But why is the other party being so slow?
Hong Xiaoduo looked down at herself and didn't think she had any characteristics that could intimidate the other party!
In martial arts novels, the kind of murderous aura that she can create isn't something she can just generate by flicking her whip.
After thinking it over, Hong Xiaoduo didn't want to continue this stalemate. After confirming again that there was still no movement in the other directions, Hong Xiaoduo made a decision.
She stretched out her hand to the two people on the hillside, gave them a thumbs up, and then, with a look of disdain, slowly turned her thumb toward the ground and stopped.
At this distance, she could clearly see the expression on the other person's face, and naturally, the other person could also clearly see her movements.
"Brother Gou, this little bitch is looking down on us brothers. This is our turf, and she's acting so arrogantly. If word gets out, how will we brothers ever be able to show our faces again?" Mu Dou understood the gesture and got anxious.
The man called Gou Ge was already in a state of turmoil, troubled by the fact that he was afraid of a seemingly incompetent young woman.
Her gesture and the blatant mockery on her face only fueled his anger.
"So arrogant! I'll make you cry." Gou Ge drew his knife from his waist, spurred his horse forward, and Mu Dou followed suit.
As the distance between them drew closer, Gou Ge, who was at the front, saw that the young woman was still holding a whip instead of a sword. How confident she was, how little she took him seriously. He thought to himself that when they fought, he would use his swordsmanship to cut her whip inch by inch.
He came here to rob her and steal her money; the reason he used the knife was not to kill her.
If it's injured or disabled, it won't fetch a good price.
At this moment, Hong Xiaoduo, having had several close calls and never made a mistake before, was not as nervous as she had been the previous times.
Sure enough, everything requires a lot of practice.
Judging from the sight, the opponent had entered the range of his whip. Just as he was about to use the whip to knock the broadsword out of the opponent's hand, he saw the opponent leap up from his horse and pounce down on him in mid-air.
Hong Xiaoduo didn't expect her opponent to make such a move, and without thinking, she lashed out with her whip.
The other party could see clearly that he wanted to use the blade to cut off the tip of the whip. In his opinion, this was not difficult at all, but in the next instant, it was too late for him to regret it.
The whip was fast and powerful, coming straight at me with a gust of wind. Before I could even swing my knife, I could already hear the sound of my shoulder blade snapping.
He staggered as he landed, losing his grip on the knife, which clattered to the ground.
He looked at his arm in astonishment; he couldn't lift it at all. His arm hung limply, and apart from the excruciating pain, it was completely unresponsive to his commands.
We've really run into a tough opponent; I really misjudged them and was careless.
But now is not the time for self-reflection. He was using two swords; even though his right arm was useless, he still had his left. He endured the pain and used his left hand to draw the other sword.
Unfortunately, Hong Xiaoduo didn't give him that chance. When he landed, she saw the knife on the other side of his body. This time, she struck with the whip even faster. With a thought, she swung the whip over and the tip of the whip landed precisely on the other's left wrist.
Seeing his left hand crippled again, Gou Ge was furious and raised his leg to fight her. He was no longer panicked and had no intention of escaping.
Even without a doctor examining him, he was certain that he was doomed by this young woman.
Seeing that he couldn't move his hands, yet still tried to fight her to the death, Hong Xiaoduo wasn't about to give him a chance to get close. She changed the direction of her whip and lashed it at his calf.
Mu Dou hadn't actually distanced himself much from his companions. When one of his companions lost an arm, he reined in his horse and stopped going forward.
Gou Ge's skills are superior to his. If Gou Ge can't do it, then there's no point in him going.
Therefore, he turned his horse around and tried to escape.
Hong Xiaoduo looked at the man in front of her. After being whipped on the calf, he fell to the ground, struggling and cursing. He should be considered to have lost his fighting ability. Then she looked at the one who had turned his horse around.
Of course we can't let him get away, let alone run back to deliver the message.
He took out a pebble, hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to aim it at the horse's leg or at the person on horseback. In the end, he chose to aim at the back of the horse's leg and threw it. Afraid of missing, he quickly took out another pebble, thinking that if it didn't work, he could try again.
As a result, the horse fell to the ground, and the man on horseback was thrown off.
Hong Xiaoduo didn't want to stray too far from her carriage, so she didn't go forward to check. Instead, she observed the man who had fallen off his horse. When she saw him get up and try to escape, she threw the stone in her hand again, hitting him in the back of his leg.
"Who exactly are you? Dare to tell me your name, so I can die knowing why." The first one, called Brother Gou, struggled to stand up but couldn't. He lay on the ground, his eyes red, his face full of hatred and resentment as he asked.
Hong Xiaoduo rolled up the whip in her hand: "Who do you care who I am? And don't look at me with such resentment. You came here looking for trouble, so how can you blame me?"
"Don't worry, I have no taste for killing. Whether you two deserve to die is a matter for the authorities."
After saying that, Hong Xiaoduo was too lazy to waste any more words with him. She returned to the carriage and made sure that the children were not frightened before she breathed a sigh of relief.
Whether it was Tian Shu below the car or the few small faces at the car window, the gazes directed at her were full of admiration.
"What should we do with them?" Tian Shu, being the eldest, was the first to ask.
Hong Xiaoduo leaned against the carriage and looked at the two people not far away. One was struggling in place, and the other was crawling on the ground with difficulty.
"I don't know either. We don't know how the镖师 (bodyguards/escorts) are doing, and we don't know if the people in the yamen here are reliable or not. What if they have some connection with these bad guys? If we escort these two people to the yamen, we might be in trouble." Hong Xiaoduo was really worried.
It's not that she's a conspiracy theorist, because there really is a saying that officials and bandits are in cahoots!
"Should we interrogate these two?" Tianxuan, who was in charge of observing the other side, turned around and looked at the situation here, and said.
Hong Xiaoduo thought it made sense, but she had never done an interrogation before.
Just as she was struggling with her dilemma, Tian Shu alerted her that someone was approaching.
Following Tian Shu's gaze, she saw several riders approaching from the direction of the town. She wondered if they were accomplices of the two men. Hong Xiaoduo cautiously placed one hand on the hilt of her sword and held a whip in the other.
However, as they got closer, they vaguely looked like people from a security escort agency.
"Young ladies, are you all alright?" The person who came was indeed from the escort agency, and he asked anxiously even before getting close.
Before Hong Xiaoduo could respond, the other party had already arrived in front of her. She looked at the two struggling figures not far away in surprise, then dismounted.
"We're fine. How are things on your end?" Hong Xiaoduo was quite curious too...
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