Chapter 9: Distress in the Middle of the Night (1)

Ling Yan rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked left and right blankly, not knowing what was going on. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Outside the stove room was noisy, mostly shouting and footsteps, but mixed with the sound of horses' hooves and horses' panting. The lights outside the house were bright, and even the stove room was illuminated.

Ling Yan looked confused, and was about to stand up, only to see Cong'er running in in a panic, coming to Ling Yan, and whispering anxiously: "Brother Ling Yan, you hide quickly!" ”

Ling Yan was stunned: "What's wrong?" What happened? He could tell from Cong'er's frightened look that things were extremely bad.

Cong'er said with a cry: "They have come to collect food, you should hide quickly, otherwise they will find you and arrest you for the army!" ”

Ling Yan was stunned: What kind of food did you collect in the middle of the night? Besides, listen to the voices outside, which is a grain requisition, it is clearly a grain grab!

"Why do you come here at night to collect food?" Ling Yan asked Cong'er in a low voice.

Cong'er's tears were about to come out, and she said hurriedly: "They often come at this time, my father and my mother...... That's how they got caught...... Brother Ling Yan, don't say it, hide quickly, if they find out, you will definitely be arrested by them! ”

Ling Yan quickly thought about it: I don't know much about this place now, if I am arrested by officers and soldiers, it is indeed not good, it is better to hide!

Ling Yan nodded at Cong'er, and was just about to find a place to hide, when suddenly a clear scolding voice from outside came into Ling Yan's ears: "Old man! Hurry up and deliver the food! Or I'll kill you! ”

Cong'er was shocked, and hurriedly said to Ling Yan: "Brother Ling Yan, you hide quickly!" I'll go out and have a look! Then he ran out of the stove.

Ling Yan looked around, except for the pit for burning firewood, there was not even a place to cover the entire stove room.

"Where are you hiding?" Ling Yan became anxious.

At this time, the lewd laughter of a soldier came from outside the house: "Haha! Old man, you look like this, your granddaughter looks good! If you really don't want to pay the grain, use your granddaughter to pay for it! Ha ha! ”

Then, another soldier's lewd laugh was heard: "Haha...... Oh, yes! Let your daughter join the army! We'll treat him well! Haha......"

"What do you say! We should dedicate him to General Wu to enjoy! Another soldier's voice.

"That's right! Haha......" The heckling of a group of soldiers.

Then, the old man's trembling voice came: "No...... No! Ladies and gentlemen...... I, I'll pay the grain! My granddaughter is still young, she, she ......."

"Get out!" With an angry scolding, the old man let out an "oops", and then there was the sound of tables colliding.

"Grandpa!" Cong'er's crying voice hit Ling Yan's heart.

Ling Yan was shocked, he didn't care about his own safety, he ran out of the stove room in three steps and two steps, only to see the old man not far away lying on the ground, the table turned over, and Cong'er squatted beside the old man, crying and shouting "grandpa". In front of the old man stood two men in armor, one of whom was about to stab the spear in his hand at the old man.

Ling Yan shouted, "Stop!" ”

Everyone moved their gaze to Ling Yan in unison. As soon as the two soldiers saw Ling Yan, the expressions on their faces suddenly froze. At this time, another head wearing a helmet poked in from the door, and after seeing Ling Yan, his expression was exactly the same as that of the two soldiers.

The old man sat up with difficulty, and said to Ling Yan urgently: "Baby! Let's go! It's none of your business! ”

Cong'er also looked back at Ling Yan and cried, "Brother Ling Yan, why did you come out......"

Ling Yan hurriedly ran to the old man's side, helped him up, and said with a frown: "Grandpa, you saved me, how can I sit idly by now?" ”

"Baby...... I've been a problem with you......" the old man said with deep sorrow.

Ling Yan shook his head slightly, glanced at Cong'er again, then turned around and said loudly to the two stunned soldiers, "What the hell do you want to do!" ”

The two soldiers were relieved by Ling Yan's roar, and hurriedly aimed the spear in their hands at Ling Yan, as if they were facing a great enemy, and one of the soldiers said in a trembling voice: "You...... Who are you? ”

Ling Yan said angrily and loudly: "It doesn't matter who I am, you don't care!" Who gave you the right to trespass in the middle of the night? ”

The two soldiers looked at each other in horror, and the spears in their hands trembled slightly.

"Also, who gave you the right to beat people at will?" The more Ling Yan spoke, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help but take a step forward.

The two soldiers shook their spirits at the same time, and then took a step back at the same time: "Don't ...... Stay back! ”

At this time, the soldier at the door retracted his head with a "whoosh", and then heard the voice of a person outside the door: "General Wu, there is a man inside!" ”

Then a deep voice followed: "How is it possible! This village has already been searched by General Black, how can there be any omission? ”

"General Wu, yes...... It's true! The first man's panicked voice.

"Really? Hum! Dare to harbor a man! It seems that I don't want to live anymore! There was a murderous intent in that deep voice.

"General Wu, that ...... He didn't hear that person ......" after that.

After a moment, a deep voice sounded again, but there was a clear element of surprise in the voice: "What...... Is it? Not...... Bring him to me. ”

After a while, the soldier with the probe just now appeared at the door again, pointed at Ling Yan and said, "You, come here!" General Wu wants to see you! ”

"General Wu?" Ling Yan pondered in his heart, "It can't be Wu Anguo, right?" He seems to be a fictional military general in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? But this is the reality of the Three Kingdoms era......"

Ling Yan was thinking about it, but the two soldiers who pointed their spears at Ling Yan urged, "Not yet...... Hurry up! Don't want to...... Alive? ”

Ling Yan frowned and glanced at them, and the two soldiers couldn't help but shudder again, and staggered back two steps.

Ling Yan felt funny in his heart, and was about to walk out of the door, when suddenly a slender little hand gently grabbed Ling Yan's arm.

Ling Yan turned his head and saw Cong'er biting his lip tightly, his eyes full of tears, and he looked at Ling Yan reluctantly. The old man beside Cong'er lowered his head and sighed incessantly, full of grief and regret.

Ling Yan smiled at Cong'er and said softly, "It's going to be fine, you take care of grandpa." ”

Cong'er nodded obediently, and let go of Ling Yan's arm with hesitation.

The old man raised his head and looked at Ling Yan, and his voice was a little choked: "Baby...... When you see the general, you must say more good things, don't ...... Don't them off! ”

Ling Yan nodded, for some reason, he suddenly felt a sour nose, and he also had the urge to cry.

"Rub what! Come here! The soldier who had spoken impatiently shouted at Ling Yan.

Ling Yan was just emotional, but the atmosphere was ruined by this sentence, he secretly scolded the soldier in his heart, and then smiled at the old man and Cong'er, then turned around and walked towards the door.

As they passed the two soldiers, they stepped back in unison, making way for them, and the expressions on their faces were extremely nervous.

Ling Yan felt very funny in his heart, and also felt strange: am I just a child, what are you afraid of me doing?

As soon as he crossed the threshold, Ling Yan subconsciously covered his eyes with his hand - the fire outside the house was too bright, and his piercing eyes hurt a little.

After Ling Yan got used to it, he couldn't help but be stunned by the formation in front of him: about a hundred or so soldiers in dark gray armor stood in two rows, surrounding the house, each of them holding a torch in one hand and a spear in the other, the expression on their faces was wooden and cold.

In front of the soldier facing the door of the house, a tall and mighty general rode on a brown horse, holding the reins in one hand, holding a long knife in the other, and a set of silver-white armor wrapped his strong body tightly, only revealing a face with the same cold expression, and his eyes were staring directly at Ling Yan coldly.

Ling Yan was proficient in the history of the Three Kingdoms, and he knew from the soldiers' equipment that these soldiers in front of him were all "ironclad soldiers", and this team was naturally the "ironclad army", and the ironclad army was an elite unit with great combat effectiveness.

Although Ling Yan often saw this kind of army from TV series or books, he was still shocked by the fact that it was alive in front of him.

"Who are you?" The general on the horse asked Ling Yan in a deep voice.

Ling Yan didn't answer the general's question. He didn't want to "fight with silence", but he really didn't know how to answer the question. After thinking about it, he plucked up his courage, but asked the general: "Then who are you?" ”

The general seemed stunned for a moment, then sneered.