Eight hundred and tenth chapter dark under the lamp
Chapter 810 Dark under the lamp
In the evening, the carriage escorting the gold mine drove into an inconspicuous small village.
When the villagers saw the official flag on the carriage, they quickly called the village chief.
Next, Ge Hong negotiated with the village chief, and the village chief agreed to lend them a room at the entrance of the village.
Under the guidance of the village chief, the two carriages quickly stopped in the open space in front of the house.
After Ge Hong thanked the village chief, he gave the order to start unloading the truck. He wanted to move all three large boxes containing the gold into the house, so that the night watch would be much easier and more convenient.
Then, Ge Hong walked up to Yu Tie and said, "Second brother, it's still the same as before. You are responsible for taking care of the horses!"
"Ah!" Yu Tie nodded in response.
Yu Tie was responsible for looking after and feeding the horses all the way here, and today was no exception.
Ge Hong turned to Guan Maochun and said: "Lao Wu, after we finish unloading the car, you and a few brothers will go into the house to clean up and make some places to sleep..."
"I know, brother." Guan Maochun immediately agreed.
After saying that, Ge Hong turned around and looked for Cheng Jiu. Seeing that he was staring at the back of the room, he walked over and asked, "Fourth, what are you looking at?"
Cheng Jiu pointed to a dense bush about half a person's height behind the house and said, "Brother, the bush behind the house is too close to the house and can easily hide people. It needs to be cut down!"
Ge Hong frowned and walked over to check the bushes, nodded and said, "Yeah! You're right, it needs to be cut off, otherwise it won't be easy for us to notice if someone gets in front of us!"
After saying that, Ge Hong turned around and said loudly: "Lao San, come here!"
Soon, Fatty Lai came behind the two of them: "Brother, what's going on?"
Ge Hong pointed to the bushes behind the house and said, "Let's cut down all the bushes in a while. Don't block the view. Do you understand?"
"I know!" Fatty Lai nodded naively.
Then, Ge Hong said to Cheng Jiu: "Fourth, it's getting dark soon. Can you go to the village to buy some food? Everyone has been traveling all day, so they should be hungry."
Cheng Jiu promised: "I know, brother, I will do it right away!"
After saying that, Cheng Jiu went to the village, and Ge Hong also left to arrange other matters.
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At the same time, on a hillside near the entrance of the village, two pairs of eyes were secretly monitoring every move in front of the village.
"Brother, do you really want to take action here? This place is not far from Nanying..."
The person who asked the question was the thinner of the two. This person's eyes always looked a bit cross-eyed, but in fact there was no problem in seeing.
"Cross-eyed, do you know what it means to be dark under the lamp?" the other party asked him immediately.
Of course Cross Eyes understood the meaning of darkness under the lamp, but when he thought of Nanying being nearby, he couldn't help but feel a little worried: "But brother..."
"But what? Have you forgotten that all the people in Nanying have gone to Lintai Mountain to fight against Ludang, so how can anyone take care of this place? And they must not have thought that we would do something under the nose of Nanying! Hehehehe
..."
The man Cross-Eye calls his eldest brother is named Ranmujia. He is Lando’s younger brother and Lando’s most trusted assistant!
This time, Lan Mujia brought a total of twenty-five people, most of them ruthless men. They quietly followed the carriage transporting the gold all the way out of Ganquan County, always looking for good opportunities to strike.
And now is what Lan Mujia thinks is the best time!
Seeing that Lan Mujia had made up his mind, Fighting Cock asked, "Brother, should we think of some countermeasures so that we can outwit them in a while?"
"Outwit?" Lan Mujia suddenly frowned and said displeasedly: "Are you stupid? We have more than 20 brothers, twice as many as them, so why do we need to outwit?"
Cross-eyed for a moment, he quickly changed his words and echoed: "Yes, yes, brother is right, I was confused. There are so many of us, we don't need to outwit them, we can just overwhelm them!"
Lan Mujia's brows widened a little, and then he said: "Although there are many of us, we can't take it lightly, especially the four rough men and the big fat pig. It will be difficult to deal with them at first sight. When the time comes,
Be careful!"
Cross Eyes nodded immediately and said: "I know, brother, I'll tell you to go down soon..."
Lan Mujia didn't speak, and continued to observe the village entrance for a while before saying: "Let's go and rest first, and come back at night!"
Then, there was a distant rustling sound in the woods behind the hillside, and the two people disappeared immediately.
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After dark, a fire was lit in the open space in front of the house at the entrance of the village.
Ge Hong and Cheng Jiu sat in front of the fire, adding firewood to the fire and chatting.
"Fourth, if everything goes well, we can arrive at Yaozhou City in two days, and then the mission will be completed!" Ge Hong said.
"Yes, this journey has been quite smooth. I hope there won't be any problems later!" Cheng Jiu looked forward to that day.
Ge Hong threw a thin stick of wood into the fire and asked, "By the way, is your injury still tight?"
Cheng Jiu moved his arms and said, "It's okay. I change the medicine every day and I'm almost healed."
"Well, this is best." Ge Hong said assuredly.
After talking for a while, Ge Hong said: "Fourth brother, you go into the room and sleep for a while, then come and take my place in the middle of the night."
It was like this along the way. Ge Hong kept an eye on him in the first half of the night, and left it to Cheng Jiu in the second half of the night. The two of them allocated time slots for duty, and so far there have been no problems.
"Okay, then I'll go take a nap first..." Cheng Jiu nodded in agreement, got up and went into the house.
After entering the house, Cheng Jiu was not in a hurry to sleep, but walked straight to the back of the house. He wanted to see how the dangerous bushes were being cleared.
When I got to the back of the house, I saw Fatty Lai, Yu Tie and several government officials were still busy, but it could be seen that the cleaning work was coming to an end and the area behind the house that was originally occupied by bushes had shrunk a lot.
At this moment, Guan Maochun also came to the back of the house and said: "Fourth brother, this should be almost done, right?"
Cheng Jiu nodded and said: "Well, it's much better than before, but you must not let down your guard at night, understand?"
Guan Maochun said: "Don't worry, fourth brother, second brother and I are here!"
Ge Hong and Cheng Jiu attached great importance to the area behind the house. After discussion, they arranged for Guan Maochun and Yu Tie to take turns leading the government officials on duty.
As for Fatty Lai, he followed Cheng Jiu to guard the front of the house in the latter half of the night.
Cheng Jiu carefully checked to make sure there was nothing wrong before returning to the house to sleep. His bunk was next to three gold mining boxes. As long as there was a slight movement at night, he would be able to react!
Lying down, Cheng Jiuyi couldn't fall asleep for a while, so he took out the peace charm that Situ Jing gave him...
Cheng Jiu looked at the peace talisman in his hand quietly, and couldn't help but think of Situ Jing's appearance in his mind. Since he had an extra concern in his heart, Cheng Jiu felt that he had a new goal in life, and his whole person had a completely new look.