"Wow, you all know martial arts? Once we’ve driven off and killed these bandits, I want to learn martial arts from you!"
Ye Fengqi’s loud girl’s voice reached the ears of the bandits and the guards.
In the tense fight, the guards nearly laughed. The bandits, making their appearance, were killed by the guards with a single slash, never dreaming they would hear a young girl’s voice before being killed.
Karma was happening right here.
Seeing that things were not going well, the Great King, who had circled to the front, saw so many men killed and immediately chose the path of escape.
Some bandits, seeing the Great King flee, also tried to escape, but their pace was no match for the guards’ horses, and they were killed or severely wounded. Newest update provided by NoveI-Fire.ɴet
The Great King too was ended by a guard with a single slash.
Very quickly, dozens of people were either severely injured or dead, all lying on the ground.
Zhong Xingwang also participated in this battle, his guards surrounding him, fighting the bandits as they attacked.
He sighed in relief seeing the bandits either dead or severely injured, it seemed this crisis was already passing.
The old housekeeper had the severely wounded bandits tied up, regardless of their dying breaths.
People were stationed right there, and others were sent to inform the officials, believing there were still bandits on the mountain, requesting the government’s help to eradicate them.
Fearing prolonged nightmares, the old housekeeper, with some other guards, escorted the young master back home.
One guard who went to report to the officials found out that the County Magistrate and Mr. Zhao were acquaintances; isn’t this the son of the old master’s good friend, Mr. Zhao?
The County Magistrate didn’t recognize this guard, but when he heard that the bandits had been almost entirely wiped out, with a few severely injured but not yet dead,
he immediately dispatched people to the mountain to capture the bandits. The County Magistrate, who had not been in office long, had already heard about the bandits on that road and had not yet familiarized himself with the local pathways; not all his staff at the government office had been fully competent yet.
He personally led the team, taking his own people along with that guard to eradicate the bandits.
The County Magistrate didn’t recognize the guard, but his subordinate did and quietly told him.
Only then did he learn that it was the old housekeeper who had led so many people to eliminate the bandits.
Pleased, the old housekeeper had cleared obstacles for him. With such a great deed accomplished, how could the staff at the government office make things difficult for him in his official role?
His parachuted appointment was a thorn in the side, a pain in the flesh for many.
The County Magistrate, arriving on that road, saw a guard watching over the severely injured people who were bleeding, not receiving any treatment and dying out, he led his men to storm the mountain, found the cave, but it was emptied.
Knowing that people had lived here once, maybe they had received the news and the people in the cave had escaped.
They could only search the entire mountain, believing that those people couldn’t have gone far, all wounded bandits, perhaps hiding somewhere on the mountain.
With such a large-scale search, they indeed found five or six wounded bandits.
After searching the entire mountain and finding no further bandits outside or inside, they interrogated the caught bandits and learned that these wounded bandits had been recuperating in the cave, but after lookouts reported back, they quickly fled.
They thought no one would report to the officials and they could hide on the mountain for a while, then settle back in the cave after the situation cooled down.
Some, only injured in the arms and body but not in the legs, were the bandits who ran away quickly.
According to these people, six or seven bandits had escaped.
The County Magistrate had his men count the bodies on the ground; wow, over eighty people died at the hands of the old housekeeper and his men.
They had almost wiped out a band of bandits, all of whom were wanted criminals and habitual offenders. It was simply their bad luck to encounter the old housekeeper who had brought with him seasoned soldiers from the military.
Each one was a strong combatant, and every move was meant to kill. The bandits, merely used to oppressing unarmed civilians, stood no chance against these experienced soldiers who had seen battlefields.
They could only end up dead!
The County Magistrate had the bodies of these bandits buried and then reported the matter.
Mr. Zhao and the old housekeeper returned two days later, and upon learning that his old friend, the housekeeper, had killed so many bandits, inadvertently earning glory for his son, Mr. Zhao was very pleased.
One of his sons had become the County Magistrate in this county, and another son was working as a state official here.
He and the old housekeeper had arrived here, conveniently close to the new county.
While pleased, he reunited with his family and shared honey and food with them.
The family members, upon learning that Mr. Zhao had sold the houses and shops so cheaply, had opinions but dared not voice them.
His son understood his father, and since the old housekeeper had helped him achieve a meritorious deed, he would be rewarded, which would be beneficial for his future as well.
There was no prolonged fuss over the matter of the cheap sale of the houses and properties.
Tang Shunyan had been sending people for several days to find out if the Ye Family members had returned.
He had been staying at Ye Manor, and then he received a letter; his father wanted him back home as well.
He had thought that once home, his family would scold him since he had given the jade pendant to someone, even though that someone was familiar to all.
When he got home, only his mother reprimanded him briefly.
His father, however, argued that his mother wasn’t looking far enough ahead; it was just a loan of twenty thousand taels. Even if it was not returned, their business collaborations were still ongoing, and they had long since made back that amount of money.
Tang Shunyan was not punished by his father or grandparents; he was simply told to stay well at home.
The people he had sent reported back that evening that Ye family’s carriage had returned with some people, but four of the Ye Family’s sisters had stayed in the Capital City.
Hearing that Ye Shiqi and a few elder sisters had remained in the Capital City, Tang Shunyan was somewhat concerned, but did not think much of it, only hoping that when he went to study in the Capital City, he would see them again.
Two days later, his father met with him again and even told him that his sister, who had borrowed the money, had not only bought houses, shops, and estates, but also warehouses, and had quickly returned the twenty thousand silver taels.
Tang Shunyan was curious about how Ye Shiqi had managed to buy the houses and shops at such a cheap rate; though his jade pendant played a small part in it.
But he knew that houses and shops, let alone becoming a top scorer, were not that easy to obtain, and by his father’s words, it was as if she had found a bargain.
His father, grandmother, and the housewives were all in praise, wishing Ye Shiqi were one of the Tang Family members for her sharp business acumen.
What they didn’t know was that before her rebirth, Ye Shiqi had been a Tang.
Listening to his father and family praising Ye Shiqi so highly made Tang Shunyan feel very pleased.
Upon hearing of the Ye family sisters’ impressive abilities, his mother felt envious and resentful!
She thought that it was their Tang family who deserved the most credit; without them, the Ye family would not have reached such prosperity.
Tang Shunyan later found out how Ye Shiqi had come by so much money; someone had been giving them money and supplies.
He felt a bit sour; if he had some personal savings, he would have given them to Ye Shiqi instead of merely lending money on account of his identity.