Kong Ming's face was a little confused, and Tong Wenyao noticed it and said, "Mr. Kong, is there anything that is bothering you? Why don't you tell me?"
Kong Ming said with a hint of apology, "Teaching and educating people cannot be delayed for a moment, but it happens to be the New Year soon. Can I go back to teaching after the New Year?"
After hearing this, Tong Wen Yao's expression relaxed. She thought Kong Ming couldn't come, but if it was just a postponement, that was still easy to deal with.
"Mr. Kong, sure! Everything is based on Mr. Kong's convenience."
After discussing with Mr. Kong that they would go to Changjiang Village on the tenth day of the lunar year, they had dinner at Ma's house and returned to the inn, planning to drive back in the carriage early the next morning.
She had bought a lot of New Year's goods, but she didn't expect that early the next morning, when Tong Wen Yao drove out in a carriage, Ma Dong and Kong Ming would see them off at the city gate!
Ma Dong said, "I saw you liked eating lobsters last time, so I sent quite a few to the dock this time. I specially sent them to you." Tong Wenyao saw this and said bluntly, "Thank you very much, Brother Ma!"
Ma Dong waved his hand after hearing this and said, "Brother, stop talking so much and be careful on the way."
Kong Ming said, "Even after sending you a thousand miles, there will always be a farewell. Today we say goodbye. I will definitely come to find you after the new year."
Tong Wenyao clasped his fists and said, "Thank you both brothers for seeing me off. I'll be waiting for you in Changjiang."
After the carriage left the city, it ran much faster. Tong Wen Yao held the reins and pointed in the direction. However, just as Tong Wen Yao ran to the suburbs, her eyes were hit by a gust of fine sand. She covered her eyes subconsciously, but a grain of sand still entered her eyes.
The horse started to neigh and sway from side to side because of the fine sand. Tong Wenyao couldn't open her eyes and could only rely on her experience to control the horse. Xing'er heard the noise outside and pulled aside the curtain to see Youcai, the human trafficker who had escaped before, holding an axe and chopping directly at Tong Wenyao.
"Miss, be careful!" Xing'er exclaimed when she saw this scene.
Tong Wenyao couldn't see, but a dark shadow flashed before her eyes. She subconsciously dodged to the side, and a sharp pain came from her hand, causing her to grit her teeth subconsciously.
After Xing'er came out of the car, she stood directly in front of us!
Tong Wen Yao couldn't get the foreign object out of her eyes for a while, so she asked with her eyes closed, "Xing'er, what happened?" There was a hint of fear in Xing'er's tone, but for the sake of the young lady, she said firmly, "Young lady, I will protect you later, and then you just drive the carriage straight ahead!" After that, Xing'er took out a wooden stick from the carriage, which she used for self-defense when she was on the road before.
Youcai looked at the girl in the car angrily. If Xing'er hadn't opened the window to look at the scenery outside, he would have missed it! Destroying his way of making money was like killing his parents.
Youcai also realized that it was because the girl just called the old man driving the carriage "Miss" that he suddenly understood why he didn't notice the girl in green clothes when he was waiting for them at the inn two days ago. It turned out that she was dressed as an old man.
Thinking of this, Youcai's face became much gloomier. If he could learn this skill, he might be able to pretend to be a weak woman, a child, or an old person to deceive the kindness of those little girls and deceive them better.
Thinking that the most ruthless person before was the green girl, now that the two of them fell into his hands, he must sell them to Wanchun Tower and let them be ridden by thousands of people! To vent his hatred!
"You two had better get off the carriage, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless!" Youcai thought that if the two did not resist, he would sell them to the south and make some money. If the two resisted, then don't blame him for letting them die in the wilderness.
Xing'er helped Tong Wen Yao get off the carriage. Youcai was alert and threw the rope over to them, letting them tie themselves up.
"Don't try any tricks, or you'll be in trouble!!"
A passing carriage saw someone robbing it and hurried back the same way. Youcai didn't panic after seeing this. It would take more than half an hour to drive back from here to Cangzhou County by horse carriage, and it would take an hour by ox cart.
By the time the officers inside came out, he had already escaped.
But on the way back, someone saw Xing'er and an old man. He frowned and thought, "Isn't this the slave girl Yao'er bought earlier? Why is she here?"
Blood dripped from the old man's sleeve, and he felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. He looked at the coachman and said, "Stop the car! I want to get off!" The others present were full of disapproval. Some were even bolder and accused him, "There's already a robbery going on up ahead. Why are you stopping the car? Go ahead and get yourself killed."
Wen Ziyu glanced at him and said, "It's none of your business where I get off!" After that, he jumped off the carriage and walked towards it, pulling out a wooden stick from the bushes to defend himself.
The foreign object in Tong Wen Yao's eye had been removed, but she couldn't see clearly for a while. Her eyes felt a little stinging and things were blurry. Xing'er wanted to resist, but was stopped by her.
In order to avoid drugging him like last time, Youcai was farther away this time, and he was in the upper hand. Even if he wanted to drug him, the drug would teach them a lesson!
"Hurry up! Why are you still dithering on tying a rope?" Seeing the other carriages moving away from here, Youcai couldn't help but feel proud. Logically, the boss would make money faster by robbing directly, but he chose to do this! He also thought about joining the bandits directly when the time comes. That way he would be more free and wouldn't have to worry about the officials coming to investigate all day long.
When Xing'er saw a young man coming towards them, a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes, but she was afraid of implicating him. This man was barefoot and was not afraid of them wearing shoes. This was also the reason why Tong Wen Yao asked her to cooperate with Youcai.
Tong Wenyao secretly released Guaiguai, but just as Guaiguai crawled out from her sleeve, Youcai discovered him and shouted, "Kill the poisonous snake in your hand!"
Youcai said he wasn't afraid of the snake, but it was quite fast and he couldn't predict its movement. The old man was familiar with snakes, so he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't be attacked by one in secret. Just in case, he would definitely ask her to smash the snake to death!
But when the old man took out the snake, a hint of joy flashed across Wen Ziyu's face. He recognized the poisonous snake. He had helped Yao'er raise it for a period of time before. So was the old man in front of him Yao'er?
He walked over faster. Seeing a frail young man approaching, Youcai couldn't help but yell, "If you don't want to die, get out of here!"
After saying that, Youcai pointed the knife directly at the young man. Youcai intended to use the young man in front of him as a warning to the two women, so that they would be more sensible and obedient.
Seeing that the boy was still moving forward, Youcai swung his knife at him, but he blocked it with a wooden stick. Seeing that the knife didn't fall where he wanted, Youcai tried to kick the boy in the lower body, but the boy dodged it by leaning sideways.
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