Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 499: Chapter 499: Besieged on All Sides (Part 8)

How could Di Yelei let these people go?

He drew his bow and arrow again, but there were only three feathered arrows left in the quiver. After taking the lives of three people, the remaining few quickly disappeared over the hill ridge.

“Consider yourselves lucky for getting away! Hmph!”

He sneered and growled, but a gust of wind came from behind him.

He hurriedly turned around, just in time to see a bandit wielding a large knife fall behind him! And in the hollow of his back was a dagger with only the handle exposed!

Di Yelei could not help but break out in a cold sweat!

He almost capsized in the drain, dying in the plotted scheme of a villain!

He raised his head and squinted his eyes, seeing a suddenly added group of horsemen, led by none other than Nan Tianzong in his fluttering white clothes!

He soon raised his eyebrows in surprise: “I heard Young Master Nan has entered the capital city, I never thought I would meet you here! How strange!”

Nan Tianzong sighed with relief!

It was not his fault indeed, as he received the news too late! He rushed over in a hurry, originally thinking that Di Yelei would arrive a while later based on his usual speed. However, plans could not keep up with changes, and he didn’t expect it to end up like this.

Fortunately, it was a good escape!

“I did enter the capital city, but due to some matters on the road, I had to change course and come back,”

Nan Tianzong said indifferently, waving casually at the men behind him.

The men quickly scattered in all directions to search.

“Oh? So that’s how it is. I wonder why Young Master Nan would appear here? Could it be that the night view here is good, and Young Master Nan came here to enjoy the moonlight?”

Di Yelei raised his eyebrows, his gaze moving among the crowd. His hand gripping the bow and arrow did not relax at all, his muscles tense, constantly staring at Nan Tianzong’s eyes without blinking, and his ears were constantly collecting the surrounding sounds!

The slightest movements of anyone nearby were caught by him.

Nan Tianzong saw Di Yelei’s demeanor in his eyes but didn’t mention it.

“If I, the Young Master, say I just happened to pass by here, you wouldn’t believe it, would you?” Nan Tianzong laughed casually, showing no guilt at all.

“The truth is, I learned that there would be an ambush here tonight, and it just so happened that I knew the target of these people was you. So, I hurried here. Are you satisfied with my answer?”

Di Yelei’s eyes flashed, and he laughed heartily. Then he casually bowed his fist and saluted him.

“Thank you, Young Master Nan, for your help today! Since it’s already late, I will personally treat you to a table of wine and dishes on another day as a token of my gratitude, how about that?”

His gaze was firmly locked on the other person, ready to take action as soon as there was any abnormality!

Nan Tianzong waved his hand casually, seemingly oblivious to Di Yelei’s movements.

“In that case, this Young Master will be waiting at any time! Please!”

Di Yelei didn’t say any more, just casually bowed his fist and slowly backed away two steps before leaping down the slope and quickly rushing to the bottom.”

Down below, Da Niu and Er Niu were no longer in their original positions.

Di Yelei swept all around, finally finding the two hiding together behind a large rock.

The two were overjoyed to see Di Yelei appear.

However, the horses of the three were all unfortunate, so they could only leave on foot.

“Lord Di, wait a moment!”

A sudden call came from behind, and a man leading a horse came up from behind.

“This horse is a gift from my young master for Lord Di to use as transportation. My young master said that the roads are slippery in the dark, so Lord Di should be careful on the way.”

Di Yelei took the horse: “Where’s your young master?”

“My young master has already left. Lord Di, I’ll take my leave now.”

That man greeted Di Yelei with a fist and then quickly ran away.

Di Yelei glanced back at the three dead horses and didn’t bother with anything else. He quickly mounted the horse and galloped away.

When they finally returned home, Liu Sisi had been waiting anxiously at the main entrance. When she saw the three of them come back in such a mess, everyone hurriedly gathered around.

“Don’t worry, let’s all clean up first and then talk about it in detail.”

Di Yelei waved his hand and went to the bathroom with a water bucket.

Honestly, he hadn’t yet recovered from the chaos earlier.

According to Nan Tianzong’s statement, it was he who had received a clue that someone wanted to take Di Yelei’s life, so he had rushed to save him.

Regardless of the truth of this statement, if this were true, then the conjecture that the three of them had bumped into bandits by chance had been extinguished from the beginning!

Who exactly wanted to kill him?

He narrowed his eyes slightly, and a few shadows quickly flashed through his mind. The people with the deepest conflicts with him recently could only be one of them.

And the person most likely to attack him could only be him!

A light flashed quickly in his eyes, perhaps…

Liu Sisi’s heart was trembling, the sight of Di Yelei in snow-covered clothes had really frightened her!

The bloody nightmare constantly appeared in front of her eyes! The him in her dreams was covered in fresh blood, almost blinding her.

When the three of them had finally washed and cleaned themselves, Liu Sisi interrupted Di Yelei’s words without waiting for them to speak.

“Eat first, and talk after you’re full!”

And indeed, he was really hungry! The three of them devoured their food, allowing Liu Sisi to see their injuries.

It seemed that Da Niu and Er Niu had only suffered minor injuries, while Er Niu’s arm seemed to be broken. However, the clinic’s people had already been called to treat the injury, and it had been fixed. The rest were just minor scratches, fortunately!

Only when the three of them had eaten and drank to their fill and put down their bamboo chopsticks did Di Yelei let out a long sigh.

“Today, we encountered bandits who wanted to rob us. We were really unlucky!”

“Bandits who wanted to rob? How is that possible?”

Liu Sisi was extremely surprised!

No wonder she was surprised, local rascals in Macheng County had previously been under the control of Di Yelei and others. If there were any bandits, they could only be from the so-called Heilong Mountain. But how could bandits from Heilong Mountain target Di Yelei? So, Liu Sisi didn’t believe it when he said it was bandits!

“Don’t say you don’t believe it, even I don’t believe it. However, we did indeed encounter bandits. Fortunately, everyone only suffered minor injuries, and nothing serious happened.”

Di Yelei said with a wry smile.

Liu Sisi thought for a moment: “You mentioned bandits, where are they? Did you get rid of them? And what about the horses? Where’s the jujube red horse?”

She might not ask certain questions, but that didn’t mean she didn’t understand.

“The jujube red horse is dead. We couldn’t have escaped, but fortunately, a kindhearted person who happened to pass by saved us and gifted us three fine horses!”

They were indeed fine horses. As soon as he got on the horse’s back, he felt that these three horses were much faster than the jujube red horse!