Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

"Auntie, I'll take all these taro roots. At the price Mr. Li just gave you, you can arrange for someone to dig them up if that's acceptable."

The woman thought she had misheard, her stunned eyes filled with astonishment: "Miss, you...you're telling the truth?"

Fang Yu reached into his pocket and found that one mu of land was worth one and a half taels of silver, with a little more in between: "Auntie, try to finish digging in the next few days, and I will have someone come to collect it later."

Upon seeing the silver, the woman's hands trembled. She had initially thought Fang Yu was joking, but now, seeing the gleaming silver, she was as excited as if she had met her savior.

"Okay, okay, I'll go get people right away, and we'll dig them all out for the girls in the next two days."

The woman ran out like a gust of wind.

Back on the oxcart, Fang Xin asked, "Sister, why did we buy so many taro? We can't possibly eat them all at once."

“Hmm…” Fang Yu hesitated for a moment: “If we can’t finish it, we’ll sell it.”

Uncle Liu took them to inquire about the price of blue bricks, which was just enough to fill a truck and take them back.

On the way here, Fang Yu could see a few pedestrians, but now that she was going back, she couldn't see a single person. Fang Yu felt that something was wrong.

Just as he was thinking this, a group of people approached from the opposite direction. They looked like bodyguards escorting a shipment.

The birds in the woods on both sides suddenly froze, and Fang Yu sensed something was wrong. He shouted, "Uncle Liu, let's go!"

Uncle Liu reacted instantly and quickly whipped the chariot, but it was too late.

A group of people dressed in black night clothes, their heads covered and faces veiled, rushed out of the forest, carrying large knives.

Fang Xin leaned against Fang Yu, touching a brick with one hand, and asked incredulously, "Sister, they're going to rob us just for buying a brick?"

"..." Fang Yu's lips trembled slightly as she said, "My dear sister, is it possible that they're after the convoy on the other side?"

"..."

Fang Xin scratched her head awkwardly: "Hehe, I was thinking they were going to steal our blue bricks."

"Sit still and don't move." Uncle Liu got off the oxcart, took two steps forward, and cupped his hands like a江湖人 (jianghu person, a person from the martial arts world): "Heroes, we are just ordinary people from the surrounding area, just passing by. We hope you will show mercy."

The head镖师 (bodyguard/escort) on the other side also dismounted from his horse and looked at the leader of the men in black, saying, "You can have the goods. They are just ordinary people passing by. Don't harm the innocent. Let them leave."

The leader of the men in black turned his head and glanced over, meeting Fang Yu's gaze. In just one glance, Fang Yu recognized the man in black as the one who had tried to kill Xiao Jingqi that day, the one who was beside Governor Zhang at Tianxiang Tower.

Fang Yu glanced at the group of bodyguards again, and when she saw the last one, she was surprised to find that the last person in disguise was Mo Jiu.

Now she roughly understood what was going on today. Xiao Jingqi wanted to find the person who took his things, not the bandits from Black Wind Village. So today was a ploy to lure the snake out of its hole, and they just happened to be unlucky enough to run into it.

The man in black sneered, "Leave the goods, but don't even think about leaving!"

As he spoke, he raised the knife in his hand and slashed at Uncle Liu, who was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly.

"Clang... Clang!"

Two different sounds, one after the other, indicated that a dagger and a throwing dart stopped the large knife at the same time.

Fang Yu and Mo Jiu attacked at the same time.

Fang Yu swung her other dagger at the man in black and pulled Fang Xin out of the car: "Xin'er, take Uncle Liu and leave first."

"Sister, what about you?" Fang Xin asked worriedly, unwilling to leave.

"I have my own way." Fang Yu handed her a dagger and pointed to the woods ahead: "Don't stop, keep running. I'll come find you later. Uncle Liu is a good man, don't let him get hurt."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xin immediately felt a sense of responsibility: "Okay, then be careful, sister."

Fang Xin led Uncle Liu into the woods, and Fang Yu stopped the men in black who were chasing them one by one.

Fang Yu didn't know what Xiao Jingqi's plan was, nor did she know whether these people could be killed; she could only try her best not to kill them.

"careful!"

A voice beside her reminded her, and as Fang Yu turned around, her wrist was pulled. Xiao Jingqi, dressed in black and appearing out of nowhere, blocked the knife that was about to be slashed at her.

Seeing that he was alright, Fang Yu strode over and slapped the man in black hard across the face. Fang Yu cursed, "How dare you ambush your grandma!"

Fang Yu asked Xiao Jingqi, "Why are you dressed like that? Be careful not to get hurt."

"will not."

As they spoke, the two leaned their shoulders together, fighting side by side once again.

"Can I kill them?" Fang Yu asked as he fought.

"?" Xiao Jingqi was slightly taken aback. Recalling the situation at Black Wind Stronghold, he said, "Let's try to control it."

Okay, Fang Yu will fight until he's barely alive.

Fang Xin, who had run to a safe place and then turned back, saw Fang Yu fighting fiercely with the men in black. She reached into her pocket, grabbed a medicine packet, rushed over, and threw it at the man in black closest to Fang Yu.

When Xiao Jingqi turned around, he stopped the falling knife in time when he saw that it was Fang Xin, but he was choked by the white powder, which even his face mask couldn't cover.

Fang Xin didn't recognize him, and even punched him in the mouth with her fist: "Serves you right for sneaking up on me."

Just as Fang Yu finished his last move and turned around, Mo Jiu had just finished pinning the leader of the men in black to the ground and raised his head.

Xiao Jingqi felt the scene before him was blurry, and he could no longer see Fang Xin clearly in his lowered vision. He ripped off his face mask and gasped for breath.

"Ah, you!..." Fang Xin pointed at him with a trembling finger: "You...you...how could it be you!"

Seeing the paper package that had already fallen to the ground and was still swaying in the wind, Fang Xin recalled her sister's instructions and was so frightened that she knelt down on the ground with a "plop": "My lord, please spare me! I didn't mean to! You were dressed the same as them and standing behind my sister, I thought you were a bad person..."

"Xin'er!" Fang Yu ran over, and Xiao Jingqi squinted, his vision completely dark, unable to see anything.

"I can't see!" Xiao Jingqi waved his hand in the air.

"Master." Mo Jiu also ran over. Seeing his gloomy face, Fang Yu hurriedly said, "It's alright. I have an antidote for this poison. He'll be fine in a while."

Fang Yu was afraid that if she spoke too late, Mo Jiu would kill Fang Xin with a single blow.

Fang Xin burst into tears: "Sister, I didn't mean it! Will we get our heads chopped off?!"

"Xin'er, don't worry, it's alright." Fang Yu comforted her while taking out the antidote from his pocket.

She was a little anxious and took out a bunch of bottles and jars. Mo Jiu supported Xiao Jingqi, whose face was getting darker and darker. He was angry and also a little surprised.

Having found the antidote, Fang Yu hurriedly handed it to Mo Jiu. After feeding her the antidote and waiting a while, Mo Jiu asked, "Master, how is it?"

It was pitch black, and Xiao Jingqi couldn't see anything. He shook his head and said, "It's alright. Didn't Miss Fang say it would be fine in a while? Have they caught everyone?"