Chapter 222 Ning Bao's small team played a big role

As soon as Mu Chunping and the others left the temple, the village chief and Gu Xiang immediately went on high alert.

The village chief immediately ordered everyone else to be gathered at Mu Chunping's house. The men stayed in one room, and the women and children stayed in another. This way, it was safer, saved on firewood, and was easier to manage.

The village chief assigned the members of the field team to the gatehouse of the temple. Originally, the village chief planned to just let them stay in the house to keep Gu Yunrou company.

But to his surprise, these kids were not easily fooled. Ningbao directly offered to guard the gatehouse and left no room for argument.

Seeing Ning Bao's insistence, the village chief had no choice but to let her go.

Mu Chunping and his group stopped the group of refugees halfway. They did not notice that a small group of refugees had taken a shortcut and made their way to the vicinity of the temple.

Ning Bao and her group were yawning listlessly in the dilapidated gatehouse of the temple when Lingling suddenly crawled in through a hole in the broken wall.

"Master, someone has arrived."

Ning Bao immediately stood up excitedly.

"Lingling, do you mean bad guys are coming? Where are they? How many are there?"

Lingling glanced outside the temple.

“Right behind the temple wall, they planned to find a hole to sneak into the temple, then capture us all to use as hostages to blackmail the others.”

Upon hearing that the bad guys were outside, Ning Bao immediately perked up. She took out several invisibility talismans and handed them to Mu Chengle, Mu Chengye, Shen Sijian, Lin Jiayu, Lin Dongyang, Lin Zhiwei, and others.

Everyone else knew how to use and what the invisibility talisman did, except for Shen Muyang, the newcomer.

Ning Bao patiently explained it to him, then put invisibility talismans on Lingling and herself, sat on Lingling's back, and instantly disappeared.

The group of refugees outside the temple had just found a hole in the wall and were excitedly trying to squeeze inside, but the first person was kicked out by a small foot as soon as he poked his head out.

The man from the grassy area who had been kicked out was a little dazed. He rubbed his eyes and looked around...

They didn't see anyone else at all. Not only were the men who had crawled through the wall behind the one in the grass hut kicked out, but one of them was kicked so hard he fell face-first to the ground.

"Who? Who kicked me? Show yourself right now!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Ning Bao, who was still invisible, swung her little fists and gave him a good beating on the head. When the man on the ground looked up, his face was covered in bumps, and the vagrants standing around him were so frightened that they backed away.

"A ghost! There's a ghost!"

Upon hearing the word "ghost," most of the refugees stopped in their tracks and prepared to retreat, but they had only taken one step back when the man in the grass hut called out to them.

"Fellow villagers, this is a matter of life and death. We're about to lose our lives, so why should we be afraid of ghosts?"

Everyone, perk up and charge in! Once you're inside, there'll be food, drink, a heated kang bed to sleep in, and women to cuddle with."

"Yes, charge in!"

"I've been wandering outside for months without a house to stay in or a hot meal. If we rush in, everything inside will be ours."

"Let's go for it! I've always been lucky. The drought didn't kill me, the snow didn't bury me, the government's soldiers didn't catch me, and last night's cold wave didn't freeze me to death. I don't believe this ghost can eat me."

Besides, this is a matter for the living. If this ghost knows what's good for him, he'll behave himself and become a ghost. Otherwise, I don't mind splashing him with black dog blood.

"Come on, everyone, let's charge!"

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The shouts of about a hundred people instantly alerted everyone inside the temple. The elderly and children in the houses panicked upon hearing the commotion. Seeing the confusion, the village chief's wife immediately tried to calm them down.

"Don't panic, everyone. Let's stay put and not cause any trouble. Don't forget that our men, sons, fathers, and uncles are all working hard outside."

If we run around outside at this time and get caught by the refugees, we won't be able to help; we'll only cause trouble.

At this moment, Zhao Juhua also stood up.

"Why are you panicking? What storms haven't we weathered along the way?"

"You can't even sit still at this little commotion? Besides, let alone the bad guys not even breaking in yet, even if they did, I, Zhao Juhua, would be there to hold them off."

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The village chief and Gu Xiang were discussing matters when they suddenly heard the commotion and panicked. The village chief's first reaction was to go to the temple gatehouse to protect Ning Bao and the other children.

Gu Xiang had the same idea, but he wanted to protect his family's heir, Shen Muyang.

The village chief and Gu Xiang ran to the gatehouse, and when they saw the empty room, they almost fainted.

The village chief only panicked for a moment before calming down. He reassured Gu Xiang,

"Butler Gu, don't worry, with Ningbao here, our young master will be fine."