Chapter 69 Bandits
Xu Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stood up and told Shen Wuyou: "Wuyou, quickly carry Changan on the cart."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wuyou put down his bowl and chopsticks, and carried Shen Changan neatly.
Su couldn't help but panic when she saw this: "Zhiyi, what's going on? Why are they all running?"
The village head over there saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly waved his hands and shouted, "Everyone, stop eating! Run quickly, follow me!"
When the villagers heard this, they started to clamor.
"Village head, I just made some wild grass and flour paste, but I haven't eaten it yet. We've been walking for half a day, so we should at least eat something to fill our stomachs, right?"
"That's right. I have children at home. If they don't have a meal, how can they have the strength to travel?"
"They run their own way, it doesn't affect us in any way, I won't join in the fun"
Xu Zhiyi felt that the matter was not simple, so he quickly ran out to the roadside, stopped an old lady, and asked, "Auntie, why are you running? Did something happen ahead?"
The old lady was stopped by Xu Zhiyi, and she was so anxious that she could only answer quickly: "It was the people behind us who ran and said that they seemed to see bandits carrying big swords, but we don't know if it's true."
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi quickly said to the village head: "Uncle village head, there may be bandits coming from behind! Let's run quickly!"
After hearing this, the village head looked at the villagers and shouted, "Hurry up and pack up, we will catch up quickly."
"What's going on? That lady didn't say anything certain."
“That’s right!”
Xu Zhiyi glanced at the crowd. If they were willing to gamble their lives, let them do it. Then he pushed the cart, and ran away with Shen Wuyou on the left and right. Su Shi also hurriedly followed.
When the village head saw Xu Zhiyi leaving, he called out to the villagers to follow him, and then he took his wife, son, and daughter-in-law to follow Xu Zhiyi.
Afterwards, more than ten families followed one after another, and the rest insisted on finishing their food first and then running to catch up.
Most of the villagers finished their meal quickly, packed up their bags and ran to catch up.
The families left one by one, and finally only the Xu family was left.
Seeing this, Old Man Xu quickly looked at Xu Jinbao who was eating the porridge slowly, and urged him: "Jinbao, eat faster, forget it! Stop eating, let's pack up and catch up quickly."
Old Mrs. Xu saw that Xu Jinbao was eating so fast that she almost choked and glared at Old Man Xu:
"Are you going to die? Hurry up, hurry up, didn't you see that Jinbao almost choked? Besides, if we were a little late, wouldn't we just speed up and catch up later? Weren't we late on the first day anyway? Didn't we catch up in the end?"
Hearing this, Old Man Xu bulged his eyes in anger: "How can this be the same? If there are really bandits chasing us, our family will be the last ones left. Don't let them be wiped out in one fell swoop."
Old Lady Xu rolled her eyes and pouted: "What could possibly happen? We are so far away from Rong'an County now! Could the bandits still catch up with us?"
As a result, just as Mrs. Xu finished her words, she heard a noise. The people fleeing famine were running behind her, screaming that the bandits were chasing them!
Hearing this, Old Man Xu was so frightened that he quickly yelled at the first and third wives who hadn't reacted yet: "Quick, quick, let's run!"
Old Mrs. Xu packed her bags in panic.
Old man Xu stamped his feet anxiously: "Don't pack! You are carrying so many things and you can't run away. Do you want to die? Take the valuables with you quickly."
After saying that, he quickly ran away.
Old Mrs. Xu looked at the dozens of kilograms of food and felt reluctant to give them away.
Xu Lei: "Mom, run! You're almost dead! Why are you still caring about this?"
The Xu family had just been running for about a quarter of an hour when two bandits on horseback, followed by more than fifty bandits on foot holding machetes, caught up with them.
On Xu Zhiyi's side, everyone had run to their limits, and the other people fleeing famine also sat on the ground gasping for air.
The village head saw that the villagers could no longer run and had to signal everyone to take a rest.
Upon seeing this, Xu Zhiyi quickly took out his water bag and poured four bowls of water. After drinking it, the fatigue of the four people instantly disappeared a lot.
Everyone rested for half a minute, and the head of the village signaled everyone to get ready to set off. Unexpectedly, the Xu family members were about to catch up from behind, and kept shouting for the head of the village to wait.
Old Lady Xu stopped to catch her breath, holding her chest, and looked at the villagers not far away, shouting:
"Hey, wait a minute, everyone! Wait for us!"
When everyone saw that the Xu family had caught up with them and nothing happened, they sat down on the ground to rest.
"Ouch, I'm so tired from running! It turned out to be a false alarm, nothing happened!"
"That's right, the village head is too jumpy, he scares himself"
"Ah! I've been running so hard that my legs are almost broken! What a fool the village head is! Why does he only listen to Xu Zhiyi's fuss!!"
The head of the village felt helpless when he heard the villagers' complaints. He just wanted to be cautious so as not to regret it after something happened!
In fact, not only the villagers of Liuhe Village, but even the refugees who were resting not far away, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It turned out that everyone was misled. They just saw others running and subconsciously followed them. After a long time, nothing happened!
Ugh, because of this run, they had to drink two more sips of water. The water was almost gone, and now there are only a few sips left. What should they do next!!!
Just as the Xu family members caught up with the villagers of Liuhe Village and were gasping for breath from exhaustion, the bandits who followed them from behind were running towards them with machetes in their hands.
Xu Zhiyi happened to see it and quickly shouted: "Bandits, bandits are coming!"
"Wuyou, hurry up, let's run to the mountain"
Upon hearing this, Shen Wuyou quickly carried Shen Changan on his back and ran away, with Xu Zhiyi and Su Shi quickly following behind him.
If you run along the main road, some bandits have horses and you will definitely not be able to outrun the horses. You can only go up the mountain and find a place to hide first.
Village head: "Everyone, run! Towards the mountain!"
Everyone was so frightened at this moment that they were in a mess and ran around in panic.
The guarding bandits looked at the people running around, laughed evilly, and shouted, "Brothers, kill the men, and as for the pretty women, we will keep them and take them back to the stronghold to reward the brothers, ahahaha!!"
"Yes, Fifth Master."
Afterwards, all the people who did not run far were stabbed to death. In just half an incense stick of time, more than a hundred bodies lay on the ground.
"Fifth Master, some of the refugees are running towards the mountains! Should we chase them?"
The fifth leader waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. We haven't gained anything yet today. Are you going back empty-handed and making fun of us brothers in the village?"
Xu Zhiyi brought the village head and his family who ran up with him.
The village head saw a cave halfway up the mountain and suggested, "Why don't we hide in the cave?"
Xu Zhiyi shook his head when he heard this: "No, if the bandits really chase us up the mountain, they will definitely check the cave."
After saying that, he looked around and suddenly saw the hillside next to the cave. He could just lie down there. There was a blind spot and he couldn't see it unless he got close.
"Uncle Lizheng, let's go lie down over there"
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