Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

The mountains to the north have been set on fire; this is a serious matter. If Wei Yu remembers correctly, the Nanzhao Kingdom to the north was previously feigning an attack on Qisong.

If someone were to set fire to the mountains to the north at this time, wouldn't all the soldiers stationed in Qisong be doomed?

"Damn it, why did all these things have to happen today? Xiao Si, you personally lead the six thousand men we have stationed in the East Valley to put out the fire." Wei Yu endured the pain and slammed his hand on the table to give the order.

"Please take care, young master. I'm off now." Xiao Si knew this was no small matter, so he suppressed his worries and followed Zhou Liufei.

The old Taoist priest went up to the top of the pavilion, looked north, then looked up at the starry sky, and reached out to feel the wind direction and humidity before coming down.

"Don't worry, everything is preordained. However, I think you'll have to head to Leshan tonight, Yu. There will be torrential rains in the next few days, and both the Zuojiang River and the Yonghe River will swell." The old Taoist priest said to himself, seemingly having guessed most of Wei Yu's plans.

After saying this, the old Taoist handed Wei Yu a small porcelain bottle and told him to take one pill immediately. He was to take one pill every day until his injuries were completely healed.

Qi Ji came down from the pavilion, looked at the porcelain bottle in Wei Yu's hand, exclaimed in surprise, snatched it away, poured out seven or eight pieces, and then returned it to Wei Yu.

Wei Yu didn't care much; there were at least fifty or sixty pills in the small porcelain bottle.

"Old Master, your insight is profound. It seems that Heaven has been very kind to Qi Song." After saying this, Wei Yu slowly drank another bowl of soup before calling Qing Huo, who was waiting nearby, to leave.

The old Taoist priest glanced at Li Xiaonuan lying on the couch, stroked his beard, and muttered to himself, "All these changes are because of you. The fate of Qi Song is also in your hands. If it weren't for the technology you brought, Qi Song would have perished this time."

After Xiao Gang finished serving Su Shi and the old lady their meal, he came out and heard the old Taoist priest muttering to himself, so he went up to ask him out of curiosity.

The old Taoist priest didn't answer. Instead, he looked at Yi Lou, who was eating kebabs by himself, and said to Xiao Gang, "Your eyebrows are thick like swords, and your eyes are like peach blossoms. You're destined for a life of trouble. Why don't you become a monk and cultivate with me? I'll find a way for you to overcome your tribulation."

Xiao Gang was confused, but he knew he absolutely couldn't agree to the old Taoist's request to become a monk, so he replied, "Grandpa, we only have two sons in our family, my brother and me. My mother is hoping that I will get married and have grandchildren so she can hold them."

The old Taoist nodded, glanced at the carefree Yi Lou, and sighed, "It's fate, it's fate."

Night had fallen. The old Taoist priest glanced at the situation outside and then told Li's father and the others to return to the village. After all, there would be some trouble in the city tonight, and it would be more dangerous to stay outside the crowd.

Just then, Granny Jin came down with Sang Moyun and her servant, who had just woken up.

So the old Taoist priest instructed Guard Tian, ​​who was waiting outside, to send someone to the Sang residence to pick up Mother Sang and go to the Li family to take refuge.

The group dawdled and procrastinated until they finally returned to the Li family home when the moon was high in the sky.

Meanwhile, the coachmen and guards who had gone to escort the hired laborers returned to the village. They brought back very bad news.

Chaos has broken out in the city. Someone attempted to assassinate the prefect and the county magistrate under cover of night, and set fires all over the city.

However, the fire was extinguished by General Qi and his men before it could get going.

Furthermore, for some reason, the soldiers guarding the city gates were replaced with armored guards.

The strangest thing is that all the refugees who had been squatting outside the city walls have disappeared.

"When we returned, the city gates were already under martial law. The people in the city had all closed their doors tightly, and there wasn't a soul in sight on the streets." This coachman, surnamed Jiang, was someone Li Xiaonuan had bought from the capital.

"Have you heard how things are at the government office?" Guard Tian asked.

"The government officials were prepared. Apart from some yamen runners being injured, there were no reports of any officials being killed or wounded," a guard who had accompanied the carriage replied.

"Alright, I understand. Go now." Guard Tian waved his hand and personally walked around the Li family compound, ordering the guards to be on high alert tonight in preparation for any possible attack.

In the inner courtyard, Li Xiaonuan woke up after taking a pill, but after being forced to drink a bowl of raw chicken blood, she fainted again.

She regained consciousness after a thin layer of reddish-brown poisonous sweat seeped from her body.

The old Taoist priest took her pulse and said that the medicine was effective; if she took it for seven consecutive days, the poison would be completely neutralized.

Seeing that Li Xiaonuan had improved a lot, the Li family members were relieved.

After a period of chaos and turmoil, the entire Li family, young and old, finally got cleaned up and went to bed late at night.

The old Taoist priest and Qi Ji moved into the east room of the front yard. Although they were both very tired, they dared not close their eyes and fall asleep.

Tonight is not only the night that will determine the fate of the Qi and Song dynasties, but also the night that will test the emperor's abilities.

A sudden clap of thunder made the otherwise quiet night exceptionally terrifying.

Li Xiaonuan had just fallen asleep when she was awakened by the thunder.

Outside the glass window, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and a fierce wind blew, heralding the first storm of the summer.

The rain brought some relief to Qi Ji, who had been worried about the fire in Beishan. If the fire had broken out there, her brother Qi Ting would have been implicated.

Fortunately, the rain came just in time, preventing Qi Ting from facing a predicament both inside and outside the city.

It's raining, and it seems to wash away a lot of sins and cleanse many souls.

Just as dawn was breaking, the Li family was attacked by a group of refugees. Although they looked like refugees, their fighting skills were even more fierce and ruthless than those of Qi Song's elite soldiers.

Although the men led by Guard Tian were all elites selected to guard the palace, they could only retreat steadily when faced with three times their number of skilled fighters.

Fortunately, Li Xiaonuan's wall was cleverly and sturdily built, which allowed Tian and his men to temporarily protect the Li family.

However, human physical strength is limited, especially when the disparity in strength is so great.

Later, it was Li Xiaonuan who had all the kitchens in the Li family compound set on fire and boiled dozens of pots of water. She then had these pots carried up the courtyard wall and splashed them at the people besieging the Li family compound, which barely bought them some more time.

Afterwards, Li Xiaonuan had chili peppers added to the boiling water. This time, it drove away many more people.

However, the guards were exhausted and had no way to rush out and kill the remaining invaders, whose numbers were equal to those of the guards.

As for the men Wei Yu left behind, they patrolled the village and its surroundings, eliminating the enemies hiding in the shadows.

Furthermore, when the refugees attacked the Li family, another group of people appeared in the village, specifically to entangle the people left behind by Wei Yu.

Therefore, the people Wei Yu left in the village were of no help to the Li family at all.

Fortunately, the people of Zhoucun had been notified beforehand and had all taken refuge in the ancestral hall in Zhoucun. Inside the ancestral hall, there was a secret passage that connected to a karst cave at the foot of the Dongshan Mountains.

The entrance to the cave was located beneath the mourning hall of the Zhou family ancestral hall. The area was fairly well-fortified, making it difficult for ordinary people to find them.

For some reason, the number of refugees in the village suddenly increased. These refugees were all injured to varying degrees. Clearly, they had fled from elsewhere.

"Hurry, everyone, break into the Li family's house and capture that bitch, then we can get away!" someone shouted from outside.

You could tell from the stiff tone of his voice that the person was not from the Central Plains.

The situation was on the verge of spiraling out of control, and Tian Huwei and the others were about to give way.

With her chest throbbing and head spinning, Li Xiaonuan stood by the door, watching the torrential rain pour down, feeling utterly helpless.

If it were a sunny day or a light rain, she could simply use the three hundred bombs she had prepared at home to repel the people.

However, such heavy rain would obviously extinguish the fuse. Therefore, these iron balls were useless.

Furthermore, the heavy rain also reduced the power of the boiling water, which could alleviate the burning sensation caused by the chili peppers.

Therefore, the Li family fell into unprecedented despair.

If it weren't for the old Taoist priest stopping him, Yi Lou would have gone out to meet the enemy himself. Fortunately, the old Taoist priest remained calm.

He just stared at the horizon, saying things like waiting for the right opportunity and not to be reckless.

Gradually, the Li family discovered that it wasn't just their family that was being attacked; shouts of killing could be heard throughout the city as well.

And on the northern mountain, the sound of drums has been heard since this morning. It's obvious that there's fighting going on there too.

"Princess, come with us quickly, we can't hold this place anymore!" Guard Tian, ​​covered in blood, rushed into the inner courtyard and shouted at Li Xiaonuan.

"Go? Where to? Can we even get out? Why don't I go out and distract them, and you protect my parents and leave?" Li Xiaonuan made a resolute decision and was about to walk out.

Li's father and the others stood in front of Li Xiaonuan, refusing to let her leave no matter what they said.

“If anyone should go, it should be me. I’m an old woman, half of my body is already buried in the ground, it’s not a loss for me to go out.” The old lady walked out with her cane.

"Grandma, I'll go. As the eldest grandson of the Li family, I have a duty to protect everyone in the Li family." Xiao Yang grabbed the old lady and ran into the rain.

Fortunately, Qi Ji came in from the front and was able to pull Xiao Yang back in time.

"None of you need to go out. Anyone who goes out will die anyway. You might as well stay here together; maybe things will turn around," Qi Ji said with an unfriendly expression.

He did see Sang Moyun sitting by the door, embracing her mother. However, he had no energy for romantic feelings right now.

However, Qi Ji went straight up and hugged Sang Moyun, offering silent comfort.

Just as they were in silence, the outer gate collapsed with a crash, and the shouts of killing moved to the front yard of the Li family.

In the front yard, the old man was leading a dozen or so guards to hold off the enemy. However, they could only hold them off for a short while.

Just when Li Xiaonuan thought those people were about to rush in and slaughter them all, a burst of firecrackers rang out from the outer courtyard.

With each firecracker's blast, screams could be heard.

Is it possible...