"Ah! Ah!"
With a couple of soft sounds, sparks flew as the knives and clubs clashed.
Under the electric shock, the two men's curved knives fell off, and they screamed and fell to the ground.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye; in just a few breaths, Song Liyun's forehead was already dripping with sweat.
Because dealing with two people at the same time, the voltage released in an instant is not enough to kill them, but only to make their muscles and bones loosen.
However, these people were not the idle thugs of Qili County. Despite being severely beaten, their ferocity did not diminish, and they still tried to pounce with their knives.
Song Liyun could only use a steel pipe to hit them, and the two of them were knocked down as soon as they got up.
At the cave entrance, Huo Lao Er staggered to his feet. He had a large hole in his forehead, his face was covered in blood, and his expression was ferocious. He glared fiercely at Song Liyun and hissed, "Song Liyun, today I'm going to kill you to avenge my brothers!!!"
But his answer was a feathered arrow piercing his chest, its force so sharp that it pierced through him and sent him flying several steps.
A group of people suddenly appeared from all directions. Abu grabbed his short bow and ran, shouting, "Sister Song, Brother Shi!"
Luo Baihu shouted in his loud voice, "Surround them all! Don't let a single one escape!"
They've finally arrived!
Song Liyun's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, her legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground.
Since arriving in the Wu Dynasty, Song Liyun has experienced several ups and downs, but none of them have been as dangerous as today.
The scene when I stumbled into the cave was exactly the same as when I accidentally stumbled into a swarm of mutated rats during the apocalypse.
I lost my life there, and I almost lost my life here again.
If I hadn't kept the sleeping potion bottle clutched to my fingertips, I definitely wouldn't have been able to escape when someone held me down in the cave, whether they had a knife or a gun.
Everyone in the cave was pulled out, including Zhao Ashi, a total of eighteen people, all of whom were fast asleep.
Luo Baihu asked again and again, and only felt relieved after confirming that it was just a sleeping potion and that the person would wake up on their own in an hour, and that it was nothing else.
With so many people, it's impossible to carry them all down the mountain. Since it only takes an hour, we'll wait until they wake up before leaving.
During this time, Luo Baihu had his men thoroughly search the area around the cave, where they discovered several traps, as well as some cattle and sheep bones and traces of human habitation.
The marks are both new and old, some dating back at least five or six years.
It's easy to imagine that when the Suijin massacre occurred, those bandits who suddenly appeared and the Di people who came along the river must have been hiding here.
So the bandits were all anesthetized. Song Liyun found an opportunity to secretly administer the antidote to Zhao Ashi, making him the first to wake up.
However, when Zhao Ashi learned that he had been drugged by Song Liyun, his expression immediately turned sour.
As dawn broke, the group escorted the prisoners down the mountain.
This time, the bandit leaders of Tianxiang Tower, Hong Jingtian and Huo Lao Er, were captured, along with more than a dozen other Di barbarian bandits.
After a long period of silence, the Qili County government finally took action, opened a court session, and conducted investigations based on testimonies and preliminary findings.
Suppressing bandits and killing the Di tribes who crossed the border are major events.
Jiang Feng took the initiative to ask the soldiers of the Broken Gold Guard for help in capturing the remaining criminals.
For a time, several squad leaders from the Suijin Garrison were busy running around, and the garrison was short-handed.
The Hecheng North Command immediately transferred soldiers from other garrisons to replenish the manpower, increasing the number of Suijin Guards to five hundred.
Luo Baihu was meritorious in suppressing bandits. He was already a sixth-rank official and should have been in charge of five hundred men long ago.
However, the situation in Suijin Town is special, and the personnel transfer order has not been approved.
The personnel seconded this time were initially drawn from Lei Qianhu's Lei Battalion, totaling two hundred people, with more to be added later.
The capture of Hong Jingtian and his group was purely accidental, and the cost was extremely low; the only person possibly injured was Song Liyun.
I didn't realize it while I was on the mountain because of the tension, but when I came back, my hands were covered with scabs and my arms started to swell up, so I asked the medic to check my injuries.
She caught two Di tribesmen's blows, but the force was too great, causing her hands to split open and her arms to fracture, though fortunately they didn't break.
Her injury wasn't serious. Manager Mu and Hu Qing took turns visiting her, and they all said that she would recover after a while. Only Song Zhenping was the most worried.
They asked the medics about everything, from what to eat to how to care for the injured. The medics, who had seen many broken limbs, didn't take these minor injuries seriously and just told them not to move around and that they would get better slowly.
So, every half hour, Song Zhenping would come over and ask: Are you still bleeding? Does it hurt? Are you feeling any better now? What would you like to eat? What would you like to drink?
Song Liyun gradually began to find him too annoying, so she asked Yunniang to stop him.
Song Zhenping stood at the door without leaving, glancing at her again and again. Seeing that Song Liyun was somewhat unhappy, he sighed and said, "Yun'er, you've always been very sensible in your actions, so I haven't had much to say. But today, I'm really worried, so I have to come and nag you a bit. Even if you don't like to hear it, I still have to say it."
"No matter how capable you are, you are still a girl, a flower bud that should be cared for and pampered by others."
You usually argue and fight with people to protect yourself, to make a living for your family—it's something you have to do.
“But you shouldn’t have acted recklessly this time. You should have come back with Black Gold to report the news.”
"If... if something happens, people will say you're stupid, knowing you can't do it but still refusing to leave."
“If something happens… just like Father, at most you’ll get five taels of silver for dying, while others enjoy a comfortable life. Only your family will suffer.”
“Hong Jingtian and his men aren’t targeting just our family. As long as the garrison remains in town, they won’t dare to make a move easily. Why would you risk it all…”
Hearing these short-sighted, even selfish words, Song Liyun didn't despise Song Zhenping; instead, she felt a warmth in her heart.
Since her rebirth and arrival in the Song family, due to her limited experience and actual age, she has never regarded this boy as her older brother.
Song Zhenping rarely acted like an older brother.
Even when Song Zhenping, his face covered in blood, desperately tried to escape in Xiaoshi Village, it was all for the sake of the original body.
Now that the three siblings have been living together for more than half a year, Song Liyun's speech and behavior have long since lost any trace of the original owner. Song Zhenping's concern is truly for Song Liyun.
Song Liyun suddenly felt that the time when she was cared for had returned.
Before the apocalypse, someone had said something similar; it was my parents…
Song Liyun wasn't born liking fighting and killing. She was once her parents' little darling and a laughing girl on campus.
However, the hardships of the past ten years in the apocalypse were like a thick scab, shielding her soft heart and tempering her into a survivor who would fight and kill at the drop of a hat.
If she could receive care, like Song Zhenping's loving reproach at this moment, or the security brought by Zhao Ashi, she could regain her former gentle nature.
These reprimands were probably words the boy had pondered for a long time. As soon as Song Zhenping finished speaking, he looked embarrassed and stared blankly at Song Liyun.
Song Liyun smiled and nodded, saying, "Brother, I've got it. I won't act rashly again. I'll learn embroidery at home from Aunt Yun."
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