In just a few minutes, the villagers had finished cleaning up.
Everyone gathered together and asked each other for news.
"What's going on? Why do you suddenly have to hurry? This is different from what you said before."
"You ask me? Who should I ask? Who cares? Anyway, we just need to believe that the village chief won't harm us."
Seeing how skillful the villagers were, Lin Jiuyue and Gu Chengyan nodded in satisfaction.
Although most of these villagers are old and weak, fortunately everyone is obedient to orders, which is also a satisfying point.
"Is everyone packed? If so, let's set off."
The village chief stood in front, commanding the team.
Li Huaer and Li Zhuzi finally caught up with Lin Jiuyue and his team after much hurrying. They thought they could have a good rest tonight, but who knew they had to start their journey in the middle of the night.
Li Zhuzi approached the village chief and asked in a low voice.
"Village Chief, what's going on?"
The village chief glanced at Li Zhuzi. His already irritable mood suddenly became uncontrollable.
"Why are you asking so many questions? Just hurry up if I tell you to. Do you think I'm going to lead you all into a fire pit?"
Li Zhuzi was scolded by the village chief and immediately became depressed.
"Haha, Village Chief, don't be angry, don't be angry, I won't ask. I won't ask."
After saying that, Li Zhuzi fell dejectedly to the back of the team.
"Dad, have you found out? What did the village chief say?"
Li Zhuzi spat at the village chief's seat and cursed softly.
"Tui~ He's so tight-lipped, he didn't reveal any information, and he even scolded me! If he wasn't the village chief and needed to follow them, would I care about him?"
"By the way, Hua'er, haven't you been close to Ji Liangchuan recently? Go ask him, he must know something."
When Li Huaer heard what Li Zhuzi said, her eyes became evasive.
In order to make his father treat him better, he created the illusion that he had a good relationship with Ji Liangchuan in front of his father.
In fact, Ji Liangchuan never paid much attention to himself.
"Dad, what could he know? If he knew, he would have told me long ago."
Li Zhuzi frowned.
"Oh, forget it, if you don't know, then you don't know. Anyway, my father and I are at the end of the team. If anything happens, we can run away in advance."
After his previous experience with bandits, Li Zhuzi now preferred to walk at the back of the group, so he could run away at the slightest sign of trouble.
Li Huaer did not object, obviously thinking the same thing.
Lin Jiuyue walked in front of the team, and from time to time he used his mind to check the surroundings. He found that the bandit team was getting closer and closer to him.
It was as if the bandits had targeted their group and were rushing straight towards them.
"Village chief, we have to move faster to prevent those bandits from catching up with us."
Unable to tell the truth, Lin Jiuyue could only express her thoughts implicitly.
The village chief frowned after hearing this.
"September girl, this is already the fastest speed our team can go. If it goes any faster, we probably won't be able to handle it."
Lin Jiuyue frowned and turned her head to look back.
The other people in the team were fine and could barely keep up, but the elderly and children were indeed having a hard time walking.
There is only one road here, and it is impossible to avoid the bandits by going around elsewhere. The only way is to cross this mountain, enter the official road, and meet up with other refugees on the official road to get rid of these bandits behind.
But from here to the official road, at the team's current speed, it will take at least two hours.
According to the bandits' speed, they would catch up in less than two hours.
By then, the team will have to rely on myself and Ji Liangchuan, and I probably won’t be able to protect those villagers.
"Try to go faster. The bandits are probably right behind us."
The village chief was stunned for a moment after hearing this. Then he asked.
"What's going on with these bandits? They seem to know which way we're going. We're refugees, so we shouldn't be chased by bandits this relentlessly, right?"
This is exactly what Lin Jiuyue can't understand.
The entire team, apart from the few supplies they had, the rest of the villagers couldn't even fill their stomachs. Why did those bandits choose their group as their target?
Unless, someone said something to the bandits!
Thinking of this, Lin Jiuyue suddenly thought of Li Huaer and her daughter who escaped from the bandits.
He turned around and walked quickly to Li Huaer.
"Li Huaer, Li Zhuzi, did you really escape by hiding at the back of the team?"
Li Huaer and Li Zhuzi looked at each other.
"Yes, yes, what's wrong?"
"Were they not caught by the bandits? Or, in other words, were they informed of any information about our group?"
Li Zhuzi originally thought that Lin Jiuyue wanted to ask about his wife, but he didn't expect that Lin Jiuyue was asking about this matter.
"No, absolutely not. Don't worry about that."
Lin Jiuyue looked at Li Zhuzi and his daughter with suspicion.
Someone must have leaked the team's information. Since it wasn't Li Huaer and her daughter, it must have been someone else who was captured.
I just don’t know what they said to the bandits that made the bandits chase after their group relentlessly!
Lin Jiuyue, who didn't get the answer, turned around and walked to the front of the team again.
"What did you do?"
Gu Chengyan asked in a low voice.
Lin Jiuyue looked around and said in the same low voice.
"I suspect someone told the bandits about our team, and they're probably coming for us."
Apart from this, Lin Jiuyue couldn't think of any other reason.
After all, even if everyone else in the team put together, they wouldn't be able to squeeze out even a little bit of profit. Only Gu Chengyan and I had some money.
After listening to this, Gu Chengyan was silent for a moment.
"Don't worry, we'll just have to wait until we get to the official road. Then we can blend in with the disaster victims and it won't be easy for the bandits to find us."
Lin Jiuyue also knew this was the case. But the problem now was whether they could hold on until they could reach the official road before the bandits caught up.
"I hope so."
If he leaves the team and goes forward alone, he can get rid of the bandits.
But Lin Jiuyue was afraid that her guess was wrong. What if the bandits' target was not her, but the entire team? If she and Gu Chengyan left, all these people would probably die!
After thinking about it, Lin Jiuyue decided to wait and see.
After learning that there were bandits behind them, the village chief urged the villagers to hurry up as they walked. The team kept pace, and the bandits didn't catch up in a short time, but they were getting closer and closer.
Lin Jiuyue looked at the official road and bandits so close at hand, feeling extremely tormented.
I kept comforting myself in my heart that I could get through it as long as I held on a little longer.
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