village nodded repeatedly with tears in his eyes.

Doctor Cui provided emergency treatment to the injured, while other villagers spontaneously joined the firefighting team.

By daybreak, the fire had been put out.

Every household left their guards behind to gather at the threshing floor, crowding it to the brim.

"Jiang Yue is here!"

Jiang Yue went home and hurriedly changed her outer clothes, then told her family the news that the horse thieves had been driven away, and then went to the threshing ground.

Jiang Youshan and several children came along, as did Xiao Yan and Ye San, and Zhang Bao, who was a guest, also came along.

Meng Lizheng was seriously injured, and the legs of Meng Dazhuang and several of his sons were broken by horse thieves. On the threshing ground, the villagers surrounded the clan leaders and elders of only a few big families. When they heard that Jiang Yue was coming, they all looked sideways. Jiang Yue's arrival was like a reassurance to the villagers.

The villagers vividly recounted the story of how Jiang Yue killed the bandit leader. Jiang Youshan tried to remain calm, but his heart was in turmoil and he could hardly believe his ears.

Jiang Yue pointed at the corpses of the horse thieves outside the threshing ground and asked, "What should we do with these corpses?"

Someone explained that the village head immediately sent someone to report to the police, and after a while, the police should have arrived.

These bodies are waiting for the officials to come and decide how to deal with them.

Jiang Yue looked at the captives tied up on the ground and said, "Leave these alive to me! I want to interrogate them."

A clan leader stood up and asked someone to bring paper and pen to count the casualties and losses of each family.

The atmosphere during this process was depressing, and except for the people being asked, everyone else was silent.

On the day of reunion, no one can be happy when something like this happens.

There are 63 households in the village, with a total of more than 300 people. Nine villagers died today, including three women, four elderly people, and two young and strong people.

More than half of the people were injured, 97 of them were slightly injured and 36 were seriously injured. Among them, six of the seriously injured people in the village head’s family died.

The horse bandits were almost completely wiped out, and there was basically no loss of food and money. The clan leader counted the losses of each family's property and let everyone take them back.

Jiang Youtian's family is fine, except for Jiang Changshun, who suffered some minor injuries and will be well in two days.

At home, Li bowed to the sky again and again, thanking God for his blessing.

Jiang Changli said: "If you want to thank someone, you should thank them over there."

Li nodded in agreement and glared at Jiang Changli, saying, "Boy, don't speak disrespectfully to God."

Chen held her breath, looked at the house that had been swept, and began to pack up her things. Why was her life so miserable? Chen was almost bullied by the bandits, and Jiang Changshun only kowtowed and begged for mercy. If there hadn't been someone to rescue her, she...

Chen gave Jiang Changshun a cold look, and was completely disdainful of Jiang Changshun's deliberate flattery. She grabbed Jiang Changshun's ear and pointed at her sleeve.

"Look at this. With your sleeves torn like this, are you still a man? I can see that you don't even have me in your eyes."

Jiang Changshun was speechless: "Be careful, your hand hurts. That man held a knife to his neck, and we couldn't resist. Wife, I'm sorry for letting you follow me."

Chen snorted and twisted her hand twice. Jiang Changshun cried out in pain, then she let go and said with a straight face, "I'm so mad. It's all your parents' fault. They didn't want to let the scholar go with them to enjoy the good life, but insisted on splitting up the family. Otherwise, I wouldn't have to stay here and suffer the humiliation now."

She didn't want to live this poor life anymore.

"Wife, you were frightened when you followed me. I'll get you some water to wash your feet." Jiang Changshun wanted to appease Chen, so he took the wooden basin and went to the kitchen. Chen needed hot water to wash her feet, so Jiang Changshun mixed the water and went to serve his wife, not noticing his mother's anger.

Aunt Cai's house was also in a mess, and there was chaos in the village, so the scheduled wedding date had to be postponed. Fortunately, the Ge family was an easy-going family.

Zhai Qingya never dreamed that he would have horse thieves robbing Wangshan Village just after he was transferred to Hedong County. He rushed back on a fast horse and was relieved to see that Jiang Yue was fine.

Under severe crackdown and torture, these bandits quickly confessed that they were from the Black Mountain Stronghold in Qingzhou County. They immediately ordered 200 soldiers to go to Qingzhou to eliminate the bandits.

Jiang Yue frowned: "These horse thieves are coming in a strange way."

Zhai Qingya nodded and immediately dispatched the garrison troops to suppress the bandits. Most of the bandits were eliminated, with a few escaping.

When the magistrate of Muchuan County took office, the new official immediately sent people to nearby villages and towns to issue notices to remind the people to be careful.

It sounds quite reassuring.

Jiang Yue didn't go out except to send Jiang Ming to the academy. Xiao Yan was also sent away by her. Fortunately, the young man stayed in her home and nothing happened to him.

She feeds pigs and chickens. Jiang Youshan farms the land.

When everything returned to silence, the village gathering gong suddenly sounded.

Jiang Youshan looked confused: "What's going on?"

"Dad, let's go take a look."

The whole family rushed to the village entrance. The official who was beating the gong saw that almost everyone was coming and Erlang announced the news:

Conscription and corvée labor are here.

"The southern part of the country is invading and the war has started again. The Hedong County government has ordered all the counties under its jurisdiction to quickly gather 3,000 civilians to escort food and fodder to the southern county..."

"Every household, from 12 years old to 50 years old, must send two males out of four, and from 3 or less males out of one. Only sons are exempted. Time is urgent, so each household is allowed one night to discuss and report tomorrow. We will set out in three days."

After the official finished speaking, the head of the village immediately opened the register and called out the names of the men in each family, counting the number of men who should be sent out.

When Jiang Youshan's family was called, there were two males of the same age, and one of them was required to come forward. The sky was dark and the atmosphere was depressing. Those whose names were called could not help but lower their heads.

Transporting food is a logistical job for the enemy, which is somewhat dangerous. Military orders are as heavy as mountains. If the food cannot be delivered to the designated location on time, the person will be killed at the least, or the whole family will be punished at the worst.

After reading out the long list, the village head sighed repeatedly, his face full of worry.

There are five males in his family who meet the requirements, and two of them are required to go. The youngest son, Meng Erzhuang, is one of them and is doing business in the county. The eldest son has not yet recovered from his leg being injured by horse thieves.

Jiang Youshan clenched his fists tightly and pulled Jiang Yue home.

Cai's eyes were full of worry: "His father - what's the matter?"

Jiang Yue said: "It's okay, the government just wants to recruit civilians to transport military rations, and our family can provide one person."

Jiang Yue didn't say what to do next. Who would go? Jiang Youshan was good at farming, but could he be a militiaman?

Definitely not!

Jiang Yue shook her head. Should we let our eldest brother go?