At night, every household turns off the lights and goes to sleep, with only the sounds of insects chirping and leaves rustling outside.
Suddenly, several more people appeared suspiciously outside Song Ning's courtyard.
One of them placed a few stones against the wall and whispered to the others, "Two days from now, at this time, remember this place. This is the house. The family is very rich, but there aren't many men in the house. We a few of us will be enough."
"We don't need to go anywhere else. This one place is enough for us brothers to have some fun for a while."
"At that time, we can just get away from the mountain over there; there's a small path there."
"Don't worry, we'll bring more people in two days to ensure everything goes smoothly."
After making their plans, the group quickly left before nightfall.
Song Ning, who was sitting on the other side of the wall, smiled.
They're here to scout out the location.
If these were people recruited by Song Sanhai, they would definitely come to her house tonight. After dinner, Song Ning wandered around the yard, waiting for them to arrive.
They were busy calculating with their abacuses outside the courtyard, unaware that Song Ning could hear everything they were saying just a wall away.
Once the noise outside subsided, Song Ning got up, dusted off her clothes, and calmly went back inside.
The next morning, Song Ning went to the county government office and then to Jiangning County, but didn't say anything to anyone.
Song Sanhai acted as if nothing had happened, and has been behaving himself lately, working harder than anyone else.
They waited until the next evening, when it gradually got dark. It was a cloudy day, and the night was pitch black without any moonlight.
In the dead of night in Tianxiang County, a group of people quickly moved through the streets and finally stopped in front of the Song family's house. After checking the stones at the corner of the wall, they prepared to climb over the wall and go inside.
Several agile individuals were the first to climb onto the wall, and then carefully jumped into the courtyard.
There was only a muffled groan, and then silence.
The person outside asked in a low voice, "How is it?"
After a long while, a voice came from inside: "Come in, wait a moment, I'll open the door for you."
In the darkness, the gate to the Song family's courtyard opened, and the people outside were overjoyed, cautiously entering the courtyard.
Then, torches were suddenly lit in the courtyard, and the entire courtyard was instantly brightly lit. The bandits realized they had been tricked and turned to flee. Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the courtyard, and a crowd of people gathered outside.
The entire Song family was surrounded by people from Tianxiang County.
Just as the bandits were about to resist, Song Ning threw something unidentified at them.
In an instant, people collapsed, coughed, and screamed incessantly.
Taking advantage of this lull, everyone rushed forward, wielding hoes and shovels, and beat the people until they cried for help.
Song Ning continued fighting until those people were no longer able to fight before calling a halt.
Zheng Gaoyi pulled off the cloth covering his face, came in from outside, and took the person away directly.
The air was still filled with the smell of chili powder. Once the drug and chili powder were scattered, the enemy's fighting power would be reduced by half.
The rest of them, outnumbered each other, and each with a shovel, overwhelmed the other side.
Song Ning breathed a sigh of relief and announced loudly, "Everyone has worked hard today. I'll treat you all to some food tomorrow."
Most of the people here today were called by Song Ning to help, so we can't let them come and help for nothing.
The county magistrate interrogated the bandits overnight, and at dawn the next day, he led his men to suppress them.
I heard they were a group of bandits who had fled here. They had been living in a place two mountains away from Tianxiang County, but came here after they found that there were people in Tianxiang County.
Zheng Gaoyi used to lead troops in battle, and now that his expertise was right there, he wiped out the bandit's den.
Then Song Ning learned the reason why those bandits were so confident.
When Li Guixiang's family fled, they happened to pass through the territory of this bandit gang and were intercepted. However, they had nothing on them, and the bandits couldn't do anything to them.
The original plan was to kill them to silence them, but someone mentioned it.
Let Song Sanhai and these bandits work together to pull off a big heist.
They planned to finish this job and leave, but unexpectedly, they were uprooted.
Song Sanhai was also there last night. He was caught red-handed and directly detained by the county magistrate. I heard he was sentenced to a heavy sentence.
This time, Li Guixiang couldn't sit still any longer. She made a scene at Song Rui's house and then at Song Ning's place.
As soon as Chen arrived, she knelt down before Song Ning, begging him with tears streaming down her face to save Song Sanhai.
Li Guixiang was adamant, but she had no choice but to bow down to Song Ning for the time being.
"You should go back. I can't help with this." Song Ning refused outright.
Even if she could help, she wouldn't ask for help.
"Er Ya, Er Ya, your third aunt is begging you! That's your third uncle! You can't just abandon him! If he's really exiled, how will our family survive?"
Song Ning said irritably, "He colluded with bandits and robbed my house. You want me to plead for him? Do you even have a brain?"
“Er Ya, San Hai is your third uncle. Doesn’t everything you have now belong to our Song family? Your third uncle is just taking some things from you. How can that be called robbery? It’s just moving our Song family’s things to another place.” Li Guixiang said matter-of-factly.
"Oh my, there are all kinds of birds in this big forest. It's true that my money is going into your pocket. Let me tell you, this Song of mine is not from your old Song family."
Li Guixiang was instantly enraged: "You, you little bitch, that's your third uncle! You just stood by and watched him die, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning by the heavens!"
Song Ning scoffed: "Heaven can't control this. If Heaven really had eyes, this lightning bolt should have struck you instead."
Li Guixiang, with her fiery temper, was about to burst into a tirade, but when she thought about how she still needed to ask Song Ning for help with her son's matter, she swallowed her words back.
Li Guixiang smiled insincerely: "Er Ya, you see, he is your third uncle after all. You can't just ignore this, can you? If you really can't step forward, you can call your father out, and I'll talk to him."
Song Dahai was originally going to come out, but Song Ning persuaded him to go back.
Her father and mother had suffered enough under Li Guixiang's rule, and she didn't want them to have to deal with such filth again.
If Song Dahai and Liu Yuelan were to come out, Li Guixiang would only say something even harsher.
"Get out of here while I'm still able to talk, or you'll be leaving sideways."
Seeing that Song Ning refused to budge, Li Guixiang could no longer hide her true colors: "Song Erya, you have to help me today, whether you like it or not! Let me tell you, Song Dahai is my son. If you don't do anything about it, I'll sue you!"
Song Ning called out as he left the hospital, and soon several burly men entered.
Song Ning pointed at the two women and said, "Throw them both out."
"Yes, boss."
Song Ning watched as the two were carried out, then slammed the courtyard gate shut.
What a joke! They robbed her house and expected her to plead for them? She was lucky she didn't kill him last night. Song Sanhai will never escape being an exile for the rest of his life.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
