Liu, who was originally very worried, couldn't help but laugh when she heard Jiang Yuwei's words.
Jiang Yuwei lifted the curtain and, seeing nothing amiss, jumped off the oxcart and went to where the men were sleeping on the floor, quietly waking them all.
"Wake up, just lie there, don't get up, listen to me first."
Seeing that everyone was awake and looking at her, Jiang Yuwei squatted down and whispered:
“We’ve been targeted by a group of refugees. They’re not easy to deal with; they’re said to have knives. Make sure you have your weapons ready. Don’t sleep too soundly. Listen carefully to the footsteps on the ground. We don’t know when they’re going to make their move, but these people are fearless. You must be careful.”
After saying that, Jiang Yuwei saw that they had all their weapons in their hands, and then she went to the open space and lit a few fires with dry firewood to make the surroundings brighter. This way, the group of people would not dare to make any rash moves, and even if a fight broke out, they would be able to see the people coming.
After finishing her tasks, Jiang Yuwei returned to the oxcart. She knew she couldn't stay up all night; she needed to doze off for a while first.
Liu volunteered to help keep watch at night, and Jiang Yuwei thought it was a good idea, so she let her go.
In the latter half of the night, when everyone was getting sleepy, Liu keenly heard footsteps and hushed conversations.
So he hurriedly woke up Jiang Yuwei and Ning Daya.
Jiang Yuwei peeked out through a small gap in the curtain and saw a man holding a large knife, about to chop at Uncle Youcai who was lying on the ground.
The other men surrounded Ning Huaizhi and his group.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Yuwei quickly shouted:
"The bandits are coming! The bandits are coming!"
While shouting, he didn't stop, immediately drawing his bow and shooting at the man who was about to kill Uncle Youcai.
At this moment, Ning Wan also woke up, struggled to get up, picked up her small bow and arrow and shot them outside.
Fortunately, the fire that Jiang Yuwei had lit earlier provided light; otherwise, it would have been impossible to see clearly in this dark and windy night, and it would have been impossible to aim an arrow.
At this moment, Ning Qiu and Aunt Zhou heard Jiang Yuwei's shout and got up. Jiang Yuwei told Ning Qiu to stay on the oxcart and protect Aunt Zhou, guarding the grain on the cart without getting off.
Therefore, Ning Qiu had already taken out his whip, ready at any moment.
Aunt Zhou also took out the lime powder from her bosom. Peeking out through the gap in the curtain, she was so frightened that she trembled all over and broke out in a cold sweat.
Although Wang Ma was an old servant in the Wang family, this was the first time she had experienced such a scene, so she clenched her fists nervously.
Xu Qianqian was so frightened that she buried her face in Ning Chunlin's arms, trembling as she said:
"Brother Chunlin, I'm scared. You have to protect me later."
At this moment, Ning Chunlin, who was holding Xu Qianqian, was also trembling all over. Although he had been beaten a lot before because of his debts, he was still afraid when he saw the big knives in the hands of this group of people. After all, he had been beaten before without worrying about losing his life.
Ning Chunlin even thought that if those people rushed onto the carriage, he would offer Xu Qianqian up to them so they wouldn't kill him, and even using Xu Qianqian as a shield would be a good idea.
As Ning Chunlin was thinking, he saw a sword pierce through the carriage curtain and thrust towards his face.
Ning Chunlin was so frightened that he closed his eyes and shouted:
"No, don't kill me! I'll give you a woman, a beautiful woman!"
As soon as Ning Chunlin finished speaking, Xu Qianqian smelled a strong stench of urine in the carriage. She immediately covered her nose and secretly glanced at Ning Chunlin, who had wet himself in fright.
The man outside the carriage lifted the curtain and looked inside. Seeing only two people sitting inside, he immediately held a knife to Ning Chunlin's neck and coldly said:
"I don't want women, I want food!"
Upon hearing this, Ning Chunlin quickly pointed to the area under his seat and said:
"Here, here it is. Brother, put down the knife and I'll give you everything. I promise I won't resist. Just spare my life."
Upon hearing this, the man pointed to the side with his knife, indicating that Ning Chunlin should sit further away.
He then went up and flipped up the seat cover with his hand, and a strong smell of urine hit him in the face, making the man cough violently a few times.
The man glared at Ning Chunlin with disdain before carrying all the things out of the carriage and then getting off.
Outside, a chaotic battle had broken out. The man put down what he was carrying and prepared to search Aunt Zhou's oxcart again, but as soon as he lifted the curtain, Ning Qiu lashed his hand with a whip.
The pain was so intense that he dropped the knife. Seeing this, Ning Qiu quickly shouted:
"Mother, quickly sprinkle it on his face!"
As she spoke, Ning Qiu lashed the man with the whip again. Seeing this, Aunt Zhou hurriedly sprinkled the lime powder in her hand onto the man's face, her hands trembling.
The man was blinded by the thick lime powder, and Ning Qiu took the opportunity to slap him in the eyes.
The man covered his eyes in pain, knelt on the ground, and cried out:
"My eyes, my eyes are blind! Ahhh, it hurts so much!"
Ning Qiu then lashed the man several more times, each lash striking his vital areas. The man was in unbearable pain and stumbled away.
Jiang Yuwei and Ning Wan were firing at the refugees relentlessly. All of their arrows were poisoned, so every refugee hit by one fell to the ground and couldn't get up.
While Wang Ma was worried about what was happening outside, she tried to lift the curtain to look out, but two men jumped onto the carriage.
He shouted to the women inside the car:
"Hand over all your grain!"
At this moment, Madam Sun was too frightened to speak, holding Ning Xin tightly in her arms, afraid that this villain would hurt her daughter.
Chen Guixiang looked at the man in a fawning manner and stammered:
"No, no, no, please don't kill me! Please have mercy and let this old woman go. Everything you wanted is here."
Then Chen Guixiang pointed to the box behind Wang Ma.
When Wang Ma saw that Chen Guixiang had revealed the contents so quickly, she could only glare at her fiercely before stepping aside to let the man carry it himself.
Just as the man sheathed his knife and bent down to move the box, Sun, who was watching from the side, suddenly drew his knife and slashed at the man's neck.
Sun didn't kill people, but she had killed chickens before, and she knew that when killing a chicken, you had to cut its neck to bleed it out first.
The man turned around and stared intently at Sun, incredulously covering his neck with one hand while trying to snatch the knife from her hand with the other.
Seeing this, Sun suddenly grabbed the knife and stabbed it at his chest again. Seeing this, Wang Ma quickly grabbed whatever was nearby and smashed it hard against the back of the man's head several times.
It wasn't until the man collapsed and couldn't get up that Chen Guixiang screamed and rushed out of the carriage, crying out in alarm:
"Murder! Murder!"
Jiang Yuwei was shocked to hear Chen Guixiang's shouts, thinking that someone in their carriage had died.
He hurriedly turned to look at her, but in that moment of distraction, Jiang Yuwei completely failed to notice that a large knife was coming straight at her neck.
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