"Princess, you actually know how to use firearms, that's great, hahaha. Cough cough cough." Zhang Yanling laughed out loud in surprise. When she was excited, she took in a few mouthfuls of smoke and coughed violently.
"I...I...I just saw you loading the gun and I remembered it. But I killed someone...what should I do?"
Xu Wanyi held the blunderbuss in both hands. Her wrists were sore and numb, and she didn't feel the burning pain on her face at all. She was only immersed in the horror of firing the blunderbuss with her own hands and blasting a bloody hole in the chest of the knight on the horse on the left.
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"Hahaha, good kill. Go on. Load the powder quickly. Once the powder is loaded, fire. Knock them off their horses one by one. Hahaha." Zhang Yanling was so happy. She didn't expect Xu Wanyi to actually shoot.
Everything is easier to handle.
At Zhang Yanling's urging, Xu Wanyi loaded another round of ammunition. This time, the knight on the right was knocked to the ground along with his horse. Xu Wanyi's skills became more and more proficient, and he loaded the third round of ammunition without waiting for Zhang Yanling's instructions.
He fired another shot at the cavalry chasing after him.
With a "boom", the enemy leader was shot in the right arm. He screamed and cursed. He reined in his horse hard and shouted: "Damn it, this kid is so easy. The wind is tight today, pull!"
The rest of the horsemen were already frightened. After hearing this, they turned around without saying a word and ran away.
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Zhang Yanling reined in his horse and turned around to look at the figure of dozens of other people fleeing quickly, holding torches and getting further and further away. He couldn't believe that he could escape this disaster. He untied the cloth that bound himself and Xu Wanyi,
Jumped off the horse. Xu Wanyi was swaying on the horse and couldn't sit still. Zhang Yanling put his arms around her waist and carried her off the horse.
Xu Wanyi's body was trembling, still in a state of indescribable excitement and panic, and she leaned against Zhang Yanling limply.
"Master Hou, I...I..." Xu Wanyi murmured.
Zhang Yanling took off the blunderbuss in her hand and inserted it into her waist, then reached out to hold her face. Seeing that her face was filled with fear, her face was covered with mud and blood. Half of her face was burned black by the poison.
Yes, a lot of half of my hair was burned off. I felt grateful and pitiful at the same time.
At this moment, all the willfulness and unhappiness of this woman were not worth mentioning. If she hadn't fired these shots, I would have been in trouble today. God bless me, I only loaded the bullet twice in front of her.
, she memorized the order of firing. It was a big help at critical moments. What else can I say? What else can I blame her for?
"Princess, you have repulsed the enemy and you have done a great service." Zhang Yanling helped her sit down slowly.
Xu Wanyi said blankly: "I...I killed someone."
"Those are all villains and should be killed. You don't have to worry." Zhang Yanling said softly.
Xu Wanyi looked at Zhang Yanling and said, "Who are these people? Why are we intercepting us here?"
Zhang Yanling shook his head and said: "I don't know either, but I will figure it out."
Xu Wanyi said: "It's all my fault for being willful. If I didn't make trouble, there wouldn't be anything going on right now."
Zhang Yanling shook his head and said: "No, I have to thank you. They were planning to attack us on the way back. If you hadn't made a fuss back to Beijing tonight, we wouldn't have known about their plot at all. They dug traps on the road.
We are all doomed. You have done a great job and saved us all."
Xu Wanyi glared at Zhang Yanling and said, "So... I'm right?"
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "You're right, don't think too much. How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell? Your face was injured and a lot of your hair was burned off. I forgot to tell you, you have to deflect when you shoot.
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Xu Wanyi was startled and shouted: "Ah? My face?"
She reached out and touched her cheek, gasping in pain and screaming.
"Don't touch it randomly. It will blister after being burned. Don't break it, otherwise it will disfigure you." Zhang Yanling stopped her quickly and said.
"Ah! What should I do? Will my appearance be disfigured? Then I will become an ugly monster? What should I do? It's better to just die. I'll just die." Xu Wanyi burst into tears suddenly.
Zhang Yanling was stunned and speechless, and thought to herself: It was so dangerous just now and I didn't see you crying, but you cried because of the loss of your appearance. The focus of a woman is really strange.
"Don't worry, this is a burn and it will heal. Ask Miss Tan to help you treat it later. Miss Tan will be able to rejuvenate her and there won't even be a scar left." Zhang Yanling consoled her.
"Are you serious?" Xu Wanyi asked with tears on her face.
"Of course." Zhang Yanling said with a bitter smile. He didn't know if Tan Ruqing had such means, so he could only comfort her like this at the moment.
The two of them sat on the official road to catch their breath. Soon after, Ma Quan, Zhao Yuancheng and others cautiously gathered together. It was dark, and it was not known whether the enemy had really left, but they did not dare to act without permission, so they only had to be careful.
After a while, I heard the torches on the official road in the rear and the roar of people.
Everyone was shocked, thinking they had encountered another situation, and hurriedly braced themselves to prepare for the situation, but they heard those people shouting loudly.
"Master Hou! Where are you?"
"Ms. sir, where are you?"
"Yuan Cheng, where are you?"
Zhang Yanling and others were relieved when they heard the shouting. It turned out that Axiu and the old blacksmith had arrived. Zhao Yuancheng rushed forward to greet them. Soon a large group of people arrived with sticks, knives and forks and torches. It turned out that Axiu and the old blacksmith had received the news.
The old blacksmith immediately summoned young and strong men from all the villages in the manor to come to the rescue. But there were no carriages and horses, so he had to run here on foot, so he arrived late, and everyone was panting and sweating profusely.
Zhang Yanling was so moved that the old blacksmith and the common people dared to risk their lives to come to the rescue. Although they arrived late, their kindness was enough to move people. When everyone saw Zhang Yanling, Axiu was overjoyed, and saw everyone's embarrassment.
Some were injured and were in panic. When they saw the dead bodies on the ground, they were even more panicked.
Zhang Yanling briefly informed them of the situation, and did not go into too much detail. He only said that he encountered a strong man who was trying to rob the Tao, and he killed a few of them before escaping. In fact, the matter was certainly not that simple. But these things were also
There’s no need to explain it too clearly, you’ll figure it out yourself later.
The sky was gradually getting brighter. Ma Quan and Zhao Yuancheng rode along the official road to the front to check if all the enemies had escaped. Soon they came back and reported that all the enemies had disappeared. Zhang Yanling then ordered several teams to search for the lost people.
, and count the personnel.
After a while, a nurse, Shi Qing Huayi and others who were hiding in the mountains were found. Shi Qing Huayi and others returned to the official road. After seeing Xu Wanyi, they all knelt down, cried and kowtowed, begging for mercy and accusing themselves of guilt. Indeed, it was true.
, as Xu Wanyi's maid, she even lost her master, this crime is indeed not small.
But Xu Wanyi didn't blame them too much. Because she also understood that everyone was panicked in the situation last night, and they didn't know who was missing in the dark. According to Zhao Yuancheng, when they found out that Xu Wanyi was missing
At that time, Shi Qinghuayi and others insisted on coming back to look for him. So Zhao Yuancheng brought a nurse back to look for him, and then he was discovered by the other party.
After an inventory, all the people were found. The Zhang family suffered a lot of damage this time. The servants and Huang Si were killed and wounded eight people. Six of them were injured and two died. The enemy left nine corpses. There were originally several
None of the injured ones were seen at this moment. They must have been taken away by the other party.
Zhang Yanling personally searched the bodies of all the deceased people. Except for an ordinary steel knife, there was nothing on these people that could identify them.