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

Song Qingyan was pushed into the hands of the villagers with red eyes, and he was powerless to do anything.

If he still doesn't realize he's been infected by now, then he's really incredibly stupid.

He drank mineral water prepared by Jin Ning and ate dry rations brought from that area. Ever since they learned about Sun Quan, his family had not eaten the cornbread provided by the team for a long time. Even Chen Hui and the others prepared their own food in private, trying their best not to mix with others, but they still got infected.

No, it's that steamed bun roasting on the fire. To be precise, it's not that steamed bun, it's the jerky inside the bun. It's not jerky at all, it's probably some kind of drugged aroma disguised as jerky.

"Qing Yan!"

As Jiang Jinning watched the villagers gather around, she raised the sticks she had picked up to hit them. Chen Hui dared not let her take the risk. He pulled her back to stop her from going over, while holding up his knife, trying to break through the encirclement to rescue Song Qingyan.

Song Qingyan was conscious, but he was completely powerless. He bit his tongue to barely muster any strength, grabbed the knife, and aimed it at the neck of the villager who was holding him.

Normally, this blow would have been fatal, but now it's just a tickle.

The villagers easily slapped the knife away, then immediately opened their blood-red mouths wide, their sharp teeth gleaming with a terrifying cold light in the darkness, and headed towards Song Qingyan.

Song Qingyan immediately braced himself with his foot, picked up the knife that had fallen to the ground with his other leg, and threw it with all his might.

His aim was excellent; he shot a man in the neck vein, causing blood to gush out and the man to fall to the ground.

But at that moment, another person rushed over, and a sharpened arrow shot out and pierced the man's palm.

It was Jiang Jinning; she used the modified crossbow and fired it with all her might.

Song Qingyan rolled away from the villagers. Perhaps the smell of blood had disoriented them, and they were starting to fight each other.

"Look carefully, everyone, see who you should target!"

As soon as the village chief spoke, the men pounced on Song Qingyan again, but a guard grabbed him and pulled him away, managing to escape.

But now, everyone was surrounding them, making escape almost impossible.

Chen Hui comforted his brothers beside him, while glaring intently at the villagers who had gone mad.

The encirclement is getting smaller and smaller.

Chen Hui and the others tightened their grip on their blades, protecting Song Qingyan and Jiang Jinning in the middle, their eyes resolute.

Jiang Jinning had used up all her arrows, and even the pepper spray that Liang Cheng insisted on giving her was completely used up.

"Be careful, you must protect the young master and his wife."

Chen Hui had no intention of letting these brothers sacrifice themselves, so when they first had the chance to escape, he signaled them to follow Zheng Qian. A few of them did leave, but the remaining three insisted on following him no matter what.

Fine, let them follow. In the end, it's Chen Hui's debt to them. If there's a chance, he will definitely repay them!

While pondering, Jiang Jinning used a thick wooden stick to knock away an outstretched hand.

Despite the pain, he didn't give up and desperately tried to pull Jiang Jinning away.

With his body completely limp, Song Qingyan couldn't even protect his wife; biting off his tongue didn't help.

"what!"

At that moment, a machete suddenly slashed the villager's arm.

Jiang Jinning looked closely and saw that it was the boy who was not yet a teenager.

Only then did she get a clear look at the boy. He was short and small, with different parts of his body wrapped in coarse cloth. He was extremely thin, but his eyes were very bright. He gripped the wood-chopping knife tightly and refused to let go. His small body was protecting Jiang Jinning.

"You're going to get hurt, run!"

The boy, though not yet grown up, refused to leave, determined to protect her even at the cost of his life.

"Ah, charge!"

More people, carrying all sorts of farm tools, rushed out from all directions; there were young boys, girls of thirteen or fourteen, and frail old people.

"I'll beat you to death, you heartless bastards! I'll beat you to death!"

Those people cried and shouted, using their last bit of strength to fight back.

One person, being weak, would quickly run out of strength and fall to the ground, only to be met with another person's counterattack and continued fighting. That person would then fall, and yet another person would take their place, seemingly endlessly.

Chen Hui and the others exchanged glances and immediately rushed forward.

They formed a circle, tied a large rope with whips, and made a slipknot that could be pulled. After the men were beaten half to death, they shouted loudly.

Push it away!

They immediately scattered, revealing the group of lunatics. Then, Chen Hui and the others simultaneously threw out whips made into rings, which snagged the men and tied them together.

To prevent them from escaping, they knocked them unconscious one by one and then tied them up tightly with hemp rope.

After doing all this, Chen Hui and the others were exhausted.

Jiang Jinning settled Song Qingyan by the tree before approaching the boy.

Are you alright?

The boy was panting heavily on the ground. Upon hearing this, he immediately got up and awkwardly tugged at his tattered clothes.

Jiang Jinning took out the muscle-building powder and iodine gauze from the bag and handed them to him.

"This is disinfectant, and this is wound medicine. I don't know if it will work for your injuries. If it doesn't, you'll still need to see a doctor. However, I don't have any money to give you..."

She only had money from that area, which she couldn't use here, and she didn't have much medicine prepared. After thinking about it, she gave away all the anti-inflammatory medicine. Luckily, she had wrapped each pill up beforehand, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to give them away now.

"This is also medicine. Since you're seriously injured, you should take one regardless of whether it's useful or not. Oh, right, and these too..."

Jiang Jinning then gave the remaining dry rations to the boy, which were things like steamed buns and pancakes.

"You'll have to divide it up."

The boy was a little confused, then realized what was happening and pushed the bag away, refusing to take it.

"The benefactor has already given me these; they are too precious for me to accept..."

"These are for your family. Even if you don't want them, they need them too."

The young boy paused in his act of refusing, looking at the villagers behind him swallowing hard, unable to bring himself to say no.

"Here you go, and this too."

Jiang Jinning took out a small paper packet, unsure how to explain.

She opened it for the boy to see, and inside were small, round, and plump objects shaped like shuttles, resembling seeds.

"All I know is that it's a type of rice. It looks different from what we grow here, so I bought it just for the novelty. The shopkeeper said it's suitable for growing in the south, but I don't know if it will work. I can't stay here for too long. Little brother, could you plant it for me and see what kind of stuff it grows, okay?"

Jiang Jinning didn't know how to farm, nor did she know if the seeds from that area were suitable for this place. She just thought that she should give this young boy something to look forward to.

"Okay, I'll go find my sister after I grow it."