Chapter 9: It Shouldn't Appear
Li Yiru was a little hurried to cover the hole that had just been cut by himself, and the sound of the rice continuing to fall slowly eased.
He struggled to adjust the direction of the sack, adjusting the direction of the gap to directly above, and then gently wiped the sweat from his head.
"Awesome!" Bai Ling said sincerely.
No wonder this reckless young man was able to come all the way from Shuzhou to Huizhou safely...... His self-defense skills are sometimes a little confusing.
"I'll take good care of the rest...... the boy said with some pain, "I used to exchange this leaf for a few meals when I couldn't meet the ticket number......
Before the young man's words fell, Mu Cheng had already stood up from where he was sitting, he walked up to Li Yiru, stretched out his hand and said, "Show me." β
Li Yiru also raised his hand and handed it over, "Pinch the side where the petiole bends, and don't cut the hand on that side." β
Mu Cheng took the gold leaf and didn't play with it in his hand, but immediately turned around, casually cut the front of another sack, and then reached in and probe.
Repeatedly, he cut four or five bags in a row.
"What's wrong?" Bai Ling and Li Yiru both looked over with some curiosity.
ββ¦β¦ It's full of food. Mu Cheng said in a low voice.
For a moment, Bai Ling felt as if his Heavenly Spirit Cover had been knocked on by someone, and let out a "buzz-" sound.
Mu Cheng's eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he said softly, "There are more than a dozen tent warehouses here, won't they all be full of grain?" β
Li Yiru stood up suddenly, "...... These dog officers dare to touch military rations? β
Mu Cheng didn't answer, but said in a low voice, "In such an open field, all you need to put is grain, at least 100,000 stones." β
"It's impossible," Bai Ling frowned, "I don't dare to move anyone's food, there are so many soldiers on the front line who want to eat...... If there is food, there is no food. Don't say that Huizhou is very close to Pingjing, and Jiangzhou is not far from Pingjing, if 100,000 stone of grain is detained here in Huizhou, will Jiangzhou Mansion be silent? β
For a time, no one spoke.
Everyone retreated back to where they had been sitting.
There was a creaking sound from the wooden plank under his feet, and Bai Ling realized that maybe the wooden frame under his feet was used to keep out moisture...... lest the rain like tonight soak the grain.
The last time she came to the dart game, she didn't go so deep, but she saw some tents here in a hurry, and she didn't pay attention to it at the time, but she heard the people in the dart bureau introduce that this is the temporary warehouse of the Yongping dart board.
ββ¦β¦ Speaking of which," Bai Ling suddenly remembered something, "the next dart of this dart game seems to be going to Jiangzhou." β
As soon as Bai Ling said this, Mu Cheng also remembered.
At that time, outside the door of the inn, before he entered the lobby, the dart master of the dart board tried to persuade him to come to the dart game to do things, and at that time he also specifically emphasized that "the direction of the co-workers" was the same, and it was "going to Jiangzhou".
Bai Ling said with some uncertainty, "Could it be ......?"
"Impossible." Mu Cheng replied categorically.
"But Brother Mu, I haven't finished yet."
"You want to say that the grain was exchanged for the Yongping Dart Bureau?" Mu Cheng's rhetorical question didn't agree with this speculation in the slightest, but Bai Ling noddedβwhat she had guessed indeed.
"It is impossible for the Huizhou government to give such an authorization." Mu Cheng replied.
ββ¦β¦ But even if it's really the Yongping Dart Bureau in operation," Li Yiru frowned, "Then what is the government going to do recruiting assistants?" β
All three fell silent.
A few people suddenly remembered the sentence Li Yiru heard last night, "Why is it only thirty-four", that fat official is obviously very short of manpower - and in the second half of the night, he directly used smoke to put everyone down, which is amazingly efficient.
If they hadn't run from the room to the kitchen tonight for their own reasons, I'm afraid they would have been one of the fainting ones.
What are you going to do when you stun people?
The people who can come to enlist in the co-recruitment are all men, not to mention whether they have kung fu or not, they must have a little strength in their hands.
Such people, even if they are temporarily enchanted by smoke, when they wake up, it will be more difficult to control than women and children......
A few people couldn't think of what these men could do.
"It's really a hit." Mu Cheng said in a low voice.
"I don't want to, I don't want to," Bai Ling shook his head, "and it's dawn when I think about it." β
Several people returned to their places again, and Li Yiru and Bai Ling both forced themselves to close their eyes.
This time, Li Yiru and Bai Ling slept directly until dawn.
Mu Cheng was so anxious that he couldn't sleep a little, so he simply took advantage of this worry to stay at the end in one breath, until the sound of the shift change outside woke up Li Yiru, and they changed shifts for a while.
"What's up with your ears?" Mu Cheng asked.
"Born that way." Li Yiru replied with a wry smile.
Seeing that the sky was about to dawn, the two shouted to wake up Bai Ling.
The light fell through a few cracks in the tent, and the three of them took advantage of the morning exercise and breakfast of the dart game, and slipped away to an empty house in the front yard according to the magical position of last night.
It looked like a bedroom, with all the furnishings it should have, but there was a thin layer of ash everywhere, and it looked like no one had lived here in a long time - and the door was open when they entered.
Mu Chengcheng noticed this place when he sneaked in last night, but the front yard was very well guarded at night, and he didn't dare to venture in at that time.
After a few people entered the house, they didn't dare to make a mistake, so they hid directly behind a large table covered with a tablecloth, and everyone sat on the ground.
Although the doors and windows were closed, the daylight still illuminated the whole room through the white window paper.
Li Yiru yawned several times in a row, and Bai Ling and Mu Cheng only realized at this time that the young man's face was really a little pale, and it was not very obvious under the candlelight yesterday, but at this time, it was dawn, and the two of them found that his eyes were dark blue - the dark circles under his eyes were quite serious.
"Didn't you sleep yesterday?" Bai Ling asked in surprise, "Are you alright?" You look ......"
"Sleep, sleep." Li Yiru waved his hand, with an expression of "I'm used to it", and he explained softly, "Mainly since I left home...... I haven't had a good night's sleep, it's so noisy outside. β
Bai Ling and Mu Cheng quickly understood.
For this young man who could easily hear the tightness of the bowstring a dozen paces away, the world outside might indeed be too noisy.
Bai Ling gently patted the young man's shoulder, "Thank you for your hard work." β
"It's fine." The boy cheered up, "What are we going to do next?" β
"If only I could find the room where the scar man lives." Bai Ling looked down from the hidden window and said softly, "Can Brother Mu do it?" β
"I can't." Mu Cheng replied, "Maybe it can be done at night, but during the day, no one can do this kind of thing." β