Chapter 96: Almost wiped out
Several people in the house heard the noise in the yard.
Gu Xixi and Mu Nanzhao exchanged glances.
Mu Nanzhao immediately got up from the kang, and Gu Xixi said to Shi Tou, "Let's go out and take a look."
"Stay with grandpa and don't run around."
No matter how naughty Shitou was, he could sense the unusual atmosphere at this moment.
He moved towards the old doctor and nodded quietly.
The accumulated snow made the night a little brighter.
Four yamen runners stood in a semicircle in the snow, their hands on the swords at their waists.
Judging from the situation, it is obvious that anyone who comes out of the house will be unable to escape.
Gu Xixi walked out of the eaves and faced those people head-on. "May I ask where you are from and why you are here?"
A yamen runner took out a token and shook it.
"We are here from the county government office. We are here to bring Chen Fang to the county government office for questioning because of a serial theft case!"
Theft case? Gu Xixi was startled and asked, "Qingtian County Government?"
The yamen runner who spoke nodded and put away the token.
Gu Xixi became suspicious at this time. She had dealt with the Qingtian County government several times, and those runners would occasionally come to the village, but she had never seen these four people before.
Especially when you look at them, they are all serious, tall and strong, as if they are well-trained, which is completely different from the down-to-earth people in Qingtian County who are of different heights, weights and looks.
Gu Xixi took a few steps forward and asked, "Can you please let me see the token?"
The yamen runner shouted coldly, "Stop!"
As he opened his mouth, the sound of swords being drawn could be heard all around him.
The other three yamen runners drew their swords a little, staring at them eagerly to show their intimidation.
Aunt Zhang was so frightened that her face turned pale. "What's going on? They suddenly came to arrest me, and they even brought a knife..."
The yamen runners looked at the two women coldly, "We are doing our job, and you, the suspects' family members, dare to stop us. Don't blame us for being ruthless!"
Mu Nanzhao walked out from the shadow under the eaves, her long hair blown up by the wind and snow, her appearance was unparalleled.
"It's me you're looking for, I'll go with you."
The yamen runner frowned and looked at him, "Are you the one who was exiled from another place to the northwest... Chen Fang?"
"That's right." Mu Nanzhao only gave him a faint glance, and the yamen runner felt as if he was inexplicably shorter than him.
The yamen runner gritted his teeth and tried to straighten his body. "So it's you. You're hiding behind a woman. You're really just a useless weak scholar!"
Mu Nanzhao sneered, not angry at all, "Aren't you in a hurry to finish your work? Let's go."
The yamen runner felt greatly humiliated when he saw him walking past with his hands behind his back and a calm expression.
"Asshole! Are you ignoring me?!"
He drew his sword fiercely towards Mu Nanzhao's back, but was stopped by the other three.
Someone shook his head secretly and whispered, "The mission is important."
When the group was leaving, Gu Xixi chased after them, ignoring Aunt Zhang's attempts to stop her, "Wait!"
She glanced coldly at the yamen runners and said, "Even if they are convicted and sent to the execution ground, they should be given time for their families to bid farewell."
"You guys aren't that anxious, are you?"
This time there was no obstruction.
Gu Xixi waved her hand to signal Mu Nanzhao to bend down.
She stood on tiptoe and leaned on his shoulder, with her arms around him, looking like a pair of lovers parting.
Gu Xixi whispered in Mu Nanzhao's ear, "Something is wrong."
"The backgrounds of these people and the charges they brought against you are somewhat strange."
Mu Nanzhao's chin brushed Gu Xixi's cheek, his gesture ambiguous. "Did you see that they all carried knives?"
"When they drew their swords just now, they really had murderous intent."
The man's crisp breath mixed with the air of snow was so cold that it instantly sobered people up.
Gu Xixi suddenly opened her eyes wide, and Mu Nanzhao gently pushed her away.
"I must go with them tonight, and those who are innocent will be cleared."
"Don't be afraid. There are many people at home. You can protect them all."
What he said was not only for Gu Xixi to hear, but also for the people around him to hear.
Gu Xixi stared blankly at Mu Nanzhao disappearing in the snowy night, and Aunt Zhang reached out to support her worriedly.
"Xixi, what's going on? Should we talk to Lao Qian about this?"
Must go...
There are many people in the family...
What does Mu Nanzhao mean by this?
Could it be that if she had exposed those four people just now, or continued to resist, they would have wiped out the whole family?
Gu Xixi's palms were already covered in cold sweat.
She had seen Mu Nanzhao's skills, so fighting one against four might not be a problem.
Not to mention whether the other party has helpers hiding in the dark, what will happen after Mu Nanzhao kills these people?
How to deal with the body? How to solve the murder case?
She couldn't possibly follow Mu Nanzhao and flee to the ends of the earth with her whole family, right?
What's more, whether it is Gu Xixi or Mu Nanzhao, their respective goals have never been to become desperadoes.
Thinking of this, Gu Xixi turned around and walked back quickly, "Auntie, let's eat."
"Ah?" Aunt Zhang couldn't believe it. "Still eating?"
When the food was served, Gu Xixi ate it in big mouthfuls, and it seemed that her appetite was not affected at all.
On the other hand, Aunt Zhang, the old doctor, even made Xiao Shitou lose his appetite.
Shitou didn't have as many concerns as the adults, he asked directly, "Sister Xixi, Mr. Chen has been arrested, are we still eating here?"
Gu Xixi said as she ate, "Being hungry is useless. Only when you are full can you have the energy to do anything."
As she spoke, she handed the empty bowl to Aunt Zhang, "Aunt, give me another bowl of rice."
Usually Gu Xixi always eats little for dinner, but tonight she ate two bowls of rice and a lot of dishes.
And she ate very quickly. Before others had eaten much, she had already put down her chopsticks.
"Aunt, give me some of the steamed bread you made this morning. You don't need to heat it up. Just wrap it in the steamer cloth."
Aunt Zhang now had no idea what Gu Xixi was going to do, and she was busy following her instructions.
Gu Xixi went back to the house, changed into her thickest cotton-padded clothes, and put on a stone-blue cloak.
She made herself a pot of thick honey water, poured it into the water bag, wrapped it in several layers of cloth and put it in her arms to keep warm.
Then he put a bag of steamed bread and a bag of sugar into the cloth bag and straightened his cloak.
Shitou was the first to react, "Sister Xixi, are you going out?"
Gu Xixi entrusted Shitou with a serious look, "Well, after I leave, you will be the youngest man in our family. Remember to take good care of Grandpa Langzhong and Grandma Zhang."
"Don't forget to feed Xiaohua and Laifu."
Shitou felt a sense of mission in his heart. He clenched his two fists and nodded vigorously.
"Well! Leave it to me! I promise not to hold Sister Xixi back!"
Gu Xixi said to Aunt Zhang and the old doctor, "We have food and drinks at home, and we don't have anything to do outside recently. You should stay at home and eat and drink well. Don't worry too much."
The old doctor had been silent until now, and finally spoke, "You want to find someone to save him?"
Gu Xixi smiled brightly, "There's nothing I can do. It has to be this way."
He disguised himself as a yamen runner and entered the village with a knife, intending to kill people to silence them.
The only thing Gu Xixi could think of that could make them take such a risk was Mu Nanzhao's true identity.
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