allendalepharm Chapter 214: Running on the road late at night and encountering someone calling for help
Chapter 214: Running on the road late at night and encountering someone calling for help
Jiang Fugui was puzzled, but knew he had to do it. The carriage slowed down, and Zhao Wei behind was a little surprised.
Jiang Youzhen stared at the bushes intently, and after waiting for a while, there was no movement over there. She frowned, wondering if it was some wild animal that had left now?
Just when Jiang Youzhen was about to relax, a figure suddenly crawled out of the grass, scaring Jiang Youzhen and his daughter.
"Oh! What is that?" Jiang Fugui only saw something, which was not small, but he didn't know what it was.
Jiang Youzhen has good eyesight and can see clearly that this is a person.
"Help, help! Help!" A weak voice came intermittently and faintly.
"Is someone shouting for help?" Jiang Fugui listened attentively and asked hesitantly after a moment.
"No, Dad, you heard it wrong. It should be some wild animal." Jiang Youzhen said and urged Jiang Fugui to hurry up.
"Help, help, please stop." The voice continued, and the man actually fell forward a few times.
"Ouch~" Jiang Fugui immediately pulled the reins, "I really heard someone shouting for help, Xiaolang, could that be a person? Let's go over and take a look!"
Jiang Youzhen frowned and held Jiang Fugui's shoulder, "Dad! We are still with Mom and the others, so don't meddle in other people's business when we are out. What if this is a plot by the bandits to lure us over?"
Jiang Fugui had little experience of going out, so he was relatively simple. After all, he looked very poor, so even if he went out alone, no one would rob him.
"But what if he is just on the road and gets attacked by some wild animal? If we go, we can save his life. I will feel bad if I leave like this!" Jiang Fugui was very conflicted.
"Dad! If you really want to travel, why don't you have a carriage or a cart? Who would travel alone in this wilderness at night? For the sake of our family's lives, it's better to have less trouble than more!"
Jiang Fugui felt that her analysis made sense. He hardened his heart and stopped looking to the side.
"Please, save...save..."
It’s not that Jiang Youzhen is cold-blooded and heartless. For the sake of her entire family’s lives, she absolutely cannot take any risks.
Jiang Youzhen thought about it, jumped off the carriage, and quickly got on Zhao Wei's carriage behind.
"Brother Wei, no matter what you hear, ignore it and just drive the car."
Zhao Wei was about to ask what happened, but when he heard Jiang Youzhen say this, he shut up. This brother-in-law is very reliable, and it's right to listen to him.
"Huh? Look, what's in front? It looks like a carriage?" Jiang Youzhen returned to Jiang Fugui's side. After a while, something happened in front again.
Suddenly, a horse-drawn carriage blocked the road ahead. The horses were circling on the ground, neighing from time to time, which seemed very strange in this silent forest.
"The carriage is blocking the road." Jiang Fugui pulled the reins.
"Which brother is hurrying ahead? Please make way, we are in a hurry to go back." Jiang Fugui shouted to the front and waited for a moment, but no one responded.
The father and daughter looked at each other and saw confusion and vigilance in each other's eyes.
"Dad, what's wrong? Why don't you leave?" San Ya's confused voice came.
"Sister, it's okay. There are things in front. I can just move them." Jiang Youzhen had already thought of something.
"Dad! Move that carriage aside!"
"What's wrong? Is there no one in the car?" Jiang Fugui was very confused. He suddenly remembered the man on the road just now. Could it be that man's carriage?
"I'll go take a look first. You wait here and don't follow me, otherwise you'll be making things worse." Jiang Youzhen said as she jumped off the carriage. Holding the sword tightly in her hand, she slowly approached the carriage.
Jiang Fugui wanted to say something but stopped himself. However, thinking of his daughter's tone full of disgust just now, he could only stay in the car obediently.
Jiang Youzhen approached the carriage and her eyes fell on the several sword marks on the carriage and frame. She was shocked, thinking that they were ambushed.
After hesitating for a moment, she stepped aside and used her long sword to lift the curtain, only to find that there was no one inside. With a sigh of relief, Jiang Youzhen moved the horse aside and tied it to a big tree.
Seeing his daughter coming back, Jiang Fugui asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there really no one inside?"
Jiang Youzhen nodded, his face solemn, "Go!"
Jiang Fugui was completely confused, then he thought of the man just now, and said anxiously: "Is it the carriage of the man just now? Since there is a carriage, there must be an accident. Let's go back quickly, the man is still alive and can be saved."
"Dad! There are sword marks all over the carriage. That man must have been hunted down. If the enemy finds out that he is not dead, it will implicate our family. Let's go quickly! We are afraid that the enemy will make a comeback."
"What?" Jiang Fugui's face darkened, but reason finally prevailed.
He held the reins in silence, but then a voice came from Zhao Wei behind him, "Who are you? Get out of the way!"
Damn it! Jiang Youzhen sighed.
"Dad, wait for me here and don't act rashly." As she said this, she ran towards Zhao Wei's carriage.
At this time, Zhao Wei stared at the person lying on the ground in front of him and frowned. He was not a boy who knew nothing. He had gone out hunting before and sold the prey alone, which made him very brave.
Even in the dark, he could see the wounds and blood on the body of the dying man in front of him with the faint light of the lantern.
"I have no choice. Please forgive me! Please give these things to... Manager Zhang of Ruyi Inn in Fucheng."
The man's breath was weak, but he was still trying his best to hold up a package. Jiang Youzhen looked down at the man with a cold face.
This was a man in his thirties, perhaps even older. Because his face was covered in blood and it was dark, it was impossible to see his entire appearance clearly.
"Please!" He looked at Jiang Youzhen with pleading eyes.
"Young man, why don't we send him to the clinic?" Zhao Wei saw that the other party had no ill intentions, and felt a little bit reluctant to see him breathing more than breathing in.
"No need, I... I can't live anymore. As long as you deliver the things, Manager Zhang will give you a generous reward. In addition, I have a valuable jade pendant and some silver on me, you can take them. As long as you hand them over, you will be rich and glorious..." As he spoke, his eyes dimmed, his hands dropped weakly, but the things in his hands were tightly clenched.
"What happened? Is he dead?" Zhao Wei was shocked and quickly got off the carriage.
When he saw the man's bloody hand still tightly holding a small cloth bag, he immediately glanced at Jiang Youzhen.
Jiang Youzhen is weighing the pros and cons. It’s not that she is coveting the jade pendant or the wealth and glory, but what on earth is inside it?
Take it or not? Give it to her? Or not? She was afraid of causing trouble. If this person was still thinking about something before he died, it would probably cause a lot of trouble.
"What is this? Do you want it to be given to you?" However, Zhao Wei had already picked up the cloth bag. The bag was not tied tightly, and a corner of the contents was exposed.