Xu Laosan took a deep breath and said, "Brothers, our family has no grudges against you in the past or present. I don't know why you are looking for trouble with my family? If it is for silver, I have a hundred taels of silver here, I will give it all to you, can you please let my family go?" As he said that, he took out a hundred taels of silver from his pocket.
The leading man played with the big knife in his hand, and squinted his eyes to signal his men behind him to take the silver. The leader took the silver and said with a playful look, "Of course I want the silver, but I didn't come here just for the silver. Brothers, let's do it!"
Xu Laosan said in panic, "Everyone, you have already taken the silver, why are you still trying to kill us all?"
The leader sneered, "You can never reason with me. I won't let anyone go just because I'm soft-hearted."
The men rushed over with big knives in their hands. Seeing this, Qibao jumped down with his toes and kicked the big man in front of him to the ground. Then he turned around quickly and went behind another big man. He stabbed the man's thigh with a dagger. The big man screamed, hugged his leg and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
Everyone in the Xu family looked incredulous. The brothers reacted the fastest and stood up excitedly, clapping and cheering for their sister. They thought to themselves that their sister was so amazing and they must let her teach them this trick so that they could protect themselves and their family next time they encountered a similar situation.
Qibao quickly dealt with these big men. They lay on the ground wailing, unable to stand up. Seeing this, the leader swallowed his saliva and asked in a trembling voice, "You, what did you do to them?"
Qibao sneered and said, "Don't worry, they won't die yet. I just cut their tendons. They will just lie in bed for the rest of their lives. Since you dare to hurt my family, I think you don't want to live long enough. Tell me, who sent you?" Qibao thought to himself that if these people were just here to rob money, they should have left after getting the silver and would never cause any more trouble.
The big man said stubbornly, "No one sent me here. I saw your family often delivering food to Zuixianlou. They must have made a lot of money. That's why I brought my men to target your family."
Qibao didn't believe what he said at all, and was too lazy to talk nonsense with him. He walked forward with the dagger in his hand. Seeing this, the leader turned around and ran away. Qibao sneered, wielded the dagger, and exerted force with his wrist. The dagger instantly broke through the air and pierced deeply into the leader's thigh. The man ran forward two steps by inertia, then fell heavily to the ground and screamed!
Qibao walked forward and also cut his hamstrings. He turned to the crowd and said, "Let's send them to the government office for questioning. They look like they've done a lot of bad things in the past."
Xu Laosan finally came back to his senses from his shock and hurriedly said, "Yes, send them to the yamen now!" Then he ran back to tell the old man the news. Wang and the others were relieved to hear that the crisis was over. Several women hurriedly got off the ox cart and headed towards Qibao and the others. Xu Laosan followed behind, pulling the carriage.
Seeing her husband's hands covered in blood, Zhang's tears began to flow again. She said, "Husband, how are you? Are the children injured? Let's go to the hospital and take a look!"
Uncle Xu said, "Don't worry, I'm fine, and the children aren't hurt either. They're probably just scared."
Qibao walked over and said, "Uncle, stretch out your hand. I'll apply some spiritual spring water to stop the bleeding. The wound will heal soon." He used the spiritual spring water from his fingertips to help his uncle wash the wound, and took out white gauze from the space to bandage the wound.
After everything was settled, Uncle Xu asked, "Qibao, what do you think we should do with these people?" Qibao said, "Uncle, Dad, transport them to the yamen in an ox cart and hand them over to the county magistrate for processing." Uncle Xu nodded in agreement. He and Xu Laosan lifted the masked man, who had fainted from the pain, onto the ox cart. Qibao searched the men again and took out the one hundred taels of silver note they had given him before. He also found a few taels of loose silver and handed them over to Wang.
Fortunately, the vegetables in the bamboo baskets were not seriously damaged. Xu Laoer and Xu Laosan each drove an ox cart and continued on their journey.
Because there were several bad guys on the oxcart, the others didn't dare to ride in it, and they all walked behind it. The women were really scared this time, and Qibao was still comforting them. Wang said, "Qibao, thanks to you this time, otherwise the consequences would have been very serious. You should also thank your master. If he hadn't taught you these skills, we wouldn't have escaped!" The others also thanked Qibao with gratitude.
Qibao said, "Grandpa, grandma, mom, auntie, and second auntie, we are all family. There is no need to thank each other. This is what Qibao should do. You are all my relatives. Every one of you is very important to me. Qibao has the ability to protect you and himself, so you don't have to worry about my safety in the future."
After hearing what his sister said, Xiaowu said, "Sister, when can you teach us real kung fu? I want to protect our family with you." After saying this, he looked at Qibao with a pleading look. The brothers also looked at Qibao eagerly, thinking that their sister was too powerful just now. They must become stronger. They couldn't let their sister, a girl, protect them and their family alone.
Qibao said, "Don't worry, brothers. When I have time, I will go to the master's study to see if there are any secret manuals suitable for you. The skills I am learning now are only suitable for women. I will teach you brothers when I find them." The children happily agreed.
Half an hour later, the Xu family arrived in the town. The old man said, "Second and third brothers, you two take these people to the yamen for interrogation. We will wait for you at Zuixianlou. There are a few other children. The academy is not far from here. You can walk there by yourselves. If you are late, explain to the teacher. The matters of civil and military affairs as well as wisdom and courage will be left to you two." Everyone nodded in agreement.
Old Master Xu and Uncle Xu led the rest of the group to the entrance of Zuixianlou. A waiter immediately came out to greet them, saying, "Brother Xu, you're finally here! Our boss thought you had an accident and was about to send someone to check on you." After saying that, he noticed the gauze bandage around Uncle Xu's injury and asked in surprise, "What happened?"
Uncle Xu waved his hand and said, "There was indeed an accident. Let's go in and talk." He introduced his family members and the waiter politely welcomed them into the restaurant.
When Shopkeeper Tong saw Uncle Xu finally arrived with an injury on his arm, he stepped forward and asked with concern, "Yifeng, what happened?" After that, he invited everyone in the Xu family to go to the private room.
After everyone was seated, Uncle Xu recounted the events of the trip. Shopkeeper Tong angrily slammed the table. Qibao then shared her speculations, surprising the young woman with her cunning mind. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I think this man is targeting Zuixianlou. Think about it: who would attack a farmer for no reason? He must have harmed their interests, so he'd resort to such ruthless tactics!"
Uncle Xu said, "My family hasn't offended anyone, so whose interests could be harmed?" Uncle Xu asked doubtfully...
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