As soon as Jiang Yuwei finished speaking, Yun Qing jumped down from the roof of the side room. Ning Zixuan also opened the door of the side room and came out with his sword. Gou Dan, shirtless and dazed, was dragged out of the room by Ning Zhao.
Seeing that the men had all come out, Jiang Yuwei quickly released a signal flare to indicate that there was danger outside the homes of Aunt Zhou and Aunt Zhang.
At this moment, Ning Huaizhi had also dressed and was sitting in his wheelchair, holding a slingshot in his hand, staring intently at the movements outside.
Jiang Yuwei retreated back into the house. At this moment, Ning Wan had already gotten up, taken a bow and arrow, aimed at the man climbing over the wall, and shot an arrow that hit the man right between the eyebrows. The man fell to the ground with a thud. Jiang Yuwei was very satisfied with the effect of the poison.
So she took out her bow and arrows, aimed them outside, and was ready to shoot at any moment.
At this moment, Ning Daya, who lived in the backyard, also woke up when she heard the commotion in the front yard.
She remembered that Jiang Yuwei had told her that there was nothing of value in the backyard right now, and if something really happened, she should hurry up and find a chance to meet up with everyone in the front yard, or just go through the tunnel to escape.
Ning Daya got up and dressed, then listened carefully to the sounds around her. It seemed that many footsteps were coming from the backyard. Without thinking much about it, she picked up her dagger, crouched down, and quietly ran out of the house.
Ning Daya was now only thinking about rushing to the front yard to fight alongside everyone. She absolutely could not abandon everyone and run away first; if anyone was to leave, it would be everyone together.
But as soon as she reached the cattle pen, she saw a masked man jump down from the wall.
Ning Daya immediately hid inside the cattle pen, not daring to make a sound. As the man approached the cattle pen, Ning Daya aimed directly at his ankle and stabbed him with a knife.
"Ouch! Who's there?! It hurts like hell!"
The man's Achilles tendon was severed by Ning Daya's dagger, and he collapsed to the ground screaming in pain.
At this moment, several men climbed over the wall from the backyard and broke in. Seeing that someone was injured, they quickly began to search everywhere. Ning Daya, who was hiding in the cowshed, was trembling with fear but dared not make a sound.
Hearing the commotion in the backyard, Gou Dan and Ning Zhao rushed over to check. They found many men had entered the backyard. Worried about Ning Daya's safety, Ning Zhao immediately drew her sword and charged at them to fight.
Gou Dan found cover and aimed at the vital parts of those people.
Seeing that Gou Dan and Ning Zhao were both engaged in the fight, Ning Daya couldn't just sit idly by. She took out a bag of lime powder that Jiang Yuwei had given her and threw it at the group's faces. Then she sprinkled a bamboo tube full of chili water.
The bandits, bombarded with lime powder and chili water in turn, quickly found themselves unable to withstand the onslaught.
"Oh no! I can't see!"
"Cough cough cough cough, what's that pungent stuff? Cough cough"
"Damn it, my eyes hurt so much!"
Ning Daya shouted upon seeing this:
"Hahaha, you're all poisoned! You'll all die within half an hour!"
Upon hearing this, the bandits in the backyard lost all interest in fighting Ning Zhao. They were terrified when they learned that they had been poisoned and were about to die.
Although they were mountain bandits, most of them were peasants who had nowhere else to turn and only joined the Blood Oath Alliance. Therefore, most of them had never experienced any big scenes. Now, Ning Daya had intimidated them with just a few words.
Seeing that their morale had collapsed, Ning Zhao went on a killing spree, wielding his sword and striking each person's vital points. Ning Daya also hurriedly grabbed a dagger to finish off Ning Zhao.
When they finished dealing with the people in the backyard and ran to the front yard, they found that their gate had already been kicked open by the bandits, who rushed into the yard and were already fighting with Yun Qing, Ning Zixuan and the others.
Jiang Yuwei hadn't expected so many people to come this time. She and Ning Wan were almost out of arrows, but people kept rushing in wave after wave.
Seeing that things were in too much chaos outside, Ning Zhao called out to Ning Daya:
"Sister Da Ya, go inside and protect Aunt Liu and the others. Don't come out!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Daya remembered that Liu Shi and Wang Ma, who lived in the side room, were both weak and helpless. She quickly ran into the side room, closed the doors and windows, and then used heavy objects to barricade them. Only then did she look at the trembling Liu Shi and say:
"Don't be afraid, they're outside, we'll be fine. Take the chili water Sister Yuwei gave you, you might need it in a pinch."
Upon hearing this, Liu hurriedly took out chili water from her bosom and held it in her hand.
At this moment, Wang Ma was also listening to the sounds outside with great tension. She was not afraid of death, but she was worried about whether her young master would be in trouble. His injuries had just healed, and he had to deal with so many people. Wang Ma was really worried that something might happen to his health.
After keeping watch at home for a while and seeing no movement in their own yard, Tie Zhu and Ning Wu began to worry about the situation in the small courtyard. So they escorted Ning Youcai, Aunt Zhou, and Ning Qiu to Aunt Zhang's house to hide, and the two brothers picked up their weapons and rushed to the small courtyard.
At this moment, Ning Zixuan and Yun Qing were already exhausted from dealing with so many bandits in the courtyard, and Jiang Yuwei had run out of arrows.
In the blink of an eye, a bandit wielding a sword lunged at Ning Zixuan from behind. Seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly shouted:
"Ning Zixuan! Watch out behind you!"
Hearing Jiang Yuwei's shout, Ning Zixuan turned around sharply and saw a sword gleaming coldly in the moonlight, heading straight for his eyes.
Just then, Tie Zhu and Ning Wu rushed over from outside the courtyard. Tie Zhu smashed the man's head with a spiked club, and the sword fell to the ground with a thud. The man also fell straight down.
Jiang Yuwei, who was peering out the window and witnessing this scene, broke out in a cold sweat. If Tie Zhu hadn't come in just in time, Ning Zixuan would probably have become a one-eyed prince.
If he holds a grudge against me for this in the future, wouldn't I have to walk on thin ice when I get to the capital?
Thinking this, Jiang Yuwei patted her chest and sighed deeply.
With the addition of Tie Zhu and Ning Wu outside the courtyard, they were no longer at a disadvantage as before.
Jiang Yuwei suddenly remembered that she still had quite a few firecrackers left from the last time she bought them. She quickly jumped off the kang (a heated brick bed), went to the kitchen to rummage for them, and once she found them, she stood at the kitchen door and shouted towards the yard:
"Fireworks are going off!"
This was the pre-arranged code between Jiang Yuwei and them; saying "firecracker" meant that firecrackers were about to be lit, and they were told to find a way to hide.
Upon hearing this, the people inside the courtyard hurriedly sought cover. Jiang Yuwei broke a whole string of firecrackers into smaller ones and lit them as she threw them at the bandits in the courtyard.
After a while, many bandits were blasted until their bodies were charred like charcoal. Some bandits couldn't stand it anymore and directly aimed their swords at Jiang Yuwei.
Jiang Yuwei, who was concentrating on throwing firecrackers, turned around and saw a sword pointing straight at her face. She was so frightened that she couldn't move.
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