latelenovela Chapter 172 Sending People to Track
Chapter 172 Sending People to Track
The fragrant aroma makes people's stomachs growl and they swallow their saliva frantically.
"Come on, those who want to eat, line up to get food. Everyone will get a share!" Guan Jianshan's confidant took a spoon and tapped the iron pot. Amid the clanging sound, he winked at a few people next to him, scooped up some meat porridge in his hand, blew on it, and swallowed it in one gulp, with an expression of enjoyment on his face.
The few people who received his gaze followed suit and each made some meat porridge to eat.
This move made those people who were already tempted and unable to bear it completely let down their guard and scrambled to line up to get food. They were really hungry and would starve to death if they didn't eat. Even if the meat porridge was poisonous, it contained meat and rice, so they would have no regrets if they died after eating it.
For a moment, the scene was in chaos, with noise and bustle.
In the aisle between the low wooden rooms, there were some people who were very vigilant and watched instead of queuing up. On the periphery of the crowd, three women were dragging Qian Yurou, and Xiaomei was covering Qian Yurou's mouth tightly with her hands.
At this moment, Qian Zhongsheng's door was kicked open by someone. Guan Jianshan, with a gloomy face, walked out with one hand dragging Qian Zhongsheng, who was like a dead dog with many glaring wounds on his body.
Qian Yurou saw this scene. Her eyes widened and tears welled up in her eyes. She struggled to save Qian Zhongsheng, "Mmmmm!"
"Miss, these people don't seem like good people. Meat and food are so precious, but they just gave it out when they said so. They are so generous when everyone is hungry. I'm afraid there is something strange. We should sneak away before they find out!"
"Yes, Miss, let's go first. Isn't the young master out hunting and hasn't come back yet? Let's go find the young master and we'll make plans later!"
"Miss, Aunt Gui and Uncle Lai Fu are right. Your Excellency is an official appointed by the imperial court. They dare not do anything wrong." Xiaomei begged with tears.
In the end, several of them forcibly dragged Qian Yurou away. Without even taking anything with them, they ran into the woods in a panic.
Inside the village, Guan Jianshan looked around, his cold eyes finally fell on Qian Zhongsheng who had fainted again, "Bring Qian Wentao and Qian Yurou here."
A confidant came running in the rain, looking a little bit nervous and panicked, "Brother Shan, Qian Wentao and his sister are not in the village!"
A man who had been lurking in the village for a long time said, "They may have gone out hunting and will be back later."
The confidant glanced at Qian Zhongsheng on the ground and asked cautiously, "Brother Shan, has that dog official remained silent?"
Guan Jianshan remained silent, his face as gloomy as the dark clouds rolling in the sky, his brows slightly furrowed, and there was a hint of confusion in his eyes.
He couldn't understand why Qian Zhongsheng clenched his teeth and was reluctant to speak.
Everyone is afraid of death, it just depends on how cruelly the person is killed.
Guan Jianshan gave his confidant a fierce look, and the confidant immediately took people to drag Qian Zhongsheng into a room and tortured him severely.
"Who are the people who are close to Qian Zhongsheng?" Guan Jianshan asked the spy lurking in the village.
The spy thought for a moment, reported a few names, and added at the end: "There is also Master Liu."
"Go and capture all these people." Guan Jianshan turned around and went back to the room.
After a while, several people were arrested. Some of them were Qian Zhongsheng's relatives and friends, and some were soldiers and officers.
The spy came in hurriedly and whispered in Guan Jianshan's ear, "Master Liu is missing. He said he was not feeling well this morning and went back to the wooden house to rest. He has not come out since then."
Guan Jianshan's mind raced like lightning and he narrowed his eyes. He glanced around the room at the people who were looking down in panic. He suddenly stood up, picked up the sword on the table, and strode out.
Not long after, Guan Jianshan called a few confidants to have a secret talk, "That Master Liu might be suspicious. Zhao Gen and Li Danian, you two should take some people out to look for him. I'll have my spies select a few places and let him lead the way."
The two people who were called responded respectfully and were led by the spy to the backyard of the village, where there was a horse stable. There were more than a dozen horses in the stable. They were the ones who had carried things up the mountain together when they first went up the mountain.
A group of people rode their horses into the rain, full of murderous intent, and the sound of their horses gradually faded away.
In the forest, Liu Yi had made three trips to push the money and grain hidden in the cave in batches to a certain distance and hid them.
All the money and grain in the cave were wrapped in oilcloth to make it waterproof and tied up on a cart.
There were still more than half of the things in the cave, which was a little less than he expected. He guessed that Qian Zhongsheng must have hidden the money and food in several places.
However, there are quite a lot of things in this cave, enough for him to eat for several lifetimes.
Liu Yi ran in the rain and pushed the carts one after another. He pushed them four times and pushed them all to one place. There were still four carts in the cave.
His plan was to push all the money and grain to one place and hide them, and then rush to the next place, which was located a few miles away and had been chosen in advance.
The things on the cart weighed more than 200 kilograms. He pushed it several times by himself, but his ability was limited and he gradually became unable to do it.
The road was slippery on a rainy day and he was soaked. The rain dripped into his eyes, blurring his vision.
Liu Yi pushed the cart hard and walked shakily, gritting his teeth and persevering. He was not paying attention and stepped on an area covered with green moss. He slipped and was about to fall. In panic, he grabbed the handle of the cart, trying to steady himself.
However, he failed to control the strength well and used too much force, causing the wheel to slide to the side. Due to inertia, his body fell forward uncontrollably, his hands still holding the handlebars, and he struggled hard.
However, he did not notice that the ground beneath him began to crack at an extremely fast speed, and within a few breaths, the ground collapsed.
Liu Yi suddenly felt his body falling down, his hands left the handlebars, and he screamed twice in shock. Without caring about anything else, he looked up to see what happened to the things in the car.
It would have been better if I hadn't looked. Once I saw it, I was horrified. The wheels of the cart slipped on the muddy road and slid onto the slope some distance away, teetering on the verge of collapse!
"No, no!" Liu Yi shouted in pain, and at the same time he stumbled to his feet, stretched out his hands, stepped on the soft soil and ran towards the cart.
As he moved, the moist soil along the way collapsed piece by piece, countless pieces of mud rolled down, some fell down the slope and disappeared in a few seconds.
Liu Yi finally grabbed the handle of the cart, but before he could catch his breath, he heard a strange noise under his feet. The surrounding soil cracked into countless cracks, which continued to extend and expand into the distance. Some were thick, some were thin, like a big spider web, covering him and all the people and things around him.
With a loud bang, a large piece of land on the edge of the slope collapsed and landslide occurred. Liu Yi and the cart rolled down the slope like a snowball.
"what--"