Chapter 103: Everyone thinks of ways

"Two hundred bandits posing as villagers, leader General Lu, weapons hidden in the Water Shrine." The handwriting was very sloppy, obviously written in a hurry.

He Lingchuan took the paper and sniffed it, smelling the smell of rust: "It's blood."

The few words were easy to understand, but the content was very shocking:

The villagers were faked by bandits, the leader was called General Lu, and they hid their weapons in the Water Spirit Shrine.

Lady Ying gasped, grabbed He Chunhua and whispered: "Old Master!"

The panic was undisguised.

Were they really that unlucky, borrowing lodging in the wilderness for once, and walking directly into a wolf's den? This intelligence was very explosive. He Lingchuan saw that his father and brother's faces were very solemn, his eyes turned: "Father, it's better to strike first! There are only two hundred bandits; let's grab our weapons and finish them!"

"Stupid!" He Chunhua glared at him. "She says two hundred, so it's two hundred? She says they are bandits, so they are bandits? Can the words of a village woman count?"

He turned to the personal guard Zhao Qinghe: "You sneak into the Water Spirit Shrine; if weapons are hidden, check the quantity."

Zhao Qinghe nodded and pushed the door out.

This person was of medium build and medium appearance, belonging to the ordinary in the crowd. If He Chunhua hadn't selected him into the guard team, He Lingchuan wouldn't have seen this person usually.

He Chunhua handed such an important matter to him when Uncle Hao was away, which shows that he knows and trusts him.

He Lingchuan realized once again that his understanding of his father was still too little.

Lady Ying whispered: "I see that Lu guy's eyes are full of fierce light; he really doesn't look like a good person!"

He Lingchuan thought to himself, you wanted to go play at Double Moon Bay with him just now.

But he didn't have the guts to say this.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Qinghe returned, his face very ugly: "The guard of the shrine went to pee, and I took the opportunity to sneak in and see. There were several boxes hidden under the offering table and in the inner room, covered with cloth curtains, all full of knives and axes, roughly 140 or 150 of them, sharpened and used to kill people; the blood energy is very heavy!"

This could corroborate Zhu's blood letter. After all, how could a village that farms and fishes have so many murder weapons?

Zhao Qinghe added: "By the way, the Water Spirit tablet was indeed broken into two halves from the middle."

Lady Ying's face turned pale: "Since they are bandits, why don't they run when they see government soldiers, but instead pose as villagers and stay?"

This was also the question of everyone present.

The mystery of County Magistrate Village was really a bit much.

"They have no good intentions." He Yue looked at his father and brother. "Zhu said there are two hundred bandits; no wonder there are so many young men in this village."

"They are unwilling to make a sound, obviously waiting for an opportunity to make a move." He Lingchuan's face changed slightly, and he asked his parents: "Have you drunk water in this room?"

"Just after entering the door, the master of the house handed the master water. I asked him to pour it out and re-boil it, and I monitored the whole process." Steward Old Mo said, "Later, the nanny cooked, and I watched in the back kitchen; there should be no problem."

He Chunhua pointed to the blood letter: "What I care about is this—is 'General Lu' a person's name, or does it specifically refer to a general surnamed Lu?"

The meanings of these two are vastly different.

There are all kinds of people in a hundred, and bandit leaders have an official addiction and like others to call themselves generals, which is not too...

Pfft, it's just not right.

"There is only one way to know." He Lingchuan stood up. "I'll go find Zhu."

"She must also be monitored." Lady Ying asked curiously: "How are you going to find her?"

"Just take a walk and you'll find her; the village is only so big, how much time can it take from east to west?" He Lingchuan laughed. "Besides, I remembered which house she entered earlier; it's not too far from here, just separated by a dozen grass houses."

This kid, if you say he is meticulous, he is usually careless; if you say he is careless, he even remembers where the little woman lives. Lady Ying could only sigh: "Be careful!"

She rarely showed worry to He Lingchuan, and the latter felt a warmth in his heart for no reason and nodded.

He Yue, however, said: "These people are sitting still, either wanting to poison us or wanting to wait until the second half of the night when everyone is asleep to sneak attack! The night is deep; we might as well strike first and take down Lu Han first."

He Lingchuan waved his hand: "Don't be impatient; wait for me to come back."

Now no one was in the mood to eat, only He Lingchuan was eating rice and vegetables, enjoying it. After the cruel blood battle in the dream, he felt that his mentality for dealing with crises had stabilized a lot.

Lady Ying sighed: "You can still eat." This kid has a big heart.

"Maybe there will be a big job later; if I don't eat enough, where will I get the strength?" He Lingchuan wiped his mouth and stood up: "I'm going; delay will lead to changes."

He Chunhua looked at his back and nodded, then sighed, and was about to greet his wife and son to continue eating when it was reported from outside that Zeng Feixiong had come.

As the leader of the personal guard team, Zeng Feixiong had to report his work at regular intervals.

Tonight's incident could not be without him, so He Chunhua immediately called Zeng Feixiong in.

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Zhu's house was at the west corner of the village, actually not close to where the He couple was borrowing lodging.

Her husband died inexplicably, her mother-in-law woke up and went crazy, crying and laughing. The fierce bandits naturally couldn't leave a crazy old woman in the village to attract the attention of government soldiers, so they also killed her with a knife, threw her corpse into the lake, and let her go with her son.

Her father-in-law was soul-less and was taken away with the young children.

So, only she was left in Zhu's house.

She walked back with her head down, and two government soldiers came over from the side, asking her for a cup of water.

These soldiers lived in the granary, unlike the officials who lived in civilian houses, and it was not so convenient to get hot water if they wanted to drink. He Chunhua had already instructed the village chief to arrange food and water for everyone, which had not been done yet.

Drinking raw water is easy to cause illness, so it is best to boil it. Only in the wilderness is it necessary to drink raw water.

"You wait, I'll go boil water." She carried some clear water to the back kitchen to boil, and the soldiers said it was not so troublesome. It was not easy to drink hot water, and ordinary people didn't have that leisure.

She absolutely wouldn't miss such a good opportunity: "It doesn't matter, I have to use it at night anyway."

While waiting, the soldiers stood in front of the house, perhaps seeing that she was beautiful, so they chatted with her a few more times, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

But Zhu knew that the bandits around were watching her every move, and this was not a good opportunity to ask for help or hint.

She was secretly anxious, just thinking about whether there was any roundabout way, when a few urgent whistles came from not far away, and the two soldiers heard the sound and went back to handle things, not even having time to drink water.

Zhu was very disappointed.

Just at this time, a person suddenly crawled out from the shadow behind the house! Zhu was so scared that she almost screamed, but this person pressed her mouth and nose, with great strength, and whispered: "Shut up, or I'll twist your neck! Understand?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, the bad breath sprayed on Zhu's face. She looked up and found that this person was a fat and strong man with a face full of flesh.

Zhu nodded hurriedly.

The fat man let go: "What were you going to do just now, trying to warn the corrupt official's family, right?"

"No, no! It's not like that!" Zhu shrank her head. "The village chief and his lackeys have been bullying me; they beat me up three months ago, and I, I just wanted to take this opportunity to vent my anger."

(End of this chapter) ===== CHAPTER 104 =====