t after he finished speaking.Zong Yulian stood up, dejected. She didn't know when the canal would be finished.Su Lang couldn't stand being dirty. His skin was even whiter and more delicate than hers....The escaped Umon man, with his last breath, ran back to the main camp to report.

On the other side of this mountain range, dozens of tents were stationed, heavily guarded both inside and out.

After a while, a squad of elite soldiers emerged from inside and quickly disappeared into the snow.

Fang Jinshi felt it was inappropriate and stopped her descent.

"The last time I was thinking, how dare these Umon people cross the border so boldly, there must be reinforcements behind them."

"We just leave like this What if they really have reinforcements coming back to take revenge and we're nowhere to be found How can we possibly bear the thought of them taking their anger out on those villagers down in the valley"

Although a massacre would bring attention to the matter, if they wiped away all traces and retreated afterward, even if we told the authorities that it was people from Wu Meng who did it, it might be useless.

What pained Fang Jinshi the most was that she didn't want to implicate the common people living in the mountains because of this.

Zongyu nodded, "You have a point."

"Then it will be me." He just wanted to say that he could stay behind and let Shen Li take Fang Jinshu back first to report.

After all, it was so cold on the mountain, Zong Yu really couldn't bear to have his wife stay here with him in the cold.

Last night, the daughter-in-law was so cold that she couldn't sleep well all night. Even though there was a fire pit in the cave, her hands and feet were still frighteningly cold in the morning.

But husband and wife, as they are, Zongyu didn't have to say anything for Fang Jinshi to know what he was thinking.

Once she knew her lover was safe, Fang Jinxiu's rationality returned.

"I know what you want to say, but there's no need."

“I thought of another way to stop them from going down the mountain.”

"What can we do"

"Let's set up a few confusion arrays on the mountain. They don't have to be elaborate, just leave a slight trace leading deep into the mountains. This will keep these people trapped on the mountain for several days."

Before coming to Lishui Town, I had already told County Magistrate Pan about the matters on the mountain. Now five days have passed, and the reply from the capital must be on its way.

Next, Fang Jinshi didn't need to elaborate; Zong Yu understood.

“Do you mean, we detain them for a few days and then have the Imperial soldiers come to deal with them”

Fang Jinshu nodded. "Well, this kind of thing, we common folk shouldn't be involved in."

"Handing it over to the imperial court is the safest course of action."

After all, there are only so many of us. How can we possibly stand toe-to-toe with the enemy's vast army of skilled warriors

Zong Yu lowered his eyes, looking at the person who seemed to have something to say but held it back.

Fang Jinshu saw it and pretended not to notice. She knew Zong Yu had the thought of going to join the army.

But they also need him, Fang Jinshu admitted that she was being selfish, not as noble as she thought.

Therefore, he avoided talking about it and even pretended not to know anything.

"If you all have no objections, let's get started. I'll take Zhao Yi and Zhao Er to set up some traps nearby, to mislead them."

"The two of you go in opposite directions towards the deep mountains and make some footprints, but don't make them too obvious. At first glance, anyone will know they are fake."

Zong Yu frowned, "I don't trust leaving you alone here."

Zhao Yi and Zhao Er looked at each other, both seeing helplessness in each other's eyes.

Then they are not human beings, are they

Fang Jinshi smiled. "I'll protect myself well, and when you come back we can go down the mountain together."

Zongyu knew his daughter-in-law was like this, once she made up her mind, it was hard to change.

The only thing he could do was go early and come back early.

Zhao Yi and Zhao Er picked up the tools left behind by those people yesterday. Although they were used for chiseling stones and digging walls, surprisingly, they were just as useful for digging traps.

When Fang Jinshui and Zongyu were talking, they just went to a random place and started digging.

Don't traps all look the same

After digging for a while, Fang Jinshu walked over to take a look.

"You two, stop! The other party is not an ordinary person. The trap we're setting can't be like this."

This kind of pitfall trap commonly used by hunters is easily recognizable and wouldn't be very effective even if it was dug.

Fang Jinxiu beckoned to the two of them. The three huddled together and whispered for a while. Zhao Yi and Zhao Er's eyes lit up instantly, and they both extended their thumbs toward Fang Jinxiu.

At the same time, he secretly worried for his master.

Fortunately, the master is now on the same boat as his mistress. Anyone who becomes the mistress's enemy will be truly unfortunate.

Such a brilliant trap, it's not something an ordinary person could come up with.nd then shot back a quick remark."There's a lot more you don't know about me."He started martial arts at the age of ten, begging his fifth sister to secretly hire a martial arts master for him out of...