Chapter 11: Lying is worse than me
The villagers of Liangmin Village ate with gusto.
The people from Qingshezhai used the water from the bowl to wash the pot, swallowing their saliva again and again.
Resentful thoughts swirled in my chest:
Eat, eat, so that you can go to the underworld at night after you have eaten your fill.
The sun set quickly and disappeared over the mountain in the blink of an eye.
Hao Ren arranged Qiu Ming and his group in a thatched hut, and said apologetically:
"My humble village is so simple, I have to ask you to stay here for the night."
The thatched shed was converted from a former cowshed, and was filled with a lot of hay and feed.
One side is a thatched wall, and the other three sides are open to the wind.
It is indeed crude. If there are fewer bundles of grass, it will be no different from the open air...
The people from Green Snake Village didn't say anything. Although they were dissatisfied, they didn't really want to stay overnight anyway.
As soon as midnight arrived, they rushed out to fight.
Qiu Ming put on a smile and said, "Thank you for your trouble, Brother Hao. It's okay to stay overnight. We can rest on our own. Don't worry about us."
Hao Ren looked surprised:
"Are you going to rest now?"
Qiu Ming: "Anything else?"
Hao Ren sighed, looking troubled.
Bai Xun next to him glared at him:
"Our village isn't very wealthy, so are you just going to eat and drink for free and live here for free without working?"
Someone in the Green Snake Village couldn't stand it any longer, and even though they were pretending, they couldn't help but shout:
"What did we eat? We just drank some rice soup! We still have to work?"
There is only northwest wind and two taels of water in their stomachs.
Bai Xun grasped the scabbard with his left hand, his brows slanted:
"Then you will all need to find another place to stay tonight."
The moment Bai Xun grasped the scabbard, a powerful aura emanated from his body and he became awe-inspiring.
The person who was shouting just now seemed to have his throat strangled and dared not say anything more.
Qiu Ming looked at Bai Xun twice more.
To be more precise, he was looking at the knife at his waist.
The hilt was intricately carved, and the blade wasn't drawn out, but the knife hummed in its sheath.
Qiu Ming didn't recognize what kind of knife it was, but he felt that it must be a good one.
After these people die tonight, he will search the mountain and maybe find some good stuff.
Qiu Ming: "Brother, if you have anything to say, please speak up."
Hao Ren nodded kindly:
"It's just a small thing, nothing more than a small favor for you all."
A moment later.
Qiu Ming and others stood in front of the cesspool with dark faces.
What Hao Ren called a small task was to ask them to carry manure to the fields.
Someone nearby covered his nose and asked in a low voice:
"Boss, do you really want to choose?"
Qiu Ming turned his head and looked at Hao Ren, who was smiling not far away, with a gloomy look in his eyes.
He finally understood.
This pale-faced scholar-like village chief doesn't know martial arts and doesn't have much strength, but everyone in the village treats him with great respect.
Whatever he said or arranged, even if Qiu Ming and the others refused, someone would force them to do it.
Qiu Ming looked up at the sky at night, gritted his teeth and held his breath:
"pick!"
A group of people staggered towards the fields carrying fertilizer and water.
There are villagers on the road who remind us from time to time:
"Don't spread it, be careful, don't waste the fertilizer outside the field."
On the other side, Liu Yinhuan and others who worked like slaves in the fields can finally take a break.
Thinking that Qiu Ming was coming with reinforcements and she would be free soon, Liu Yinhuan's heart was pounding.
He was actually a little dissatisfied with Qiu Ming, but he had to admit that Qiu Ming was more resourceful than him.
Liu Yinhuan's heart beat a few times, and then almost jumped out of her mouth!
Because he saw Qiu Ming and his gang coming towards him, each of them carrying fat water with great difficulty.
I don’t know how heavy the fat water was, it bent the man’s waist a lot.
Especially Qiu Ming, with his hardworking and uncomplaining look, he is even more like an ox or a horse.
Liu Yinhuan's head buzzed, and the blood rushed to the top of her head. Then her feet went soft and her body fell backwards limply.
The villagers nearby came over to take a look and expressed their concern for the current cattle replacement in the village:
"Hey, why did you faint?"
"Is it possible that the effect of Doctor Yu's medicine hasn't worn off yet?"
"Send it over for a look."
Kong Wu walked over, picked up Liu Yinhuan with one hand, and strode towards Doctor Yu's yard.
Liu Yinhuan did not completely lose consciousness, but was dizzy and weak in his limbs. He vaguely thought that these must be Qiu Ming's plan.
A vindictive person like Qiu Ming was just pretending to deceive everyone in the village, and then taking advantage of their unpreparedness...
When Liu Yinhuan was carried into Doctor Yu's courtyard by Kong Wu, her mind had become somewhat clearer, and there was even a hint of revengeful smile on the corner of her mouth.
These fools in the mountains don't even know that their death is approaching.
Before Liu Yinhuan could suppress the smile on her face, she heard Su Zhizhi's clear, childish voice coming from inside the house:
"...They are definitely not refugees. You can tell they are lying at first glance."
"Ah Che, you didn't see how fat some of them were. How could they have been hungry for so long? Last time, a wild boar fell into a trap in the mountains and starved for several days, losing a lot of weight."
"I told them there were wild fruits on the mountain, but they didn't ask me what kind of wild fruits there were or where I could catch fish or hunt. They just stared at Kong Wu."
"I told them that our village's snake meat stew was delicious, but they weren't even greedy. They actually asked me about my expertise."
Su Zhizhi had already finished the food in the bowl in front of her. She counted the flaws of these people one by one with Xue Che on her fingers.
"They really can't lie. They're grown-ups, but they lie worse than me."
Xue Che: ...There's no need to be proud of it.
There was still half a bowl of rice left in Xue Che's bowl. He ate very politely and listened quietly to Su Zhizhi's incessant talk.
Su Zhizhi held up her chin and said, "I can see it, and everyone can see it too. I don't know why Dad and Uncle Dao let them into the village."
Xue Che swallowed the food in his mouth slowly and calmly, without a trace of worry on his face.
Ever since he last watched the village meeting, he knew that this hilltop was impregnable.
"Village Chief Hao wants to lead them to reveal their true intentions and then catch them in a trap."
Su Zhizhi: "What do you mean by catching a turtle in a jar?"
"It's like catching turtles in a big jar..." Xue Che then turned to tell Su Zhizhi the idiom.
Outside the door, Liu Yinhuan, who was being dangled in Kong Wu's hand, had already turned pale and her teeth were chattering.
It's over.
It's all over.
The evening glow faded away, and the dark night surged in like a tide.
Inside the thatched hut, the damp and cold spring night burrowed into people's bones like little snakes.
After carrying fertilizer three times, Qiu Ming and his group fell on the haystack with sore hands and feet, and they all smelled terrible.
If it wasn't for giving an explanation to the nobles above, Qiu Ming would never have come here to suffer.
He didn't come here today for that waste Liu Yinhuan.
If he loses his brothers, he still has them. If the second-in-command dies, he can be replaced. It is not worth it for him to show up in person.
But we must do well what the nobles have instructed us to do.
The real target of Qiu Ming and his group this time is Xue Che.
The nobles in the court who protected them had ordered that they must capture General Xue's son alive, and this matter must be done secretly, otherwise they would bring disaster upon themselves.
Qiu Ming was glad that he had disguised himself and come in to find out the situation.
This village is not a simple one. If we rush in directly and alert the enemy, we will probably lose a lot of manpower and still not be able to catch Xue Che.
The crescent moon rose higher and higher, and a few rays of moonlight leaked through the thatched roof above.
Qiu Ming narrowed his eyes, and the snake coiled in his knees hissed and spit out its tongue.
When the moon reaches its zenith, the mountaintops will be stained with blood.
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