Chapter 347 A Swift Counterattack

Chapter 347 A Swift Counterattack

Han Tao's personal guards never expected that a coachman would be so skilled. Caught off guard, the three men at the front were all hit by his long stick.

Of course, it doesn't hit the head directly, but rather the shoulder or chest while dodging.

The three men let out muffled groans uncontrollably. Hearing the commotion, the fourth guard, who had originally intended to attack Xie Wanniang's last remaining protector, immediately drew his sword and rushed over.

Despite facing four opponents alone, Shanzi showed no fear. He leaped high to dodge the knife thrust by the fourth guard, then forcefully swung his long staff downwards.

The fourth guard hurriedly raised his knife to block, but Shanzi was surprisingly strong. He not only knocked the knife away, but the long stick also landed squarely on the guard's leg.

A scream rang out, and the soldier clutched his leg and fell to the ground, his left leg bone broken.

"Go easy on me!" Xie Wanniang reminded him as she stepped out of the carriage at that moment.

Shanzi scratched his head, a little embarrassed, but still full of fighting spirit, "Yes, Princess!"

Shen Guizhi and Yang Xiaowei, who had gotten out of the carriage a step earlier than Xie Wanniang, didn't hesitate either. The mother and daughter worked together and began to deal with the three guards from before.

Although Haitang is not officially a female guard, her skills are in no way inferior to those of the mother and daughter, Shen Guizhi and Yang Xiaowei.

With Xie Wanniang added to the mix, the four women, armed with weapons, charged directly towards the direction of the last remaining guard.

The situation changed too quickly. The guards thought that capturing a woman would be a piece of cake, but they did not expect that the four women present would be so fierce and cruel.

And that coachman, he was quick and ruthless, he didn't seem like a coachman at all, but more like a well-trained guard.

"This is a trap!" one of the guards exclaimed in surprise.

"Only now that you've realized?" Shanzi slammed his stick into the other person's face. "You guys have been sneaking around outside all day, watching things. You didn't think you were hiding well, did you?"

"A bunch of cowards and weaklings, they don't even dare to sneak in and investigate. They've left us stuck guarding the house all day with nothing to do, we're practically growing horns from all this boredom!"

As he spoke, he unconsciously increased the force of his blows. Another guard failed to dodge properly and was struck on the shoulder with the stick. He winced in pain, clutching the cracked bone and howling in agony.

Xie Wanniang and the others acted swiftly, and in no time, they had defeated a group of personal guards who outnumbered them by more than two.

The guards knew they had met their match. Their opponent was not only far more skilled in combat, but also far more astute, having already discovered them long ago.

They wanted to kidnap someone, but little did they know that the other party was also waiting for them.

At this moment, they were all injured and paralyzed on the ground, unable to move. The two guards who had been deliberately led away by them, and the guard who left under the pretense of buying pastries, came quickly with more guards to meet up with Xie Wanniang and the others.

The two guards who had deliberately come to cause trouble were also tied up with ropes and dragged over by force.

In other words, all of these guards were captured by Xie Wanniang and her group without exception.

Only then did the group of guards realize that Xie Wanniang, who seemed to have only brought four guards, had actually arranged for more guards to follow her secretly.

A somewhat excited Shanzi was busy tying people up with ropes. As he did so, he boasted to his ashen-faced guards, "My master and princess are not like your stupid, pig-like, yet self-righteous, master. My master and princess are famously strong and intelligent!"

Xie Wanniang couldn't stand Shanzi's exaggerated praise any longer. She said, "Find an oxcart and take them all with us to the county government."

"Yes, Princess." One of the guards replied and jogged off to rent a car from the onlookers who had scattered and stood at a distance watching the commotion as soon as the conflict broke out.

He quoted a high price, and several onlookers with cars rushed to shout "Me! Me! Me!" The guard glanced around and finally chose the middle-aged man whose oxcart was right there and who didn't have any odds and ends on it.

The man happily followed, helping Xie Wanniang and the others transport the guards to the entrance of the county government office.

Those guards could not escape, nor did they have the opportunity to end their own lives. They could only let Xie Wanniang and others lead them around the city in a blaze of glory.

They all knew very well that their failure to complete the mission was secondary; the most troublesome thing was that they had essentially handed themselves over as evidence to Xie Wanniang and Jiang Yuan.

With this incident on the street, Jiang Yuan can now legitimately take action against Han Tao.

Meanwhile, Han Tao was still eagerly waiting for his personal guards to bring Xie Wanniang back, completely unaware that the men he had sent out had already become evidence of his crimes and were being brought to the county government office by the other party.

***

In the courtroom of Dinghai County, Xie Wanniang stood quietly on the left side of the hall, with Haitang, Shen Guizhi, and Yang Xiaowei standing behind her. Shanzi and others were carrying in and out the prisoners who were tied up like rice dumplings.

Magistrate Pang, having received the report from the yamen runner, came panting from the back hall to the front hall.

"Your humble servant greets the Princess." Standing not far from Xie Wanniang, Magistrate Pang, Assistant Magistrate Liu, along with a group of yamen runners, clerks, and advisors, all bowed to Xie Wanniang.

Xie Wanniang raised her hand slightly, "No need for formalities, everyone. Business is important."

Magistrate Pang was inwardly groaning. How could he not know that important matters were at stake? But how could a mere county magistrate like himself dare to get involved in such a serious matter?

He had someone set up a seat for Xie Wanniang first, and then stiffly walked to the desk and sat down.

Magistrate Pang's fingers, gripping the gavel with excessive force, turned slightly white, but he was completely unaware of it.

He coughed lightly, trying to keep himself calm.

He looked around at the people below the hall and began to ask questions according to the rules.

The one who answered was not Xie Wanniang herself, but Shanzi, who was acting as a coachman in the capacity of a bodyguard.

Shanzi was articulate and articulate, and he recounted the events logically. In no time, he told the whole story of how suspicious people were always appearing outside Commander Jiang's residence, how they followed the clues to find out the identities and backgrounds of these people, and how they deliberately chose today to feign weakness in order to catch them red-handed.

This was at Xie Wanniang's behest. There was no need to pretend it was unintentional or a coincidence; she just wanted everyone to know that neither she nor Jiang Yuan were pushovers.

Shanzi, young and impetuous, naturally admired Xie Wanniang's way of handling things, but as Magistrate Pang continued to speak, cold sweat poured down his forehead.

After Shanzi finally finished recounting the events, Magistrate Pang's Adam's apple bobbed twice, and he tentatively asked, "Princess, do you mean... these are all Commander Han's trusted personal guards?"