Famine and Chaos: Weaving Cloth in Exile to Escape the War

Da da da!

Da da da da!

The sound of the carriage wheels rolling over the snow mingled with the wind.

Just as Jing Zhichun climbed out of the carriage, with half of her body still by the door, Liu Yi, who had been keeping a close watch on the situation inside the carriage, suddenly turned his head and looked at her.

By the light of the moon and the reflection of the snow, Liu Yi immediately noticed that the veil covering Jing Zhichun's face had been removed at some point, revealing a bloodstained face.

"What happened to your face?" Liu Yi frowned immediately and subconsciously tightened the reins, slowing the carriage down.

The burning desire and anticipation in his heart cooled considerably when he saw Jing Zhichun's blood-stained face.

Even though Kyoto Haru was originally quite beautiful, her blood-covered face, combined with the snowy night, made her look rather unlucky.

The woman looked like a ghost at that moment, which diminished his interest by half.

Jing Zhichun was startled by Liu Yi's sudden vigilance and scrutiny, and her heart clenched.

She quickly used the action of turning around and leaning against the carriage door to hide the hand holding the pistol in the shadows behind her, before forcing out a shy smile, "I... I was just scratched by that damn monkey, it's really strong."

"Oh?" Liu Yi chuckled. "Heh, it seems that beast doesn't like you. When it was with me, it never scratched me; on the contrary, it was quite obedient."

Jing Zhichun pursed his lips, leaned against the carriage door frame, and after settling in, hid the pistol in his sleeve before continuing Liu Yi's words: "Master Liu is so heroic and extraordinary. Although the monkey is not human, it still has a heart and likes good-looking and capable people. It's only natural that it likes you."

Liu Yi was pleased by Jing Zhichun's words, and the slight disappointment she had felt earlier dissipated somewhat.

He turned to Kyoto Haru, a smile playing on his lips: "Hahaha, you certainly know how to talk!"

After laughing, Liu Yi looked at Jing Zhichun's beautiful face, which was still beautiful even with bloodstains. Then, thinking about the two male corpses she had seen outside the Shen family's thatched hut and Shen Qingzhou's indifferent attitude towards Jing Zhichun, a thought suddenly popped into her head.

After arriving at his place of exile, Shen Qingzhou ignored Jing Zhichun completely. Not only did this woman survive, but her child wasn't even a member of the Shen family, and now she was so actively trying to seduce him...

This is a particularly restless woman!

Could those two corpses found outside the hut be the men she seduced in exile?

Perhaps it was because of her that two men fought and killed each other in a jealous fight!

Thinking of this, Liu Yi's smile turned into disdain. "Madam Shen is so eloquent; no wonder men are willing to risk their lives for you even in this land of exile. Those two corpses outside the hut, could they be your lovers in exile? Were they fighting tooth and nail for you, and ended up both getting their comeuppance?"

Upon hearing this, Jing Zhichun's lips twitched. It was a wonder that Liu Yin could come up with such a melodramatic scene.

"Master Liu! You...you mustn't be talking nonsense! I...I've always been upright and have never overstepped my bounds! Those two were killed by other thieves, don't pin this on me." Jing Zhichun pretended to be aggrieved and wiped away a tear.

"Heh, really? So virtuous?" Liu Yi repeated those four words with amusement, his eyes sweeping over Jing Zhichun, his smile growing increasingly malicious. "Then I'll have to see just how virtuous this lady of the Shen family truly is..."

As he spoke, he chuckled twice, seemingly finding Jing Zhichun's panicked and aggrieved appearance rather amusing. He then stopped staring at her, turned his head, and focused on the road ahead.

Immediately, Liu Yi pulled hard on the reins and lashed the horse's rump with the leather whip in his hand!

"drive!"

The horse, after being whipped, reared up and began to gallop wildly through the swirling snow.

The carriage began to shake.

Seeing that Liu Yi was focused on driving the carriage, Jing Zhichun took a deep breath and instantly shed all her pretense.

Immediately, she gripped the carriage door frame with her left hand, then raised her right hand, which had been holding a pistol hidden behind her back, and aimed it directly at the back of Liu Yi's head.

The carriage swayed and rocked, and with the snow and darkness, visibility was very poor.

Jing Zhichun was momentarily worried; under these circumstances, could she blow Liu Yi's head off with a single shot?

Holding his breath, Kyoto Haru gritted his teeth and quickly pulled the trigger.

A loud "Bang!" rang out around the carriage.

However, just before the bullet was fired, the carriage also ran over a protruding rock, and the carriage swerved violently!

Jing Zhichun's wrist jolted from the impact, and the bullet grazed Liu Yi's ear.

The bullet pierced Liu Yi's ear instantly, and warm blood splattered all over Jing Zhichun's face.

"hiss-!"

"Ah! Who is it!"

Liu Yi covered his ears and screamed. He turned his head sharply and saw Jing Zhichun holding up a dark object towards him.

It was this woman, she must have done it!

I could feel the blood trickling down between my fingers, still warm.

Liu started groping around in his clothes, cursing, "You bitch, how dare you ambush me!"

"Where's the knife? Where's the knife?"

Kyoto Haru didn't even get to touch the knife.

With a flick of the wrist, the gun fired again.

But the carriage was shaking violently.

Liu Yi's body swayed, and the bullet hit his shoulder. He also lost his balance and tumbled off the carriage.

At this moment, the horse was also frightened by the two loud noises and, coupled with the fact that it was unmanned, it went completely mad and began to run wildly!

Jing Zhichun was thrown off balance and nearly flew out. She clung desperately to the car door, and only after she had regained her balance did she manage to stand up and look back. The snow-covered ground behind her was empty.

Liu Yi has disappeared.

Damn!

Her worst fears came true.

Kyoto Haru immediately jumped off the still-swaying carriage.

With a "plop!", she fell flat on her face on the snow.

The pain was so intense that Kyoto Haru saw stars.

She quickly got up from the snow, raised her pistol, and began to cautiously look around for Liu Yi's figure.

But besides the sound of wind and snow, there was also the sound of horses' hooves, which blurred Jing Zhichun's hearing. She could no longer hear Liu Yi's screams, and since it was still dark, she could see Liu Yi's figure even less.

Kyoto Haru's heart immediately started pounding.

It's over, it's over.

It's over now.

The most opportune moment for her has already passed.

She hadn't managed to shoot Liu Yi in the head back then, and now her situation was even more dangerous; she might even be killed by Liu Yi in retaliation.

Thinking of this, Kyoto Haru wiped the blood and snow that were obscuring her eyes, gripped her pistol tightly, and began to move step by step toward the spot in her memory where Liu Yi had fallen off the carriage.

After walking about ten steps, about ten meters away from her, I saw what appeared to be a shadow in the snow.

Kyoto Haru immediately ran forward a couple of steps and fired three shots at the dark figure.

Bang

Bang

boom!

As soon as the three gunshots rang out, Kyoto Haru ran two more steps forward and then saw a small, dark figure leaping about.

The dark figure was extremely small; it was definitely not Liu Yi!

Jing Zhichun immediately raised her pistol and began to look around, her heart pounding in her chest, fearing that Liu Yi might suddenly jump out from somewhere and deliver a fatal blow if she wasn't careful.

Just then, she suddenly felt a cold wind blowing from behind.

Jing Zhichun immediately raised her gun and turned around, but the moment she turned, she felt a sharp pain in her arm.