Chapter 231: The Little Shop Listens

Bai Yuyao lay on the roof, uncovered a black tile, and listened to the sound of the people in the house.

I didn't see a sound for a long time.

At this time, I heard Master Chen Zhuang say: "It's early and late, why haven't you come back yet?" ”

"Nothing will happen, will it?" The old servant asked.

"Whatever can happen, they are all capable people." Chen Zhuang said, and said to the servant, "I'll wait here, you go to the back mountain to have a look, don't let people find out, you usually have to see the reactions of these dozen people, don't let them fail." This is a batch of heavy treasures, they have to come back to get it, if something goes wrong, how can we explain, even if we kill the people of the whole village, it can't be worth these things. ”

"Yes." The old servant said yes and walked out.

The old farmer sat alone under the lamp and waited. Bai Yuyao quietly got out of the room, ran out of the courtyard, and ran towards the outside of the courtyard.

The moonlight was very bright, there was still no sound at all in the courtyard, and the people in the countryside went to bed early, worked during the day, and slept to death at night, and no one got up to enjoy the night view.

Bai Yuyao ran out of the village, recognized the road, and lowered her head and ran towards the way she came.

soon caught up with Yang Shucheng and the two of them.

"How's it going?" Li Xing asked.

"It's okay, I heard Master Chen tell the housekeeper that he should protect this batch of things, and said that we will come back to get them in the future."

"Okay." Li Xing said, "Let's go and say goodbye to him, and we said that in a year, we will come to pick up this batch of things, so that he doesn't dare to be moved by this thing." He smiled again: "We killed two people, which also made him a little scared, and he didn't dare to move his mind." ”

A group of three people quickly ran towards Chenjiazhuang Courtyard.

It was the middle of the night, and there was no one, not even a dog barking.

The three of them ran to the front of the village, flew up the wall, jumped into the courtyard, and saw that the lights were still on in the main house. He walked towards the main house.

When I came to the main house, the door was still hidden. The three pushed open the door and walked in.

When the owner of Chen Zhuang saw the three of them coming in, he immediately stood up and said, "You can be regarded as coming back." I thought something was going to happen. ”

Li Xing said with a smile: "We robbed Ma Shiying's things, of course, we have to be foolproof, at dawn, we saw the housekeeper of the Ma family walk into the temple, we told him that we robbed the things, he will not suspect that the people nearby robbed them, and these things will be safe." Wait a year and we'll pick it up again. ”

Chen Zhuang said: "The three heroes are thoughtful. Since you have made things so secret, it seems that if something happens to this batch of things, it will also come out of me, I have asked the old housekeeper to keep an eye on these villagers, but there are many people, and I am afraid that the news will leak, and you must come and take it after a year. ”

Li Xingdao: "Master Chen Zhuang is also responsible, and we will take it a year later." Your banker has also seen our methods, and if you have the idea of fighting this thing, you will not be able to escape from our hands. ”

Chen Zhuang said: "It's late at night, have you eaten?" Do you want to rest until dawn before leaving? ”

Li Xing said: "We don't eat either, let's leave now." ”

Seeing that he couldn't keep them, Master Chen Zhuang took them to the stable, led out the horses of the three, and the three of them took the reins and quietly knocked on the back door and left.

The owner of the village was still standing at the back door, and the three of them did not get on the horse, for fear that the sound of hooves would disturb the residents everywhere and suspect that they would come to this village.

The three men led their horses and walked four or five miles west, and then they mounted their horses and came westward.

Seeing that the three of them had gone without a shadow, the owner of Chen Zhuang closed the door and walked back to the house, thinking, these three people are bold and careful, they are indeed people who do great things, and the only thing now is to keep their mouths tight, and they can't let things slip up a little, which is a big crime of extermination.

However, it was said that Yang Shucheng and the three of them walked west along the Yangtze River and walked more than 20 miles away, and then they galloped wildly. This is the road from Anhui to Nanjing, and people and horses are constantly coming and going, but now it is a time of war and chaos, and there is not even a ghost on the way.

After running all night, at dawn, there were already a few households on the side of the mountain, and when I came forward to inquire, this place was very close to Anhui.

Breakfast in a small riverside town. This is a large riverside town, located at the junction of two provinces, there are many people coming and going from the south to the north, and the accents in the snack bar are very mixed.

The three of them ate and didn't go away, they made a cup of tea in the store, and listened to the situation while drinking tea.

Sure enough, the news here is very well-informed, and soon someone said about the situation in the world.

I only heard him say: "Now the Qing troops have crossed the Huai River defense line, and the soldiers are coming south in two ways. All the way from Jiangsu, along the canal, almost to Yangzhou, all the way from Anhui, about to hit the Yangtze River. ”

Another pedantic-looking old man shook his head and said: "Both roads have hit the Yangtze River, along the Yangtze River to join forces, encircle Nanjing, the world is in danger." ”

"Isn't it?" One person continued, "Now on the Huai River line, all three have surrendered to the Qing soldiers, but they are coming south with the Qing soldiers, and now only Huang Degong is still guarding the Yangtze River." ”

"What do they say?" Another person continued, "These arrogant generals can't even be transferred by the imperial court. How did these four get started? Seeing the thieves and the Qing soldiers, they would only flee from the wind, and when they saw us people, the men were killed, and the things were robbed from the women. ”

"Alas......" the other sighed, "it is really prosperous, the people are suffering, and the people are still suffering." ”

The other immediately stood up and said: "What you said is not right, you can't be killed with a stick, I think General Huang is dedicated to the country, he is now preparing for defense, strengthening the city wall, it seems that he is going to fight to the death with the Qing soldiers." ”

"That's a good point." Another person also immediately responded, "Now the people from Anhui can't come, and we people from Jiangsu can't go to Anhui." It's to prevent spies. It looks like a big war is coming. ”

At this time, the shopkeeper finished his work, and also came over, and said: "You are right, a few days ago, a few Anhui people came, saying that General Huang beheaded a few spies and hung the corpses on the city, which is said to be a spy sent by the Qing soldiers to lure them down." ”

"I hope he can stay for a while and let us people live a few more days."

Yang Shucheng and the three of them drank tea, and the situation was also explored a lot.

The three of them stood up, and the horse rested for a while, and at this time, too, raised its head and prepared to gallop.

The three of them got on their horses and headed west.

Along the way, Yang Shucheng said: "General Li, are we helping General Huang to resist the Qing Dynasty in order to reduce the pressure on Emperor Dashun in Hubei?" ”

Li Xing thought for a while and said, "We still go back to Hubei, we have been out for a few months, and now we have achieved nothing, I don't know what the situation in Hubei is?" If Emperor Dashun has established himself in Hubei, we will turn around and go to Anhui. What do you two think? ”

Yang Shucheng said: "General Li is right, General Huang is relatively safe here at present, and the situation in Hubei is unknown." ”

Li Xing instructed: "Then let's hurry back to Hubei, we can't go along the river, I'm afraid we will be stopped by Huang Degong, and it will take a lot of twists and turns, so let's go north." Walking in the direction where the Qing soldiers came, he passed through the gap between the two of them. ”

The three of them made up their minds, pulled their horses' heads, and headed north.

It has been two days on the road, and then I turned the horse's head and came westward into Anhui.

As soon as they arrived in Anhui and inquired about the situation, the Qing soldiers were in the north, and the three of them did not dare to delay, so they rode horses and rushed westward.

The three of them walked forward, this is a low mountain, there are still many trees on the mountain, and the road on the side of the mountain is quite smooth.

The three of them walked along the road towards the west. At this moment, a large panicked shouting was heard in the distance.