A burly man, belting out his pants, muttered curses, "Sanzi, Liuzi, what's all this noise? Are they all asleep? Hurry up and get the boss something..."
He only realized halfway through his speech that the courtyard was full of strangers.
He yelled and darted back, shouting, "Grab your weapons! The plate's broken!"
Liu, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), shouted, "Leave two men to finish them off in the west room, the rest of you follow me and kill them!"
When two armies meet on a narrow path, the brave one will prevail!
They originally intended to completely eliminate the hidden dangers in the west wing and then catch the main house off guard.
Who would have thought we'd be exposed so quickly? At this point, we have no choice but to fight for our lives!
Liu, the head镖师 (bodyguard), was the first to rush forward. Just then, the people inside rushed out of the house, and the two long swords clashed together.
The long knife in Liu Biaotou's hand was the one Jiayin took out from her spatial storage, and its quality was exceptionally good.
The bandit's machete snapped in two with a snap, and Liu, the镖头 (bodyguard), used the momentum to slash at it, cutting off half of the bandit's neck.
Liu, the head镖师 (bodyguard/escort), stepped aside and glanced around the room amidst the chaos. Seeing that there were indeed only eight or nine bandits, he felt reassured.
"There are only eight or nine of them. We'll take on them two to one and kill them!"
Just then, Li Laosi jumped out of the cellar, threw Gousheng to Uncle Wu, and rushed over.
"Kill them! They're all damned beasts!"
Jiayi and Liu Yang were truly fearless, like newborn calves that had never faced danger. They actually kicked open the window and jumped inside.
The melee has completely begun.
Liu the镖头 and Li Laosi kept leading people out of the house, leaving them for the villagers to fight, and then they would rush back in.
After this happened twice, only three people remained in the room, and they were the three fiercest of them all!
Two of them weren't even wearing clothes, but they wielded their long knives with incredible speed and skill, nearly killing Jiayi and Liu Yang several times.
Liu the镖头 and Li Laosi were desperate. Despite being injured, they finally managed to cut one of them down.
The remaining two, their eyes bloodshot, brandished their knives and cursed, "Damn peasants, you've got some nerve, daring to mess things up! I'll send you all to meet the King of Hell today!"
Li Laosi was forced back a few steps, and relying on his strength, he grabbed the table with one hand and smashed it over.
The bandit was startled and instinctively raised his hand to block. Liu Yang pounced over, plunged his knife into the bandit's stomach, and then slashed horizontally, disemboweling the bandit.
But another bandit raised his knife, ready to stab Liu Yang through the heart.
The two bandits were already in a favorable position by the corner of the wall, and it was too late for Liu Biaotou and Li Laosi to rescue them.
Unexpectedly, Jia Yi reacted quickly, grabbing Liu Yang's legs and dragging him out.
The bandit's long knife plunged into the ground. Just as he was about to pull it out, Uncle Wu suddenly appeared out of nowhere, jumped out of the window, straddled the bandit's waist, and bit the bandit's ear.
The bandit screamed in pain and tried to throw Uncle Wu away.
But Uncle Wu held him tightly, refusing to let go or release him.
Li Laosi lunged forward, his machete sweeping across, severing both of the bandit's legs.
The bandit collapsed to the ground with a thud, and Liu, the head镖师 (bodyguard), stabbed him through the stomach with a knife.
The bandit struggled twice, his eyes wide open, but finally he was lifeless…
Li Laosi tried to pull Wu Sanshu up, but he had no idea that the bandit was already dead, and he was whimpering like a wild beast.
"I'll bite you to death! I'll bite you to death for trying to grab my son!"
Liu, the镖头 (bodyguard), was panting heavily. He stepped forward and knocked Uncle Wu unconscious with a single chop, then picked him up and threw him to Jiayi.
In the courtyard, only one of the five or six bandits remained, and he was now wielding his long knife almost like a madman.
The villagers surrounded him, holding machetes, but neither stepped forward nor would they let him go.
Liu the镖头 (bodyguard) and Li Laosi were still inside, while Sister Qiong was shouting and directing from the side.
"Everyone, don't go forward. Just surround him and wear him down. If he charges at us, we'll chop him up together!"
The villagers were all bloodthirsty, and almost all of them were wounded; not one of them was without blood on the blade.
They were originally farmers and had never learned martial arts. Killing a chicken was considered bloody for them. This time, they came with hatred for their child and were determined to fight to the death.
However, they were still outmatched, and it took three of them to barely defeat one bandit.
At this moment, Liu the镖头 (head镖师) and Liu Laosi (老四) had finished off the bandits in the house. When they came out and saw this, they looked at each other and shouted loudly.
"All the bandits are dead, only this one is left. Hack them all to death!"
The villagers were energized by the news, but the bandit broke down and slit his own throat before anyone could approach.
With a splattering sound, warm blood gushed out, and then the body collapsed to the ground with a thud.
No one spoke in the courtyard for a long time, but Jiayi called out from the main room.
"Fourth Uncle, there are still a few women inside!"
Everyone was startled, and Li Laosi and Liu Biaotou turned around and rushed inside.
Jiayi and Liu Yang guarded the door of the east room. Liu, the head镖师 (bodyguard), only glanced at them before pulling them out.
Just then, Sister-in-law Qiong entered the room, and Chief Escort Liu said, "Go in and take a look. It seems to be a woman who was kidnapped by bandits. She looks a bit... disheveled."
Sister-in-law Qiong was stunned for a moment, then went into the house with a grim expression.
The crowd guessed what was going on and retreated down the steps.
Sure enough, soon the sound of weeping filled the room, so heart-wrenching that it saddened everyone who heard it.
Sister-in-law Qiong then came out and asked Li Laosi.
"Are there still children trapped in the cellar? The women inside said they were kidnapped by bandits, and those hanging from the trees must be their men. Their children are locked in the cellar, and they've endured this humiliation for their children's sake!"
As they were talking, several women inside the house, having barely finished dressing, rushed out.
They couldn't even make out the faces of the people, yet they began to kowtow, pleading, "Please, benefactors, save our child! He's in the cellar! We're willing to serve you, we're willing..."
Seeing their disheveled hair and tattered clothes that barely covered their skin, the crowd couldn't bear to look any longer and turned their heads away.
Li Laosi's expression was complicated. After thinking for a moment, he led Liu Biaotou down into the cellar.
Soon, the two of them each carried two children and placed them at the doorway.
All four children had bluish-purple faces, curled up, and as hard as ice sculptures.
Several women were stunned for a moment, then rushed forward like madmen, hugged the child and screamed in agony.
"Quan Ge'er! Quan Ge'er, look at your mother! Quan Ge'er! They promised your mother they would give you food, they promised!"
"Hui'er, my Hui'er, open your eyes! Mother is here, Mother is here! Mother will hold you, you're not cold, we're not cold!"
Children are every parent's life!
The pain of losing a child is something no one can bear!
Several women held their cold babies, crying so hard they almost fainted, and some even coughed up blood.
The villagers couldn't help but secretly wipe away their tears. Some even took out machetes and stabbed each of the dead bandits in half again.
Sister-in-law Qiong gritted her teeth in hatred, gripping the wood-chopping knife so tightly it made a cracking sound.
With reddened eyes, Li Laosi sighed and said in a low voice, "When I rescued Gousheng just now, I found that these children were already gone. They've probably been cold and hungry for several days..."
"What a tragedy!" Chief镖头 Liu quickly wiped his eyes and replied in a hoarse voice, "Let's clean up first and throw all the beasts' corpses into the cellar."
The villagers couldn't bear to see such a human tragedy, so they quickly got to work. Once they were busy, they felt less sad.
The bandits' corpses were dragged one by one and thrown into the cellar; thirty men filled half the cellar.
Finally, Li Laosi put the wooden lid on, then moved the large stone and pressed it firmly in the middle.
Letting these beasts rot here is a way of avenging the dead children once again.
Everyone lowered their heads, their hearts heavy.
Suddenly, someone said, "Hey, why is the door closed?"
Everyone turned to look, and the main door, which had been wide open, was now closed.
The child's body, which had been placed at the door, was also gone...
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