Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1458: The Grand Gift

However, Vice General Fang said, "San Lang, some of the soldiers have family. Let everyone return to find their families first, then follow you to pursue the bandit leader, what do you think?"

Qin San Lang also wanted to see Gu Jinli, so he nodded in agreement, "Give everyone a quarter of an hour. Regardless of whether they find their families, they must assemble on time. The pursuit cannot wait."

He continued, "Rest assured, Company Commander Liu will lead troops to handle the aftermath. If your family members are separated or injured, he will lead the troops to search and provide treatment."

Company Commander Liu, having already gained quite a bit of merit tonight, and being someone who always seeks stability, was not very willing to head into the mountains to pursue the bandit leader. He immediately said, "San Lang is right, everyone can rest assured that I and the soldiers under my command will do our best to take care of your families."

Vice General Fang nodded, "Time is of the essence, everyone quickly go back to check, then gather the troops to pursue the bandit leader."

"Yes!" The Company Commanders and Chief Commanders immediately took their troops back to find their families.

Qin San Lang impatiently rode back, and from afar he could see the vehicles of the Gu Family, Xie Family, and Niu Family gathered together, surrounded by Feng Jin and his men.

"Feng Jin, where is Madam? Is she alright?" Qin San Lang asked urgently, wanting to know Gu Jinli’s situation as soon as possible.

Feng Jin was very happy to see Qin San Lang and replied, "Rest assured, Sir, Madam is fine. She is inside treating the injuries of various families’ members."

Qin San Lang felt relieved upon hearing this, and only then did he have time to ask Feng Jin, "How are the family members of the Niu Family and Xie Family? Any deaths or abductions?"

Feng Jin shook his head, "No, only about thirty are injured."

That was good.

As long as they weren’t dead or abducted, it wasn’t a major issue.

"Company Commander Niu and his men are coming over, you let them in later. I’ll go in first." Qin San Lang was eager to see Gu Jinli, so he rode inside first.

Mrs. Kuang was injured, and Gu Jinli was bandaging her wound. Upon hearing the sound of hooves, she hurriedly looked up, and upon seeing Qin San Lang, her eyes brightened. She tossed aside Mrs. Kuang and ran over, "You’re back, are you hurt?"

"No, I’m fine." Qin San Lang dismounted, took two steps to her, almost hugged her, and then remembered there were many people around, so he hastily stopped, carefully examining her. Seeing she was uninjured, he finally felt completely at ease.

"Are the bandits and the Ding Family’s people all dead?" Gu Jinli asked.

Qin San Lang briefed her on the situation outside.

Gu Jinli was delighted to hear that Ding Ge was killed by him, "That Ding guy deserved to die long ago."

Disgusting, not only did he target the wives of comrades, but also the new wives of other soldiers, worse than a beast.

She continued, "The pursuit of the bandit leader should be done as soon as possible. I’m fine, don’t worry about me, quickly gather the troops and go after him. The bandit leader must be fleeing into the mountains now. If he escapes back to the Shenshan Village, it’ll be hard to kill him."

They still had to rush to the Northwest and didn’t have much time to waste on bandits.

Qin San Lang nodded, "Yes, we’ll leave shortly."

When no one was looking, he took Gu Jinli’s hand and whispered, "This time I was careless, I didn’t expect them to send five groups to surround and kill you."

Originally, he thought they would at most send two groups to capture her. He had left enough manpower for her to ensure she was safe. But the Ding Family, in some crazy move, actually targeted her as the primary assassination target, sending five groups to deal with her.

Qin San Lang still felt very afraid thinking about it now.

Gu Jinli smiled with a hint of pride, "Isn’t your wife amazing? I took down five groups."

Qin San Lang heard this and laughed, nodding, "Yes, my Xiao Yu is the best."

As they spoke, Niu Dabao and his men came over to find their families, and this small camp immediately became noisy.

"Kids’ mother, where are you? Your man is back!" Niu Dabao shouted in his loud voice, and several Jins of the Niu Family heard him and ran over, happily shouting, "Dad, dad, you’re back, mom’s over here, she got cut."

Niu Dabao: "What? Your mom got cut? You useless bunch, how could you let your mom get hurt!"

The Jins felt wronged, "Mom was hurt while saving Lin Erzuo’s wife."

Lin Erzuo’s wife was pregnant, still had to take care of two sons, and wanted to keep the household silver. While being chased by bandits, their family’s silver fell, and she went back to pick it up, nearly getting killed by a bandit’s blade.

Mrs. Kuang saw this, used her body to block, and took a slash.

Fortunately, You An and his men arrived, shot a volley of arrows, and killed the bandit. Otherwise, Mrs. Kuang and Lin Erzuo’s wife would both have died.

Upon hearing the story, Niu Dabao became more grateful to Qin San Lang. San Lang was indeed capable, having raised such a fierce group of people.

"Kids’ mother, how are you? Does it hurt?" Niu Dabao, upon seeing Mrs. Kuang, hurriedly checked her injury. Seeing the cut on her back, he felt heartache.

Mrs. Kuang laughed heartily, "Hurt? This pain is way less than childbirth, it’s nothing to fuss about."

She asked, "Why are you all back? Are all the bandits dead?"

"No." Niu Dabao explained their plan to head into the mountains to pursue the bandit leader.

Mrs. Kuang, upon hearing this, was not the least bit worried for Niu Dabao. She looked around, seeing everyone busy checking on their families, she pulled Niu Dabao aside and whispered, "Take Da Jin, Er Jin, and San Jin as well. I heard there’s a lot of gold and silver jewelry in that bandit village. Our family is too poor, and we need to seize the opportunity to grab some bandits’ wealth. Otherwise, the Jins won’t have money to get married."

Niu Dabao said, "Okay, I understand. But this can’t be just our family taking it; we need to inform San Lang and Xie Cheng, we’re a team now."

Mrs. Kuang naturally agreed.

Xie Cheng had already seen Ji Zhenniang, but Ji Zhenniang was still unconscious. However, he had learned of Ji Zhenniang’s plight from Nanny Tao and Qing Hui and felt extremely heartbroken, wanting to stay with her.

But he still had to head into the mountains to kill the bandit leader, so he had to entrust the Gu Family’s servants with Ji Zhenniang’s care. After staying a little longer, he hurriedly left.

The other soldiers also briefly saw their families and then left to gather the troops and head into the mountains to pursue the bandit leader.

...

Lord Ghost and Lu Zi had not left, the two were hiding in the shadows, observing the situation here.

Lu Zi frowned and said, "Lord Ghost, this Qin guy is still gathering troops. Does he intend to hit the Hundred Wolves Mountain Nine Villages? He’s overestimating himself."

Lord Ghost: "Overestimating himself? Don’t you think he’s quite capable, not an ordinary person."

Lu Zi heard this and said, "Indeed, he’s quite skilled, but after all, he’s an outsider. Being unfamiliar with Hundred Wolves Mountain, wanting to enter the mountains to eradicate Boss Bai will be difficult. Plus, he already made great achievements tonight and still has to rush to the Northwest. He shouldn’t waste time going into the mountains to hunt bandits."

"Since that Qin guy is in a hurry to go to the Northwest, let’s send him a grand gift, let him quickly obtain Boss Bai’s head." Lord Ghost suddenly said, shocking Lu Zi.

Lu Zi asked, "Lord Ghost, what do you mean?"

Lord Ghost replied, "Release the eagle, inform our men to kill Boss Bai and all the bandits in Hundred Wolves Mountain."