Chapter 403 Seeking Death? Nobody Can Be Killed

Ji Qingwu gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go."

Behind me came the sound of a man crying. He was such a big man, but he was sitting on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably, his sobs making him tremble.

Lanling looked at Ji Qingwu in surprise.

"If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave at all."

Although Ji Qingwu said she was leaving, her feet had a mind of their own. She turned around and went back the way she came.

Si Hai was also taken aback when he saw Ji Qingwu walking back.

Lanling said urgently, "We must leave now. If we are detained by the bandits, we will be subjected to inhuman torture, especially..."

Sihai looked at the dusty grass on his left and whispered, "It's too late. No one can escape now."

Lanling immediately turned her head and looked in the direction Sihai was looking. She saw the old woman who had run to the left hillside earlier, her face full of fear, shouting and retreating.

She took off running back, but an arrow struck her in the back, and the old woman fell directly onto the ground amidst the withered yellow grass.

A group of bandits on horseback appeared before the crowd.

Each of them carried a weapon, either a bow and arrow or a large machete and a meteor hammer.

Seeing that the fleeing old woman was dead, the farmer who was slumped on the ground stopped crying. He was shocked and at a loss.

Ji Qingwu walked towards the man, with Sihai and Lanling following closely beside her.

From the hillside behind them came the shouts of the bandits.

"No one is allowed to move without our leader's orders! Anyone who tries to run away will end up like this old woman!"

Ji Qingwu stopped and turned to look at the robbers on the hillside. The bright sunlight behind them obscured their faces.

But you can clearly see the way these people hold their knives and swords.

Ji Qingwu's gaze shifted.

Si Hai whispered, "I would risk my life to save Miss Ji, but you must not take the risk."

His gaze was resolute: "Go hide in the place I mentioned before."

Sihai and Lanling exchanged a glance and said, "Lanling, you stay by Miss Ji's side."

Ji Qingwu stared intently at the bandits' arms, frowning as he said, "Sihai, don't talk nonsense. None of us can be harmed, and none of us will be harmed."

The bandits rushed down the hillside, surrounded the convoy, and met up with the bandits at the front.

The leader was a middle-aged man with a thick beard, bulging eyes, and a large mouth, who looked exceptionally forthright.

A subordinate reported: "Second Master, two escaped, but our brothers caught up with them and hacked them to death."

The second-in-command, Hu Lie, said dismissively, "A few people died, it's a small matter, you can handle it yourselves."

Hu Lie then urged, "Go and see if there's any good wine in this car? I haven't had a drink in half a month, and I'm really craving it."

"Second Master, I've inquired and found out that this caravan is taking things from Princess Qingyun's residence to Longzhou. They have everything imaginable, not just wine."

"There are lots of good things inside, plenty of gold, silver and jade, and many beautiful clothes that can be given to the lady of the house."

Hu Lie became interested when he heard that the items were for the princess, and said, "Go and pick out some nice ones, set them aside, and take them back to the madam. She will be very happy."

His men immediately got to work, driving the people in the carriages to a flat area, while a small portion of them went to inventory the goods and money in the caravan.

The cries of despair rose and fell.

Ji Qingwu and the others did not struggle or resist, but were confined to the roadside along with the crowd.

Her gaze swept quickly across the crowd, and finally, in the far right corner, she spotted the farmer.

Hidden beneath his broad back was a woman, still emitting weak moans of pain.

Ji Qingwu squeezed through the crowd and walked over: "Let me see."

The man seemed not to hear anything, clutching the woman's hand, crying with tears and snot streaming down his face.

"Chunhua... what should we do... what should we do about the child...?"

Ji Qingwu glanced at Sihai, who immediately understood and grabbed the man's arm to separate him.

"Who...who are you? What do you want?"

Ji Qingwu squatted down to check on the woman's condition.

She was covered in sweat, her face was an unnatural red, her body was trembling, and she was still comforting her husband.

With her eyes closed, she said weakly, "It's okay, Brother Feng, I can get through this, don't cry."

The farmer's name was Jiao Zhengfeng. When he saw Ji Qingwu's fingers touch the woman's wrist, his eyes widened immediately.

His lips trembled, unable to speak, so he knelt on the ground and began to kowtow.

Ji Qingwu withdrew his hand and calmly said, "The situation is alright, we can resume normal production."

This woman had done a lot of hard work and was in good physical condition. However, it was her first time giving birth, and she didn't know how to exert force. Plus, it was twins, so it was a bit difficult.

Jiao Zhengfeng looked at her with pleading eyes and said, "Chunhua and the children can still be saved! My benefactor, please save them! I'll do anything for you, even my life."

Ji Qingwu nodded and said, "We need to deliver the baby now, otherwise it will be too late. If the baby is kept in the womb for too long, it will become mentally challenged."

"Find some clean cloth and some water."

Now everyone is like livestock, herded onto a fenced-off flat area, with no way to get out and nothing to take.

Ji Qingwu thought for a moment and said, "Take off your outer clothes and spread them under her."

She looked at the people around her and said, "The woman is about to give birth. Come over here, turn your backs and surround her."

Most of the people in the convoy were warm-hearted and did as Ji Qingwu instructed.

The bandits guarding the corner noticed the unusual movement of the person there and came over with their broadswords.

"What are you all doing standing around like that? Get out of the way!"

Someone explained, "There are women who want to give birth."

The young bandit asked suspiciously, "Give birth? You can give birth in this place? You're kidding me!"

He didn't believe it was such a coincidence and thought they must be up to something, making up some excuse to fool him.

Ji Qingwu was instructing Chunhua on how to adjust her breathing and rhythm, and asked Chunhua to follow her commands.

The baby's head had already emerged, and its skin had begun to turn purple.

She said in a gentle and soothing tone, "Chunhua, you need to apply force slowly, don't use too much force all at once."

The young bandit, carrying a knife, walked inside. The people surrounding the woman in labor, who were shielding her from the wind, looked at each other, hesitating whether to move aside.

By sheer coincidence, the bandit arrived in front of Lanling.

"Get out of my way, don't block my path."

Lanling's body didn't sway at all, and he said, "What's so interesting about a woman giving birth? You were born of a mother too, so you should show some respect."

The bandit leader didn't expect her to be so aggressive, and said, "You brat, are you looking for death?"

Lanling coldly replied, "I'll come find you after I die."