Chapter 43 The Eldest Daughter of a Military Family

Chapter 43 The Eldest Daughter of a Military Family

The footsteps behind her grew closer, accompanied by vulgar curses: "You little bitch! Stop right there! Where do you think you're going!"

Jiang Yutang didn't stop walking, and took a moment to turn around and retort: ​​"Only an idiot would stand there and let you kill him!"

Taking advantage of her small stature, she deliberately ventured into areas with dense tree branches. The thorns in the forest tore her sleeves, but they also temporarily slowed down the pursuers.

Seeing a patch of low bushes ahead, she immediately crouched down and slipped inside, hiding behind a not-so-thick tree. The tree was just enough to conceal her body, and unless the pursuers searched carefully, they might not find her.

The three pursuers stopped immediately when they saw that the woman had disappeared. One of them said gruffly, "Split up and search! Don't let her get away!"

Suddenly remembering something, the other man winked at his companion: "Blackie has already gone after the other two women, let's take care of this one first!"

Jiang Yutang hid behind a tree, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it was about to burst out of her chest.

It seems someone has already gone after the Mu and Zhu families!

She clutched the hem of her clothes tightly, hoping that Mu and Zhu could escape safely. But when she thought about her own situation, she couldn't help but despair: could she hold out until reinforcements arrived?

Rather than waiting to die here, I might as well take this opportunity to travel back to the modern era.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Jiang Yutang instinctively reached into his robes.

Just as his fingertips touched the corner of the book, a shout suddenly came from afar.

Jiang Yutang trembled, listening carefully to see if it was Jiang Songzhi and the others.

Who is calling for help there?

It wasn't until the second sound rang out that I could clearly hear Cheng Dai'er's voice!

Jiang Yutang's heart sank instantly. Why did she come? Isn't this just sending her to her death?

Sure enough, the three men chasing her also heard the sound. After exchanging a glance, they immediately headed in the direction of the sound, clearly intending to take care of Cheng Daier as well.

Jiang Yutang hid behind a tree, troubled: if she took the opportunity to run away, Cheng Daier would definitely be in danger. But if she went out to rescue her, she would be exposed.

Meanwhile, Mu and Zhu ran along the river and were about to reach the camp when they were blocked by a burly man.

Mu was terrified, her face turning deathly pale, but she still trembled as she raised the folding knife Jiang Yutang had given her and shouted at Hei Tou, "Don't come any closer! If you do, I won't be polite!"

Despite the excruciating pain in her stomach, Zhu desperately shouted towards the camp, "Help! Someone come quick!"

Seeing this, Blackhead spat out a curse: "Two stinking women, you dare to resist!" With that, he pulled out the dagger from his waist and charged towards the two.

Mu Shi closed her eyes and waved the folding knife in her hand haphazardly, but she couldn't even touch the hem of Hei Tou's clothes.

The two women's fear reached its peak; they cried out to heaven and earth in vain.

Just as the black-headed dagger was about to pierce Mu Shi, and Mu Shi thought she was going to die, he suddenly groaned and fell straight to the ground.

A dagger was stuck in the back of the man's head, and blood flowed out instantly.

The two were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. Looking up, they saw Cheng Lanzhou and Jiang Songzhi's brothers running towards them.

It seems that Cheng Lanzhou saved them!

The two could no longer hold back, and tears instantly streamed down their faces.

Zhu Shi sat on the ground clutching her stomach. Jiang Jiuzhe immediately rushed over and asked anxiously, "Lianxin, how are you? Does your stomach hurt?"

Mu Shi, disregarding her fear, scrambled to her feet and grabbed Jiang Songzhi's arm as he ran towards her, urgently saying, "Quick, quick, go find Tang'er! She's still in the woods; she's drawn those people away for us!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Songzhi's expression instantly turned serious. He immediately said to the people behind him, "You take the two of them back to the camp first, I'll go to Little Sister!"

After saying that, he rushed into the woods, but was stopped by Cheng Lanzhou.

“I’ll go with you; there are a lot of them.”

Jiang Songzhi looked at him with sweat beading on his forehead, then nodded emphatically.

"I'll go too!" Jiang Huaiyu saw the two rushing into the woods and hurriedly chased after them. He turned back to Jiang Jiuzhe and Jiang Sumin behind him and said, "I'll leave this to you two."

In the woods, Jiang Yutang tightly gripped the shards she had knocked off the bronze mirror, oblivious to the cuts her fingertips made by the edges.

Cheng Dai'er stood beside her, her face tense, glaring at the three desperate men who were closing in on her. Her tone was urgent: "How did you end up alone? And how did these people manage to target you!"

"If it weren't for saving you, I would have run away long ago!" Jiang Yutang replied irritably, her eyes fixed on the other party's movements, afraid that they would suddenly attack.

Cheng Dai'er instantly bristled, raising her voice: "Are you saying I'm holding you back? If I hadn't heard your shout just now, would I have been able to come in?"

"This is not the time to argue about this!" Jiang Yutang interrupted her hastily, noticing the thugs who were only a few steps away from them.

Cheng Daier knew the situation was critical. She took a deep breath, suddenly stepped forward to block Jiang Yutang, put her hands in a standard starting stance, and looked sharp as a knife.

As the eldest daughter of the General's Mansion, she had learned some martial arts from her father since childhood, and ordinary people were no match for her.

Jiang Yutang was stunned for a moment, and a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in her heart.

But before she could even catch her breath, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

After only three moves against the thugs, Cheng Daier gradually lost ground. One of the thugs seized an opening and kicked her hard in the waist. Cheng Daier winced in pain but endured it without making a sound, staggering back into Jiang Yutang's arms.

"Pah!" Cheng Dai'er spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, glaring at the three men. "What kind of heroes are three grown men bullying a woman!"

"Heroes? We have no interest in being heroes." The leader of the thugs sneered, the dagger in his hand gleaming coldly in the sunlight. "We just want your lives!"

Seeing that the group was about to make a move, Jiang Yutang quickly stepped forward and shouted, "Wait! I have something to say!"

She stared at the three men, speaking rapidly: "How much did they pay you? We're willing to pay double! As long as you let us go, we'll pay three times the amount once we safely reach Danzhou!"

The three thugs burst into laughter, as if they had heard the biggest joke in the world.

"What wealth could a fallen noble family possibly have? Wasn't it all taken by that old emperor and deposited into his personal treasury long ago?"

"Yes!" Jiang Yutang's hand, which was supporting Cheng Daier, trembled uncontrollably, and his mouth couldn't stop moving for a moment.

"We have contacts in Danzhou. As long as you're willing to let us off the hook, we won't shortchange you a single penny!"

Cheng Dai'er looked at her in surprise. Could it be that Lan Zhou had guessed correctly? Was there really someone behind the Jiang family?

Upon hearing this, the three stopped in their tracks, exchanged glances, and showed conflicted expressions, clearly tempted by the "triple pay."

Just when there seemed to be hope, the leader of the thugs suddenly shouted, "Don't listen to her! If we let them go, we'll only be dead when we get back!" Before he finished speaking, he raised his dagger and stabbed at Cheng Dai'er.

Jiang Yutang reacted quickly, grabbing Cheng Daier and pulling her back to avoid a disaster. However, she accidentally twisted her ankle, causing her to gasp in pain.

She slumped to the ground and muttered a curse under her breath.

Just at this critical moment, Jiang Songzhi's shout suddenly came from outside the woods: "Tang'er!"

Immediately afterwards, several figures rushed in; it was Cheng Lanzhou leading the group!