Despite not being a heavy drinker, she still got quite drunk. "You do the dishes, I'm going to sleep."

Jiang Yi nodded obediently.

She got up unsteadily, walked unsteadily in an S-shaped pattern back to her room, and lay down fully clothed.

In less than fifteen minutes, she started snoring softly, and the two wolves stood guard in front of her door.

In the middle of the night, Jiang Yi suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze cold and sharp. There was someone outside the wall.

Sensing danger, the two wolves suddenly stood up and paced anxiously around the doorway, their eyes fierce. Jiang Yi opened the door, and they immediately rushed into the yard.

"Brother Chen, how's it going? Did you make it to the top?"

"Almost there, next one hurry up. It's pitch black, they're probably sleeping."

"Who cares what they're doing? We'll move the grain and leave. Hurry up, I'm on the wall."

"Alright, we'll all listen to Brother Chen."

Xiao Ning said that people who break into others' homes in the middle of the night are up to no good; they want to steal their grain. Without grain, they'll all go hungry. Whoever comes, they'll kill them—no mercy!

Jiang Yi stopped the wolves' howls, waiting for them to come down so he could catch them all at once. Wasn't this just like hunting? Catch them off guard and kill them in one fell swoop. Kill the strong ones, and the weak ones would be easy to deal with.

What if they run away and call for help? There are only a few of them; if there are too many of them, they'll definitely be at a disadvantage.

He had just listened carefully to their breathing; there were only eight people, and they were all useless. It would take them half a day to climb a wall. He could handle them.

"Zhang San, hurry up, the porcelain shards are cutting me so badly."

Damn, this family is something else. If he hadn't been so well-prepared, he definitely wouldn't have been able to get over that wall.

"Right away, right away!"

After the last person leaned against the wall.

"Hurry up, lower the ladder, I can't take it anymore, I need to get down first."

One by one, the group quickly climbed down the wall, much faster than climbing a wall itself.

"Let's go to their kitchen first." Food is either in the kitchen or the cellar. Very few city dwellers have cellars. After all, they don't farm, so they can buy food whenever they need it.

"Alright!" Thinking of the aroma of meat they'd smelled that afternoon, the group was eager. Damn it, they couldn't even get enough soup to fill their stomachs, and this family was actually eating meat? Where was the justice? "Serves you right for being stingy, for not opening the door, for not lending us food, for eating meat!" they thought. They decided to rob everything tonight; leaving them even a single grain of rice would be a sign of their blindness.

"Pfft!"

Before the word "Old Zhang, what happened to you..." could be uttered, several more "plop" sounds rang out, and several people fell into the trap like dumplings being dropped into a pot. The depth of several meters, combined with the hard ice, left them completely disoriented.

Legs were broken, arms were broken, but the first one was the most unlucky. Not only did he fall, but he also became their cushion, coughing up a mouthful of blood and losing consciousness, his fate unknown. Several people were groaning at the bottom of the pit.

"An earthquake?" The loud noise startled Xia Ning from her deep sleep. She immediately sat up, put on her shoes, and tried to run for her life.

"Jiang Yi, wolf cub, quick! Earthquake! Run!"

As soon as she stepped out of the courtyard gate, she saw two wolves and a person watching her. Holy crap, they were so fast!

"You've gone too far! You're running away without me. Do you want me to be crushed to death inside the house? If I'm gone, what will you do?"

Jiang Yi: What is she saying? Why can't he understand?

"people!"

Jiang Yi pointed to the bottom of the pit.

By the light of the snow, Xia Ning looked down into the pit and exclaimed, "My God! So many people! Are they here to steal from my house? Was that an earthquake? The tremor from when they fell into the pit?"

"Thief?"

Jiang Yi nodded, he was very disappointed, extremely disappointed. He had planned to have a big battle to warm up his muscles, but these idiots had walked right into the trap.

"Let us out! I'm warning you, hurry up and bring us the ladder so we can get out. We're already injured, and two of our brothers are in critical condition. If you know what's good for you, give us some food as compensation. Otherwise, tomorrow, we'll go directly to the yamen and report you for assault."

Damn it, what does this company do? No normal person would dig such a huge, deep hole in their own house, so deep that they couldn't even climb out.

Mother was right, this family is up to something. Tomorrow he'll go to the yamen and report them. The man clutched his broken leg, thinking viciously.

Xia Ning almost laughed at their stupidity. How could such brainless people have lived this long? Didn't they even realize their own situation before threatening her?

Too lazy to say another word to them, I ordered, "Jiang Yi, fetch water and splash it on them!"

Jiang Yi moved swiftly, carrying two buckets of water in the blink of an eye. The men below, seeing the buckets, were filled with rage. They actually wanted to kill them!

"We were wrong, so wrong! We'll leave right away, right away!" Those who were still conscious were filled with remorse. How could they have been so stupid? At this point, those who could eat meat were not simple-minded.

Oh no, I didn't even manage to steal the grain, and now I'm going to lose my life.

Xia Ning went back inside and wrapped herself up tightly. When she came out, she was no longer breathing. She was completely frozen solid.

"Lower the ladder." She was going down to collect the body.

"I come."

"You don't have enough space, it's a waste of effort."

Feeling looked down upon, Jiang Yi: ...

She held onto the ladder with a wronged expression, protecting Xia Ning as she descended into the pit. Only after placing the ice sculpture in a corner away from the food did she climb up herself.

"Lay down all the planks around the trap, and cover them with a thick layer of snow." Tomorrow, someone will definitely come looking for trouble. They'll be hiding here for a few more months, and in this cold weather, she doesn't want to go out and escape.

Fearing that Jiang Yi might not understand, she demonstrated it once.

Seeing him nod, she went back inside. She had caught a chill and drank a large bowl of ginger soup. Catching a cold in this weather could be fatal.

There's another tough battle tomorrow, so she needs to get some sleep to recharge for the next argument. As for Jiang Yi, he's like a wild man; he can go two days without sleep without a problem. Since being with her, he's been eating and sleeping well, and his boundless energy has nowhere to go—he's either fetching water or running around the mountains with wolves.

He'd be thrilled to have work to do now.

As a result, Xia Ning, who woke up naturally the next morning, didn't see the person she expected. These people are really awful; their families don't care about them at all.

It wasn't until the afternoon, when she was about to take a nap, that the deceased's family arrived with a large group of people looking for her.

Seeing so many people, Jiang Yi realized he was right; wiping them all out was the right thing to do.

"What are you doing?"

Seeing that there were even yamen runners, Xia Ning's eyes flickered slightly. These people didn't seem to have any good intentions!

"Where did you take my son? Hand him over right now!" She recognized the man; he was the old scoundrel who had borrowed meat and grain.

"Where is your son? How would I know? Do I even know him?"

Xia Ning leaned against the doorway and said lazily.

"And my husband, they said they came to borrow grain from you yesterday, where are they? Where did they go?"

“No one came to borrow grain from me yesterday. Those who come here should know that I never open the door when someone knocks.”

"Stop talking nonsense! They've come to your house! Release them right now! Your Honor, you must do us justice!"

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