On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 345 Contradictions
The steward also crawled to Xiao Xiao's side. When he saw the men opposite, his face was almost as white as the snow on the ground: "Young lady, we must not conflict with them, right?"

She waved Erlang over and whispered to him: "Go back and get my bow and arrows."

After thinking for a while, he added: "Let those who have not yet come out, and those who can come out, come out."

Although she doesn't leave home these days, her ears are as good as the wind. When she is bored, she listens attentively, and occasionally hears some words from the farmers here.

I was worried that the Xiao family would take advantage of Madam's absence and take advantage of everything in the village.

I am worried that the eldest mistress will favor her parents' family and will bully them.

Some are also worried that they will run away after eating the stored food and leave them here...

After Xiao Xiao heard this, he felt that he should convince them.

Otherwise, it would be bad if the people in Zhuangzi doubt their abilities and escape and leak the news.

Sometimes, she wants to be approachable, but people will doubt her instead.

Then she would have to intimidate them.

Seeing that Xiao Xiao did not listen to the advice, the manager in charge was so anxious that he almost cried: "Eldest Mistress, all the Hao brothers are good at martial arts, and they are also distant relatives of General Fu's wife..."

After Xiao Xiao heard what he said, he said calmly: "Don't let other people's ambitions destroy your own prestige."

"The Hao family are only distant relatives of General Fu's wife, but I am also General Li's eldest daughter-in-law?"

Xiao Xiao also raised his chin and snorted: "My damn competitive spirit will never allow me to be inferior to others."

The housekeeper didn't expect that the eldest young lady would be so strong after knowing the truth. He was really desperate and could only tell her the truth: "General Fu has people taking in orphans everywhere. When they are raised, they will be used as soldiers or guards."

"Those people are all in this village. There are more than a hundred people. Are they all under the control of Boss Hao?"

He was really afraid that if he angered Boss Hao, he would bring people to beat up the people in the village.

Being beaten is a trivial matter, but he is more afraid that if something happens to the eldest mistress, he will be dead.

"Really?" Xiao Xiao's eyes lit up after hearing this. Good guy, why did he forget this?

I am not short of money now, so I can take advantage of the war to adopt some orphans?

Beggars are very rare now. This is because of the decrees of the founding emperor and empress. The government would come forward from time to time and send the older beggars to remote places to cultivate wasteland. The younger ones were all taken into the Salesian Hospital. Most boys practice martial arts or are taught some skills to make a living.

In this way, not only are beggars rarely seen, but those children can also be taught to be loyal and patriotic from an early age.

Therefore, Xiao Xiao thought that there was no room for him to perform.

But now after hearing the steward's words, I realized that there are still people who dare to compete with the royal family for enrollment resources.

When I think about it again, I feel that I am too honest.

It is said that emperors take turns to sit, but we still don’t know who will sit on the dragon throne in the future.
Waiting for others to protect you is not as good as having the ability to protect yourself.

Just like in the General's Mansion, there are nearly twenty guards, but they are all there to protect the wife and the second young master.

She was assigned only two guards.

That's it, she can't say anything bad about Madam, at least she has been escorted, right?
But if there is someone under him, then his safety factor will gradually increase.

Although her archery skills are good, she can't beat four hands with two fists.

Besides, she was not a murderer. If her hands could not be stained with blood, she would not want to. In this life, she just wants to eat, drink and have fun.

Besides, Boss Hao was also very angry.

The snow is too thick, making it difficult to walk. In this kind of horrible weather, who doesn’t want to be comfortable in the house eating side dishes, drinking small wine, and being drunk?

However, the wild boar on the mountain couldn't stand it any longer because of hunger, or because the sky and earth were completely white and they were dazzled by the snow and couldn't find their nest, so they came to their village.

In the eyes of the Hao family, it is simply meat that is automatically delivered to their door, and they are definitely not willing to let it go.

So Boss Hao shouted hello and rushed out with more than a dozen brothers armed with swords and arrows.

The snow is too thick and it is very difficult for people to walk.

Fortunately, such thick snow also affected the speed of the wild boar.

But even so, the four legs of the wild boar can run faster than them.

But who caused the wild boar to run in the wrong direction, fall into a trap, and be stabbed to death by the sharp bamboo and wooden thorns underneath the trap?
Of course, Boss Hao didn't want to work in vain. If there weren't many people following Boss Xiao, he would have taken action long ago.

As for Boss Xiao, although he didn't know the origin of the other party, he knew that they were not easy to mess with by looking at their fierce and strong looks and the swords clearly in their hands.

But he felt that if it hadn't been for their trap, they wouldn't have been able to catch the wild boar even if they chased it until dark.

Besides, Zhuangzi now has plenty of food, and he is in urgent need of pork to replenish everyone's strength.

So Boss Xiao said: "The four wild boars all fell into the traps we dug and lost their lives. Then I won't let you work in vain. You can pick one of the wild boars and take it away."

"You have such a big appetite." Boss Hao was not a good person. He sneered and pointed at the wild boar's footprints and raked them up: "So many pig footprints are still on the snow. I haven't settled the accounts with you yet. I dug traps randomly and caused great harm to people." All my pigs are dead.”

"This is a wild boar, not a domestic pig." The men in Xutian Village couldn't help it anymore: "You want to blackmail us? What a dream!"

Both parties had seen blood on their hands, and they knew each other was ruthless after looking at each other's eyes.

But this was a matter of their own face, and both parties did not want to give in, so they reached a deadlock for a while.

On the other side, Xiao Erlang's face turned red as he ran, but he still took the bow and arrow and handed it to Xiao Xiao.

Of course, he also carried a bow and arrows, ready to show off his skills.

What surprised Xiao Xiao was that even Menghui and Yiqing came carrying bows and arrows.

Thinking about how they were so frightened by the murder earlier, if Jiang Yu hadn't been there, they might have really gone back to the time when Xiao Xiao even dreamed of going back.

Xiao Xiao didn't pay much attention to them, which would make them think that it was very common for women to use crossbows.

"Let's not take their lives first." Xiao Xiao began to aim with an arrow: "Our target is the wild boar on the ground."

The wild boar had been carried up earlier, and the pig's blood had already dyed a small patch of snow red.

Four wild boars weighing one to two hundred pounds were piled together, and this target would not be lacking.

Of course, Xiao Xiao was also afraid that the people on his side would move, so he asked Hu Zi who was approaching to step forward and quietly tell everyone not to move.

This is the advantage of language barrier.

Huzi said this in the dialect of Xutian Village, but none of the people there, including Boss Hao and others, understood him.