250 Road Trip in June
At dusk, Wanli brought his men back to the inn.
"My Lord, four or five miles into the mountain path, there is a huge rock blocking the road, and a lot of soil has fallen off. A rock that big cannot be lifted by humans alone, so the government has to use explosives to blast it open.
But they couldn't go forward, and had to go back to the provincial capital, which took four days to go back and forth, not to mention the time lost in the officials' own meetings.
I took Xiao Wu and walked along the path for about seven or eight miles. There were indeed a few houses, about seven or eight. We didn't get close, but we saw smoke from afar, which meant there were people living there.
Xiao Wu and I did not enter the village. We continued to move forward using our Qinggong skills. After walking for another ten miles, we did not see any particularly high mountains or steep cliffs. If there were anyone with bad intentions, there should be no best place to ambush them.
I also didn't see the doctors who left yesterday. Either the rocks slipped after they left, or they passed by through the small path.
But I still feel a little uneasy. Sir, can you let me take my people back to Qingzhou and ask you to send someone to clear the way?"
Sun Sicheng sighed: "This will waste too much time, unless I go there in person."
"Master, the moonlight is pretty good today. Let Uncle Ming take Xiao Wu, Ruyi and me over there tonight. Uncle He and his men are guarding here. We have to go into the village to check. I'm a little nervous."
Ming Wanli said, "Master Ping'an, I will take Xiao Wu and Ruyi with me."
Ping An insisted: "I'd better go."
Sun Sicheng agreed. It was better for them to go safely. He was good at forming formations, so if there was anything, he could set up a formation to trap others. With a quarter of an hour, they could escape quickly with their lightness skills.
Logically speaking, this place is only a two-day drive from Gyeongju Prefecture, only two hundred miles away, how could there be bandits?
Sun Sicheng whispered, "Be careful, don't make any noise in the inn, be on guard, and go quietly at night."
Ming Wanli nodded, he thought so too.
Could it be that this was specifically aimed at people like them? If not, it just happened that the road was blocked after so many people left yesterday? How could it be such a coincidence?
If not, why did so many people take the small path? Or were they really tricked?
Ming Wanli was scared to death?
He remembered the kidnapping of Miss Awu two years ago. Could there really be ulterior motive?
Sun Sicheng also thought of this. If this was true, those people yesterday might be in danger. Everyone knew the importance of doctors in war. If these people were caught, they would either be taken away by someone or killed. They would not be allowed to return home alive.
If Ping An hadn't accidentally seen it today, he would definitely choose to take the small path when he got to the road tomorrow...
His heart also began to be in turmoil.
But he still led everyone to eat without showing any emotion. The game they hunted in the afternoon became food on the table. Most of the people were young people in their teens and twenties, so they chatted and laughed and finished the meal quickly.
He Jin hurriedly asked everyone to wash up and go to bed, as they might have to take the mountain road tomorrow. Although it was possible to drive fast on the mountain road, it was not possible to drive fast at all.
There were more than thirty people, with three or four people in each room. Since they were planning to go out at night, Ming Wanli took Xiaowu and Ruyi to one room, while Ping'an stayed with the master and He Jin. When they went out at night, the master's kung fu was not very good, so he was worried about not having anyone around.
An hour later, Ming Wanli took Ping'an, Ruyi and Xiaowu out through the back window. The four of them were all wearing black tights and carrying short knives and daggers. Ping'an and Ruyi also brought a lot of medicine.
All four of them used Qinggong, occasionally stepping on the snow, and soon reached the trail.
"Master Ping'an, it's still about seven or eight miles from here to the village. At night, any sound can be heard far away. I'll be in front, and you guys follow closely behind.
Maybe we are overthinking it, but I don't know why, I feel uneasy. Ruyi, Xiaowu, listen, let's walk as fast as possible now. When we are about to enter the village, I will take Ruyi in to explore, and Xiaowu will wait with Ping'an. "
Ping An felt that Uncle Ming's arrangement was correct. They must separate so that if something really happened, they could cooperate inside and outside.
Half an hour later.
"Ping'an, I'll take Ruyi and we'll go alone now. The village is not far ahead. You guys hide in the small woods over there. It will be convenient for you to set up the formation if Ping'an encounters any problem." Ming Wanli whispered.
Ping An said, "I know, Uncle Ming, Ruyi brought several kinds of medicine, and they are used when necessary, and the effects are very good."
"Got it." The two figures disappeared quickly like ghosts, and this time they both used the Snow Step.
In front of others, they usually use ordinary light skills. Such skills are rarely used when going out, and they are also extremely physically demanding, so they are definitely not suitable for long periods of time.
"Xiao Wu, let's go."
There is a dense bamboo forest on one side of the path, which is most convenient for concealment and for setting up a simple formation.
Ping An asked Xiao Wu to sit on a slope in the woods. He worked for a quarter of an hour under the moonlight and finally created a simple trap.
"Xiao Wu, I feel relieved now. Even if someone comes, they won't be able to get in in a short time."
He suddenly stopped talking, his eyes fixed on a place not far away, where he could hear a slight panting sound.
"There's someone here. I'll go over and take a look. Don't move."
Xiao Wu naturally refused, so Ping An had to let him follow him. After walking for a dozen steps, he tore a small hole in the formation and walked through it with Xiao Wu.
Next to a dense forest, a child was lying there. He must have fainted, and before fainting he was aware of spreading some weeds on himself.
"Xiao Wu, pick him up and follow me."
Xiao Wu immediately picked up the child, who looked only seven or eight years old. His whole body was burning hot and he had a high fever. One of his legs was unnaturally bent. Upon closer inspection, he saw that his calf was wrapped in old cloth.
Ping An and the others walked in and were busy for a while.
In the moonlight, he could see the child's face clearly. The child's chest was heaving, his little face was wrinkled, and he was groaning from time to time, showing that he was in pain.
"Master Ping An, the fever is severe."
"I know, but there's no way to treat him now. Let me wake him up and see."
Ping An whispered quietly into the child's ear and called him several times before the child opened his eyes in fear.
"Don't be afraid. The one holding you is my guard. We found the road was blocked this afternoon, so we came here to explore the trails and found you. What happened to you? Why did you break your leg?"
Ping An fished out a small bottle of cooling pills from his bosom and handed him a pill: "I don't have any food with me. This is a cooling pill, it's icy cold. You have a high fever, you can take one."
His voice was low and gentle, and tears soon filled the child's eyes: "Brother, there are bad guys here. My eldest brother and more than a hundred people have all been arrested by them."
Ping An was surprised and asked, "Are you also doctors from Qingzhou? Did you leave yesterday?"
The child nodded and said weakly, "There is no one at my house except my eldest brother. He is also here as an apprentice. I felt sick last night and didn't want to bother my eldest brother, so I quietly came out. There are more than a hundred of us, and each family has more than a dozen people."
The child paused and said, "I stayed in the woods for a while longer, and suddenly I found that all the houses had lights on. Soon I saw our people being carried to the shallow slope on the opposite side by carts, and my eldest brother was also inside."
The child sobbed softly, “I heard someone say that if we hide all these doctors in the big cave over there, someone will lead them away from the mountain in a day or two.
I didn't dare to move, but soon someone was looking for me, saying that a child was missing. I ran along the woods and fell, scraping a large piece of flesh off my leg, but my leg should not be broken.
I hid for a day and came here secretly tonight. Brother, my legs hurt and I can't run far. Can you find someone to catch them? Someone will come to take them away tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
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