activa-t Chapter 457: Reconstruction of the Family on the Road to Escape
Chapter 457: Reconstruction of the Family on the Road to Escape
Gu Mancang's face turned red and he coughed to hide his embarrassment. "Let's distance ourselves from them today."
Gu Mancang turned around and was about to leave, but he almost bumped into someone. Gu Li was squatting behind him, stretching her neck and tilting her ears.
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Cough cough cough!
"Xiao Li'er you-----"
Gu Li: "Dad, when the convoy passed by us yesterday, I didn't see any women in the convoy!"
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Cough cough cough!
The child heard it all!
Gu Mancang's eyes were wandering, not knowing where to look.
He Xingqing didn't even use his crutches. He used his hands and feet to get up from the ground and ran away quickly.
He Yunwang chased He Xingqing and asked him questions for a long time but got nothing out of him. In short, the two people who knew the situation kept silent and only said that they should keep a distance from the convoy outside the forest.
On this day, they rarely set out on the road early in the morning. The convoy walked for a long time before they slowly set off.
The team rode horses and carriages, while Gu Li and his team walked, which allowed them to distance themselves in no time.
Gu Li acted as if nothing had happened, walking beside Gu Mancang with a small bag on her shoulder.
She had already figured out the previous problem.
Just because you didn’t see any doesn’t mean there were no women in the convoy.
Isn't there someone else in the carriage?
The person who could sit in the carriage was either the county magistrate whom He Yunwang knew, or he should be a family member of the county magistrate.
Why was he fooling around on the North Slope with three guards?
Was it that the woman couldn't stand the loneliness and cheated on the county magistrate, or was it that the county magistrate, who was fleeing famine, lost his authority and became a slave bullying his master?
Gu Li guessed it should be the latter.
It's a game played by four people together. How exciting it must be. How could it not leave marks on your bodies?
Didn't Uncle He say that someone else was using props? How could the county magistrate, who was the man beside him, not notice it?
Gu Li concluded that those guards were not easy to deal with.
They are even more difficult to deal with than refugees and bandits.
The less you think about something, the more likely it is to happen.
They had clearly slowed down their journey, but they didn't expect to encounter the same convoy again before the day was over.
After passing a mountain area where there was no village or shop nearby, we could hear the sounds of horses neighing and swords clashing from afar.
The sounds of men fighting were mixed with the cries of women and the screams of children.
Gu Mancang carried He Xingqing on his back, He Yunwang also skillfully carried Gu Li on his back, Tao Chunhua followed behind, and the family turned around and hid in the bushes in the distance.
Gu Li's face was so swollen that it was covered with water. He Yunwang threw her on his back, pressing her face so hard that it almost exploded.
Without bothering to curse, Gu Li held her face in her hands to prevent herself from being hit again during the bumpy ride.
After hiding far enough away, Gu Li slid down He Yunwang's back, pinched the soft flesh on his waist with both hands, and twisted it a few times.
He Yunwang almost cried out in pain. He slapped Gu Li's hand away and glared at her.
Gu Li glared back at him.
The two of them glared at each other like black-eyed chickens.
In the end, He Yunwang turned his gaze away first. Gu Li's different-sized eyes and face couldn't make her look fierce, but instead made him want to laugh!
In order to avoid making someone angry again, He Yunwang suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth, avoided Gu Li and squatted aside.
It was already dark at this time and there was no one on the road. The family hid in the grass for a long time and did not hear any movement outside.
Gu Li was the first to jump out of the bushes. There were more bugs in the bushes, and her face was almost ruined, so she had to protect it well.
"I don't know what's going on over there." As soon as Gu Li opened her mouth, He Yunwang looked over. His pair of dark eyes were pitch black in the dark shadows, which was a bit scary!
He Yunwang smiled softly, "You want to pick up bargains again?"
Gu Li was not panicked when she was seen through. "I don't steal or rob. I just pick up things that are discarded and make the best use of them. This is called not wasting!"
Gu Li spoke so convincingly that Tao Chunhua was convinced by her.
It’s mainly the money that moves people.
What's more, since he could drive the guards to escape famine, the owner must be very wealthy.
Tao Chunhua tugged at Gu Mancang's sleeve and said, "Boss, we're going to Wufeng soon. We don't have anything yet. Can you pick up anything?"
Gu Mancang was not willing to take the risk at first, but he was stared at by two women, one big and one small, one tall and one short, and he couldn't say no.
"Yunwang, what do you think?" Gu Mancang hoped that He Yunwang could say something to dissuade the two tiger girls from their desire to steal his money.
Who knows, "I listen to my uncle."
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He Xingqing never participated in opinions. He and Tao Chunhua stayed behind to look after the few belongings. Gu Mancang, He Yunwang, and Gu Li, who insisted on going with them, quietly moved forward.
It would be impossible not to take her, because Gu Li said that if they didn't take her, she would go quietly after they left.
Who between Tao Chunhua and He Xingqing can stop her?
Gu Mancang had no choice but to keep the person under his own nose.
The killing was over, and no one was left standing; all were lying on the ground.
Gu Li was overjoyed. Is this a lose-lose situation?
She, the fisherman, is here to clean up the battlefield!
Hey!
Gu Li quickened her pace, but before she had taken two steps, Gu Mancang pulled her behind him.
"Go behind me. Something is wrong!"
Judging from the clothes of the fallen people, it should not be a problem within the convoy, but a fight between two groups of people. One group is the guards of the carriage, and the other group should be refugees.
The refugees who could kill this team of guards are not simple.
"How is it possible that they were all killed without exception? This is very wrong." The battlefield was too quiet. Even the horses fell to the ground without making any sound.
Gu Li also realized that something was wrong and silently took out the dagger from her waist.
Maybe today I can finally let my dagger see blood.
Gu Mancang and his two children did not get close, but looked at the group of corpses on the ground under the cover of a big tree.
"Or, let's just forget it." Seeing a pile of bloody corpses lying together, even Gu Mancang, who had seen a lot of the world, couldn't help but feel a little scared.
"No!" Gu Li was the first to object. Since they were already here, how could they leave empty-handed? "I need to find a pair of leather boots for Dad!"
She had long had her eyes on the boots worn by the guards, and today she had to find a pair of shoes suitable for her father!
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Gu Mancang was so moved that he puffed out his chest and said, "You guys stay here first, I'll go find out."
"Dad, be careful!"
"Got it. If there's an emergency, you and Yun Wang should run first. Don't wait for Dad. Dad runs fast and will catch up with you."
Gu Li flinched again, "How about----"
Before Gu Li finished speaking, Gu Mancang had already turned around and walked out. He had to make this trip. His shoes were almost becoming his daughter's obsession. Gu Mancang felt bad because she was always thinking about them!