Taking advantage of the moment when the other party was distracted, Jiang Yimian gripped the curved dagger in her hand and stabbed it straight toward his heart.
However, Zhang reacted quickly, swiftly turning to the side and swinging his broadsword at her face.
Jiang Yimian quickly bent back to dodge and create distance between herself and the other party. She frowned as she looked at the dagger that had only pierced Zhang Lingtou's shoulder.
This person is troublesome. As expected of someone who has been on the battlefield, he has no fancy tricks and every move is aimed at taking lives.
Meanwhile, on Lu Cijian's side, more than a dozen people were cooperating and attacking him relentlessly. Although Lu Cijian could barely hold on for now, it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't find a loophole if this went on for too long.
They need to finish this quickly.
Thinking this, she kicked a stone on the ground, which, along with the sand and dust, covered the leader's face.
Taking advantage of the moment when the other party could not see clearly, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed the other party's wrist, and twisted it hard. Zhang, the leader, cried out in pain, and the long knife in his hand fell to the ground instantly.
Seeing that he had lost his weapon and his right hand was restrained, Zhang, the leader, quickly swung his other fist heavily at Jiang Yimian.
She quickly let go, narrowly avoiding the fist, kicked up the large knife that had fallen to the ground, caught it in mid-air, and slashed it directly at Zhang's neck.
Zhang, realizing the danger, retreated to avoid the large sword aimed at him, while simultaneously pulling a whistle from his chest and blowing it.
A sharp whistle suddenly rang out inside the cave, startling Zhao Xiaonian and Wang Jinbao, who had just run out of the cave.
Those hidden deep in the forest heard the whistle and quickly rushed towards the cave.
Knowing that someone was delivering a message, Zhao Xiaonian didn't dare to delay. He took out a tinderbox and lit the exquisitely crafted bamboo tube in his hand.
The next second, the bamboo tube flew into the sky and exploded into a red firework in mid-air, while the smoke inside the bamboo tube also swirled upwards.
The loud noise and the red smoke drew the attention of everyone on the mountain.
Upon seeing this, Song Er, who was about to lead his men down into the mine, quickly said, "Young Master is over there. You all come with me to help. Wang Er, you stay here and keep watch."
After saying that, he led a group of people and hurriedly ran towards the direction of the red smoke.
At that moment, inside a secluded cave, a masked man was examining the things he had made over the past few days when he suddenly heard a sharp whistle.
Just as they were wondering, a red firework exploded in the sky not far away, and smoke instantly rose up, pointing everyone to the location.
The masked man immediately frowned, staring at the vanished red flower, and remained silent for a long while.
He had told Zhang, the leader, that the whistle should not be used unless in an extremely critical situation. Combined with that red firework, it was clear that someone had gone up the mountain.
Something big must have happened on the mountain.
Thinking it over, he quickly said to the people beside him, "You all need to quickly take these things out of the cave and leave, so that no one can find out."
The person next to him quickly responded, and then hurriedly told a few people to put the things in the cave onto the carriage before driving off.
The masked man then carefully inspected the cave again to make sure nothing was missed, before igniting a pile of explosives and blowing the cave up.
Looking at the ruins, he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling incredibly fortunate that he had transported a batch of goods away a few days ago; otherwise, things might have really gone wrong today.
After doing all that, he ran to the place where the fireworks exploded.
Meanwhile, inside Longxing Manor.
Zhu Shichang, who was listening to music with Lin Yan'an, finally realized that something was wrong.
Even if Steward Chen were a womanizer, it's impossible for him not to come to see him for an hour, especially when there are important guests at the estate. This is clearly illogical.
Something must have happened inside the manor. Thinking this, he quickly got up and walked straight outside.
Seeing this, Lin Yan'an quickly stopped him, saying, "What are you doing, sir? The song isn't over yet!"
Zhu Shichang glared at him fiercely and said coldly, "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you? Deliberately stalling for time. You just wait. If anything really happens inside the manor, I'll be the first to kill you."
It's no wonder he was so angered by Lin Yan'an's words that he lost his mind and actually stayed with that bastard to listen to music for almost an hour.
Lin Yan'an looked somewhat innocent, and while stopping the other party, he smiled and said, "What are you saying, sir? I don't quite understand."
Zhu Shichang glared angrily at the man in front of him and shouted, "Hurry up and arrest this bastard from the Lin family! I'm going to kill him!"
Anyone who dares to mock him will not be let go.
Lin Yan'an just smiled. Seeing that the other party had noticed, he immediately lost the will to continue pretending. He punched the other party in the nose and cursed, "You old pervert, you still want me to cooperate with you? Bah, disgusting!"
As he spoke, he kicked Zhu Shichang hard again.
With a "bang," Zhu Shichang was kicked away and crashed heavily into a chair next to him, then fell to the ground with a "thud."
The girl who was standing inside the house playing the pipa, at a loss, was also frightened by this sudden change and quickly hid in a corner.
Zhu Shichang was kicked so hard by Lin Yan'an that he couldn't get up. He lay on the ground yelling and calling for help, "Ouch, help! Help! Quick, come quick! I'm going to kill this bastard!"
Lin Yan'an didn't care about anything else at this point. Since he had already been discovered, he decided to beat the old bastard to death to vent his anger.
He was in the middle of a fight when the door was kicked open from the outside.
Zhu Shichang thought that a savior had come and hurriedly shouted, "Quickly, quickly arrest this bastard for me. I'm going to beat him to death. Quickly, arrest him!"
However, those people acted as if they hadn't heard anything. As soon as they came in, they dragged Zhu Shichang up from the ground and tied his hands and feet.
Lin Yan'an looked at Wang San and finally breathed a sigh of relief, "You guys are finally here. If you hadn't come, my ears would have been ringing with worry."
He was worried that he would be arrested by the people in the village after he finished beating Zhu Shichang, but luckily they arrived in time.
Wang San didn't say anything, but Xiao Fu and the others who were originally guarding outside rushed in and headed straight for Zhu Shichang.
The group punched and kicked Zhu Shichang again, hurling all sorts of profanities at him. If Wang San hadn't stopped them, Zhu Shichang would have been beaten to death on the spot.
Seeing that everyone in the manor had been taken into custody, Lin Yan'an asked Wang San curiously, "Where did Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian go?"
Tell me quickly, and I'll take men to help.
The pretty boy is definitely going to be a burden to Jiang Yimian if he stays by her side; he has to go and help her.
Wang Sanzhi said, "Miss Jiang and the young master are on the mountain. Song Er and the others have already gone to help. Young Master Lin, you should stay down the mountain."
Lin Yan'an breathed a sigh of relief, but was immediately surprised and asked incredulously, "Young Master, who is the Young Master? You're not talking about Lu Cijian, are you?"
That pretty boy is the young master of these people, so what is the other party's identity?
Isn't he just a gigolo who clings to Jiang Yimian because he sees her business is doing well and refuses to leave?
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