The leader stared at Jiang Yimian for a few moments before saying, "You're the one who supplies soap to Huichuntang, aren't you? Hand over the soap recipe, or cooperate with Baozhitang and we'll let you go. Otherwise, this is where you'll die today."
Although Huichuntang cannot affect Baozhitang, the prescription in the hand of this person is a good thing.
The people at Baozhitang said that as long as they could get the prescription, they wouldn't care about the casualties.
Jiang Yimian only smiled, but her words were cold: "Baozhitang's request for cooperation is a bit too insincere."
As soon as she finished speaking, the men sneered and drew their short knives from their waists, making it clear that they didn't take her seriously at all.
Seeing this, the leader coldly said, "We're not asking for cooperation. If you don't want to die, hand over the formula now."
No one can stop Baozhitang from getting what it wants, but they don't need to ask a mere peasant girl for cooperation.
If the prescription hadn't been so precious, they wouldn't have bothered bullying a defenseless girl.
Xiao Fu was terrified. He never expected the people from Baozhitang to be so audacious. Just as he was about to run away with the carriage, he saw Jiang Yimian get off the carriage and rush towards the short knives, which made him even more frightened.
He hesitated for a moment, then raised his whip and lashed it hard. The horse neighed and galloped straight toward the group of people blocking the road.
I thought those people would be scared and move aside, but one of them slashed directly at the horse.
The dagger plunged deep into the horse's body, and the horse went berserk, galloping away into the distance. He was so frightened that he clung tightly to the side of the carriage, afraid of being thrown off by the raging horse.
Jiang Yimian glanced at the frenzied horse staggering wildly along the mountain road and frowned.
Because caravans frequently travel along this mountain road, the surface is relatively flat and wide, but there is still a high slope on the left. If someone falls down, they will either die or be crippled.
She immediately disregarded the short knives thrusting at her from the side and ran quickly toward the carriage.
Seeing the carriage about to plunge down the hillside due to inertia, Xiao Fu was terrified. The horse, already dizzy from being jostled around in the carriage, lost all its strength and rolled straight down the hillside.
Jiang Yimian was trapped in place by those strong young men. She frowned, disregarding whether she might kill someone, and took out her curved dagger to stab at the person next to her.
The galloping carriage was finally thrown off the hillside by the horses.
Xiao Fu screamed in fright and almost fainted.
However, the next second, he felt a tightening around his neck and was lifted up.
Lu Cijian picked up the person and casually left him in a safe place nearby, then rode his horse toward Jiang Yimian, who was surrounded.
The young men were startled to see their brother lying on the ground, his life hanging in the balance. Realizing the situation was dire, they abandoned the fight and ran away.
The horse stopped in front of Jiang Yimian, who looked at the person sitting on it with a leisurely air and asked curiously, "What are you doing here?"
I didn't see him at all yesterday morning, but I didn't expect him to come to the county town.
Lu Cijian didn't speak. He dismounted and looked at the person in front of him. Seeing that the other person's face was calm, his clothes were clean, and there was no sign of injury, he said, "I've come to Qinghe County to take care of some business."
Jiang Yimian glanced at him, clearly disbelieving, and said with amusement, "You didn't come here with me, did you?"
The lie that he happened to meet her while on business in Qinghe County and even saved someone is rather clumsy.
Lu Cijian coughed lightly, looking somewhat uncomfortable on his angular face, but he didn't explain. He just looked at the corpse lying on the ground and said, "I'll deal with the body first."
As he spoke, he picked up the lifeless corpse from the ground and walked towards the hillside.
Xiao Fu was still in a daze. Seeing Lu Cijian carrying someone away as if he were carrying some tattered sack, she couldn't help but feel a little scared. "Miss Jiang, what's wrong with Young Master Lu...?"
Seeing that he was quite frightened, Jiang Yimian said, "Don't worry, Baozhitang started this trouble first, so they won't dare to make a fuss."
However, the person behind Baozhitang must be quite extraordinary to be able to take action in broad daylight.
Thinking it over, she quickly said, "Before you've gone too far from Qinghe County, hurry back and tell Lin Yan'an and the others about this. Also, be careful these next few days and don't leave the county alone."
Who knows if the people at Po Chi Tong will try to take advantage of others?
The people who came today were just trying to scare her; they were just ordinary thugs and didn't intend to really kill her.
If it weren't for the emergency, she would have just beaten those people up.
But it's good for now; killing one will surely terrify the rest.
In the future, if the people of Baozhitang want to take action against her again, they will naturally have to carefully consider whether it is worth it.
Xiao Fu nodded quickly, but then suddenly realized something and hesitated, saying, "Miss Jiang, why don't you come back with me before we go too far from the county town? How will you get back to Qing Shi Village without a carriage?"
He had come to see someone off, but before the person was even gone, the carriage was gone.
Qingshui County is not too far from Qingshi Village, but it takes two hours by horse-drawn carriage. If you walk back, it will take at least a day and a night.
As Jiang Yimian hesitated, Lu Cijian walked down the hillside. His voice was cold, but his tone left no room for argument. "I will take Yimian back. We can't stay here any longer."
When Jiang Yimian agreed to come to the county town with the Lin family, he had expected that someone would try to stop them, but he did not expect those people to be so ruthless.
If Jiang Yimian were truly an ordinary girl, something bad would have happened to her today, not to mention the prescription; it would have been impossible to save it.
Seeing this, Xiao Fu simply nodded and said, "You should go back now. My young master will handle the Baozhitang matter."
After saying that, he immediately ran towards the county town.
Jiang Yimian looked at Lu Cijian, then glanced at the horse grazing nearby, and raised an eyebrow, saying, "Only one horse?"
Lu Cijian nodded, then hesitated and said, "If you mind..."
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Yimian had already nimbly mounted her horse. Seeing him standing still, she asked curiously, "Didn't you say you wanted to go back earlier?"
Lu Cijian was taken aback, but immediately refrained from further words and mounted his horse.
The horse quickly galloped along the mountain road, but Lu Cijian unconsciously tightened his grip on the reins. Jiang Yimian's soft body in front of him made him feel somewhat uncomfortable.
Especially because the bumpy mountain road brought the person in his arms closer from time to time, and the girl's unique fragrance lingered around his nose, his eyelashes trembled, and the tips of his ears were already as red as if they were about to bleed.
Jiang Yimian, however, was oblivious to everything else, her mind preoccupied with what she needed to do when she got back.
There were many things to do, and she had to arrange them carefully.
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