After Chen Shiyu finished serving the pot of porridge, the number of people gradually decreased. "Why don't you take your cousin back first? I'll stay here."
"Won't it be too much work for you, Second Cousin?" Jiang Wei asked him somewhat embarrassedly, after all, she was the one who had caused this trouble, yet she had made him work so hard.
“What’s the big deal? You’ve had a long day of running around, you should go back and rest! Your cousin is still young, he’s been standing here all day.” Chen Shiyu acted like an older brother.
Jiang Wei saw that he was so passionate and impassioned, acting as if he were the eldest brother and would listen to her.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Jiang Wei walked to the other side of the large pot and waited for Mingzhao.
After he finished serving the pot of porridge, he left with him.
"Second cousin, thank you for your trouble here. My brother and I will head back now." Jiang Wei led Mingzhao into the carriage.
"Where's your second sister? Has she gone back?" Jiang Wei didn't see Jiang Wen when she returned, so she figured she must have already gone back.
Now that Mingzhao is less busy, she still can't help but ask a few more questions.
“I don’t know if my second sister went back or not. As soon as you left this morning, Sister Lian Sang rushed over from An Sheng Ji to ask you to come over. She said that there was trouble at An Sheng Ji. When my second uncle saw that you weren’t there, he went to An Sheng Ji. My second sister went with them. So my second cousin and I distributed porridge at the East Gate.” Ming Zhao answered truthfully.
"Causing trouble? What kind of trouble?" Jiang Wei was surprised that everything was arranged so well, and the troublemakers had already been dealt with. Why would someone else cause trouble?
"I don't know the specifics, but it seems to be related to the cotton!" Mingzhao then noticed that Jiang Wei's palms were red and hidden in her sleeve.
"Sister, what's wrong?" Mingzhao asked her with concern.
Jiang Wei withdrew her hand slightly. "It's nothing, it's just a little red."
"Have you applied the medicine? Does it hurt a lot?" Mingzhao reached out and took Jiang Wei's hand.
Jiang smiled at him and said, "Sister is really alright." She withdrew her hand.
"Let's go to An Sheng Ji and see if your second sister has gone home yet," Jiang Wei said to Ming Zhao before arranging for a driver to head towards An Sheng Ji.
As dusk fell, there was no sign of pedestrians on the road.
"Brothers, that carriage is the richest man's granddaughter. Let's kidnap her and make the richest man pay with mountains of gold and silver for her ransom. Then we'll have more money than we can spend!" the man with the scar on his eyebrow said excitedly, shaking his large knife on the ground.
"Brother Achang, didn't you say you'd leave that woman here for the Second Boss to be his wife?" another henchman said.
"We might swindle the richest man's money, but we're not necessarily going to send him back," said the man with a scar on his eyebrow, named A-Chang, still squinting and laughing in the darkness.
They glanced around; the moment was perfect for the carriage to enter the alley.
The second-in-command waved his hand in the air, "Go, keep your voices down, grab the person and run, don't cause any trouble."
"Having kidnapped the richest man's granddaughter, you mustn't go on to rob and plunder!"
"Alright, Second Master."
"Don't worry, Second Brother."
The sounds rang out simultaneously.
The bandits ran up through the alley and to the carriage.
"Whoa..." The coachman saw people on the road ahead, but he couldn't see what they were doing. Fearing that the carriage might hit them, he quickly pulled on the reins and stopped the carriage.
"Who are you? We've invited Lan Yu. There's porridge being served at the city gate ahead. You can go and have a bowl to warm yourselves up. Please make way for us, thank you," the coachman said politely.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Wei asked him from inside the carriage.
"Replying to you, young lady, the road ahead is blocked, and this old servant is asking them to make way," the coachman replied.
Jiang Wei gently lifted a corner of the carriage curtain, letting the light shine through as she looked at them.
Although she couldn't see clearly, Jiang Wei felt a moment of panic.
At this moment, the kind family will block the road.
Jiang Wei suppressed her panic and calmly said, "Give them all the silver on them, let them have some wine to warm themselves up in this cold weather, and let us pass."
"Yes." After answering Jiang Wei, the coachman took out all the silver from his pocket and threw it to them.
"Please, gentlemen, have some wine to warm yourselves up. It's just a small token of my appreciation, I hope you won't find it offensive." Even in the darkness, the driver's sincerity and enthusiasm could be heard.
at the same time.
Jiang Wei sat down next to Ming Zhao and looked at the clothes he was wearing, which were new but were ordinary clothes he had picked out himself, and it was obvious that they were not very valuable.
She felt a little relieved. "If those people try to take my sister's things, we'll just give them to them. But if they try to kidnap her, don't make a fuss or cause any trouble. Go back to your maternal grandparents' house and ask them to find someone to rescue me."
"If they try to kidnap us all, don't struggle desperately. Survival is the most important thing, understand?" Jiang Wei quickly finished her instructions.
Seeing Mingzhao start to panic, she said, "Hold his hand, don't be afraid, your older sister is here! Did you remember what your older sister just told you?"
Mingzhao wanted to cry, but seeing that his older sister, a young woman, was even stronger and braver than him, he held back his tears, his eyes reddening.
He nodded emphatically. "Yes, I've got it."
The man in front of the carriage weighed the loose silver in his hand. "Trying to send money to beggars! There are many of us brothers, and this little bit of silver isn't even enough for one of us to have a bowl of rice soup."
Jiang Wei took a deep breath and boldly said, "Please wait a moment."
She handed the driver all the silver she was carrying and the jewelry she was wearing through a gap in the curtain, asking him to give them to them.
The second-in-command handed over the things Jiang Wei had given him to the brothers beside him, and laughed heartily in the darkness. His voice wasn't loud, but it conveyed that he was very happy.
"We want more than just money; we want people too," the second-in-command said. "Are you going to come down here obediently, or should I go up and ask you to come?"
"Sister." Mingzhao grabbed her hand, her worry evident in her eyes and on her face, a sight that made everyone feel distressed.
Jiang Wei patted his hand, "Remember what your older sister said, go to your maternal grandparents' house and find someone to rescue me."
The man in front of the carriage spoke again, "If we come up to pick them up, then bloodshed is inevitable."
A man named Achang brandished his large sword in the darkness, the sound of the sword whistling in the wind coming from outside the carriage.
"Keep your voice down."
"Yes, Second Brother, I just wanted her to come down on her own, so the brothers wouldn't have to go up and ask her." He spoke very politely, but anyone who believed him would be in trouble.
Jiang Wei got up and walked out of the carriage. "I know that you gentlemen are here because it is difficult to survive this winter and you want to find a way to survive. If there is anything I can do to help you, please tell me and I will do my best to help you."
Once you've done something wrong, it's hard to turn back.
Jiang Wei didn't know if they were bandits or ordinary people, but she tried her best to persuade them to stay out of trouble.
The second-in-command was skilled in martial arts. He leaped onto the carriage, knocked the driver unconscious with one hand, and then turned around and chopped Jiang Wei on the shoulder and neck with the other, saying, "A beauty shouldn't talk too much."
Jiang Wei fainted. He held her in his arms, jumped off the carriage, and disappeared into the darkness.
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