The carriage sped along, gradually moving away from the bustling city and toward the countryside.
The sky was getting dark, and there seemed to be dark clouds overhead.
If you can't see the sun, you can't tell the time. When the weather is like this, it feels like it's already dusk.
Jiang Sanlang drove the carriage, and the further he walked, the more he felt something was wrong.
This road was an official road and it was New Year's Eve. It was impossible to drive for such a long time and not meet a single person.
But it wouldn't be right to go back now.
"Erquan, take the machete and ask your brothers and sisters not to lift the car curtain," Jiang Sanlang said.
There is an undulating slope ahead. Every time the carriage passes by, it has to slow down, and sometimes it has to get out of the car and push it to get up.
When Jiang Quan heard what his third uncle said, he immediately became vigilant and quickly pulled out a machete from under the car.
This was specially prepared by him for self-defense, but he never put it to use.
Yingbao took out a small cowhide slingshot, took out a stone and held it in his hand.
Jiang Quan already understood what Uncle San meant, jumped out of the carriage and ran to clear the road ahead.
If you push it hard, you may break the wheels.
Jiang Quan understood, took the copper coin, and threw it to the roadside behind him.
I hope it doesn't come in handy this time.
So she had to pay close attention to what was going on over there.
She was sure that these two young men were the biological sons of one of the people down the slope, so as long as they restrained him, they could force those people back.
A bamboo basket suddenly appeared in Ying Bao's hand, just in time to block the heavy blow from the stick.
"I can give you all the money, but the carriage won't work. We still have a long way to go, and we can't live without a carriage." Jiang Sanlang watched the five people in front of him warily, while speaking, he held his machete tightly.
Jiang Sanlang frowned and thought, scanning a few people and then glancing at the bushes.
Jiang Sanlang slowly stopped the car, looked around, jumped out of the car, and went to clean up the small stones.
Yingbao quickly comforted it, immediately put a sickle in her aunt's hand, and handed another one to her second cousin.
Hong Xiao and Xiao Lang in the car were frightened to tears, and twelve-year-old Zhang Yuying was also trembling.
The young man felt very embarrassed and wanted to struggle and resist, but as soon as he moved, his neck felt stinging and streams of blood flowed out.
Several robbers rushed forward, their eyes wandering around the big horse, showing greed.
The battle hasn't started yet, and Xiao Hei can't get out of the car. There are five robbers, and they all have various weapons in their hands.
"Leave the money to buy the road!" These people shouted and rushed towards this direction.
Sure enough, several adult robbers were frightened by this incident and quickly dragged their injured bodies back. One of them even shouted sternly: "Stop! If you dare to kill him! I will definitely destroy your whole family!"
Jiang Sanlang was obviously outnumbered. Even if he had a machete in his hand, it could only be a temporary deterrent.
The young robber was startled by the sudden turn of events. Before he could react, something hit him in the face.
Ying Bao sat on the shaft, shook the reins, and drove the big horse forward.
The car suddenly lost a lot of weight, and the big horse was extremely easy to pull up. Soon the car drove up the slope.
Yingbao also realized that something was wrong. In order to reduce the weight of the car, she quietly collected some apples and cantaloupes in the bamboo basket and put them into the cave.
Several people looked at the copper coins, but did not move. The leading man sneered: "I want you to get out of the car! Get out of the way! Do you hear me? Otherwise I won't be polite!"
At this time, several figures suddenly emerged from the bushes in the distance. They were four men and one woman, and they rushed towards Jiang Sanlang with sticks in their hands.
The five people were all in rags, and two of them were wearing straw sandals. To be able to dress like this in such a cold weather meant that they were either refugees fleeing or a group of desperadoes.
Now it's three versus five. Even if Xiao Hei helps, he probably has no chance of winning.
Jiang Sanlang suddenly said: "Zoom in!"
However, Ying Bao had already rushed over to him, grabbed his hair, and threw him over the shoulder, slamming him to the ground.
Yingbao immediately understood what her father meant, and immediately loosened the rope around Xiao Hei's neck and patted him: "Go bite the bad guy!"
No matter what kind of person you encounter, you will never be able to escape unscathed.
I saw Xiao Hei swooping out, roaring and rushing towards the five robbers.
The leading robber was unwilling, but he could only grit his teeth and said: "Okay! Let you go! But you must let him go immediately!"
Jiang Yunniang also became nervous and pushed her children into the car and hid them behind her.
Then he strangled his neck, pressed the thin dagger on his neck, and shouted loudly: "Tell them to stop! Otherwise, I will kill you!"
But then two female robbers came out of the bushes and beat Xiao Hei with sticks until he screamed.
There were wooden sticks, hoes, chisels and other objects, and one of them was holding a sharp sickle.
The carriage went down a steep slope, and when it was going uphill, it was suddenly blocked by an obstacle made of small stones.
Jiang Sanlang immediately retreated to the carriage, took the machete from the second nephew's hand, pointed at the person coming and shouted: "Who is this person! Stay back!"
But if these people keep their word and lose their carriage, wouldn't the whole family be at the mercy of others in this wilderness?
At this time, Jiang Quan had already kicked away the stones on the road, ran back, rushed towards the robbers with his sickle in hand, and fought side by side with his third uncle.
"Let us go first, I swear to keep him alive!" Ying Bao pressed the thin-edged dagger in her hand against the vein on the young man's neck.
If these kidnappers are really only after money, it is not impossible for them to abandon the carriage for the sake of their children.
"Leave the carriage! Let you live!" the leading man shouted sternly.
Seeing this, Jiang Yunniang also jumped down and raised her sickle to help her third brother.
Jiang Yunniang almost screamed and hurriedly groped around, trying to find a self-defense weapon.
At the same time, Jiang Sanlang rushed towards the robbers with a machete and shouted: "Go away quickly!"
They held wooden sticks in their hands, raised them high and smashed them down.
Ying Bao didn't show any weakness and said loudly: "Let us leave safely! Just let him go! Otherwise we will die in a desperate situation!"
"Ahhhh..." The young robber fell to the ground and covered his face, screaming wildly, with many sharp spikes appearing on his face.
When Ying Bao heard what her father said, she gritted her teeth, took out several strings of copper coins, handed them to Jiang Quan, and whispered: "Throw them backwards and as far away as possible!"
She guessed that there must be more than these five robbers, and there must be someone hiding behind the bushes.
On the carriage side, two young robbers suddenly emerged from the bushes and rushed towards Yingbao.
The stones are not big and cannot be seen clearly from a distance, but if you encounter them when going uphill, the wooden wheels will definitely not be able to go up if they are blocked by such small stones.
Ying Bao whispered: "I advise you not to move. It doesn't matter if you die, your younger brothers and sisters hiding in the grass can't escape! Remember! If one person in my family dies, none of you little bastards will survive.
!Believe it or not, before I die, I will definitely send you to the West."
Xiao Hei also barked loudly and wanted to jump off the carriage again and again.
The other boy looked fierce and struck Ying Bao with another stick.
Jiang Sanlang didn't speak, he only looked at the other person carefully.
In the grass not far from them, there were several children of several years old crying softly. They were obviously the children of this group of robbers.
One of the girls cried the most when she saw Ying Bao restraining the boy. She must be the boy's biological sister.
As expected, the young man stopped moving, but his eyes were full of murderous intent.
But he couldn't see the face of the female doll, because the female doll strangled his neck from behind and pressed her knees against his spine.
The boy was half lying on the ground, still speaking harshly: "If you dare to touch my brothers and sisters, I will never let you go even if you are a ghost!"
