Chapter 179: Let go of the cold arrow
After Xiao Yin made a move, Ran Qiunian, who was hiding behind, and the real shopkeeper Wang also took the opportunity to show up, and when the bandits were lacking skills, they slipped over from behind and quickly untied the Wang mother-in-law on the tree.
"Don't be afraid, Granny Wang, we're here to save you."
Ran Qiunian took out the cloth ball from Granny Wang's mouth and threw it on the ground, and the shopkeeper Wang went around to the back and hurriedly untied the rope for Granny Wang, and soon put the person down from the tree.
"Miss Ran, you are the life-saving benefactor of our mother, son, come on, kowtow to Miss Ran, if it weren't for Miss Ran today, we would all have to die here."
Granny Wang grabbed Ran Qiunian's hand and shouted, with tears in her eyes, after speaking, she hurriedly pulled out the shopkeeper Wang behind her, pressed the person, and knelt down herself, wanting to kowtow to Ran Qiunian.
How could Ran Qiunian go to accept Granny Wang's worship, she hurriedly dodged and possessed herself to support Granny Wang: "Granny Wang, you are trying to torment me, hurry up, you are an elder, how can you worship me?" ”
"Bear it, bear it, Miss Ran is a Bodhisattva in the world, the grace of saving lives, we can't repay it even if we tie the grass ring. Since you don't want to accept our worship, what else do you need us, just say, even if you go up the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, we will never refuse. ”
After this incident, Granny Wang completely opened her heart to Ran Qiunian, and the shopkeeper Wang naturally obeyed Granny Wang's words.
What's more, Ran Qiunian saved his mother, which made the shopkeeper Wang grateful more than saving himself, even if Ran Qiunian asked him to correct him in court now, he didn't have a word.
"I don't want you to go up to Dao Mountain, and I don't want you to go down to the sea of fire, I just want to ask you something, as long as the shopkeeper Wang says it truthfully, it's enough."
Ran Qiunian helped Granny Wang up, and said softly to the shopkeeper Wang, she believed that she didn't need to elaborate on herself, and the shopkeeper Wang knew what she wanted to ask.
The shopkeeper looked stunned, then nodded firmly, and opened his mouth to say something.
Suddenly, the sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air came from behind the tree, and Ran Qiunian could see a sharp arrow glowing with silver light shooting from the tree behind the king's shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper Wang didn't notice anything, and opened his mouth to say to Ran Qiunian, but Ran Qiunian reached out and grabbed the arm of the shopkeeper Wang, and pulled the person behind him.
"Be careful!"
Ran Qiunian avoided the vital point, but he couldn't completely dodge the arrow of this sneak attack, and was about to grit his teeth to accept this blow, when Xiao Yin, who noticed that something was wrong here, also reacted.
The archer who was hiding in the shadows actually practiced the ability to shoot three arrows in one hand, except for the arrow that shot at Ran Qiunian, the remaining two arrows were shot at his two companions mercilessly.
Although Xiao Yin's eyesight was enough to see that this arrow was not enough to make Ran Qiunian lose his life, the other two arrows would directly take the lives of the two robbers, but he made a choice without the slightest hesitation.
Xiao Yin threw the dagger he had snatched before with his backhand, and it just collided with the arrow that was shot at Ran Qiunian in mid-air. The hearts of the two robbers were pierced by sharp arrows, and their mouths had been destroyed.
Ran Qiunian only heard a crisp sound of a sharp blade hitting in his ears, and the next moment, the sharp arrow and dagger fell to the ground at the same time, and Xiao Yin also attacked towards the place where the sharp arrow came from.
It's a pity that the person's light body kung fu is good, and if he can't hit it well, he has already slipped away, Xiao Yin was worried that when he was hit by the tiger and left the mountain, he didn't worry about leaving Ran Qiunian and the three of them alone, and after chasing him out for a while, he could only choose to give up and reflexively return to Ran Qiunian's side.
"Big brother, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, let's go back to the city as soon as possible. It's just a pity that I didn't leave a living mouth. ”
After Ran Qiunian waited for Xiao Yin to come back, she stepped forward with palpitations and confirmed that there were no wounds left on Xiao Yin's body, so she relieved herself and proposed.
Xiao Yin glanced at the mother and son of the Wang family, who were also embarrassed and frightened, nodded, and said to the shopkeeper Wang:
"I'll take you back to the city first, the village under the mountain is no longer safe, if you go back to the city, with your case, you must be imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple before being arraigned."
When Ran Qiu heard this, she also looked at Shopkeeper Wang and Granny Wang a little nervously, for fear that they would change their minds because of this and refuse to go back with them.
But without waiting for Xiao Yin to finish asking, the shopkeeper Wang replied with a firm face: "Don't worry, if you go back this time, no matter how the government sentences, I will not escape any longer, and it is better to live in a big prison than to be a savage in this mountain wilderness." ”
Although the shopkeeper Wang's face was a little pale, he did not hesitate to say what he said.
Although Granny Wang felt sorry for her son, she also knew that only Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin could protect them now, not to mention that the two of them had received such a great favor from each other, so she pressed the words of pleading in her mouth.
"Without further ado, let's go down the mountain now." When Ran Qiu Nian saw the shopkeeper Wang say this, he breathed a sigh of relief without a trace, and with a little relief on his face, he turned around and wanted to go down the mountain.
"Please wait a minute, I'm going back to get something. Please wait a moment for me. ”
Shopkeeper Wang said, turned around and got into the woods, Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin glanced at each other, and had no intention of catching up, obviously believing that Shopkeeper Wang would not take this opportunity to escape.
"Don't worry, although my son is useless and has done a lot of bad things with no conscience, he still knows filial piety, and he will not step on his mother's face on the ground in front of the two benefactors, and he will definitely come back."
Although Ran Qiunian and Xiao Yin didn't say anything, Granny Wang was afraid that they would be too careful, so she would make a guarantee.
"Granny Wang, we naturally believe you, were you scared just now? Sit down and rest first, and it will be a long way to go. ”
Ran Qiunian helped Granny Wang sit under the tree for a while, and when she saw that Xiao Yin was still frowning near the bodies of the two robbers, she got up and approached the side that was standing beside him.
"Big brother, what are you going to see?"
Ran Qiunian looked at Xiao Yin's line of sight, but she didn't see any mystery from the two corpses.
She looked away, a silver light flashed in the corner of her eye, she looked over intently, and saw that the thing that flashed in her sight was the sharp arrow that had just been knocked to the ground by Xiao Yin.
"Huh?" Ran Qiunian looked at the arrow strangely, stepped forward to pick it up, put it on the palm of his hand to look at it, and couldn't help but let out a puzzled voice, "Why is the ornament on this arrow so familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere?" ”
"Lord Xiao, Miss Ran, I'm back."
Before Ran Qiunian could come up with a reason, the voice of the shopkeeper interrupted her thoughts from behind, she held the arrow in her hand casually, turned to look at the shopkeeper Wang, but his hand was empty.
Ran Qiunian was about to ask him what the thing he got back was, but the shopkeeper Wang had already taken out a palm-sized flat box from his arms first.
This box is really inconspicuous, and it doesn't seem to hold anything, but it is something that the bandits want to get at the cost of their lives.
"Shopkeeper Wang, what is it in here?"
Ran Qiunian didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly at the box in the hand of the shopkeeper Wang.
"To be honest, I don't know what this thing is, it's not mine, it's a coincidence, I got it by chance."
Shopkeeper Wang shook his head with a wry smile, and handed the box to Xiao Yin: "If it weren't for the fact that I had this thing in my hand, they wouldn't dare to act rashly, I'm just afraid that I would have died like those two people a long time ago." ”
Xiao Yin took the box, but he was not in a hurry to look through it carefully, he put the box into his arms, and together with Ran Qiunian, he took Shopkeeper Wang and Granny Wang down from the mountain.
Ran Qiunian's carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain, and they didn't need to alarm the rest of the village, so they left the village directly in the carriage.
After returning to the city, Xiao Yin drove the carriage to the prison of Dali Temple:
"I'll have someone give you a better cell, and you'll be in peace until tomorrow's arraignment."
"Shopkeeper Wang, don't worry, before the case is closed, I will take good care of Granny Wang for you, you just have to go with peace of mind. Although the cells in Dali Temple are places of detention, they are much safer than outside. ”
Ran Qiunian was afraid that the shopkeeper Wang would not be at ease, so he also told him about the arrangements for Granny Wang.
Who knew that although the shopkeeper Wang was full of answers, Granny Wang said that she didn't want to go back with Ran Qiunian, she pleaded with Xiao Yin and Ran Qiunian:
"I'm old, I live one day less, and I miss my son the most. I know that he has committed a crime, and there is only one way to go to prison, and I don't ask for anything else, I just ask Lord Xiao and Miss Ran to let me stay in prison and accompany my son, even if it is only for these two days, let me see him more. ”
Granny Wang's words were earnest, her eyes were pleading, and Ran Qiunian couldn't bear to look away.
Shopkeeper Wang took Granny Wang's hand with red eyes: "Mother, don't be stupid, what kind of good place can be in the cell, you are obedient, go back with Miss Ran first, and when the case is concluded in two days, the child will go back to serve you." ”
"Please also ask Lord Xiao and Miss Ran to have mercy on me, a lonely old woman, and let me stay in prison today to accompany my poor son, and after tomorrow's arraignment, no matter what Lord Qingtian sentences him, I will have no objections."
Granny Wang was determined to stay in prison to accompany the shopkeeper Wang, and she didn't listen to the shopkeeper's persuasion at all.
She glanced at Xiao Yin beside her a little helplessly, Xiao Yin saw that Ran Qiu was embarrassed, and after a little groaning, she agreed to Granny Wang's plea.
"Yes, you two will stay in prison today, and I will tell the jailer to take care of one or two."
Originally, it was because Granny Wang was old, and she didn't get involved too much in this case, so no one cared about whether she was detained or not.
But since Granny Wang herself insisted on staying in prison, with her previous actions of hiding the suspect, it would not be difficult to find a reason to be imprisoned with Shopkeeper Wang.
Seeing that she got what she wanted, Granny Wang thanked Xiao Yin repeatedly, Ran Qiu sighed in her heart, in a place like the Heavenly Prison, there are only those who desperately flee out, and they have never seen anyone dig out their minds to go inside, and they are so grateful to the people who gave the order.
Ran Qiunian could only sigh at the mother-son nature between Granny Wang and Shopkeeper Wang.
The matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more, Ran Qiu said goodbye to Granny Wang, and left the cell of Dali Temple with Xiao Yin and returned to Ran's house.