Chapter 327 Ambush on the Way

Chapter 327 Ambush on the Way

Ms. Chen is extremely satisfied with her current life. In addition to being grateful, she has become more gentle and tolerant towards her husband and children.

Especially with Hao Yu, who gave her the life she has now, she is almost completely obedient to him.

When Hao Yu said the martial arts school was closing down, she nodded and said "okay." When Hao Yu said she was moving back to Mingfu Village, she nodded and said "okay." When Hao Yu said she was going to see Jiang Yuan with Xie Wanniang, she still nodded and said "okay."

In short, she never shook her head and said "no".

Xie Wanniang, who couldn't be as indulgent towards her man as Hao Yu, had privately lamented more than once that it was fortunate Hao Yu wasn't the kind of weirdo who would take others' kindness for granted as a sign of weakness and vulnerability; otherwise, Chen Shi would definitely have suffered endless hardships in the future.

Because of the long separation, Jiang Yuan, who was the last to hear her sigh, immediately saw through the mystery: "If Uncle Hao were really that kind of person, Auntie wouldn't be so obedient to him now, would she?"

Chen was not the kind of weak woman who had been raised without any opinions. With her tenacious and unyielding character, she would not be foolish enough to entrust her trust to just anyone.

Xie Wanniang thought about it for a while and realized that it really was true, so she stopped marveling at Chen's excessive virtuousness.

The group stayed in Guangchangwei until the third day of the second lunar month after the New Year, when Jiang Yuan reluctantly saw them off.

Seeing his emotions so openly displayed, Xie Wanniang secretly hooked her finger around his and gently comforted him, "We'll come to see you again in a while. Next time, the children and I will stay a little longer."

Hao Yu's family also came along this time. The reason they were able to stay here for so long was because Hao Yu's family didn't care about their living environment and had no other attachments in Mingfu Village.

I didn't see Wang Xiaozhi because she couldn't get away and didn't come along.

Even so, it's already early February, and it's time for them to go back and prepare for the upcoming spring planting. Naturally, they can't stay here any longer.

After parting ways with Jiang Yuan with reluctance, Xie Wanniang took her child and returned to Tang County with Hao Yu's family.

To her surprise, on the very afternoon they left Guangchangwei, they were ambushed by villains.

Because there were many guards in the accompanying group, Xie Wanniang did not have Jiang Yuan escort her personally or send someone to escort her. Perhaps that is why some people thought that they could take down this group, which consisted of women and children who made up about half of the total number of people.

However, things took an unexpected turn after they began their operation.

First of all, even when this team was traveling on the territory of the Great Wei, and even when the Tatars had already retreated into their shells and had not invaded the border for a long time, they still maintained a high level of vigilance.

Hao Yu, who was in charge of issuing orders, not only sent out scouts to scout ahead in turn, but also sent people to patrol the rear of the team to see if any suspicious people were following them.

That's why they were the first to spot the two groups of people trying to surround them from the front and back.

Upon receiving the message, Xie Wanniang and Hao Yu discussed it and decided to turn around and deal with the group behind them.

They were numerous and acted swiftly. The group that had been quietly hiding in their fixed location hadn't even heard a whisper of what was happening before the group behind them had been either killed or captured without exception.

When Hao Yu led his men in two groups to launch a flanking attack, the group belatedly realized that Hao Yu and his men had somehow figured out their secrets.

The middle-aged man at the head of the group, seeing the undeniable professionalism in Hao Yu and his team's actions, couldn't help but curse in exasperation, "Damn it, how can these people be so capable? With this demeanor, anyone who didn't know better would think that Jiang Yuan's family had professional bodyguards from some military family."

What he didn't know was that about half of the guards Xie Wanniang kept were actually professional guards from military families—the Dingbei Marquis's mansion was the best they could find among the guards from military families in Baoding Prefecture.

With their guidance and Hao Yu's meticulous teaching over the years, the young men and women that Xie Wanniang bought back, as well as those she recruited from the families of border soldiers who were struggling financially, quickly developed comprehensive abilities comparable to those of the guards from the Dingbei Marquis's residence.

If it weren't for this group of people accompanying and protecting him, Jiang Yuan would never have followed Xie Wanniang's advice and let them leave on their own.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the second unexpected thing about this team—not only were the guards not limited to men, but they also falsified the number of guards.

They stealthily lay in ambush, waiting for those who would attack from both sides with their men. But instead of being terrified prey unaware of their presence, they were met by a ferocious team that had already detected their ambush and thoroughly investigated their numbers, strength, and equipment. This team was two and a half times their size.

The men and women in the servants' uniforms in the group killed people with a speed and efficiency that was in no way inferior to those strong men in guard uniforms, which showed that they were actually powerful guards kept by Jiang Yuan's family!

The thought flashed through the middle-aged man's mind. He was convinced that Jiang Yuan had deliberately set this up to lure them out by using his wife, children, and elderly parents. He couldn't help but use every curse word he knew to verbally insult Jiang Yuan, who was completely unaware of the matter.

He was sent by one of the Yang clan members who had been dismissed from their posts by Jiang Yuan. He was a trusted bodyguard of one of them. Because those Yang clan members had fallen into complete ruin, those who followed them had now become like rats in the gutter, unable to see the light of day.

With limited manpower, time, and financial resources, they simply couldn't spare the time to investigate Xie Wanniang, Chen Shi, and Hao Yu, so their understanding of these three individuals' abilities was very superficial.

They were unaware that Xie Wanniang and her young maids were all ruthless and fierce, and they also didn't know that although Hao Yu was just an ordinary country gentleman with one hand crippled, he actually had considerable combat experience.

It's no exaggeration to say that while Hao Yu was fighting for his life on the battlefield, most of his group were still nestled in their mothers' arms, sucking their fingers.

Not to mention that even when he lived in seclusion in a mountain village, Jiang Yuan never slacked off in honing his skills because he was born in a chaotic world.

With superior numbers and proper command, the scales of victory will naturally tip in Xie Wanniang's favor.

Soon, the cursing middle-aged man also became one of Hao Yu's prisoners.