Chapter 279： Encountered robbers

The carriage traveled quickly, gradually away from the bustling city and toward the countryside.

The sky was getting darker, and there seemed to be dark clouds overhead.

If you can't see the sun, you can't tell the time. When the sky is like this, it feels like it's already dusk.

Jiang Sanlang was driving the carriage, and the further he walked, the more he felt something was wrong.

This road is an official road, and it is the end of the year. It is impossible to drive for a long time and not meet a single person.

But it would not be appropriate 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 **** ahead. Every time the carriage passes by, it has to slow down. Sometimes it has to get out of the car and push it to get up.

Hearing what his third uncle said, Jiang Quan immediately became vigilant and quickly pulled out a machete from under the car board.

This was specially prepared by him for self-defense, but he never put it to use.

Hopefully it won’t come in handy this time.

Ying Bao also realized that something was wrong. In order to reduce the weight of the car, she quietly collected some apples and melons in the bamboo basket and brought them into the cave.

Jiang Yunniang also became nervous, pushed her children into the car, and hid them behind her.

The carriage went down a steep slope, and when it was going uphill, it was suddenly blocked by an obstacle made of small stones.

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.

If you hit it hard, you might be able to break the wheels.

Jiang Sanlang slowly stopped the car, looked around, jumped out of the car, and went to clean up the small stones.

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.

“Leave money to buy the road!” These people shouted and rushed towards this direction.

Jiang Sanlang immediately retreated to the carriage, took the machete from his second nephew's hand, pointed at the person coming and shouted: "Who is this person! Back off!"

Jiang Yunniang almost screamed and hurriedly groped around, trying to find a self-defense weapon.

Xiao Hei also barked loudly and wanted to jump off the carriage over and over again.

Yingbao hurriedly comforted it, immediately put a sickle in her aunt's hand, and handed another one to her second cousin.

The battle hasn’t started yet, and Xiao Hei is not allowed to get out of the car. There are five robbers, and they all have various weapons in their hands.

There were wooden sticks, hoes, chisels and other items, and one of them also held a sharp sickle.

Now it's three versus five. Even if Xiao Hei helps his side, he probably has no chance of winning.

Yingbao took out a small cowhide slingshot, took out a stone and held it in his hand.

She guessed that there must be more than these five robbers, and there must be someone hiding behind the bushes.

So she had to pay close attention to what was going on over there.

Several robbers rushed forward, their eyes wandering around the big horse, showing greed.

“Leave the carriage! Let you live!” the leading man shouted sternly.

Jiang Sanlang frowned in thought, glanced at a few people, and then glanced at the bushes.

If these kidnappers really only want money, and for the sake of their children, it is not impossible for them to abandon the carriage.

But if these people don’t keep their word and lose their carriage, won’t the family be at the mercy of others in this wilderness?

“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 the machete tightly.

Hearing what his father said, Ying Bao gritted his teeth, took out several strings of copper coins, handed them to Jiang Quan, and whispered: "Throw them back and as far away as possible!"

Jiang Quan understood, took the copper coin, and threw it to the roadside behind him.

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 that? Otherwise I won't be polite!" Hongxiao and Xiao were in the car. Lang was already frightened and crying, and twelve-year-old Zhang Yuying was also trembling.

Jiang Sanlang didn't speak, he only looked at the other person carefully.

The five people were all in rags, and two of them were wearing straw sandals. In such a cold weather, if they were dressed like this, they were either refugees fleeing from the country or a group of desperadoes.

No matter what kind of person you encounter, you will never be able to escape unscathed.

Jiang Sanlang suddenly said: "Zoom in!"

Ying Bao immediately understood what her father meant, and immediately loosened the rope around Xiao Hei's neck and patted him: "Go bite the bad guy!"

Seeing Xiao Hei swooping out, roaring and rushing towards the five robbers.

At the same time, Jiang Sanlang rushed towards the robbers with a machete and shouted: "Hurry up!"

Jiang Quan already understood what Uncle San meant, jumped out of the carriage and ran to clear the road ahead.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yunniang also jumped down and raised her sickle to help her third brother.

Yingbao sat on the shaft, shook the reins, and drove the big horse forward.

Suddenly a lot of weight was lost in the car, and the big horse was extremely easy to pull up. Soon the car drove up the slope.

At this time, Jiang Quan had already kicked away the stones on the road, ran back, rushed towards the robbers with his sickle, and fought side by side with his third uncle.

Then two female robbers came out of the bushes and hit Xiao Hei with sticks, making him scream.

Jiang Sanlang and the others were obviously outnumbered. Even if he had a machete in his hand, it could only be a temporary deterrent.

On the carriage side, two young robbers suddenly emerged from the bushes and rushed towards Yingbao.

They held wooden sticks in their hands, raised them high and smashed them down.

A bamboo basket suddenly appeared in Ying Bao's hand, which just happened to block the heavy blow of the stick.

The young robber was startled by the sudden turn of events. Before he could react, something hit him in the face.

“Ahhhhh...” The young robber fell to the ground and screamed, covering his face, with many sharp spikes appearing on his face.

The other boy looked fierce and struck Ying Bao with another stick.

However, Ying Bao had already rushed over to him, grabbed his hair, and threw him over her shoulder, slamming him to the ground.

He strangled his neck again, pressed the thin dagger on his neck, and shouted loudly: "Tell them to stop! Otherwise, I will kill you!"

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 controlled him, they could force those people back.

As expected, several adult robbers were frightened by this incident and quickly dragged their injured bodies back. One person even shouted: "Stop! If you dare to kill him! I will destroy your whole family!"

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!"

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!"

"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.

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.

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 **** will survive. ! Believe it or not, I will definitely send you to the West before I die."

In the grass not far from them, several children of several years old were 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 filled with 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 young man 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 dare!"