My domineering ex-husband is living off his wife in ancient times.

Chapter 39 Wake them up with urine

Cheng Ruo'an had difficulty walking, but all the refugees were men, so no one was available to help her.

So, after she shouted "Charge!", she ended up at the very back after everyone else grabbed their weapons and rushed out.

Slightly ahead of her was Xiao Lang.

“When we first fled, there were more than three thousand of us. When we reached Huilan City, only half of us remained. And now… there are less than five hundred of us left…”

Xiao Lang walked ahead, trembling, as if talking to himself, but actually speaking to Cheng Ruoan.

He was incredibly thin, disheveled, and had a hoarse voice; even his movements resembled those of an elderly man in his sixties.

Having just been disheartened by the plight of these refugees, Cheng Ruoan didn't want to listen to his story right now, so she said perfunctorily, "Grandpa Village Head, I know you're very sad, but don't be sad yet. Let's organize everyone to escape from the village together."

The best course of action would be to lead everyone to kill all the bandits, allowing her to safely survive with her ten children until Si Shaoheng and her brother-in-law come to their aid.

The first thing Cheng Ruoan did upon seeing her brother-in-law was to remind him to hurry up and catch up with his family members who had gone into the city to report to the authorities. She should stop them and tell them that the government officials in Lancheng and Panlongzhai were colluding together!

Now, she has to hurry and limp to that dungeon to rescue the children.

Although the fire won't reach there, and the thick smoke won't sink and choke them, if the entire village were to catch fire, the area below would be like an oven, unbearably hot.

Thinking about it, Cheng Ruoan quickened her pace and headed in a different direction from Xiao Lang.

She didn't see at all that Xiao Lang turned around and stretched out his hand towards her back.

"Wait a minute, immortal! I'm the village head, but I'm not your grandfather!"

Naturally, Cheng Ruoan didn't hear those words either.

Fires raged in the mountain stronghold. The bandits tried to put out the fires, but discovered that the rope used to draw water from the well had been cut.

Such a major event was being overseen and directed solely by the fourth leader.

"Hey you, has the Third Boss been found? What?! The Third Boss and the First Boss are trapped in the very center of the fire?!"

"Go find more ropes and buckets to fetch water and put out the fire! What are you standing there for?!"

"Where's the man who went to the herb field cave to call for the second-in-command? Has he returned?! He hasn't?! You! You over there, hurry up and go find the second-in-command too, and tell him to move the village's belongings first!"

"How could so many brothers have collapsed at the fire site?! Should we save them or not?! Of course we should save them if we can!"

If we don't save them.

He finally outlived the first and second leaders, but when he took over the stronghold, he only had one or two hundred men. What prestige did he have left?

Can the second-in-command let him take charge?

Of course.

Because the second-in-command of Panlong Village is a fake Taoist priest who is only obsessed with making medicine and alchemy!

The fire grew increasingly fierce, and the entire Panlongzhai village was almost engulfed in flames.

Those bandits were already living a nocturnal life; some were even working naked in their houses, while others had long since drunk themselves to death. The sudden appearance of multiple fire spots resulted in countless bandits being burned, rendered unconscious by smoke, or buried under collapsed houses.

The refugees initially used farm tools, machetes, and even sticks and poles as weapons.

But they were determined to avenge their loved ones and were willing to risk their lives.

The bandits couldn't attend to both sides, and if the fight ended in a stalemate, Xiao Lang would command the nimble refugees to steal their broadswords and spears to arm his own forces.

At the height of the fire, the refugees, who had suffered more than half their casualties, finally gained the upper hand.

At this moment, no one paid any attention, and Cheng Ruoan had already lifted the wooden bars of the dungeon.

Cheng Ruoan lay on the ground and used the light from the luminous pearl to see the ten children below.

Not one was missing.

Her heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled down.

The children were drugged with the sleeping powder; some were still unconscious, while others had already woken up.

The children, who had woken up, heard from Si Xin that they had been kidnapped by bandits and taken to a mountain stronghold, and they cried in fear.

Even the oldest one, Da Hua, who is already twelve years old, kept crying.

Si Xin put the still unconscious Daya into her arms and asked her to take care of her younger sister and stop crying. As a result, Daya, the older sister, hugged her younger sister and cried.

The one crying the loudest was Xia Shoucai's son, Xia Yaozu, who was awake.

But when Cheng Ruoan came to lift the wooden fence, the crying below stopped abruptly, and the children all lowered their heads, not daring to look up.

Including the little adult's mind.

Niannian held Si Niu, who was still asleep, while Si Xin held Niannian.

All the awake children tacitly avoided looking up.

They didn't know who came to arrest them and throw them into the big pot.

It seemed that as long as they didn't look up and weren't seen by the bandits who were boiling babies for food, they wouldn't be captured.

Cheng Ruoan felt a pang of heartache watching this. As she lowered the rope, she said, "Xin Ge'er, Niannian, it's your mother, your mother is here!"

Si Xin suddenly looked up and saw his mother's dirty face. He, who had been strong and hadn't cried, suddenly burst into tears.

"Mother!"

Niannian also saw her mother, and like her brother, she looked up and cried out for her mother.

"Third Aunt, waaaaah, help me, waaaaah..."

"Third Aunt, please save us! I don't want to be put into the big pot!"

"Third aunt..."

"Heartless auntie, save me first! Save me first!"

Ok?

Cheng Ruoan heard a discordant sound.

The tears that had been flowing silently stopped instantly.

Cheng Ruoan looked at Xia Yaozu, her face serious as if she were naturally averse to smiling, "I'll save the younger one first!"

Xia Yaozu immediately objected, "I'm young too! I'm only five years old!"

As he spoke, he reached out to grab the rope that Cheng Ruoan had lowered.

"Who cares about you!" Cheng Ruoan was too lazy to pay attention to this spoiled brat from the Xia family.

She picked up a small pebble and threw it down, hitting Xia Yaozu's hand squarely and making him howl in pain.

"You heartless auntie, you hit me?! How dare you hit me?! I'm going to tell my dad and my grandpa, I'll have them break your legs and sell you to a brothel!"

Cheng Ruoan: ? ?

Her eyes instantly turned cold and sharp. "Shut up! If you make another sound, I'll kill you! Then I'll tell the Xia family that you were killed by bandits!"

This child is only five years old, yet he utters such vicious words.

Cheng Ruoan didn't mind leaving him with childhood trauma at all!

Xia Yaozu was terrified and shrank to the side, not daring to make a fuss anymore. He even covered his mouth when he cried, for fear of disturbing Cheng Ruoan.

Cheng Ruoan ignored him, and the teacher's heart was filled with resentment.

"Xin-ge'er, help Niannian tie the rope around her waist like this, then I'll pull Niannian and Si-niu up first!"

Si Niu has asthma and was dizzy, so she could only be pulled up by Niannian holding her.

"Da Hu, quickly wake up Da Niu, Er Zhu, and Er Shuan!" Cheng Ruoan arranged things methodically.

Si Xin is very sensible; she's already helping Si Nian tie the rope.

The rope was very rough, and his little hands were chafed raw, but he didn't care. "Little sister, you have to hold Si Niu tight in a bit."

"Waaah, Auntie, I called you, but you won't wake me up!" Da Hu cried, his face covered in tears and snot.

Cheng Ruoan: "Splash it with water!"

She was just about to take a bottle of mineral water out of her spatial storage when she heard Da Hu stop crying and say with a determined look, "Okay! Third Aunt, I... I'll pee on them to wake them up!"