Chapter 022 Half of his body is numb

Shen Ning felt a little worried.

Mrs. Pan directly ordered the killing of Shen Danian and his wife, and she also knew that this matter was related to her.

Judging from that person's style, would he also find someone to kill her directly?

Shen Ning was a little worried about her situation, and her only consolation was that Xiao Nanchen should be recovering soon.

My king, could you please be more powerful and recover soon, so that you can help a powerless commoner like me... Life was really hard for common people in ancient times!

Shen Ning was worried for two days, but Xiao Nanchen had not recovered so quickly, and she felt that she could not just sit there and wait for death.

She has to prepare well so that if danger really comes, she will be able to protect herself.

She will go to the county town tomorrow. She will take the official road with others to see how Mrs. Pan will be secretive when she kills Shen Danian and his wife. It should not be a big deal.

Buy some more self-defense items and more arrows, so that if you are really in danger, you can at least save yourself.

Yes, she is a good archer and can even kill a tiger...Hold on, hold on!

The next day, Chen Ning and seven or eight other villagers took a bullock cart to the county town.

After entering the city gate, she first went to the blacksmith shop to order arrowheads, saying that they were for hunting. They were bows and arrows, not crossbows. The court did not have strict control, so they could be bought.

After deciding on her destination, she planned to go to Rongkangji to find Su Lianyi and ask some questions... When she passed by Anfu Temple, she remembered the children from last time, so she went in to take a look.

A group of half-grown children, without parents and with pale faces, are really pitiful.

Although Shen Ning encountered Pan Jinlian at Anfu Temple, which led to a lot of trouble, she did not think that the trouble was caused by her helping those children, nor did she think that it was related to those children and vent her anger on them.

Just like you can’t blame girls for not wearing skirts on the street when you encounter bad people...bad people can be everywhere, and scum can appear at any time. The only ones who should be condemned and punished are those who do evil.

What's more, judging from what Pan Jinlian said that day, Shen Danian had already thought about selling her.

You scum, you deserve to die!

Just as Shen Ning walked into Anfu Temple, the half-grown children inside the temple gathered in Yuanyue's room.

Yuanyue has to take care of and protect July. She is in the same room with July. The little girl who has been in a coma has woken up. Although she is still very weak, she can drink porridge and eat something else.

"She said she would come back in a few days. Has she forgotten?"

"She can actually detoxify. We all feel much better after taking the medicine she prescribed for July. Is she a miracle doctor?"

"What should I do? If she doesn't come, will July's condition get worse again?"

"It's all Eryue's fault. He was holding a knife that day, so people must have seen it."

Next to him, the young man who had secretly held the dagger behind him when he saw Shen Ning before sat there silently.

Yuan Yue said, "Stop talking, Er Yue is also trying to protect us all..."

At this moment, Er Yue, the boy who had been silent the whole time, suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to go look for her. If I can't find her, I won't come back."

Yuan Yue frowned and scolded: "What are you doing?"

The next moment, there was a knock on the door. Er Yue, who had just walked to the door, opened the door with a vigilant look in his eyes. He looked up and saw a smiling face: "What happened? I think I heard you guys arguing?"

In an instant, the eyes of the children in the room lit up.

The young Yuan Yue stepped forward and knelt down in front of Chen Ning with a plop: "Please save them. As long as you can save them, I will be your slave and serve you like a cow or a horse for the rest of my life..."

Before he could finish his words, the young man was quickly helped up by Shen Ning: "Talk properly and don't kneel."

Chen Ning patted the boy: "I actually wanted to check it for you all last time, but I was worried that you would be scared, so I didn't mention it. Let you see the effect of the medicine for yourself first."

The gloomy young boy standing next to him lowered his head.

Shen Ning smiled: "I think after these days, you should know that I have no ill intentions. Come, I will diagnose your pulse and prescribe medicine for you."

Yuan Yue pursed her lips and said, "I'll sign a contract with you to sell myself, and you... use the money to save them, okay?"

Shen Ning shook her head: "No need to sell yourself, I really need you to do something for me, but don't worry, there is no danger."

Worried about the children's unrest, Shen Ning said, "I plan to do some business in Pingning County. For now, I'm considering catering, and then a clinic. You can help me collect some information, and the cost of medical treatment and living expenses will be considered as compensation. How about it?"

This was her previous thought, but she can't take care of it now for the time being. She said this to comfort the children.

Hearing Shen Ning's words, the young Yuan Yue lowered his eyes.

Not to mention the cost of living in Anfu Temple, the money for buying medicine for the twelve of them was not a small amount. What she asked them to do did not require so much money at all.

"good."

Yuan Yue said seriously, "We will do our best to complete the young lady's instructions."

Shen Ning laughed: "My name is Shen Ning, not Miss. You can call me Sister Shen."

She originally thought about finding a place for these teenagers to live, but Yuanyue refused, saying that they were already used to living here.

Knowing that the young man didn't want to spend more money, she didn't force him. After taking their pulses and prescribing medicine, she left twenty taels of silver and left.

Afterwards, she went to Rongkangji, pretending to buy something, and casually asked the shopkeeper Su about Mrs. Pan in a roundabout way.

Then she learned from Su Lianyi that Madam Pan was actually the magistrate's concubine, and she took over the position after the mistress passed away. More importantly, Su Lianyi told her that Madam Pan looked timid, but was not someone to be trifled with.

Shen Ning's heart sank.

Since he is not easy to get along with, and Pan Jinlian is her younger brother, Mrs. Pan will not give up.

After all, Shen Danian had already exposed her, but Madam Pan had not even questioned her. It was probably impossible for her to do so based on the face of teacher Shen Qingbai.

If she was called in for questioning, perhaps Shen Ning could breathe a sigh of relief, but now there was no movement, so there was only one possibility: Mrs. Pan wanted to deal with her quietly, just like she dealt with Shen Danian and his wife.

Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow.

After returning home, she would give the little fool a few more injections to try to make him wake up soon... More importantly, she would practice archery well.

No matter when, the most reliable person is yourself.

She will never sit still and wait for death!

Chen Ning didn't waste any more time. After leaving Rong Kangji, he went to the blacksmith shop to get the arrowhead he had ordered, and also took out some cash for emergencies, and then hired a carriage to go back.

She didn't have time to enjoy the scenery along the way. She urged the coachman to drive the carriage as fast as possible... But when she entered the door, she immediately realized something was wrong.

Someone was in the yard.

I quickly rushed into the main room and saw a note on the table: If you don’t want the fool to die, go to the land temple alone.

The land temple is located on a slope at the foot of a mountain outside the village. It is dilapidated and no one goes there normally.

Mrs. Pan's people are here soon.

Going alone? Was she crazy?

Shen Ning didn't think that she would get away with it if she just obeyed... She took out all the cash in the house, first went to the hunter Zhao next door and asked him to get a bow and arrow for help, then went to find the head of the village and said that Zhao Nan was kidnapped by gangsters and was extorted for money, and asked him to help hire villagers to help.

If you go, each person will get one or two taels of silver. If you get injured in the fight, she will be responsible for treating the injury and give you another ten taels of silver after the treatment.

It was not the busy farming season, and there were many idle people in the village. When they heard the price offered by Chen Ning and saw the small pile of silver that had been placed on the table of the headman's house, they all looked excited.

Not long after, the villagers carried hoes, sticks and other things and followed Chen Ning to the land temple at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, in the land temple, several masked men saw through the window a large group of villagers approaching rapidly from a distance, and were stunned for a moment.

"If she hadn't come alone, wouldn't that woman be afraid that we'd kill this idiot?"

"What nonsense! I told you to stay away, but you insisted on staying here. Now look what happened. You're about to be surrounded!"

"The sponsor said he wanted to make that woman die in the most humiliating way possible. What should we do with so many people..."

In front of the statue of the God of Land, Xiao Nanchen's originally confused and panicked gaze slowly sank.

He glanced at the ropes around himself, then looked at the five people opposite him, closing his eyes in silent contempt.

Killing a mob would make my hands dirty...but I have to kill them even if they have dirty hands.

Thinking of what the few people had just said, Xiao Nanchen moved his forearms, but just when he was about to break free from the ropes and kill the dogs, suddenly, Shen Ning's voice was heard outside the temple gate.

"You called me here, and I'm already here, why don't you open the door?"

The masked man in the lead was startled, then cursed angrily: "I asked you to come alone, but you brought a group of people with you. I'm afraid you want this fool to die?"

Shen Ning comforted him, “I brought those villagers with me because I’m afraid you won’t keep your word. As long as you release the people, you can ask for any amount of money. I can give you more than I paid to hire you.”

The burly man was silent for a moment, then asked, "Really?"

Shen Ning immediately said: "Of course, we country folk just want to survive and dare not cause trouble."

After a while, the big man said, "Okay, I'll open the door right away. Don't try any tricks, or my brothers will kill you even if we have to fight to the death!"

After saying that, the big man winked at the two people beside him.

The financial sponsor was not someone they could afford to offend. They couldn't insult the woman now, but killing her would be enough to get away with it.

Although there were many peasants outside, they were holding farm tools, which were no match for the big knives in their hands. What's more, these peasants were timid. If two of them were really knocked down, the others behind them would definitely scatter.

The next moment, the temple door opened.

Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xiao Nanchen sitting there unharmed. At this moment, a knife came down from the side towards her.

Xiao Nanchen stood up suddenly, raised his hand and grabbed the long sword from the man beside him and threw it out, piercing the big man who wanted to kill Shen Ning... At the same time, Shen Ning was prepared and rolled forward to avoid the long sword.

With a whoosh, an arrow shot in from outside the temple gate and hit the leading man in the neck.

It was Zhao Tong who was just able to draw the bowstring.

Not far from the land temple, Zhao Shuan, brandishing a hoe, led a few young men as they rushed towards the temple: "We are many in number, there is no need to be afraid of them. For the silver, let's charge."

The villagers who were originally hesitant immediately followed after hearing about the silver. After all, there were so many of them, so what was there to be afraid of!

The bandits saw that two of their men had been killed in the first encounter, and even the eldest brother had been shot through. They were about to be surrounded again. The big man whose knife was taken away roared and hugged Xiao Nanchen fiercely. His companions immediately swung their knives at Xiao Nanchen.

At this point, we'll all die together. At least the family can still get the money.

Shen Ning quickly picked up the knife on the ground and wanted to help Xiao Nanchen, but as soon as she stood up, she saw the man who raised the knife towards Xiao Nanchen suddenly stiffen... and the knife cut off half of his neck.

At close range, Shen Ning was so shocked by the blood spurting out and the big man's wide-open eyes that her mind went blank for a moment.

Xiao Nanchen kicked the person holding him against the wall, causing him to spit blood. Then he beheaded the villain opposite with a knife.

Just as he was about to stab the last one through, he saw Shen Ning's face turn pale in an instant.

He frowned slightly, subconsciously put away the knife, and kicked the last person out.

Shen Ning threw down the knife in his hand, looking at the ground that instantly turned into a river of blood and the vertebrae and flesh exposed at the broken neck of the man in front of him, and his whole body became a little stiff.

She had performed many surgeries before and had seen a lot of blood and flesh, but that was to save lives... It was the first time she saw someone's neck being chopped off at such a close distance.

Seeing Shen Ning's pale face, Xiao Nanchen paused for a moment and stretched out his hand. Shen Ning subconsciously moved back to avoid him.

Xiao Nanchen's face suddenly turned dark.

This woman is actually afraid of him?

Then, he saw the blood on his hand and paused for a moment. He used his other hand to cover her eyes and said in a stiff tone: "If you are afraid, don't look."

You are so timid and yet you dare to come here. You really don’t know your place!

"I-I'm fine."

Shen Ning took a few deep breaths, blinked, and managed to calm herself down… Wait, was it the little fool who just spoke?

At this moment, Xiao Nanchen also froze.

At that moment, his palm was brushed by the eyelashes.

Chen was caught off guard, and the barely perceptible tingling strangely paralyzed half of his body...