It was just past the hour, and Madame Fang and Madame Xiao received news that people from the Song Mansion were already preparing to leave. They had indeed kept Master Yuan Hui waiting for too long, and Madame Song and the others might have grown impatient, or perhaps it was because the fake female official had aroused suspicion, so they hastily wanted to return to the mansion.

  Mrs. Fang sent someone to ask again and again, and asked the guest monk who was serving on their side, and learned that Mrs. Dafa had indeed gone ahead of time to donate incense oil money to the abbot's quarters, and also lit a long-life lamp, and then proposed to go down the mountain ahead of schedule, and could no longer wait for Master Yuan Kong.

  Fortunately, Pingyang Marquis Xiao Ding sent a message saying that everything was ready and all the personnel were already ambushed on the rugged ten-mile slope. Deputy Commander Fang Deng also led a hundred men to set up along the line, waiting for the Song family to come down the mountain, planning to catch them off guard.

  Finally, it's here. Mrs. Xiao was so excited that she trembled slightly, turned her head to look at Mrs. Fang and asked uncertainly: "Are we going down the mountain now?"

  The two didn't think about how to deal with the aftermath, as long as Song Chuyi was in their hands and Song Jue was dead, the Song family would naturally be in a state of chaos. And by that time, Duan Wang had already been able to erase all traces.

  "It's too early now." Mrs. Fang looked at her and turned to the wing room on the side of Song Fu: "Let's go over and take a look, is the person really going to leave?"

  When doing things, one must have a beginning and an end. Otherwise, if the Song family hadn't come down from the mountain, wouldn't it be like hitting a wild goose chase?

  Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Xiao arrived when the people of Song's residence were moving out the girls' bedding and luggage, they hastily paid their respects. A more capable servant came up to apologize: "The first lady has just taken the second lady and the young ladies away in a carriage, I'm afraid there is no way to receive you two ladies."

  Mrs. Fang smiled and shook her head, leaning against the door frame to see a flash of magnificent robes outside. The great lady slipped into the carriage, with an even brighter smile on her face, turned back and said: "What are you talking about? We also came to bid farewell, Master Yuankong has not had time until now, and there are some urgent matters at home that we need to return to. I didn't expect Mrs. Song to leave first, it's strange that we didn't send a message over first."

  The old woman said a few more words to her, then busied herself urging people to get on the carriage and set off. She also led several other old women onto horse-drawn carriages, and the group of them left the mountain in a grand procession.

  Xiao's wife let out a sigh of relief, and her heart finally fell back into her stomach. Xiao Ding had at least three to five hundred men in his hands, plus the one hundred led by Fang Deng, nearly six hundred people, even if they just stepped on them, they could trample the few dozen people from the Song family to death.

  When the strength is too far apart, some worries are no longer necessary.

  She let out a mouthful of turbid air, imagining the scene after the Song family's defeat, and then imagined Xiao Ding further advancing in his official career, possibly becoming the left and right arm of the Lord of the Realm, and rising to great heights in the future, feeling much more pleased with herself.

  At that time, Xiao Si Niang didn't have to marry far away. They could bully Song Chu Xuan as they pleased, why would they need to run to the Song's house and get slapped in the face like last time?!

  The two of them rode together back to the capital and after discussing it decided to gather at the Pingyang Marquis's residence to await news.

  The weather in early April began to warm up gradually. A crescent moon hung high in the night sky, illuminating the rugged mountain road as if it were daytime.

  Marquis Pingyang Xiao Ding waited patiently for those annoying lanterns to gradually enter his own encirclement, and then held torches and led people to rush up.

  He thought the Song family would be fleeing in all directions, wailing and crying, but instead he was met with Song Jue's cold smile.

  "I've been waiting for you for a long time, Brother-in-law." Song Jue coldly smiled as he looked at him, as if looking at prey that had been waiting for a long time and was about to be caught.

  Xiao Ding was shocked in his heart, but he didn't have time to think about anything else, and he even dared not look into Song Jue's eyes again. He loudly ordered the capture of the escaped prisoner.

  He has no way out and can only desperately take down all the Song family members.

  Who would have thought that at this moment a sudden change occurred, Song Jue slightly waved his hand, and from the fifteen horse-drawn carriages of the Song family, fully armed soldiers swarmed out.

  According to Xiao Ding's original information, all those sitting in these carriages were the weak and helpless women of the Song family!

  He stared with wide eyes, thinking this was too unbelievable, and for a moment he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move forward again.

  What made him even more shocked was that the carriage door opened and out came Song Chengyu and Zhen Nan Wang!

  Song Chengnuo, getting older but still vigorous, jumped off the horse carriage without anyone's help, stroking his beard and looking at Xiao Ding, with emotions surging in his eyes, and only sighed after a long while.

  This shout startled Xiao Ding so much that his face turned pale.

  The Song family was surprisingly well-prepared!

  "Don't crack eggs against stones anymore." The King of Zhen Nan slowly scanned them in a circle, his gaze finally falling on Xiao Ding: "The Emperor has decreed that I be sent to capture the Five Cities' Military Commander Xiao Ding, who has abandoned his post and abused his power!"

  Has an imperial edict been issued?! Song Chengyu actually brought this matter all the way to the current emperor!

  How dare he?! How dare he?!

  Xiao Ding's face was ashen, his complexion had reached an extreme degree of difficulty, he slowly tightened the knife in his hand, and took another look at the dense crowd of people opposite him - there weren't many people, probably only a few hundred.

  But on his side, there were as many as six hundred people. If they really fought hard, it wasn't necessarily impossible to win. But if he really surrendered, what awaited him would be the prison of Shuntian Prefecture or the Imperial Guards.

  He gritted his teeth and made up his mind, turning around to look at the subordinates who were flashing in the twilight. He used all his strength to raise his voice to the highest: "Don't listen to their nonsense! We are here on orders to capture the fugitives! They are all fugitives! Brothers, take them down, and there will be a heavy reward!"

  By this time still stubbornly resisting, Xiao Ding was afraid that he would be trapped inside and unable to escape.

  Song Chengru and Zhen Nan Wang exchanged a glance, reaching a consensus.

  War!

  Zhen Nan Wang inherited his grandfather's and father's bravery, the soldiers under him were extremely strong in combat, and they were all well-trained, basically pointing to where they fought.

  The soldiers of Wucheng's military command were indeed slack in their training and soon showed signs of decline.

  Xiao Dingchong was at the forefront, and with a single horse, he killed two people. He gritted his teeth, his eyes red as he looked towards Song Chengnu and Zhen Nan Wang. He couldn't surrender, couldn't admit defeat. If he won, he could frame these people for any crime he wanted. They had been guarding here for most of the day, without seeing any other carriages pass by. The Song family's women were definitely still in the temple. Later, they just needed to go back to the temple and capture those women as well, and everything would be fine.

  If he fails, he will be a dead end, and the Pingyang Hou Mansion will also be finished.

  The King of Zhen Nan gazed coldly at the scene, his large hand waved, and the soldiers in the field retreated one after another. The archers in the back row filled up, holding their bows and arrows and aiming coldly at Xiao Ding and his party.

  "Fire!" With a single order from King Zhennan, thousands of arrows were shot simultaneously.

  One after another fell down, in a short while, nearly 100 people were killed or injured on Xiao Ding's side.