Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 657: Chapter 657: Life and Death in Two Days and Two Nights (Part 14)

“Oh! My goodness!”

He was so scared that he rolled and crawled away, rolling on the ground twice, before stopping against the karst cave wall, not knowing when he had dropped the torch in his hand.

His heart thumped violently!

Extreme panic almost scared him to death, even his vicious heart was visibly startled by the scene before him! n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Jiang Xiaocai looked extremely miserable at the moment!

He lay drenched in blood, half of his face had caved in, one of his eyeballs had been blown out, the pitch-black eye socket looked like a black hole, swallowing one’s consciousness. Not a single part of his face was intact.

It took Old Man Li a long time to catch his breath! Finally, he had solved a big problem in his heart, and escaped a disaster.

But then anger followed!

“Damn it! Weren’t you always trying to take my Old Man Li’s life? Now you’ve played with your own life and should be happy, right? Serves you right!”

Old Man Li couldn’t help but curse aloud.

He encouraged himself.

He wiped his face, and only at this moment did he feel terrified!

If he hadn’t been a little cunning just now, he would have been a ghost under the other’s knife.

No way!

He didn’t know how far the sounds of the previous fight had spread, so he couldn’t stay here any longer!

It was only then that he picked up the flint again and tried to ignite the torch. It took him several attempts to finally light it up.

He raised the torch and searched carefully. He was sure that he had put Di Ying against the wall earlier, but now he couldn’t find anyone no matter how hard he looked.

“Damn, where’s the person? Did they run away?”

He wanted to search, but there were karst caves everywhere, and even if he wanted to look, he didn’t know where to start. He looked up at the depths of the cave, and then looked in the direction of the exit, finally gritting his teeth.

“This cave is full of poisonous snakes, scorpions, and the like. If you run out of the cave, there may be a way to survive. If you go deeper into the cave, that’s really a dead end.”

“What a pity, how pitiful! So young and already dying, don’t blame Grandpa Li for being ruthless, blame it on yourself for being born in the wrong place and choosing the wrong family!”

With that, he casually tidied up and searched Jiang Xiaocai’s body for a few copper coins. Then he continued towards the exit.

He didn’t want to look at Jiang Xiaocai’s disfigured face and the black hole on it anymore.

As for Jiang Dacai, he looked for him in the midst of his busy schedule but did not see anyone. He couldn’t help but feel a little more cautious. Could something have gone wrong?

Inside the official residence.

Liu Sisi couldn’t sleep at all, tossing and turning for a long time, she finally got up from the head of the bed and walked outside.

“Old Cheng! Old Cheng!”

She called out several times, and Old Cheng quickly jogged over from the other side.

“Madam!”

“Take Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua with you, we’re going out of the city!” Liu Sisi was serious.

“Now? The city gate is closed at this time.”

“That’s right, it’s just a city gate, can it stop me, Liu Sisi, from going out? Go, get ready quickly!”

Liu Sisi instructed firmly.

Soon, Old Cheng prepared a carriage, took Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua along, as well as a few skilled men. Moreover, he also brought Granny Hu and Ms. Gao.

Liu Sisi looked up and said, “You, you, you, and you stay behind, the rest can leave. Granny Hu, you stay too. Everything at home mustn’t be in chaos, especially the three children at home. It’s going to be hard work for you. Ms. Gao, come with me.”

After she casually ordered, she directly led Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua onto the carriage.

Ah-Huang and Ah-Hua seemed to know that they were going out, and kept making whimpering noises in their mouths.

Everyone hurriedly followed, riding the carriage straight to the South City Gate.

As Old Cheng had said, the South City Gate was ajar at the moment, the drawbridge was being raised high, and the soldiers guarding the city were patrolling back and forth on the city wall.

As soon as the carriage approached the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city noticed it.

“Who approaches? Now is the curfew within the city. Who wants to leave?”

Liu Sisi crawled out of the carriage and casually handed over a token: “It’s me! This is an exit token, please verify it.”

Because of the distance, it was impossible to see who was actually in the carriage.

The people at the top of the city wall seemed to talk for a moment before a soldier came down to take the token from Liu Sisi’s hand and quickly walked back up to the city wall.

A little later, a small group of troops descended from the city wall, with their leader carefully sizing up the carriage.

“Where did you get this token? Macheng County hasn’t seen its transfer order for years, and if any problems occur, I can’t be held responsible.”

Liu Sisi directly opened the carriage curtain and sneered!

“I can’t even leave the city?”

“Mrs…Mrs Di?”

The leader obviously recognized Liu Sisi, with a surprised look. He then recalled the news that he had heard yesterday about the incident with Di Family’s Second Young Master and a sense of understanding flashed in his eyes.

He quickly kneeled down on one knee and greeted her: “Subordinate pays respects to Madam!”

“Do you know me?” Liu Sisi raised her eyebrows.

“Madam once appeared at the porridge shed, and the subordinate was fortunate enough to have seen Madam’s face.”

The leader was respectful: “However, even if Madam personally comes, guarding the city gate is the responsibility of the subordinate. Please pardon me, Madam, I really cannot let you leave the city.”

“Then what if I the Madam forcefully breaks through?” Liu Sisi’s tone was heavy.

The leader’s head lowered even more: “Then Madam will have to step on my head to pass.”

“Is your head comfortable to step on? What’s your name?”

Liu Sisi couldn’t help but laugh! She couldn’t believe that Ye Lei’s subordinate was such a loyal man! She made sure to remember him.

“Subordinate Qi Yuanzheng!”

“A good name, Qi Yuanzheng! Well, I the Madam remember you!”

Liu Sisi laughed loudly and took something out of her arms: “Qi Yuanzheng, see what I have in my hand? Can I still leave the city now?”

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuanzheng slowly looked up and immediately gasped! What Liu Sisi held in her hand was none other than an Imperial Decree!

“Open the city gate! Quickly lower the drawbridge!” His voice was full of panic.

“Thank you, Lord Qi, for your generosity. If there is any misunderstanding on my part today, just put the blame on I, the Prefecture Princess! Let’s go!”

She waved her hand and directly lowered the sedan curtain.

Prefecture Princess?

The leader inhaled a breath of cold air!

So, Captain Di’s wife turned out to be the Prefecture Princess? This explosive news was truly shocking to the heart.

“Quick! Quickly lower the drawbridge!”

When the leader gave the order, he watched the drawbridge descend slowly, and the carriage sped out of the south gate, soon disappearing into the darkness.

It took him quite a while to come back to his senses.