The Humble Family's Daughter Has A Spatial Pocket! novel Chapter 845

Chapter 845: Chapter 741, Being Hunted

Daohua saw that Gu Jian was busy working with the attendants he had trained to prepare anti-inflammatory medicine. Having work to do was far from boring, and Dong Yuanyao also had Sun Changze to accompany her. After staying at Four Seasons Manor for two days, they returned to the residence.

On the official road back to the city, Daohua flipped through the account book her master had given her.

The anti-inflammatory medicine was very helpful for the wounds of soldiers. Although the Emperor had already ordered the Imperial Medical Bureau to prepare it, the output was still too low. Therefore, the Emperor set his sights on Daohua’s side.

Fortunately, Gu Jian was there to protect the attendants that Daohua had painstakingly trained.

After some bargaining by Gu Jian, the Emperor offered a good price and bought all of the anti-inflammatory medicine that Daohua had made. They would send someone to the manor to collect it periodically.

"No wonder all merchants dream of being imperial merchants. The Imperial Family’s money is indeed easy to earn!"

Looking at the number at the end of the account book, Daohua’s eyes were filled with a broad smile.

Wang Manman said with a smile, "Miss, when I left, I heard that the old master was preparing your dowry."

Upon hearing this, Daohua’s interest was immediately piqued, "My master is preparing my dowry? What is he preparing exactly?"

Wang Manman shook her head, "I don’t know, but I heard from the estate manager that the old master bought a lot of high-quality wood. It seems he plans to make furniture for you, Miss."

Daohua felt a warm sensation in her heart, "I didn’t expect that master would be so thoughtful."

Wang Manman continued smiling, "Miss, you are the old master’s only disciple. Naturally, he wants to prepare thoroughly for you."

Just as mistress and maid were chatting and laughing, the carriage suddenly came to a screeching halt, and both Daohua and Wang Manman were jolted so hard that they fell inside the carriage. Before Daohua could utter a word to ask what had happened, the carriage quickly turned around and began to speed away hastily.

"Miss, there seems to be an ambush ahead..."

The voice of Bald had just started when several arrows whistled through the air, followed by a ’thunk, thunk, thunk’ as they lodged into the carriage.

Looking at the arrows that had struck the carriage, Daohua’s eyes widened in shock. It took her a while to come back to her senses, and she cautiously crawled to the side of the window, lifting the curtain slightly to look back.

Seeing about a dozen masked bandits galloping on their horses, shooting arrows at the carriage while rapidly giving chase, Daohua felt her heart sink to the bottom.

Had she run into bandits by misfortune, or had someone hired killers to take her life?

"Whoa!"

The carriage braked hard again.

Daohua quickly asked, "Bald, what’s wrong?"

The anxious voice of Bald came through, "Miss, there are bandits ahead too."

Daohua lifted the curtain to check the situation outside. With bandits blocking both front and rear on the official road, they had to take a side path, "Take the side road!"

Upon hearing this, Bald immediately steered the carriage into a side road.

Wang Manman looked at Daohua in panic, "Miss, how can there be bandits so close to the Emperor’s land?" When they had left, they thought that since they were just heading to Tangyu Mountain, and the road was peaceful, they only brought Bald and Zhuzi.

Having experienced a kidnapping in Zhongzhou, Daohua remained relatively calm. With a stern face and furrowed brows, she quickly pulled out a packet of Fragrant Pills from her purse and handed it to Wang Manman, "In a moment, throw one out at a time."

Wang Manman hurriedly took the Fragrant Pills and strictly followed Daohua’s instructions.

Daohua then said to Bald and Zhuzi outside, "Bald, try to run towards forests and woods where we can hide."

Bald responded with acknowledgment.

Shortly after, the slightly panicked voice of Bald arose, "Miss, the bandits are almost catching up."

Daohua, ever vigilant of the noises outside the carriage, naturally also heard the horse hooves drawing nearer, "Don’t worry about them, keep running forward."

"Swoosh!"

An arrow tore through the air and struck a horse’s thigh; the horse, in pain, began to run wildly, crashing around, and neither Bald nor Zhuzi could control it.

Inside the carriage, Daohua and Wang Manman were tossed about, disoriented.

"Swoosh!"

Another arrow came flying, hitting a horse’s front leg, and with a ’bang’, the carriage toppled over.

Daohua, enduring the pain, scrambled and dragged Wang Manman out of the carriage.

At this moment, the bandits were upon them, surrounding Bald, Zhuzi, Daohua, and Wang Manman in the middle.

Looking at the bandits as they raised their gleaming and chillingly sharp knives, Daohua suppressed the panic within her and stared directly at the bandit in front, "Both my brothers are Jinling Guards, and the person I’m betrothed to is the Little Prince of the Prince Residence. No matter how much silver the person who hired to kill me gave you, you won’t be able to spend it."

The leader of the bandits scoffed, "Whether we can spend it or not is not for you to decide." With that, he swung his right hand, signaling his men to attack.