Chapter 65: Road Blockage and Robbery

In the dark night, everything is silent. The stars twinkle faintly in the vast night sky, as if countless pairs of eyes are watching the world.

Snoring could be heard everywhere in the tent made of canopy and straw mats. Lin Youcai lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep well.

Lin Xianwen patted his father lightly and whispered, "Hey, Dad, how about we go and tie up those three guys?"

Lin Youcai turned over and was about to speak when one side of the straw mat was lifted up by someone, "Mr. Lin...Brother Youcai, wake up..." The person was about to take off his shoes and walk in.

Lin Youcai sat up: "What's wrong?"

Tian Daniu waved his hand, and Lin Youcai lifted the quilt, stood up, put on his shoes and walked out.

Tian Daniu: "Old man Wu just said he had a stomachache and went to relieve himself. Zhao Zhuang wanted to follow him to see what was happening, but I stopped him. It was so dark that he didn't know what was happening."

"It's right not to follow them. Just let them go. If what we think is right, they will either come openly or secretly. If they come openly, we will fight them. We just need to find their secret passages. I asked the head of the village to keep the bag of food given by old man Wu. Don't eat it yet. I'm afraid they will poison or drug us."

Tian Daniu: "Then let's keep a close eye on these three people first."

Lin Youcai nodded, "Well, if the enemy doesn't move, we won't move either. They are in the dark, we are in the light, let's wait until daybreak."

Looking at the pitch-black surroundings, it felt like countless eyes were staring at the team.

Lin Youcai warned: "Everyone on night duty should be careful and don't be left alone!"

Tian Daniu: "I understand. We have told every group about this. Brother Youcai, go to bed quickly. You will have to be up to keep watch later."

Old man Wu, holding a torch, walked away, squatted down, and stuck the torch in the mud. Using the excuse of going to the toilet due to diarrhea, Old man Wu slipped out and squatted down to walk to the other side.

Not long after walking, Old Man Wu heard the chirping of insects and walked towards the source of the sound.

Four figures appeared in front of him, and one of them said in a hoarse voice: "Cut your father, you are so slow to do things, do you want to freeze me to death?"

Old Man Wu: "You fucking Xipi Third Xu, I want to get up in the middle of the night! You don't know how defensive they are! From day to night, there are guards every hour. A new group of people guard every hour, and there is not even one person dozing off or distracted! I finally found an excuse to get out!"

Xu Laosan: "Don't talk nonsense! Have they eaten the food you brought?"

Old Man Wu: "There are so many of them. If we give them too much, they will be suspicious. If we give them too little, they won't have enough to eat! I gave them a bag of food, and they collected it. I didn't see them eating it! I think they are beginning to suspect the three of us. The younger ones can still get a few words out of them, but the older ones are very wary of us!"

Xu Laosan: "Can you give me the drug? Give me a definite answer!"

Old Man Wu: "They don't eat from the same pot, each family cooks their own food. How could they poison us? They also have four dogs, which bark when they see us! We were almost bitten several times."

The tall and thin man asked in a low voice: "What's inside that long cart covered with straw curtains? Have you figured out what's inside?"

Old Man Wu: "There's nothing. The soldiers searched during the day, took a few glances and then went to check the next car. If there really was something valuable, it wouldn't be our turn!"

Xu Laosan: "Hey! It would be best if we have that straw mat carriage, but it doesn't matter if we don't! We can see more than ten carriages and more than ten animals, all of them fat! They can even afford dogs, so they must have money and food! If we do this, we can have a prosperous New Year!"

Old Man Wu: "Oh, you are so beautiful! Wait until you succeed before you show off! If you have something to say, tell me now. I have been out for too long, they will be suspicious!"

Xu Lao San: "Tomorrow you... Then... we will do this..."

Old Man Wu: “!!”

When the first ray of sunshine shone on the earth, everyone had packed their luggage and started a new day's journey.

After traveling for two hours, the team was ready to rest when they saw that the official road ahead was piled with large rocks and mud. It was difficult for pedestrians to pass, let alone cars.

Everyone's heart finally fell to the ground and died! What was coming finally came!

There are no mountains nearby, so I can’t fool myself into thinking it was a landslide.

Lin Zisu got out of the car to relieve herself, and when she saw the road ahead, she frowned and said, "Is it so obvious?!"

Lin Xianwen: "It seems that we can't do it dirty, so let's do it openly!"

Lin Youcai: "It seems like they are planning to rob openly!"

Butcher Zhao stood beside Old Man Wu and said with a fake smile: "What should we do? The road ahead is blocked!"

Zhao Zhuang: "How long will it take to clean this up? Where did all these stones come from?"

Lin Youxing frowned: "I'm afraid it's going to be dark before the road is cleared!"

Old Man Wu hesitated and said, "There is a small path over there that can bypass this section of the road and get back to the official road."

Tian Daniu said expressionlessly: "How did you know there was a shortcut around it?!"

Old Man Wu: "I have lived here for decades. I can go to any town or village without any mistakes even if I close my eyes! The path ahead leads to my cousin's village!"

Butcher Zhao laughed and said, "I think it leads to the underworld!"

"Old Man Wu, the hemp ropes I have are very strong!" Zhao Zhuang took out a bundle of hemp ropes from behind him.

Wu Laoer's face turned pale, and as soon as he moved his mouth to blow a whistle, he fainted. The two "children" also fell to the ground and fell asleep. The three of them were tied up and left on the road.

The others who didn't know the inside story were stunned by this sudden turn of events.

You say something, I say something, and we argue a lot.

"What's going on?"

"These three people must be bad guys! Otherwise, why would they be knocked unconscious and tied up!"

"How could you knock out kids? They are so young, they must be innocent!"

"There must be a reason!"

"I just think these three people are weird!"

Lin Lizheng looked at the three people on the ground and said to everyone: "Quiet! Quiet! These three are bandits who sneaked into our team to find out our details so that they can catch us all in one fell swoop! The road ahead is blocked by them, let's clear the way quickly!"

Everyone was in an uproar!

Most of the young men who knew the inside story last night have already picked up their tools to clear the road. There is no time to waste! Hurry up and act!

"Stop complaining! If you don't want to die, move quickly! The large group of bandits will be here at any time!" Lin Benshu shouted quickly!

The elderly and children watched the luggage and paid attention to the surroundings! Everyone took turns to move stones and shovel mud!

There were two stones that were too big, so Lin Youcai asked several people to lift them up a little bit. A thick wooden stick was inserted under the stone, and several people worked together to lift the big stone to the bottom of the road.

Just as they were busy, a group of big men rushed in from the small road beside the official road, holding swords, axes, hoes, and kitchen knives... and shouting "Kill!"

There were two bandits hiding on the roadside. I checked where their team was so I could report to the boss. I saw three people knocked unconscious and tied up! I knew something was wrong, so I ran back to the village to report!

The path leads to a village, and then to the official road. Old man Wu did not lie, but his cousin was not in the village. The old people, children, and young adults in the village were all killed by the bandits, leaving only the women to be tortured by them.

The bandits were stationed in this village and robbed passers-by.