Chapter 96: Hungry and Hungry as a Thief
The cave was indeed spacious, with a width of more than ten meters and a height of about thirty or forty meters. Although it is a little bigger, it can always avoid the mountain wind.
Alayanzong beckoned everyone to look for some dry firewood around, and went into the cave to build a bonfire, so that they could see the situation in the cave.
This is a stalactite cave, the stalactites like an inverted ice pick hanging on the top of the cave, one tip downward, different lengths, by the bonfire a reflection, the shadow is full, but a little gloomy.
Everyone walked in tremblingly, and when they saw that the cave was only thirty or forty meters away, they settled down, no longer worried about any monsters inside.
Someone brought firewood and grass and lit a few more bonfires, and the cave was not only brighter, but also warmer. The stalactites no longer look eerie, but rather beautiful.
At the edge of the mouth of the cave, there was indeed a spring bubbling with water, and someone came up to wash his face and drank the water before entering the cave.
Some people have already laid hay in the ground, sat or lyed, and rested.
At this time, the middle-aged man came to Alayanzong, rubbed his hands, the muscles on his face moved, and then said with a smile: "Shaoxia just said that we can have a full meal tonight......
As he spoke, he glanced at the packages on the three members of the Alayan Sect, and continued: "Even if the three of them are carrying all food, it is not enough for nearly a hundred or so people to eat!"
When Alayanzong heard him say this, he wanted to relieve himself of his burden. Ula on the side hurriedly pressed his hand, made a look, and shook his head.
Allah's second child also said "ah" next to him, and when he saw that Alayanzong no longer unburdened him, he didn't speak again, but just looked at him in a daze to see how he explained.
Alayanzong looked at the two of them and understood what they meant, the little pheasant meat and hare meat on their bodies, and the little fried rice, were not enough for these hundred or so people to stuff their teeth.
If you contribute at this time, not only will you not be able to relieve the hunger of the people, but they will also have nothing to eat in the future.
After pondering for a moment, Alayanzong said to the middle-aged man: "The convoy you see is the convoy of Med's Manor transporting grain and grass, and there are medicinal herbs on it. I want to lead people there to bring food and some herbs to heal everyone. ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately became excited, and there were already twenty or dozens of stronger *** who got up and expressed their willingness to follow him.
Alayanzong stretched out his hand and pressed down, "Don't be impatient, if you want to go to the village to carry food, you must do it secretly, and you can't get in with great fanfare." ”
Only then did everyone quiet down, and the Alayan Sect told everyone what he thought, and everyone agreed.
So most of them began to sit down around the fire to rest, and some squinted and fell asleep against the rock. A few of them went out of the cave to find some dry firewood, and added to the bonfire a little more vigorously.
The three of them also found a place to sit and discussed quietly, supplementing the plan that the Alayan Sect had thought of just now.
In the second half of the night, there was already a faint moonlight outside, and walking in this mountain would not be too deep and shallow to see the stones under your feet.
Alayanzong asked Ula Peach to look at the package of the three people and guard the cave with everyone. He led Allah and a dozen or so well-bodied homeless people out of the cave quietly.
By the faint light of the moon, he walked down the hill and out of the valley, not taking the main road, but carefully walking against the rocks by the roadside. No one spoke along the way, for fear of alarming the officers and soldiers guarding the checkpoint.
When they approached the checkpoint, Alayanzong waved his hand, and everyone crouched down on the side of the road.
There were no soldiers on duty at the junction, and a faint light came out of a nearby tent.
Alayanzong stepped forward, and with a slight stroke, he crossed the barricade and quietly opened the curtain of the tent. I saw that five or six soldiers, though fully armed, had fallen asleep on their beds, and the halberd was poked at the door.
Alayanzong entered the tent and quickly tapped on each of them to make them sleep more deeply.
Out of the tent, the Alayanzong did not greet everyone, but hurried towards the village.
Families are closed and asleep.
There is a large compound in the village that is lit up, and it is the only one in the whole village that has light. Looking at the tall courtyard gate, Alayanzong guessed that the carriage of the horse convoy was most likely in that courtyard.
Alayanzong performed the skill of gecko swimming on the wall, climbed the high wall, and looked into the courtyard.
This courtyard is so big, there are more than ten acres, this is a large family. More than a dozen lanterns hung under the eaves illuminated the courtyard very brightly.
But there was some shadow at the base of the south wall, away from the lantern, for dozens of wagons were parked there, which had been unloaded and tied to the stables on the west side.
The lights in the main house are all dark, and they must have already slept.
There was a room on the east side of the room, but it was brightly lit, but no human voices could be heard.
Alayanzong climbed over the wall and came in, first touched the sack on the carriage and confirmed that it was filled with rice. I touched a few other vehicles, and finally found that a few of them were medicinal herbs.
Alayanzong went to the base of the wall of the east wing, listened carefully, and there was only snoring in the room, so he quietly pushed the door open. Some of the dozen or so villagers were lying on the bunks, some were lying on the table, and they were all asleep.
To be on the safe side, Alayanzong gave each of them another tap to make them sleep more soundly.
When he went out, he closed the door, came to the gate of the courtyard, pulled the deadbolt, walked out, and then closed the door, and he quickly returned to the entrance of the village.
Alayanzong moved the barricade through a gap, and with a wave of his hand, Allah Xiaoer took a dozen people, hunched his waist, and quickly rushed over, rushing in and over the barricade.
After turning around, a group of people came to the compound.
Pushing the door in, first in front of the grain cart, Alayanzong untied the ropes, and carried a bag for each of them, so that Allah Xiaoer and the others left quickly, leaving only two people.
Alayanzong looked at several rooms in the west wing, lit a fire sickle and observed, and found two broken iron pots and two large clay pots in a general store, so he let the two carry them and leave the compound.
Alayanzong did not leave immediately, he found a large cloth bag and a few small cloth bags, and came to the carriage carrying the herbs again.
With just a sniff of it, he knew what kind of herbs were in the sack. Finding the herb he wanted, Alayanzong took out the small flying knife and picked open a corner of the sack's mouth.
The herbs had been chopped and flowed down the mouth of the sack into the small cloth bag. Alayanzong tied the small cloth bag and put it into the large cloth bag.
In this way, go and look for another herb. Because there are not many herbs out of each sack, at first glance, it does not look like it has been moved.
Alayanzong took the cloth bag, came to the gate of the courtyard, put the cloth bag outside the door, and then bolted the gate inside, he jumped out of the courtyard wall, took the cloth bag, and hurried out of the village.
Allah had already led the people out of the village and back to the cave, and Alayanzong had restored the barricades at the checkpoint, so he also carried the herb bag back to the cave.