In her previous life, as a merchant’s daughter, she hadn’t been able to access conflicts at the level of the Champion Marquis Family at this point.
By the time she could, there was no one left in the Champion Marquis Family.
Su Qingyu knew that staying here wouldn’t be of much help.
He nodded in agreement, then stood up to go check the identities of the men in black.
Su Yanxi took out another small porcelain bottle from her Space.
This small bottle was one of the medicines she had found in the secret room of the civilian residence.
When she had entered the Space earlier, she had carefully studied her previous findings.
She discovered that this “Snow Lotus Pill” was made from century-old Tianshan snow lotus and had the effect of neutralizing hundreds of poisons.
Although its efficacy might be somewhat exaggerated, it should be no problem in delaying the effects of the poison.
Su Yanxi first fed Su Qinghe a Snow Lotus Pill.
By this time, Su Qinghuai had already disinfected the dagger with strong liquor and a candle.
Su Yanxi took it and made a cross-shaped incision on the arrow wound on Su Qinghe’s body.
Then, she firmly grasped the arrow shaft with one hand, exerted force abruptly, and pulled the arrow out in one swift motion.
As the arrow was pulled out, black blood gushed from Su Qinghe’s wound.
“Third Brother, I’ll have to trouble you. Suck the poisoned blood out of Eldest Brother’s body,” Su Yanxi said.
Before Su Qinghuai began sucking the poisoned blood, Su Yanxi also fed him a Snow Lotus Pill.
While Su Qinghuai was extracting the poisoned blood from Su Qinghe, Su Yanxi took out a jar of strong liquor, Golden Sore Medicine, and bandages.
Only when the blood Su Qinghuai sucked out turned a normal red color did she take the strong liquor to disinfect Su Qinghe’s wound, apply medicine, and bandage it.
“Little Sister, let me do it!”
But just as she was about to start, Su Qinghuai spoke up, trying to take over the task.
She glanced at Su Qinghuai’s clothes, already soaked through with sweat, and the beads of perspiration continuously seeping from his forehead.
“Third Brother, I can handle this small task. You rest for a while, have some water, and eat something.”
Su Qinghuai was about to say something more.
Su Yanxi’s tone became a bit more serious, “Third Brother, you should know your own physical condition better than I do.
The sweat you’re producing now isn’t from heat but from exhaustion.
With Eldest Brother in this state, if you collapse too, you won’t be helping me—you’ll be adding to my troubles.”
Su Qinghuai was tired, hungry, and covered in a cold sweat.
His body had truly reached its limit.
Hearing Su Yanxi’s words, he felt somewhat ashamed.
“Little Sister, I’m sorry.”
Su Yanxi didn’t stop her work, her tone firm as she said directly, “Don’t say useless things. Take care of yourself first, then you can take care of the family.
The road to Shachang is full of dangers. Don’t sacrifice yourself just to play the hero.”
After Su Yanxi finished bandaging Su Qinghe, Su Qingyu returned.
“Second Brother, what’s the situation? Who wants to kill us?”
Su Qinghuai, who had just obediently eaten and drunk his fill, asked anxiously.
Su Qingyu’s expression was very grave.
He took out an identity tablet from his robe and showed it to them.
Su Yanxi recognized it at a glance—it was the identity tablet of the shadow guards of Jing Wang, that is, Xiao Lingyou’s residence.
In her previous life, these shadow guards had made monumental contributions to Xiao Lingyou’s eventual success.
But why would Xiao Lingyou send people to exterminate the Su Family?
She silently calculated the timeline from her previous life in her heart.
At this moment, Xiao Lingyou himself was probably about to be schemed against.
Could it be that in her previous life, Xiao Lingyou’s exile from the palace and memory loss were somehow related to the Su Family?
Su Yanxi couldn’t figure it out for the moment.
Just then, Su Qinghuai also recognized it, “This is… Prince Jing’s waist token?
Is Prince Jing trying to kill us?”
Su Qingyu nodded, “That seems to be the case for now.”
“Why? Our family has never had any grievances with Prince Jing’s residence…”
Su Qinghuai couldn’t understand, “Moreover, Prince Jing has always been known for his generosity and benevolence. Why would he want to kill our family?”
Su Qingyu smiled bitterly, “I haven’t figured it out either.
When eldest brother wakes up, he should be able to analyze it.”
Su Yanxi didn’t join their conversation, merely saying, “Let’s go, we should head back first. Father, mother, and the children are waiting for us to bring back water and food!”
Su Qingyu then handed the bow to Su Yanxi, “Little sister, returning this to you.”
Su Yanxi took the bow.
The bow nearly as tall as her instantly disappeared.
Su Qingyu and Su Qinghuai watched, their eyes flickering.
But neither of them asked.
Since it was already exposed, Su Yanxi didn’t care what they thought or how they viewed it.
In her previous life, despite having the Space, she ended up with such a fate.
It was because she was foolish, she trusted others, and handed over power to Xiao Lingyou and the Shen Family.
But in this life, she would firmly hold the power in her own hands.
She wouldn’t hand it over to anyone.
No one would be allowed to harm her!
Su Qingyu carried Su Qinghe on his back, while Su Qinghuai shouldered all the waterskins and the bag of food, following Su Yanxi as they headed toward the graveyard.
“Smack—smack—”
Su Qingyu carrying Su Qinghe, with Su Qinghuai and Su Yanxi following behind, the four of them hadn’t yet reached the graveyard.
They could already hear the sound of a whip lashing against flesh.
Along with it came Du Qiang’s curses, “Damn it, you Su Family have some nerve, daring to become fugitives?
I’ll whip you two old things and those little bastards to death today!”
Another series of whip cracks followed.
Then came Su Yi’s furious voice, “You’re the little bastard!
My father, uncles, and aunt would never run away!
They’re all great heroes!
Only a coward like you, measuring others by your own mean standards, would think everyone else wants to run!”
“Heh, you little bastard still dare to curse me? I’ll kill you!”
The next moment, Su Yanxi saw from a distance Du Qiang grabbing Su Yi by the neck and lifting him high into the air.
Lin Shi, who had been protecting Su Houye and the three little girls, seeing this, immediately rushed at Du Qiang.
“Let go of my Yi’er…”
Not to mention Su Qingyu and Su Qinghuai, even Su Yanxi felt her blood boil at this sight!
This Du Qiang was going too far!
She tightened her grip on a silver needle as fine as an ox hair, just as she was about to shoot it.
First, she heard Du Qiang let out a pained “Ah—” from over there.
A stone from Su Qingyu’s hand accurately struck the wound on Du Qiang’s abdomen that had been pierced by the wild boar’s tusk.
The force was so great that the stone embedded itself directly into his flesh.
In pain, Du Qiang instinctively released Su Yi.
Lin Shi quickly grabbed the child, “Yi’er, are you alright…”
Su Yi shook his head, “Grandmother, I’m fine.”
“My father, second uncle, third uncle, and aunt are back. I told you they would definitely return!”
Su Yi’s eyes were filled with excitement as he was about to run toward Su Yanxi and the others.
But Du Qiang’s whip was faster than him.
“You dare to attack an official? I think you really want to rebel!”
The sound of the whip cutting through the air echoed.
This time, Su Qingyu directly reached out, grabbed the whip, and pulled Du Qiang toward him.
Du Qiang panicked instantly. “You… what do you want to do…”
At the same time, he shouted to the yamen runners who were roasting wild boar meat nearby, “Why aren’t you coming to help? The Su Family is rebelling!”
Liu Bantou had turned a blind eye to the conflicts between them and Du Qiang along the way.
But now, as the Bantou, he had no choice but to intervene.
“Second Young Master, what do you intend to do? According to Da Yong Law, exiled prisoners who attack officials on the road are to be treated as rebels, executed on the spot, and their nine clans exterminated!”
Su Qingyu, who had been furious and wanted to kill Du Qiang outright, calmed down.
If he could trade his life for Du Qiang’s and make the journey easier for his family afterward, he was willing.
But this wasn’t just about sacrificing his own life.
He let go.
Du Qiang, still shaken, quickly retracted his whip.
Liu Bantou then ordered, “Chen Ding, Meng Jiang, put the cangues on the three young masters of the Su Family. Their cangues must not be removed until we reach Shachang!”
He only wanted to complete this escort mission peacefully and return to the capital to enjoy a warm life with his wife and children.
He didn’t want any trouble.
By now, Du Qiang had clearly seen the gravel embedded in his wound.
After gritting his teeth and pulling out the gravel, his fury only intensified.
He raised his whip and swung it toward Su Qingyu, who was already wearing the cangue.