Chapter 6: The Town's Complete Evacuation

  Then Lin Feng returned to Xiao Yun's side and smiled at her: "Silly girl, see? I'm fine."

  "What? You... you just now?" Xiao Yan looked at Lin Feng and asked incoherently.

  "Silly girl, I just told you, I'm fine. Just now I just wanted them to give me a massage, loosen up my muscles!" Lin Feng patted her head, then said to her father: "Old Master Li, are you packed and ready? Let's get going?"

  "What? Alright, alright, let's go quickly and gather at the open space on the other side of town. The respected elderly people in the village have gathered everyone together to leave, including many young men who were hiding. With everyone together, we can take care of each other a bit." Looks like this old guy was also shocked by Lin Feng's behavior just now, and didn't react at all!

  He went into the house, packed up some things, and basically Lin Feng carried three people's worth of stuff out of the house by himself. As for that whatever Dragon Junior, Lin Feng didn't bother with him again. Having lived in a society governed by law for twenty years, Lin Feng wouldn't do anything that would make him a murderer!

  After arriving at the place, I took a look and found that there were quite a few people. At a glance, there should be around 400 or 500 people, but the ratio of men to women was a bit off, and young people seemed even scarcer. Roughly speaking, I estimated that there were only about 70 or 80 young people. Then, looking over there, I saw a small stage with two old men standing on it, both with full heads of white hair, beards down to their waists, just like Guan Yu's, except that they were all pure white, and wearing long white robes, so Lin Feng said "full head of white hair".

  "Maple brother, the two on stage are our most respected elders. We call them Wang Lao and Zhao Lao. The one with a dark face on the left is Wang Lao, and the one with small eyes that can't be seen on the right is Zhao Lao, hehe." Xiao Xian leaned over to Lin Feng and explained.

  Lin Feng looked at her helplessly: "You always think of the two elderly people like this? Ah, what about me? Am I like a dark calabaza or small eyes?"

  "What's wrong with that? I'm explaining it to you in a way that makes it easy for you to understand. Besides..." As she spoke, the girl lowered her head and her face turned red again. Dizzy! What's going on now?

  "What's wrong? What's going on?" Lin Feng asked helplessly.

  "Besides, besides... Maple brother, you're not dark-skinned either, how can you be called a black calabaza? And look at your big eyes, they're not small at all..." As she spoke, her face turned even redder, and she lowered her head, not saying another word, and turned to the back.

  Dizzy, isn't it? So it's a maiden in love? I didn't do anything! Although the person is quite handsome, but it's not like he can hook up with an ultra-beautiful girl in less than half a day, right? In fact, Lin Feng only knew later that this was in ancient times. In ancient times, girls couldn't even see a man, and suddenly seeing such an outstanding man, how could they not be moved?

  "Cough, you two stop messing around, Old Wang is about to speak, pay attention..." Li Lao Ye said with a cough, shaking his head as he looked at his daughter. Lin Feng's heart sank, oh no, I've been flirting with their daughter in front of her father, and it seems like they don't have any major objections, otherwise this guy would be in big trouble!

  "Fellow villagers, we have 228 households with a population of 485 people here. Most of them are women, children and the elderly. We've been fighting for so many years and haven't had a peaceful day yet. Now the army is about to arrive here again. Although this is our home, we really can't stay any longer. We have to hide in the mountains first and come back to rebuild our homes after the war is over. Time is tight, let's not say too much. Everyone take care of each other. There are 82 young people present now, I've arranged for the young men to form small teams to protect everyone. Bring all your belongings, remember to take care of each other on the road. Let's head towards the mountain 40 miles north and find a place to settle down before nightfall!"

  These two old men, Wang and Zhao, discussed for half a day, and in the end, Wang said a whole bunch of nonsense! Just leave if you're going to leave, talking about arrangements this and that, do you think it's an army moving camp? I really want to ask what you've arranged, a whole bunch of nonsense, as if he'd put in a lot of effort and thought for days and nights... These old antiques, Lin Feng shook his head and sighed.

  "Xiao Feng, don't mind me calling you that, do you? What's with the sigh?" came Li Lao Ye Zi's inquiry beside her ear.

  Lin Feng shook his head: "Nothing, just call me that. I didn't sigh or anything, it's just that I felt like I heard a bunch of nonsense earlier, wasting everyone's time."

  "Oh? Why is it nonsense? Although everyone knows what you're saying, emphasizing it is still good!" Xiao Xian suddenly looked at Lin Feng and asked.

  "Hey, we may not be soldiers, but in these chaotic times, anything can happen. Even if they're discovered by the Huang Chao army's scouts just a few minutes later, once reported to the main force, they'll definitely send out light cavalry units to intercept us and take us all away as slaves... Ah! Just walking like this isn't going to work!" Lin Feng said leisurely while carrying a large bundle of things.

  Suddenly, Lin Feng felt something was off. He stopped in his tracks and looked around to find that the dozen or so people nearby were all staring at him. Lin Feng pointed to himself: "What are you guys looking at me for? Did I grow flowers on my face or am I just born too handsome?"

  "Cough, cough... Young man, what you said earlier was quite good. You don't seem to be from around here, have you been a soldier before?" Zhao Lao suddenly appeared out of nowhere beside Lin Feng, giving him a fright.

  Lin Feng pretended to wipe the sweat, then shook his hand. Then he smiled very politely at Old Zhao and said: "Old man, hello. I'm just passing by last night, just borrowing a night's stay here, besides, I've never been a soldier, just have my own thoughts, just speaking casually. Don't mind, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously..."

  "Huh? How can I not take it seriously? What you just said makes sense, so what do you think we should do now, young man?" Zhao Lao continued to pester Lin Feng, insisting on pulling him along to ask.

  Lin Feng patted his body, pulled out the cigarettes he had brought with him, lit one and took a drag. He exhaled slowly, blowing out smoke rings as he spoke to Old Zhao: "Sir, if I'm wrong, please don't mind me, just pretend I didn't say anything! I think we're not an army, gathering everyone together will only increase the chances of being discovered. But even if we are discovered, no matter how many people we have, we're all just ordinary civilians. That would make it easier for the enemy to capture us all at once. What do you think?"

  Old Zhao nodded slightly after thinking for a moment: "En, that makes sense, you continue." Lin Feng took a drag on his cigarette and asked, "Among us, except for me, there are no outsiders, right? That is to say, except for me, everyone else knows the roads around here?"

  "Of course, we've all grown up here since childhood!" Old Zhao replied very firmly, then turned to a young man beside him and said: "Xie San, let everyone wait for a few minutes, come over and listen to what's going on!"

  "Just now I remembered that there are currently 82 young people and another 403 women, children and elderly, right?" Lin Feng asked again.

  "Well... it's like this basically!" Old Zhao thought for a moment before responding.

  "En...". Lin Feng stroked his chin, thought for a moment and said: "This way, select the ten most agile young people, divide the rest into 8 groups of 9 people each, also divide the women and elderly into 8 groups. Each group will take care of one another, starting from different directions and routes towards that place. Everyone should try not to gather together, in case we get caught all at once! Of course, if possible, each large group can be further divided into two or three smaller groups, the fewer people the better."

  "What if we get caught? There are so few of us, how can we escape? Are you sending us to our deaths?" a silly-looking young boy in the crowd shouted out and asked.

  "Huh? You mean to be discovered together? To die with everyone accompanying you in death? We're a large group, if we encounter the military, can you still escape? What are you worried about?" Lin Feng directly retorted back, leaving the young man speechless, his face beet red as he stared at Lin Feng.

  "What did you mean by picking out those ten people, young man?" Zhao Lao asked Lin Feng without paying attention to others.

  "Alright, so we need ten people, preferably young and agile, most importantly quick-witted. Two people per team, it's like a scouting party in the army, since we don't have horses, we can only rely on manpower. Five small teams will conduct fuzzy-style carpet searches from 30 degrees left front, 60 degrees left front, directly in front of 90 degrees, 60 degrees right front and 30 degrees right front. If something happens, it's convenient for the two to run together, and they can also take care of each other! However, this task is quite dangerous... And my suggestion is just a friendly one..." Lin Feng fiercely puffed on the remaining cigarette butt twice before throwing it away.

  Because Lin Feng ran out of cigarettes, he quickly brought more than half a box when he came. Now there are only ten cigarettes left... This was given to him by Qin Yang when he left the bar that day... Ah! Speaking of Qin Yang, Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh secretly. That silly guy... Ah! I've traveled back to the end of the Tang Dynasty! How can I go buy his wine now? I don't know how anxious that silly guy is getting, probably already drafting the contract... Ah! Never mind, my own life is hard to protect... Who knows if I'll be able to return or not!

  Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, and Old Zhao had already gathered everyone together to start making arrangements! It seems that this suggestion is still somewhat useful!

  "Lin Feng, what about you? What are you going to do?" At this time, Xiao Nu pulled Lin Feng's arm and asked in a low voice. Lin Feng smiled at her: "Silly girl, of course I'll stay by your side and protect you... and also take care of your old man!" After finishing, Lin Feng also awkwardly smiled at Old Man Li.

  Lin Feng only then discovered that this old fellow had been staring at him all along, and he hadn't done anything out of the ordinary either. What was he staring at? Lin Feng quickly forced a smile... Lin Feng always had an unusual feeling about this old fellow, that he wasn't just any ordinary person.

  Everyone dispersed into small teams and started moving forward, while Lin Feng stayed with Xiao Yu and her father under the pretext of protecting them, which was also the most important direction, heading straight ahead at a 90-degree angle. However, after walking for a while, Lin Feng would stay behind by himself for a moment, letting them go first, before catching up later.

  Although Lin Feng is not a professional, he has returned from the 21st century to the end of the 9th century. Have they seen TV? Do they know what TV is called? But Lin Feng has seen it, and he's seen a lot! He hasn't eaten pork, but he's seen pigs run. Lin Feng stayed behind to clean up the traces left by those who came later. Even if someone comes after them, they will think that from this point on, everything looks very messy and can't be sure what happened.

  These ancient people, without information tools, were so stupid! Many things they couldn't learn. Living a lifetime, they didn't even know what the ruler of their country looked like. The 21st century is great, you can see everything, not just look at leaders, but all kinds of leaders. Want to see something and you can see it, various news reports. And with computers, you can watch whenever you want!