Chapter 22 A near miss

Su Jin saw that the brigands were well prepared, so he ran back, dragged a stick and rode after them.

Su Huairen and Su Nan also followed the crowd and chased after them.

Seeing that the crowd was being left behind, the brigands thought they would succeed tonight, and the leader laughed evilly.

"Boss, those people refused to accept my offer, and they captured four children tonight."

"Humph! They thought a bag of rice was not enough in the daytime. I won't tolerate these lowly people, ah..." Before the leading man finished speaking, the horse under him seemed to be hit by something, and fell down with him and the horse.

"Boss!"

"Put down the child, whoever dares to move, I will kill him."

In a flash, Lin Miaoshou's hand flashed with cold light, and a cold dagger was pressed against the neck of the leader.

The leading brigand saw that the person chasing him was alone, and he didn't care what the hard object against his neck was.

He said hoarsely: "Catch him quickly, we are many, don't be afraid of him."

"Ah..." Lin Miaoshou exerted force, and the leading man felt pain in his neck and couldn't help crying out.

"Stop, if you know what's good for you, I will return your child to you. If you don't know how to behave, don't blame us for being ruthless."

Several man-traps got off their horses and surrounded Lin Miaoshou.

In the sacks on the horses, the children heard someone chasing them to save them, and they made a whimpering sound.

"Shua shua shua..."

The man-traps drew their swords out of their sheaths.

Lin Miaoshou said coldly: "It seems that you won't cry until you see the coffin."

"Ouch!"

"Hero, spare me, I am blind."

The leading man-traps felt blood dripping from his neck and begged quickly.

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!"

"Boss! We can't go back empty-handed. We have already received the deposit. How can we report back empty-handed?"

"Do you want to kill me and take over the position of boss?"

When Su Jin arrived, he saw the stalemate between the two sides, and the human traffickers were biting each other.

"Uncle Lin!"

Su Jin pulled the reins and got off the horse.

"Ajin! Save the children quickly." Lin Miaoshou said as she tightened her grip a little.

After a scream, the leader of the human traffickers completely collapsed to the ground.

"Sir, spare my life! Let them go, let them go!"

The night wind blew, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

The rest of the human traffickers realized that the other party was not an ordinary villager.

After getting off the horse, Su Jin ran straight to the horse carrying the sack. He quickly took the sack off the horse's back and protected it behind him.

"Get out! If I see you again, I will make sure you never come back." Lin Miaoshou pushed the hostage in his hand hard and ran to Su Jin's side with a brisk step.

At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from far away.

"Go, go!"

In a blink of an eye, Ren Yazi was so scared that he peed and pissed, and climbed on the horse's back in a panic, and soon disappeared under the vast night.

"Uncle Lin, Ajin, where are the children!"

Jiang Shuyue waited until Grandma Xu woke up, and also rode up to catch up.

"It's okay, the children are all here."

Lin Miaoshou and Su Jin untied the sack and took the cloth balls out of the children's mouths.

The rescued children were scared, and three of them cried out "wow".

"Auntie Yue!"

Xu Shuisheng didn't cry. He was embraced in a warm embrace when he came out of the sack.

"Shuisheng, don't be afraid, Auntie Yue is here." Jiang Shuyue patted his back gently.

A faint fragrance lingered on the tip of the nose. If my mother was here, her embrace would definitely be as fragrant as Auntie Yue's.

Jiang Shuyue could feel that the little person was suppressing his fear and stubbornly tightened his little body.

Lin Miaoshou and Su Jin sent the children to the people who were chasing them.

The man and woman who lost their children knelt down and kowtowed, constantly saying words of gratitude.

After a lot of trouble, it was almost dawn.

Seeing Grandma Xu holding her grandson and crying, everyone's eyes were wet.

Sui Sui, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the crying, and he looked outside with a confused face.

Jiang Shuyue walked into the carriage and took Sui Sui into her arms: "My dear, the thief has gone far away."

Sui Sui put her arms around Jiang Shuyue's neck and said in a baby voice: "Sui Sui is not afraid of death, Sui Sui will protect mother."

The soft words were like a ball of cotton, blocking Jiang Shuyue's heart, sour, and a little breathless.

Since she came here, she used to think that she was the most unlucky.

And at this moment, she felt that she was the happiest.

An idea came to her mind, the child's father might be a warm man.

The mother and son fell asleep in each other's arms.

Seeing that her grandson was safe and sound, Grandma Xu calmed down after her excitement.

Lin Miaoshou and Su Huairen led the horses to the woods to chew the withered grass.

Su Jin asked his mother and sister to go back to the carriage to rest, and he took Su Nan to cook porridge.

Seeing that the rice in the rice bag had not decreased much, Su Jin was puzzled.

Why is there so much rice?

He was puzzled and thought that Lin Miaoshou put all the rice she brought together.

Everyone ate breakfast and continued on their way.

"Miss, look, there is a carriage on the opposite side."

Jiang Shuyue looked out and saw Widow Li sitting on the shaft of a carriage, driven by a man who looked like a peddler.

A few days later, looking at the lush scenery and wild flowers on both sides of the road.

Just when everyone was relieved and no longer worried about finding water, Grandma Xu suddenly fell ill.

Lin Miaoshou felt Grandma Xu's pulse, walked aside and said to Su Huairen: "Old Su! I'm afraid Grandma Xu won't make it to Yannan."

Looking at Shuisheng's tears, Jiang Shuyue touched his head and couldn't find the right words to comfort him.

The pulse was floating and weak, empty but not solid, which was a sign of exhaustion.

Jiang Shuyue took Shuisheng's pulse and pulled him aside.

She squatted down, her eyes misty.

Shuisheng bit his lower lip, raised his sleeves and quickly wiped away the tears that slid down.

"Aunt Yue, grandma... is she..."

"Shuisheng, be good, grandma is old, I'm afraid she won't have much time." Jiang Shuyue felt that she shouldn't say such cruel words to a child who was more than six years old.

Shuisheng was the only one left in the Xu family, and his grandmother, who depended on each other for life, was about to pass away. He had to face this matter.

"Yes! I know, if it weren't for those damned human traffickers, grandma might still be fine."

"Shuisheng, don't be afraid, Aunt Yue will raise you and provide you with education."

Jiang Shuyue felt that any words of comfort seemed pale and powerless, so she spoke out her thoughts to make the child feel less helpless.

Lin Miaoshou found a family nearby and rented an empty yard to settle down temporarily.

Grandma Xu's heart pulse was getting weaker, and the soup and medicine cooked by Jiang Shuyue could only keep her going for a few more days.

Ten days later, in the morning, Grandma Xu took Shuisheng's hand and took her last breath.

Lin Miaoshou and Su Jin handled the funeral for Grandma Xu.

People in a foreign land, there is no grand funeral, and they are buried in a thin coffin.

Watching the little person's tears fall silently, the little hand held a handful of yellow soil and respectfully placed it on the grave.

"Grandma, Shuisheng will come to see you."

Shuisheng kowtowed three times, stroked the words on the wooden sign in front of the grave, and finally burst into tears.

Everyone lowered their heads and wiped their tears.

Suisui let go of her mother's hand, walked up to Shuisheng, took his hand, looked up and said: "Shengsheng, don't cry, Suisui will accompany you."

Lin Miaoshou's eyes flashed, he asked Shuisheng: "I know some martial arts, are you willing to be my disciple?"