Died In Infancy! My Wife Is Actually A Villain

Chapter 164 Robbers

Ten days later, Gu Chen and others were walking through the mountains and forests. With less than ten miles to go, they reached the boundary of Huzhou.

When he came to Huzhou this time, Gu Chen came secretly pretending to be a businessman. All the guards, including Gu Chen, were replaced by businessmen and attendants.

However, we did encounter a lot of obstacles along the way. Especially as we get closer to the Huzhou area, the security becomes more and more chaotic. We are often attacked by bandits or refugees. We even occasionally see a few bodies starving to death or being beaten to death. of dry bones.

When Gu Chen came this time, he did not intend to be received directly by the officials in the Huzhou area. Instead, he came over secretly so that he could have a better understanding of the local situation.

In the original plot, he remembered that the magistrate of Huzhou was a corrupt official.

Even though a serious famine had broken out in the Huzhou area, the other party did not provide food to receive the refugees on the streets. The only food available was some rice porridge that was almost the same as water.

The best way to describe Huzhou at that time is "The wine and meat of the rich families smelled bad, and the roads were frozen to death."

And the reason why he dared to do this was because someone was covering him up, and he didn't worry about being exposed at all.

As for Li Hongxiong, the head of the household department...

He is the other party's backer, and he came here just to warn the magistrate of Huzhou, asking him to restrain himself and not to let the disaster in Huzhou spread to the court again, so as to avoid a thorough investigation by His Majesty.

"Your Highness, there is someone in the mountain!"

Halfway through, Liu Yun suddenly pulled the reins of the horse and looked at the mountains in front of him with a fearful expression. The other guards behind him quickly became alert and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

In less than a moment, a group of big men, about fifty or so, ran out of the woods ahead. They all held weapons in their hands and walked towards Gu Chen and his group with fierce expressions.

When they were less than five meters away from Gu Chen and others, the group of people all stopped. The big man at the head raised his sword and pointed it at Gu Chen on horseback, and shouted loudly, "If you don't want to die, I will kill you." Leave the things behind!"

Gu Chen narrowed his eyes and briefly observed the group of robbers opposite him.

These big men were tall, but their faces were sallow and they looked a little haggard. They were all wearing relatively shabby coarse cloth clothes. Of course, the more important thing is that the eyes of many of them are not as fierce as those of the robbers. Instead, they look a little uneasy and nervous.

"Your Highness, how will they deal with it?"

Liu Yun was not in a hurry to take action because this was not the first time they encountered robbers.

He knew very well that the group of robbers opposite them were mostly organized by a group of refugees, and they obtained gold, silver or food by robbing merchants or large families.

Gu Chen said calmly: "We are in Huzhou just ahead. These robbers should have been ordinary people in Huzhou before. You can just bring someone to scare them later. I just need someone to lead the way."

Seeing that Gu Chen and others didn't respond for a long time, the big man on the opposite side immediately yelled, "You guys hear that, if you don't want to die, leave your things for me!"

Liu Yun took out the golden sword from his waist and attacked the leading man without fear, followed closely by the guards behind him.

Seeing the menacing approach of Liu Yun and others, the big man also knew that he had encountered a tough situation this time, but thinking that the other party's cart might contain grain, his heart suddenly became hard, and he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Brothers, get on board. These guys must have brought food."

After a while, the two groups of forces struggled together, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

Although this group had a numerical advantage, they were all civilians without the ability to fight. In less than a stick of incense, all the robbers were wounded by Liu Yun and others, and the big man who led them became prisoners. .

Gently swinging the reins, the black horse slowly walked up to the big man. Looking at the big man below, Gu Chen asked: "Are you people from Huzhou?"

The big man did not answer Gu Chen's question. Instead, he glared fiercely at Gu Chen on the horse, as if he wanted to devour him. "You businessmen who make shady money, sooner or later, you will also suffer retribution!"

"If you don't want to die, answer my young master's questions honestly!"

Seeing that the big man dared to contradict His Highness, Liu Yun kicked him to the ground and scolded him coldly.

Facing Liu Yun's threat, the big man showed no fear and shouted coldly: "Damn it, I will die sooner or later. If you dare, kill me now!"

Uh-huh!

At this moment, Gu Chen pulled out the silver knife of the guard next to him and threw it at the big man in an instant. Then he saw the silver knife was inserted into the man's crotch, just a hair away from his second brother.

This sudden scene scared the big man to the point where his face turned pale, he was sweating profusely, and he lost his original arrogance.

"I'll ask you again, are you a citizen of Huzhou?" Gu Chen whispered, with an indescribable coldness in his tone.

Before the big man could speak, a tall and thin man next to him knelt directly in front of Gu Chen's horse and replied with a panic look on his face: "Yes, we are all ordinary people in Huzhou. The reason why we went to the mountains to become bandits was out of necessity, please." Sir, please don’t embarrass us.”

Gu Chen looked at the tall and thin man, and then asked: "What's your name?"

"The younger one's name is Zhang Erniu."

"You stand in front and lead the way as I go to where you live."

Upon hearing that Gu Chen was going to his village, Zhang Erniu kowtowed directly to the ground, "Sir, we know we were wrong, please spare us this time! We are just ordinary farmers here, and we are also hungry this time We had no choice but to go up the mountain to rob."

In his opinion, it would definitely not be a good thing for Gu Chen to go to the place where he lives, and it might even harm his wife and children at home.

Gu Chen said: "Take me over and I will give you food."

When he heard about food, Zhang Erniu was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to make a decision.

After all, he couldn't figure out the origins of this group of people. What if the other party just deliberately lied to him? !

Gu Chen saw the worry on Zhang Erniu's face and immediately replied: "You can rest assured that I won't do anything to you. If I really want to kill you, you can't stand here intact and talk to me now. "

"Er Niu, these people must have ulterior motives, we can't take them back!" the big man warned hurriedly.

The robber behind also looked at Gu Chen suspiciously, not knowing whether to believe it or not.

However, faced with the big man's reminder, Zhang Erniu only hesitated briefly, then looked up at Gu Chen, "Sir, I believe you!"

Now he is Daozu and I am Yumei, so there is no possibility of negotiating terms.

If this group of people really had an agenda, even if they resisted, death would be waiting for them.

Rather than doing this, it is better to take a gamble and bet on whether this adult is telling the truth.

If it was true, they would be fine.

If not, the worst possible outcome is death together.

Anyway, in the current situation, if they die inside and outside, the wife and children at home probably won't survive.

Gu Chen nodded and said: "Then you lead the way!"