Before Miao Yiya could react, Xu Xinning added, "Their actions this morning were probably to look for people, specifically those we rescued. I'm not being paranoid, but I reckon the militiamen must have already searched the house when they kicked the people out."
Miao Yiya nodded to indicate that she understood.
Suddenly realizing something, she looked up at Xu Xinning in alarm and asked, "Where did you put them after you rescued them? Are they safe?"
Xu Xinning nodded and said, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, they are absolutely safe. We took them to a safe place last night before coming back. However, they all have serious health problems now, and we need to find an opportunity to treat them, otherwise it will be difficult for them to survive."
In order to ensure that she could go out more often in the future, Xu Xinning did not hesitate to lie to Miao Yiya.
Miao Yiya: "Okay, very good. You must be careful. I will keep an eye on things here for you."
Xu Xinning: "Thank you, sister-in-law!"
Miao Yiya: "No need to thank me, there's only so much I can do. You all must take good care of yourselves."
Miao Yiya didn't dare stay at home for too long, fearing that those people would arouse suspicion. After finishing her business, she took Xiaobao and left.
Xiao Bao: "Mom, I want to be with my older brother and sister."
Miao Yiya whispered, "Have you forgotten the mission your older brother and sister came to the village? You can't hold them back!"
Xiao Bao fell silent when the topic of dragging her down came up. After all, she was still young, and climbing so many mountains would be too much for her.
However, Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng did not go out after Miao Yiya and her daughter left. They went into their space and waited for the soldiers to wake up so they could ask them some questions. Only by knowing why they came to the village and why they were captured could Mu Jingheng and Xu Xinning make their next plans.
Mu Jinghuai and the others are coming this way soon, and Mu Jingheng must make contact with them so that he doesn't fall into the same predicament as in his previous life.
Zhong Ye was also a very suspicious person. Although Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng did not reveal any flaws in front of them, he still had people secretly monitoring the two of them.
After Miao Yiya and her daughter left, they kept staring at the gate of the Miao family's courtyard.
However, they waited for a long time but did not see Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng come out.
They had already checked the Miao family, and there was no one they were looking for. Besides, they already knew the Miao family's structure very well.
Over the years, they have inspected every courtyard in the village, and even know exactly how many rat holes there are in each household. It can be said that the entire Pear Blossom Village has always been under their control.
Therefore, as long as Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng do not leave the Miao family's courtyard, these people are quite at ease.
They even evacuated two people, leaving one person to continue guarding the area.
Meanwhile, Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng were already in Xu Xinning's space.
The rescued people were still asleep, but they all looked relaxed. Perhaps it was because the Gu worms had been drawn out and their bodies had been healed. Their bodies felt comfortable, so their expressions naturally relaxed.
Xu Xinning used drugs to put them to sleep; otherwise, it would be hard to explain the existence of this space, since it contains not only many things from later generations, but also many crops grown outside that are not subject to seasonality.
And then there are those self-disciplined poultry.
Everything is like a fantasy.
You can't see into someone's heart. They might be grateful for what they did today, but what about afterwards?
Can you be sure that everyone has a grateful heart?
If someone has malicious intentions, wouldn't they be asking for trouble?
Xu Xinning wouldn't gamble on this person's feelings.
Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng walked to where the soldiers were sleeping. They looked at each other, and then Xu Xinning took out something that smelled sweet and held it under their noses for them to smell. Not long after, the soldiers woke up.
Because of various external injuries, they were all bandaged to varying degrees.
The group remembered the scene of their capture and the feeling of the Gu doctor putting Gu worms into their bodies. Suddenly, they saw Xu Xinning and Mu Jingheng and immediately assumed a defensive posture.
Although their external injuries had been treated, they were all very weak due to long-term malnutrition and the effects of the Gu worms.
"Who are you?" someone asked weakly.
"Where is this?" someone asked after looking around.
Mu Jingheng took out his work ID and handed it to them for them to pass around.
Mu Jingheng: "We have rescued you, but we cannot tell you where this place is. Can you tell me which unit you belong to, and when and why you were arrested?"
Someone pointed to two people and said, "We are from the northern troops, here to find someone. These two are from the local troops, they were sent to assist us."
Mu Jingheng asked suspiciously, "Looking for someone?"
"Yes. More than ten years ago, our troops discovered that enemy agents who were operating in our area had suddenly disappeared from our control for some reason. It was as if they had grown wings and suddenly vanished. Later, after much effort, we found that they had all moved here."
To better understand their purpose, the army sent two comrades to infiltrate undercover as educated youth.
At first, there were always messages coming out from inside, and we also learned some information about enemy agents. However, a few years ago, after it was announced that he was about to receive very important intelligence, that comrade lost contact.
Then the unit contacted the other undercover agent, but after the first comrade lost contact, the second comrade also could not be reached.
We are in the north, too far away to reach them, so we asked this side for help.
We organized several visits under the pretext of inspections to gather information, but these people were too wary, and we couldn't get any information out of them no matter what we did.
There was no other way but to infiltrate from the outside and try to search quietly.
I never expected these people to be so bold as to arrest us directly.
We tried our best to negotiate with them, but they took us to the courtyard halfway up the mountain without saying a word.
You can probably imagine what happens next.
Mu Jingheng: "Is one of the people you're looking for surnamed Li?"
"How did you know?" someone asked in surprise.
Mu Jingheng: "We are currently staying at their house."
"Really? How is he?" someone asked excitedly.
Mu Jingheng: "I heard that a few years ago he was carried off by wolves while trying to save the chief of this village."
"Impossible! Our sergeant is our king of soldiers, he can't be that weak," someone retorted, their eyes red.
Mu Jingheng: "That's what they say, but apart from the chieftain, we didn't see anyone else, and we didn't find any bodies."
"Who told you that?"
Mu Jingheng: "Didn't I say that we were staying at their house? It was his wife who told us. Also, shortly after Comrade Li disappeared, his parents-in-law suddenly fell seriously ill and passed away not long after."
Everyone fell silent. It was obvious that something was wrong; otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?
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