Chapter 42 Dangerous
Chapter 42 Dangerous
After Lin Muqing's strange footprints outside the medicine field, the atmosphere in the stockade became more and more tense. The young people in the stockade were divided into several teams, changing defenses and patrolling day and night.
At nightfall, Lin Muqing received a letter from Yunxi, written by Captain Zhong, and Suiyu read it to him under the oil lamp.
Lin Muqing sighed: "Sure enough, my worries are not groundless."
The letter said that the sentry at the frontier guard was killed on the night of the New Year's Eve, and that the barbarians should have infiltrated Yunxi City, and the city had already started door-to-door investigations, so he should also pay attention to the situation in Yunbei recently.
Suiyu's heart was beating very fast. When the palace changed, he was well protected by his elder brother and Brother Yu. He heard that the long street was full of unwashed blood at that time, but he hadn't seen it with his own eyes. Now, The danger is all around him.
"Don't be afraid, I will protect you." Lin Muqing pulled the man over, "I just don't know how the barbarians found us here."
Suiyu is not very clear: "Could it be that someone in the barracks leaked the news?"
"No, we are escorted by different people every time, and the road we take is different every time. Except for Captain Zhong, no one should know about it." Lin Muqing sighed, "But the soldiers came to cover up the water and soil, Don't be afraid."
He thought of something, walked out of the room holding Suiyu's hand, pointed to the brick in the yard and said, "If I'm not by your side and you are in danger again, under this brick is the dense wall that connects the entire village." If you go to the end of this secret path, you will go to the back mountain, where the old village owner's residence used to be, and there are many things stored there."
Suiyu knelt down and tapped that brick lightly, but found that the sound was the same as knocking on other bricks: "This is?"
"This was made by the old village master before his death. Every family has such a secret passage." Lin Muqing dragged him to the back of the door again, where Dahei was lying there, looking at them both.
"The mechanism is under Dahei's nest." Lin Muqing called Dahei up, and lifted the mat for him to make a nest. Underneath were also neat bricks and stones, and two of them were slightly lighter in color. You can't see it without looking carefully. Unclear, Lin Muqing tapped on the brick twice short and long, and the door of the secret passage was gradually opened.
"Remember, don't forget."
Suiyu nodded, watched him put down the bricks of the secret passage, and took Suiyu back to the room: "Remember my words, take the dagger with you, and remember the mechanism of the secret passage."
Suiyu scratched his palm: "Didn't you say you would protect me?"
"I'm just worried about something unexpected." Lin Muqing took him into his arms, "I originally said that I would take you to Nianzhou to find your family after a while, but now it seems that it will only take a while gone."
Suiyu nodded: "It's okay, this matter is more important. As long as you remember to forget, I have waited for so long, and I don't care about this period of time."
When the moon was in mid-heaven, Suiyu slept soundly, but Lin Muqing didn't feel sleepy at all. He curled Suiyu's hair on his fingers with one hand, thinking about what went wrong, which would make the peaceful The stockade that had been built for so long suddenly fell into the cusp.
The recent tense atmosphere in the village was finally noticed by some old people. Even Chunniang was asking Lin Muqing what happened. Lin Muqing explained something vaguely, but didn't make it too clear.
Lin Hua was also detained at home by Lin Muqing recently, learning to write with Yu in the yard.
"Sister-in-law, do you know how many good friends I have?" Lin Hua just wrote down a sentence, "A friend comes from afar."
Suiyu hummed and continued writing.
"Chen Xiaoliu who lives at the edge of the village is my best friend." Lin Hua said, "But I haven't seen him for several days."
"Didn't your brother say that it's dangerous now, and let you children stay at home?"
"But he hasn't come out since a few days ago. I asked his father, and his father said that he and his mother went to his grandfather's house."
"Then wait for him to come back and play together."
Lin Hua said sullenly, "Okay."
During the daytime, Lin Muqing also followed around the village to check around. Seeing that there were obvious footprints around the village that did not belong to the villagers, Lin Muqing understood that they were planning to come from all directions.
Seeing his frowning, Suiyu patted his shoulder: "You've already made such thorough preparations, so nothing will happen."
Suiyu thought about it again: "And haven't you already sent someone to the frontier army to rescue soldiers?"
"Of course we're fine, but there are so many old people and children in the village, so I'm afraid there will be times when we won't be able to take care of them." Lin Muqing talked, "You must stay by my side recently."
Suiyu nodded: "Okay, and Lin Hua, I won't let him go out recently."
Then he remembered something: "By the way, Lin Hua told me in the morning that he hadn't seen his good friend Chen Xiaoliu for a long time. Who is Chen Xiaoliu?"
Lin Muqing turned her head: "Chen Xiaoliu?"
He fell into his own thoughts again, Suiyu ignored him and climbed into bed to sleep.
Early the next morning, Lin Muqing found Chen Xiaoliu's father. Their family lived at the edge of the stockade. Lin Muqing told them many times to move into the stockade, but they all disagreed. Chen Xiaoliu's father liked hunting very much. It is convenient to hunt on the edge of the stockade.
"Brother Chen, aren't Xiao Liu and sister-in-law at home?"
When Lin Muqing arrived, Chen Yong was at his door playing with the animal skins he had hunted from the mountain. When he heard Lin Muqing's question, he raised his head and smiled honestly: "Isn't the village tense recently? They said they would take the children back to their mother’s house for a while, and I sent them all away.”
Lin Muqing nodded: "You live far away, if you are in danger, you should blow the whistle."
"Okay, I know." Chen Yong said with a smile, "Come home for some tea?"
Lin Muqing shook her head: "No need, Brother Chen, I'll go back first."
After finishing the day quietly, at night, Lin Muqing was awakened by a sharp whistle. This is a bone whistle, and the sound of the whistle is more penetrating than ordinary whistles.
Even if it is far away, Lin Muqing can hear it immediately, because the Chen family is far away, so Lin Muqing gave him the bone whistle.
Hearing the sound, Lin Muqing immediately turned over and got up. He had not taken off his outer clothes, and the knife was also placed under the bed.
Suiyu also put on her clothes and got up: "You go and have a look."
Lin Muqing held the knife: "I will guard you."
Suiyu took his hand: "But it's so chaotic outside, didn't you say that you put two patrols there? If it's nothing serious, he won't whistle. You should go and have a look, Just for a while, or, you wait until we enter the tunnel before you go?"
Lin Muqing thought this was a good idea, Chunniang and Lin Hua got up when they heard the whistle, and now they were all dressed and standing at the door of their room.
He asked Lin Hua to light a lamp, walked quickly to Dahei's den, and then opened the door of the tunnel. Lin Muqing let the three of them in: "If I haven't come back after an hour or two, You just go straight along this tunnel, go to the back mountain, and join other people in the village."
Suiyu took his hand: "Lin Muqing."
"Don't worry. I'll come to you when I'm done." Lin Muqing kissed him between the eyebrows, "I'm leaving."
"Ah Qing, come back safely."
Lin Muqing nodded, shook Suiyu's hand again, then turned and left.
The rest of the young people outside had already gone towards Chen's house, and Lin Muqing also took his knife and walked from his house to Chen's house. The time on the way needed a cup of tea. He was meditating as he walked, and when he was about to reach Chen When I got home, I stopped suddenly.
At this time, all the young people who can fight have come here, and the village behind him is wide open, he immediately turned around, and the people behind him were surprised: "Brother Qing, what's wrong?"
"We've been tricked, go back!" He was walking briskly just now, but now he's running.
After Lin Muqing left, the tunnel became quiet. Lin Muqing also left Dahei in the tunnel. Dahei is a hound and can scare away one or two people even if it is really dangerous.
Lin Hua put the oil lamp on the ground, and the faint light made Suiyu see the surroundings clearly. This is a cellar with a strong smell of medicine, and there are piles of medicinal materials inside.Behind the cellar is a long and narrow passage, which seems to be only two people wide.
Chunniang covered her heart, and kept chanting Amitabha Buddha, Suiyu's palms were sweaty, and it was quiet outside at the moment, and she didn't know what was going on.
Dahei nestled at Chunniang's feet, with pointed ears, listening to the noises outside.
When Lin Muqing realized that he was walking into the village, those barbarians had already entered the village from the front up the mountain. Fortunately, the old village owner had a wonderful idea before his death. Every family has such a cellar and a secret passage. Those with young people in their families let their elders hide in the cellar.
When the barbarians rushed in, the whole village was like a ghost village, with no one in it.
Seeing that most of the guards in the village came back, but Li Si couldn't kill anyone, he felt depressed at the moment, and soon walked to the best-looking room in the village, which was also empty. It was empty. He searched every room, but he didn't see anyone. He touched the quilt, but it was still hot, which meant that no one had gone far.
A guard who followed him asked him what to do in barbaric language, and Gu Sidu slashed on the bed. If he couldn't kill women and children, he would kill those young and middle-aged men.
He firmly believes that their barbarian warriors are the strongest, and killing these pampered Da Viet people is not as easy as cutting carrots: "Go, kill those Da Viet people."
As soon as Lin Muqing entered the yard, he and Gu Sidu met eyes.
"It turns out that the barbarians are not without brains, they also know how to strike from east to west." The knife in Lin Muqing's hand gleamed coldly under the dark moonlight.
"It turns out that not all Dai Viet people are chickens." Gu Sidu spoke authentic Da Viet dialect, seeing that Lin Muqing was not inferior to their barbarian physique, Gu Sidu clenched the knife in his hand.
Lin Muqing's movements were very fast, the knife had already slashed to Gusdu's face almost in an instant, he could only lift his own knife to block it, but was kicked in the abdomen by Lin Muqing again, the weapons met The clanging sound pierced the sky.
The strength of Lin Muqing's kick seemed to be extremely strong, Gu Sidu took several steps back, and then leaned against the wall to stop.However, before he could catch his breath, Lin Muqing's next move came in front of him again, the blade slashed across the top of Gusdu's head, and the sharp blade had cut off the hair rope on Gusdu's head.
Lin Muqing's move was fatal, but Gu Sidu could barely resist it, not even able to fight back.
Lin Muqing learned martial arts in the martial arts school since he was a child, but after he failed to go to the martial arts school again, he was picked up by the old village master and brought back to the stockade. cruel move.
Gu Sidu saw that he was unable to resist, and the other two people beside him also joined the battle. Lin Muqing had no problem dealing with Gu Sidu alone, but one-on-three was also a bit difficult.
However, he was still able to move all his moves precisely to Gu Sidu's most important gate of life. After finishing one, Lin Muqing's offensive was no longer so fierce, and Gu Sidu was also a little weak, sneaking towards the door.
It's just that he didn't know how he got there, but he suddenly touched the mechanism of the secret passage, and the stone brick in the middle sank slowly, revealing the entrance of the secret passage.
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