Chapter Seven Infiltration

  The night they chose happened to be the beginning of the month, and after entering the night, although the stars were full of sky, but the moon in the sky had only a small crescent moon, which shrouded the world in a dark darkness, neither would it stretch out to see five fingers, nor could people's vision reach far.

  Moreover, the poor people in this world are malnourished, and many have night blindness. As soon as it gets dark, they can't see anything clearly. Under such circumstances, the people inside Zhuangzi would never think that there is a group of people planning to attack Liujiacun.

  A small team of people quietly emerged from a distant ditch away from Liu's village, led by Xiao Tianjian, one after another, silently approaching Liu's village. What made Xiao Tianjian depressed was that most of these people also had night blindness symptoms. If it weren't for him leading the way, they would be too afraid to act at night. Fortunately, they listened to him and walked in a line, allowing them to move at night without worrying about being discovered by the guards patrolling on the earthen walls of the village. They sneaked towards a diagonal earth ridge on the west side of the village.

  Everyone was both excited and a little nervous, the reason for their excitement was that what they were going to do today was something they had never dared to think about before. They were just over a dozen people, yet they were going to attack a village that had been impossible for hundreds or even thousands of people to take in the past. If they succeeded, they would no longer have to worry about starving during this period, and might even get their hands on some wealth.

  But what makes them nervous is that they are too bold, although there are not many Zhuang Ding in the Zhuangzi, but the number of people far exceeds theirs, and there are hundreds of tenants in the Zhuangzi. These people are fighting to protect their homes, once they play with their lives, it will be a terrible enemy for them with so few people, once there is a little mistake, what awaits them is what kind of ending, everyone actually knows very well.

  But they have no other choice now, because their leader Xiao Tianjian has decided to fight here. They can leave, but after leaving, how will they live? They are not clear, with fear of the unknown future, they all chose to stay and do this one thing, holding the idea that life and death are destined, success is in heaven, they set foot on the road to Liujiacun.

  Feng Gouzi was indeed very familiar with this area, and led Xiao Tianjian and others to bypass the village, without alarming the villagers inside. Two quarters of an hour later, they arrived at their designated location.

  But when they got here, they encountered trouble. In the dark, people's vision is limited, and these people are all malnourished, it's already a blessing to not be night-blind, wanting to find that hole on one side of the mound that Liu Baipi left behind in this kind of darkness, it's indeed a bit difficult for Feng Gouzi.

  After Feng Gouzi led the crowd over the hill, they searched for half a day in a ditch but still couldn't find the entrance to the cave. As a result, some people began to doubt Feng Gouzi's memory.

  "Feng Gouzzi, are you telling the truth or lying? You've been leading us around for half a day, how can't we find the entrance to the cave?" Someone started to question Feng Gouzzi.

  Feng Gouzi said in a low voice at night, although his expression couldn't be seen clearly, but under the weak moonlight, it could still be seen that there was a thin layer of bright sweat on his forehead. "It's not right, I really found the entrance here before the New Year! You guys don't worry, I'll look again, I won't remember wrong! It should be just around here!"

  Xiao Tianjian was also anxious, but he believed that Feng Gouzi wouldn't deceive him. Since Feng Gouzi had boasted to him and there was no benefit for himself, and Feng Gouzi must have known that the consequences of deceiving oneself would be very bad. So he lowered his voice and said: "Everyone don't worry, let Dogzi find again, maybe it's because it's dark and just passed by! Everyone don't make a sound, here is close to Zhuangzi, and it's upwind, don't let Zhuang Ding hear it! Dogzi, don't be anxious, search slowly!"

  Feng Gouzzi nodded, straightened his waist and carefully observed the surrounding terrain again under the moonlight. Then he walked south for a while, constantly stirring the dry grass on the hill with the long gun in his hand, looking somewhat anxious and flustered.

  "...!" In the darkness, a hollow wooden sound suddenly came out, followed by Feng Gouzi's excited cry: "Found it! It's here!"

  After everyone finished listening, they all rushed up with a loud noise. Feng Gouz immediately lay down in the thatch by the ditch and frantically pulled it away. In no time, he cleared away the thatch, revealing a wooden board, and grabbed an iron ring on top of it.

  "Hey......!" Feng Dogzi exerted himself with a loud shout, but this thick wooden board didn't budge.

  "I'm coming!" Xiao Tianjian immediately stepped forward, letting Feng Gouzi move to one side. He stretched out his hand and grabbed the iron ring, his two arms tensed up with sturdy muscles, and he held back his breath to gather strength. With a sudden burst of force, there was a creaking sound, and the thick wooden board lifted off a cloud of dust. The board was pulled open by him, revealing a deep and bottomless cave on the wall of the ditch.

  Everyone secretly scolded, this Liu Bopi was indeed cunning, and actually opened the cave entrance here. At present, there is no water here due to the severe drought, but from above, many withered grasses hang down, just covering it tightly. If there were water, this place would be flooded, and if no one knew, they wouldn't think that a cave entrance was hidden here.

  "Awesome! The little one is impressed!" Zhao Erdui timely gave Xiao Tianjian a flattering remark.

  Xiao Tianjian secretly laughed in his heart, what did this count for? Compared to the people here, he had been eating high-nutrition food since childhood, and on top of that, he loved to move around. His old man forced him to play basketball, soccer, and practice taekwondo, so his physical strength was not just bragging rights. In contrast, people in this era ate coarse grains and sometimes couldn't even get a decent meal. He had an innate advantage when it came to physical quality. At 1.8 meters tall, he stood out like a donkey among sheep. But more than a month ago, this wasn't necessarily a good thing. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been met with cold stares while begging, and no one would have even given him a piece of flatbread.

  After looking inside the tunnel, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but feel a bit apprehensive. The air inside was cool and damp, and the tunnel was very narrow and low, which made him worry that he might get stuck due to his size. Who knows if he would be able to squeeze through?

  "What's the situation inside? Can we get all the way to the village? Is it stuffy in there? Don't let us go in with so many people, or we'll suffocate!" Xiao Tianjian was still a bit uneasy, and he asked Feng Gouzisheng in a low voice.

  "No problem, I've been in there before. Although it's a bit narrow inside, people can still get through. That Liu Bao Pi is afraid of death, but even with some distance between us, he opened up the ventilation window and even put oil lamps inside at intervals. As long as the oil lamp is lit, everything will be fine!" Feng Gouzi guaranteed, patting his chest.

  A group of people, under Xiao Tianjian's orders, with Feng Gouzi leading the way and Yu Guan following closely behind, began to crawl into the tunnel. He slightly tricked Tie Tou into walking at the very back.

  Among all the people here, he trusted Tie Tou the most. The reason why he let Tie Tou walk in the back was that he didn't trust some people to walk halfway and be afraid, change their minds and run out. If they did, once they were careless, they might expose everyone, and with such a narrow tunnel, if they were blocked from both ends, there would only be one dead end!

  He himself walked in the center of the team, after entering the cave, Feng Gouzi lit a small torch made of oil-soaked pine wood. Along the way, it was indeed found that on the wall of the tunnel, every now and then there would be a lamp filled with tung oil, probably left by Liu Bapi for lighting when escaping. Although some time had passed, there was still quite a bit of lamp oil left, so Feng Gouzi used the torch to light these lamps, illuminating the road for the people behind him.

  As long as the oil lamp doesn't go out, it means that there won't be a lack of oxygen in the tunnel. From time to time, you can even feel a gentle breeze on your face, which proves that this place indeed has ventilation holes for air circulation, just like what Feng Gouzi said.

  As he walked through the tunnel, Xiao Tianjian couldn't help but admire the person who designed it. Although no one had been in the tunnel for a long time, it wasn't stuffy at all. After entering the tunnel, you had to climb some stairs, which meant that even if there was water in the ditch, it wouldn't flood the tunnel. Everything seemed to have been carefully considered and was quite forward-thinking. However, Liu Bao Pi probably never thought that someone would find this secret passage. If he had thought of it, he could have set up some simple traps here and quietly killed those who were sneaking into the village from outside!

  Xiao Tianjian also really admired Feng Gouzi's courage, daring to venture into such a secret passage alone. If he hadn't been here before, it was uncertain whether he would have had the guts to crawl in himself.

  A group of people walked through the tunnel, except for their heavy breathing, no one spoke, each was secretly encouraging themselves, Tie Tou followed orders and walked behind, blowing out the oil lamps they passed, in case someone couldn't withstand the pressure and turned back to run away. In such a dark environment, ordinary people wouldn't dare to enter this dark hole without lighting, actually Xiao Tian Jian was forcing them to have no way out, they could only follow him into the Zhuangzi.

  Xiao Tianjian is now as ruthless as iron, and killing people has become a trivial matter to him. He does it solely for the purpose of survival. The local tyrant, on the other hand, is indeed cruel and merciless, hoarding large amounts of grain while refusing to use any of it for good deeds. If not for this, so many people wouldn't have starved to death, forcing a large number of refugees to rise up in revolt. Therefore, robbing them has become a burden-free act for Xiao Tianjian.

  The path wasn't very long, and after walking for about ten or twenty minutes, everyone arrived at a spacious spot. Under the illumination of Feng Gouzi's torches, everyone saw that there was an exit above them, with stairs leading directly to the exit, which could accommodate around twenty people gathering here.

  Obviously Liu Bao Pi had thought it through carefully, this place could let his family come down together and concentrate on escaping from here, but for now it provided him with convenience.

  Everyone gathered here, staring at the hole above, their faces became somewhat tense, no one knew what awaited them after they broke out, whether they could leave alive, so everyone became a bit nervous.

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