Chapter 165 Capture
From a distance, Song Liyun could hear Captain Luo's loud voice cursing, "You little bastard, you dare to run wild on my territory, Luo Lun? You're really dancing in the palace of Hades. You're a living god. I'm going to count your bones right now."
What responded to him was the sound of weapons clashing.
Song Liyun's heart tightened. The "handsome soldier" seemed to know what she was thinking. The horse under his crotch quickened its pace again, and in a blink of an eye they arrived outside Baolinju.
What I saw was a pool of blood, half a person...
He was a yamen runner whose shoulder was chopped off by an axe, and the axe was still embedded in his head.
Someone is dead!
Something really happened at home!
Even Song Liyun, who is skilled and courageous, couldn't stand it, and her mind went blank at this moment.
This is how she watched her loved ones die at the end of the world. Is she going through the separation of life and death again now?
Song Liyun didn't cry. She just felt as if all her strength disappeared in an instant and her legs became a little weak.
She held the horse's neck and slid down, wanting to see what was going on at home.
But as soon as he moved, someone held his shoulders: "Don't move, I'll help you down."
It’s that handsome soldier.
The soldier turned over and dismounted, first reaching out to grab Song Liyun's belt and pulling it down, Song Liyun fell into his arms and then stood steadily on the ground.
"Keep calm, don't panic!" The clear voice was a little low at this time, like a clear spring gurgling in the cracks of the rocks, calm and immersed.
Song Liyun's panicked heart calmed down instantly. She nodded to the soldier and smiled: "Thank you!" Then she turned around and hurried towards the house.
In the woods, Song Liyun's simple cardboard stove and sink were overturned, and the straw hut had its wooden pillars cut off and was also crumbling.
The three soldiers led by Captain Luo pushed several people dressed as yamen runners to the ground.
The newly repaired gate of Baolinju was hit with another hole. Han Ming was standing outside the gate, holding a man covered in blood, almost in shreds, in his hands. He looked seriously injured.
Heijin was hanging upside down on the door frame, with a fierce look in his eyes. He bared his teeth at the strangers outside the door, ready to fight anyone who dared to approach him.
Han Ming immediately noticed that Song Liyun had returned. Seeing her pale face, he hurriedly said, "Don't worry, young lady. Xiao An and the others are fine. They are all in the side yard. Only Old Mu was injured. Fortunately, Captain Luo and the others arrived and prevented the criminals from escaping."
"Okay! Uncle Han, you're injured!"
When Song Liyun heard that Xiao An was fine, she felt relieved. Only then did she realize that Han Ming had a shoulder injury.
"It's okay, just some skin is broken. It's just a good new piece of clothing that was torn into pieces." Han Ming said nonchalantly.
Seeing that there was no danger outside, Song Liyun had no time to care about Captain Luo and the others, and hurried into the side yard.
At this time, in the room where the two brothers lived, Xiao An was imitating Song Liyun, using a first aid kit to clean and disinfect Carpenter Mu, and then bandage his wound.
Carpenter Mu had injuries on both of his arms. Without any anesthetic, he screamed in pain from the irritation of the disinfectant alcohol.
Beside him, Madam Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead with a guilty look on her face.
Song Liyun just took a look at the door and then retreated to the front yard.
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers from the garrison had arrived and surrounded Baolinju.
Captain Luo personally led people to search Baolinju inside and out. No bandits were found, so he arranged other matters.
The first thing is to thoroughly investigate Suijin Town.
The second is to find Song Zhenping.
Such a big thing happened at home, the town has already sent out a signal, but Song Zhenping hasn't come back yet!
Every day, Song Zhenping would let the horses roam for two hours, usually strolling along the Huangsha River outside the town.
Now that his house has been broken into and injured by thieves, Song Zhenping is also in danger.
Among those who came out of the garrison were Zhou Xiaoqi, Wang Qi, and the fat black boy Abu, whom Song Liyun had met once.
Dozens of people ran into Suijin Town, and more than a dozen horses galloped towards the riverside ditch outside Suijin Town.
Suijin Town was quickly sealed off and placed under martial law. Soldiers formed teams of three or five, starting from the center of the town and searching every yard and every house.
The people in the town also took action, and each team began to check themselves. If anyone was found to be harboring bandits, they would be held accountable.
No one dared to be careless, and the search soon yielded results. A man who had hidden in an empty house was caught.
There was also good news from those who went out of town to look for someone.
Nothing happened to Song Zhenping. He was learning to ride a horse by himself and ran to a river bend twenty miles away without noticing the sound of the signal tube.
No one could have imagined that he would run so far. Fortunately, the black boy Abu was experienced and found the man by following the horseshoe prints.
In Baolinju, Song Liyun was asking about the situation at home.
At that time, there were a total of six people who broke into Baolinju. All of them were wearing the uniforms of yamen runners. As soon as they arrived, they wanted to enter Baolinju and see the owner.
Han Ming stopped them from entering, saying that the master was not at home and only a young master was there, and asked them to wait outside the door for the master to come back.
These people knew that Song Liyun was not easy to deal with and had already been led away.
They had originally come for the Song brothers, and when they heard that there was only a child there, they tried to force their way through the door.
As they were pulling, the town's signal horn sounded.
The loud noise alarmed the garrison and also startled the bandits who wanted to defraud Kaibaolinju, alerting Han Ming.
Several people took action at the same time.
Han Ming was unable to resist alone. After he killed one person, the others had already broken down the gate and entered the yard.
Fortunately, Heijin and Mu Mujiang were inside, so the others didn't succeed immediately.
Madam Yun and Xiao An were fine except for being a little frightened.
Carpenter Mu was injured when he was fighting with a bandit while protecting Madam Yun. Two long cuts were made on both of his arms and he needs some time to recover.
Song Liyun asked Manager Mu, who rushed over after hearing the news, to take him back to the grocery store in town to recuperate, and all expenses were covered by the Song family.
Just as I finished dealing with these things, Song Zhenping was found.
When Song Liyun saw him for the first time, her face changed with shock.
Song Zhenping's hair was disheveled, his body was covered in mud, and even his face was bruised and purple, as if he had been beaten.
After asking carefully, Song Liyun was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
It turns out that Song Zhenping has been learning horse riding all this time.
But he had no one to guide him and was riding based entirely on the experience he gained from escaping that day.
He didn't have a saddle prepared, so it was fine for him to walk slowly for a few steps. But this time he ran a long way and fell off Juqing's horse several times. He was covered in mud and looked like a beggar.
Seeing him riding the horse so foolishly and trying to control the unruly warhorse, the black boy Abu laughed so hard that he fell over.
He said he was lucky because he had already developed a relationship with Ju Qingma, so he didn't break his arms or legs.
Song Zhenping just thought that it was his sister who called him back. When he learned what happened at home, saw the bloodstains outside, and then looked at the mess in the yard, he instantly felt fear and hatred.
Now being mocked by strangers again, he leaned against the gate and regretted it deeply: "I am so useless, so useless! I shouldn't have learned to ride a horse, I shouldn't have run so far, what should I do if something happens to Xiao An and Yun Er?"
(End of this chapter)
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