I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 82 Critical Situation

It's like a wild beast with keen five senses, smelling danger in a dense forest full of dangers, and all the nerves in its body become tense, magnifying its senses infinitely.

"What?" she asked softly.

"Shh." Yuan San quickly squatted down and put his palm on the ground.

A slight vibration spread from the ground, as if there were cavalrymen galloping towards this direction, heavily trampling across the muddy road.

The village was in chaos.

Fu Yu ran around beating gongs and drums, shouting, "The horse bandits are coming! The horse bandits are coming!"

The villagers were already extremely nervous, and when they heard this, they were so frightened that they ran out of the house with their children.

Fortunately, they had slept in their clothes, so they didn't have to bother putting on clothes. They all gathered in the hall and shivered.

Daniu looked at the frightened faces below and shouted, "Ladies, go hide in the cellar. Men, grab your weapons and fight those bastards!"

Chen Dafa took out the weapons he had prepared during the day - bows and arrows, machetes, axes, etc., and distributed them to the men one by one.

We agreed during the day that if the bandits really came, the men would fight to the death and the women would take the elderly and children and hide in the cellar.

There is food hidden in the cellar. As long as it is not discovered, I can hold out for a few days. When the authorities come, I will at least be able to survive.

It was just a precaution, but I didn't expect the bandits to actually come.

At this moment, no one had time to think too much. The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. No matter how worried the women were about their men, they had to hide the elderly and children first.

Xie Fei released a few fireworks into the sky, which were originally planned to be set off during the Spring Festival, hoping that they would be noticed.

She wanted to stay and help, but Shui Huaiyu and Zou Niangzi carried her on both sides and rushed to the cellar.

"Thank you, little lady. We can't do anything. Let's go hide!"

"Let's not get in the way. The men in the village are all strong and healthy. They may have some confidence in fighting against the horse bandits!"

Although the two said this, they knew in their hearts that these were just words of comfort.

Those bandits had knives and horses, and they chopped people up like cutting melons. Not to mention the men in the village, even the surrounding villagers who heard the noise and rushed to help would have suffered heavy casualties.

The two of them ran and cried, which made Xie Fei, who was caught in the middle, feel complicated.

When they arrived at the cellar, Aunt Zou counted the number of people and found that most people were there.

Above, Daniu and a man worked together to carry stones and block the cellar door.

Xie Fei shouted, "Don't block it!"

The bandits looted so many villages, how could they not know about the existence of cellars?

What if they killed all the men in the village and found that there was no old man, child or woman left? Would they not search the village?
At that time, they would directly set fire to the outside of the cellar, and the people inside would either be choked to death by the thick smoke or suffocated into jerky, with no chance of escape.

Daniu obeyed and shouted, "Thank you, little lady. We will thank you again for what happened to Chen Zhuangtou. If you can't make it tonight, we will repay you in the next life!"

Before Xie Fei could say anything, Madam Zou cried and cursed, "Don't say such unlucky things! If you die, I will go to the underworld and tear out all your hair!"

Da Niu chuckled and called "wife" for no apparent reason, but said nothing.

He picked up the axe at hand and strode away.

Mrs. Zou hugged her two children and burst into tears instantly, and Aunt Zou also choked with sobs.

Shui Huaiyu carried the child on her back and whispered a few words of advice, but her eyes were also blurred with tears.

In the cellar, young and old were crying.

Fu Yu bit her lip and clung tightly to Xie Fei. Xie Fei held her hand, silently comforting her like he did when they were children.

Suddenly, she noticed that Mother Liu was not there.

"Mrs. Shui, where is your mother-in-law?!"

Shui Huaiyu wiped her tears and said, "Don't worry, my mother-in-law is quite skilled in martial arts. She won't hide at a time like this." Xie Fei didn't have the chance to be shocked. She heard the sound of horse hooves and swords breaking through the air, followed by the heavy slamming of the manor's gate.

Boom, boom, boom. Each sound was like a death warrant, striking hard on everyone’s heart. Not even a sob was dared to be uttered.

A child asked in confusion, "Mom..."

"Shh!" His mother quickly covered his mouth with such force that he almost couldn't breathe.

There was a bang on the door outside, but the people inside were prepared. Several people who knew how to shoot arrows climbed up the wall and shot arrows.

The battle between the two sides was about to break out, and the sounds of fighting and killing echoed in the night sky.

Everyone in the cellar was trembling, and Xie Fei frowned.

So suspicious.

This village is remote and looks dilapidated and desolate.

It is neither as populous as the village nor as wealthy as other villages.

Why did the bandits come straight here, as if they were sure there was something worth robbing?
Could it be that the people in the village offended the bandits and they came to seek revenge?

After thinking about it, Xie Fei felt that he had offended someone and was more likely to be retaliated against.

Xiao Shirong?
old lady?
Or which room in the Marquis's mansion?
It can't be her own mother, right?
Xie Fei used to think that he didn't have many enemies.

But now that I think about it, there seem to be quite a lot of people who don't get along with her.

Otherwise, if she wanted to offend the horse bandits, she really wouldn't have the chance.

While I was daydreaming, the stone slab in front of the cellar was suddenly pushed open.

Everyone below was startled and stepped back subconsciously, with some timid ones even shouting out.

However, the person who appeared in front of them was Sun Dalang.

It looked like Sun Dalang was so frightened that he was about to wet his pants. Not only was his face extremely pale, but he was also shaking all over. His legs were so weak that his knees were almost touching the ground.

While other men were fighting hard with the bandits to protect their wives, children and parents, he became a deserter and went down to the cellar without saying a word.

An old woman immediately said, "Sun Dalang, you are a man, how dare you come here and hide!"

Sun Dalang turned around and spat at her, saying viciously, "Stop spewing shit, you old woman! If your man wants to die, go ahead and die. I won't go to die in front of those vicious horse bandits!"

Naturally the women refused. Their men were fighting for their lives outside, but how could Sun Dalang, a strong man with all his limbs intact, run to a safe place to hide? Does this make sense?
But Sun felt sorry for her son and immediately started quarreling with everyone.

"It would be better if all the short-lived ghosts in your family died! My son is very precious, he is the only child of our Sun family! He will be a superior man in the future, and it is your lowly man who deserves to pave the way for my son!"

The old women were not polite at all. They even forgot that there were bandits outside and insisted on pushing Sun Dalang out to fight.

While protecting her son, Sun screamed and shoved and cursed at the other women.

"Stop arguing, keep your voice down!"

Fu Yu was extremely anxious, fearing that the noise would cause the bandits to come over.

Xie Fei tilted his head to listen to the noise outside, and suddenly said, "Not good!"

The men were afraid that they could not stop them, as the horse bandits were already coming this way. It was obvious that they were following Sun Dalang and had discovered the cellar.

As expected, when everyone was arguing, a huge shadow came down, and the cellar was instantly silent.

He was a foreign man, wearing strange fur clothes, with a full beard and messy hair. He was as tall as a bear and stank as if he hadn't taken a bath for months.

He stared into the cellar with his dark eyes and smiled.

"found it."

(End of this chapter)