Joyful Motherhood in a Rural Family

Chapter 984: Chapter 984: Turmoil Approaches: Sisi on the Brink of Life and Death (Part 2) Chapter 984: Chapter 984: Turmoil Approaches: Sisi on the Brink of Life and Death (Part 2) “Stop! If you dare take one more step, I’ll slice her throat with this knife. You can try me!”

She had long ceased to care about life and death, so how could she possibly care about the consequences?

“Make sure you see this clearly! Look carefully, what’s behind me!”

Behind her was a row of cardboard boxes laid out along the bottom of the cabin. As Su Pan’er slashed one open, dark brown powder spilled onto the ground, emitting a strong scent of cow bezoar.

It really was black gunpowder! And so many boxes! If all of these contained the same material, not to mention a single cargo ship, even ten could be reduced to rubble!

Everyone present, seeing the situation clearly, exchanged glances and truly did not dare to take a gamble.

The blood soon drenched Liu Sisi’s collarbone, sending a bone-piercing pain that kept coming.

This made everyone anxious, and they turned their attention to Di Yelei’s side.

The fourth-rank military officer quickly intervened, “Don’t lay a hand on her! If you harm her, you won’t be able to escape His Majesty’s net of heaven and earth no matter where you fled to in the world!”

He was sent here on Imperial Edict to find someone. If something really happened, how would he explain it to His Majesty?

Yet, the short man in black clothes next to him was growing impatient.

“Why bother negotiating with them? We have so many people here; just kill her and rescue the person!”

These words spoke to everyone’s thoughts!

It’s no use dragging this out. Although unsure whether the other party’s words were true or not, just the thought of gunpowder everywhere on the ship made everyone’s scalp tingle.

In the cold winter, Di Yelei was soaked through, unable to tell whether the moisture on his face was sweat or rain, glaring angrily at Xing Pan’er,

“Hmph! It might be easy for you to kill me, but all of you here today will have to be buried with me as well!” Xing Pan’er laughed hysterically, tears streaming down her face.

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock and suspicion.

If the madwoman’s goal was indeed to bring them here to be buried with Nan Tianzong!

Just as everyone was at an impasse, a series of footsteps came from another cabin. Everyone was startled!

They had been busy rescuing someone below deck and had completely forgotten to secure a retreat path. If someone blocked the cabin door, they would all be doomed.

But the person who came was unexpected; it was Prince Luo and his men.

One of Prince Luo’s subordinates was pushing a tightly bound burly man, who appeared dejected at the entrance to the bottom of the cabin.

“Xing Pan’er! Do you see who this is?”

As the man appeared, he already attracted everyone’s gaze.

“Son of a bitch! How did you end up here?” Xing Pan’er cursed furiously!

The man retorted just as fiercely, “You slut! It was clearly you who set a trap for me to fall into. You said to wait for your signal on a small boat. This cabin is full of gunpowder; you want to destroy my years of hard work! I’ve always said I couldn’t trust that stench of your filthy skin! I…”

The man cursed loudly, bitterly invoking Xing Pan’er’s ancestors for the eighteenth generation.

Taking advantage of this distraction, Prince Luo managed to offer everyone a piece of news, “The deck of this cargo ship is packed with gunpowder; we need to leave quickly…”

Di Yelei did indeed want to leave right away, but he wouldn’t consider leaving before rescuing Liu Sisi!

Just seeing the other party show up here made Xing Pan’er’s heart gradually sink to rock bottom.

It was over!

This is really the end, even the last retreat is cut off!

“Hmph! Who told you to be bewitched by pretty women, unable to move when you see one. Not only do you delude yourself with the thought of possessing my body, but you also refuse to let go of a cheap woman like Liu Sisi!” Xing Pan’er’s face was full of contempt.

“Let go of me! Let go, you stinking hag, just you wait… ”

Being directly pointed out, the other party was still struggling to move forward, but was dragged back by Prince Luo’s men: “Stop with your tricks, or we’ll end your life right here.”

“I can’t believe it’s really you!”

When this person appeared, half of those present recognized who he was. Surprisingly, the person who pointed out Guardian Qu’s identity was that short-statured man in black.

“Who would’ve thought! Guardian Qu, once a prominent figure across north and south Jiangnan, and one of the Five Guardians of the Li Sect, has now become like this! Just like a dog that’s lost its home. This is truly…”

A confused look flashed in Guardian Qu’s eyes as he sized up the other person: “Who are you? Have we met before?”

He felt that the other was extremely familiar, yet he just couldn’t recall where he had seen him.

Perhaps it was because the other was wearing a black mask, he thought.

“Whether we’ve met before is not important. What’s important is that today is your day of death.”

The short man in black seemed to hate him to the bone, turning his head to look at Prince Luo, appearing quite conflicted.

“Prince, this man is extremely important to me. I pray that you hand this man over to me to deal with.”

Was Prince Luo someone who could be swayed by a few words?

The words that came out were particularly harsh: “I don’t know you.”

The short man in black clenched his teeth as if making a difficult decision: “How about this! If you agree to hand him over to me, then I’ll withdraw from today’s competition. How’s that?”

Prince Luo glanced at Di Yelei. To him, whether one more or one less Guardian Qu to kill made no difference. Di Yelei pondered for a moment, considering that Guardian Qu and Liu Sisi’s well-being were not important compared to each other, he then nodded slightly.

“Fine! As long as your men withdraw, I will hand this man over to you,” Prince Luo agreed to his request.

True to his word, the short man in black led his horsemen away.p>

Only when she reached the cabin door did she suddenly turn her head, her large eyes deeply gazing at Liu Sisi for a while, then turned around and took Guardian Qu away.

“Wait for a chance, we will meet again! Sisi, wait for me!”

Wait for her? Those words sounded so strange.

Although Liu Sisi didn’t know where the other person would get the chance for her to escape, looking at the other’s determined expression, her heart inexplicably eased a bit.

Behind her, Xing Pan’er saw everything clearly and suddenly took out the flint to light.

“You’re still deluding yourselves with thoughts of escape! I’ll tell you, that’s a delusion! All of you will stay and keep me company in death!”

As she spoke, she threw the flint in her hand towards the cardboard boxes on the ground…

Everyone was shocked!

“Don’t do it! Stop quickly!”

Roars burst from everyone’s mouths, no longer caring whether Liu Sisi would get hurt, they all lunged forward, heading straight for the cardboard boxes that were starting to catch fire.

Soon, a series of faint crackling sounds began…