The night was actually peaceful.

The area around the Xie family's old mansion was as quiet as usual, only the front yard was brightly lit, and from time to time officers and soldiers entered and exited the gate, but they did not make too loud noises. People in the backyard want to sleep, and it's no problem.

It's just that everyone can't sleep.

Xie Mulin wanted to sleep, her biological clock was strange, and as soon as the second watch passed, her eyelids could no longer hold on, and they began to fall down non-stop. Helplessly, Mrs. Xie kept worrying, refused to lie down and rest, only refused to wear clothes and shoes, leaned on the head of the bed, and kept talking to her granddaughter and girls: "Why is there no movement at all?" Did the officers and soldiers find the displaced people? Did you block people? Is there any movement in the back mountain? No one is going to jump over the wall, right? Everyone's on the alert! Don't sleep too much, once something happens, it's hard to escape! ”

Xie Mulin sat at the table, supporting his head with one hand, his head little by little, sleepy to death, but he couldn't sleep. There was no way, so she had to say to Mrs. Xie: "You can close your eyes for a while, and I'll go upstairs to take a look." Upstairs, you can stand high, you can see far away, and you may be able to see some movement. ”

Mrs. Xie hurriedly urged her: "Go, go!" ”

Xie Mulin carried a paper lantern upstairs, and Cuijiao quickly followed: "Girl, be careful of your step." ”

When he went upstairs, Xie Mulin pushed open the window, looked into the distance a few times, sat down on the empty chair next to him, raised his index finger towards Cuijiao, made a "shhh

Cuijiao was startled, but immediately reacted, walked lightly to the staircase and looked down, and then consciously ran back to the window to keep an eye on it. From the position of this window, she could only see the officers and soldiers standing guard in the front yard, and the second son of Xiao, who was very handsome, was standing in a very conspicuous position. But other than that, she couldn't see anything, and the river in the distance was also pitch black, and she could only hear the sound of water flowing. Looking further away, it was also dark, and only a few dots of light could be seen sporadically, probably because of the nearby farmers who got up early and greedy for darkness.

Cuijiao yawned, thought about it, turned around and went downstairs, and said to Mrs. Xie, "The girl is guarding by the window, it's dark outside, you can't see anything, and the front yard is very quiet." The girl said, "Wait there, and report it to you when there is any movement." I took a cloak for the girl, so that it would not be windy at night and she would catch a cold. ”

When Mrs. Xie heard that there was no movement, she didn't know whether to be relieved or anxious: "When are they going to do it?" Can we really finish tonight? At the same time, he instructed Pearl, "Give her my cloak of blue silk and a bucket of pearls, which is much warmer than a cloak." She still loves her second granddaughter a little now.

Cuijiao took the order, took Mrs. Xie's cloak upstairs, and asked Pearl to borrow a jacket by the way. The cloak was draped over Shemulin, and she put on her own jacket, and dragged a stool to the window, and just sat and stared out.

Xie Mulin was actually very sleepy, and when he woke up after sleeping for an hour, his spirit suddenly improved a lot, although he was still sleepy, he was no longer in a state where he would fall asleep at any time.

She got up and walked to the window, and didn't wake up the green banana who was asleep on the window frame, but only looked out the window.

It was still dark in the distance, only the sound of the river, and the front yard was still brightly lit, but people kept walking out. She saw Xiao Rui coming out of the direction of the main house in the front yard and was about to go out of the door, but for some reason, she suddenly turned around and glanced at her, and she didn't know if she saw her in the dark.

She didn't move, but he smiled and turned away.

Xie Mulin wondered in his heart, did Xiao Rui see her? Otherwise, what are you laughing at for no reason?

She looked left and right, and felt that there was no reason. Everyone in the backyard basically didn't light the lamp just in case, only in the bedroom of the back building, Mrs. Xie was scared, so she lit one, and the others wanted to look at the road, all of them were lit by dim paper lanterns, but at this time they were basically extinguished. Xie Mulin brought the lantern upstairs, the candle had burned out, Cuijiao fell asleep again, no one reconnected the candle, so it was pitch black upstairs. In this pitch darkness, how could Xiao Rui be seen in the brightly lit front yard? There is no moonlight in the sky to draw on!

Presumably Xiao Rui is just pretending to be a force? Isn't it just smiling at nobody's place? When she occasionally thinks about things, she can't help but smile, it's nothing.

However, where did Xiao Rui go out this time? Xie Mulin noticed that there were many fewer officers on duty in the front yard, and the courtyard was empty, if he saw the road from afar, he would probably have to worry about it, whether the officers and soldiers in the front yard could stop the invasion of the homeless, right? But with such a large-scale dispatch by Jin Shanwei's people, could it be that they are about to start a formal operation?

There was still calm in the distance. Pingwang Town is still far away from Xie Jiawan, and she is only on the second floor here, so it is estimated that she can't see any movement.

Xie Mulin gently pushed the cuijiao, and when he saw that she woke up, he whispered: "You go to sleep on the chair, it's windy here, beware of a headache tomorrow." I'll go down and see the old lady. With that, he closed the window.

She tiptoed downstairs, only to find that Mrs. Xie was already asleep.

When the sky turned white, Jin Shanwei's people returned to the Xie family's old mansion.

Xie Mulin had already gotten up early, and the lack of sleep made her brain turn a little slowly, but this did not prevent her from immediately walking to the gate of the courtyard and ordering Ma Lu Yao and Jia Da: "Let people prepare breakfast immediately, be more hearty, burn more ginger soup, give them the cold, and put some brown sugar in the ginger soup." If someone is injured, send the clean white cloth and medicine that the family has prepared earlier, and boil more hot water just in case. ”

Ma Lu Yao and Jia Da took the order and left.

The Xie family got up one after another, everyone found that there was nothing to do all night, and the officers and soldiers also returned safely, and it seemed that the displaced people had been resolved.

Breakfast is still hot tea and dry food, and no one goes to the kitchen to occupy the stove. At this time, the kitchen is naturally given priority to the people of Jinshanwei. However, after breakfast, Ma Lu Yao's family took the initiative to take two servant women to the kitchen to replace the two cooks, so that they could also take a breath.

When the sun rose, Mrs. Xie also woke up. As soon as she woke up, she immediately called Xie Mulin over and asked, "Was it okay last night?" Are there homeless people running over? Have the officers and soldiers arrested them? ”

Xie Mulin told her: "We haven't made any movement here, but in the middle of the night the officers and soldiers went out, and Xiao Ergongzi also went out, and now everyone has come back, and they are eating in front, and I heard that someone was injured." ”

Old Mrs. Xie was startled, clutched her chest and said, "I thought they didn't do anything, but they all came back?" What about the outcasts? Didn't they arrest anyone? You can't kill them all, right?! ”

Xie Mulin shook his head: "They want to arrest people, and they won't bring people to us." This is also a big tent of the Chinese army, not a prison cell. ”

Probably because she felt that there was no danger, and the sky was bright again, Mrs. Xie was not afraid, so she became curious: "What happened last night?" I didn't hear any movement. ”

Xie Mulin smiled: "You ask me, who do I ask?" You might as well freshen up. I asked someone to boil millet porridge for you on the stove, and you can eat a little while it's hot. ”

At this time, Ma Lu Yao's family came over: "Girl, Xiao Ergongzi asked to see me at the courtyard gate, saying that he was here to thank you." ”

Old Madam Xie immediately instigated Xie Mulin: "You go and ask him for details." I think he seems to be a good talker. ”

Xie Mulin reluctantly got up and went out, and when she got to the door, she was startled when she saw Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui had already changed into a small military attache dress at this time, and he made him more heroic than yesterday. It's just that one of his arms was hung around his neck with a white cloth at this time, and a large area of blood was revealed on the white cloth, which was clearly injured.