Xie Tingwen stared at the distance with slightly narrowed eyes. Soon he saw a group of yamen runners riding horses towards him, each holding an oxtail knife in their hands, their eyes filled with greed.

"Brother! What do you want to say?" A man rode forward and asked.

Upon hearing this, the bandit leader glanced at everyone with a smile and said, "The bandits from Tuer Mountain killed the newly appointed county magistrate of the imperial court. I wanted to persuade them to surrender but they refused to be arrested. Everyone, follow me and capture the bandits."

"Yes!" the yamen runners responded and quickly rode their horses to charge into the battle.

Under the absolute suppression of weapons, the original fifty or sixty bandits were slaughtered in an instant, and the original bandit leader was transformed into the county lieutenant of Laigu County.

"Thank you, sir! Allow me to introduce myself again. I am Liu Qing, the county lieutenant of Laigu County. Brothers, please see you off."

"You..." Xie Tingwen was so angry that he couldn't speak as he looked at the scene in front of him.

The situation became overwhelming, and the yamen runners immediately started fighting with the servants. Facing the fierce moves of the yamen runners, the servants were obviously a little uncertain.

Although these people were selected by the old man himself, facing the powerful and domineering blades of the yamen runners, they could only protect themselves and had no time to take care of other things.

Looking at the scene in front of her, the woman's expression changed again and again. With a look of understanding, she laughed coldly and said, "So that's how it is. I'm afraid it's your contribution that these people were able to get the status of yamen runners, Lord County Lieutenant?"

"Oh! You, my dear girl, are becoming more and more interesting to me. Why don't you tell me what you have discovered?"

The woman stretched out her slender hand, pointed at the several yamen runners fighting and said, "They have such skills that they can even be runners. I guess they were bandits from other mountains before!"

"Excellent, but you've seen through my true colors after just one look. It seems like we really can't keep you here." One of them clapped his hands and cheered.

"Thank you for the compliment. If I had a little more time, I would have been able to guess your identities." The woman looked at the bailiff in front of her with a playful smile.

Lian Xi, who was in the carriage, had already finished dressing up and was wearing a green robe, looking like a replica of Xie Tingwen.

"Miss! Be ready." Lian Xi reminded in a low voice.

The woman nodded slightly in response, then looked towards the carriage road ahead and said, "Do it."

As everyone was surprised, they heard several loud noises coming from the battlefield, and saw that the originally clear battle situation was now filled with bursts of white smoke.

Lian Xi seized the opportunity, jumped into the carriage in front, and before Xie Tingwen could react, he put the servant's clothes on Xie Tingwen.

"You...Lian Xi, what are you doing?" Xie Tingwen asked with a puzzled look.

"My Lord, please go to the young lady's carriage first. We will wait for an opportunity to leave. These people are not simple yamen runners."

While Lian Xi was speaking, he pushed Xie Tingwen onto the carriage at the back without waiting for Xie Tingwen to react, while he sat in the carriage obediently, watching the battle outside through the window.

In a flash, the yamen runners also realized that something was wrong. Liu Qing stared at the two carriages fiercely and said, "I didn't expect that they even had the thunder and fire bombs of the Fuwei Escort Agency?"

"Brother! They have discovered all our details clearly. We can't wait any longer." One person reminded anxiously.

Liu Qing did not hesitate at all when he heard this. He waved his hand and said, "Quick and decisive! When killing Xie Tingwen, do not use the oxtail knife. The coroner will perform an autopsy."

"Yes!" All the yamen runners responded in unison.

They were seen holding uniform oxtail knives and rushing into the smoke like tigers descending from the mountains. The horses were galloping back and forth, and the sound of horse hooves resounded through the wilderness, causing an inexplicable vibration.

The battlefield was filled with smoke and dust, and wailing sounds were heard one after another, as if it was hell on earth. As the horses charged, the originally thick smoke and dust were dispersed in an instant. The two carriages were still standing on the periphery, and all the servants were dead or wounded.

Uncle Qin sat on the shaft of the carriage, his eyes firm and calm. He glanced at the carriage and asked Lian Yue, "Are you ready?"

"Okay." Lian Yue responded.

Uncle Qin pulled the reins with both hands and shouted, "Go!"

The horses heard the command and quickly began to rush towards the ancient county. Another carriage was driven by another servant in the opposite direction.

The yamen runners did not dare to stop it, nor could they stop the speeding carriage. They hurriedly asked Liu Qing, "Brother! What should we do?"

Liu Qing waved his hand without hesitation and ordered: "A few of you go after the family's carriage, and the rest of you follow me to chase Xie Tingwen's carriage. We must destroy them before they enter the city."

"Yes!" the bailiff responded hurriedly, took off his bailiff's uniform, and started chasing the receding carriage.

Xie Tingwen in the carriage finally came to his senses, looked at the woman beside him and asked softly, "Shu Ting! Is it inappropriate for you to let Lian Xi pretend to be your father?"

"Father, don't worry. Even though Lian Xi's martial arts skills are not good, he can still escape. Let's just take care of ourselves first!" Xie Shuting sighed.

If it was before, she would have been surprised why her life did not follow the previous trajectory. But now she is seventeen years old, and she has long been accustomed to changes in these seventeen years.

After all, when she traveled through time in her previous life, the previous owner was only eighteen years old. Her current experiences are no longer what she remembered before. At this moment, she didn't know what to do and could only keep running forward.

"Gee, gee, gee~"

Listening to the sound of horse hooves coming from behind, Xie Shuting knew that the situation was a little bad. Before she could think of a solution, she suddenly heard the sound of several arrows flying through the air behind her.

"Boohoo!~"

Xie Tingwen hurriedly pressed Xie Shuting under the carriage. An arrow flew through the carriage and directly hit the servant driving the carriage in front. The carriage lost control and slowly stopped.

Xie Tingwen looked at Xie Shuting in front of him and suddenly felt regretful. If he had not listened to his father's arrangement before, he would not have brought his daughter to the office. Now he encountered such a crisis.

"Shu Ting! Your father will drag them away for a while, you find a way to escape, as long as you ..."

"Father! What are you thinking? They are obviously trying to eradicate us completely, how could they let father and I escape." Xie Shuting gently patted Xie Tingwen's hand, with an expression that showed she was sure of victory.

Soon, five or six yamen runners surrounded the carriage. Xie Shuting put on her veil again, lifted the curtain, and walked out slowly.

"Little girl! None of us have ever tasted the taste of a young lady from an official family. If you serve us well, we might even let you go. What do you think?"

"Haha!~"

The bandit leaders laughed out loud upon hearing this, pursed their dry lips, and looked as if they were still lusting after something, which made people feel sick.

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