Bai Jian led the way, deliberately slowing his pace to make sure they could keep up!
Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he saw Lin Ru and her two siblings following closely behind him with great composure. Diao Yan and Xue Bao, who were used to traveling in the mountains and forests, were also quite fast!
Only his second son, Bai Guangyao, was somewhat out of touch.
Bai Jian felt a little embarrassed for some reason!
So he quickened his pace slightly, and soon the group arrived at the place where the bandits were stationed!
Although it was very late, they showed no sign of resting!
Bai Jian made a shushing gesture, and the group slowly moved forward under the cover of the woods and the darkness!
They stopped about ten meters away from the bandits!
Lin Ru took a look and confirmed that there were indeed more than forty people; the bandit had not lied!
Lin Ru pressed down on Bai Jian's hand, which was about to draw his knife, intending to wait until they fell asleep before making her move. So she pricked up her ears and listened carefully to their conversation!
"Brother, why don't we chase after them now!"
"Chase after them and kill them all, then go back and rest early! This awful place is so annoying with all the mosquitoes buzzing around!"
"Yes, brother! Brother Lü and the others were probably set up. Look at those villagers who were beaten, they even said that it was a little girl of about ten years old who beat up eight of them! And the man with the broken hand said that a woman chopped off his hand!"
"Where did all these powerful people, especially women, come from in this remote and impoverished place!"
"Anyway, I've never seen such a formidable woman."
"I even suspect they're just making things up to save their own lives. We've been chasing them for so long and haven't seen a single person!"
The leading man shook his head!
"We'd better be cautious. Let's rest here for a while. Those people will definitely find a place to rest tonight. We can catch up with them in less than half a day on horseback tomorrow!"
“Those people probably weren’t lying. Look at the tire tracks on the road! They must have been carrying a lot of stuff, and there were quite a few of them!”
"The fact that Lü Sheng and his men didn't kill them with a single blow means they must have been carrying a lot of good stuff, otherwise the wheel tracks wouldn't be so deep!"
"That Prince Shun has slaughtered another county, and he's about to attack us. We need to gather our supplies and leave as soon as possible! I certainly don't want to serve under Prince Shun!"
The other person said quite normally, "Indeed! The wheel tracks are so deep, they must have brought a lot of good stuff! And I heard they're from Shili Village, which is one of the wealthier villages around here! Even if they don't have much gold or silver, they must have plenty of grain!"
"If what those people said is true, and there was a rather powerful woman among them, then it's not surprising that Brother Lü and his group were killed. After all, their team consisted of lecherous men; they must have been tricked by a honey trap!"
Lin Ru sensed that they weren't going to sleep anytime soon. She felt the breeze brushing past her ears, the wind blowing directly from them towards the bandits.
She was somewhat relieved that she didn't like using those strangely scented balms, and that she used mugwort-scented ones before bed! They were specifically for repelling mosquitoes! And mugwort was very common in this area!
So even if the smell drifts away on the wind, it won't be detected!
However, Lin Ru suddenly remembered the popular science information she had received from medical staff online.
Question: "I felt the evening breeze that you felt, does that mean we've embraced?"
Answer: "Forget it! It's a close connection!"
Lin Ru took out a few pieces of rag from her bosom and handed them to the people behind her, signaling them to cover their mouths and noses!
Then she took out a large bag of sleeping pills and poison from her bosom!
She wanted to get those bandits and these medicines in close contact!
Let's see who has a harder head!
Lin Ru moved forward another two meters and then started spraying the medicine like it was free! She had bought a ton of it anyway!
The bandits wrinkled their noses and sniffed!
"Big brother, can you guys smell something strange? It's a bit pungent and makes me want to sneeze!"
He sneezed violently right after he said that!
The others took two deep sniffs of the air!
"Yes, it does have a strange smell, and it also seems kind of familiar!"
It wasn't until the bandits closest to Lin Ru and the others fainted that the others realized something was wrong and quickly covered their mouths and noses!
"Oh no, it smells like sleeping potion! Quick, cover your mouth and nose!"
But it was too late. More than twenty people collapsed one after another. These were people who were sitting close to Lin Ru and the others!
Some people who were sitting further away just felt a little dizzy and weak!
The bandit leader, following the direction of the wind, spotted Lin Ru and the others hiding in the woods!
He reacted quickly, ordering the remaining people to tear their clothes and cover their mouths and noses, and then angrily charged towards Lin Ru and the others with his knife in hand!
Lin Ru felt a little regretful; all those large bags of sleeping pills and poisons she had! It seemed that only the sleeping pills had taken effect in the open space!
The poison seemed fake; it had no effect whatsoever!
Although she only managed to drug more than twenty people, she was still quite satisfied!
She quickly handed Diao Yan and Xue Bao a packet of poison!
"Uncles, you two stay behind us, dip your arrows in this poison, and then shoot them from a distance! Be careful not to miss!"
Diao Yan and Xue Bao took the poison, quickly dipped it into the arrowheads, drew their bows, and shot the arrows with a whoosh!
The two archers were quite skilled, and they quickly hit four people!
But the leader was clearly a veteran; he wielded his broadsword with great force, blocking the arrows that Diao Yan and Xue Bao were about to shoot!
Lin Ru noticed that although the group seemed a bit dizzy, their steps were steady. In particular, the leader was much stronger than the previous one, and had the feel of a seasoned veteran!
Seeing that their mouths and noses were covered, making it impossible to continue applying the medicine, he had no choice but to rush forward with his knife and fight them!
As the amount of hatred in his mind increased, the number of enemies in front of him decreased!
But these bandits were seasoned killers, and every slash was aimed at your vital points. Lin Mo and Lin Qing had little experience in fighting, and several times they were almost killed with a single blow!
Even Bai Jian and his son, who were experienced in combat, were wounded in several places by the opponent!
After they got into a fight, Diao Yan and Xue Bao became hesitant and afraid of hurting their own people!
Unfortunately, they also mentioned joining the fray!
Lin Ru wanted to capture the leader first, so she quickly dealt with the people around her and flew towards the leader!
The man parried with his sword, and sparks flew as the two blades clashed! Lin Ru felt her sword was about to break, so she withdrew it first and slashed horizontally at the bandit's lower body!
The bandit retreated quickly, and Lin Ru immediately took out a kitchen knife from her spatial storage and threw it. In the gap when the bandit leader dodged, Lin Ru used her internal energy to the extreme and thrust the knife straight at the bandit leader's vital point, but it was blocked by him!
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