A peasant girl with a special ability uses herself and two wolves to escape famine!

Every time she saw the disappointed expressions on Lang and Jiang Yi's faces, she wanted to laugh. This was probably what it meant to be a hero with no place to use his talents.

"Jiang Yi, we need to be more vigilant lately."

They wouldn't even let these poor neighbors go. They certainly wouldn't let her, this fat sheep, go. Maybe they're gathering people, waiting for their chance.

Is the situation in the city really that dire? Where is the food?

Logically speaking, with grain merchants and goods stranded here, plus the government's granaries, the yamen closing the city gates early to refuse outsiders, and the city implementing purchase restrictions early on, they shouldn't have been unable to survive a year!

The man nodded; he just wanted to sleep, and hadn't been sleeping well lately. He was afraid they might encounter danger when he wasn't paying attention.

A cold wave has struck again, and the snow, which had stopped for nearly a month, has fallen exceptionally heavily in the last two days.

Jiang Yi looked at Xia Ning, his eyes sparkling, "Storage snow!"

"Don't go."

She refused without the slightest hesitation; this person was even more greedy than her. If she went out now, she feared her hideout would be raided when she returned.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Jiang Yi's eyes. He said nothing and silently fetched water.

Xia Ning: ……

Dude, they've really stockpiled a lot of ice.

After the heavy snow stopped, Xia Ning became even more vigilant, feeling uneasy all the while.

A dark and stormy night, a time for murder and arson...

Late that night, she had just fallen asleep, restless and anxious, when Yi woke her up: "Someone's here!" His expression was unusually serious.

Xia Ning jolted awake; if he could handle it, he would never have woken her.

"There are a lot of people!"

He nodded. He didn't know the exact number; the noise was too much for him to judge accurately.

"At least a hundred."

My pupils dilated in shock. Holy crap, are they really trying to wipe out her whole family?

"Tell the wolves to be quiet and let some of them fall into the trap first."

"it is good!"

Xia Ning took out several weapons: "Pick one that you're comfortable with."

Jiang Yi chose two large knives; he was preparing to chop people down with both hands—he was a ruthless man.

She took a light longsword, very sharp and not heavy. It was specially made for her. After practicing swordsmanship for so long, today she wanted to test the results.

People outside have been climbing over the wall one after another, and then climbing down the ladder.

More people continued to come up, they were well prepared, there was more than one ladder.

She wasn't afraid at all; if all else failed, the space was full of rocks that could drown them.

"Keep it down, don't wake the people inside. Remember, when you go in, kill them first."

"I know, once everyone dies, they'll slowly find food. Brother Wang said there are only two people in this family, while there are over a hundred of us. Do you think we're afraid of them?"

This guy is so arrogant, I'll kill him first.

"We'll go first, you follow."

Impatient with the others who were taking too long, they decided to go and chop people up first.

"go!"

The two men and two wolves watched as they jumped into the giant pit one after another. It felt like watching people jump off a building in a past life.

Jiang Yi's brow twitched a few times. Every time he saw someone else fall in, he thought of himself back then, just as stupid as them.

Yeah, it's stupid. Xiao Ning said that being stupid is even stupider than an idiot.

as same as him.

The pit echoed with cries of agony and screams, as if several more people had been crushed to death by their companions.

The people behind stopped in their tracks. "Wow, there's such a huge pit here! No wonder those people said this family was cursed, that no one who came could ever return; so this is the secret."

Who the hell dug such a huge hole in their own yard? It must be at least five meters wide. There's no way they could jump across it.

That's awesome, they have to admit it.

"Brothers, bring the ladder, let's climb over using the ladder."

As soon as they stepped onto the ladders after they were lowered, Jiang Yi rushed out and pulled both ladders away.

He originally wanted to cut it in half, but Xiao Ning said that if half of it fell into the pit, the people inside would escape.

He was strong; he pulled away two ladders without much effort.

The people on the ladder fell into the pit again. Several more robbers were killed.

The safe person was furious to the extreme, cursing, "Damn it, they're playing dirty tricks!"

Now, the ladder is gone, so there's no way out except through the front door. The walls are covered in broken tiles, and there's a ladder outside the wall.

They walked around the yard and found that even the entrance was a hole, leaving them no opening.

Hey!

Are we just going to go back like this?

"You bastard, what are you doing?"

What else could they do? Xia Ning released the water, and Jiang Yi was in charge of pouring buckets of it in.

He's familiar with this process and will make sure not to waste a single drop of water, guaranteeing that everyone gets a shower.

Even those few who were running around in the pit couldn't escape the disaster.

Watching their brothers turn into ice sculptures and freeze to death, the people outside the pit were filled with rage, wishing they could devour the two men on the other side alive.

Xia Ning lit a torch. Oh, an old acquaintance! It was the constable from a while back. So, those she killed today were all constables! In that case, these people couldn't be let go.

"Jiang Yi, let's go over there."

"I'll do it!" He didn't want her to take the risk because she was too weak.

Who do you think you are?

"hurry up!"

Xia Ning urged him impatiently, and Jiang Yi let out a few howls as two wolves appeared on either side of her.

"They have wolves!"

The people on the other side were stunned. What kind of family was this? They actually kept wolves. These days, countless people are starving to death.

Their first instinct was to run.

"Go open the main gate, we're leaving first!" shouted the constable who had been there before. He had been careless, assuming that at most the镖师 (bodyguard/escort) was a martial arts expert, but he hadn't expected...

Why didn't they find the wolves and traps when they came last time? They're really cunning.

He was filled with remorse, utterly remorseful. He was the one who had caused the deaths of his brothers.

Xia Ning, with the wolf in tow, ran to the door and immediately removed the wooden planks. She didn't want them to contaminate her home.

Seeing their utter disregard for their own lives and their audacity in charging forward, he shouted, "Brothers, kill them! Avenge our brothers who died unjustly!"

"kill!"

Jiang Yi rushed forward, hacking at anyone in sight. The two wolves did the same, tearing at anyone who approached Xia Ning.

No matter how powerful Jiang Yi was, she was still alone, protected by wolves. Only when the fight actually started did she realize how weak she was.

"Ah..." Jiang Yi roared as his arm was slashed.

Xia Ning immediately took out a ladder, climbed over the wall, and took the ladder away.

Several people who saw her suddenly produce something were so shocked that they forgot to move. What did they see?

He rubbed his eyes, and before he could even react, he was crushed to death by a huge rock that fell from the sky.

"Jiang Yi, take the wolves and get out of the way!"

Avoiding them, she kept throwing stones down!

"This person is a monster!" the survivor screamed, nearly scared to death on the spot.

Who has ever seen someone conjure up a huge rock to smash someone?

The ancient people, who believed in ghosts and gods, could not bear what they were seeing. In the blink of an eye, they had already passed away.

Jiang Yi and the wolf also dealt with the people around them.

Xia Ning climbed down from the wall and glanced at Jiang Yi's arm. It was still bleeding, and the wound was extremely deep.

"Go back inside, I'll bandage you up."

He was very obedient and let her lead him into the house.

"We can't stay here any longer; we'll be leaving soon."

With so many officials coming, it's impossible that no one knows. If they don't go back, people will come knocking on their door tomorrow.

They couldn't win against the government.

I thought I could make it through the year, but I never expected to be so unlucky. I took one last, reluctant look at the house; it's hard to find such a warm and safe place.

"Why leave?" He and his brothers loved this place; it was warm, and there was a well.

“Today we killed government officials, but tomorrow even more people might come knocking on our door, and we won’t be able to handle them.”

What she feared most was that they would trap them like turtles in a jar and burn them to death here.

“Okay, let’s go, Xiao Ning, come along.” Jiang Yi said seriously.

"Okay, together." A warm feeling welled up inside me; this person cared about me.

After treating his wound and instructing him not to do any heavy work or get his hands wet, I began to tidy up the house.

I feel so sorry for her, really sorry for her. Isn't this like being at home when disaster strikes out of nowhere?

Logically, the yamen runners should be the least likely to lack food, since the safety of the prefectural city depends on them. Why would those people try to rob her?

Aside from the house she couldn't take with her, she put everything she could into her space.

Where to go?

Let's go stay in the mountains for a few days. Jiang Yi was eager to collect snow, and she agreed to his request.

We'll go down the mountain after the snow is collected. We'll find an uninhabited house to hide in for the time being. We can also use that time to find out what's going on in the city.

The fact that so many government officials were robbing grain, and the eerie wailing from her neighbors a few days ago, all told her that something was wrong with this city.

"Let's go!"

The three brothers and two mules, who had already unloaded their mule carts, followed eagerly. Seeing that she was heading up the mountain, Jiang Yi grinned.