Chapter 236: Several bandits chirping
Cheng Ye brought a few smart people forward to check.
The exile team conveyed Xiong Jiushan's orders at a very fast speed from front to back. All the prisoners gathered in the middle. Many prisoners had no idea what was happening.
Soon, the Min family caravan that was following all the way also sent people over. It was Min Zhong, the manager, and Wu Liang, the leader of the pledge.
"Master Xiong, this place is still some distance away from where bandits roam. Why did they suddenly stop? But what happened? Is our Min family's place useful? Please don't be polite."
Min Zhong's tone was solemn and serious. Xiong Jiushan glanced at him and Wu Liang and saw that the other party really wanted to help.
At this time, Cheng Ye and other soldiers were still searching for traces of the person Xie Yuchuan said was ambush. There was no definite information yet, so he did not rush to a conclusion, so he nodded and said: "The heavy fog covers , There seems to be a spy following him."
Min Zhong glanced at Wu Liang beside him, and the two of them had an expression of "I guessed it right."
"Sir, we still have some knives."
"Oh?"
Xiong Jiushan turned his head, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Can I borrow it?"
"Sir, this is what Xiaomin and others should do. I'll have someone send it to me right away, sir."
As he was about to leave after saying this, he was stopped by Wu Liang, who said in a rough voice: "Manager Min, I'll go."
Having agreed to rely on official protection, Min Zhong and Wu Liang He gave away some things without hesitation, and soon, more than a dozen woodchopping knives were delivered to Xiong Jiushan, who divided them one by one, just in case.
Min Zhong was nervous and waited behind Xiong Jiushan.
Xie Yuchuan glanced back at him inadvertently. Min Zhong habitually bowed and nodded to Xie Yuchuan to express his goodwill.
It wasn't until Xie Yuchuan turned around for a long time that he realized that he had just bowed and said hello to a prisoner who had committed a serious crime and was exiled?
Not long after, the police officers who were investigating in the woods near both sides left and returned.
Cheng Ye came over with a handful of dead leaves and hay covered with soot and dripping kerosene, and another soldier held a handful of wet soil mixed with dry food residue.
"Sir, there are indeed several footprints on the left and right."
Xiong Jiushan looked at the things in their hands with sharp eyebrows.
Cheng Ye glanced suspiciously at Xie Yuchuan's face, then squinted at the faces of the men in the Xie family, raised his head and said to Xiong Jiushan: "Sir, we can't identify each other with just a few footprints. Is he a bandit or a prisoner on the way?"
This was said so carelessly in front of a group of prisoners, especially the Xie family. Cheng Ye's prejudice against the Xie family was obvious.
Xie Yuchuan looked stern and sneered when he heard this, ignoring Cheng Ye's provocative words at this moment.
Everyone in the Xie family, except for the young Xie Jiarui, could tell who Cheng Ye was talking about.
Xie Yuchuan didn't bother to argue with him, but Xie Wuying was impatient with Cheng Ye's sinister tone, "There are hundreds of households in the wilderness and the mountains can't tell clearly, but it will cost lives."
Xiong Jiushan watched. He glanced at Xie Wuying.
Xie Yuchuan saw this, turned around and said gently: "Hezhi, adults are discussing matters, why are you so talkative."
"Yes, Sixth Brother, Hezhi is reckless."
Xie Wuying said this, but his expression was not like that. Cheng Ye squinted at him and sneered silently.
He couldn't understand more and more the adults' attitude towards their Xie family.
Cheng Ye selfishly thought that the bandits would become bold after eating the ambitious leopard, and dared to pluck the hair from the tiger's mouth, thus provoking the government.
He felt that it was more likely that the Xie family had always been uneasy.
Xie Yuchuan really gave him a headache.
When Xiong Jiushan came over and looked at the positions of the Xie family men, the back of his neck felt tight. As expected of a general, in this state of well-trained vigilance, a group of his men with weapons at their side were all Can't catch up.
And he looked around and saw that among the prisoners, there were many who were as vigilant as the Xie family.
Xiong Jiushan felt that the sick prisoner's ability to protect himself would be a help, but looking at the many people behind him who looked alert and cruel, damn, it gave him a headache.
As if he could guess what he was thinking, Xie Yuchuan said calmly: "Master Xiong, since we have outposts, we must have back-up tactics. It is best for you to make a decision early."
" You don't need to tell me this!" Cheng Ye had a dark look on his face. He really couldn't stand Xie Yuchuan's self-importance. "How do you decide, sir? Don't bother General Xie to worry about it."
"Cheng Bai. What I say makes sense, Mr. Xiong, but Yuchuan is lying." Xie Yuchuan gave his family a look of impeccableness, and everyone relaxed their shoulders instantly, looking like they were just obeying, but in fact they were loose on the outside and tight on the inside. The Xie family's female family members, old and weak, were behind them without any blind spots.
Cheng Ye gritted his teeth and stopped talking because Xiong Jiushan stopped him with his eyes.
Xiong Jiushan crossed Cheng Ye and looked at Xie Yuchuan.
“I heard that the young general can use the divine light to lead the way?”
Xie Yuchuan looked at him, but Xiong Jiushan stared at him intently.
Xie Yuchuan raised his eyebrows slightly, raised his hand and pressed the button of the flashlight, shining a bright light several feet in front of Xiong Jiushan.
Xiong Jiushan looked at the end of the strong light and was silent for a long time: "..."
How much virtue did the Xie family's ancestors accumulate?
On the goat intestine trail behind Wutou Peak, several young and strong men dressed in coarse cloth and animal skin jackets slashed left and right with their machetes while cursing at each other as they climbed up.
A few people were quarreling, and only the middle-aged man with a black face who was leading the way was silent and sullen.
"Master Wu, this batch of goods is not easy to make. I haven't understood it yet. How can I explain it to the boss when I go back like this?"
The gloomy man named Master Wu turned a deaf ear.
The machete in his hand is dancing like a tiger, which means he is in a bad mood.
The little brother who didn’t open his eyes still wanted to chirp, so the brother who was following him reached out from behind and pulled the waistband of the other man’s pants.
The chirping and grumbling voices behind me finally died down.
Master Wu in front squinted his eyes and turned around, looking down at them from the thorn bushes halfway up the mountain.
"Did any of you see clearly how that light came from just now?"
"What light?" Someone was too stupid to realize what Master Wu was asking.
There was a man with a body like a skinny monkey, with sinister eyebrows and rat-like eyes, asking for credit: "Master Wu, the young man just had quick eyes and glanced at it. The unknown light was from the group of tall people in the middle. It came out of the goods!"
Mr. Wu closed his eyes hard and opened his eyes angrily. His eyes were pierced by the light, and he still feels uncomfortable in his eyes.
What the hell is that?
Never seen it before.
Mentioning that the few people who had been following him failed to follow him, but their traces were exposed, several people were instantly depressed and not very happy.
They have always followed Mr. Wu and are the best whistlers in the village.
What’s good now is that before the mountain guy could figure out whether he was fat or thin, he was picked out by someone.
"How can we make a business if we just go back like this?"
You look at me and I look at you.
This is my first time encountering this situation and I don’t know what to do.
“Officials are different from ordinary business people.”
“If you are destined to leave but not to come back, what should you do?”
"Listen to Mr. Wu," someone said.
Several people looked at Master Wu.
The latter's triangular eyes narrowed into slits in reluctance, and there was a look of reluctance on his dark cheeks.
After a long while, Master Wu finally spoke.
“Go to the Xiangtou ditch and try again and again. I won’t believe that I can’t figure out their names!”
(End of this chapter)