Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

Chapter 320 A Chaotic Night

Chu Lin stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Wei Yu, who had pierced her heart with a sword. His modified face was twisted beyond recognition.

At the same time, the man in black's sword pierced through Wei Yu's left rib and emerged from his right chest.

Qi Ji only had time to give the man in black a needle, but was unable to stop his actions.

However, the man in black was the first to fall. This was because Qi Ji had directly stabbed the man in black in a vital point.

The man in black fell down, and Xiao Yang and Li's father broke free from the crowd's pull and ran over to carry Li Xiaonuan away.

Xiao Gang even took the opportunity to stomp on the man in black's face several times.

As if everything had settled down, Chu Lin asked Wei Yu blankly, "Why? Why couldn't you look at me more? Why did you have to meet Li Xiaonuan? Why do I have an aunt who has been living among the common people? Why? Why are all the bad things done by my mother and me? Can't you be more tolerant of me and try to persuade me?"

As she spoke, Chu Lin's eyes gradually lost their light, her pupils dilated, and it was clear she was not going to survive. No one could answer those questions for her anymore.

Wei Yu then spoke with difficulty, "Did I not try to persuade you? Did I not give you a chance? It's all your fault. You knew perfectly well that Chu Feng was the one who plotted against you, but you still colluded with him. How could I tolerate you? So, you are the one who brought this upon yourself. You can't blame anyone else."

As soon as Wei Yu finished speaking, Chu Lin collapsed to the ground. Wei Yu's soft sword was passively drawn, raising a cloud of blood mist that stained the eyes of everyone present.

Similarly, the sword that had pierced Wei Yu's body was also quite an eyesore.

Qi Ji first checked Wei Yu over and found that, thankfully, the sword had not damaged any vital organs, which made him breathe a sigh of relief.

"Dr. Qi, please come quickly and take a look at my sister! She's vomiting blood nonstop!" Xiao Yang suddenly shouted from the other end of the line.

There's no peace and quiet for even a moment. Anyway, Wei Yu isn't seriously injured; he'll recover in about half a month with proper rest.

Qi Ji left Wei Yu behind and went into the inner room. Sure enough, blood was continuously flowing from the corner of Li Xiaonuan's mouth.

Upon seeing this, both Mrs. Su and the old lady, who had already woken up, fainted again.

At the barbecue area, Xiao Si helped Wei Yu into the inner room and directed people to dispose of the three corpses outside.

Inside the house, several families, large and small, huddled together, only now able to relax and tremble as they shared their fears.

Those who saw Chu Lin's corpse with his arm severed all leaned against the wall and began to feel nauseous.

Qi Ji's expression changed drastically after taking Li Xiaonuan's pulse. Li Xiaonuan had clearly been poisoned, with a very potent poison.

"Master, my sister has been poisoned, hasn't she?" Xiao Gang asked, holding back tears.

Qi Ji wanted to say no, but he couldn't bear to deceive the Li family and give them hope.

“This poison is a royal secret medicine of the Nanzhao Kingdom, and I have no way to cure it. However, there is an antidote.” Qi Ji frowned for a long time, then suddenly shouted towards the door, “Quickly have people search those three people to see if they have the antidote.”

When Wei Yu heard that Li Xiaonuan had been poisoned, he was already furious. He didn't allow anyone else to search, but instead ordered Xiao Si to do it himself. He also instructed Xiao Si to dismember the three bodies and throw them into the mountains to feed the wild animals.

After Wei Yu finished speaking these words viciously, the people present were even more terrified.

People in the countryside are mostly simple and honest. In their eyes, no matter how bad a person was in life, death is the end of everything.

However, Wei Yu ordered the corpse to be chopped up and thrown into the wild to feed the wild animals. This practice was extremely cruel and terrifying in the eyes of the kind-hearted people.

Qi Ji ignored the reactions of those present and instead took out the gold needles he carried with him to seal several acupoints for Li Xiaonuan, which stopped the bleeding from her.

However, finding an antidote is not so simple. If Xiao Si fails to find the antidote, Li Xiaonuan will likely perish this time.

Li's father half-held Xiao Gang, nervously looking towards the door, leaning on each other. Xiao Yang, on the other hand, stared intently at Li Xiao Nuan on the bamboo couch, feeling an indescribable anger in his heart.

Seeing this, Zhou Jingjing quickly suppressed her fear, went over and took Xiaoyang's hand to comfort him.

Soon, Xiao Si returned. From his empty hands and his sorrowful face, Li's father and the others saw their hopes dashed.

Just then, from the deep mountains to the north, came the sound of drums. The rhythmic, deep drumbeats carried very far on such a night.

"Damn it, why did they have to choose this time?" Wei Yu listened intently for a moment, then cursed angrily, his face extremely ugly.

"Young master, what should we do now? How about I go to the city and ask Young Master Qi to go for you?" Xiao Si asked, also quite shocked.

"No need. Qi Ji, quickly draw my sword and bandage me up. I have to go north myself in a bit. As for Li Xiaonuan, how much longer does she have left?" Wei Yu said decisively and without hesitation.

“Miss Li was already under the influence of a sleeping potion, which is extremely harmful to the brain. With this poison added to the mix, she probably only has two more days to live,” Qi Ji said in a deep voice.

At this moment, he was also feeling frustrated about his lack of academic expertise.

"To the north is the Nanzhao Kingdom. The drumbeats we just heard were war drums from the border, weren't they? Young Master Wei, take me there. I'll go and kill all those bastards." The veins on Xiao Yang's forehead and neck bulged, and his furious red eyes made Zhou Jingjing's heart tremble.

"Xiao Yang, don't make things worse. If anyone should go, it should be your father. Why did this damned Nanzhao Kingdom have to harm my Xiao Nuan?" Father Li squatted on the ground, holding his head in his hands and roaring.

Xiao Gang hugged Li's father from the side, choking back tears as he said, "Father, brother, neither of you should go. The people of Nanzhao Kingdom can use poison, and you can't beat them. Let me go, I'll poison them too."

Yi Lou paced back and forth in the room, looking at Wei Yu with a puzzled expression, scratching his head and looking hesitant to speak.

Finally, he couldn't help but step forward and say to Wei Yu, who was forcing Qi Ji to draw his sword, "Don't go to the north, that's a trap. When I was in the capital, I secretly went out to play one night and overheard them outside the steward's study window. They were saying that the Nanzhao Kingdom should pretend to attack, and then the Jiaozhi Kingdom and the Western Liao army should attack the prefecture city from the west by waterway, and open up the southern pass or something. The people inside also said that the people in the northwest who should hold back the Qi Song army should be those people who were kidnapped and sold to the tribes on the grasslands of Qi Song. Those people are vicious."

Wei Yu listened quietly to Yi Lou's words, then gave her a somewhat ambiguous look and asked, "Why did you only say it now? Why didn't you tell Prince Jing when we were in the capital?"

Yi Lou slumped down and sat down beside Li Xiaonuan's couch, saying, "My maternal grandmother's tribe was one of those tribes. I'm afraid I'll harm her."

"Xiao Si, do you know which waterways are to the west?" Wei Yu didn't bother to scold Yi Lou for being so clueless and simply ignored him.

"Young Master, the Jiaozhi army and the Western Liao soldiers are probably already on the waterways within Yongzhou. The war drums have sounded in the north, and those troops should arrive here around the day after tomorrow. In other words, they should be stationed in the Zuojiang River basin in western Yongzhou," Xiao Si analyzed.

"Then how should we deal with this?" Wei Yu frowned in deep thought, and no longer rushed to draw his sword.

"In my opinion, they must have a large number of people this time. After all, they plan to infiltrate Qi Song from here. So, with so many people, they can only be stationed in the Leshan area. There are almost no people there, and it's close to the river. In addition, there is a canyon there, which is very suitable for hiding and garrisoning troops," Xiao Si analyzed.

People like them must be intimately familiar with their environment. Moreover, Xiao Si is an expert in this area.

“Young Master Wei, I know that place. Back then, the government wanted us disaster victims to settle in that canyon. However, that canyon is often flooded and is not suitable for living,” Uncle Huang said.

"Flooded? You mean, there's water accumulating there, and it's difficult to clear?" Wei Yu seemed to have grasped something.

"Yes, it's like a giant bowl, completely surrounded by high mountains. There are no large openings for water to flow through the valley. So, every year when the Zuojiang River rises, it floods that valley until the water level of the Zuojiang River drops," Uncle Huang answered truthfully.

"Alright, thank you, uncle. Once our army achieves a great victory, I will definitely petition the Emperor to reward you. You have truly helped Qi Song a great deal." A hint of satisfaction finally appeared on Wei Yu's face.

But when he turned back to look at Li Xiaonuan on the bed, hatred resurfaced in his eyes.

Uncle Huang waved his hands in alarm, repeatedly saying that it was absolutely necessary. He had only said a few things he knew; how could he possibly claim credit for that?

"Qi Ji, does Li Xiaonuan have any internal injuries? That thief just punched her," Wei Yu asked worriedly.

"Two ribs are fractured, and his lungs are damaged by the shock. However, he's not seriously injured. It's just that poison that's troublesome." Qi Ji stood beside Wei Yu with his hands at his sides, waiting for the person sent to fetch his medicine box to return.

At this point, everything that needed to be dealt with had been dealt with, and everything that needed to be accepted had been accepted. After discussing it with Xiaoyang, Li's father persuaded Aunt Zhou and the others to return to the village first.

Seeing that they couldn't be of any help here, Aunt Zhou and the others obediently left.

Before leaving, Granny Yu explained that she was worried about Chu Xun'er being home alone, since she was pregnant with Zhou Liufei's child.

Wei Yu instructed Xiao Si to arrange for people to escort everyone home safely before returning himself.

Before long, the people who had taken Aunt Zhou and the others back returned, bringing with them Qi Ji's medicine box.

Qi Ji asked what happened and where the person who went to get the medicine box was.

"There were also many men in black in the village. They not only searched the Li family's house extensively, but also tried to hide in another family's house. Our men caught them and a fierce fight broke out," the man who returned with the medicine box reported.

"Have you dealt with those men in black? Where are they trying to hide?" Wei Yu's voice was much weaker, suggesting that the sword wound was quite severe.

“The men in black who are in the open have all been eliminated. Those who are hiding in the shadows are currently being searched,” said Xiao Si.

"You can do whatever you want. Qi Ji, draw your sword now." Wei Yu said impatiently, looking at the sword tip in front of his chest.

Qi Ji prepared the tools and medicines, then called Xiao Gang to assist him. Just as he was about to draw his sword, someone shouted loudly from outside the door.

"Stop! Don't draw your sword like that!"