Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

The farmers walked in groups of three or four, carrying bamboo baskets on their backs, and occasionally exchanging a few words.

When they were quite far away from the village, Li Yuan and his companions followed behind.

The road to Jiguan Mountain is quite far from the village, but the men had no complaints, because the people in Jiguan Mountain paid them real money to do things.

In addition to growing crops in the fields, they can also go to the mountains to pick some wild fruits and game and sell them to the people in the mountains.

They went there once every seven days. Although the mountain roads were hard and they had to carry a lot of stuff, the men felt that the journey was comfortable when they thought of their families, which were a little more comfortable.

This was the third time this month that gifts were delivered, and everyone’s backpack was filled to the brim.

They walked to a forest, crossed the forest and arrived at the foot of Jiguan Mountain. They had walked a long way. The physical fitness of these people was also uneven. Some walked in the front, and some were at the back.

At the end, there were several people at the head, and six or seven of them really couldn't keep up, so they could only rest while catching up.

The first half of the people went into the woods, and Li Yuan and his men followed behind them.

Someone was alert: "Did you hear any sound?"

"what sound?"

The person next to him stopped and listened carefully, then patted the person who was talking and said, "There's nothing, and you still want to scare me."

After saying this, he walked into the forest. The man looked back, but there was nothing there, only the shadows of the trees swaying in the wind.

The man thought of the ghost stories he had heard, in which there were tree demons that turned into spirits and sucked the blood and souls of men and turned into mummies...

I heard that to gain a man’s trust, you just have to put your hands on his shoulders from behind, and as soon as he turns his head, you have to bite his neck off immediately.

Just as he thought of this, he heard the sound of branches breaking behind him. The man's eyes were full of fear. He was torn between being afraid to look back and wanting to look back. Suddenly, a hand reached out from his shoulder under his eyelids.

? ?

! !

Before Dai Jiangong, who was standing behind him, could do anything, he saw the man's mouth and nose brush against his palm and then he fell limply to the ground.

Dai Jiangong: “…”

He hasn't started yet! What is this for?

Under Li Yuan's puzzled eyes, Dai Jiangong squatted down to test the boy and found that he had really fainted.

"Damn it, this kid is too timid. He fainted from fear before I even made a move."

Dai Jiangong didn't stop talking. Li Yuan heard the people behind him laughing intermittently, and even Li Yuan found it a bit funny.

Dai Jiangong stripped the boy of his clothes, tied him to a tree and stuffed a piece of cloth in his mouth, then threw the clothes to the people behind Jianyu.

"This man's height is suitable for you, Feng Shunli, put it on."

The person who received the clothes did not hesitate to change them immediately.

The others followed Li Yuan and moved forward again to capture the person in front.

This time, Dai Jiangong went straight up and chopped the man on the back of the neck. Two people immediately came up from behind, stripped the man of his clothes and tied him to a tree.

This time the clothes fit both Jianyu and Jianfeng, so Jianfeng put them on first.

Taking advantage of the cover of night and the protection of the woods, Li Yuan and his men hacked eight or nine people unconscious. After changing clothes and covering their faces, they followed those people from a distance.

But after coming out of the woods, they couldn't do anything.

The remaining people scattered to both sides of the road and slowly crawled forward.

Li Yuan and others who were following behind the farmers were relatively far away and moved slowly, so they did not arouse the suspicion of the people in front.

The main thing is that it is such a long journey and carrying a backpack is unbearable even for a man who often does farm work.

No one was willing to spare any energy to pay attention to those who were lagging behind.

Soon we arrived at the first checkpoint at the foot of Jiguan Mountain. There was a big wooden gate. Two bandits stood at the gate pretending to check.

Seeing someone coming, the two men pushed each other. In the end, the one who had not pushed the other went forward, stopped the farmer in front and asked him what he was doing.

Although I asked this question, everyone knew what it was for. It was just a routine matter.

"We have to get the order from the big boss to come and bring some food."

Seeing that the first few people were old acquaintances, the man waved his hand and motioned for them to go in without even doing the usual search.

"Master, you don't check..."

"What are you checking for? We all know everything. If you want to do something sneaky, it depends on whether your whole family can survive."

The guard said impatiently, then yawned and opened the door with another person.

The whispering voices of the two people reached Li Yuan's ears.

"That little girl was so strong last night. You didn't see it. She cried so miserably."

"Oh, you went to Qinlou again?"

"I finally had a break yesterday, how could I not go... There's everything on this mountain, except women."

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Li Yuan and his men followed those people calmly.

The two men walked aside, leaned against a big rock like bones, and chatted boredly.

"It's your turn later, what are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Drink some wine, do some boxing, and sleep."

"Oh, me too. I really don't have anything to look forward to these days."

The two men kept their voices high. The farmer in front heard them, turned around and looked at them. He couldn't help but whisper to the man next to him, "Isn't this a good life? We rely on the weather for farming and on people for survival. If we're not careful, our lives will be trampled like grass."

The person listening to him smiled and carefully shook his head at the person speaking.

The person who was speaking immediately stopped talking and didn't say anything else, but everyone who was nearby heard what they said.

Just when everyone was about to move forward, the person who was staggering at the end of the team was stopped.

"Wait a moment!"

Dai Jiangong looked back and saw that it was the younger boy. When the person in front looked back, Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat.

Upon seeing this, Jian Yu immediately stepped forward and put his arm around the man's shoulders.

"Oh, you're here too. I thought we hadn't seen each other since that time."

"You...you are..."

"Did you forget? We were drinking together, and after you drank, you hugged the pillar next to you and chewed it, saying that the pillar was your wife..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking."

The man immediately covered Jian Yu's mouth. Although he didn't remember who this person was, he should know him.

He couldn't let his wife know that he had been drinking and had done such an embarrassing thing.

Those around who knew the man's character sneered.

The focus is no longer on the back.

The young man behind was stopped by the two guards.

"Why do you look so unfamiliar?"

"Look at it."

Another person stepped forward and revealed the young man's face: "It's true."

"Kid, I haven't seen you before. Where are you from?"