The host of the quick travel is lacking in virtue for eight generations

Chapter 370 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 21

As a result, I was awakened by a rustling sound in the middle of the night.

Xiao Yun suddenly opened his eyes, sat up quietly, stretched his legs under the kang to look for his shoes, and when he stepped on something soft, he was startled by a big hand holding his leg!

Fortunately, she was not the type who would scream when something happened. She just took a breath and then thought of Gu Lanzhang who insisted on sitting downstairs to keep watch.

"Lan Zhang?"

She almost called out in a whisper.

I didn't hear a reply, but the hand on my calf tightened.

Okay, it’s just my cheap man. I guess I stepped in the wrong place just now.

After the other person let go of her hand, she found her shoes with her feet and gently slipped off the kang.

Their family slept in the same room yesterday. The kang in this house was very large, in an L-shape. She and her two daughters slept on the short side, and the other side was left for the father and his four sons. As a result, the three sons slept on that side.

At this time, Gu Lanzhang also stood up and whispered in her ear: "You quietly wake up Mingyue and Mingxing, I will go wake up Huairen and the others to go out and take a look..."

Xiao Yun grabbed the man who was about to go to the other side of the kang and said, "Just wake up the sons. Don't go out yet. People outside may not know that there are people in the house. Going out will expose you."

Gu Lanzhang thought about it for a moment, then nodded in agreement. He walked to the left side of the kang and gently rubbed the arm that had just been grabbed. His wife's grip was getting stronger and stronger.

Xiao Yun, who had already adapted to the darkness, of course saw his little move. He curled his lips and climbed back onto the kang. He covered Gu Mingxing's mouth with one hand, and while pushing her awake, he whispered in her ear, "Don't make a sound. Someone is coming outside."

Seeing that she woke up, he did not immediately let go of her hand on her mouth, but used his other hand to push Gu Mingyue awake.

After pushing twice, Gu Mingyue woke up. She didn't say anything, but looked at her mother in confusion.

Xiao Yun repeated what he had just said, and Gu Mingyue immediately sat up.

Gu Mingxing was different. This guy was the type she described, the kind who would get startled and shout first when something happened. If she hadn't covered his mouth just now, his mouth would have been open, ready to ask what was going on.

Seeing her sister get up and quietly get off the kang, she finally digested what her mother said and looked nervously towards the window that let in a faint light.

Although it was already the end of the month, the moon outside was still quite bright, but the window was not covered with paper. Instead, they used straw curtains to cover it, so light could only come in through the gaps, and one could not see clearly what was happening outside.

At this time, Gu Lanzhang also came over quietly with his three sons. Fortunately, there was nothing on the ground, so there was no need to worry about stepping on anything and making noise.

Gu Lanzhang asked Xiao Yun, his two daughters and his youngest son to stay in the inner room, and he took his eldest son and second son to the door, each holding a kitchen knife.

Xiao Yun did not raise any objection, but walked to the window and listened to the noise outside.

She also had a kitchen knife in her hand, so she could take the initiative if someone came in through the window.

At this time, if someone can sneak into such an empty village, there is no need to worry about whether he is a good person or a bad person.

If you don't know there are people inside, just come in openly. If you know, then they are definitely coming for them, so just take action and don't worry about anything else.

Of course, we also have to be on guard against people setting fire to the house. After all, the thatched house is easily ignited in dry weather.

The problem is that if there is no deep hatred, she thinks this situation is unlikely to happen.

Sure enough, the other party did not set a fire, but walked into the yard quietly and stepped directly on the branches and wood on the ground. Someone slipped, and must have been supported by someone and did not fall, because the sound could still be heard.

When they were working on the wheelbarrow in the afternoon, they did not clean up the scraps they had chipped off, and they deliberately spread some dry twigs in the yard so that they would be able to hear the noise if someone came in.

After all, even if there was someone on night duty, it was impossible for them to stare outside without blinking. Gu Lanzhang just sat down and leaned against the kang to be more alert.

The other party might be listening to the sound inside, so they stopped moving. After a while, seeing that there was no response from inside, a deliberately low voice was heard outside.

"Sixth Brother, there must be someone in the room, are you seeing things?"

Then another voice said, "Third brother, you still don't trust my eyesight. I saw several people coming in with my own eyes, about half men and half women, and there was also a sheep.

I observed them from a distance for a while. They entered the yard and did not leave. They must have planned to stay here overnight, so I hurried back to the village to find you."

Then a slightly deep voice said, "Whether there is one or not, you will know when you go in. You will follow my instructions and try to survive."

Then the first person who spoke said, "Second brother, well..."

The tone sounded as if he was hesitant to speak.

The deep voice said impatiently: "Old Third, if you have something to say, just say it. Stop hesitating and talking like a woman."

Then the third brother said, "It's so dark, how can we read your expression?"

"Pfft..." As soon as the sound came out, Xiao Yun immediately and accurately covered the mouth of Gu Huaili beside him, so that he didn't laugh out loud. It was such a late hour and he could still laugh. This little son really needs to be taught a lesson.

At the same time, Gu Mingyue and Gu Mingxing pinched him gently, but they didn't dare to use too much force for fear that he would scream out.

Gu Huaili also knew that he had made a mistake, so he stood up and covered his mouth with his hand.

Xiao Yun let go of his hand and glared at him at the same time. Of course, it was darker in the room and he couldn't see anything.

This conversation made them understand that the people who came were bandits from nearby, but they didn't know whether they came for money or for people.

Just as I was thinking this, the sound outside rang out again.

"Stop talking nonsense. We brothers will rush in later. Try not to kill anyone. We will capture the women and sheep and bring them back to the mountain. We will sell the men directly to the county's conscription officer. It will be a small profit."

Because everyone in the vicinity had fled, either becoming bandits or escaping far away, it became more difficult to recruit soldiers, and they were unable to reach the number of people they needed.

Before, others used silver to pay for conscription, but now they have to pay silver to buy... no, they are recruiting able-bodied men.

Five taels of silver each is not a small amount. If Lao Liu is right, four able-bodied men can get twenty taels of silver, which is not a small amount.

After hearing this, Xiao Yun and his companions realized that this was targeting people. Also, ordinary people fleeing famine at this time would not have much silver on them. After all, people like them who dared to rob the soldiers of their silver were a minority among the minority.