Forced to marry, I picked up a young powerful official

Chapter 253 This is too lawless

Shen Nankui turned around and glanced at Lian Qi and the others, and said, "Your worries are not without reason. How about this? The guards around me are all experts. I will leave half of them here today to keep an eye on the situation in the town. When I return to the state capital, I will immediately ask the governor to send more people. If the bandits show up, we will catch them all in one fell swoop!"

"Okay! Madam Zhou has spoken. As long as the government is willing to take care of us, that would be great!"

The villagers are all honest and decent ordinary people. If they were not really scared, who would want to confront those evil bandits head-on?

Now that they have the state's wife as a guarantor, they are no longer afraid that the government will ignore Taoyuan Town.

The villagers put away their weapons one after another, and Zhao Fu was the first to bow deeply to Shen Nankui.

"Madam Zhou Zun, I was blind and offended you before. I will take the villagers back now."

After paying their respects, the villagers left Geng's yard.

Aunt Geng finally came to her senses. "I didn't expect you to be the wife of the state master. Thank you so much for helping me out today!"

Shen Nankui stopped her from kneeling, "Auntie Geng, you don't have to thank me. It's because of the government's negligence that the villagers took out their anger on you. We'll leave today, and we'll have to trouble Auntie Geng to arrange accommodation for these guards."

"This is nature, this is nature."

Aunt Geng nodded repeatedly.

Shen Nankui left the Zheng brothers and two guards from the Zhang family at Geng's house. After saying goodbye to Jian Ying, he got on the carriage with Zhang Qiongsi.

But before they had walked far, they saw many of the villagers who had left Geng's house earlier running back in panic.

They stopped Shen Nankui's carriage and said in horror: "The bandits are coming!"

"They're coming into town!"

"Madam Zhou Zun, help!"

Shen Nankui was shocked, and Zhang Qiongsi was also a little impatient, blurting out: "How could it be so fast?"

Shen Nankui didn't have time to think about it, and said immediately: "Turn around and go back to Geng's house first!"

At this moment, it is still unknown how many bandits have come. The number of people they brought is limited, and once they are dispersed, the situation will become more dangerous.

When she knocked on Geng's door again, Aunt Geng was very surprised.

"Madam Zhou Zun, why are you back again?"

Shen Nankui didn't have time to explain, and said to Zhang Qiongsi: "Qiongsi, how does the Zhang family's guarding skills compare to Lian Qi and his men?"

Zhang Qiongsi shook his head. "Lian Qi came from the army, and the Zheng brothers' martial arts were taught by Cai Ling. My family's guards can't compare with them."

"Okay," Shen Nankui pointed at someone casually, "You must immediately ride back to the state capital to report the news and bring reinforcements. Don't delay!"

The Zhang family guard hesitated and glanced at Zhang Qiongsi, "My duty is to protect the girl. Now that the bandits are attacking, why should Madam Gu be in danger? It is better to take my girl back to the city and ask the government for help."

Before Shen Nankui could answer, Zhang Qiongsi glared at him.

He scolded her harshly, "It's already this late, and you're still saying this. Let alone the bandits attacking, it's even more of a question whether so many of us can escape. My husband and I are official wives, and now we see the people of Taoyuan Town in trouble, how can we just ignore them? What are you talking about? Go and deliver the letter!"

The guard then clasped his fists in response.

Aunt Geng also heard from the villagers that the bandits had entered the town, and hurriedly said, "Madam Zhou Zun, Taoyuan Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and there are only two exits in and out of the town, but I know a small path that can bypass these two exits and leave the town."

"Then I'll have to trouble Aunt Geng to show me the way."

After the messenger left, the villagers who had just left all rushed back to Geng's yard, crowded around the door in panic, and stretched their heads to see what was happening outside.

Shen Nankui saw an old man lying on the ground and hurriedly asked someone to come over and help him up.

After the old man stood up, he kept muttering, "They're arresting people... These bandits came to Taoyuan Town to arrest people..."

Shen Nankui asked Hehua to pour him a bowl of tea. Seeing Zheng Hui coming back from out to get information, he hurriedly asked, "What's going on outside?"

Zheng Hui frowned and said, "There are quite a few people here. I saw more than ten of them. They were all equipped with weapons and were going door to door to capture women and children."

"They kidnapped women and children. What do they want to do? Are they going to ask everyone in the town for a ransom? This is too lawless!" Zhang Qiongsi was very puzzled.

Shen Nankui shook his head. "These people are desperate criminals. We can't judge them by common sense."

Aunt Geng suddenly became very anxious and asked the villagers who kept running in, "Is that evil creature back?"

But no one had time to pay attention to her, everyone was worried about the situation outside.

Until a white-haired old woman came in and spat in Aunt Geng's face, "You raised such a good son. Why didn't you strangle him to death when you gave birth to him? It was him who kidnapped my granddaughter just now! If anything happens to my granddaughter, I will not forgive you!"

Aunt Geng looked miserable and stammered, "Aunt Wang, I'm sorry..."

A look of determination flashed across her face, and she rushed out, "I'm going to find that evildoer right now!"

But the villagers stopped her and said, "You can't leave. Your son has kidnapped the villagers. You have to give us an explanation!"

Seeing that the crowd was furious and about to overwhelm Aunt Geng, Shen Nankui said, "Everyone calm down. There are more bandits than just Aunt Geng's son. We cannot lose our composure in the face of a powerful enemy!"

Her majestic tone inexplicably brought a sense of security to everyone, and everyone fell silent.

"They're coming!"

Zheng Hui jumped down from the wall. He, who was always smiling, now looked serious.

Upon hearing this, the villagers all retreated to the back of the yard.

Zhang Qiongsi's heart was in her throat. "Sister Nankui, what should we do?"

Although Shen Nankui was unsure, she had lived two lives after all and had experienced many ups and downs, so she remained calm at this moment.

"Delay time and wait for reinforcements."

She patted Zhang Qiongsi's shoulder and said, "Qiongsi, many women and children in the town have been taken away. I will go and see what they want to do. You stay here and look after the villagers with Madam Jian."

Jian Ying had originally returned home, but when Shen Nankui heard that the bandits were going door to door to capture women and children, he called her back.

In this situation, the villagers in the yard were extremely anxious, but she was rare not too scared. She coaxed the child while comforting the people around her.

Shen Nankui looked at her with even higher regard.

Zhang Qiongsi nodded and said, "Sister Nankui, then you should be careful."

Lian Qi opened the gate and Shen Nankui walked out. After standing there for a while, he saw a group of people walking towards him from the street corner in the distance.