Chapter 6, Saving People
"Daohua, it's convenient for you. I'll help you watch over it."
After getting off the carriage, Daohua pulled Yan Wentao into the woods beside the road.
"Shh!"
Daohua crouched down and made a gesture to keep quiet, signaling Yan Wentao not to speak, and pointed to the roadside ahead.
"What's wrong?"
Yan Wentao subconsciously lowered his voice.
Daohua whispered, "See that carriage? Does it look like the one in the dilapidated temple? Let's go and take a look."
Yan Wentao shook his head without a second thought: "No! Daohua, listen to Third Brother. We'll go back as soon as we're done. Grandma's still waiting. Don't let her worry. Other things are beyond our control."
He is not a child anymore, and he has heard a lot about the difficulties of the world.
In the dilapidated temple, even those powerful people in the escort agency didn't care much. It would be better for them not to get involved in this muddy water.
Rice flowers fell silent.
Intellectually, she really shouldn't meddle in other people's affairs;
But when she thought that the children in the carriage might be abducted by human traffickers and taken to various shameful places, her heart was in great pain.
"Third brother, let's go over and take a look. I just took a closer look and the two strong men from yesterday are not here. Only the woman is still guarding the carriage. I can handle her alone."
"You?" Yan Wentao looked at the petite Daohua rudely, with suspicion in his eyes and on his face.
Daohua puffed out her chest and said, "You know how strong I am."
Yan Wentao said angrily, "Your strength is nothing. It's only a little bit stronger than that of an average girl. I can pin you down with one hand."
"Oh, Third Brother, let's not talk about this for now. This opportunity is fleeting. When those two big men come back, we really won't be able to do anything. Think about it, the people caught in the carriage are all children of the same age as Wenhui and me. Can you bear to see them being abducted?"
After all, he was a kind-hearted person. After hearing this, Yan Wentao scratched his head in annoyance and finally said helplessly: "Just go over and take a look. If you can help us, then help us. If you can't, then withdraw immediately."
Daohua nodded vigorously: "I know, I promise."
It seemed as if God was helping them. Just as the two men were moving towards the carriage, the carriage actually drove into the woods by itself.
Immediately afterwards, the carriage began to shake violently.
After a while, two teenagers about ten years old, with their hands tied behind their backs, jumped off the carriage and stumbled into the depths of the woods.
"You damned little bastards, how dare you sneak attack me? If I catch you, I'll tear your skins to pieces."
The sturdy woman also jumped out of the carriage and quickly caught up.
Seeing this scene, Daohua's eyes lit up, she stood up and ran towards the carriage.
It was too late for Yan Wentao to stop him and he could only run after him.
"Bang!"
When Daohua opened the carriage, she saw seven or eight children tied up in the crowded compartment, looking at them with horror.
"Third brother, hurry up and untie them."
Daohua quickly took out the dagger tied to her calf, jumped onto the carriage, and began to cut the rope on the child.
When Yan Wentao saw Daohua take out the dagger, he was stunned for a moment, "Daohua, why are you still carrying a dagger?"
Without even turning around, Daohua said, "When you're out and about, how can you not prepare a weapon or two for self-defense? Third brother, don't talk yet. Hurry up, that woman is coming back soon." Then he looked at the child in the carriage, "Do you still remember where your home is?"
The child in the car nodded first, then shook his head.
Seeing this, Daohua felt a little headache.
The oldest of these children is in their teens, and the youngest is only seven or eight years old.
After thinking for a moment, Daohua quickly took off her purse and gave each child a silver barley grain. "After you get off the carriage, run to a crowded place. When you come across the county town, go in. Then go to the government and ask them to send you home. Don't get arrested again."
At this time, Yan Wentao had untied the ropes on all the children. "Daohua, it's time for us to go." As he said that, he pulled Daohua and jumped off the carriage.
"We can only help you up to this point. You should run away quickly." After saying this to the children, Yan Wentao pulled Daohua and ran away without waiting for their reaction.
"Third brother, run slower."
Daohua was being pulled by Yan Wentao while running, looking back.
I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that the children had run away cleverly.
The ancient times were different from the modern times, and she didn't know whether doing this could help them.
I can only pray that they can all return to their parents.
Suddenly, a shrill scream came from the woods not far away.
Yan Wentao was stopped in his tracks by Daohua's pull: "Third brother, there are two more."
"There's nothing we can do about those two. Didn't you see that woman chasing them?" Yan Wentao wanted to pull Daohua away without saying anything.
"Third brother, let's go over and take a look, maybe we can help."
“You!”
Yan Wentao was so annoyed by Daohua that he had no choice but to take her towards the direction where the sound came from.
Soon, behind a bush, the two saw three people fighting.
The strong woman sat on a young man, strangling his neck tightly.
Because of difficulty breathing, the boy's eyes bulged, his face turned red, and veins bulged.
The other young man was lying on the ground, his legs tightly wrapped around the woman's neck.
The three of them were entangled together.
Seeing this scene, Daohua picked up a basketball-sized stone at his feet without saying a word and smashed it at the woman's head.
By the time Yan Wentao reacted, the woman's head had exploded and she fell to the ground.
Blood spurted out from the woman's head. The scarlet color stung Daohua for a moment, but she quickly let it go, ran over, pushed the woman away, and saved the boy who was pinned under her.
"Third brother, don't just stand there, hurry up and save people!"
Yan Wentao came to his senses and hurried to help the other boy. As soon as he helped him up, he heard Daohua's scream.
"Oh, you were stabbed?"
Daohua stared blankly at the boy's abdomen which was soaked with blood.
The young man was very weak: "Hurry up and leave, those two big men are coming back."
Daohua glanced at the other boy, then at Yan Wentao, not knowing what to do for a moment.
If he abandons this young man, he will surely die.
At this time, a call came from the roadside.
The other young man's face changed drastically: "Those two are back, thank you for your help, you should leave quickly, I will take him into the woods to hide." As he said, he went to help the young man who was stabbed.
Looking at his weak limbs, Daohua dodged and said, "Third brother, carry him on your back and let's go back."
Yan Wentao glanced at the rice flowers, gritted his teeth, bent down, carried the stabbed boy on his back, and ran quickly towards his carriage.
Daohua supported the other one and hurriedly followed.
(End of this chapter)
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