inspire-indiana Chapter 416 Frightened
Chapter 416 Frightened
Chapter 416 Frightened
"I've already warned him. If there's a next time, I won't let him get away with it so easily."
Seeing that all his relatives had died at the hands of the Xiluo people, Lin Ting did not want to bother with them this time.
She went to Yangcheng for two days, and then went back after Weirui Pavilion was cleaned up. Even if the business there could not be done, Weirui Pavilion was still a necessary place to transport the fox fur to the capital.
In Yangcheng, Madam Weirui's reputation is in stark contrast to that in the border town. However, people in Yangcheng only know Lin Ting's name, but no one knows her.
In the backyard of the fur shop, Aunt Jing was ordering people to process the collected fox furs, and the smell was relatively unpleasant.
"Madam, thank you for coming. We have received a lot of fox furs recently. We need to work day and night to process them all."
Everyone knew that hunting foxes could earn money, so of course every household in Xiluo went hunting.
"Well, after this year, there will be fewer foxes next year, and everyone won't be so tired."
The grain from Dongxia has been transported to Xiluo, and now all the grain shops in Xiluo are stocked with grain from Dongxia.
This month, the wheat in Xiluo is almost ripe, and the Xiluo people will soon find that their hard work in growing food for a year is not as profitable as hunting foxes for a few days.
In addition, the food in Dongxia is cheap, so buying it and eating it saves more time than growing it yourself and making money for it.
"The fox furs in the two warehouses here can be taken to the border town. We will sort and store the processed fox furs. Once we arrive in the capital, we can use them to make clothes."
Lin Ting looked at these things and saw that Aunt Jing was handling these matters very skillfully.
"Thank you for your hard work, Aunt Jing."
After two days of observation, Lin Ting found that Yangcheng could not process enough, so he would transport some back to the border town for production.
On the day she returned, she thought that the incident at Weirui Pavilion was over and she didn't want to dwell on it too much.
Calculating the time, Shen Qingzhou was about to reach the border town. She just wanted to go back quickly so that she could see her beloved earlier.
"Madam, if someone dares to do something like last time when I go back this time, please don't stand in my way. I will teach him a lesson."
We are almost at the border town. After we finish walking this little bit of mountain road, the road will be easier to walk on.
Bai Lu thought that since the lady was so kind, nothing would happen again.
But she was still wrong.
Lin Ting's carriage was driving on a rugged mountain road. In this place, apart from people from the border town military camp who came to patrol, generally no one came here.
Just as he was about to take a nap, a string of firecrackers exploded under the bottom of Lin Ting's carriage. The horses pulling the carriage were startled and neighed loudly, then ran forward quickly.
"Madam, be careful madam."
Due to inertia, Lin Ting and Bai Lu fell backwards together and hit the back seat of the carriage. The collision caused a wound on Lin Ting's forehead.
The two men were still in shock, the carriage was still moving forward, and the driver's anxious voice came from outside the carriage.
"Madam, I can't hold you back any longer."
Bai Lu relied on her own agility to grab the shaking edge of the door and opened it. She frowned, but the wheel was turning so fast that the driver fell to the edge and was about to fall out.
"careful!"
Bai Lu took the reins from the driver, held the reins with one hand, and pulled the driver with the other, trying to pull him up.
"Miss Bailu, calm the horse first and don't worry about me. There's a bend ahead. The horse is running too fast and won't be able to make it. The carriage will roll down the slope and you and your wife will be in danger."
The driver grabbed Bai Lu's hand with his other hand and told her to let go of his hand and save Lin Ting first.
"Don't worry, I won't die from this fall."
"Then be careful."
Bai Lu gritted her teeth and, seeing a place with more dead grass, threw the driver down with one hand.
Lin Ting steadied himself and climbed out of the car door.
"Madam, please don't come out and hold the car door."
"Bai Lu, the horse is frightened and it will take some time to calm it down..."
Lin Ting had just finished saying this when she looked up and saw a bend. Below the bend was a small slope of gravel. If they rushed over at their current speed, they would definitely be crushed to pieces.
"Oh no, Bailu, forget about the horse, jump off the car..."
Bai Lu used all her strength to pull the carriage, her face and neck were red. She could dance by herself, but what about her lady?
Although the lady has some skills, she will definitely get hurt if she jumps out of the car. Besides, this road is full of rocks, so something will happen.
"Madam, hold me and use me as a cushion to jump down."
The carriage was about to reach the bend. Bai Lu pulled Lin Ting to lean on her. With her as a cushion, the lady's life would not be in danger.
"Bai Lu, what are you doing? Let go first."
Bai Lu held on, she was stronger than Lin Ting, and just as she was about to struggle and jump down, a shadow flashed past the carriage.
Xiao Jingchuan rode his horse past their carriage, jumped off the horse, and grabbed the reins tied to the horse's nose with both hands.
He stepped back, stirring up a cloud of sand and gravel. Seeing that the frightened horse showed no intention of stopping, he finally covered the horse's eyes with his hands.
The horse couldn't see the road and slowed down a lot. Seeing this, Lin Ting pulled Bai Lu up and jumped down together.
The two men landed safely, but there was a small slope behind Xiao Jingchuan, and he was just a little bit away from being pushed down by the horse.
"Second Prince, be careful."
Xiao Jingchuan's eyebrows were sharp and sharp. He turned around and Lin Ting's horse and the carriage rushed out from the corner.
The horse is dead and the chariot is broken!
Lin Ting trotted to Xiao Jingchuan's side, still feeling frightened.
"I'm fine. Did you hurt your forehead? Were you scared?"
Xiao Jingchuan grabbed Lin Ting's wrist, and after realizing what was happening, he immediately let it go.
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay."
Lin Ting looked at Bai Lu and the driver, both of them alive. She squatted down, and the tension in her heart slowly eased.
Everyone felt lucky to have survived the disaster.
Lin Ting regained his senses and sorted out the matter. They thought that their horses were frightened because they were scared by firecrackers.
However, the location here is just past Wushan Mountain, and Xiluo and the border town have just started trading. No one from Xiluo would choose to come to the border town to do business at this time.
Normally, only people from the border town would appear here. Adding to the resentment the people of the border town had towards Lin Ting, this incident must have been done intentionally.
Lin Ting had tolerated verbal attacks and feces throwing, but this time, someone actually wanted to kill her, so she would not swallow her anger.
Lin Ting's voice was a little hoarse, and he lowered his head and said to Bai Lu beside him.
"Bai Lu, our horses were frightened just now because someone threw firecrackers at us. Go check who did it and bring them to me."
Bai Lu: “Yes!”
"No need to check, it was this guy who set off the firecrackers, Madam Weirui, I've brought him to you."
It was Yijia's voice. Lin Ting stood up and turned around to see Yijia holding a child by the back of his collar and carrying the child in front of her.
"Mrs. Weirui, it was this child who threw the firecrackers just now. We all saw it."