Chapter 217: Feint to the East and Attack in the West
At first I heard a bell ringing, but because it was far away from the village entrance, the sound was not so clear.
Everyone was a little confused.
Until the second and third rings, the bell sounds became more frequent and more urgent.
An Qinghe was surprised and said, "I heard it right! Someone rang the bronze bell!!"
Gu Xixi subconsciously wanted to run to see what was going on, but suddenly stopped, "No, I'm still on patrol. I must not leave my post when the situation is unclear."
Mrs. Qin said anxiously, "The bandits must have entered the village. Let's quickly grab our weapons and go to the village entrance to help!"
Especially at times like this, the more you need to stay calm.
Gu Xixi thought for a moment, then looked past the few people and towards the golden wheat field, then moved his eyes upwards to look further away.
"No," she murmured, "we must not leave now."
“Although Huachidu Village only has one entrance under the big locust tree, it is an ordinary road for ordinary people.”
Gu Xixi pointed to the wheat fields stretching into the distance, where wheat ears harvested by each family in the past two days were still piled on the edges of the fields.
"There's actually another place in our village where we can come in."
There are fields on the east side, and at the end in the distance is a rocky wasteland. It is completely unconnected to the official road and there is no normal road at all. It is a deserted place with no human habitation.
At the end of the field, there are ditches that are difficult to cross. It is far away from where the villagers live, and it is difficult to walk on them. If you are not careful, you will fall into the ditch.
So no one ever enters the village from that side.
But it is not completely impassable.
He Jinglan suddenly realized and his face became serious. "The bandits broke into the village for the food. They might have sent some people to enter the village from this place, first make a feint to the east and attack the west to find the food, and then cooperate with the outside to steal the food from the main road."
An Qinghe scratched his head, trying to understand the deeper meaning, "So they are making trouble at the entrance of the village now, just to... make a feint to the east and attack in the west?"
He Jinglan nodded, "It's possible."
She paused and said, "But it's also possible that they are just a bunch of petty thieves who are not that smart."
Mrs. Qin had already reached out and pulled the two children in front of her, holding them tightly.
She was a little confused and could only ask Gu Xixi, "So we're just going to stay here and do nothing?"
"What if it's true as Miss He said, and nothing happens here?"
Gu Xixi said, "It would be best if everything is fine here."
"If the village can hold out, that'll be fine. In the worst-case scenario, if we can't, the whole village can retreat into the mountains. At least we can save our families."
She didn't say the rest.
If someone directly invades the heart of the village, it would be hard to say whether everyone can escape safely.
Mrs. Qin blurted out anxiously, "If we run to the back mountain to hide, won't all the wheat and the things at home be ruined?"
As she said this, she realized that it seemed a bit excessive to still care about these material things when it came to saving her life.
Mrs. Qin said awkwardly, "Don't be offended, Xixi. I was just confused for a moment. I finally made some money recently and bought some new household items, but now I'm asking for money instead of my life."
Gu Xixi understood very well, "Now that life is getting better, it's all earned by you two with hard work. Who would want to give it up so easily? What's more..."
She smiled at everyone comfortingly, "Sometimes when you lose your money but are still alive, that can be another kind of sadness."
Several people curled their lips, but none of them could smile.
The mountain breeze blew, and the unharvested wheat rustled.
They looked nervously into the distance of the wheat field.
Shitou suddenly pointed at a field of wheat and said, "There are people there!!"
That was Gu Xixi's wheat field. The wheat grass was tall and growing lushly, and the huge ears of wheat all hung their heads, making it difficult to see what was hidden inside.
Several people stared at the field of wheat.
He Jinglan whispered, "With an average adult's height, it's impossible for them to not see anything if they walk over normally."
An Qinghe stared and analyzed, "Only a thief would hide himself in there secretly."
Everyone was shocked.
The shaking of the wheat was getting closer and closer, and the amplitude was getting louder and louder, as if someone was about to pass through the wheat.
Mrs. Qin hugged Shitou and Qing'er tightly, her eyes as ferocious as a mother wolf protecting her cubs.
He Jinglan looked at them calmly and calmly blocked the three people behind her.
Gu Xixi walked forward and stood in front, reaching her hands into her cross-body bag and calmly opened a large paper package.
Poison, the most poisonous kind in her bag. She had used it on Beili soldiers when she and Mu Nanzhao were in danger at the border. After she came back, she improved it with the help of the old doctor and made it more refined.
Faster absorption and more effective effect.
When making preparations, Gu Xixi specially divided the food into large and small packages to deal with different moments.
After all, the raw materials for poison are still very expensive, and good steel must be used on the blade.
What they have to deal with now are countless bandits, and Gu Xixi also has to protect the people behind her from any accidents.
You must use a big package to be safe!
An Qinghe lost his usual smiling look and stood side by side with Gu Xixi with a stern face.
He untied a dagger in an ox-bone scabbard from his deerskin belt.
The dagger was unsheathed, flashing with bloodthirsty light.
This dagger was used to kill wild wolves in the desert, so it is just right to use it to kill thieves today.
In silence, several people prepared themselves to fight the enemy.
The wheat suddenly parted, revealing a man's face.
Gu Xixi took out a large bag of poison and looked at it carefully at the same time, and stopped her hand that was about to sprinkle the poison.
"Uncle Chen? Why is it you?!"
The others also knew Chen Dafu. They breathed a sigh of relief, but then they felt their hearts pounding.
Chen Dafu came out, crouching low, and threw heavily onto the ground a handful of things he was carrying.
Bang! The sound of a heavy metal object falling to the ground splashed up dust on the ground.
Now everyone understood why he walked in that posture.
He Jinglan identified them one by one, "Long knife? Axe? Hatchet? And what are these?"
Gu Xixi took a look and said, "Except for the two long swords that are considered weapons, the others are some household tools and farm implements."
An Qinghe said, "But judging from their equipment, they are far inferior to the horse thieves who specialize in robbing caravans in the desert."
Every bandit was armed with a knife, and each of them had at least a few lives on their hands.
Without Gu Xixi asking, Chen Dafu wiped his sweat and said with a heavy breath, "Just now Xiao Liu and Xiao Ma said it was too hot and wanted to go to the clear water channel to wash and cool down."
"As a result, we found these hidden in the weeds beside the canal near our fields."
"When I saw the boss coming over here, I felt that there was something wrong with these things, so I thought of taking them all over and showing them to the boss how to deal with them."
Gu Xixi and others looked at the weapons silently.
Then they all looked up at Chen Dafu, their eyes were strangely warm. An Qinghe even showed a sly smile.
“Hehehehe…”
The bell at the village entrance is still ringing.
Chen Dafu felt his spine tremble when he was stared at. "Boss, Miss He, why are you all looking at me?"
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