The jade pendant connects the past and present; the exiled crown prince's wife takes her entire

When Jiang Jinning encountered trouble, Song Qingyan also sensed something was amiss.

He seemed to smell a strange odor in the air, and upon closer listening, it sounded like something was crawling rapidly towards him.

"Mother, scatter all the insect-repelling herbs around here."

Zhao hurriedly took out the herbs she had picked during the day, crushed them with a stone, and sprinkled the juice around before nervously asking, "What's wrong? Is a snake coming?"

Song Wanzhen asked, puzzled, "Even if there are snakes, there are only a few here and there. What are you worried about, brother?"

Song Qingyan tucked a medicinal herb into Jiang Jinning's arms, glanced quickly in a certain direction, and lowered his eyes to answer, "There should be quite a few, Mother. Are there any more?"

Zhao gave him everything she had.

Song Qingyan delivered the herbs to Chen Hui, but before he could utter a single word, a sudden long cry rang out, followed by a rustling sound that exploded outwards. From the surrounding grass, many vertical pupils suddenly emerged.

"Snake! There's a snake!"

The countless pupils stared at the exiled group, and as soon as someone shouted, the snakes suddenly rushed toward them.

"Young master, please return quickly! Madam and the others are in danger!"

Before Song Qingyan could even say anything, and without bothering to hide his injuries in front of others, he used the momentum to fly back, drew his knife, and cleaved a group of small snakes surrounding his family in two.

He took out a small bottle from his pocket, which contained some realgar wine that the little girl had bought last time, and carefully sprinkled a few drops on the ground.

The snakes, already wary, retreated even further.

Song Qingyan let out a breath.

He took the "unconscious" Jiang Jinning from Zhao's side, his brows furrowing deeply.

That whistle just now was definitely not simple; someone was controlling the snake swarm!

Even though he was entangled by snakes, he was not afraid. His only fear was the little girl in his arms. In this situation, she was the only one who was unconscious, which might arouse suspicion!

However, he soon forgot all about it.

The second branch of the family and the Song family members did not have any herbs to repel snakes and insects. When the snakes saw that Song Qingyan was not easy to harm, they went towards them.

After the second branch of the family was attacked by the snakes, they noticed that the snakes seemed to be deliberately avoiding the eldest branch, so they quickly came to Song Qingyan's side.

"Qingyan, we are family. At this time, we must join hands and work together!"

"So, we're family again?"

Song Wanzhen looked at their disgusting faces with a cold smile, rolled up her sleeves and was about to push them away, but was stopped by Zhao.

"Never mind, after all, they are your grandmother, second uncle, and second aunt..."

"mother!"

With the addition of the second branch of the family and many other clansmen, the snake-avoidance circle that Song Qingyan and the others had drawn was no longer effective, and more snakes swarmed around, tentatively rushing towards the odorless area.

The crowd was immediately terrified, and some people pulled those around them in front of them to shield them.

The members of the second branch of the family were naturally pulled to the front by the clansmen.

Song Qingyan had been fending off the snakes outside the circle, neglecting Jiang Jinning's health and leaving her in the care of Zhao Shi and Song Wanzhen. At this moment, the second branch of the family, who had been pushed to the front to block the snakes, pulled the unaware Jiang Jinning over and used her body to shield her from the snakes.

"sister in law!"

Jiang Jinning was seen lying on the ground, and many snakes quickly surrounded her.

Just then, Chen Hui's long whip wrapped around Jiang Jinning's body, and Song Qingyan immediately turned around and caught Jiang Jinning's body.

Looking at Jiang Jinning, who was safe and sound in his arms, Song Qingyan's heart, which had almost jumped out of his chest, finally calmed down a little.

God knows, his heart almost stopped beating when he saw that scene just now.

He no longer handed Jiang Jinning over to anyone else, but held her protectively in his arms, and said coldly, "Chen Hui."

Chen Hui lashed the whip at the second branch of the family who had been shoving him earlier, and they immediately fell to the ground one after another.

"Ah, a snake! There's a snake!"

When Song Yanxi saw the snake crawling onto her arm, she was so frightened that she immediately got up and shook it off. However, this action seemed to anger the snakes, and many snakes rushed towards her.

She screamed repeatedly and quickly hid behind Tian. Tian desperately pushed her away, wishing she could get back to the safe circle as soon as possible.

Liao and Song Guangying also quickly got up and ran away, but Song Tianci was too fat and fell down and couldn't get up for a long time, so he was left behind.

"Go find him, he's got lots of meat and smells delicious!" Song Yanxi said, tugging at the fat man next to her.

As if the snakes understood, they actually went towards him. Soon, shrill screams rang out all around, and several holes were bitten into Song Tianci's body.

"Heavenly gift, my heavenly gift!" Madam Tian's face turned pale with fright, but her tone still carried a condescending command, "Song Qingyan, why aren't you going to save him?"

Song Qingyan watched the snakes attack with cold eyes, making no move.

"Tianci, we are family. Are you really going to just stand by and watch me die?" Mrs. Liao pleaded earnestly.

"That's right, we're all from the Song family, how can you be so cold-blooded!"

"If it weren't for your traitorous father, how could we be in this state!"

The Song family members huddled together and echoed their sentiments.

"Ha." Song Qingyan laughed with extreme sarcasm. "Third Uncle, you forcibly took your daughter-in-law, and her family sued you in court. Fourth Uncle, you forcibly seized land and drove innocent people to their deaths. You think you've covered this up perfectly? And you..."

"Are you sure you're being implicated because of our Duke's mansion?"

Song Qingyan exposed almost all the shameful deeds of his clansmen, and in an instant, they all shut up.

Seeing that Song Tianci had several pieces of flesh eaten away by the snakes, Zhao felt a little sorry for him.

"Qing Yan..."

"Mother, your soft heart almost harmed Jinning."

Zhao's face suddenly turned deathly pale, and her eyes instantly reddened.

It wasn't that Song Qingyan insisted on saying it this way, but if he didn't, his kind-hearted mother would always be controlled by others.

"My lord, I have encountered many snakes before, but snakes are usually solitary. A group of snakes like this must be kept by someone. However, snake groups are extremely difficult to control. Usually, only the snake king can be controlled. Therefore, if the snake king is killed, the snake group will scatter."

Upon hearing this, Song Qingyan focused his attention on a snake that was thicker than the others and had landed at the back of the snake swarm not far away.

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the guards fighting the snakes in the distance, his tone icy.

"Leave this to me, Chen Hui. Proceed according to the original plan."

"yes!"

Chen Hui glanced at Jiang Jinning, who had remained silent. Although he found it strange, he had no time to think about it and turned back.

At this time, Jiang Jinning encountered trouble again.

A customer initially said she didn't know how to do her hair and asked Jiang Jinning to do it for her. Jiang Jinning was unsuspecting, so she washed her hands and started doing her hair. But as soon as her hands touched her hair, the other woman cried out in pain.

"Why are you pulling my hair on purpose? It hurts so much! Are you trying to make me bald?!"

Jiang Jinning instinctively stood up to apologize, but the other party flew into a rage and wouldn't let it go.

"Pulling my hair and then apologizing is all you're doing? Is this how you handle things? What kind of business do you think you are?! If I smash up your stall, and then apologize, is that all it takes?!"