Song Wangyue went to the workshop, gathered the Xiao family guards together and gave them their arrangements.
The guards who returned with the two Song Si’s returned in the same carriage, and the other guards, including the six she had left behind, protected the two Song Si’s side.
“You six work harder and come back immediately after you return the people safely to the capital.”
The six men answered in unison.
Song Wangyue told them to go to the mansion in the county town and wait first.
The following day after breakfast, the Song family sent Song Si and Xiao Yao out and watched them get into the carriage, before they could say anything, Song Wan Yue also followed them, “I happen to have something to do in the county town, so I will go there with my elder brother and sister-in-law.”
They thought that she wanted to stay with Xiao Yao for a little while longer, so they didn’t take it personally, and wanted Song Lin to follow behind with the carriage, so that they could pick her up after Song Si and the others had left.
“No need, I’ll have the carriage from the tavern send them back.”
The people then said nothing else and watched the carriage leave the village and were about to turn around and go back, but Grandma Song said, “Boss, you go and set up the carriage, we’ll go and pick up Lao San and his family.”
“Grandma ……”
The first time she said this, Song Shen spoke up, “The workshop won’t open until after the 15th, why don’t you let Third Uncle and his family stay over there, if you’re not sure, go over there, it’s too crowded at home, besides it’s not convenient.”
Song San Xiao and the two of them lived in the west room on Grandma Song’s side, separated from the east room by a hall, so it was really inconvenient to come out and go in, and when guests came to the house, they were always welcomed to the hall.
She didn’t really think about it, but when Song Shen said that, she also felt it was inconvenient, “Fine, I’ll go to the workshop, go there in the morning and come back in the evening. I’ll go to the workshop, go there in the morning and come back in the evening. You can take care of the oldest and second daughter-in-law.”
Xu and Liu Cui Lan agreed.
Song Wan Yue asked them to wait while she went to see Zhang Zhuan, followed him to the Zhang family pharmacy, dispensed some medicine and returned with two packs for each escort.
Song Wangyue asked one of the guards to go and find Master Jin and ask him to drive an ordinary carriage from the restaurant over. An hour later, Song Si and Xiao Yao sat on it wearing ordinary clothes, with one guard driving the carriage and the rest of the guards going to wait at the city gate first, and then following not far behind for protection when their carriage arrived.
Xiao Yao somewhat regretted that she had insisted on coming back on this trip and had caused Yue’er trouble again for nothing.
“Big brother go back to the Xu residence and tell them that I will be leaving for the capital at the end of February, so that maternal great-grandfather and maternal grandmother will not be anxious.”
Song Si responded, instructing her to take care of the family and instructing the coachman to hurry.
Song Wangyue did not see them off.
When the carriage reached the city gates, the guards waiting there followed without a trace, following all the way behind.
In the front carriage, Qing’er listened apprehensively to the commotion outside.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, all the buyers and sellers were not open, and there were very few pedestrians on the main road, and the occasional carriage passing by was for relatives.
There was no danger all day, so Qing’er’s tense heart relaxed.
At night, she stopped at a pre-planned town and rested for the night, but nothing happened.
The third and fourth days were the same.
Even the ten guards, not to mention Qing’er, let their guard down.
At noon on the fifth day, they arrived outside the woods of the town. If Song Wangyue was there, she would have recognized this forest, the same one where Xiao Zheng had escorted Song Wangyue back and encountered the attack.
“Miss ……”
One of the guards at the head of the group dutifully reported, “After the town ahead, we can enter the city before dark if we speed up.”
A hmm sound came from the carriage.
Before the voice could hit the ground, a group of men suddenly rushed out of the woods and blocked their way.
The leader of the group was a tall man with a bearded face, and the large sword in his hand thudded into the earth with a loud voice that rattled the ears of the crowd, “I opened this road, I planted this tree, if you want to pass through here, leave all your money and wealth!”
The group was startled by the sudden appearance of this man, and the horse of the leader of the guard was so startled that it roared long and raised its front hooves so high that it almost lifted the guard off.
He hurriedly tightened the reins and restrained the horse. Looking at the 30 to 40 people in front of him, his heart sank, for he was a martial arts practitioner and could naturally see that these people were not ordinary people, and that their martial arts skills were probably on a par with theirs.
He reached into his pocket, took out the purse he had prepared in his pocket and threw it over, cupping his fists, “Ladies and gentlemen, my lady is an ordinary person, so please make it easy for us to pass.”
“Ordinary people?”
The man at the head of the group caught the purse and held it in his hand, “An ordinary person can bring so many guards with him? How can you be so generous? Do you think we are all fools?”
“That’s right ……”
The man next to him with a trident in one hand shook his face with cross flesh, “We brothers have been doing business for so many years, we can see at a glance whether there is money or not, if you are sensible hurry up and take out all the valuable things, if there is more money, maybe we will be soft-hearted and spare your lives.”
“Are you all trying to make things difficult?”
“How dare you call our bluff? You seem to be tired of living.”
The man with the flesh on his face took up his stance.
The guards were about to fly forward.
A parcel was suddenly thrown out of the carriage, which was not tied tightly and fell to the ground, scattering a few pieces of jewellery and a few silver tickets inside.
The man said there was a couple in the carriage, but the moment the curtain was lifted, they could see clearly that there was only a woman in the carriage, not a man.
“Is that all?”
The bearded man pulled out the large knife that was stuck in the ground and stepped forward, the large knife in his hand fiercely struck out and picked open the curtain of the carriage.
“Ah ……”
Qing’er shrieked in terror and backed up into a corner of the car.
Several guards leapt up from their horses at the same time and attacked him, the bearded man took a few steps back and pooh-poohed the ground, “Motherf*cker, no money to pretend to be a rich lady, causing me to be happy for nothing, and a few of you ……”
He swept his sinister gaze over the few guards blocking the carriage, “You look like your martial arts skills are not low, you don’t feel bad about selling your life to such a person.”
“This matter does not need to be bothered with your Excellency, since we have given the money, can we be let through?”
The bearded man spat again and waved his hand towards the back, “Today I’ll let you pass, but don’t run into me again, get lost!”
The coachman hurriedly shook the reins, and several guards leapt back into the carriage, escorting it away.
When they had gone far away, the man with the trident put away his cross face, “Chief, why do I feel a bit strange, the carriage and the guards are dressed exactly as that man told us, how come there is no one on the carriage? Could it be that they’re hiding someone?”
The bearded man’s face changed at his words, “No, we’ve been fooled, chase!”