She Rebuilt Her Fallen Country With Storage Space-Chapter 75 - The Little Crow Flies to the Water
Chapter 75: Chapter 75: The Little Crow Flies to the Water Bandits’ House
Chapter 75 -75: The Little Crow Flies to the Water Bandits’ House
Xiang Xiuxiu quickly hugged her arm tightly, silently cheering and bouncing with joy.
Mother is alright, that’s great!
Tao Xue was so happy she wanted to cry.
“Elder princess, you finally appeared, I thought they had killed you!”
Xiang Ying’s red lips let out a low laugh: “Who could kill me?”
After she dismantled the window, she relied on her excellent agility to climb up to the deck and found a place to hide.
She had just heard a soldier passing by say that Jie Chen took people in a small boat to chase after them, that’s when she circled around to the children’s room.
“Now they have stopped the boat in the river, it seems they won’t set sail until they find you,” Tao Xue said worriedly.
Xiang Yuanlang tugged at Xiang Ying’s sleeve with his small hand.
He looked childlike, yet his tone was cold, like a little adult.
“Jie Chen is not here, a little chaos on this boat will cause loss of morale, let’s seize the opportunity to rebel.”
Xiang Yuanshuo clenched his fist: “Exactly, we take over this boat, throw those soldiers into the water, and then escape by boat.”
Xiang Xiuxiu excitedly nodded: “Yes, let’s do that!”
Xiang Ying pressed down on the heads of the three little ones.
“Now is not a good time to leave, there are still five big boats following us, we won’t be able to escape quickly.”
Xiang Yuanlang was somewhat dissatisfaction: “Are you reluctant to leave Jie Chen?”
Xiang Ying laughed out loud: “What are you saying! If I really wanted to run, no one could stop me.”
The issue is that she didn’t want to leave now; she wanted to see if there was an opportunity to deal with the water bandits.
Xiang Yuanshuo muttered: “She definitely doesn’t want to leave Jie Chen. Before, whenever she saw a handsome man, she couldn’t move.”
Just then, intense shouts from soldiers came from outside—
“Be careful! There’s an ambush!”
As soon as their voices fell, countless arrows broke through the air, thudding as they struck the cabin.
“Ah!” Tao Xue was startled and hugged the children.
Xiang Ying cracked open the door to look outside.
She saw many masked strong men climbing aboard at both the bow and stern, swinging their machetes, clashing with the soldiers on the deck.
The boats at the back also released signals of encountering a sudden attack.
Xiang Ying immediately shut the door.
“The water bandits have come aboard.”
Tao Xue’s face turned pale: “So soon? Aren’t we still some distance from Gourd Mouth?”
Xiang Ying spoke sternly: “With water bandits of that large scale, they must have lookouts on both banks, they might have been eyeing our rich ships for a while.”
This time the water bandits had come prepared.
Tao Xue trembled: “Elder princess, what should we do? If we get killed by the water bandits, that would be so unjust.”
Xiang Ying’s mind raced.
The water bandits would definitely not linger in battle, because Jie Chen led his men not far and would surely return.
And these Nanyue soldiers were just temporarily panicked; truly engaging in combat, without geographical advantage, they might not have any benefit.
So Xiang Ying estimated, they were planning to grab some supplies and run.
“Quick, Tao Xue, change your clothes.” Xiang Ying reached out to strip the clothes off two unconscious soldiers.
Tao Xue trembled with confusion: “Change, change clothes?”
Xiang Ying stripped the two soldiers clean and pulled off Tao Xue’s clothes, dressing her as a little soldier.
She then scooped out some black ash from the earlier fish-cooking stove and smeared it on Tao Xue’s face.
“Now you take another set of clothes, find my elder brother and Miss Lin, get Miss Lin to change into a soldier’s clothes, pretend to be a man, and barricade the door with wood from the inside.”
She pushed Tao Xue out, Tao Xue hurriedly turned back: “Elder princess, what about you and the children?”
Xiang Ying’s phoenix eyes were calm and composed: “I am going to take the water bandits’ stuff.”
“What!?” Tao Xue was astonished, thinking their Elder Princess was too bold.
Xiang Ying, taking the three little ones, of course, because they each had abilities, and it was safest for them to be by her side.
Tao Xue didn’t have time to voice her many doubts, and chose to heed Xiang Ying’s words, staggering towards Xiang Li’s room.
No matter what, the elder princess’s words were always right!
“Mother,” Xiang Xiuxiu asked confusedly, “what do we need to do?”
Xiang Ying spoke softly, “In a moment, you don’t need to do anything; just pretend to be scared in front of the water bandits, and then follow mother to be kidnapped.”
Xiang Yuanshuo frowned, “Kidnapped? Going with the water bandits, our fate will not turn out well.”
Xiang Yuanlang patted him with his small hand.
“Big brother, don’t worry, the water bandits are easier to deal with than those annoying Nanyue soldiers.”
The three little ones immediately readied themselves, feeling excited.
In the room, Xiang Ying took out a map of the Water Bandit Village’s internal layout.
The copy that she gave to Jie Chen was made by herself.
On the map, she pinpointed the words “storehouse” and “granary.”
Yes, those were exactly what she wanted.
Supplies, lots of supplies!
Eventually, the water bandits scoured up to her cabin.
The door was violently kicked open, as two muscular men appeared at the entrance, faces indiscernible, but their excited voices were heard:
“Second Master! Here is a beautiful woman and three sprightly children!”
Several muscular men then stepped inside.
Xiang Ying pretended to be harmless, protecting her daughter, “What are you intending to do!”
One of the strong men grabbed her, “What? We’re kidnapping you to be our Master’s wife!”
They laughed boisterously, and put a sack over Xiang Ying’s head.
The other three little ones were also prepared to be taken away.
Following Xiang Ying’s instructions, the children, far from resisting, huddled together shivering.
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However, just as they were about to grab Xiang Xiuxiu, there were sounds of bird whistles outside.
One of them urged, “Bad news, we have to leave. The boat can’t fit any more, we can’t take all three children, only one can be taken.”
Their eyes wandered over the children’s faces.
Fearing being left behind, Xiang Xiuxiu immediately darted forward, “I don’t want to be separated from my mother!”
Nevertheless, she was the first to be lifted, tossed aside by the man.
That strong man said, “Don’t want the girl, there are enough of them in the village already, taking her back means we have to raise her like feeding a chick, what’s the use?”
Xiang Yuanlang was too thin; they didn’t want him either.
Instead, they noticed Xiang Yuanshuo with his pale little face and rosy lips, his slightly chubby cheeks giving him a cute look of a New Year picture doll.
“It’s him!” A strong man grabbed him, put a sack over Xiang Yuanshuo’s head, and carried him on his shoulder.
Along with Xiang Ying, they were taken away.
Xiang Yuanlang and Xiang Xiuxiu looked at each other.
Xiang Xiuxiu asked, “Why pick big brother? Am I not as good-looking as him?”
Xiang Yuanlang sneered, “They picked and picked and chose the toughest one to deal with, all deceived by big brother’s appearance!”
When Jie Chen returned, the water bandits had already retreated.
The soldiers suffered light casualties, mainly injuries, and several water bandits were captured.
However, much of the food and fodder had been taken by the bandits.
The bandits even left a note arrogantly: “Toll received, safe passage guaranteed.”
What this implied was, the vast amount of food and fodder taken had became just a passing toll, truly a bunch of unreasonable robbers!
Supervisor Ke was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
“What to do, what should we do now? Why on earth did you take people to chase after Xiang Ying, you’ve ruined everything!”
Jie Chen’s face was dark as ink: “Twenty water bandits, and they managed to rob six of our ships and more than a hundred people, was it my bad timing, or your incompetence?”
Ke, the Military Supervisor, was hit where it hurt: “You—!”
At that moment, Xiang Xiuxiu ran up crying, her small hands grabbing onto Jie Chen’s leg.
“Uncle Jie, mother and brother have been captured by the water bandits!”
