Chapter 232 Failure
The group left the Xiao Mansion smoothly. Mengxi breathed a sigh of relief and was secretly celebrating her luck, but she didn't expect that the Second Master was waiting on the road. The master and servants saw them and secretly groaned. When they saw Xiao Xia leave, Zhidong asked in a low voice:
"Second Grandma, what should we do?"
"Is there any way to contact Ouyang Di and the others?"
Zhixia shook her head and said:
"I'm afraid it's not possible. Although the two maids in the carriage behind are also our people, there is the Second Master in front and the Old Lady and the First Lady's people following behind. They are the same as us and cannot get off the carriage."
After hearing Zhixia's words, Mengxi's heart sank and he lowered his head in deep thought.
Zhidong saw that the Second Mistress lowered her head and said nothing, so he asked in a low voice:
"Second Madam, why don't we change direction and not follow the original route? We can miss Ouyang and his men and find a chance to leave the house later. It's the same. Swords have no eyes. It would be bad if we really hurt Second Master or Young Master Ouyang."
Zhixia shook her head and said.
"I'm afraid it won't work. Look at the carriage in front. It was sent by Manager Li. Second Madam originally decided on the route and location, but Manager Li was worried about unexpected events, so he changed the route. In the end, he decided to send a carriage to follow us as soon as we leave the house and find a convenient place to attack."
After hearing this, Zhidong's eyes lit up and he said:
"Then we just need to contact the people in that car."
"The problem is that we can only watch and cannot make contact. There are a hundred pairs of eyes watching us from behind."
After hearing this, Zhidong lowered his head sadly. When Zhixia mentioned the carriage in front, Mengxi looked at it and said:
"Second Master followed us. I think the carriage ahead also saw it. Ouyang Di should be prepared and send more people. We will go to Luding Mountain as planned. Once Ouyang Di makes a move, Second Master will definitely keep a close eye on me. You two should find a way to tell them to try not to hurt anyone and not to fight. With our cooperation, let them rob the people and leave."
"Second Grandma..."
"It has come to this point, we have no choice but to do it forcefully ."
The carriage moved slowly towards Luding Mountain. Erye was riding on the horse in a good mood. He had long wanted to bring Mengxi to Luding Mountain to get some fresh air, and he didn't expect that his wish would come true today.
Luding Mountain is about an hour's journey from the downtown area. After half an hour, the carriage was about to leave the downtown area and head towards the mountain road. It passed a two-story restaurant. Suddenly, the window on the second floor of the restaurant was pushed open with a snap, and four masked men in black clothes jumped down from the second floor and ran straight to Mengxi's carriage. Four swords were used at the same time, and in an instant, the roof of the carriage where Mengxi and his three servants were riding was blown away.
"Xi'er!"
The moment the window moved, Xiao Jun had already jumped off his horse and onto Mengxi's carriage. When the roof of the carriage was overturned, Xiao Jun had already flown out of the carriage holding Mengxi. As soon as the two of them left the carriage, four masked men landed beside the carriage. Two of them each grabbed Zhixia and Zhidong off the carriage, and the other two drew their swords and ran straight towards Xiao Jun.
Xiao Jun jumped onto the horse's back holding Mengxi in his arms and rode forward. Two darts flew out from the window of the restaurant and hit Xiao Jun's horse's butt. The warhorse neighed loudly, stood up, and threw Xiao Jun, who had not yet sat firmly, off. Xiao Jun held Mengxi tightly and flipped over, landing on the ground in narrow margins.
Before he could stand firmly, he was stabbed with a sword. Xiao Jun tilted his body back and narrowly avoided the attack. He kicked the masked man in the jaw, then leaped back and ran towards a low wall in front. At this time, four masked men jumped out from the restaurant and surrounded him, fighting him.
When Xiao Ke, who was following behind the Second Grandma's carriage, saw this, he rushed forward, drew his sword and joined the battle to protect the Second Master and the Second Grandma.
Xiao Xia was stunned for a moment, then pulled out something from his waist, put it to his lips and blew it. A sharp flute sound was emitted, which cut through the air and spread far away. It was probably the Xiao family's unique distress signal.
Several carriages stopped, and the drivers and the women beside the carriages squatted on the roadside trembling with fear. Pedestrians on the roadside fled to both sides.
Seeing Xiao Xia asking for help, a masked man came straight towards Xiao Xia with a sword. The nine people fought in an instant. Erye and Xiao Xia were out for fun and did not bring any weapons, so they were at a disadvantage from the beginning. After a while, Xiao Xia's clothes were cut in several places, but the masked man seemed to be cautious. Erye knocked down a masked man in a short time and took away a sword, but he was holding Mengxi in his arms, so he was always exhausted and could not do anything to his opponent for a while.
Mengxi saw it and said to the Second Master:
"Second Master, I'm fine, please put me down first."
Gradually, the Second Master had retreated to the low wall, put Mengxi beside the wall, and said:
"Xi'er, swords have no eyes, just stand here and don't move"
After Erye finished speaking, he waved his sword and turned to face the two masked men who were coming towards him. In a blink of an eye, the three of them fought together. The figures flew back and forth, which made Mengxi dizzy and frightened. In just a moment, one of them was stabbed in the heart by Erye's sword, and the body flew out. Mengxi opened her eyes wide in shock. She had recognized that the remaining one fighting with Erye was Ouyang Di. She couldn't bear to hurt either of them.
At this time, the two masked men who had kidnapped Zhixia and Zhidong had returned. One of them joined Xiao Ke's battle group, and the other ran towards this side.
Mengxi saw this and began to move slowly, moving little by little towards the direction of the masked man who was coming from behind. The masked man ran over and unexpectedly did not join Erye's battle group. Instead, he ran straight towards Mengxi. Erye was shocked when he saw it. He wanted to save Mengxi, but was entangled by Ouyang Di and could not get away. Looking at the distance, Xiao Xia and Xiao Ke were also entangled by the two masked men and could not get away, and were farther away.
Seeing that the masked man who came later was only ten feet away from Mengxi and could capture Mengxi with one more leap, Erye became anxious and exposed a flaw to Ouyang Di. His right shoulder was cut by Ouyang Di's sword. Erye kicked him out and leaped towards Mengxi.
Ouyang Di, who was kicked away by Erye, rolled in the air and fell to the ground. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he leaped up and stabbed a sword towards Erye's path. If Erye dodged, Mengxi would be captured by the masked man. If he didn't dodge, he would be stabbed by the sword.
Mengxi opened her eyes wide in shock and shouted loudly:
"Second Master, get out of the way!"
What a good Second Master! He didn't even try to dodge and rushed straight towards Mengxi. He kicked the masked man who had jumped to Mengxi's side in the chest. The man flew out immediately. Second Master stretched out his hand to grab Mengxi, but Ouyang Di's sword arrived from behind. With a pounce, it pierced Second Master's left chest diagonally from behind. Mengxi screamed in shock:
"Second Master!"
Hearing Mengxi's cry, Ouyang Di was also stunned, and his body paused. Second Master gritted his teeth, grabbed Mengxi and pulled her into his arms. He kicked back, and Ouyang Di jumped to the left and dodged. Second Master stumbled forward and almost fell. He quickly supported himself against the wall with his hands and said to Mengxi in his arms:
"Xi'er, you will go first with..."
Before the Second Master could finish his words, he saw Mengxi opened her eyes wide and looked behind him. The Second Master heard the sound of wind behind his head and knew that a sword was stabbing at him from behind. There was a wall in front of him and he had nowhere to hide. The Second Master gritted his teeth, hugged Mengxi tightly, and leaped half a foot to the right like a dry onion. Ouyang stabbed his sword into the wall and protected Mengxi behind him. The Second Master turned around, raised the sword in his right hand, and pointed it directly at Ouyang Di.
At this time, several shadowy figures appeared in the distance and ran towards this side. It was probably the people from the Xiao family who heard the distress signal and rushed over.
Looking at the panicked eyes of the master behind Erye, Ouyang Di's eyes flashed with a trace of regret. Looking at the figure that was almost approaching, he withdrew the sword that was inserted into the wall and whistled. The three masked men who were fighting with Xiao Xia and Xiao Ke in the distance also gave up two of them, jumped onto the roof, and fled in a hurry.
Xiao Xia's clothes were torn into pieces and he was covered in blood. Seeing the masked man running away, he fell to the ground. Xiao Ke chased him with a sword in hand. Meng Xi saw him and shouted:
"Xiao Ke, the Second Master is injured"
After hearing this, Xiao Ke stopped walking and looked back. He saw that the Second Master was covered in blood, his face was pale, beads of sweat were oozing from his head, he was leaning against the wall, and one hand was still tightly holding the Second Grandma.
"Second Master, they are gone, it's okay, please let me go and let me see your injuries."
Xiao Ke had already run over , supported the Second Master, and shouted:
"Second Master! Are you okay?"
Mengxi had already broken free from Erye by this time, turned around, tore off a large piece of cloth from his coat, and pressed it hard on Erye's wound, trying to stop the bleeding. Erye pressed acupoints on himself.
Seeing that the bleeding had finally stopped, Mengxi let out a long sigh. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the voices of Zhixia and Zhidong:
"Second Madam, I'm here, come and save me!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw two people's heads reflected in the window of a restaurant in the distance. It turned out that the two people had been acupunctured and thrown upstairs. When Mengxi saw this, he hurriedly ordered the guards who had rushed over to pick them up.
After asking the maids and servants to squeeze together and get out a carriage, Mengxi and Xiao Ke helped the Second Master onto the carriage. Mengxi said to the driver:
"Go directly to Yichun Hall."
Hearing that Mengxi was going to Yichuntang, the Second Master wanted to stop her, but seeing Mengxi's anxious face, he swallowed his words back.
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Mengxi asked the carriages sent by the old lady and the first wife to go back, leaving only a few guards. When they arrived at Yichun Hall, she was afraid that Li Du would be surprised when he saw her and the Second Master would find out her flaw, so she asked Zhixia to go in and deliver the message first. Then she and Xiao Ke and others helped the Second Master get off the carriage and slowly walked into Yichun Hall.
Li Du and the others received the message but did not dare to go out to greet them. When they saw the host and the second master coming in, their faces froze and they quickly stepped forward and said:
"Isn't this Mr. Xiao? What's wrong with you? Please come in."
Without waiting for the Second Master to answer, Mengxi bowed gently to Li Du, briefly told him about the Second Master's injury, and finally asked Li Du to treat the Second Master's wound.
After hearing this, Li Du was polite and took everyone to the second floor. He also asked Old Man Li to treat the Second Master's injuries personally. Li Du saw that Meng Xi was also covered in blood and said:
"Madam Xiao, my cousin happens to be staying at Yichun Hall these days and is staying in the backyard. If you don't mind, please go to her place and simply change your clothes."
After hearing this, Mengxi glanced at the Second Master, and seeing that he nodded at her, she hurriedly thanked Li Du. Li Du went out for a while, brought in a maid named Fangcao, and led Mengxi and Zhixia out.
