After returning to the residence, Hang Baiqiu felt a little depressed. After saying a few words, he entered the back room alone.
Ge Hong and others looked at Cheng Jiu curiously, and Cheng Jiu whispered to everyone what they had just seen.
Ge Hong and others could only express sympathy for what happened to that family, but there would be no more.
After waiting patiently, everyone finally ushered in the dark moment.
In order to avoid other people's attention, there were no lights in the room and it was very dark.
Ge Hong did not rush to greet everyone to leave, but first went to the window to observe, then turned around and called: "Old four and five, you two go to the village and see if there is anything wrong."
"Got it!" "Hey!"
Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun immediately agreed and left the house through the front door.
Then, Ge Hong told Yu Tie and Fatty Lai to get ready for departure. Finally, he walked to the door of the inner room, knocked twice, and said: "Sir Hang, it's getting dark..."
Soon, Hang Baiqiu opened the door and came out.
When she saw that it was completely dark outside, she hurriedly said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Uncle Ge, did I oversleep?"
"No, no..." Ge Hong quickly waved his hand and said, "Just right."
After about a cup of tea, two ghost-like black figures appeared outside the door. Ge Hong knew at a glance that it was Cheng Jiu and Guan Maochun who had returned.
Ge Hong quickly opened the door and let the two of them into the house.
"Brother, everything is normal in the village!" Cheng Jiu's first sentence was to report the situation.
Guan Maochun also nodded and said: "Yes, we can go."
Everyone was very happy when they heard this. Ge Hong immediately said to Hang Baiqiu: "Sir Hang, let's go."
"Yeah." Hang Baiqiu agreed readily.
Under the cover of darkness, Hang Baiqiu and Ge Hong began to move carefully towards the entrance of the village. Along the way, they tried to avoid crowded roads and only took the uninhabited paths.
In this way, the six people arrived near the village entrance smoothly.
Just when everyone thought they could leave Yuntai Village without incident, a group of Youlong Clan soldiers suddenly appeared from the woods on both sides of the village entrance.
This group of clan soldiers consisted of eight people, seven of whom were armed with spears and one of whom was carrying a sword. As soon as they appeared, they blocked the road out of the village.
Except for Ge Hong, Hang Baiqiu and Cheng Jiu immediately tensed up their nerves and secretly prepared for a fight.
Upon seeing this, Ge Hong immediately stopped him in a low voice: "Don't be impulsive, wait and see..."
At this time, a voice came from the front: "Who are you? Why are you leaving the village at this time?"
The person who spoke was the man with the sword on his shoulder, who seemed to be the leader of this group of clan soldiers.
Ge Hong took a step forward and said politely: "Brother, we are merchants passing through here and we are on our way home..."
The leader of the clan soldiers said in a suspicious tone: "Xing Shang? Why do you travel at night? Aren't you afraid of encountering bandits?"
Ge Hong said angrily: "What the elder brother said is true, but if there is no emergency at home, who would be willing to rush at this time?"
While they were talking, a clan soldier had already lit a torch with a sickle and came to the leader's side holding the torch.
Under the illumination of the torch, Fatty Lai, who had a mountain-shaped body, immediately attracted the attention of the clan leader.
As a result, the nerves of Hang Baiqiu, Ge Hong, and Cheng Jiu became even more tense.
The leader of the clan soldiers took the torch from the person next to him, raised it and looked at Fatty Lai, then turned to ask his companions: "This man...why do I feel like I have seen him somewhere before?"
My companion also thought so. He nodded while staring at Fatty Lai's face and whispered: "Boss, this man looks quite like the one in the county government..."
"His!" These words immediately made the leader of the clan soldiers take a breath of cold air. He was so frightened that he quickly took a big step back, pointed at Fatty Lai and said: "Yes, it's him, it's him!"
The leader of the clan soldiers recognized Fatty Lai, put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and asked: "You are from the Ganquan County government, why are you in Yuntai Village?"
Ge Hong secretly raised his eyebrows at Cheng Jiu and defended himself: "There's a misunderstanding, brother, you got the wrong person. How could we be from the county government? We are really doing business. If you don't believe it, I'll show you the way."
Let me show you..."
"Do you have a guide?" The leader of the clan soldiers hesitated immediately.
"Yes, yes, we have a guide. Just wait, I will take it out right now."
As Ge Hong spoke, he pretended to rummage through his baggage, and at the same time moved towards the leader of the clan soldiers bit by bit.
"Where's the road guide? Take it out quickly, don't waste time!"
Seeing that Ge Hong could not find a way out after searching for a long time, the leader of the clan soldiers became a little impatient.
"Yes, yes, right away..." Ge Hong responded twice, and then made a voice of surprise: "Ah! Here, here, I have found a way..."
Upon hearing this, the leader of the clan soldiers moved the torch to illuminate it.
At this moment, Ge Hong's hand pulled out a sharp dagger from the baggage, and with a "pop" it plunged into the heart of the clan leader.
As soon as Ge Hong took the lead, Cheng Jiu, Guan Maochun and others also swarmed towards the other clan soldiers.
Hang Baiqiu's reaction was also very quick. He rushed to the nearest clan soldier with one arrow and knocked him to the ground in two moves.
Ge Hong killed the leader of the clan soldiers with one knife, then immediately drew out his dagger, dropped his baggage and rushed towards the other person, shouting: "No one can be left alive!"
Next, after several consecutive screams, the surrounding area immediately fell into silence.
Because of the disparity in combat power, the sudden battle ended in the blink of an eye...
The eight clan soldiers barely resisted, and the five brothers Hang Baiqiu and Ge Hong were killed.
Ge Hong walked over and put out the burning torch. He looked around and whispered: "Sir Hang, their people will find these corpses soon. We have to leave quickly!"
"Let's go!" Hang Baiqiu nodded and said, then turned and walked out of the village.
Ge Hong and Cheng Jiu immediately told everyone to get their things and followed Hang Baiqiu's footsteps.
After the six people left the village entrance for a while, a few brave villagers holding oil lamps came closer to the village entrance cautiously.
When these villagers discovered eight clan soldiers who had died tragically, everyone's expressions were horrified, and some people's calves were trembling uncontrollably.
One of them stepped back and shouted with a slightly trembling voice: "You...you guys are watching here, I will go and notify Captain Lando right away..."
After saying that, the man quickly ran towards the village.
At this time, Lando and several of his confidants were drinking and laughing in a spacious courtyard. Also present were several stewards and foremen of the Hanuo family in Yuntai Village.
"It's not good, it's not good..."
When the atmosphere at the wine table was getting thicker, a panicked clan soldier suddenly ran in from outside.
When Lando realized something was wrong, he immediately put down the wine bowl he had picked up and asked, "What's going on? Tell me!"
The clan soldiers gasped for air and immediately told the story of the murder of eight of their companions at the entrance to the village.
Suddenly, there was a commotion and panic in the courtyard, and the wine shop that had been cheerful and joyous just now suddenly exploded.
Lando slapped his palm heavily on the wine table and roared angrily: "Here comes someone, prepare your horse immediately and let me chase you!"