Chapter 45 Distress
Jiang Wan pretended to chase his brother on horseback, but he was actually just teasing the child. Riding a horse is like riding a bike; if you're new to it, you need to practice more.
The two of them ran away in front, and the second one was anxious behind, and he must do everything he could to catch up. Besides, there were guards following behind, so there was no need to worry too much.
Chasing after his cheerfully laughing brother, Jiang Wan also beamed with joy. Even in such a shabby place in ancient times, horseback riding seemed to be the only legitimate pastime.
The tacit cooperation between man and horse quickly surpassed the complacent Jiang Yaozu, making him scream with anger. He shook off the guards around him and rushed forward at full speed.
"Big sister, you're being unfair! You gave in to the second sister last time, but why aren't you giving in to me at all this time?"
Jiang Wan pulled the reins to his horse, full of high spirits.
"You little bastard, your second sister is weak and not good at riding, so what's wrong with me giving her a little leeway? Do you really need me to give you a leeway when you're fat and strong?"
"Who's fat and strong? Master Zhao said I'm just a bunch of muscular! Big sister, you're so partial, you lie with your eyes open. Why don't you just say I'm the youngest in the family? Why don't you give in to me?"
"Yeah, I'm partial."
Jiang Wan didn't bother to deal with the sourpuss anymore. This kid wasn't a bad person by nature. He was just spoiled too much by his grandparents since he was little, which was why he acted like a jerk. It was already great that he could be turned into what he is now.
"Let's go, run slower and wait for your second sister to catch up."
He pulled the reins, shook them lightly, and squeezed the horse's belly slightly, and the horse's hooves clattered forward, strolling towards the agreed place.
"You finally took me out to play, but you still made me wait for my second sister's donkey. Big sister, can you please be reasonable?"
After complaining a few words, Jiang Yaozu trotted over to his elder sister and stammered out some suggestions.
"...Big sister, if Second Sister really can't learn horseback archery, why not just let her stop? After all, we're still here with you two, and no one dares to bully her.
You have no idea how much Li Jingxiu and the others laughed at me behind my back. I had to share my shame with my second sister. At the end of the month, when everyone else was riding horses, she rode a donkey instead. I can’t even imagine how much people would point fingers at her then…”
Listening to his brother slowing down reluctantly and mumbling behind him, Jiang Wan looked around with amusement while chatting away.
"Although your second sister isn't very good at martial arts, she's very smart. From what I know, in your Xuanzi class, the second sister should be the best student, right? Why hasn't she ever laughed at you for not being able to study?"
Brothers and sisters should be united and work together. When others make fun of your second sister, you should stand up and fight back. How can you think that it is the second brother who has embarrassed you, Jiang the Third? Or have I been giving you too much face recently? "
"Why didn't I say anything? I even had a fight with Chang Laosi! Big sister, can you be fair for once? If you're too biased, won't you fall into a ditch when you walk?"
Jiang Wan responded to his brother's complaints with reason and evidence.
"Oh, if you were as good and obedient as Lao Er at the beginning, I wouldn't have had to soak in the ditch for a month.
Besides, your grandparents at home favor you, and your parents are too busy to take care of us. If I don’t favor the second child, won’t she live like the cabbage rotting in the field?
The world is biased towards men, and you still dare to whine in front of me. Do you want to be beaten?"
"I was just saying it casually. Why are you bringing up what happened back then? Everyone is allowed to make some silly mistakes when they're young. Really..."
Hearing his elder sister mention the old grudges, Jiang Yaozu, who now felt that he had grown up, shut his mouth feeling guilty.
The brother and sister were walking slowly, one in front and the other behind. But when they were about to reach the pine forest, the horses they were riding suddenly stopped and neighed loudly.
Jiang Wan stopped his horse alertly and stood in front of his brother.
Although she didn't see anything, she believed that Ruhua was not a sick horse and would not suddenly behave so abnormally. She pricked up her ears and listened for several seconds. It seemed that she could hear some chaotic sounds in the wind not far away.
"Stop, third brother! Turn around!"
"What happened, big sister?"
"Don't worry about it, Ma Fei, just protect the third brother and leave!"
The guard who caught up was very smart and didn't ask any questions. He quickly reached out to help the young master turn his horse around and prepared to gallop back the way he came.
The child had just turned around when an arrow flew towards him, heading straight for his back. In this critical moment, the eldest sister was still reliable. She used her long whip with agility and swung it out, successfully knocking down the stray arrow.
Thanks to Master Zhao for letting her choose a long whip as a self-defense weapon in order to train her strength, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Go!"
"knew!"
In just a few months, Jiang Yaozu had developed a very good habit. It seemed that obeying his eldest sister had become an instinct. Especially in times of danger, her paws would clap like crazy, and she would make the choice for him in advance.
Three horses carried the Jiang family's masters and servants and ran away.
But when Jiang Wan was running for his life, he habitually turned his head to observe the situation behind him, then he glared and pulled the reins hard.
"Run! Go back and get some help!"
He roared at the top of his lungs, then turned his horse around and rushed back, whip in hand.
"Big sister!"
"Young Master, hurry up and leave. Don't cause trouble for the eldest lady! I'll escort you back to the second lady. You go back and get reinforcements, and I'll come back to help the eldest lady!"
"Okay! Go!"
Jiang Yaozu had no time to wipe away his tears of fear and could only gallop as fast as he could.
Jiang Wan didn't care about anything else. He drove his horse to the blue-clothed figure who was running desperately, bent down and stretched out his hand.
"Li Chengxiu, hold on tight!"
"Wanjie'er!"
The wounded young man's eyes suddenly shone with a burning light. He had seen someone coming from a distance, but as he ran a little closer, he immediately recognized the familiar red figure on horseback.
So he didn't dare to ask for help, fearing that it would implicate Wan Jie'er. But now, she came back to save him!
He grabbed the outstretched hand, stepped on the man's instep to gain leverage, and desperately climbed onto the horse. Jiang Wan swung his long whip and blinded the masked man who had caught up with him.
"hold me!"
Although she is very strong, her martial arts skills are not that good. Apart from the whip techniques she just learned, she doesn't know anything else.
He could only hold the reins in one hand and the whip in the other, trying his best to ward off the arrows while driving his horse in the opposite direction of his younger brothers and sisters.
"Hold me tight, go!"
Li Chengxiu hugged Jiang Wan's waist tightly with both hands. The handsome young man burst into tears and swore secretly in his heart.
As long as he could escape with his life today, he would definitely follow his father's example. He would definitely become sworn brothers with his younger sister no matter what! After all, it was really hard to find such a loyal brother!
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