Su Jinxia and Mai Zizi strolled around until everyone had left before returning to the inn.
In the dead of night, as Su Jin went up and downstairs, she overheard a conversation in one of the rooms.
"What are you still doing here? I'm going to sleep."
That voice... it's the husband's voice from that family of three today.
His wife said, "I know you've worked hard, but Chen Zhen and Shi Lang are in Qishan, which is quite a distance away. Let's be careful with our money and not be so extravagant as we were today."
Su Jin paused, noticing that Chen Zhen and Shi Lang were the leaders of the Qishan uprising.
“I heard that the rebels aren’t exactly benevolent people either, and the government even sent troops to suppress them. Will we get into trouble if we go looking for them?” The husband said with some worry.
His wife assured him, "Don't worry, for the sake of being from the same village, Shi Lang will definitely take care of me. As for what happens on the battlefield, as long as we don't join the army or fight, it has nothing to do with us, right?"
At this moment, Mai Zizi noticed that Su Jin couldn't get off the plane, so she turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Su Jin snapped out of her daze. "Oh, it's nothing. Let's go back to our room."
The next day, they set off, the carriage continuing southeast.
Around noon, the carriage suddenly stopped.
The driver knocked on the car window and said in a somewhat nervous voice, "Miss Su, it seems there are robbers blocking the road ahead. What should we do?"
Su Jin leaned out of the window and peeked out.
The family of three who were robbed yesterday were the same family.
The man was being beaten by several burly men, and his wife cried and begged for mercy, "We've already given you the money, please let him go."
The couple's son, who was five or six years old, sat beside them and cried loudly.
The burly man at the head of the group showed no mercy, spitting and cursing, "I'm doing you a favor by taking a few coins from you, and you dare to fight back and curse me? I'll beat you to death!"
The man covered his head and begged for mercy, "I was wrong, I was wrong, please spare my life, sir."
"Let him go, you'll beat him to death!" the wife cried, pulling at him.
The burly man's face revealed a cruel, bloodthirsty look.
The world is in chaos. If someone is killed, they're killed. No one will hold them accountable. Only a desperate man like Da Han is not afraid.
"Clang!"
A sword rang out.
A sharp sword whizzed through the air, grazing the burly man's head. Immediately afterward, a lithe figure flew past, caught the sword steadily, and with a swift movement, placed the longsword against the man's neck.
The burly man was so frightened that he dared not move. "Who are you? Mind your own business."
Su Jin lowered the knife to the side, the icy touch sending chills down the man's spine.
"Either leave your money or your life." The calm voice carried a chilling, emotionless killing intent.
The other burly men had already retreated without hesitation. Although the woman before them was beautiful, her eyes instilled inexplicable fear and even terror.
Su Jinxia did not actually want to fight, so she released her killing intent to intimidate the other party.
Before the burly man could even see Su Jin, his legs began to tremble, and he was completely devoid of his previous arrogance. "Fine, fine, I'll give it all to you, heroine, spare my life."
The burly man threw the bundle he was carrying to the ground. Only then did Su Jin sheathe her sword and say indifferently, "Get lost!"
The burly men scrambled away.
The man quickly clutched the bundle he had dropped to his chest and spat in the direction the burly men had fled.
"I'll teach you to be so cocky and flaunt your wealth!" The man's wife relaxed, but then beat him with a look of exasperation.
"If you want to blame someone, blame the villain, why blame me?" The man grabbed his wife's hand, turned around and saw Su Jinxia, his eyes filled with undisguised amazement.
The man stared intently at Su Jin as he got up from the ground, his gaze gradually warming. "Thank you for saving me, young lady."
His wife also got up and thanked Su Jin.
Su Jinxia said calmly, "It was nothing, no need to thank me."
Mai Zizi ran over and said with a smile, "My sister is very capable. You're lucky to have met her."
"Yes, yes, yes, may I ask who you are, young lady? I will certainly repay your life-saving grace in the future." The man smoothed his clothes and hair, speaking with a refined and scholarly air.
"My surname is Su, and I'm just a wandering swordsman. This is my younger brother," Su Jinxia introduced briefly.
The man introduced himself: "My name is Qi Sanliang, this is my wife Li Wenci, and the boy sitting over there is my son Qi Yuanyuan. We are going to Qishan to visit relatives. May I ask where you are going, young lady?"
"What a coincidence, we're also going to Qishan."
Qi Sanliang was overjoyed. "That's really fate. Why don't we travel together? That way we can look out for each other."
Su Jin did not respond, her gaze falling on Li Wenci.
Qi Sanliang nudged Li Wenci. Li Wenci hesitated for a moment, but fearing Qi Sanliang's gaze, she nodded and said, "I'm glad you don't mind us being a burden, Miss."
Su Jin smiled and said, "It's alright. Since that's the case, let's travel together. The road isn't safe, so let's go ahead and find a place to rest."
Qi Sanliang nodded eagerly, "Okay, okay."
Li Wenci then picked up her son and comforted him.
Qi Sanliang limped to his carriage, climbed on, and said to Li Wenci, "I'm in pain all over, you drive."
“But I don’t know how,” Li Wenci said, looking embarrassed.
Qi Sanliang cursed under his breath: "Why don't you just learn? You have no skills at all. Why am I so unlucky to have married you!"
Li Wenci had no choice but to sit in front of the carriage and try to pat the horse's rump with the whip. The horse obediently started to walk.
Mai Zizi was a little angry. "I don't think Qi Sanliang is a man. Why should we go with them?"
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