"Something seems amiss here." Zhuang Er looked at Chen Yan, "Are you sure the bandits are hiding here?"

Chen Yan asked him, "Xu Liang came here to escape famine. How did he get to know the boss and be given such an important position?"

I haven't thought about this.

Chen Yan asked Su Yi about it, and Su Yi said that the people in the mountain didn't know either, they only knew that Xu Liang had always followed the boss.

How old is Xu Liangcai? Why did he follow the boss?

So Chen Yan suspected that Xu Liang had met the boss on his way to escape the famine, or even earlier...

He went to check on Xu Liang again.

really…

The year Xu Liang fled from famine, he met the boss, who helped him and even recognized him as his younger brother...

This explanation seems to make sense, but not quite.

How did they meet? If the boss valued Xu Liang so much, why did Xu Liang return to the Xu family to suffer?

"So what did you find out?" The second young master Zhuang became more and more confused as he listened.

Chen Yan simply told him, "The boss was stabbed in the back by Commander Li and was seriously injured. He happened to escape to Xu Liang's village, and it was Xu Liang who saved the boss."

Mr. Zhuang Er was very surprised.

"How do you know?"

Chen Yan didn't know, this was just his guess.

And guessed right...

"You mean, they're hiding in Xu Liang's village?"

Chen Yan nodded. "They have nowhere to go. There are traps everywhere. Xu Liang's village has been deserted since the famine. There are houses there, and perhaps even well water. It's perfect for them to hide and survive without being discovered."

Mr. Zhuang Er nodded.

really…

Why didn't he think of it?

Obviously, you can figure it out if you look more carefully.

He couldn't help but glance at Chen Yan, and suddenly wondered if all this was part of Chen Yan's plan?

How can he be so strategic...

If it really is him...

"Second Master Zhuang?" Chen Yan called out.

The second young master Zhuang looked up.

Chen Yan said, "Let's go."

"…good."

The village where Xu Liang's family lives is called Dongjia Village. Most people in this village have the surname Dong. They saw signs of human life, but the people from Zhuang Er did not dare to move forward rashly for fear of alerting the enemy.

"Who are you?"

They met another group of people outside the village, who were from the Northwest Army.

"Zhuang family?" asked the other side.

Zhuang Er came over and asked, "Are you Commander Li's men?"

The other party admitted it.

Zhuang Er narrowed his eyes.

Before they notified the Li family, someone from the Li family came, which meant that the Li family knew where the bandits were hiding before.

Why did the Li family know where the bandits were hiding?

"The bandits informed them." Chen Yan stood on the mountain and looked at the small village in the distance: "The boss wants to settle the matter with the Li family."

Zhuang Er glanced at him and said, "What about you?"

"I just want to find out something." Chen Yan said this and stopped talking.

In the village, the boss stared into the distance for a while, then turned around and went back to the house.

In the room, Zhuang Yan and Li Mu were tied up.

Zhuang Yan was fine, he was very obedient, but Li Mu was not so good. He struggled to run, but the rope became tighter and tighter the more he struggled, and the more uncomfortable he felt. At this time, his face was full of fatigue, and he had completely lost his energy. Coupled with the cold, he had no strength left in his body.

The boss came in from outside, moved a chair and sat in front of them, looking at him with a smile.

"You look so much like your father." The boss sighed.

"Do you know my father?" Li Mu said in a hoarse voice.

"I know him. We were good friends before." The boss said, "But..."

He pointed to his abdomen and said, "He stabbed me, and we are no longer together."

Li Mu was surprised when these words came out. Zhuang Yan shrank his neck and begged in his heart that his father must not have a grudge against the bandit leader...

The big boss drew his knife: "I'll stab you too..."

He paused and said, "If your father comes, you can live. If your father comes too late or doesn't come at all, you will die."

After the boss finished speaking, he cut a knife on Li Mu's wrist and had him and Zhuang Yan left in the yard.

The two people were chilled to the bone by the cold wind.

Especially Li Mu, with a wrist injury and the cold weather, he felt like he was put in an ice cellar. His lips turned blue, his face turned pale, and his teeth couldn't stop trembling...