Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family-Chapter 1066 - 1065: Another Group of Horsemen

She shook Liu Sisi, and saw Liu Sisi’s body also shook a few times before continuing to sleep.

Her eyes moved slightly, focusing on an old man who was leisurely driving a bull-cart nearby.

The old man seemed utterly oblivious to everything behind him, still rocking along with the bull-cart, smacking on dry tobacco with a pop and a snap.

A thought crossed her mind, and her hand stealthily slid into her pocket... fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

"I say, big brother, the little brother next to you must be a girl, huh? Hehe, but no wonder, in these times, huh, traveling with a girl, one must be extra cautious."

The old man picked up the dry tobacco stem, knocked it hard against the edge of the bull-cart a few times, blew on it, and then drew back his hand, while the other hand fumbled around his body.

Granny Peng’s hand slowly extended, and it now held a slender dagger.

"It’s kind brothers like you who understand the difficulties we elders face, sigh! Truly caught between a rock and a hard place!" The words that came from her mouth perfectly matched her current disguise, imitating an elderly male voice to perfection.

Holding the dagger, she quickly closed in, silently thrusting it toward his chest...

The old man suddenly bent down to pick up some dry tobacco that had fallen to the ground, narrowly avoiding the thrust.

"That’s right! Just like me, an old man, I like my tobacco and my wine, and if I don’t have either, I might as well be dead."

A flash of surprise passed through Granny Peng’s eyes, she moved a little closer, and once again aimed the dagger at the man’s neck...

The bull-cart suddenly skewed, throwing everyone on it violently! Her thrust, aimed right at the target, merely grazed his shoulder, and the second strike also missed.

After two misses, the expression in Granny Peng’s eyes instantly changed!

She could no longer care to hide, her movements became exceedingly forceful.

The old man was completely unable to dodge, avoiding each blow, completely dodging Granny Peng’s assassination attempts.

"What a wolf in sheep’s clothing! Take that!"

Furious, Granny Peng gave a fierce shout, as if she couldn’t wait to finish him off on the spot.

But the old man just laughed twice, "I’m getting on in years, don’t always resort to fighting and killing, show some manners. It’s indecent!"

With the laughter, the disguise on his face gradually peeled away, revealing a middle-aged man—no old man to be seen!

Damn it!

"Cut the nonsense! If you move again, I’ll cut her throat right now!"

Seeing that the situation was bad, Granny Peng quickly shifted her eyes, pressing the blade to Liu Sisi’s neck, threatening him.

The man seemed completely unnerved, continuing to advance, nearly severing Liu Sisi’s arm, but luckily she swiftly dodged it in time.

"Whether it’s you or this damned brat, you’re both going to die! None of you will leave this place alive!"

The man clearly intended to kill both of them without any hesitation.

It was only then that Granny Peng finally understood that the situation was not as she had initially imagined, "You, you’re not from Zhao Country? You’re one of his men? I can’t believe it, his reach is so long, following us all the way here! You’ve got some nerve!"

Anxiety burgeoned in her heart!

She had misjudged the man’s identity from the start, revealing too much. Today’s matter would be hard to settle amicably!

"As I see it, you are the ones with the audacity! The Master is the rightful authority, and it is you, claiming to uphold legitimacy, who harbor ulterior motives to defeat the Master. You are the ones who should die! Roll off to meet the King of Hell!"

As he spoke, his moves were reckless and desperate.

Every single one was relentless.

The bull-cart continued its slow progress, utterly unaffected by the fight taking place atop it.

The two traded blows back and forth—one fought barehanded with ease, while the other, despite wielding a dagger, was constantly at a disadvantage. They barely managed to maintain a stalemate, neither able to best the other in the short term.

In just a short amount of time, the two had exchanged many moves.

Granny Peng gritted her teeth and suddenly bellowed as she lunged forward, tumbling off the bull-cart and narrowly escaping her opponent’s domination, finally breaking free from the tussle and falling to the roadside.

Her adversary clearly did not anticipate this move, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes as he watched her. His icy gaze pierced her soul like that of a venomous snake.

Granny Peng barely managed to steady herself and watched anxiously as the bull-cart, carrying the other person and Sisi, slowly moved away.

Now her mission was a complete failure!

What was she supposed to do now?

As she watched the bull-cart gradually disappear around the bend in the mountain bay, she clutched her chest and coughed a few times before hastily lighting a signal arrow from her arms. Only after she saw the arrow with its strange buzz ascend did she grit her teeth and sprint towards the other end of the bay.

By rushing this way, she could take a shortcut and catch up to them. As for the situation of Liu Sisi in the cart...

She feared there was nothing more to do but leave it to fate!

After crossing the small slope and passing the mountain ridge, Granny Peng had just hidden herself when she heard the distinct cry of the bull-cart heading in her direction. Her heart leapt with joy, and as she peeked out, the smile on her face instantly froze—the bull-cart was empty, the two people who had been there moments ago had vanished without a trace!

Where were they?

How could they have disappeared?

She couldn’t think about anything else and turned around, charging after the path the bull-cart had taken.

Rounding the mountain ridge, Granny Peng chased all the way back to where she had jumped off the cart, but still found nothing.

What on earth was happening?

Her gaze flitted about rapidly as she suddenly let out a loud shout and slapped her forehead in realization... it seemed she had forgotten to check the carry baskets and beneath the bull-cart! If the two had been hiding there, it was forgivable that she might have missed them in her haste.

She quickly turned back towards the last known location of the bull-cart.

But this time, when she caught up, she saw the old bull still leisurely chewing grass by the side of the path, its nearby carry baskets overturned next to the cart, confirming her prior suspicion.

Now what was she supposed to do?

At that moment, Di Yelei had been following the official road in pursuit, but after a distance, he and Zhang Peng turned back, re-examining all the clues along the way.

"The person took Sisi without a horse, they shouldn’t be able to get too far. Search carefully, there might be some clues," Di Yelei decisively instructed.

The two chased on, soon returning to the little tea house they had passed earlier, where to their dismay they discovered the tea house owner, already dead.

"The knife edge is extremely fine, somewhat different from what we commonly use in the Great Zhao—it’s thinner and narrower. Plus, the attacker’s moves were filled with ferocity, it must be someone from Lin Xiner’s group," Zhang Peng analyzed.

Di Yelei studied the knife edge for a while but then shook his head, "No! I’m afraid things are not that simple."