Dressed as a farmer's widow, she brought her daughter to stock up on food and reached the top

Grandma Zhang's heart suddenly tightened, and her hands subconsciously clenched the bowl of dumplings tighter. She knew in her heart that a thief had sneaked into the village, but if she turned around and ran back to call for help, it would probably be too late.

"There's a thief, help come quickly! There's a thief, help come quickly!" Grandma Zhang shouted at the top of her lungs.

The village women who were guarding the wall were patrolling nearby, and if they heard the shouting, they would rush to call for help.

Those ferocious-looking bandits, without saying a word, waved their shining swords and chopped at Grandma Zhang viciously.

"Wow~" The bowl of dumplings in Grandma Zhang's hand instantly fell to the ground, and Grandma Zhang fell heavily into a pool of blood.

At this time, the leading gangster shouted: "Don't worry about this old woman, let's go and rescue the boss's son!"

The bandits who were accompanying them said in panic, "Let's get going quickly so we don't get caught. We never expected to run into this damn old woman!"

At this moment, Grandma Zhang lay weakly on the ground, a deep, long gash on her back. Blood oozed continuously, staining the ground beneath her crimson. Still, she mustered her last bit of strength and tremblingly reached for the piccolo hidden in her sleeve.

“Woo~woo~woo——”

"This old woman is still alive!" a bandit shouted in anger.

Immediately afterwards, countless swords slashed wildly at Grandma Zhang like raindrops...

The commotion at the low wall behind the mountain finally alerted the women patrolling nearby with crossbows. The women knew that with their physique, they were no match for these vicious bandits in a one-on-one fight.

They hid in the dark quickly and silently, holding their bows and crossbows tightly in their hands, staring at the bandits, aiming the crossbows at the targets one by one, waiting for the best opportunity.

Whoosh~whoosh~whoosh

In an instant, more than a dozen sharp arrows shot towards the bandits with a sharp sound of breaking through the wind.

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Imprisoned in a small cabin, Fusu heard the familiar sound of a flute. He had made this flute for Grandma Zhang. Grandma Zhang often fell during the night, so Fusu had made this flute so she could be alerted immediately. Whenever Grandma Zhang blew it, it would wake him and San Gouzi.

Grandma Zhang had always treasured the flute, always carrying it with her. But now, in the afternoon, when the sky was still bright, the flute began to play. In an instant, Fusu's expression in the cabin changed drastically, and he became instantly excited.

He rushed to the door, banging on it with all his might, and yelled, "Help, help!"

The servants guarding them were from Xiuying's household. Upon hearing the noise, they hurriedly opened the door and said to Fusu, "Don't make a fuss. Our lady is doing this for the sake of the other villagers. When this crisis is over, she will let you go."

Fusu was extremely anxious, and said in a trembling voice: "The piccolo sounded, something must have happened to Grandma Zhang, let me out quickly!"

The servant thought Fusu was just looking for an excuse to escape, so he continued to persuade him, "Just stay here quietly. Our lady's food is good, and we won't let you go hungry."

Zhuiying walked over quickly and asked with concern, "Master, what happened?"

Fusu said anxiously: "I have to go out, Grandma Zhang is in danger!"

However, the effects of the muscle softening powder had not yet dissipated, and they were limp and weak. Seeing this, two servants from Xiuying's family walked into the house and forced the two men to sit on chairs.

"Just stay here quietly and don't make any noise. Dinner should be here soon. We're having dumplings tonight, and Grandma Zhang is busy cooking them right now. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

But just as he finished speaking, the sound of a gong suddenly rang out over the village. The sound was one short blast, followed by two long blasts, signaling that the captains of each team should gather under the old locust tree.

Hearing the gong sound, he continued to comfort her, "Listen, Grandma Zhang is going to the old locust tree to listen to everyone's arrangements. So, don't make any more trouble and stay here."

Soon, the captains of each team rushed to the old locust tree, and the women in charge of patrolling the wall also came. However, when they looked around, they could not see Grandma Zhang.

Xiuying and the old village chief stood solemnly under the old locust tree. The old village chief glanced at the crowd and slowly asked, "Do you remember when we were building the village wall, which family was responsible for the section of wall next to the bamboo forest on the back mountain?"

Butcher Li frowned slightly and said hesitantly, "I remember...it seems to be Zhao Cunliang's family."

Ma Ergun insisted, "What do you mean by 'seems'? It's their family! It was the Zhao family's Guangzong and Yaozu who were responsible for the renovation."

At that time, Tian Guilan even laughed at their family for being the one to repair the wall. Humph, what's wrong with being a woman? His woman was as good as two men! He remembered this incident clearly.

The old village chief looked serious and ordered everyone, "Go and invite the head of the Zhao family to come to me."

Xiuying also turned around and instructed Wang Daya beside her, "Da Ya, go and get Cuihua."

"Yes, ma'am." Wang Daya turned around and hurried towards the Zhao family.

Not long after, Cuihua, carrying the long knife, hurried over, following Wang Daya. From a distance, she shouted, "Aunt Xiuying, what happened? Are those bastards here?"

Xiuying's face was solemn as she spoke slowly, "Cuihua, the section of wall your family was responsible for repairing, the one next to the bamboo forest on the back hill, was shorter than the rest of the wall. Now that something's wrong, I called you here so we can discuss how to solve it."

The village chief turned his gaze towards the women on patrol and said slowly, "Why don't you tell us the details?"

The patrol leader's eyes welled up as he spoke in a voice filled with grief and indignation, "A group of bandits climbed over our village from the section of the wall next to the bamboo forest in the back mountain. They happened to be spotted by Grandma Zhang. In an attempt to tip us off, she was... murdered by those heartless bandits!"

The leader's words struck everyone like a hammer. Instantly, the crowd fell into a deathly silence. Everyone seemed to have forgotten to breathe, shock written all over their faces. Before the crisis had even begun, someone had already died, and it was none other than the village's highly respected Grandma Zhang.

When Cuihua heard this, her eyes instantly turned red and she was raging with anger. She swung the long knife in her hand violently and shouted, "I'm going to cut those bastards into pieces and avenge Grandma Zhang!" As she said that, she was about to rush out regardless of everything.