Seeing the pleading look on Dong Yunyun's face, Li Xuan stopped opening the door, remained silent for a few seconds and then said: "Hurry up and put on your shoes!"
Dong Yunyun nodded quickly when she heard this. She had been sleeping in her clothes for the past two days, so she didn't need to put on extra clothes. She got out of bed, put on her shoes, and took small steps to Li Xuan.
After pushing open the door and entering the outer compartment, Dong Yunyun lowered her voice and said, "I'll call Zhu'er!"
Li Xuan did not object, but nodded slightly: "Be careful, don't wake up other people!"
Zhu'er was sleeping in the hut next to her. After Dong Yunyun left, she saw the master and servant returning soon. However, Zhu'er was still carrying a small baggage with her, and she didn't know what was inside.
Something, probably clothes or something.
Li Xuan did not speak to them, but waved, then quietly opened the door, and took the two women to the place he had made an appointment with Bai Yunqi, Mrs. Bai and others.
It was very quiet in the small valley at midnight, and there were no lights around. Although Li Xuan brought the fire sticks and torches prepared in advance, he did not light them and instead moved forward in darkness.
Tonight was simply a full moon, and there were no clouds in the night sky to block the moonlight, allowing Li Xuan and the others to move forward by the dim moonlight.
After walking carefully for a while, Li Xuan came to an abandoned wooden house and saw his uncle Bai Yunqi, Mrs. Bai and others.
They also didn't have torches or lanterns, so some of them couldn't see clearly, but they could still recognize them.
But when they discovered that Li Xuan did not come alone, but brought Dong Yunyun and Zhu'er with him, Mrs. Bai walked up to Li Xuan and lowered her voice: "What's going on with them?"
Li Xuan also lowered his voice: "They noticed me when I went out!"
Although she didn't say it clearly, Mrs. Bai was also a smart person. She could tell the hidden meaning in Li Xuan's words, that is: he didn't intend to take them with him, but his whereabouts were exposed. If he didn't
If he took them with him, if they made a loud noise, he wouldn't be able to leave, so he had no choice but to take them with him.
Mrs. Bai turned her head and looked at Dong Yunyun and Zhu'er. Dong Yunyun was a little frightened, and she begged in a panic tone: "Please!"
Mrs. Bai now said: "Stop talking, follow us later, be careful!"
Dong Yunyun and Zhuer nodded quickly like chickens pecking at rice.
At this moment, Bai Yunqi also came over: "It's getting late, we should go!"
Mrs. Bai nodded and said, "Let's go!"
Immediately, Li Xuan's family, Dong Yunyun's master and servant, and the three former villagers of Lijiazhuang, a total of nine people, walked in the dark toward the outskirts of the valley.
A few days ago, Bai Yunqi and Li Xuan, through frequent wanderings and secretly observing the situation in the small valley, had determined the path to leave the small valley and avoid the bandits patrolling the intersection.
Although there is a full moon high in the sky, there is no torch lighting, and the small valley is not very flat, so it is quite difficult to walk.
Not long after leaving, Dong Yunyun fell once, but the woman also knew that this was not the time to cry out in pain, so she didn't make any sound at all, and quickly stood up with Zhu'er's help and continued to follow.
The pace of the crowd.
After walking for about a mile and arriving behind a small slope, everyone lit a small lantern with a fire stick. However, the torches and other lanterns in their hands were still useless, so as not to attract the attention of the patrols.
The attention of the bandits.
But even so, with this small lantern and the dim light, it was not as difficult for everyone to walk as before, and their walking speed was accelerated by two points.
Bai Yun said curiously: "After passing through the small forest in front, we can light a few large lanterns and torches, so we can walk faster!"
But as soon as he finished speaking, Orion Li Shan among the crowd suddenly said: "There is a situation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xuan also vaguely heard the noise, which seemed to come from far away.
"What's going on?" Madam Bai on the side asked Huichen while she was holding her hand.
Bai Yunqi pointed to the valley entrance into the valley in the distance and said, "Look, the torches at the intersection over there are also lit. Have they discovered us?"
"If we are discovered, the first person to light up the torch must be inside the valley, how could it be at the mouth of the valley!" Li Xuan frowned, and at this time he had a very bad premonition.
While they were talking, a torch suddenly lit up the gongs, and the sound of gongs sounded loudly. The dense sound of gongs was particularly harsh in the quiet night.
When the gong sounded, many houses in the valley also lit up their lights one after another. Many people ran out of the wooden houses in a panic in the light of the fire. Although these people were disheveled, they all brought swords, guns, hoes and sticks.
Seeing this scene, Bai Yunqi's face suddenly changed: "They didn't discover us, but there are enemies coming!"
"The enemy must have been discovered at the entrance of the valley, so the gong was sounded as a warning!" At this moment, Orion Li Shan also said: "Someone said two days ago that once an enemy comes to attack, the guards at the entrance of the valley will sound the gong.
Ring the gong!"
At this time, Li Xuan took a deep breath: "The officers and soldiers should be here!"
At this time and in this place, it was impossible for the guards at Taniguchi to react in such a big way except for the officers and soldiers who were pursuing them.
In the past two days, Li Xuan also roughly understood the situation around this bandit's den. This bandit's den is hidden in the mountains, and there are no other bandit groups around, so it is unlikely that other bandits will attack.
Even if there are other gangster groups around, everyone now knows that the officers and soldiers chasing Li Xuan and others are searching in the mountains. It is unlikely that other gangster groups will take risks in this situation.
So the only possibility is: the officers and soldiers are coming to kill us!
"Then what should we do now? Keep walking?" At this time, Li Shan looked at Li Xuan and Bai Yunqi.
Bai Yunqi said: "The situation is chaotic now, it is a good opportunity for us to escape!"
Li Xuan also nodded and said: "Yes, let's keep going!"
Let's not talk about whether this is an opportunity, but now that the officers and soldiers are knocking on the door, they must not stay here any longer. If the officers and soldiers break through the stronghold, then they will definitely die.
So no matter what, since you have decided to run away, you can't stay.
Li Xuan continued: "Light the torches and leave quickly!"
They all lit up lanterns and torches, and their progress greatly accelerated. Just a moment later, a fire dragon appeared in front of them. At this time, Li Xuan's face turned pale. The path was actually guarded by officers and soldiers.
Does God want to kill me?
At this time, a large number of people holding torches appeared in this place. Who else could they be besides those officers and soldiers?
They not only attacked the valley entrance, but even blocked the trail.
Li Xuan tried to calm down. He knew that he had to deal with it calmly, otherwise he might not see the sun tomorrow.
Just when Li Xuan forced himself to calm down in panic, outside the valley, the county magistrate wearing a seventh-grade official robe and stroking his goat's beard smiled and looked at the county braves and government officials who were marching forward holding torches, and then looked confident
With a look of his own, he said: "Go down here and capture the false prince of the Tang Dynasty, and you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"