The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

If the people tracking them are bombed, there will definitely be many wounded, making it even harder to catch up with them.

Fortunately, Yang Dalin had sharp eyes; otherwise, this booby trap might have actually injured him.

Damn, that's vicious. Yang Dalin carefully put the booby trap away and stored it in his spatial storage.

He needs to be careful on the road ahead.

So Yang Dalin left another note here.

Tell the people behind to be careful; they've discovered a booby trap, which he's already taken.

Just follow in his footsteps.

Fortunately, it didn't snow in the mountains yesterday or today; otherwise, if it had snowed heavily, many traces would have been hard to find.

Yang Dalin spotted prey several times along the way, but he didn't dare fire for fear that the gunshots would be heard by the people ahead.

The roe deer meat in front was taken from his spatial storage, not something he hunted himself.

This time, he took a knife and a crossbow and played a real-life battle with some wild boars, and he won every time.

He put several wild boar pups and a sow with a mild odor directly into his spatial storage without bleeding them.

Anyway, whatever you take it into the space will be the same as what comes out, so there's no fear of it smelling bad.

They left behind a male wild boar, cleaned it up, and buried it in the snow.

Yang Dalin was also fast in the afternoon, and soon he had put a great distance between himself and the people behind him.

As it was getting dark, Yang Dalin had caught up with the six people ahead of him.

The distance between Tian Xueyi and him was equivalent to the distance a normal person would travel in a day.

Yang Dalin left them some wild boar on the way, so Tian Ge and the others had food, but they would probably have to sleep in a cave that night.

When everyone came in, each person was wearing a coat and had brought a quilt.

Yang Dalin's space has everything he needs.

He could have a better night in the mountains.

There were seven people near the cave ahead, which Yang Dalin spotted from afar—one more than his target.

Yang Dalin discovered that a large fire had just been lit at the entrance of the cave, and a dead wild deer was being cleaned up next to it.

The people who process venison have similar skin and hair color to other Chinese people.

A Slav is gathering firewood nearby.

There were five people inside the cave, and Yang Dalin judged that two of them, judging from their breathing, were women.

Presumably their mouths were gagged, three of them were breathing rapidly.

There were also two other people whispering something in Russian.

Yang Dalin couldn't understand it either.

Damn it, I need to learn a foreign language.

Yang Dalin could understand simple English, but he really couldn't understand this Russian dialect with its rolled "r" sounds.

After observing the situation, Yang Dalin wondered how he could safely rescue the person.

Now that there's a sudden attack, I'm afraid the educated youth in the cave might be in danger.

Once the main force arrives, they should be able to leave the mountains and reach the border by tomorrow afternoon.

With so many people this time, it's definitely inconvenient for Yang Dalin to directly charge into the enemy's border.

We can only save them before that happens.

Yang Dalin thought for a moment and decided that the only options were to launch a surprise attack in the middle of the night or wait until they were out of the cave early the next morning when their vigilance was low.

This way, at least we can see that the hostages are safe.

After making up his mind, Yang Dalin stepped back a short distance.

We found a tree hollow that must have been where the black bear once lived.

The tree hollow isn't very big, but it's enough to make do with a rest.

Since no black bear lived in this tree hollow this year, it doesn't smell as bad.

Yang Dalin tidied up the place thoroughly, making it very clean. He first put all the trash into his spatial storage, then went outside to dump it, and buried it with snow.

Yang Dalin laid several layers of Ula grass under the tree hole, and then laid the wolf skin rug that he had bought separately last time.

There will be a quilt and a wolfskin coat to cover you later, so you'll be warm even without a fire.

Yang Dalin took some cooked food from his spatial storage and ate a meal.

He also has boiling water in his space, so there's no need to light a fire to boil water.

Yang Dalin thought to himself as he ate cooked food.

Should I throw the wild boars I hunted during the day near that cave?

If I throw it away, will bleeding myself attract some wild animals?

It would be best if it could attract some wolves; I just heard wolves howling nearby.

Wouldn't that allow them to use wolves to kill people?

That's a good idea; it saves me the trouble of doing it myself first.

Even if we don't hurt them, it would be good to deplete their stamina and ammunition.

This is fine too.

Yang Dalin thought it was feasible, so after eating and drinking his fill, he quickly rested for a while.

He was about to launch a sneak attack on someone.

The cold wind didn't reach the tree hollow, so it wasn't that cold. It was because he had built it, and the bedding was very thick. It was just that the space was relatively small, and Yang Dalin couldn't stretch his legs out, so he could only curl up to rest.

While Yang Dalin was resting, Captain Niu and his group, who were far away from him, were hiding in a cave, cooking over a fire. If it weren't for the old hunter, they might not have been able to find the cave.

Captain Niu asked Tian Xueyi with concern, "Old Tian, ​​isn't it dangerous for your apprentice to act alone? It's already dark, and he hasn't met up with us yet."

After all, you're here to help. If anything happens to you, I'll be in trouble...

Tian Xueyi recalled the last time his apprentice went into the mountains alone to track down spies for several days and returned safely. He waved his hand and said, "It's alright, Lao Niu, don't worry. My apprentice is very capable. He has experience, and that kid is very strong. His hearing is also terrifying."

His marksmanship is just as good as some of the best marksmen in our unit, so don't worry.

No problem. He left quickly and far away. It would take too much time for him to come back. You saw the last note, didn't you?

He wrote down the details.

Running back and forth is exhausting and time-consuming for him.

Old Niu still said worriedly, "I'm not worried about him spending the night alone in the mountains, but I'm afraid he might encounter that unknown group of people. What if he can't fight them off by himself? That would be dangerous."

Tian Xueyi smiled and said, "Then there's even less to worry about. That kid is smarter than a monkey. He can take on more than a dozen people by himself. Don't worry, he won't fire his gun easily. Besides, didn't you have someone notify the border troops in this direction before you went into the mountains? He'll ask the border troops for help even if he doesn't have the chance."

He's very shrewd; he won't recklessly put himself in danger.

While Lao Tian was verbally reassuring Captain Niu, he was secretly worried, but he couldn't show it.

He only hoped that his apprentice was safe and sound. After all, this was in the mountains, and besides those unknown bad people, there were also many wild animals.

Yang Dalin rested for two hours, and it was already past 8 p.m.

He woke up on time.

Two hours of sleep was enough; the tree hollow wasn't that cold, but it was really uncomfortable to sleep in.

My legs can't straighten, it's so uncomfortable.

Yang Dalin got dressed and put all his things into his spatial storage.

He came out of the tree hole first, and then wrapped himself in his coat.

They quietly made their way towards the cave where the group of people were.

Yang Dalin lay down on the ground far from the cave.

They carefully observed the area around the cave.

The fire at the cave entrance kept burning, and someone was on night watch, tending to the fire.

The people inside have probably finished eating and are resting.

Yang Dalin thought to himself, "Damn it, I can't sleep well, how can you guys sleep? You're overthinking it."

Yang Dalin hid at the entrance of a cave, in a direction out of sight of the person on duty.

They slowly climbed towards the cave entrance.

The cave entrance faces south, with some open space to the left, right, east, and west. Above the cave is a towering mountain, dozens of meters high, which is inconvenient.

Yang Dalin had no choice but to go around to the east side of the cave and climb up little by little. There were quite a few trees there, which could provide some cover.

Unexpectedly, when Yang Dalin had climbed to within 20 meters of the cave, he suddenly heard a mechanical click beneath him.

Damn, this is a landmine.