Chapter 68 Brothers, grab your weapons...
The people in Prince Xiao's mansion didn't care about the jealousy of others. After eating and drinking, they returned to their posts. The guards split up in different directions and surrounded the carriages of Prince Xiao and Princess Xiao and that of Madam Rong and the others. They pretended to be sleeping leisurely but were actually on guard at all times.
They knew that due to the dereliction of duty in the dungeon of the county government in the previous city, the guards responsible for protecting the prince and the little princess had secretly divided themselves into three groups and took turns to keep watch at night to ensure that the two masters could spend the night safely.
The officers also took turns to be on guard at night. After all, they were sleeping in the wild and any emergency could happen. Although they really didn't care about the exiles' life or death, they couldn't really let them die at the hands of others. It would be difficult to explain to their superiors then.
"Boss, you say there might not be peace tonight? Just those refugees? Even if they dare to come and rob things, they won't dare to act recklessly." The two officers arranged to guard the night with the chief officer. They looked at the group of refugees hiding outside the woods who had no fighting ability at all, and Officer A was very disdainful.
Officer B echoed, "Exactly. Even their skinny bodies couldn't withstand a single kick from me."
It's not that I look down on them. People like them, let alone this group of people, even if there were a hundred or so of them, wouldn't they still be beaten up?
"You guys! Don't underestimate these guys. If they're really hungry, they'll do anything. Did you see the leader? He's been secretly observing us since he stopped by our team. You see, they must have smelled the roasted rabbit that Liu Hongcai and his team had earlier."
This was the first time for these two young officers to escort exiles, and they didn't understand what kind of people were the most dangerous on the road of exile.
The eldest of the police officers was named Shu Mingyuan, and his brother was Shu Mingzheng. Before their father passed away, he hoped that the two brothers could join the army to bring honor to the family, so he hired a special martial arts master to teach them martial arts. However, things did not go as they wished. After their father passed away, the family had to rely on him, the eldest brother, to support the family. He sent his brothers to the barracks, and found a job as a government officer with a good salary.
Upon hearing this, Officer A opened his eyes and said, "Are these people born in the Year of the Dog? How can their noses be so sharp? They're from such a long distance away!"
Officer B also became nervous, "No way! Do these people really dare to rob us? The people in Prince Xiao's Mansion are still here!"
Shu Mingyuan looked in the direction where the people in Prince Xiao's mansion were resting, carefully observing the guards keeping watch. He shook his head and said in a low voice to the two young officers, "I'm afraid that Prince Xiao's people will not act rashly."
He didn't know what happened in the dungeon, but he knew that a lot of people were missing from the county government office. As for who these people were and why they disappeared overnight, he was just an officer escorting exiles, so he naturally didn't know anything that he shouldn't know.
The two officers looked at each other and immediately became cautious. If the people from Prince Xiao's Mansion did not take action, if some refugees came to rob things that night, they would have to suppress them by force.
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After the hour of Hai, the entire dense forest was silent, with only the occasional bird calls and the gentle sound of the wind. Everyone sat around the fire, leaning against each other, and had all fallen asleep.
"Brother, those people are asleep. What's going on? Can we take action now?" The man who went out to investigate the news came back with an excited look on his face.
This time it must be a fat sheep. He saw that several women's clothes were bulging with things, either silver or food, there was no doubt about it.
The man nodded, holding the dagger in his hand, and asked, "Can you see clearly? Are they all asleep? Where are the night watchmen? How many are there?"
"Except for the person from Prince Xiao's Mansion you mentioned, everyone else is asleep. There are only three guards on night watch, and the others are also asleep. They probably think we have to wait until the second half of the night before we can take action!"
The man had a bloodthirsty smile on his face. "The second half of the night is a good time to strike, everyone's asleep, but they've miscalculated. Let's strike in the first half of the night. Brothers, grab your weapons and follow me around to grab some big business."
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