Help! I just woke up and was stabbed by a big kid

Wuyun, who was on the tree keeping watch on the surroundings, gestured downwards to indicate that there was nothing unusual.

The group moved forward to the left.

Gu Yue felt that his stealth level was improving. Because he had learned how to distinguish objects that made noises under his feet, and how to apply force subtly so that branches would not be broken. The five people moved silently through the forest.

Suddenly, a barely audible bird cry came from the tree where Wu Yun was hiding.

Gu Yue and Gu Xu immediately crouched down and hid. Wu Feng on the side had disappeared before the sound faded away. A moment later, a muffled sound was heard in front.

Another bird call, and the alarm was lifted.

Gu Yue and Gu Xu followed and saw a man who looked like a guard fainted on the ground with his pants half removed. It seemed that he was knocked unconscious by Wu Feng when he was about to pee.

The presence of guards means the pepper garden is nearby.

Fortunately, the guard was knocked unconscious by Wu Feng before he could release the water, so there was no urine smell on the ground to affect everyone's sense of smell. There was a very faint special smell in the air, fragrant and slightly spicy.

The taste of peppercorns.

No wonder it is called the Pepper Garden. It seems that more than just Western spices are grown there.

Gu Yue was worried. Would Lord Han tell Boss Sun about the existence of such a secret place so easily? Boss Sun even knew the name of the plantation.

Since Boss Sun didn't know the exact location of the pepper garden, how did he know the planting conditions of the crops in the pepper garden?

Although there are many explanations for this question, Gu Yue still believes that we need to be more careful in everything.

He gestured and the group stopped temporarily.

"I'm worried that there's something fishy going on in this pepper garden. We must be extremely careful in tonight's operations." Gu Yue said, "Safety is the most important thing, and the account book is secondary."

"Okay." Gu Xu nodded, and Wu Feng and Wu Yun also agreed.

Shi San never said anything extra, but Gu Yue knew that he would also be wary.

This person seems stupid in the way he speaks, but he is actually very smart.

Less than fifty meters ahead, they could vaguely see a wall ahead, with a faint light coming through from behind. Wu Feng extinguished the fire, and their night clothes were well hidden in the woods, watching for any guards passing by.

The Jiaoyuan had been open for many years, and it had been peaceful all the time. The guards were also very lax. The last patrol had fainted for a long time, and the successor hadn't noticed his disappearance. Even the inside of the wall had been quiet, with no movement at all.

Gu Yue's heart was lifted up.

For safety, they groped their way out along the wall and came to a dark area behind the wall.

Wufeng lightly jumped onto the top of the wall, while Wuyun stood guard on a tree outside the wall. After a while, Wufeng let out a low whistle.

Gu Xu nodded to Gu Yue.

Before Gu Yue understood what it meant, he felt his shoulders sink. Gu Xu also jumped up, stepped on Gu Yue's shoulders to gain leverage, and flipped over easily.

Deliberate! Gu Yue just had this feeling, Gu Xu would definitely be able to get there by himself.

But he was not angry at all, instead he felt a sense of trust and closeness. He looked at Shi San and pointed at the wall.

Shi San looked at him and squatted down resignedly.

Among the five people in this group, only Gu Yue doesn't know martial arts and can't climb over the wall easily, but Gu Dashi is very strong!

These two big arms may not look impressive, but Gu Yue feels that they can probably do a hundred pull-ups.

Shi San held Gu Yue's feet and lifted him up; Gu Yue held onto the top of the wall with one hand and held onto Wu Feng's arm, and with the other hand, he climbed onto the high wall of the Jiao Garden. Then he slid down slowly by holding onto the top of the wall in a very awkward way, using his height to shorten the distance between his feet and the ground, and jumped onto the ground as silently as possible.

The downside is that a layer of white dust got rubbed off on the nightgown.

Gu Yue patted it twice gently to avoid being too conspicuous.

Shi San also turned over, as quiet as a cat. Wu Yun stayed outside as planned to provide support, and did not come in, but moved to a position where he could monitor the pepper garden and the four of them.

This is a well-trained professional secret guard, doing his job properly. The only one who could make a mistake is probably him, a fragile college student who has been upgraded to a fragile office worker and reincarnated as a super cannon fodder, right?

Fortunately, he had foresight and picked up a subordinate to increase his tolerance rate.

The ground was hard where they landed, and in front of them were the shadows of rows of plants, very tall. They were not trees, but long, large strips like an artistic garden fence.

Gu Yue moved closer but smelled nothing.

Gu Xu covered the light from the fire stick and came over to help Gu Yue with lighting.

The moment the plant in front of him lit up, Gu Yue's heartbeat quickened. These bunches of green, spherical small fruits... are peppers!

It turns out that pepper is not a tree!

Look carefully at the gaps between the leaves, and you will see that the whole pepper plant is clinging to a wooden frame, growing into a tall tree. There are many such plants around, all peppers!

Gu Yue was so moved that he almost cried.

He had a whole list of catering business plans in his head, and all he needed was pepper to implement them step by step. Now seeing so many pepper plantations in front of him, how could he not be excited?

But the peppers were not yet ripe, so he didn't smell anything.

The yard was quiet.

After leaving the shadow of the pepper plantation, the tree canopy in the middle of the yard was no longer there, and the light from the stars and the moon in the night sky was very bright, allowing them to see the general appearance of the plantation. They walked along the wall towards the yard with the fire in the distance, and the more they walked, the more frightened they became: this pepper plantation is so big!

At first glance, I couldn't even see the wall on the other side.

It should be as big as a football field, right? It should be smaller, but it's about the same size. Gu Yue estimated in his mind.

Such a large area is certainly nothing compared to modern planting scales, but the problem is that Western spices are still extremely expensive in Northern Qin. How much profit can be made from planting pepper in such a large area, and how much tax has Lord Han evaded?

The guarding within the courtyard walls was very lax.

At least they had not appeared in the plantation as they approached the yard. No one could have imagined that one day someone would set their sights on Lord Han. Lord Han was just an ordinary spice merchant, and he had not formed a very obvious industry monopoly, which made him comfortable for many years.

After walking for a distance, Gu Yue was able to roughly see the general layout of the pepper garden in the dark.

Peppers took up a portion of the area, and in the distance there was another large area of ​​trees, a bit like prickly ash or star anise. Near the yard was a patch of herbaceous crops, very low, a large part of which was surrounded by a fence, blocking the path that Gu Yue and his party had to pass.

To get to the yard, you have to go around the fences and take the paths in the plantation, which will risk being discovered, but it is not too difficult if you use pepper as a cover.

Standing against the wall, Gu Yue looked at the enclosed plants from afar and felt that they looked particularly familiar.