The book has no strength, the female supporting role just wants to survive

Chapter 157: Sleeping but not getting enough, tired but not dying

Jiang Tunan was shocked. Are the guards of Xiao Mansion so powerful? How dare they go up the mountain to challenge the bandits?

As soon as Xiao Mingrui heard it, he knew that the troops outside were definitely not brought by his second brother. Firstly, how could the Xiao family servants appear here? Secondly, the Xiao family servants did not have that strength.

"Not really."

Xiao Mingrui denied it out loud, but in his heart he was wondering which idiot brought his own servants to fight the bandits.

Gu Lang nodded to show that he understood, but continued to look at Jiang Tunan.

"Miss Jiang, where are you from? Your accent sounds familiar to me."

Jiang Tunan: Are you polite? You start by saying that the person has an accent.

"do not know."

"Why does the ancient village master ask this?"

Seeing that Gu Lang looked a little embarrassed, Xiao Mingrui came out to smooth things over. Gu Lang took over the conversation.

"My ancestors were from Jingzhou. When I heard Miss Jiang speak, I felt that her accent was somewhat similar, so I asked."

Speaking of which, Xiao Mingrui had asked Wu Yu and others to investigate Jiang Tunan before, but they stopped halfway through the investigation. But even so, Xiao Mingrui vaguely remembered that Jiang Tunan was not from Jingzhou.

Jiang Tunan searched the original owner's memory, but could not find any memory of where the original owner was from. It seemed that the information Jiang Tunan received at the beginning was that the original owner followed his parents to do business abroad, and then the original owner's mother died of illness, and the original owner's father took the original owner back to his grandmother's house, and there was no memory before that.

"I don't mean anything else. I just think it's hard to meet someone from the same hometown. If Miss Jiang doesn't mind, please stay for dinner before leaving."

Xiao Mingrui was becoming more and more confused. Gu Lang seemed to be a little too enthusiastic about Jiang Tunan.

"Didn't the ancient village master say that there were people outside the village who were provoking us, so we didn't need to rush to fight?"

"It's okay. They are nothing to be afraid of."

Gu Lang drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, with a determined look in his eyes.

At this time, outside the village gate, Meng Jingchen and others were beaten back again and again. Ziwen was already injured, and he covered his bleeding wound and shouted to Meng Jingchen,

"Sir, let's retreat first. If we continue like this, we will be wiped out."

Meng Jingchen's eyes flashed with cruelty. He didn't expect that these people would cleverly use the terrain advantage to ambush everywhere. These people appeared from behind the trees and on the cliffs, and his people couldn't attack them at all.

"withdraw!"

Meng Jingchen shouted somewhat unwillingly, and finally left in a hurry under the protection of his own soldiers.

Xiao Mingli and Xiao Mingxu were waiting not far away. Seeing what had just happened, both of them looked much more serious.

"It seems that there is a reason why Wushi Village has not been wiped out for so many years."

Xiao Mingli looked towards the place where Meng Jingchen and others were just now. Even the gate of Wushizhai was a little unclear. He couldn't get close at this distance, and he didn't know what would happen next.

Meng Jingchen and Ziwen brought everyone back in a somewhat embarrassed state. Xiao Mingxu couldn't help laughing when he saw Meng Jingchen like this.

"Hahaha, Meng Jingchen, this is what you did when you didn't listen to the handsome guy, and now you're suffering!"

Meng Jingchen replied with gritted teeth,

"Go ahead if you have the guts. Anyway, the one trapped in there is your brother, not mine."

Xiao Mingxu shut up immediately after hearing this. Xiao Mingli reluctantly explained,

"I'm sorry, Mr. Meng. Mingxu is just used to speaking without restraint. He has no ill intentions."

Meng Jingchen looked at Xiao Mingxu jokingly and said in a bad tone,

"Look at Master Mingli's demeanor. He is different from some people. They are obviously twins, but the difference between them is so big."

Xiao Mingli was startled and quickly looked at Xiao Mingxu, fearing that he would be sad. Unexpectedly, Xiao Mingxu didn't care about Meng Jingchen's words at all, but replied nonchalantly,

"Yes, yes. The Xiao family only needs Xiao Mingli to be smart. I now have no burden eating, drinking and having fun every day. Unlike some people, they are as tired as the cows of the old vegetable seller on West Street every day. They can't sleep enough and they are tired but not dead."

Xiao Mingxu looked at Meng Jingchen with pity. All the young men and women in Kyoto knew that Meng Jingchen was a model worker of their generation. He got up earlier than the chickens and slept later than the dogs. At the age of 19, he had the heart of a 49-year-old. There was nothing to envy about him.

Xiao Mingli: "Mingxu, lower your voice. Master Meng will be unhappy if he hears you later."

Meng Jingchen:?

"The young masters of the Xiao family are really more eloquent than the others."

Meng Jingchen shook his robe fiercely and walked aside, no longer paying attention to Xiao Mingxu and the others.

"Sir, what should we do now?"

Meng Jingchen took the handkerchief from Ziwen's hand, with a calculating look in his eyes.

"Back then, the Yun family was completely defeated by my Meng family. If the people in Wushi Village are really the remnants of the Zhenguo Mansion, I don't believe they can sit still if they know that my last name is Meng."

There is no other way. This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we forcefully capture it, the people inside will most likely be killed. The most important thing on this trip is not to wipe out the remaining Wushizhai members, so we can't rush into it.

"Next time, let Xiao Mingli's men go to the front. Our men have other tasks to do."

Ziwen took note of it silently and complained in his heart, "You know, I don't know who the person who just rushed up with a stubborn head is."

Jiang Tunan and Xiao Mingrui stayed at Gu Lang's place to drink tea. Jiang Tunan had already gone to the toilet three times before he saw Hua Bei leading people over.

"Village leader, the people outside have left. I see many of them are injured. They won't be coming back in the short term."

Gu Lang nodded and said,

"Thank you for your hard work, Abei."

Hua Bei saw Jiang Tunan and Xiao Mingrui sitting next to him and asked,

"Why are they here?"

"I invited them here. Since you are here too, why don't you stay and have a meal together?"

Hua Bei was becoming more and more confused. Why did Gu Lang's attitude towards Jiang Tunan suddenly change? Could it be that Jiang Tunan had already started acting?

Everyone quickly took their seats and the table was filled with dishes. Jiang Tunan saw his favorite braised pork at a glance, as well as several other dishes that he also liked.

"By the way, why don't you see Shar today?"

A trace of guilt flashed across Hua Bei's face. Shaer might have fallen asleep after drinking.

"Brother Shar is still recovering from his injuries. I'm afraid he's resting in his room."

Gu Lang was puzzled but did not ask too much. Sometimes Shaer was lazy, so he just let him be.

"Miss Jiang, try this braised pork."

Gu Lang pushed the plate of braised pork towards Jiang Tunan, with anticipation in his eyes.

Hua Bei felt strange.

"Brother Gu, didn't you not eat braised pork before?"

"I just want to change my taste recently."

Jiang Tunan picked up a piece of braised pork with some trepidation. Gu Lang's transformation frightened her. It seemed that he was really afraid of the power behind her and Xiao Mingrui.

"I don't think I've ever asked the name of the gentleman next to Miss Jiang. Could you tell me?"

"Xiao Mingrui."

Hua Bei looked at Xiao Mingrui's handsome face and felt a sense of disgust for some reason, as if he was born to be incompatible with Xiao Mingrui's aura. Hua Bei thought of the stone that Xiao Mingrui had thrown at that time. It must have been filled with internal force, otherwise why would his hands tremble so much.

Xiao Mingrui was not as simple as he looked. With his internal strength alone, I'm afraid few people present could be his opponent. If that was the case, why did Xiao Mingrui surrender obediently at that time? What was his purpose in coming to Wushi Village?