Cannon Fodder: Forced Counterattack

It was late at night, and Ao Ran led a dozen people to patrol the area he was in charge of. Recently, the snow had fallen less, but it was cold and dry. When it was late at night, the wind would blow up, and it hurt a little on the cut on the face. The following young men stomped their feet, carried a lantern with their hands tucked into their sleeves, and looked around.

It was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers, there was only some light near the lantern, and people were reflected vaguely, except for the sound of their footsteps, there was not even a bird's cry.

Suddenly, bang——

The sound of something heavy falling to the ground cut through the quiet night extremely abruptly, and several people were startled, holding up a lantern and saying to the source of the sound in surprise:

"What sound?"

"Who?!"

"Wow——" At the same time as the exclamations of several people, there was also a mournful meow, like someone's baby crying, sharp, strange and penetrating.

"Where did the cat come from?"

"Did the cat trip over something?"

Just as they were talking, a cat jumped out of them as if its fur had exploded, and howled, making several people tremble in fright.

The boy let out a sigh of relief and said, "This cat is really, doesn't it take a break in winter? Why is it running around?"

Another sneered, "You're afraid of cats, coward."

The boy stared, "Say it as if you're not afraid."

Ao Ran frowned and said, "Go and have a look."

The boy looked up suspiciously, "It should be fine, it's a cat."

"Just in case, you can rest assured after reading it."

After all, it was about the safety of the Jing family, and the rest had no objections, and obediently followed.

There were a few stone blocks lying messily by the wall. It seemed that they should have been piled together before, but now they were knocked down.

Ao Ran picked up a piece with his hands, it was very heavy and required some strength, after putting down the stone, Ao Ran frowned suddenly, and commanded someone in a startled voice, "Go to your young master quickly!"

The man looked confused, "Ah? Why...why?"

Ao Ran sighed, and spoke at the fastest speed, "How could such a heavy stone cat knock over, there must be something else, let your young master lead someone to look around here, and the others follow me, looking around one time."

The man obviously came back to his senses, turned his head and ran away without saying a word, facing the icy cold wind without hesitation.

Ao Ran took the lantern and shined it on the ground. It snowed a few days ago, and they swept all the snow on the road into these corners. Recently, people have strictly guarded this place, and no one stepped on it. There is still a thick layer of snow, and the edges have melted into water. At minus ten degrees, solid and hard ice has formed long ago, but the white snow in the middle is still soft. The surrounding area was quite messy, Ao Ran ordered several people to stand still, the light was shining on the ground, he took a few steps forward, and sure enough, there was a tread mark, only the footprints of Xiao Banla.

Seeing him stop, everyone guessed that they probably noticed something, and hurriedly followed, one of them said in surprise, "It's a footprint, towards the wall!"

Ao Ran nodded, "Leave one here to wait for Jing Fan, and the rest will go in with me." Everyone nodded.

Inside the wall is a courtyard, and it looks like a medium-sized courtyard. They should have entered only a small courtyard, not too big, with a mediocre setting, and the lights were turned off. Ao Ran couldn’t confirm that the people who came here fled into this courtyard in a panic. , I still planned to enter here, I didn't dare to startle the snake, I just softly told everyone to be careful, investigate every place carefully, and then told them to pay attention to safety.

A few people took orders and scattered away. Although these people were all surnamed Jing, they all came from other parts of the mainland, their blood was far away, and their skills were not particularly good, but they had some skills There is no discrimination against Ao Ran, who has a foreign surname. Although they don't spend much time together, the relationship between them is okay.

Ao Ran carefully turned into a room, the inside was dark, the room was not big, the structure was simple, there was no one sleeping on the bed, it was cold, and the cabinet was turned over again, it was empty, obviously it was a room that had been put aside for a long time.

Seeing that there was no one in the room, Ao Ran closed the door and left. There were several rooms connected to this small courtyard, and one by one was found to be empty with a lot of dust.Seeing that the search is fruitless, Ao Ran only hopes to find something elsewhere, otherwise such a hidden danger remains, which makes people really disturbed.

I was about to leave this small courtyard to meet other people, and then I thought that there should be a kitchen and a firewood room. The houses here are basically built in a big house with several small courtyards, each with several wing rooms and a separate stove. rooms and servants’ rooms, although this small courtyard is simple and crude, there should be quite a few of them. Ao Ran searched around twice before finding two small wooden cabins at a deviating corner, and opened a door. They were some weeds and firewood, they were put in a pile in a mess, probably no one took care of them, Ao Ran picked up the piled up firewood, but there was nothing else underneath.

Pushing aside the room next to it, it was obviously the stove room. As soon as Ao Ran entered, he was choked by the musty smell. Under the faint moonlight, dust fell on the chopping board and the vegetable shelf, and he stood beside the shelf, Ao Ran touched the gray dust around, and the handprints were really obvious.

Cursing her lips, Ao Ran sighed, and said to herself softly, "This yard has been turned upside down and I didn't find it. Could it be that it is hidden somewhere else? Or look elsewhere." Turning around and leaving, the sound of footsteps As he drifted away and gradually disappeared.

The figure behind the shelf let out a long breath when he heard the disappearing footsteps, it was really dangerous.

After waiting for a long time, after confirming that there was no more sound, the man guessed that no one would come here, so he cautiously came out from behind the shelf, secretly glad that he was thinner than the average person, so that he could squeeze behind the shelf, otherwise he would really be discovered.

Thinking that no one would come to this courtyard, he walked lightly, walked to the door, listened for a long time by the door to confirm that no one was there, and then gently opened the door. There is a hut in the deepest part of this small courtyard. The wall on one side is sticking to the high wall outside the city. It was opened by them before, and it is easy to get in and out. No one has ever discovered it so far.

Seeing that the inner hut was not far away and the surrounding was quiet, the man cautiously looked around and found nothing unusual, secretly heaved a sigh of relief, walked away quickly, walked out of the wall, and was completely safe.

However, as soon as he arrived at the door of the hut, there was a sudden sound of his feet stepping on a dry branch behind him, which made him turn around in a hurry, and saw a tall and straight figure standing in front of him, facing the moonlight, with handsome features and a handsome appearance. Ruo Pan An, but he has no time to care about these things, he is very flustered, now he is neither retreating nor advancing.

The handsome young man in front of him smiled slightly, apologetically, "I'm really sorry, this place is really desolate, there is nowhere to hide, so I had to follow you, but I didn't want to step on a branch and expose myself."

The man's pupils shrank.

This sound!

Someone who just showed up in the kitchen!

"You! You didn't leave?!"

Ao Ran nodded and explained, "There are finger marks on the side of the cabinet, which are obviously newly made, and you should be hiding inside."

"Then...then you..."

Ao Ran didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "I didn't expose it at the time, but I just wanted to see when you were going to leave? Also, where are you going?"

This person suddenly resented secretly, he was young and had a lot of thoughts, but he didn't see anyone else for a long time, so he was probably the only one, a young man, who was not very good if he thought about it, if he gave it a go, there was still hope .