Chapter 1448: Xia Zhang Defects

Chapter 1448: Chapter 1448: Xia Zhang Defects

As he spoke, Xia Zhang was clutching his poison bag and suddenly swung his knife with a crack, aiming at a small Section Leader beside Lu Chong.

With a bang, that Section Leader was struck down to the ground.

Xia Zhang immediately grabbed the reins, mounted the horse, and rode toward Daqing: "Lu Chong is colluding with bandits, intending to help them kidnap Mrs. Qin. I’ve seen the light, let me through quickly!"

He ran while shouting, shocking everyone present.

Lu Chong didn’t expect Xia Zhang to dare betray him and was infuriated, shouting, "Damn Xia Zhang, your grandfather and grandmother are doomed!"

He then ordered the soldiers behind him, "Quick, charge with me, tie up the Gu Family, and seize the Gu Family’s maid! Hurry, once it succeeds, we can get a chest of gold, a chest of gold!"

Money can make the mare go, those soldiers, already harboring ill intentions, enthusiastically raised their long knives and charged towards Daqing.

Damn, that scoundrel Lu Chong indeed came to deal with her.

Gu Jinli stood on the carriage shouting, "That Xia Zhang, get off the horse and roll to the side, Daqing, fire arrows, kill those bastards!"

She added, "Poison, don’t hack at them when they get close, sprinkle the poison directly!"

Gu Jinli never considered herself a good person; she preferred using poison in fights.

"Yes!" Daqing immediately ordered his men under him to fire arrows.

Swish, swish, swish!

Another batch of arrows shot out, bringing down several soldiers.

Xia Zhang was clever, and hearing Gu Jinli’s command, swiftly jumped off the horse, rolled to the side, and using his elbows to support himself, crawled towards Daqing, dragging the poison along.

"Fire arrows!"

Swish, swish, swish!

The sound of arrows whirred overhead, and a dozen more of Lu Chong’s soldiers fell.

"Daqing, they are too many, shooting them down one by one is too slow, don’t waste time, advance and scatter the poison!" Gu Jinli shouted, urging Daqing to finish the battle quickly.

"Slut!" Lu Chong heard, bursting with rage, pointed his long knife in the direction of Gu Jinli’s voice, and ordered, "Fire arrows, kill that slut!"

Swish, swish!

Two capable Section Leaders under Lu Chong immediately notched arrows, aiming at Gu Jinli on top of the carriage.

Gu Jinli moved agilely, swinging from the corner of the carriage canopy, leaping from the roof down to the front board, and instructed Erqing, "Drive the carriage to another place; this spot’s been revealed, it’s unsafe. If we don’t move, we’ll be turned into a sieve by arrows."

Speaking, she grabbed another torch stuck in the carriage, throwing it far away to prevent the torchlight from revealing the carriage’s location.

"Yes." Erqing took the reins and shifted the carriage to the right.

Lu Chong and his men lost Gu Jinli’s position, unable to aim their arrows.

"Charge! Kill them." Lu Chong shouted, leading several mounted confidants to charge first.

Daqing’s gaze turned cold, tossed a bag of poison to his men, and himself rode with the poison, charging forward.

With a loud swoosh, the poison spread in the air.

Lu Chong and his men, caught off guard by the sudden poison spray, choked and coughed violently, raising knives at Daqing upon seeing her, "Bitch, I’ll have you dead!"

Daqing was a robust woman, could Lu Chong reach her with his sword? She tugged on the horse’s head, kicked at Lu Chong’s slashing long knife, and, spinning, slashed at Lu Chong’s throat with her dagger.

Lu Chong was frightened, quickly dodged to save his life.

Daqing, not wanting to linger in battle, swung back onto the horse and immediately turned it around, charging back.

On the way, she encountered Xia Zhang still crawling, grabbed him onto the horse, and knocked him out with a punch!

The lady had said not to trust a recent defector too much; they still posed a danger. Knock him out first, tie him up, and interrogate him later.

Xia Zhang was delighted when pulled onto the horse, but didn’t expect to be knocked out immediately. Before entirely blacking out, with sheer willpower, he gasped, "Bandit, poison!"

Bandit’s poison?

Daqing understood, promptly securing the falling poison, returning with Xia Zhang and the poison.

Lu Chong and his men, having taken Lord Ghost’s Detoxification Pills, held out briefly after inhaling the poison, but collapsed completely upon reaching Daqing’s group.

Thud, thud, thud sounds of bodies dropping were heard, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The other soldiers, who didn’t really want to kidnap Gu Jinli initially, were scared seeing this, and they all stopped, not daring to advance.

But Gu Jinli no longer trusted them and said, "Daqing, charge with others, knock them out with poison to prevent them from attacking again."

Taking the opportunity to incapacitate the enemy was basic self-protection knowledge.

Moreover, those poisons weren’t lethal; they only caused foaming at the mouth and a day’s coma.

"Yes!" Daqing responded, threw Xia Zhang to the ground with a thud, then turned his horse around, calling to his subordinates, "Charge with me... fire arrows!"

Daqing waited for everyone to enter arrow range, then quickly commanded them to fire.

Arrows tied with poison were shot, exploding upon hitting Lu Chong’s soldiers.

Boom, boom, boom, poison scattered, and the soldiers inhaled it, soon foaming at the mouth and collapsing.

Daqing and Gu Jinli were thrilled, but their joy was short-lived as they heard the sound of hoofbeats, and suddenly a group of fully armed bandits burst from the side, hurling poison toward them.

In an instant, the poison spread like a dense fog.

...

"Sister Tang, Sister Tang, where are you? Don’t cry, Aunt Xie is here, quickly come to Aunt Xie!" Ji Zhenniang spread her arms, turning wildly in the dark, searching for Sister Tang by the distant torchlight.

But Sister Tang unexpectedly stopped crying, causing Ji Zhenniang to lose her sense of direction.

"Madam, Madam, come back quickly!" Xie Huaihua kept calling out anxiously, almost in tears: "Madam, don’t be afraid, if you hear me, respond, and I’ll find you right away, please don’t run ahead anymore!"

"Ji Shi, come back quickly; otherwise, my lady won’t spare you!" Qing Hui shouted, holding a torch.

Ji Zhenniang, hearing their voices, was about to respond when she heard Sister Tang’s cries: "Waa waa waa..."

"Sister Tang!" Ji Zhenniang ignored Xie Huaihua and rushed toward Sister Tang, quickly finding her.

Sister Tang was covered in blood, with two arrows in her, though not life-threatening.

Ji Zhenniang, afraid of blood, almost fainted at the sight but quickly held Sister Tang, comforting, "Sister Tang, don’t be afraid, it’s okay, Aunt Xie is here to save you."

Ji Zhenniang wasn’t really dull; she feared the bandits used Sister Tang as bait. She spoke while carrying Sister Tang back.

But Sister Tang cried into the darkness, "Mom, mom, mom save me, Sister Tang hurts, waa waa waa..."

"Sister Tang, don’t shout, your mom isn’t here, let’s go quickly, the bandits are coming." Ji Zhenniang spoke, holding Sister Tang, and sped up.

But Sister Tang was two years older than her own Zhuzhu, wearing more clothing, heavier than Zhuzhu; Ji Zhenniang couldn’t carry her well, and after a few steps, she fell.