The sister-in-law was wrong, please forgive her, my black-bellied brother-in-law

The voice sounded familiar and urgent, as if something urgent was going on.

But before Qiao Xi could remember who it was, Liu Lan next to her reacted first.

Liu Lan hurried out, explaining to Qiao Xi as she walked, "It's your eldest brother. He probably wants to see me for something."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Xi felt a little apologetic. She was so focused on herself that she forgot to check the time or ask if Sister Liu Lan was okay.

Afraid that Sister Liu Lan and her husband would quarrel again over this matter, Qiao Xi hurriedly followed.

"What happened? You look so anxious."

Liu Lan originally thought that these were trivial matters, but when she saw a hint of anxiety on the face of her usually gentle husband, she couldn't help but be shocked and wondered what big thing had happened.

She didn't care whether it was appropriate or not, and just opened her mouth and asked about her worries.

"Oh, something happened in the village. Let's go home quickly."

Xu Jingting thought about what he had just seen and felt that there was no time to explain, so he grabbed Liu Lan's hand and was about to leave.

Just then, he saw Qiao Xi's figure behind his wife. He ignored the polite greeting and said quickly, "Sister-in-law, after we leave, you quickly lock the door from the inside. Remember, no matter what noise you hear, don't come out.

And brother Xu Yi, tell him the same thing too. Neither of you should go out for the next few days."

Hearing this, Liu Lan and Qiao Xi looked at each other and frowned at the same time.

Liu Lan's worries grew even more intense, and she was a little confused: "Boss, what happened? Don't scare me and Sister Qian."

Xu Jingting looked at his wife, then at Qiao Xi, who was also puzzled. He slapped his thigh anxiously and spoke very quickly: "I don't know what it is exactly. I just saw a lot of soldiers at the entrance of the village, all holding weapons in their hands, and they seemed to be heading towards our village.

"With so many soldiers suddenly here, something must have happened. There might even be a fight. We're all unarmed civilians, and if a fight breaks out, we'll be the first to suffer. I think we'll be safer hiding at home."

"Kakaka..."

Xu Jingting was talking when he suddenly heard heavy footsteps. It was obvious that they were made by multiple people.

Qiao Xi and Liu Lan looked in the direction of the sound and saw many soldiers coming towards them with weapons. They really had entered Xu Liu Village.

"Hurry, let's go home, it will be too late if we are any later."

Seeing them getting closer, Xu Jingting didn't care about what he hadn't finished saying. He pulled Liu Lan and walked home. He didn't forget to turn around and tell Qiao Xi: "Sister-in-law, you should close the door quickly too."

Qiao Xi watched them leave, then turned to look at the soldiers. There was no end in sight. How many people were there?

As the soldiers approached, the murderous aura from them quickly enveloped them.

When the other people in the village saw these soldiers, their behavior was surprisingly similar to Xu Jingting's. They all went into their homes and closed the doors.

The soldiers didn't even blink an eye at the villagers' reaction.

Thinking that both Xu Yi and she were skilled in martial arts, they could not handle so many soldiers, she ignored the truth, turned into the yard and closed the door.

"Why is there such a commotion outside?"

Qiao Xi had just closed the door and had no time to turn around when Xu Yi's voice sounded behind her.

She turned around hurriedly and saw Xu Yi looking at her, waiting for her explanation.

Qiao Xi shook her head. "I don't know what happened specifically. It's just that a lot of soldiers suddenly showed up outside. I just took a quick look and didn't see the leader.

But everyone's hiding in their homes, so I—"

Qiao Xi stopped talking here because she saw Xu Yi actually wanted to go forward and open the door.

"What are you going to do?"

"We are just a small village. There wouldn't be so many soldiers coming here for no reason. They must be heading for the mountain behind us."

Xu Yi's voice was stern.

"Back mountain?"

When she heard the word "back mountain", Qiao Xi remembered Nie Shufeng and others in the back mountain.

"But the person above is just a civilian. How can he mobilize the army?"

Moreover, she had read a lot of historical materials and knew that mobilizing the army required a lot of procedures.

In addition, those in power will not easily grant military power to others.

"It's just a small army, so it shouldn't be difficult. I think the person above must have had some understanding of the Nie family when he came from Baidi City, otherwise the army wouldn't have arrived so quickly."

Xu Yi opened the door a little, looked out through the gap and explained to Qiao Xi in a low voice.

"But the mountain behind is so big, even if the army comes, it will be difficult to search!"

Qiao Xi thought about the situation in the back mountain and expressed her concerns.

What's more, there are so many bushes in the back mountain, and there might be hidden caves. Even if there are more people, some will probably be missed.

Also, would Nie Shufeng be stupid enough to wait for those soldiers to find him?

"The army is probably only part of it. The person above probably has other plans."

As far as he knew, Shen Qingyan was both intelligent and brave.

"Here it comes!" Xu Yi said slowly while looking outside.

"Who's coming?"

Qiao Xi asked and leaned over to look through the crack in the door.

Soon, she knew what Xu Yi meant by "coming".

She saw two carriages slowly approaching, one of which had a roof. She couldn't see who was sitting inside, but when she saw the driver, she knew it was the official from Baidi City.

As for who was sitting in the carriage behind, it was clear at a glance, because it was actually a prisoner carriage, carrying Nie Guizhou.

To be honest, if she hadn't looked carefully, she almost didn't recognize that it was Nie Guizhou.

After all, when he came to their house that night, he was very arrogant. Although he was forced to the mountain, he was still dressed decently. But now he is almost like a beggar.

His clothes were tattered, his hair was like weeds, and his face was covered with bruises. It looked like he had been tortured.

As arrogant as he was before, he is now in such a mess.

"Are you trying to lure the snake out of its hole?"

Qiao Xi couldn't help but guess.

"Maybe. But maybe not. Didn't sister-in-law just say that Nie Shufeng is not a fool?"

"So what are we going to do?"

Xu Yi shook his head: "No, let's wait and see."

After saying that, Xu Yi closed the door again.

He glanced at Qiao Xi, who was still looking, with a dark look in his eyes, and said lightly: "Maybe there will be guests coming soon. Please prepare a pot of tea."

After saying that, Xu Yi left the puzzled Qiao Xi and returned to his room.

Looking at the door he closed, Qiao Xi frowned and was stunned for a moment, but still obediently went into the kitchen.

*

"Knock knock knock!"

She had just made the tea when she heard a knock on the door, followed by someone shouting at the door.

"Is anyone home?"

It was a man, and judging from his voice, he was a young man.

"Someone!"

Qiao Xi responded and walked out of the kitchen, and saw Xu Yi standing in the yard after changing his clothes.