On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 428 Taking Office 3
It would take at least half an hour to get back to the Shangshu Mansion from the charity hall if the carriage went slowly.

The shortcut back is closer and faster, which is to go around the foot of the mountain.

When Xiao Xiao went back, she asked the driver to go around the foot of the mountain.

When we arrived at the foot of the mountain, the carriage was moving smoothly, but suddenly there was a sound of horses crying, followed by the shaking of the carriage, and then the driver shouted nervously: "What do you want to do?"

When Aunt Xu lifted the curtain of the carriage, she saw five or six arrows flying through the air. She waved her hands, holding the knives in both hands, and quickly knocked down the arrows that were about to hit her.

Then he leaped out and fought with several people who rushed over.

Nanny Song also jumped off the carriage with a sword in her hand to help Nanny Xu deal with the enemy.

The people who were hiding in the dark and shooting arrows found it difficult to take action when they saw the two groups fighting.

One of them grumbled in dissatisfaction: "I told you that if the people from the Li Mansion dared to go this way, they must have a backup plan, but you just didn't believe me and why don't you follow me out?"

He said fiercely, "None of these people can be allowed to escape."

Of course, at this moment they didn't think they would fail.

Just in case, they came with twelve people.

Even if the driver knows some martial arts skills, it is impossible for Grandma Li and the maids to be aggressive.

Of course, they had miscalculated. They didn't expect that Grandma Li had two good hands around her.

But it doesn't matter. Two fists cannot beat four hands. They are not going to fight openly, so of course they will use their numbers to bully the minority and wipe out the roots.

At this moment, they all felt that the most troublesome were the two old women, so the six people came out, but did not go to help, but rushed to the carriage first.

They had taken a look before and estimated that even if the other six brothers could not kill the two women, they would be able to keep them busy.

It won’t be too late to go over and help after they send Grandma Li off.

But at this moment, four arrows flew out from the carriage window.

The speed was faster than their previous arrows.

The man who rushed forward first wanted to dodge, but it was too late. An arrow hit him on the forehead, making him scream in disbelief. He rushed forward a few steps out of inertia before falling to the ground with a bang, dying with his eyes open.

The other arrows were either avoided or knocked down by them.

The man behind him was furious: "There's a problem here, Lao Qi, you guys quickly deal with those two women, and then come over to help."

The driver, who had been hiding beside the horse, suddenly pulled out a sword from somewhere and rushed towards them.

Suddenly, swords flashed and blood flew.

The men who launched the sneak attack originally thought that this was a sure-fire mission.

The main thing is that the other party only has one carriage, and men and women are not allowed to touch each other, so there will definitely be no male guards inside.

I originally thought that the coachman and the guards would be the most difficult to deal with, but everything else would be easy.

Who could have thought that nowadays there would often be a few arrows whizzing out of the carriage, the two old women were experts, and the coachman was even more of an expert.

They thought they could easily send people to the Yellow Springs Road, but unexpectedly, they were completely wiped out. Five of them went to the underworld, and three were seriously injured. They were almost certain to step into the Yellow Springs Road.

Four slightly wounded ones were captured alive. The leader laughed strangely: "Brothers, after 18 years, you are a hero again!"

The driver, who was Li Yan in disguise, felt something was wrong when he heard this, and hurried forward to remove their jaws, only to find that they were all staring with their eyes wide open and spitting blood, and they were all dead.

He and the two maids hurried forward to investigate. In the end, it was Aunt Xu who first noticed something was wrong: "It must be that the rings on their hands are poisonous. They are extremely poisonous."

When Xiao Xiao heard this, she couldn't sit still anymore and said quickly, "Husband, go find my brother-in-law first and ask him to come and take a look."

She didn't want to save the person. After listening to what Aunt Xu said, she knew that the person could not be saved. But she was very interested in the poisonous ring. It was a good thing for self-defense.

Li Yan was afraid that there would be more danger, so he certainly couldn't leave her: "Wait a little longer, Hou Er and the others should be here soon."

Since knowing that Xiao Xiao was going out today, Li Yan and the guards secretly scouted the route a few days ago.

In order to avoid being discovered by those who were secretly doing this, he went to his shift as usual today, asked for leave from the emperor, dressed up quietly, and came out to take the driver's place.

As for Hou Er and the others, they were afraid that too many people would follow them and that they would not dare to take action, so they had specifically instructed them to ride over on horseback a quarter of an hour later.

Sure enough, after a while, Hou Er and the other five came on horseback to meet them.

On the other side, in the Gu Mansion, Grandma Gu San was feeling uneasy. She glanced at her mother-in-law and aunt, who was also sitting at the top with a sullen face.

She couldn't help but step forward and ask: "Aunt, did my uncle really send someone to..."

"Shut up." Madam Gu interrupted her, staring at her and whispering quickly, "If you want to live, just pretend you didn't hear anything."

Grandma Gu was really about to cry: "But today is the day when Grandma Li takes over the charity hall. If something happens to her today, others will definitely suspect our family, right?"

She was worried about something happening at the Gu Mansion, and even more worried about something happening to herself.

After all, she was nominally in charge of this charity.

Originally, everyone in the Gu family thought that the charity hall was like their own back garden. Unfortunately, at this time, the Queen Mother issued an imperial decree, which made them realize that the charity hall was not their own back garden.

Previously, she hated the Li family for robbing them of their way to make money, but now when she heard that her uncle had sent people to kill Grandma Li, Grandma Gu began to get scared.

She said anxiously, "Aunt, can we have them withdraw? We have earned enough money, so let's just call it a day, okay?"

Madam Gu closed her eyes. In fact, she had the same idea as her daughter-in-law, but her husband had been sighing since he met the prince last night.

Originally she couldn't think of what made her husband worried, but now she has thought of it, but it's too late.

Now all she could do was to stay calm: "Okay, put your mind at ease. Those people are not ours. Even if something happens, it can't be traced back to us."

She took another deep breath and reminded her: "We will send the deeds of the other two charity halls to the palace tomorrow, and we should not touch those people anymore."

Now she is also afraid and just hopes to spend money to avoid disaster.

Third Grandma Gu was a little puzzled: "Shouldn't we give it to Grandma Li? Should we send it directly to the Queen Mother?"

Madam Gu sneered: "I'm afraid that Grandma Li is going to the underworld. Do you still have the ability to send her to the underworld?"

She just didn't believe that Grandma Li could be so lucky. She was a death warrior trained by the prince, there was absolutely no way she could be alive.

Grandma Gu San also sighed: "Yes, she is also foolish and bold, she actually dared to take on this task."

"Okay, go back first, don't let anyone know anything." Mrs. Gu saw that she was about to leave, and she reminded her: "Send someone to the warehouse to find some white cloth. When we get the news, we will definitely go to the door to express our condolences."