The robbers, who were frightened by Jiang Zhi's desperate measures, immediately turned around and ran away as soon as they received the order. Some of them even ran so fast that they dropped their weapons on the ground.
All this happened too fast. Just now they were fighting to the death, but suddenly all the robbers ran away.
Ye Jintang looked at the messy camp and quickly ordered, "Captain Song, take a look at the casualties on our side."
At this moment, Ye Jintang had just experienced a life-and-death disaster. She could only feel her heart pounding wildly, and her hands and feet were a little inoperable. She suppressed the discomfort in her heart and wanted to see other people.
As soon as he walked forward, he felt the force coming from his wrist.
"Brother Jiang?"
Ye Jintang looked at Jiang Zhi doubtfully.
"Don't go anywhere, just stay here. Robbers are always cunning, and they might be able to kill them, so we have to beware of this."
Ye Jintang wanted to say something else, but Jiang Zhi didn't give her the chance. He strode forward to check out the camp that had been ransacked by the robbers.
The cages on the carriage only contained some simple clothes and items needed along the way, but no valuable gold, silver or jewelry.
The robbers turned the boxes and cages upside down, and Ye Jintang's clothes were scattered everywhere, as well as the kitchen utensils belonging to the kitchen lady.
Even the carriages were damaged by them. One of the carriage wheels was even cut into several pieces by a knife, making it completely useless.
"Aunt Liu, just pack the young master's clothes and pack them in bags. Don't take anything else. We need to leave here as soon as possible.
In addition to the damage to things, escort leader Song and several escorts, as well as Zhou Cong and Zhou Wuwei were all injured to varying degrees.
Especially the first few members of escort Song, they were afraid that Ye Jintang would fall into the hands of the robbers, and they were risking their lives just now.
Upon inspection, each of them was seriously injured.
"Song, if you continue to move forward, you will only be able to see a doctor for treatment in two days. The weather is still a bit hot now, and I'm afraid your wounds won't last that long."
"Why don't you go back to Yuezhou City now? If you ride a fast horse, you can go back in half a day."
"This is not possible. We have to escort Mr. Ye to Xingnanzhou. If we go back now, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time."
"I also want to go to Xingnan Continent, and I will escort Brother Qinglin there. Captain Song can just go back to heal his injuries without worries."
As for Jiang Zhi's kung fu just now, Song's escort leader also saw that if he escorted Ye Jintang to Xingnan Prefecture, it would be safer than him, the escort leader.
Bouncer Song glanced at the other seriously injured escorts, and finally nodded.
Escorting Ye Jintang is important, but the lives of other escorts are also important.
If the wound becomes suppurative and becomes hot, it may be life-threatening.
Captain Song stepped forward to salute Ye Jintang with a guilty look on his face.
"Master Ye, I'm sorry. It's because my kung fu is not good enough and I almost got the master injured."
"There is no need to be polite, Mr. Song. No one expected that there would be such arrogant gangsters so close to Yuezhou City."
Jiang Zhi was afraid that the robbers would retaliate, so they didn't say much. They packed up their things and prepared to leave on horseback.
It was only when the horses were distributed that everyone discovered that there were not enough horses.
Moreover, Lvzhu, Forsythia, and Ye Jintang didn't know how to ride a horse, but Grandma Liu and Chef Wei did.
"Sir, I can ride a horse. How about you ride the same horse with me?"
Zhou Wuwei led Zao Hong's horse forward. His arm had a cut and was still wrapped with gauze.
Before Ye Jintang could speak, Jiang Zhi said, "Wuwei, you are not even as tall as a horse, how can you lead people?"
Jiang Zhi poked at Zhou Wuwei's fault with his words. His face instantly turned red and he said in a sullen voice, "I learned to ride horses when I was five years old, and my riding skills are no worse than yours."
"It's a fact that you're not as tall as a horse. If you can't protect Brother Qinglin while riding a horse, the two of you are likely to fall off the horse together."
"You can ride a horse yourself, so you certainly know the consequences of falling off your horse."
Jiang Zhi's words left Zhou Wuwei speechless.
"Brother Qinglin, if you don't mind, why don't you ride a horse with me? At least I can protect brother Qinglin and prevent him from falling down?"
Ye Jintang was about to speak, but before she could say anything, she heard Aunt Liu say again, "Thank you, Lord Jiang, for your kindness. I know how to ride a horse and can take my young master with me."
"Mother Liu, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you and Brother Qinglin to ride together."
Only then did Aunt Liu realize that Ye Jintang was dressed like a young man.
"Can?" Is it appropriate for them to ride together?
Aunt Liu looked unkind. She always felt that Jiang Zhi was not a good person, even though he had just saved everyone.
"It doesn't matter, Aunt Liu. Master Jiang and I can ride on the same horse."
Ye Jintang finally spoke. She didn't care who she rode a horse with. She wanted to leave this hellish place first.
No one can tell whether the robbers who just left will fight back.
Time was running out, and Grandma Liu couldn't say much, so she could only agree to this arrangement.
Jiang Zhi reached out and pulled Ye Jintang onto the horse. The two were close to each other. Ye Jintang could even clearly smell the faint woody fragrance on Jiang Zhi's body.
"Brother Qinglin, hurry up."
Jiang Zhi clamped the horse's belly with a sound, and the black horse flew out like a dart.
Zhou Wuwei looked at the two figures with unconvinced expressions, and heard him mutter, "My mother said that as long as I eat well in the past two years, I will grow taller quickly."
Others also got on their horses and chased Jiang Zhi.
The horses were galloping on the path. Ye Jintang kept trying to steady herself, but because of the bumps on the road, her back kept hitting Jiang Zhi's chest.
Although it was late summer, the clothes the two of them wore were relatively light. When Ye Jintang bumped into Jiang Zhi's arms several times, she didn't know whether it was because of the heat or because she was hallucinating, but she always felt a burning sensation on her back.
Ye Jintang had never had such close contact with a man in her previous life and this life. Her mind was in a mess and her cheeks couldn't help but turn red.
Ye Jintang secretly complained that she would never ride the same horse with others in the future. It was so crowded, hot and annoying.
And whether Jiang Zhi and Jiang Mo are the same person. When she gets the chance, she will take a good look at Jiang Zhi to see if there is a human skin mask on his face.
If they were the same person, would she want to expose him?
But it seems that neither Jiang Zhi nor Jiang Mo will have any intersection after they go to Xingnanzhou.
Otherwise, we should not think about the loss of these things, and they would go their separate ways when they get to Xingnanzhou.
Jiang Zhi was also familiar with this terrain. After being separated from escort Song at a fork in the road, he quickly led Ye Jintang on an official road.
"Ten miles ahead, there is an abandoned inn. We can rest there."
"Are there no villages around here?"
"It happened before. A few months ago, an epidemic wiped out many villages."
