Chapter 124 A convict escaped in the chaos
Seeing that his first attack had missed, Lao Liao wanted to finish the job.
The turtle on the ground had already reacted. It used its hands to push itself up and rolled to the side to avoid the blade that was coming down. It scrambled to its feet and rushed towards their second-in-command.
Seeing this, the second-in-command pointed to the door and gritted his teeth, ordering, "Fire the arrows!"
"Whoosh whoosh!!!"
"Clang! Clang!" Old Liao parried with his sword while retreating to the side, but was still slashed on the arm by an arrow. "Tear!"
The bandits were all drawn to this side and were completely unaware that someone was approaching from behind.
Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue appeared behind the bandits with several escorts, while the others drew their knives and stabbed, "Pfft!"
Yun Zhaoxue slit her own throat with a dagger.
"ah!"
Hearing the wailing from behind, the second-in-command realized it was a feint.
He dropped his bow and arrows and, along with a few bandits, fought them.
The bandits had just survived a great fire and were now covered in soot, exhausted, and at their last gasp. They were no match for them.
The henchmen weren't very skilled in martial arts; they relied entirely on ruthlessness and brute force in fights. Compared to the escorts, they were slightly inferior and were at a disadvantage from the start, quickly being sent to meet the King of Hell.
The second-in-command was quite skilled in martial arts, wielding a steel saber weighing several dozen kilograms. His movements were wide and sweeping, the saber cutting through the air with a sharp whistling sound, "whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
"Clang! Clang! Clang!..."
The blade left nothing but desolation in its wake, forcing the guards to retreat and dare not approach.
With a flash of light, Xiao Xuance deflected a bandit's machete with his horizontal blade, the force of which sent the bandit staggering backward.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yun Zhaoxue threw out all the daggers, slashing his neck, and rushed forward to grab the daggers.
When the second-in-command saw that she had killed his last brother, he drew his knife and slashed at her.
"Watch out!" Xiao Xuance swung his long sword backhand, accurately parrying the sneak attack with a "clang".
Yun Zhaoxue had already anticipated the sneak attack from behind, and spun around to dodge the moment Xiao Xuance made his move.
The two men's backs touched.
One wielded a long sword with swift, fierce, and sweeping movements.
One of them wielded a short dagger, his movements nimble, cunning, and ruthless.
One was responsible for ranged attacks, and the other for melee combat. They cooperated surprisingly well without prior discussion or rehearsal.
The relentless attacks gradually overwhelmed the second-in-command, forcing him to retreat.
The second-in-command brandished his steel blade wildly, but was completely restrained by Xiao Xuance's fierce swordplay.
Taking advantage of his wide-open defenses, Yun Zhaoxue swiftly stabbed his wrist with her short dagger.
The second-in-command's weapon slipped from his hand with a clang!
Xiao Xuance quickly stepped forward and placed a knife against his neck.
The second-in-command's face was full of a defiant and fierce expression. "It's not fair! The two of you are bullying me! I demand a rematch!"
Yun Zhaoxue didn't care about honor or disgrace; she kicked his knee, forcing him to kneel down.
“My husband and I are both in bad shape, one of us has difficulty walking and the other is heavily pregnant. You can’t beat us, so we have to accept the consequences.”
"Find a rope and tie him up."
The second-in-command glared at them and threatened, "If you know what's good for you, you'd better release me right now! I'm the second-in-command of Qingfeng Village. If you dare to lay a finger on me, my brothers from Qingfeng Village will definitely not let you off the hook!"
Yun Zhaoxue stepped onto the stone block, the dagger in her hand pressed against his neck, drawing a bloody line. "You're very arrogant. I really don't know if you're afraid of death or not."
"Beat them up first, then tie them up."
Without hesitation, the guards obeyed her command and began punching and kicking the person on the ground, "Bang bang bang!!!"
Old Liao walked in, clutching his injured arm. "Is everything resolved?"
One of the escorts noticed the blood seeping from between the fingers of the man covering his wound and stepped forward to ask, "How did you get hurt, Master Liao?"
Old Liao was furious. He was left to ambush at the door by himself, and even after he made a move, they still didn't, which resulted in him getting injured.
He said irritably, "Nonsense, with so many arrows shooting at me, how could I not get hurt?"
Yun Zhaoxue asked him to fulfill his terms, "Master Liao, your men are not injured. You promised two horses, and you can't lose either one."
Old Liao showed her his wounds and said angrily, "Am I not a human being? I can only give you one horse."
Xiao Xuance said, "I was talking about your brothers before, not you."
"Could it be that Master Liao deliberately injured himself to get another horse?" Yun Zhaoxue glanced at him suspiciously.
Old Liao glared at her, "Are you even speaking human language? If the arrow had been a fraction more off, I would be dead. Is a horse more valuable than my life?"
He then asked, "When will the horse wake up?"
So much time has passed, and he doesn't know where those people went or if anyone escaped in the chaos. He's worried.
"This is easy, watch me."
Yun Zhaoxue took out a small jar from her bosom, which contained some green powder, and smeared a large amount under the horse's nose.
As the horse inhaled, it absorbed the powder and then sneezed loudly, "Achoo!"
Several horses that ate the specially prepared feed have been gradually waking up, as the medicine was not very potent.
There are a few horses that have eaten too much and are not yet awake, or they can open their eyes but are too weak to get up. We don't have time to wait.
There are six rideable horses in total, and there are nine people here, six of whom will share one horse.
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The exiles in front ran for twenty miles in one go. As dawn broke, they realized that no one was chasing them, so they all sat down on the ground, panting heavily. They couldn't run anymore.
The guards counted the number of people and found that more than a dozen were missing from the group. They didn't know if the people had run away or escaped.
Yan Wanshan, the second-in-command of the escorts, was in charge of managing the team and encouraged those who knew about the situation to expose each other.
The second and third branches of the Xiao family discovered that Xiao Xuance and Yun Zhaoxue were not in the group, and stepped forward to expose them.
No matter how Yang and the others explained that they stayed behind to fight the bandits with Master Liao, rather than running away.
The second and third wives insisted that the victims had run away, claiming they had witnessed it themselves, and their accounts were so convincing that Yan Wanshan believed them.
They ordered Yang and the others to be tied up, in preparation for whipping them.
Yun Xiuwen then seized the opportunity to jump out and say that the Xiao family had stolen his grain and was going to take away the supplies from their vehicle.
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