Chapter 498: Chapter 498: Besieged on All Sides (Part 7)
 

“In your spare time, wouldn’t it be better for Ye Lei to occasionally go hunting in the mountains, catching small animals and such?”

“But are you willing?” Old Tang laughed.

His words left Di Yelei speechless. Was he willing?

“Or have you never thought of doing something great and glorious?”

Di Yelei raised his eyebrow in surprise.

“Willing or not, is it not so? In Ye Lei’s view, being able to protect my wife, children, and elders is enough for this life!”

Old Tang stared at him for a while, his bean-sized eyes fixed on Di Yelei’s. After seeing the clarity in his eyes, a flash of disappointment quickly flickered across Old Tang’s face, so fast that it disappeared before anyone could catch it.

“Good! Very good! Protecting your family and elders does not make you any less of a real man. Good!”

Old Tang did not say anything else, but went to the side and began cleaning weapons.

Di Yelei raised an eyebrow, sensing unfinished implications in Old Tang’s words but unable to pinpoint their meaning.

So he shook his head and dropped the subject.

In the afternoon, Di Yelei called Old Tang and entrusted him with the 1,000 taels of silver from the universal exchange Baoli Bank.

“Old Tang, you are an elder here. Besides entrusting you with this money, I don’t know who else I can trust.”

“If Lord Sub-Captain doesn’t mind my spending your kindness, go ahead and hand it over to me.”

Old Tang accepted the banknote, glanced at it, and immediately raised his head in surprise: “Huh? This… is this money from your own family, Lord Di?”

“How did you know?”

Di Yelei was shocked. He hadn’t expected Old Tang to be able to recognize it.

“It’s not difficult to guess. If this were funds allocated by the government, the Order Letter on the banknote would not look like this.”

Di Yelei: “…”

By the time Di Yelei left the city gate, the drawbridge of the county city was about to be pulled up.

Today, it was clearly half an hour later than usual. He had received the 1,000 taels of silver from Liu Sisi earlier, which made him lose track of the time and delayed his departure.

The three of them rode fast horses along the official road, speeding towards home. By the time they turned off the official road and onto the main road to the small town, it had gradually started to darken.

The main road to the small town passed through a narrow pass, with cliffs on both sides rising dozens of feet high and a narrow path running through the bottom of the cliff. Beyond the pass down the road, there were towering mountains on one side and steep cliffs several dozen feet high on the other. This place was also the prime location for the most notorious bandits to stage robberies.

As they passed through this area, Di Yelei and the other two riders did not slow down, continuing to gallop forward at full speed.

Unexpectedly, the red horse running in front suddenly stumbled, causing the horse to let out a long neigh and tumble forward. Di Yelei, who was on horseback, also pitched forward, falling directly to the ground.

Right after, Da Niu and Er Niu, who were following close behind, arrived and, unable to stop, they also tumbled to the ground.

Just as the three of them fell, a rumbling sound emanated from the slopes on both sides. Di Yelei leapt to his feet like a carp jumping out of the water, only to see countless rocks rolling down from the cliffs on either side, with large stones tumbling and making rumbling noises.

Along with the rumbling sound of the large stones rolling, the sound of arrows cutting through the air could also be heard.

This was the sound of arrows piercing the air!

As a hunter, Di Yelei gasped for breath! Who was trying to kill them? But at this moment, he had no time to think about it and instinctively let out a loud shout.

“Watch out! ——”

With his cry, Di Yelei was anxious as he grabbed the jujube red horse with a broken front leg and swung it…

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The sound of three consecutive arrows came closer, hitting the horse he had swung.

As the huge rocks thundered down the hillside, Di Yelei could not care about anything else and unleashed his powerful combat strength. He shouted loudly as he grabbed Da Niu and Er Niu and threw them forward: “Run!”

Da Niu and Er Niu, who had never seen such a scenario, fell to the ground and took a while to get up.

Just at this moment, three more arrows came whistling through the air, aimed directly at where he was standing. It was clear that he was the target!

Di Yelei no longer paid attention to anything else but rolled to the side, barely avoiding the arrows as they landed in his previous spot with their fletching shaking.

Da Niu and Er Niu scrambled up from the ground, their courage already shattered by the scene before them.

The giant rocks kept falling from mid-air and crashing down onto the main road, making thudding sounds.

Di Yelei moved quickly, dodging the falling rocks with all his might while feeling a sense of horror deep inside.

Today, he feared that his life would be lost here!

He dashed from left to right, sparing no effort in dodging the falling rocks. He felt his strength constantly declining, and the narrow terrain added to the difficulty of his evasion.

This wouldn’t do! He had to fight!

Once again, he dashed forward, coiling his whip and climbing dozens of feet within a short span. It scared the people on the cliff.

He could see clearly! There were two bows and arrows on this side of the hill, and one on the opposite side!

“Hurry! Shoot the arrows!”

Just as the shouting came from above, Di Yelei was already near the assailants. He whipped out his leather whip and dragged the archer down from the cliff.

“Ah——”

The man’s deathly screams frightened everyone!

But before they could react, Di Yelei had already moved through their ranks. People hadn’t even had time to counterattack before his figure passed by…

He reached out and grabbed the opponent’s head with one hand, twisting and breaking their neck. Another person raised a knife to attack, but with a single punch, he smashed their skull, splattering blood everywhere…

In just a few breaths, he was the only one left standing on the hill!

Whoosh!

As the sound of the arrow broke through the air, he turned and caught an arrow barely avoiding the one aimed at him.

He spun around, angrily staring at the opposing cliffside, only to see another archer on the other side readying another arrow.

Quickly, he rolled to the side, grabbing a fallen bow and arrow from the ground and hiding behind a protruding stone. With practiced skill, he drew the bow and shot the arrow, hitting the archer directly in the forehead and sending them tumbling down the cliff.

Everyone was terrified and could no longer care about anything else, wishing they had extra legs and scattered in all directions!