Divorced woman with child travels through time

At that moment, Wang Erniu, who hadn't even squeezed to the front, felt utterly hopeless, but in the next instant, he heard a deafening shout!

"Mother!" Then came a "plop!" sound.

The soldiers of the Qi Battalion, who had been observing the situation from inside the courtyard, scooped water from a water tank kept in the corner to prevent flooding and poured it directly onto the wall. In a flash, as the smoke cleared, several arrows shot out simultaneously.

"Ah!" The old woman fell straight down, and everyone squeezed towards Chen Wenfang to see if she was injured.

"Bang! Throw!" A cloud-shaped firework shot into the air and exploded suddenly in the sky above the courtyard, as if sending out some kind of signal.

Wang Erniu and Chu Yi looked up at the sky and their expressions changed drastically. Something was definitely about to happen that they didn't know about, because although they had many inside contacts, no one had ever mentioned such a thing.

"Everyone, come inside quickly!"

"Ah, run!" The crowd erupted in chaos again. Wang Erniu finally managed to squeeze to Chen Wenfang's side and helped her up from the ground. "Are you alright? Are you okay?"

"It's okay, but I can't seem to move my hand." Chen Wenfang gasped for breath, leaning against Wang Erniu as she stood up. Luckily, she was holding onto the uninjured hand.

As they were talking, no one noticed that the old servant in a corner of the courtyard secretly lit the fuse hidden behind the rockery!

The flames, carrying the fuse, burned all the way to the small tree to the east, when a huge explosion was heard, blowing several servants and maids flying nearby.

"Oh dear!" Chen Wenfang was startled in Wang Erniu's arms, not to mention the others.

"Holy crap!" The kids surrounding Chen Wenfang were all startled.

"Something's happened, run!" Wang Erniu grabbed Chen Wenfang and dragged a group of children away.

"Ah, what's wrong?" The women scattered like ants on a hot plate, while the men rushed over, pulling their families into the house. The servants also ran inside. It was now impossible to tell who the informants were.

Apart from the Qi Battalion members who were still observing the surroundings, everyone else ran inside.

"Bang! Bang!" Two more explosions rang out, and a piece of the artificial hill flew out and crashed into the pond.

Everyone hid inside the house, watching the explosions outside.

Ouyang Junyan also grabbed his wife, laughing as they ran, "What a lively affair today!"

Jiang Mingyue glared at him angrily, "You can still laugh!"

“Look over there, isn’t this pretty good?” Ouyang Junyan gestured with his lips.

Jiang Mingyue followed his gaze and saw Ouyang Jin protecting Ning Chuchu the whole time, standing in front of her. Ning Chuchu looked at the two holding hands, her eyes filled with tenderness.

Looking at the young couple, the matriarch of the Ning family couldn't help but shake her head. "A daughter is like a tree that can't be kept at home once she grows up."

Although Ning Tao was somewhat dissatisfied with the engagement banquet, he was very satisfied with his son-in-law, Ouyang Jin, especially the way he protected his daughter so closely, just like his father. He would probably not take a concubine in the future, which was a very good thing.

After another muffled bang, the courtyard suddenly fell silent.

Peeking out on the first day of the month, one wonders if the spies' fuse has gone out. It's not normal for such a large mansion to have only a few bombs buried there.

Not to mention that the world is a giant makeshift operation, he was right.

At this critical moment, with explosives in the courtyard, no normal person would go there. But there were some people who looked rather abnormal, and an old servant actually walked into the courtyard.

Chu Yi and the others saw it clearly.

"Old servant Te Na, come back quickly!" Ouyang Junyan thought he was just old and blind, so he called out to him, but the man ignored him and walked straight to the corner of the north wall.

"Quick, stop him!" Chu Yi exclaimed.

"Bow here!" This was clearly done on purpose, and Wang Erniu was furious, especially after seeing Chen Wenfang's injured arm.

Wang Shan, a personal guard, handed over his bow and arrows. Wang Erniu stood proudly, nocked the arrow with his long arm, aimed, and released the arrow, which accurately struck the old servant in the chest. The old servant coughed up blood and fell to the ground, all in one swift motion.

The crowd was terrified, and no one dared to move.

Wang Erniu looked around and shouted, "The situation is unclear. We haven't been able to rule out the possibility of an explosion inside the courtyard. Anyone who dares to go out now will be immediately executed as a suspect!"

After these words were spoken, the room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop, and no one dared to make a sound!

"Someone, go check!" Chu Yi immediately gave the order, and the soldiers carefully surrounded the area, feeling their way along the corner of the wall little by little.

Wang Erniu ordered Ouyang Junyan to seal the gates of the mansion, and no one was allowed to leave until the investigation was completed.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes, Jiang Mingyue worried that the guests inside might be getting impatient, so she had someone go across the covered corridor and set up a huge round table inside the room, bringing out celebratory dishes so they could eat while waiting.

Thus, a scene appeared that Ouyang Junyan would never see again in his lifetime.

Countless guests, whether they were high-ranking officials, noble ladies, wealthy guests, men, women, young and old, soon began to eat, each holding their own bowls and chopsticks, standing on the covered corridor watching the soldiers in servants' uniforms check them one by one, pointing and commenting as they ate.

"General! We've found one!" the two soldiers shouted excitedly.

"Whoosh!" A group of people couldn't take their eyes off the bomb that was being carried out. It was so big, if it really exploded in the crowd, how many people would die?

"There really is one!" someone exclaimed in surprise.

"Luckily, I didn't run around!" someone said with relief.

"Of course!" The guests stopped talking about going out and started eating melons with their bowls in hand. What a fun thing to do!

"Brother Zhang, move aside, let me get some food!" Ouyang Junyan's roommate, Magistrate Lin, came in from outside carrying a bowl and nudged Zhang Jing, who was sitting still. "If you don't go to watch the excitement, you'll find two thunderbolts the size of bowls!"

Zhang Jing tilted his head slightly, inviting him in to serve the food.

He picked up a piece of braised pork with his chopsticks, and without waiting for Zhang Jing's reply, he left again, dressed in his magnificent official robes and carrying the bowl.

Zhang Jing shook his head with amusement, thinking, "They really have no regard for the demeanor of an aristocratic family at all."

Governor Lin, carrying a bowl, walked to the covered corridor, squatted down, and asked the official next to him, "How is it? How many are there?"

"They've dug up four already, near the gate." The official muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the flares in the courtyard, without touching his chopsticks. "If I had really left just now, I'm afraid..." He swallowed the rest of his words.

"My goodness, this is quite a grand gesture..." Magistrate Lin said slowly, taking a bite of meat and a bite of rice. "As far as I know, Quanzhou doesn't have this many things."

"It seems some people at the top are getting restless," the official added.

"That's right!" Magistrate Lin said, glancing at Wang Erniu, whose face was growing increasingly grim. He was frantically trying to appease his wife.

Chen Wenfang was particularly interested in the thunderbolt and really wanted to take a look, but Wang Erniu held her around the waist, preventing her from moving. She was angry, hmph!