The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Upon hearing this, Qian Chengzhi and Bai Song both agreed.

The group waited in the car for a while, and then they saw that a small path had been cleared out along the side of the road.

Bai Song and Qian Chengzhi jumped out of the car and directed the people in the line to move forward.

The men, seeing them approaching in their carts and seemingly waiting to pass, paid no attention and continued moving stones.

Seeing that there was enough space for a carriage to pass, Qian Chengzhi drove his carriage forward.

After the carriage passed smoothly, he took a few steps forward and parked it on the side of the road.

Seeing the men stop what they were doing and look over, he shouted and cursed:

"Keep going, clear all these stones away!"

"What, you're planning to keep the stones and continue robbing?"

Upon hearing this, the leading man quickly offered a fawning explanation.

"We won't do it again, we won't do it again. We'll continue moving stones now."

Seeing that they continued working, Qian Chengzhi directed the remaining people to move forward.

Before long, most of the people in the line had arrived.

At this point, only a small section of the stones on the road remained to be moved.

Qian Chengzhi and Bai Song exchanged a glance and nodded slightly.

The two men quietly directed their men to approach the men.

Just as they were about to form an encirclement, Qian Chengzhi shouted.

"It's now!"

The crowd, which had been slowly approaching, immediately stepped forward.

Within moments, they had formed an encirclement.

The men were startled by the sudden movement and frantically tried to resist and escape.

But now, they were surrounded by soldiers and guards wielding large swords.

The leader of the group tried to climb over the large rock to escape.

Turning my head, I saw that the other side of the stone was also surrounded by people.

Unfortunately, when they were moving the stones, they had already placed their hoes, machetes, and other weapons on the side so they wouldn't get in the way.

Trying to catch a blade barehanded is completely unrealistic.

The man in the lead was breathing heavily, and when he saw Qian Chengzhi and Lu Qingqing walking over, he put on a wronged expression.

"Sir, we have moved the stones as you requested."

What are you doing? We're really not bad people!

If you want anything, we are willing to give up everything in the village and all the women.

"Please spare our lives!"

Lu Qingqing glanced coldly at the man and took four grenades from her waist.

He stepped forward and handed them to Bai Song and Qian Chengzhi respectively.

"I'll take some people to the village to check on the situation."

You keep these grenades. If these people dare to launch a sneak attack, just pull the pin and throw them in!

Bai Song had learned how to use this grenade before.

Qian Chengzhi was even more familiar with it; in fact, he still had some hand grenades hidden in his carriage.

The two men stepped forward with umbrellas, carefully avoiding the rain, and then took the grenade.

Seeing that Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang were about to leave, Qian Chengzhi became anxious.

"Miss Lu, wait a minute, I'll go with you!"

Lu Qingqing waved her hand.

"I'll take thirty men in to check the situation. You all stay here and keep watch!"

Seeing her turn and leave, Qian Chengzhi called out the remaining ten or so people in his team.

"You all follow along, and remember, you must ensure Miss Lu's safety!"

The group agreed in unison and quickly followed.

Lu Qingqing was worried that the surrounded men might act desperately, so she hurried towards the village.

Seeing that she was walking too fast, Qian Chengzhi's men jogged ahead of her.

"Miss Lu, let's go and check out the situation first."

As he spoke, he stepped into the muddy puddles on the ground and ran away.

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing quickly followed.

When the group arrived at the village, they found that the entrance was fortified.

They built a sturdy wall with stones, but the entrance was just a dilapidated wooden door.

At this moment, the wooden door was tightly closed.

Lu Qingqing looked around and saw that there was no way to get in.

He went straight to the wooden door, took out two grenades from his waist and stuck them into the gaps in the door.

Upon seeing this, Qin Lang immediately understood what she meant.

He tried to step forward to take it, but she pushed him away.

She waved for the people behind her to step back, and when they were far enough away, she made sure they were out of sight.

He then grabbed the fuse and, the instant it was pulled, ran toward the stone wall beside him.

A few seconds later, an explosion was heard behind me.

The dilapidated wooden door was blown apart, and pieces of it flew out.

Lu Qingqing removed her hands from her ears and turned to walk back.

Qin Lang strode forward and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that she was unharmed.

At this moment, Qian Chengzhi's guards had already led their men inside.

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing quickly followed.

Once inside, the group found that, from the outside, the village was not much different from ordinary villages.

Among a group of low, mud-brick and thatched houses, occasionally a half-brick, half-mud house appears.

It's easy to imagine that this village wasn't very wealthy to begin with.

Strangely, despite the loud explosion, no one came out to investigate.

At this moment, Qian Chengzhi's guards were already heading towards the house at the front.

The gate to the house was tightly closed, and we didn't know what was going on inside.

Lu Qingqing took the composite bow off her back, nocked an arrow, and aimed it at the direction of the courtyard gate.

'Boom! '

The courtyard gate was kicked open, and the guards rushed in with their swords drawn.

The yard was dirty, but there were obvious signs that someone had lived there.

They quickly searched the rooms but found no one.

The group left and went to search a second and a third place.

There are inhabited courtyards here, as well as courtyards that have been abandoned for a long time.

After searching three places, the group split into several smaller teams to search separately.

Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang walked into the village alone.

Upon seeing a half-brick, half-mud house with its gate tightly closed, Qin Lang made a gesture.

Lu Qingqing turned around to be on guard.

Qin Lang took a few steps back and used a push to climb onto the top of the wall.

He observed the situation inside the courtyard.

Seeing the bolt on the roof of the courtyard, I knew what was going on.

He nimbly climbed over the wall and opened the courtyard gate.

After Lu Qingqing came in with her bow and arrow, she closed the door again.

The two moved quietly toward the nearest east wing.

Qin Lang pushed the door with his hand and found that it was blocked from the inside.

Instead of kicking down the door, he gestured to Lu Qingqing, indicating that she should wait there and wait for him to come to her.

He then turned and went to the main room.

The door to the main house was already half-closed, but it opened with a gentle push.

On the table inside the house, there was still food left to eat.

Looking at the dirty plates and chopsticks, Qin Lang frowned in disgust.

He quickly searched the main house and several rooms.

Apart from the filthy, foul-smelling bedding, no one was found inside the room.

Just as I was about to turn and leave, I suddenly realized something was wrong.

There were at least five or six quilts on the kang (a heated brick bed) in the room.

Judging from its shape, at least five or six people could sleep on this kang (heated brick bed).

Thinking of the group of men on the road, Qin Lang had a guess in his mind.

At that moment, a scream suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

Without thinking twice, Qin Lang rushed outside.

On the ground in the courtyard lay a man who had been shot with an arrow.

Meanwhile, a man was holding a woman hostage nearby.

He crouched down, using the woman as a shield against the arrows.

Seeing that someone else had come out behind him, the man pressed the knife against the woman's neck again and threatened:

"Don't come any closer, or I'll kill her!"

As he applied force, the blade sliced ​​through his skin, and bright red blood flowed out.

The woman being held hostage was trembling with fear, but she had little strength to resist.

Lu Qingqing wanted to attack the man, but she couldn't find a place to strike.

This man is too cunning; his most dangerous spots are hidden behind the woman.

The exposed calves and other areas were not fatal.

She drew the bowstring taut and gave a cold laugh.

"We don't know this woman, whether you kill her or not is none of our business!"

Upon hearing this, the man's face darkened.

Oh no, we've run into a tough one!

These two men don't care about this woman's life at all, so how is he supposed to escape?

As he was figuring out how to escape, a sharp pain shot through the back of his head.

Before he could react, he lost consciousness.

Behind him, Qin Lang stepped forward and pulled the dagger out of his head.

He wiped the red and white residue off the dagger from the man's clothes and then tucked it back into his waistband.

At this moment, the woman who had been held hostage trembled as she propped herself up to sit up.

Large tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

She removed the cloth from her mouth, took several breaths, and then looked at Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang.

Seeing that both of them were dressed as men, she shrank back in fear.

But soon she realized that it was these two men who had saved her.

Despite her fear, she thanked the two men.

At this moment, Lu Qingqing had already gone to the east wing.

However, apart from the smelly bedding, there was no one else in the east wing.

She quickly left the house.

"Who are you? I heard someone screaming for help earlier, what happened?"

When she spoke, Lu Qingqing did not hide her voice; it was clearly a female voice.

Upon hearing this, the woman on the ground looked at Lu Qingqing in surprise.