The Daily Life of the Daughter of a Minor Official Chapter 267

Chapter 267 267 Bandits 2

The farmhouse is located on the hillside, with the west mountain behind it. There is a jungle on the right and a stream half a mile away on the left. Both people and animals of all sizes in the forest need water, so in order to prevent large animals from breaking in In the farmhouse, Su Ruojin spent a lot of time to build a nearly two-meter wall for the farmhouse.

Whether it's against humans or beasts, it's pretty good.

Originally, Su Ruojin did not plan to engage in farm entertainment this year, but when spring came, the water in the creek swelled, and the clear and sweet nature of the creek moved her heart. When she saw the creek flowing in Gugu, a picture of something in the kitchen suddenly appeared in her mind. The idea of ​​the stream flowing through and the living water surrounding the fish under the eaves of the courtyard led her to start construction for more than a month, using stone and wood to build a dream farmhouse.

There is no running water in the kitchen, but there is constant running water. Water is always available at any time. It is not only poetic and picturesque, but also convenient for everyone working in the kitchen. Dong's mother sighed and said, “It's like a **** in the sky.”

Zhong Wanhui was attracted by the small fish in the living pool under the eaves. She spent most of the day squatting under the eaves to watch the fish swimming upstream.

The originally idyllic life in paradise fell into danger and tension because Master Shangguan was arrested. The Ning Zhong family came over to play, and they brought many girls and women with them, and Su Ruojin was not polite to them.

Let Ye Huaizhen arrange that no matter whether it is the back door, the side door, or the front door, people will be guarded in three shifts to make sure not even a fly can fly in.

Huaping is the general security manager of the farmhouse. With him around, Su Ruojin dares to close her eyes and sleep at night.

When Chunxiao and Qiuyue saw that their little master had finally fallen asleep, they patted their hearts and walked out of the room. They quietly closed the door and left for a long time before they dared to speak in a low voice, "Jin Niang has been anxious all day, and she can finally close her eyes." It's been a while.”

"Who says it isn't?" Chun Xiao said, "Let's go see what dinner Mother Dong left for the master."

The two went to the kitchen together.

Mao Yatou held the pillow and thin blanket and gently opened the door, tiptoed to the bedside, took off Su Ruojin's shoes, took a rag and wiped the pedal, and then fell asleep on the pedal.

Normally, Su Ruojin wouldn't let the girl and her mother-in-law stay on night watch, but these two days were unusual. Mao Ya didn't listen to her and still slept under her bed to guard An Xin.

The night is getting deeper and deeper.

Mother Dong and others did not wait for the little prince and others to come back, so they scooped up cold water from the stream and put it into the stone pond. They also put the food into the stone pond and used the cool stream water to calm it down to prevent the food from sizzling.

After finishing everything, they went back to the dormitory to sleep.

The moon travels through the white lotus-like clouds, appearing and disappearing. When it disappears, the sky is pitch black, and only the chirping of summer insects and the rustling of leaves can be heard. Now, the moonlight pours down, like daylight, giving off a faint silver color. Hui.

There seemed to be the sound of large animals munching on food in the forest, and there was a clicking sound, which made the insects stop chirping in shock.

The wind blows, the clouds cover the moon, and there seems to be a dark shadow passing through the dense jungle.

The wind dispersed, the moon moved through the clouds, everything was quiet, only the dew fell silently.

The kitten in the farmhouse opened its eyes on the footboard of Zhong Wanhui's bed, "Meow...wu...meow...wu..."

Zhong Wanhui heard the kitten meow, rubbed her eyes and sat up.

The eldest girl Qiao Qiao quickly sat up from the bed and gave the kitten to her little master, "Hui Niang, the kitten is awake. It's probably thirsty. I'm going to pour some water. Are you thirsty? I'll pour you a cup too?"

The little lady nodded, "Yes." She reached out and took the kitten, her face was close to the kitten's, she liked it.

The cat stopped meowing under her gentle comfort and found a comfortable position to sleep again.

When Qiao Qiao came over, she found that the kitten was asleep. She laughed and asked, "Hui Niang, do you still want to drink water?"

Zhong Wanhui nodded. The eldest girl Qiao Qiao reached out and brought the water to her. The young lady was about to lower her head to drink the water.

Suddenly, with a bang, the door was kicked open, and a man in black broke in, about to stab him with a knife in his hand.

"ah!"

The screams of the master and the servant pierced the tranquility of the night.

Huaping jumped down from the roof like a **** and stretched out his sword to block the knife of the man in black.

Boom!

The killing comes instantly.

Everyone in the farmhouse was awakened.

Su Ruojin took out the dagger under her pillow and jumped out of bed, "Sister Ya, where did the sound come from?"

"It seems to be Miss Zhong's side."

"quick."

The farmhouse was surrounded by iron barrels, and the only place where she could jump in was the stream passing through the wall. At that time, she still had some luck, but she didn't expect that a cunning enemy would take advantage of her. Where is Zhao Lan?

As soon as the door opened, Mang Zhong faced two men in black at the door. Mao Ya raised her knife and joined the fight. Because of her joining, the man in black became passive and kept retreating. After jumping off the corridor, he fell into the pool.

But the water in the pool was not deep, and the man in black climbed up immediately.

"Where is the enemy?" Ning Ning's excited voice could be heard in the whole yard. She rushed up with Ning's gun in hand, frightening the man in black for a moment.

Aren't all men attracted to bandits? Are there only a few ladies and servants left in the entire farmhouse?

It's nice to be a young lady, but what's going on with these young ladies? They all know how to do it?

The man in black thought they were just showing off, so he came at them fiercely with a knife, "Looking for death."

The moon breaks through the clouds.

The moonlight shone on the broadsword, and the cold wind shone. Ning Ning raised her hand to catch the light and shadow of the sword. Amidst the clang, the man in black was shaken to the point of numbness, his eyes were frightened, and he was frightened by the strength of the long and delicate little lady. .

Don't dare to underestimate the enemy anymore, let's go on a killing spree.

Fan Yanjia was also frightened by the sound of killing in the courtyard. He avoided the corner and secretly looked at the cloister courtyard. There were ten masked men, two each from Hua Ping, Mang Zhong, and Ye Huaizhen. Su Ruojin and Mao Ya worked together to fight one. The remaining three…

They were all surrounding Ning Baniang. Oops... Oops... What should I do? As a grown man, should he go up and help? Just when he was hesitant, three men in black slashed at Ning Baniang.

"No..." He closed his eyes in fear.

The two eldest girls Ning Ning used their whips in time to help their master out of trouble.

Ning Ning got the chance to fight back, and with a trick, she stabbed one of the men in black with a feint. Blood spurted out from his heart and he fell to the ground.

Hearing the thumping sound, Fan Yanjia bravely opened one, "No, Ning Baniang, you can't... Hey, Ning Baniang is still beating, and it wasn't her who fell... He was happy when he suddenly realized.

"Ning...Ning Baniang killed the assassin?"

Mom, she is really the daughter of General Ning. She is like a tiger father and a dogless daughter. A little lady is so skilled.

Fan Yanjia looked at the little star she admired.

Su Ruojin also didn't expect that Ning Ning, who was usually pretty and willful, would be so skilled and be the first to kill the assassin.

The men in black did not expect that there would be dragons and crouching tigers hidden in the farmhouse. No wonder Zhao Lan and others dared to suppress the bandits. Their sharp attack was thwarted, but they had no way out. Their eyes glowed green. No matter what, you guys will die. .

At the foot of Niutoushan Mountain, the torches of Xiaoniu Village are brightly lit. The front and rear exits of the village are blocked. Hundreds of bandits are dead and tied up. The leader holds his head high and is sarcastic. No matter what Santai asks, they Just didn't answer.

"Tell me, where are you hiding people?"

The bandit leader snorted coldly, "If you dare to kill me, my people will kill him." He was very arrogant when he had a hostage in his hands.

Zhao Lan looked at the arrogant look on the bandit leader's face and frowned, "Give him some color."

"Yes, Master."

Santai stretched out his knife and chopped off one of his arms. The unexpected pain caused the bandit leader to break his defense, "You dare to chop me, I... I also chopped the pretty boy's arm."

Ning Qilang stimulated him, "Go ahead, no one will stop you from cutting."

Bandit leader: ... He was suddenly gagged. He stared at the group of glamorous young men in front of him, and suddenly raised his head and laughed, "Haha... Haha, so what if I am caught by you, a mantis stalks a cicada, With Huang Que behind, those little ladies are probably all dead."

Zhao Lan and Ning Qilang were both shocked.

"Zijin..."

Zhao Lan thought for a moment: "Go back quickly."

"Okay." Ning Qilang took his men, mounted his horse and ran back to the farmhouse.

Zhao Lan faced the moonlight and said coldly, "Pull out his children and wife."

The bandit leader's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost, "Impossible...impossible..." Not to mention that his mother-in-law and children are two hundred miles away, and he has always been very secretive as a bandit. How could his mother-in-law be found out? child.

Zhao Lan put his hands behind his hands and stood expressionless under the moonlight.

The back is as straight as a green bamboo, bright and clear.

"Dad...Dad..."

"Gouzi's father...Gouzi's father..."

The moment he saw his wife and children, the bandit leader collapsed.

"I said...I said...don't kill my son...don't kill my son..."

The bandit leader regrets his death. He should never be greedy for money and rob some white-faced scholar. If he didn't accept this order, he would still be a hidden bandit. After robbing everything, he would return to the farmhouse. No one would know who the Qiushan Bandit was. true colors.

This is the result of greed.

The bandit leader finally revealed where Shangguanyu was hidden.

Shangguanyu was hidden in the dry well at the head of Xiaoniu Village. Everyone passed by the village, but no one paid attention to the broken and dirty dry well. He did not starve to death, but almost died of suffocation due to lack of oxygen.

When Zhao Lan traveled, he was accompanied by military doctors who rushed to rescue him. He took more than ten injections and was able to recover in one breath.

"Santai—"

"master."

"Take all these bandits to Dali Temple, and don't spare any of their family members."

"Yes, Master."

The bandit leader, who had one arm cut off, shouted, "We are bandits, and our wives and children are not, so why should we arrest people?"

"It's just that they hid the bandits and refused to report them."

Bandit who is still alive:…

It's over… it's over… East Stone Village is over, it's damned.

After explaining everything, Zhao Lan asked Shuangrui to take Shangguanyu and go straight to the farmhouse.

Ah Jin, please don't let anything happen to you. Otherwise, I will kill Shangguanyu!

When they arrived at the entrance of the farmhouse, it was so quiet that Ning Qilang's heart suddenly tightened. They jumped off their horses and were too frightened to leave.

Suddenly, his eldest nephew Ning Yiqian shouted, "Uncle Qi, the smell of blood."

So thick.

Ning Qilang, Wen and Zhong looked at each other and ran inside in fear, "A Ning...A Hui..."

Passing through the loofah shelf, my eyes suddenly lit up. In the patio of the courtyard-like inn, the torches are brightly lit.

His sister stood in the middle of the corridor like the King of Mountains, with her arms akimbo facing the middle of the patio. There were seven people kneeling there, and three more were lying on the ground, looking dead.

"Ah... Ning?" He looked at the situation in disbelief. Only four guards were left, and he looked at the front and back doors. It turned out that the four guards were now **** with several men in black together with the Su family's guards.

Ning Ning raised her chin proudly, "Brother Qi, I killed an assassin."

All the descendants of the Ning family practice martial arts, and they impose a requirement on men that everyone must practice it, and it is a lifelong matter, but the ladies do not force it, as long as it lasts three years, and after three years, those who want to can continue to practice, if not He can be raised in a boudoir like the young ladies in the capital. There are few young ladies in the Ning family and they don't practice much. Except for this eighth sister who is younger than him, she has learned so far. But because she is a young lady, everyone usually Let her go, I never thought her skills were any good, and she didn't expect to kill an assassin in her first battle.

Ning Qilang really didn't expect it.

Under this situation, it was not a matter of praise. He suppressed his emotions and nodded, which was an affirmation of his sister.

When Hua Ping saw Ning Qilang, he asked, "Excuse me, where is my master?" When something big happened, Hua Ping and others would always call Zhao Lan 'master'.

"He is dealing with bandits and will probably be back soon."

Su Ruojin was concerned about Young Master Shangguan and asked eagerly, "Seventh Young Master, what about Young Master Shangguan..."

Ning Qilang now knew why Zhao Lan didn't come back first. He knew what his beloved was worried about, but if his beloved had something, would it still make sense for him to save Shangguanyu?

He hadn't rescued Shangguanyu before he came back, so he avoided the topic, "These assassins..." He asked about Huaping.

Huaping turned his head and said to one of them, "This person is a subordinate of the former King of Wei."

Ning Qilang asked, "What's your name?"

"Bi Changgui."

The Ning family didn't have much contact with civil servants, so they didn't know that he was such a small person.

Bi Changgui and the Su family have known each other for a long time, and Su Ruojin did not expect that it would be Bi Changgui who came to assassinate her tonight.

Bi Changgui wanted to bite his tongue and commit suicide, but Ye Huaizhen stuck him tightly with an earth plug.

Everyone was in a good mood after catching the man in black tonight, except Ye Huaizhen, who thought it would be Yang Jingzi, but he was not expecting such a thief and was greatly disappointed.

Just when Ning Qilang was thinking about locking up these people and waiting for Zhao Lan to come back to deal with them, he came back.

Su Ruojin rushed over, "Brother Jin..."

Zhao Lan jumped off the horse, caught her, and found that she was intact. She hugged him and said, "Ajin, I'm sorry." He didn't have time to come back to save her.

Su Ruojin patted him on the back, "Brother Jin, you did the right thing. Trust me, trust Uncle Hua, trust all of us."

Zhao Lan sighed secretly, let go of the little lady, pointed to the back and said, "I rescued him."

Shuangrui held up the weak Shangguanyu.

Su Ruojin was so frightened that she ran over quickly, "Young Master Shangguan... Young Master Shangguan..."

If he hadn't been convinced of the young lady's love for him, Zhao Lan would have been jealous. Look how useful she was to this guy, so much so that he had to find him out.

Shangguanyu forced himself to hold on and said to Miss Su, "Second Lady, you saved my life again."

"Don't talk yet." Su Ruojin quickly called Mother Dong, "Mom, hurry up and make him a bowl of ginseng soup. Sister Chunxiao, please take care of him these two days."

Chunxiao glanced at the owner, and after getting the owner's signal, she quickly came over and sent Shuangrui to the room to rest.

Zhao Lan saw Bi Changgui, walked up to him, condescendingly reached out to remove the cork from his mouth, pinched his jaw with his hand, and asked sharply: "Are you the one who killed King Wei?"

Bi Changgui's already pale face turned even more ashen, "I don't know what you are talking about." He looked for an opportunity to bite the poison behind his teeth.

Zhao Lan gave him a chance and pinched his cheeks hard to prevent him from succeeding: "Do you think that if the new emperor ascends the throne without the obstacle of King Wei, you won't hunt down his people?"

"He...he..." Why do we need to investigate? If he knew that someone had killed the person who was blocking him, he would have been extremely happy.

Zhao Lan sneered and asked Ye Huaizhen to re-cork him, "Tie them up first and take them back to Beijing tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Master."

After locking up the men in black, they all sat down in the dining hall. Mother Dong and the maid made food for them.

After eating, Zhao Lan asked everyone to go to bed.

Ning Ning couldn't sleep because she led everyone to subdue the man in black, and she hadn't received any praise yet, just like a child who insists on getting a piece of candy.

Zhao Lan's mind was either on Su Ruojin, or on the bandits, Bi Changgui and others. For a moment, he really didn't notice Ning Baniang who wanted to take credit.

Su Ruojin noticed it, and she was indeed surprised and admired Ning Ning. Although she usually looked cute and pretty, she was very capable at critical moments!

She quietly nudged Zhao Lan and smacked Ning Ning gently.

Zhao Lan looked back, smiled slightly, raised his hands to Ning Ning and said with a smile, "Thanks to Madam Ning tonight, Zijin will present it to the Holy One to commend Madam Ning."

Ning Ning wanted to be praised and recognized by everyone, but she didn't want the emperor to praise her. She waved her hands quickly and said, "The little prince must not present it to the Holy Emperor. If my father knows about it, I won't be able to go out to play in the future."

Everyone:…

For the sake of fun, I don't want to mention such a big contribution. Apart from Miss Ning, I'm afraid there is no one else.

"Really, this is what I mean."

Zhao Lan looked at Ning Qilang.

Ning Qilang also had a headache. Ning Gongguo's mansion had enough glory, and his sister was at the age of getting married. Let's not talk about such murders. Not many people dared to get married. If you add this to it, no one would dare to do it. Married.

"Zijin, please don't tell the saint."

Zhao Lan nodded, "Okay."

Ning Ning didn't give up. She hadn't received Zhao Lan's approval yet, so she ran to Zhao Su and the two of them, "Little Prince, I'm a little better than Ah Jin in fighting bad guys tonight, right?"

Zhao Lan, who still doesn't know the situation:…

Su Ruojin:…

Ning Ning said proudly, "However, I still give you to Ah Jin, because apart from me, Ah Jin is the only one who is worthy of you."

Su Ruojin: ...I thank you!

Zhao Lan was speechless.

Ning Qilang was also speechless.

Ning Ning felt proud when she saw the two of them were exhausted. She finally felt energetic and waved her little hand, "I'm going to bed." After that, she left like a hero.

Seeing her leaving, Fan Yanjia quickly said, "I'm going to bed too." After saying that, he trotted to follow Ning Ning.

There was no excitement to be seen, and everyone went to sleep.

Ning Qilang didn't leave. He wanted to summarize what happened in the past two days with Zhao Lan.

Su Ruojin and the two of them dealt with the matter of the mountain bandits and Bi Changgui together.

The matter is clear.

Bi Changgui somehow found the invisible bandits, and took advantage of Xia Shuang and the others to go up the mountain, bribed them to rob Shangguan Island, and used Shangguan Island's plan to lure the tigers away from the mountain to break into the farmhouse.

Su Ruojin said: "One thing I don't understand is that since they want to kill us, their skills are not top-notch, they must be at least very special killers, but they were restrained by a few of us rookies. This is unreasonable!"

Ning Qilang felt that Su Erniang's analysis was reasonable.

Zhao Lan said quietly: "They want to hire top killers."

"Well?"

Shuangrui replied from the side, "After the new emperor ascended the throne, the funds were sufficient, and the Detective Department added a lot of manpower. All their channels have been cut off by us. Even if they have money, they can't find a good killer."

So that's it.

Su Ruojin asked, "What's going on with the bandits?"

"In the past few years, the court has been in turmoil, and no one paid attention to these things. In addition, last spring, the disaster was serious, which caused a lot of chaos. Many civilians formed gangs to rob their homes. But when I found out that An An was two hundred miles away, When I visited Ling County, I found that during the entire disaster period, there was no bandit in Dongtou Village, and there was no selling of children or daughters in this village. This seemingly humane thing was incompatible with last year's situation."

“The ordinary seems extraordinary.”

Zhao Lan nodded, "And this month, most of the men in this village are not at home. The villagers all said the same thing. They all said they were looking for work and helping others to cut wheat."

"Mike cutters? There are probably some in other villages too."

Zhao Lan nodded, "Yes, they also come in groups, but in other villages, the women who stay at home can tell where the men go to cut wheat. Only the ones in Dongshitou Village were vague. At the end of the question, Just say it's far away.”

Sure enough, the passing geese leave a sound, and the passing people leave traces. If you don't want people to know, you have to do nothing.

Su Ruojin sighed, "Being invisible for nearly ten years without being noticed by others, these people are already very smart compared to ordinary civilians."

Ning Qilang said, "If it weren't for the money surnamed Bi, the court probably wouldn't have discovered it."

Su Ruojin clapped her heart and rejoiced, "This year, within a radius of one or two hundred miles, my father's wheat grows the best. I guess if it hadn't been for this, their goal would have been to rob the Weizhou County granary."

Don't say, sure.

Fortunately they were greedy and were caught.

The young master and the young lady went to rest, and Santai led the people to dispose of the body, and even burned the master to go to the farmhouse for bad luck.

On the second day, Zhao Lan returned to Beijing with the bandits and Bi Changgui.

Ning Qilang helps.

Ning Ning refused to go back to Beijing with them, "Sister A asked me to take A Hui here to relax. When you are done, come and play with us."

Ning Qilang reminded, "In mid-June, Prince Zhao Xiaojun is weak, so we may not come over."

"Then I'll go back with Ah Jin." Ning Ning said, "Anyway, Ah Jin and I are both capable. If we encounter a thief on the road, it won't be a problem."

Everyone:…

Finally, Ning Qilang thought that this trip was to **** prisoners to Beijing, and it was really not good for the young lady to accompany them, so Aunt Ning Ning stayed at the farmhouse.

No one noticed that Fan Yanjia did not return to Beijing.

Chapter end