Chapter 27: Hunter and Prey (Part One)

  The burly man with the triangular eyes next to Su Yunfeng fell down after being shot, immediately causing a commotion among all the yamen runners and catchers. Before they could react, Yang Shuangfen had swiftly thrown the rifle in his hand to Yang Jirui, snatched two fully loaded Tuerqi rifles, sprinted several steps to Su Yunfeng's side, picked her up with one arm, and knocked down Cai Jia sisters with two consecutive elbow strikes. He shouted loudly: "Get down and don't move! Or you'll die!"

  The first reaction was a catcher with a bow and arrow in his hand, just starting to pull the string. Yang Shuangfeng's Türgisch rifle pointed at him, and with a loud bang, his forehead suddenly burst open with a beautiful blood flower, followed by a head-first fall to the ground. The rest of the people were stunned by Yang Shuangfeng's swiftness and ferocity, involuntarily taking a slight step back in shock. Another archer's hand shook, and the arrow from his hand brushed past Yang Shuangfeng's ear, leaving a faint trail of blood. Yang Shuangfeng turned his gun around and shot him, creating a large bloody hole that sent him flying two meters away, scaring the other officials and catchers into hastily falling to the ground.

  It was in this moment of astonishment that Yang Suofeng had already carried Su Yunjin back to Yang Jirui's side and fell to the ground quickly.

  Su Yun struggled instinctively, but was immediately struck by Yang Shuangfeng's palm on the back of her neck and fainted softly.

  Yang Jirui's face turned pale and he hastily said: "Feng, have you gone mad? You actually killed that prefect?"

  Yang Shuang said coldly: "I've already warned him!"

  Yang Ji Rui almost cried out: "Why did you kill him? Don't you know how much trouble you've stirred up?"

  Yang Shuangfeng suddenly glared at him with her eyes and said viciously: "Shut up!"

  Yang Jirui was taken aback and immediately shut his mouth.

  The person beside the ice-cold beauty said in a low voice, "These people are not real government officials or constables. They seem to be bandits from Dragon and Tiger Mountain disguising themselves as such. The one with the triangular eyes earlier seemed to be the second-in-command of the bandits on Dragon and Tiger Mountain, called Laijiao Hu."

  Yang Shuangfeng nodded and said, "I've long since noticed that something wasn't right. A real mounted archer wouldn't have such refined riding skills. But I never thought that Mu Shunying would actually collude with bandits. This old thing's got a big nerve, even I'm not as bold as him."

  "But you killed him."

  Yang Shuang said lightly: "That's his own fault, actually provoking someone who is ready to die in Menis, deserved to die."

  He said, taking two loaded Türgesh rifles and looking around, saying in a low voice: "There are sixty-seven bandits in total, too many, we must hide in that small forest and stall for time. Listen, when I open fire, you immediately run over with your waist bent and find a place to hide."

  Yang Jirui and Cai Bingxiao both nodded nervously, their faces pale with anxiety.

  Just then, two archers among the bandits cautiously stood up to find their target's position. Yang Shuangfeng raised his head and shot an arrow, one of the archers immediately fell down, the hawk-shaped longbow in his hand flew to the middle of the road, and the other quickly lay down. However, he saw that the beautiful young man who was just beside Sanjiao Yan let out a scream, got up from the ground without caring about anything, covered his head and ran away, rushing to the back of all the bandits.

  Yang Shuangfeng shouted in a low voice: "Run!"

  He tossed the rifle that had been fired to Yang Jirui, and at the same time, he picked up Su Yunruo's body, slanting it onto his shoulder, and ran towards the small woods with big strides. Su Yunruo's body on him seemed as light as nothing, but Su Yunruo obviously did not want to accept his embrace, struggling hard on his shoulder, her full body rubbing against Yang Jirui's shoulder, the woman's breasts that kind of softness and full of elasticity brought him an intense pleasure, even in the urgent run, he had a kind of uncontrollable wandering thoughts. And Su Yunruo's body fragrance was even more severely stimulating his sensitive nose, forcing him to sneeze repeatedly.

  Yang Jirui and Cai Bingxiu also hastily got up, stumbling and rushing towards the small woods.

  A bandit leader with a cunning mind popped out and saw the three of them running, immediately shouting: "They're escaping! They're esc...

  The other bandits hastily poked their heads out.

  Yang Suofeng suddenly shot back, and the bandit who was shouting loudly let out a miserable cry, falling to the ground with a thud, his mouth bleeding profusely. The rest of the bandits reacted extremely quickly, immediately dropping down again. But then they heard someone shout loudly: "Get down! Get down!", the voice was hoarse and somewhat special, but it was unclear whose voice it was.

  Taking advantage of the rare opportunity, the three people had already hidden in the small woods.

  Yang Shuangfeng placed Su Yunruo in a low-lying area, and unintentionally lowered his head, only to see that the black skirt on the outside of Su Yunruo had been torn apart, revealing the light purple tight-fitting undergarment inside, tightly binding the woman's mature figure, yet exposing it without any concealment. The snow-white and full chest emitted a fatal temptation, and the two long legs were round and white, twisting with infinite charm. For a moment, he only felt his blood rushing to his head, almost forgetting what he should do. Until Yang Jirui violently pulled him, he came back to his senses, just in time to see Cai Bingxia's complicated gaze, and couldn't help but blush slightly, hastily turning around, only to discover that he had embarrassingly nosebled.

  The bandits, although they had lost their leader's command, relied on their numerical superiority and began to cautiously emerge, discovering that there was no movement, they tried to encircle them. However, every time they took a step forward, the muffled sound of the Cossack rifles would ring out, and each time the smoke cleared, one bandit would fall to the ground, and the one who was shot was often the most ferocious and fastest charger, this undoubtedly gave all the bandits an unprecedented sense of death intimidation, forcing them not to dare to make any rash moves.

  She tried several times to lift her head up, but was firmly pressed down by him.

  Yang Shuangfen couldn't help but nod in admiration, for a calm and composed woman like Cai Bingxue was indeed rare. And Cai Yunyao's composure seemed to be exceptional as well. On the other hand, Su Xueling appeared too ordinary, despite being the most beautiful one among them.

  The bandits' long-range weapons were not many, and in the brief glimpse just now, Yang Shuangfeng had already calculated that they only had six eagle-angle longbows. Now two of them had been shot dead by him, leaving four more. As long as the two of them stuck tightly to the ground, with their own rifle firepower covering them, it was absolutely no problem. However, if they rashly stood up and ran, they would be in a precarious situation.

  "Come on, brothers! That's just a Tulpar rifle, nothing to be afraid of. It can only hold one bullet at a time, and the time it takes to reload is enough for us to rush up to him!" The slightly hoarse voice shouted again. However, no matter how he encouraged them, there were not many bandits who had the courage to stick their heads out, only one or two simple-minded people would be tempted by his words, rashly sticking their heads out, and the result was obvious - they would only get shot. In the end, no one dared to stick their head out anymore.

  The bandits couldn't imagine that Yang Shuangfeng's marksmanship was so incredible. The six-barreled rifle fired in succession, and every shot made a bandit cry out as he fell to the ground. Although Yang Jirui was old, he was after all a veteran of the battlefield, so his speed at reloading was also very fast, and the firepower was evenly distributed. In one go, more than twenty shots were fired without a single misfire. For a time, the air was thick with gunpowder smoke, and no bandit dared to raise their head again. There were only the mournful cries of those bandits who had fallen but not yet died - these were the ones Yang Shuangfeng had intentionally left alive.

  "I'm telling you, brothers in front, stop shouting. You are all our Dragon and Tiger Mountain's brave warriors, unprecedented super warriors. You are our pride, our glory. Your brilliance and spirit will forever shine on Dragon and Tiger Mountain..." That hoarse yet special voice kept calling out, with various words of praise and admiration pouring in, not a single one repeated. In this quiet mountain valley, apart from the sound of rain, it was his voice that stood out, making it especially clear. For a moment, in his mouth, the bandits of Dragon and Tiger Mountain all became ancient and modern heroes of the world. Their acts of robbery were all about upholding justice for the people, and their righteousness was not to be questioned at all.

  Cai Bingxiao couldn't help but laugh and say: "This guy, it seems he really did study for a few years."

  Su Yunru couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

  Yang Shuang couldn't help but secretly laugh in his heart, how could there be such a treasure among these bandits who relied on their mouths to eat? It seems that this person's flattering skills should also be unparalleled, unfortunately, the triangular eye was killed by his own gun, otherwise, the triangular eye would have become the creator of this world in his mouth, even Jesus of Christianity and Sakyamuni Buddha of Buddhism are no exception.

  In the midst of that chanting voice's usual display of eloquence, about half an hour had unknowingly passed. Although the rain had gradually stopped, everyone was soaked to the bone. As the wind blew, Cai Bingxia and others couldn't help but shiver, their bright red lips frozen black, and their water-filled boots were even more unbearable. Yang Songfen's heart was filled with worry, and he asked in a low voice, "How much ammunition do we have left?"

  "Don't worry, there are at least 400 or 500 rounds left. The Cai family has plenty of money and never hesitates to spend it."

  Yang Shuangfen observed their surroundings for a moment and said in a low voice, "It's okay, as long as we hold on for another half an hour, someone will come to rescue us."

  Yang Ji Rui also nodded in agreement with Yang Shuang Feng's view.

  The two men's minds were the same, this road was an official road, and there were not a few merchants coming and going. As long as outsiders appeared, these bandits would definitely withdraw automatically. After all, this place is not far from the capital, and it is in broad daylight, even the most daring bandits do not dare to linger for too long.

  However, things didn't develop as Yang Shuangfen had imagined. As more than half a watch passed slowly by, there was still no sign of reinforcements arriving. Yang Shuangfen couldn't help but feel anxious and was just about to speak when she saw Yang Jirui's face growing increasingly gloomy.

  Yang Shuangfeng suddenly had a bad feeling and said in a low voice: "Second Uncle, have you thought of something?"

  Yang Jirui shook his head with a bitter expression, saying in an extremely low voice: "I'm thinking that maybe Mu Shunying has temporarily closed off this official road, not allowing any merchants or travelers to pass through, focusing on dealing with us. Who knows if she's even planned to kill us and silence us. If that's the case, it'll be a bit troublesome."

  Yang Shuangfeng was shocked and immediately said: "In that case, we can only break through."

  Yang Ji Rui slowly shook his head, faintly smiled wryly and said obscurely: "Break through the siege? With so many bandits, how can we break through? And there are also four unarmed women, and General Cai's body..."

  Yang Shuangfeng took a deep breath, turned around and looked at the four pitiful women, each of whom was jumping up and down from the cold. But where could they find a moment's warmth? She had no choice but to say helplessly: "That's true, now we can only hold on."

  Yang Jirui also sighed helplessly and said in a sorrowful tone, "As the saying goes, good things come with difficulties, but it's clear that our return to Menis this time isn't a good thing. Why do we have to go through so many hardships?"