The leader of the refugees was named Huang Dashan, who was originally a good-for-nothing from Shitang County, Luzhou.
When the drought struck, this young man first stole his parents' food rations, then sold his wife and daughter, and fled all the way to Nan'an County.
Before they even reached Nan'an County, they had no money, no food, and no water, so they robbed a grandfather and grandson of their food.
After tasting success, he became unstoppable, teaming up with a group of like-minded friends, forming a sworn brotherhood, and slowly building a gang of robbed refugees.
Upon hearing that Jiangjia Village had grain, he became interested.
After sending two men to scout the situation, they planned to storm into the village that very night and loot and burn everything.
But they didn't even plan to wait a night.
On the other side, Jiang Bai took the key from Cuiyi's hand, his face full of gratitude and excitement: "Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would never have found my necklace."
"I haven't asked her name yet."
Jiang Bai, with an innocent expression, enthusiastically took Cuiyi's hand and asked, but inwardly he was somewhat surprised as to why she would return the necklace to her.
"Just call me Cuiyi, young lady."
“My elder brother said that this necklace was found on the top of Pingshan Mountain. How could a frail woman like you go to the top of Pingshan Mountain?”
Jiang Bai lowered his eyes slightly, performed a smile-disappearing trick on Cuiyi, and lowered his head.
Cuiyi feigned panic and asked, "Should I not have asked?"
Of course you shouldn't ask.
Jiang Bai thought to himself, but said on the surface, "It's nothing. Actually, I was kicked out by my family."
Cuiyi: "???"
Don't think she doesn't know. She only has a younger brother and sister-in-law and a live-in son-in-law. Was she kicked out by the live-in son-in-law?
Why did they kick you out?
She didn't reveal a word of her thoughts, looking at Jiang Bai with a mixture of worry and curiosity.
"Of course, it's to seize my family's property, sob sob sob... I originally thought that if I married a good husband, I could protect my family's property, but I never expected..."
Jiang Bai hugged Cuiyi tightly and started crying. Cuiyi was caught in her embrace.
Just as I was thinking about how to comfort her and continue to elicit information, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head and immediately fainted.
After placing the person on the ground, Jiang Bai went to the door and opened it.
This is a simple little courtyard, guarded by guards outside.
She quietly approached the hospital gate, and as soon as it got dark, she climbed over the wall and jumped out.
Thinking that his family must be worried sick about him not having been home for three days, he ran off in one direction as soon as he left the yard.
When she came across a courtyard, she would climb over the wall and cross into another courtyard; her movements were nimble and light.
However, she needed to stop and rest every now and then because her head was throbbing with pain, like a drum.
After finally managing to leave, an hour had already passed.
Looking back at the house behind him, although he didn't see the house's plaque, Jiang Bai recognized the familiar building at a glance. It was the Chen residence in Nan'an County.
Is Cuiyi one of Master Chen's people?
Jiang Bai's heart stirred slightly, and he didn't linger. He walked through the quiet county town and soon arrived at the foot of the city wall.
The city gates were already closed; if she wanted to leave the city, she would have to climb over the city wall.
However, the city walls are heavily guarded, with one person every ten steps, so getting out is not easy.
Jiang Bai patted his head and turned to leave.
A moment later, when she returned to the city wall, she was wearing a hemp rope around her neck.
She groped her way to the foot of the city wall, knocked out the guards below, climbed up the wall, looked at the row of soldiers on duty ahead, took out the pebbles she had picked up earlier, weighed them in her hand, aimed at the nearest few people, and threw a handful of pebbles.
The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground rang out.
"There's an assassin."
The men who fell were immediately discovered by other soldiers.
They ran towards the location, only to see a dark shadow slide down the city wall like a ghost. When they reached the spot, all that remained on the wall was a hemp rope tied to the battlements.
Arrows shot downwards with a whoosh, but nothing happened.
"The person has escaped."
The soldiers exchanged glances, initially thinking he was an assassin, but it turned out he was just someone trying to escape the city gate.
After leaving the county town, Jiang Bai sped off towards Jiangjia Village.
For some reason, she felt uneasy tonight, as if something was about to happen. This made her dare not delay, and she rushed home as soon as she escaped.
Meanwhile, Huang Dashan and the others had arrived at the stone bridge outside Jiangjia Village.
There's a small grove of trees here, which would be a good place for them to hide.
"Brother, everyone in the village is asleep."
The scout returned and reported to Huang Dashan.
Huang Dashan looked at the village hidden in the darkness, greedily licked his lips, and asked, "Are there really a lot of women in that village?"
“There are plenty, brother, I saw them all.”
"Okay, let's wait a bit longer, until midnight when everyone is sound asleep, then we'll make our move."
A group of refugees then waited in the village.
They didn't even have any decent weapons; they mostly had carrying poles or stones as tools.
They had robbed lone villagers or groups of a dozen or twenty villagers before, but this was the first time they had robbed an entire village like this.
You can never be too cautious.
After all, a village has at least a hundred people.
It's not easy to build a team, and Huang Dashan doesn't want to fail here.
Of course, he didn't know that it was precisely because of his cautious actions that his whereabouts were exposed.
Ji Yanwen quietly withdrew, first returning home to instruct Jiang Lu and her brother to hide in Pingshan, and then going to the clan chief's house to inform him of the impending raid on the village by the refugees.
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