Chapter Twenty-Three: The Thief Enters the City
Looking at the storyteller's words, Gu Tianxing's heart was at ease.
She pondered, it is to make a half-fold, the skills of these two plus the twenty guards they brought, and then barely count the dozen or so catchers of the county government, it is not a problem to deal with some homeless people!
After paying for the tea, she happily went back to her yard to help her father and mother pack their luggage together.
During the night, a family of three was woken up by a rush of gongs and shouts.
The caller claimed that a gang of thieves was outside the city, and that every household should not go out into the street at will.
If you find a suspicious person, report it immediately! He comforted everyone again, saying that there was Third Young Master Zhao here, just a thief, so you don't have to worry.
Gu Tianxing was a little uneasy, so he let go of his divine sense and observed near the city gate.
On the gatehouse, several people held torches, and their clothes should be headhunters and guards. A handsome young man frowned at the moment and shouted to the city:
"I heard that General Murong is a general under King Yan, and now he is not guarding in the north, why do you have to enter this remote Baima County?"
There were about hundreds of cavalry outside the county gate, and the man at the head was dressed in Xuanjia and held a Daguan sword, which was cold in the moonlight.
He laughed and said:
"There is nothing to hide, since I am here for Zhao Sanye and Fifth Miss!
I also hope that the two of them will go to Yandi with a certain person, and the king will entertain him. ”
The young man's eyes were cold:
"My sister and I went back to our hometown to worship our ancestors, and we have already made your majesty known! Now King Yan has invited us to go, but we have to ignore the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, father and son?! ”
Gu Tianxing was frightened, what do you mean? King Yan, what are you going to do? Could it be the other way around?
Although he received an early warning from the heavens and knew that there was a military disaster in the north, his ability was limited, so he could not calculate it in more detail.
I never thought that there would be such a disaster in this small White Horse Town.
Without waiting for her to think about it, the general under the city gate laughed and said:
"The king of my family just invited two of them to be guests, and he talked about the father and son.
It's useless to talk more, the two of you have to go today, and you have to go if you don't go! ”
The young man's eyebrows twisted:
"If we go with you, I wonder if the people of this town will be safe?"
The general softened when he heard the young man's words, and he became much kinder:
"I will only take some grain and grass here, and I will not hurt their lives."
The young man nodded when he heard this, shook his sister's hand beside him, and just wanted to open his mouth to say something, when suddenly "Huh!" Shout! Two dark arrows came into the air and sank into the skull.
Without waiting for everyone's reaction, the brother and sister have died of anger!
At the same moment, thousands of people sprang out in the distance, surrounding the original general's men and horses.
In the darkness, a white-robed young general appeared in front of everyone.
The young general's hair was slightly slanted, the corners of his mouth were lightly pulled, and he said to the general who was holding a knife:
"King Yan, intending to rebel, shot General Zhao's third son and fifth lady.
Oh, by the way, not only forcibly expropriated grain and grass, but also killed innocents indiscriminately in White Horse Town.
The soldiers obeyed the order, slaughtered them, and let us enter the city again to collect food!" ”
Such a blatant blame, the general was exhausted:
"King Huan's subordinates are all shameless people!"
Before he had time to say more, he was trapped by the battle situation, and had to hit the city gate to escape into the city.
Gu Tianxing saw that this posture was still available, and he didn't care about feeling sorry for the young brother and sister, and quickly withdrew his divine sense.
Wake up my father and mother again, and tell them that the city gate is about to be unguarded, and they need to hurry back to the village.
Gu Anze knew his daughter's ability, quickly got up and dressed, put the things he had packed up a long time ago on the mule cart, jumped on the handlebar, and hurried to the direction of the south gate of the town back to the village.
At this time, the city gate had been smashed open, and the people of King Yan and King Huan were still fighting at the north gate.
When the people who were close heard the movement, they had already begun to flee in the direction of the south gate.
Gu Anze stopped the mule cart and shouted while beating the copper drum, the thieves have entered the city! The thieves are in town! Run, run!
took advantage of the chaos with everyone to escape from the south gate and rush to Daao Village.
Gu Wang's uneasy said:
"I wonder why these thieves are so bold? Then Zhao Sangongzi can't be defeated? ”
Gu Anze glanced at his daughter at the moment, and the meaning of the inquiry was obvious.
Now that the situation is urgent, Gu Tianxing does not shy away from her mother, and said bluntly:
"King Huan's people killed Zhao Sangongzi and Fifth Miss, and blamed King Yan.
said that he still wanted to collect grain in our White Horse Town, but I was afraid that the grain requisition was fake, and it was true to rob grain and kill people! ”
"Then it seems that we have to go home quickly and tell everyone to go into the mountains to hide, these bad bandits!" Gu Anze was shocked and angry.
Gu Wang's face was puzzled:
"How do you know that? We're all asleep in the house, far from the city gates, could we have misheard? ”
Gu Tianxing didn't know how to explain, so she had to look at her father for help.
Gu Er pondered for a moment and said strongly:
"You don't have to worry about this, just know that listening to Tuan Tuan can't be wrong!"
Gu Wang's training was unknown, and he thought about it:
My daughter is a lucky star, and she learned from a powerful master, she must know a lot, and it doesn't hurt to listen to her more.
The mule cart ran for about two hours, that is, four hours, and it was already dark before they entered Daao Village.
Gu Anze asked Wang to take the mule cart home and instructed him to add some fine forage.
After handing over the reins, he went to Da Bo Zheng's house without stopping, woke up Li Zheng in a hurry, and found a gong to strike violently.
Guli was choked with anger, he was old, it was rare to sleep soundly, and he was called so rudely before dawn.
Q: What happened to the second nephew? He also kept silent, and just said that he would wait for everyone to come.
The villagers were impatient when they heard the sound of the gong, and they came over in twos and threes, wearing clothes and scolding.
Gu Anze was in a hurry in the end, and shouted:
"I'll just say it once, you can ask the slow ones yourself.
Something is wrong, I love to listen or not, I desperately come back to report to everyone, my own things haven't been packed yet! ”
As soon as these words came out, no one complained anymore, and everyone hurriedly surrounded them in three steps and two steps, and just stood at the door of Lizheng's house.
Originally, Li Zheng wanted to arrange for the villagers to go to the ancestral hall and said, but Gu Er also stopped him.
He poured the water bag violently and said urgently:
"There's no time, I just escaped from the town, and King Huan and King Yan's people fought in the town!
I was hiding close and heard King Huan's men say that they were going into the town to collect grain.
Although I said so, I see that they kill people when they see them, and the other party doesn't care if they are ordinary people or not!
I'm afraid it won't be long before we arrive in our village, so let's pack up and hide. ”
After speaking, he was about to go home, but was stopped by Gu Minfeng and asked how many people there were.
Gu Anze said that it was too dark to see clearly, and there were hundreds of people.
The big guy panicked when he heard so many people, but where is the right place to hide? Except for the inside of Daao Mountain, how can many people be hidden in other places.
There are also villagers who think:
In the final analysis, it is a levy for food, and if it is really not possible, give them some, and those people in the town are likely to be killed without paying food.
Hey, what do you say you are fighting against the government, as long as you don't recruit soldiers, thank God.
Besides, the prince's soldiers and horses will not do anything wrong.
No matter what everyone thought, they all went home to hide food and pack their things.
In the mansion of the ancient family, the old father estimated:
Sixty miles from the village to the town, those so-called conscripts will probably set off from the town as soon as dawn.
They will definitely take the main road to the villages, that is, they will only have an hour and a half at most.
The family's ox cart and carriage were already full of grain, and there was still a lot left in the cellar, and the old father secretly asked his little granddaughter to collect more than half, and the two jars of food under the bed were not moved because they were not easy to find.
Gu Tai asked Gu Anze and Wang to rest first, and arranged for Xiao Wu and Zhang to heat up two pots and steam all the wheat flour at home.
The old man arranged for the Gu brothers to pack up a few farm tools, and asked them to fill the water bladders they had prepared before.
After the Zhonggong finished packing up his things, each room began to pick up the things in his house again.
Xiao Wu hesitated for a long time and went to find Gu Tai, she really didn't worry about her mother's family.
I hope that the old lady can persuade her father-in-law with her, and let the father-in-law go to Wu's house to report the news, and inform her father and mother that they will flee together.
Gu Tai naturally understood his daughter-in-law's feelings, after all, it was also her maiden family, and after thinking about it for a while, he mentioned it to his late father.
Unexpectedly, the old man refused, and asked her:
Which son do you give up to report the news? The sons all went to their father-in-law's house, and nine times out of ten, they didn't have time to come back.
Who will those belongings, rations, and little grandchildren rely on to enter the mountains? Just rely on our two old and second?
Gu Tai had no choice but to secretly wipe his tears with Xiao Wu for a while.
Gu Wang secretly rejoiced: Fortunately, his mother's family was in this village, and he received the news early.
After another half an hour, the rooms were basically finished packing.
The old father arranged for his sons to drive the ox cart and mule cart to the door of Lizheng's house, waiting to see if any other villagers were willing to go into the interior of Shuangao Mountain to hide.