Chapter 124: with translation of chapter title

Miss, miss, we're saved!

A voice full of surprise rang out, waking Ma Huixin, who was holding the dagger she carried on her person inside the carriage; she instinctively opened her tightly shut eyes, looked at the excited Xiang Qiao beside her, and said in a trembling tone:

Xiang Qiao, what are you saying? We're saved—did a righteous hero just happen to pass by?

Just now.

Through the window, she saw the escorts losing ground, with escorts occasionally falling to the Faction's hands, and her heart sank to the depths.

Once the bandits discovered her inside the carriage, one could imagine what would happen.

It was something she didn't even dare to think about!

She immediately took out the dagger she carried on her person; she didn't expect this dagger to protect her life, knowing her own strength all too well.

She would draw the dagger she carried on her person, intending to end herself at the critical moment, so as not to be taken by the bandits and suffer an unthinkable fate.

But.

Not to mention she's a woman; even those men, at the critical moment, wanting to commit suicide, is not a simple matter—many men lack the courage to do so when the moment comes.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many who defect and betray?

She had the courage to think of ending herself to avoid being defiled by the bandits, which already put her above most people, though deep down she still harbored some hope.

She prayed for a miracle to happen!

She had only just arrived in this world, not yet fully—more precisely, she carried her mother's regrets, wanting to take a good look at this colorful world, not wanting to leave it so easily.

Before the critical moment, she did not want to end herself.

So.

She ordered her maid to look through the window, observe the outside situation, to see if a miracle had occurred or if it was beyond salvation, while she herself made the mental preparations.

So that she wouldn't, at the critical moment, be unable to act and be taken by the bandits.

So that the unthinkable would not happen!

Who would have known.

And indeed a miracle occurred!

Countless thoughts surfaced in Ma Huixin's mind; she instinctively looked up, and through the window saw corpse after corpse lying on the ground—both escorts and Faction members—and the bloody scene frightened her.

But what she felt more than anything at that moment was relief.

Because aside from the standing escorts, there wasn't a single Faction member in sight.

In other words, the Faction members who had ambushed the escort were all killed here.

Ma Huixin suppressed her shock, after all, when she had closed her eyes, the escorts were being beaten down by the Faction, and total annihilation was only a matter of time; she eagerly asked: 'Xiang Qiao, just what happened?'

Miss, it's like this……

Just as Xiang Qiao was recounting to Ma Huixin everything she had seen through the window, the few remaining escorts hurried over to check on their wounded companions.

How are you? Are you alright?

A weak voice sounded in their ears; an escort looked up and saw Escort Head Xu Qing, covered in wounds, standing before them, and exclaimed in alarm, 'Escort Head, are you alright?'

I……pfft!

Xu Qing was about to say he was fine when his throat felt sweet, a mouthful of blood spurted out, his whole body shuddered, and as he seemed about to collapse, an escort reacted first and hurried to support him.

Xu Qing endured the pain as if knives were twisting throughout his body, his forehead layered with cold sweat, and he struggled to say: 'Don't worry about me, you go check the other brothers to see if they're alright,' I……

That escort was about to say something else when Xu Qing shouted angrily, 'Hurry up, I won't die just yet; if you delay rescuing the other brothers, they could lose their lives!'

That escort opened his mouth, but the words on the tip of his tongue were swallowed back, and he corrected himself, saying, 'Escort Head, I'm going now!'

Wait a moment!

Xu Qing suddenly called out to the departing escort, took a small porcelain bottle from his bosom, opened it, and a tempting medicinal aroma wafted out; he tipped it out, and a round pill lay in his palm.

The next second.

Xu Qing put the pill into his mouth; it was plain to see his ashen face, hinting at death, gradually showing a sign of life, and then he tossed the small porcelain bottle over, saying, 'Give it to the most severely wounded brother—saving one is better than none!'

Escort Head, this is Snow Lotus Pill, worth a fortune……

The escort hadn't finished speaking when Xu Qing impatiently interrupted, 'It's just a bottle of pills; even if it's worth a fortune, what does that matter compared to the brothers' lives?'

Snow Lotus Pill is an introductory pill crafted by an alchemist, its main ingredient being the lotus flower from the snow mountains, which must be a spiritual lotus; ordinary lotus is ineffective, and it is refined together with other spiritual herbs.

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It is a top-notch life-saving divine medicine, worth a fortune.

Those who escort goods need it most; for this bottle of Snow Lotus Pill, he didn't go so far as to lose all his wealth, but it did halve his assets.

Xu Qing watched the escort depart with the Snow Lotus Pill without saying anything else, his expression complex, and said, 'This time I don't know how many brothers will survive!'

Escort Head, this time we've brought harm upon you!

A voice full of apology rang out; Xu Qing instinctively looked up and saw Ma Huixin, supported by Xiang Qiao, walking over carefully.

Her face showed only panic; when her eyes fell on the corpses on the ground, she immediately looked away, obviously frightened by the surrounding bodies.

Xu Qing said, 'Miss Ma, you're overthinking it; taking people's money to eliminate disasters, those of us in this line lick blood from the blade's edge—there's no question of blame or not; you'd better go back, this place isn't for you!'

He naturally knew that this time the mysterious Faction, daring to ambush the Yangcheng Escort Bureau in Fengyin Prefecture, was likely targeting Ma Huixin.

After all.

The goods their bureau was escorting were important, but not something worth a fortune, not enough to make so many Faction members sacrifice their lives.

Normally, giving some toll money would put them at ease, yet they chose to waylay the escort.

Eight or nine times out of ten, they weren't after the cargo!

This escort run of his actually involved two tasks.

One was to escort the employer's goods, the other was to escort Ma Huixin to the prefectural city.

The two tasks came from different employers.

Ma Huixin said, 'Escort Head, rest assured; once we reach the prefectural city, I will compensate you!'

「No need……」

When Xu Qingzheng was about to refuse Ma Huixin's kindness, a dart escort with a downcast expression walked over from the side—his deputy Ge Xue—and he said sadly, "Escort chief, we have lost ten brothers, eight brothers were wounded, and three are seriously injured; even if they recover, they may never be able to do heavy work again in this lifetime!"

Ma Huixin interjected, "If you don't mind, I can actually introduce a job that subsidizes household expenses!"

(End of chapter)