latelenovela Chapter 363 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 14
Chapter 363 The hero's stumbling block on the road to escape from the famine 14
Yaoyao and Yueyue originally wanted to visit a town that had not been affected by the disaster and was relatively prosperous. They had never been to the ordinary ancient world.
As a result, they encountered bandits after walking for only half a day. Because they were so skilled and bold, they didn't disguise themselves at all. They were well dressed and looked good, so they were targeted.
The bandit leader fell in love with Xiao Yueyue, and the bandit leader's sister fell in love with Yaoyao.
Yaoyao and Yueyue did not resist and just followed them. When they reached the top of the mountain, they saw that the place was quite rich. So the next day, Yaoyao became the bandit leader and Yueyue became the second in command.
And this hilltop is one of the hero's strongholds...
On the contrary, A Yuan, who originally wanted to do something, failed and ran directly into the trap of the male protagonist.
Don't be fooled by Yuan's usually slow behavior. When he has a target, he runs faster than a rabbit. Unlike Yaoyao and the others who are passive, he went to the mountain on his own and wanted to learn from the male protagonist to build his empire by gathering the bandit forces.
He also deliberately looked for the largest stronghold nearby, and ended up meeting the male protagonist there. Although A Yuan had some kung fu skills, he could not beat four hands with two fists, and the male protagonist had cheats and a halo, so he was directly "recruited" by the male protagonist.
In other words, they are unable to contact each other now, otherwise Xiao Yun would have pulled A Yuan out of his shell for actually "surrendering to the enemy"!
Of course, she doesn’t know it now, and is sleeping soundly. After all, she has been tired after a whole day and night, and her body has reached its limit.
When she woke up again, it was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon. When she came out of the house, she saw Mingyue cooking porridge in a clay pot, Huairen and Huaiyi were weaving a backpack, and Huaiyi was twisting a hemp rope.
"Where's your dad?"
"Mom, you're awake. I called dad to rest at noon. Let him sleep a little longer. I'll call him back when the porridge is ready."
Gu Huairen stopped what he was doing, stood up and answered.
Xiao Yun walked up to them and saw that he had woven a large backpack. He knew that it was for storing quilts. Before, they had to adjust the bags frequently when carrying them, otherwise they would always slide down. The backpack was more convenient.
In fact, it would be better to have a wheelbarrow, but I didn’t have the chance to buy one before, and it is unlikely that anyone would stay in these villages, so I can only wait until the next town to see.
"You'd better hurry up. The soldiers are chasing us. They are already searching the third village we passed by. They will be here in an hour or two at most."
Xiao Lin suddenly sent her a message.
Xiao Yun was shocked. So fast! Could it be that he followed their footprints?
They didn't dare to stop the whole night. Normally, those people should have woken up in the morning, but they had caught up with them in half a day. They definitely didn't come on foot.
Sure enough, Xiao Lin said, "There aren't many people, just four of them, chasing us on horseback, because there are several villages on the road that we need to search, otherwise they would have come faster."
Xiao Yun stood up and said to her children, "Mom's eyelids are twitching. I have a bad feeling. Let's leave here quickly. I'll go call your dad."
After saying that, without waiting for the children to react, he walked into the room where Gu Lanzhang was. Seeing that he was snoring in his sleep, it seemed that he was really tired.
But now was not the time to feel sorry for the man, so she just walked up and pushed him.
Gu Lanzhang woke up all of a sudden, sat up, and looked alert. When he saw that it was his wife, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong? Is it late?"
Xiao Yun repeated what he had just said, and said it more seriously, "Before you were arrested, my heart was pounding and I had a bad feeling. At that time, I just thought it was because you were tired from walking too much and didn't say anything. I didn't expect it to come true. This time, we'd better believe it and leave quickly. I always feel uneasy."
Gu Lanzhang frowned, thought for a moment and then nodded. He immediately put on his coat, stood up and wrapped the quilt on the bed.
They didn't cover themselves because the weather was hot. There was only the kang mat left on the kang, so they spread the quilt on it and slept quite comfortably.
Xiao Yun also ran to the next door and packed up the quilt she had slept on before.
The backpacks for Gu Huairen's brothers have also been woven. All that's left is the straps, which are the coarse hemp ropes that Gu Huaili has twisted in his hands.
Gu Mingyue's porridge was ready, so they didn't care about anything else and just poured some cold water into it and stirred it. When it was just right, they drank it in one gulp.
Having a little food in my stomach will give me energy to continue my journey.
By the time they finished their meal and packed their things, nearly half an hour had passed. Xiao Lin had been listening to the messages from the trees and grass, and learned that the four soldiers had finished searching the village and were heading to the next one.
Because it left messages on the plants and trees along the way, asking them to help keep an eye on it and pass on the message if there were soldiers dressed as officers chasing after it. That's why it was able to respond so promptly. Otherwise, they would probably not notice until the soldiers were already close.
When they finished cleaning up and walked out of the yard, they saw an old man watching them from afar.
They did not walk over, but just bowed from a distance and turned to leave. They guessed that the old people would not feel at ease with them here. After all, they were outsiders, and they had four strong men with them. If they wanted to do something, the old people would not be able to stop them.
If there weren't for the three women, those old people would probably have to hide and not dare to come out.
After the family walked onto the path outside, Xiao Yun picked up a few branches with many twigs and asked Gu Lanzhang and the others to walk on the weeds on the roadside as much as possible. She was at the end, using branches to cover her traces as she walked.
Gu Lanzhang didn't know what was going on at first, but he quickly reacted and picked up a few branches, dragging them behind her like she did, so that the traces were almost disappeared as he walked.
The roads here are all soft dirt. If you walk in the middle of the road, your footprints will definitely be very obvious. It is better to walk on the weeds, but the grass will be knocked down. With this branch, the weeds will be pulled up again, and there will be almost no trace.
However, they did not follow the previous route and did not dare to enter the village again. But even so, at one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, they could still faintly hear the sound of horse hooves behind them.
They had already discussed some ways to deal with the situation beforehand. No matter who came, they would avoid them. The family quickly ran to the hillside nearby and then lay down in the weeds.
Fortunately, it was very quiet here at night, without even the sound of insects. In addition, the echo was loud in the mountains, so the sound of horse hooves was actually still far away when we heard it.
The reason why they decided to go west was because there were more mountain roads here. Although they were dangerous, they were also easier to hide.
They lay on the hillside and watched the four men and four horses whizzing past them. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they could no longer hear the sound of horse hooves.
Gu Huaili patted his chest with a look of fear on his face, "Luckily, mom gave us a warning beforehand, otherwise we would have been caught and taken back."