From afar, Song Liyun could hear Luo Baihu's loud voice cursing: "You little brat, how dare you run wild on my Luo Lun's territory! You're like a shaman dancing in the King of Hell's palace! I'll count how many bones you have right now!"
His response was the sound of clashing weapons.
Song Liyun's heart tightened. The "handsome young soldier" seemed to know what she was thinking, and his horse quickened its pace again, arriving at the outside of Baolin Residence in the blink of an eye.
What met the eye was a sea of blood, half a person...
It was a yamen runner who had his shoulder chopped off by an axe, which was still embedded in his head.
Someone's dead!
Something really did happen at home!
Even the highly skilled and daring Song Liyun couldn't take it, and her mind went blank at this moment.
During the apocalypse, this is how she watched her loved ones die. Is she about to experience another separation of life and death?
Song Liyun didn't cry. She just felt as if all her strength had vanished in an instant, and her legs felt weak.
She slid down, clinging to the horse's neck, trying to see what had happened at home.
But as soon as she moved, someone held her shoulder and said, "Don't move, I'll help you down."
It was that handsome young soldier.
The soldier dismounted, grabbed Song Liyun's belt and pulled her down into his arms, whereupon she landed steadily on the ground.
"Stay calm, don't panic!" The clear voice was now somewhat low, like a clear spring flowing from a crack in the rock, calm and composed.
Song Liyun's panicked heart calmed down instantly. She nodded to the soldier and smiled slightly, "Thank you!" Then she turned and hurried back to the house.
In the woods, Song Liyun's makeshift stove and water trough, where she made cardboard, were overturned, and the wooden pillars of her thatched hut had been cut down, leaving it teetering on the verge of collapse.
Luo Baihu and his three soldiers pinned several men dressed as yamen runners to the ground.
The newly repaired gate of Baolin Residence was punched again, and Han Ming stood outside the gate, holding a man covered in blood, almost shredded into pieces, who looked quite badly injured.
Black Gold hung upside down on the door frame, its eyes gleaming fiercely, baring its teeth at the strangers outside, ready to fight anyone who dared to approach.
Han Ming immediately noticed that Song Liyun had returned. Seeing that her face was pale, he quickly said, "Don't worry, Miss. Xiao An and the others are fine. They are all in the side courtyard. It's just that Old Mu was injured. Fortunately, Commander Luo and the others arrived, and the villains didn't escape."
"Good! Uncle Han, you're injured!"
When Song Liyun heard that Xiao An was alright, a huge weight was lifted from her heart. Only then did she notice that Han Ming had an injury on his shoulder.
"It's nothing, just a few scratches. It's just that a perfectly good new piece of clothing has been torn apart," Han Ming said nonchalantly.
Seeing that there was no danger outside, Song Liyun had no time to worry about Luo Baihu and the others, and hurriedly entered the side courtyard.
In the room where the two brothers were staying, Xiao An was imitating Song Liyun, using a first-aid kit to clean and disinfect Mu the carpenter's wounds, and then bandaging them.
Mu the carpenter had injuries in both arms and, without any anesthetic, screamed in pain from the irritating alcohol.
Beside him, Yun Niangzi wiped the sweat from his forehead with a guilty expression.
Song Liyun glanced at the doorway once before retreating to the front yard.
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers from the garrison had arrived and surrounded Baolinju.
Luo, the centurion, personally led his men to search Baolin Residence inside and out. After finding no more bandits, he then arranged other matters.
The first step is to thoroughly investigate and eliminate Broken Gold Town.
The second step is to find Song Zhenping.
With such a big incident happening at home, the town has already sent out warning signals, but Song Zhenping still hasn't returned!
Every day, Song Zhenping would let his horse graze for two hours, usually strolling along the Huangsha River outside the town.
Now that thieves have broken into his home and injured people, Song Zhenping is also in danger.
Among the people who came out of the garrison were Zhou Xiaoqi, Wang Qi, and Abu, a chubby, dark-skinned boy whom Song Liyun had met once before.
Dozens of people ran into Broken Gold Town, the rest
More than a dozen horses galloped towards the riverbank outside Suijin Town.
The town of Shattered Gold was quickly placed under lockdown and martial law. Soldiers, in teams of three or groups of five, began searching every courtyard and every house, starting from the center of the town.
The townspeople also sprang into action, with each team beginning self-inspections, and anyone found harboring thieves would be held accountable.
No one dared to be careless, and the search soon yielded results: a person who had sneaked into an empty house was caught.
Good news also came from those who went out of town to search for the missing person.
Nothing happened to Song Zhenping. He was learning to ride a horse and ran to a river bend about 20 miles away, without noticing the sound of the signal tube.
No one expected him to run so far. It was the experienced black boy Abu who found him by following the hoofprints.
Inside Baolin Residence, Song Liyun inquired about the situation at her home at that time.
There were six people who broke into Baolin Residence at that time. They were all dressed in the uniforms of yamen runners. They wanted to enter Baolin Residence and see the master of the house.
Han Ming stopped them from entering, saying that the master was not there, only the young master was there, and they should wait outside for the master to return before discussing anything further.
These people knew that Song Liyun was not someone to be trifled with, and that she had already been lured away.
They had come specifically for the Song brothers, and when they heard there was only a small child there, they tried to force their way in.
Just as they were pulling at each other, the town's signal horn went off.
The loud noise startled the garrison and also alerted the bandits who were trying to trick Baolinju into leaving, thus reminding Han Ming.
Several people acted at the same time.
Han Ming alone could not withstand the onslaught. After killing one person, the others broke down the gate and entered the courtyard.
Fortunately, Black Gold and Mu the Carpenter were inside, preventing the group from succeeding immediately.
Aside from being a little frightened, Yun Niangzi and Xiao An were unharmed.
Mu the carpenter was injured while fighting a bandit while protecting Yun Niangzi. He had two long cuts on both arms and needed to recover for a while.
Song Liyun then instructed Manager Mu, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, to take him back to the town's general store to recuperate, with all expenses covered by the Song family.
Just after all that was dealt with, Song Zhenping was found and brought back.
When Song Liyun first saw him, she was so shocked that her face changed color.
Song Zhenping's hair was disheveled, his body was covered in mud, and even his face was bruised and purple, making him look like he had been beaten up.
After asking carefully, Song Liyun was left speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
It turns out that Song Zhenping has been learning to ride horses all this time.
However, he had no one to guide him and was riding entirely based on the experience he gained from escaping that day.
He hadn't prepared a saddle, so he could walk slowly for a few steps, but this time he went too far and fell off the horse several times, getting covered in mud and looking like a beggar.
Seeing him riding the horse so foolishly and trying to control the unruly warhorse, the black boy Abu laughed so hard he almost fell over.
He said he was lucky because he had already developed feelings for Ju Qingma, which is why he didn't break his arms and legs.
Song Zhenping thought it was his sister calling him back. When he learned what had happened at home, seeing the bloodstains outside and the mess in the yard, he was filled with fear and hatred.
Now, being mocked by strangers, he leaned against the gate, pounding his chest and stamping his feet, tears streaming down his face: "I'm so useless, so useless! I shouldn't have tried to learn to ride a horse, I shouldn't have run so far. What would I do if something happened to Xiao An and Yun'er?"
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