Jiang Sanlang and his companions were discussing how to deal with the enemy when suddenly a little boy of four or five years old ran in, followed by a wet nurse.
The little boy saw everyone sitting on the big kang eating and stared at them curiously.
Finally, seeing Jiang Yuanbao eating eggs, his eyes lit up and he asked, "Brother, do you have any eggs? Can you give me one?"
Jiang Yuanbao almost choked and quickly shook his head: "No more."
The little boy didn't argue. He shook off the nanny's hand and tried to climb onto the kang.
Because when he saw Mr. Wu, he felt strangely friendly and called out, "Daddy, Daddy."
Mr. Wu: ······
The nurse hugged him and whispered, "Little Master, that... that is not your father."
The little boy refused to give in. He opened his nurse's hand, climbed onto the kang, threw himself into Mr. Wu's arms, put his head on his chest, and cried, "Daddy, come back to see Yuanbao."
Mr. Wu coughed dryly and said to the boy, "You got the wrong person. I'm not your father."
The little boy refused to let go and held Mr. Wu tightly: "Daddy, don't you want the ingots anymore?"
Mr. Wu was extremely embarrassed, "I'm really not your father."
He is almost 70 years old, and yet a little kid mistook him for his father. It is really...
Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and Wei Zhan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
In the end, the child was taken away by the wet nurse.
Yingbao naturally knew what was going on.
Because the little boy's biological father is Pei Shixian, the old man's beard is exactly the same as Mr. Wu's, and they are both elderly men, so it is no wonder that Pei Yuanbao could make a mistake.
Not long after the child was taken away by the wet nurse, Nanzhu, a close follower of Xiao Chengjun, found Yingbao.
He bowed to everyone and said to Yingbao, "My husband wants to discuss a deal with the young lady?"
Yingbao refused outright: "There is no deal to discuss."
Nanzhu was silent for a moment, then said, "Miss Jiang, my husband is willing to pay you a hundred taels of silver to see me."
Jiang Sanlang frowned: "I told you, my daughter doesn't see patients anymore, why is she here again?"
Nanzhu clasped his fists towards Jiang Sanlang and said, "This is really an emergency. My master cannot delay me. Please forgive me."
Seeing that this man was determined not to give up, Yingbao became alert.
If they suddenly attack, we will have no chance of winning.
She thought about it again and again, and said, "I am currently learning forbidden spells, so I will not go out to see patients. If you really want to see a doctor, I will boil a bowl of magic water, and you can take it to your husband to drink."
As she spoke, she took out a piece of talisman paper from her bag, muttered something, lit it with a fire stick, and placed it in a ceramic bowl. She picked up a teapot and poured some water into it, stirred it with her fingers, and handed the bowl to Nanzhu: "Here, this is a blessing from the gods. Take it to your husband to drink, maybe it can save his life."
Nanzhu's mouth twitched, but he still took the pottery bowl: "Thank you, little doctor."
Just as he turned to leave, Yingbao said again: "This bowl of talisman water costs one hundred taels. Please bring the silver over."
"Okay." Nanzhu took the ceramic bowl back and poured the water into a bamboo tube.
Xiao Chengjun came over: "What are you doing?"
Nanzhu knew his master's temper and did not dare to tell the truth. "This... This is the potion Jiang Yingbao gave me. I will send it to my master." After a pause, he said, "This medicine costs one hundred taels of silver."
Xiao Chengjun frowned and said nothing.
The girl didn't buy his account, so he was planning to have her kidnapped and taken to his father for treatment.
But he was afraid that this action would make that damn girl bear a grudge and deliberately do bad things in secret, which would end up costing his father's life, so he never dared to act.
Unexpectedly, Nanzhu bought the medicine from her.
But isn't this medicine too expensive? One hundred taels is enough to buy two hundred-year-old ginseng plants.
Nanzhu plugged the bamboo tube tightly with a stopper, put it in his arms, and clasped his fists towards Xiao Chengjun: "I will send it to the master right away. My lord, you should also go back early and don't delay on the road."
This young master of his was really crazy. The eldest son asked him to go to Qinchuan County to ask for medicine, but he actually ran to pick up the mother and daughter of the Han family. Then when he went to Qinchuan County again, he found that the young lady of the Jiang family had already gone to the provincial capital.
They had no choice but to rush to the provincial capital, where they happened to meet the returning young lady from the Jiang family.
This was originally something to be thankful for, but as a result, their master's actions offended the Jiang family.
Fortunately, the young lady from the Jiang family was sensible and took the initiative to give him the potion.
Regardless of whether it is useful or not, he can only regard it as a useful miracle drug.
Otherwise, according to the young master's intention, if she was kidnapped by force, not only would both sides suffer losses, but she would also have to endure the wrath of the eldest master when she returned.
Nanzhu put the package on his back, climbed on his horse with two guards, and drove outside.
Yingbao stood at the door of the inn and watched Nanzhu leave before returning to the guest room and closing the door.
Then he entered the cave, tidied the fields, picked some fruits, and then came out.
Two days later, the ice and snow outside had melted a lot and the road was walkable.
Jiang Sanlang and his nephew harnessed the carriage and prepared to leave.
Yingbao and the shopkeeper's wife bought a lot of steamed buns, and then went to the market town to buy charcoal, two charcoal stoves, two pots, and a kettle.
Afterwards, he bought a few pounds of cooked meat, had someone cut it up, and put it on the carriage together with the steamed buns.
Several carriages drove out of the inn. Yingbao looked through the window and saw Chen Tiantian and Xiao Chengjun coming out of the inn and looking towards them.
Jiang Jie, Jiang Wu and their sister were sitting in a carriage, with their father Jiang Sanlang driving in front.
Mr. Wu and Yuanbao were sitting in another car, driven by Jiang Cheng.
The other two cars were loaded with bedding, food baskets and other items, and the Wei family sent four servants to accompany them.
The other carriages belonged to Wei Zhan and Wen Hengyin.
They not only brought thick bedding, pots and pans, food, etc., but also brought special products and goods from the city.
The carriages were moving along the official road.
The ice and snow on the road made a crunching sound.
At noon, the carriage stopped to rest, and everyone took out dry food and roasted it on a small charcoal stove.
Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard from behind, and a dozen men in black suits were riding horses towards us.
As they passed the carriage, they suddenly drew their machetes and chopped at the horses.
In an instant, several horses were hit and fell to the ground.
Jiang Sanlang reacted quickly. When he saw them chopping at the horses, he immediately raised his spear and fought back.
The man in black didn't hit the Jiang family's horse, but he didn't stop and urged his horse to rush out.
"Damn it! You must be Xiao Chengjun's men, right? I recognize you!" Wei Zhan's two horses were hit by the sword, and he cursed in anger. "Don't run if you have the guts!"
Wen Hengyin was also furious.
His family's horses were also chopped off and are probably dying.
The men in black had already run away, but their mischievous laughter could still be heard faintly.
Yingbao was also speechless.
This Xiao Chengjun is really childish.
No, he is a sand dollar.
Secretly killing horses may seem mean, but it is actually vicious.
They probably wanted to trap them to death here. After all, there was no village or shop nearby and the weather was so cold. Without horses, they could not take away the supplies on the carriage.
In addition, the Jiang family has old and young people, and it is not safe to walk on the icy and snowy road.
Ying Bao narrowed her eyes and immediately said to her father and Wei Zhan, "There are about ten of them leaving, and there are two carriages and several people behind them. Let's wait and seize their horses."
Xiao Chengjun's heart was not with him yet. Since that group of people went forward, there was no reason for Chen Tiantian and the others to go another way.
I'll just wait here, and when I see their carriage, I'll take them by surprise and snatch the horses away.
This is called giving someone a taste of their own medicine.