After burying the bodies of the rest of the caravan on the spot, Jiang Yu and Su San immediately set off to catch up with Qi Nuan and the others.
"Were you scared?"
Jiang Yu held Qi Nuan in her arms and asked softly.
No, what about you? Are you hurt?
"I'm fine, but Amu and Xiaoxing suffered minor injuries."
Hearing Jiang Yu's words, Qi Nuan turned her attention to Amu and the others. Amu was injured in the back, and Xiao Xing was injured in the arm.
At this moment, Ahua and Qingqing were applying medicine to them.
Qi Nuan only glanced at it and felt pain herself; flesh and blood were exposed, and if it went any deeper, you could see the bone. This was hardly a minor injury.
As Qingqing applied the medicine to Xiaoxing, she scolded, "Serves you right for being so incompetent."
Xiao Xing didn't say anything, but he felt very happy inside. He knew that Qingqing scolded him for his own good.
The medicine was specially made by Xiangxiang. Although Xiangxiang doesn't know any martial arts, she is very skilled in both poisons and medicine.
Jiang Yu asked Jiang Ming to send some medicine to Su San.
At this time, the caravan was still in a state of grief. There were twenty-seven people in the caravan, and seven of them had died.
Even though they've long been used to people leaving, they still inevitably feel pain at this time.
That's how it is with traveling merchants; wealth and crisis are always intertwined.
Looking at the setting sun, Su San sincerely expressed his gratitude: "If it weren't for your help this time, we would probably all have perished here. If you ever need anything in the future, bring this to the Su family, and the Su family can do something for you for free."
He then handed a jade pendant to Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu accepted the jade pendant and said, "We're not just helping you, we're helping ourselves. Besides, without your caravan, we might not have made it out."
He glanced at Su San and said, "But I will still accept this token. We will cooperate someday."
Su San looked at Jiang Yu for a while, then smiled and said, "You're a straightforward person. Then I look forward to our next collaboration."
As darkness fell, they were in no hurry to set off, choosing instead to conserve their energy.
They sat around the fire and gradually drifted off to sleep.
It had been four days since the day they were robbed, and the journey had been peaceful and uneventful.
Su San gradually relaxed.
The robbers haven't shown up for so many days, so they probably won't retaliate against them anymore.
But Jiang Yu didn't think so. Jiang Yu understood all too well the look in the scarred man's eyes when he left that day.
This matter is unlikely to be resolved amicably.
"Brother, let it go. These people are not to be trifled with. Let them leave. Wouldn't it be better if we just stayed and guarded Hundred Ghosts Mountain?"
Seeing the scarred man who was only interested in taking revenge on Jiang Yu and the others, a weak-looking scholar offered some advice.
"Never mind, what about our fallen brothers?"
The scarred man said sternly, "Have all these years of peaceful life worn away your fighting spirit? Ah Wen, you really shouldn't have this name. You're so cowardly, like a spineless shrimp."
The scholar did not answer, but listened silently to the scarred man's rant.
"If it weren't for you, how could we have ended up like this? How could Father and Mother have died? How could the whole village have died? It's all because of your cowardice..."
Seeing that the scarred man was going too far, the young man next to him couldn't help but say, "That's enough, brother, you've gone too far."
The scarred man came to his senses, his face showing remorse, but he didn't say anything.
Ah Wen silently walked out and coughed in a secluded corner.
He opened his hand, revealing a pool of blood.
It was indeed his fault. My brother was right. It was all his fault. So many people died because of him.
Now my older brother is becoming more and more obsessive, but I can't persuade him. They can't turn back now.
The scarred man had already set a trap, just waiting for Jiang Yu and the others to arrive.
No, Jiang Yu told them to stop; he smelled tung oil.
"Boss, what do we do? They've stopped."
"Never mind, set it on fire," the scarred man ordered.
Instantly, the flames rushed towards them.
At this moment, Jiang Yu and his group were in a valley, with mountains on two sides and a road in the middle, with trees growing along the roadside.
Clearly, the bandits wanted to burn them alive.
Fortunately, they hadn't reached the center of the forest yet. As they retreated, arrows were shot at them.
Jiang Yu picked up Qi Nuan with one arm and kept waving the long sword in his other hand.
He quickly moved to the back of the carriage.
After firing all the arrows in his hand, the scarred man led his men down the mountain.
A fierce battle has officially begun.
"Revenge for every grudge, grievance for every grievance." From the day the entire village died, the scarred man had long abandoned his conscience. No one could bully them anymore, no one could.
He, the scarred man, said, "I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me."
He only stared at Jiang Yu.
To catch the thief, first catch the king. He knew that Jiang Yu was the most powerful, and once Jiang Yu was dead, the others would be no threat.
Jiang Yu was protecting Qi Nuan while dealing with the scarred man, so she was somewhat restrained in her fighting.
Seeing this, Jiang Ming wanted to step forward to help Jiang Yu, but he was entangled by others.
The scarred man, clearly knowing that Jiang Yu was protecting the girl in front of him, stabbed her.
As expected, Jiang Yu went to block, but the scarred man retaliated by stabbing Jiang Yu. The previous stab was just a feint; he had known from the beginning that no one should have a weakness.
"Ayu." Qi Nuan's eyes reddened when she saw Jiang Yu injured.
He gripped the dagger in his hand and thrust it forcefully towards the scarred man's lower abdomen.
The scarred man was caught off guard by Qi Nuan and was stabbed squarely. His eyes were filled with disbelief, but soon, before he could even feel the pain, Jiang Yu slit his throat with her sword.
Even in death, disbelief remained in his eyes.
"Big brother..."
Awen, who was observing from the side of the hill, screamed and fainted.
With the scarred man dead, these people instantly lost their momentum, and Jiang Yu and his group launched a counterattack from a desperate situation.
Jiang Yu remained expressionless as he looked at the few people who had surrendered on the ground.
“Kill him.”
No one objected to this. Putting aside the fact that they killed so many people, the caravan members alone deserved to die.
Now, they were all injured, but at least the bandits were dead, and they could finally relax.
When Awen woke up, Jiang Yu and the others had already left.
Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, Awen was filled with grief.
Eldest brother... Second brother...
He held the bodies of the scarred man and the young man and wept bitterly.
After a long while, his eyes slowly turned cold and resolute. "Big brother, second brother, don't worry, I will avenge you."
Brother, you're right. I was too cowardly. I'll change, okay?
Even though he knew they weren't exactly good people, and were even universally despised robbers and bandits.
But what can you do about it?
They were always his closest relatives and the people who treated him the best.
Let him bear all the blame.
Awen closed the scarred man's eyes and said, "Brother, don't worry, I won't let you down again." Then he headed in the direction Jiang Yu and the others had left.
All that's left is desolation.
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