Min Yueqing silently pondered a solution. Dealing with these petty villains wasn't difficult; the challenge was how to conceal her martial arts skills.

When Lai Fu saw the carriage in front of him stop for no apparent reason, and the lady of the house gave no instructions, he ran over and asked, "Madam, what's wrong? Is there anything you need us to do?"

Min Yueqing said, "The terrain here is not right. It feels like a place often described in books as easy to ambush, and it is easy for bandits to appear. Everyone should be on guard and get out of the carriage."

Lai Fu, who had never been to school, was startled by what Min Yueqing said. He had often heard people say that the young lady loved reading and was favored by the master, whose talent and knowledge were in no way inferior to the eldest and second masters of the mansion, who were the young lady's two brothers.

Now that the young lady herself said that this was recorded in the book, it was highly likely that there was indeed danger. Lai Fu immediately agreed and ran back to the carriage behind to tell everyone the news.

cave

Upon hearing the report from the sentry, Wu Da was overjoyed and immediately stood up, asking urgently, "Did you see clearly? There really were seven carriages, and three horses as well?"

The sentry, Xiao Qi, replied with a broad smile, "Boss, I saw it clearly, absolutely no mistake! You don't know, their carriages are so impressive, each one is huge, with deep ruts, they must be carrying a lot of valuable things inside, they've already entered three bends."

Wu Er clapped his hands and shouted, "Brother, I told you we can't keep having such bad luck! Look, the big fat sheep has run right into us!" He then burst into laughter.

In this remote and impoverished place, even if you wanted to rob someone, you wouldn't find anyone to rob. They would have already visited all the places they could rob. Sometimes, if you went late, you would find that another group had already robbed you. It's simply outrageous!

Wu Da, hearing the sentry's certainty, did not hesitate for a moment and immediately began issuing orders.

"Second brother, go and call out all those bastards. Hurry up, don't dawdle, or we'll be eating shit before it's even hot!"

Wu Er ran out with great enthusiasm, shouting as he ran, his loud voice immediately echoing throughout the small valley.

Wu Da patted Xiao Qi on the shoulder again and said approvingly, "Xiao Qi, if it really turns out like you said, I'll give you credit! Come on, lead the way!"

Xiao Qi had been eyeing the third-in-command position for a long time. Provoked by Wu Da's words, he immediately became as energetic as if he had been injected with chicken blood, and loudly replied, "Yes."

Outside the cave, all the bandits had gathered. They had heard their second-in-command say that a flock of fat sheep had arrived, and that this trip would ensure they wouldn't have to worry about food and drink for years to come back. They were all rubbing their hands and stamping their feet, waiting for their leader to come out, ready to go out and make a big splash.

As soon as Wu Da stepped out of the cave, the crowd started chattering excitedly.

"Boss, let's go! Heaven's on our side today! When has this godforsaken place ever seen so many fat sheep? Hahaha!"

"That's absolutely right, it's heaven's help us, otherwise why would this fat sheep have chosen our path? If it had taken another path, it would have been other bastards who got the better deal!"

"good!"

"That makes sense!"

Seeing that these people were making a huge fuss, Wu Da coughed twice, and the crowd gradually quieted down.

Under the watchful eyes of nearly thirty pairs of people, Wu Da spoke up, "Brothers, I don't need to say more, you all know what happened. Our fate depends on this one shot, so get yourselves together, grab your weapons, and let's go!"

Thinking of the good days to come, the bandits were overjoyed and, shouting, grabbed their weapons and followed their leader.

Xiao Qi ran at the front of the group with her head held high and her chest puffed out. As she ran, she imagined the countless gold and silver jewels in the carriage, and felt her steps become lighter than ever before.

The bandits knew this mountain area like the back of their hand. As soon as they heard Xiao Qi mention the time, they could roughly estimate where the cavalry was. They took a shortcut and soon spotted the cavalry in the distance.

Wu Da, with his good eyesight, noticed something amiss from afar and turned to Wu Er, saying, "Second brother, look at those people, haven't they stopped?"

Wu Er looked closely, but didn't think it was anything serious, and replied nonchalantly, "It seems to have stopped. Maybe they're doing something."

As the bandits drew closer, the situation of the cavalry became clearer.

Wu Da counted them and indeed there were seven large carriages and three sleek, shiny horses. His eyes lit up involuntarily. It was pathetic; after all this time as bandits, they hadn't managed to steal anything of any worthwhile.

The mountain people were poor. Even if you could occasionally scavenge something from them, it was nothing more than worthless trinkets that couldn't be exchanged for much money. Grain was scarce, though wild vegetables were plentiful, but the mountain people didn't care for them.

Sometimes they could catch a few passersby, but they were either penniless or had already been robbed several times. As soon as they saw them, they would cry and beg for money from them.

Therefore, when Wu Da saw this group of people, his eyes lit up.

Although the caravan had stopped, and the carriages were all stopped at the edge of the cliff, about to fall off if they got any closer, the situation looked very strange. But Wu Da didn't have time to think about it and led his men out.

The bandits skillfully split into two groups, one going in front of the cavalry and the other blocking their path from behind.

Wu Dayi jumped to the front of the carriage and shouted, "If you know what's good for you, squat down right now! If you don't obey, we won't be so polite!"

His shouts were quite forceful, but they had no effect whatsoever. His words were like a gust of wind, disappearing without a trace. The people in the convoy in front of him neither crouched down nor scattered in fear.

In truth, Lai Fu and the others were still a little scared, after all, these people were carrying knives.

Although their knives varied in quality—some even carried hoes and sickles—they could still draw blood when they struck someone.

Lai Fu and his men had never faced such a situation before. They were terrified when they thought that they might lose their lives if a fight broke out.

But with the lady and the young master present, they could not afford to back down.

It goes without saying how good the lady was to them. Just consider that their parents both worked for the Min family, and the whole family depended on the Min family for their livelihood. There was no way they would desert their post in the face of danger.

As for weapons, Steward Liu also prepared them. However, considering the need for searches when entering and leaving the city, Steward Liu couldn't equip them all with broadswords, and instead chose the more discreet long spears.

The spearheads of the spears were also made of iron, so they would hide the spearheads when they were searched.

In fact, they would always slip silver to the soldiers guarding the city, so the soldiers would only glance at the city and not notice anything unusual.