Zhou Jia turned around and saw everyone dragging their tired footsteps, all walking feebly. He shouted from the front: "Everyone, hold on for a while, and we can stop and rest in the woods ahead."

The village chief also yelled, "Bring your strength together and work harder. When we get there, we'll have a good night's rest."

After hearing this, the adults and children all followed the car forward in a hurry. After walking for almost an hour, they finally saw a small forest. The mule cart in front stopped. Everyone unloaded the cart and used a large car according to Li Yu's request. The cart circled the carts and burdens in the middle, and people laid the ground around the grain and grass to build tents.

After feeding the animals with fodder and water and putting everything in order, Aunt He and Li Mei lit the firewood, started the stove and started boiling water.

The children fell to the ground languidly and could not scream. Everyone felt that the soles of their feet were in excruciating pain after exerting too much force, and their legs were sore and weak.

After Li Yu saw it, he said to the people sitting on the ground, "Don't sit still, please pat your calves with your hands to loosen them, otherwise you won't be able to walk tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Also, it's best to apply a hot handkerchief on it." foot."

After hearing this, some people quickly got up and patted and rubbed their children's calves, and then patted their own. Some people were noncommittal and huddled there motionless.

Li Yu didn't say much. He led Li Qing and Zhao Di to relax their muscles, took out the bacon and taro and started to stew bacon and taro rice. Zhou Jia also helped to scrape up the taro clumsily, but was teased by Zhao Di and Lai Di. Hou put down the taro and helped Li Yu light the fire.

After Jixiang and Ruyi set up the tent, Li Yu's bacon rice stewed with bacon and taro was also cooked. Aunt He and Li Mei cooked a pot of pickled cabbage soup. Zhou Jia called the helping families to eat together. Had a meal.

After everyone had eaten, the village chief came over and said to Li Yu: "Xiaoyu, we have to separate and keep watch all night. Everyone is tired. I will let Yaohui and Chen Zhong keep watch for the first half of the night, and you will keep watch for the second half of the night. "

Li Yu thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Okay, we will be the watchers at the end of the day. Please tell the night watchers not to fall asleep."

"I will greet them." The village chief staggered back.

Li Yu took Laidi to the tent and fell asleep. Chen Yaohui, Chen Zhong and three men from the village sat in front of the fire and fell asleep.

At the beginning of the night, there was a sudden crunch when a branch was trampled, and the sound reached Chen Yaohui's ears. Chen Yaohui stood up and shouted loudly: "Who?" Several other people also woke up, picked up their machetes and looked around. All I could see was darkness in the forest, and no movement at all.

Chen Zhong laughed, "There is no one! Ah Hui, you must be too nervous!"

Butcher He shook his head, "I also feel that something is wrong. Let's call Mr. Zhou and Xiaoyu over to take a look!"

Chen Yaohui looked at Chen Zhong, "I obviously heard it, stop the beast! I'll wake up Xiaoyu and the others."

Chen Yaohui walked towards Li Yu's tent. Li Yu had already come out of the tent with a crossbow and a quiver on his back. Chen Yaohui stepped forward and said to Li Yu, "Xiaoyu, I feel something is wrong."

Li Yu nodded, "I heard it," Li Yu pointed at the fire and told Chen Yaohui, "Let everyone burn the fire a little brighter, and I'll wake up Ruyi and the others."

Zhou Jia had already come out of the tent with good luck and fortune. Li Yu looked at Zhou Jia and said, "Zhou Jia, please go into the tent so that we won't be distracted."

"You should also be careful." Zhou Jia shook Li Yu's hand and returned to the tent.

Ruyi climbed up a big tree, and the dim moonlight shone through the bare trunks in the forest. Ruyi lay on the tree and saw a faint shadow behind the trunk in front of her.

Ruyi came down from the tree and whispered to Li Yu: "Miss Li, there may be someone ambushing us in front of us. Seeing that we have a large number of people, they probably want to wait for us to fall asleep before they rob us."

Li Yu made arrangements in a low voice, "Their goal is the food in the car. Jixiang will guard the livestock, and Zhaocai, Ruyi and I will guard the convoy."

After hearing this, everyone silently followed Li Yu's instructions and stayed at their posts. Li Yu said to Chen Yaohui and Butcher He: "Uncles, just use your machetes to protect our people."

The bandits hiding behind the tree looked at Li Yu and his camp and saw that the fire was burning even more fiercely. One of them complained in a low voice, "It's just the big head who woke them up. If you ask me to say that the third master was too careful, he's just a bunch of idiots." If you rush over earlier, it won't be solved in half an hour."

One person asked in a low voice, "What should we do with the third master? Go up or withdraw?"

The third master looked at Li Yu and his camp, "Wait a little longer, it won't do us any good if there are so many of them. Besides, they have been climbing the mountain for a whole day today. If they can't stand it any longer, let's save some energy." Everyone had no choice but to lie down. He went down and looked at the fire opposite from a distance.

Li Yu seemed to be asleep against the tree trunk. Only those who knew her well would know that she was squinting her eyes and pricking her ears to pay attention to the subtle changes in her surroundings.

After more than half an hour, it was already the time when Zi and Chou met. The bandits looked at Li Yu and the others. The fire was still burning brightly, but the people had long since calmed down and there was no movement.

The third master thought that it was almost done. No matter how vigilant a person is after a tiring day, he can't stand it any longer.

The Third Master raised his hand and more than a dozen people quickly rushed towards Li Yu and his camp. When the bandit was about ten meters away from the camp, Ruyi jumped up like lightning, drew his bow and shot an arrow in one go, and heard "whoosh, whoosh" After the sound of the sky breaking, the bandits in front fell down, and the bandits behind began to retreat. The third master shouted loudly: "Everyone spread out, get on! They only have a bow to scare you!"

Chen Yaohui and Butcher He watched with wide eyes as the bandits rushed towards them. They all clenched the woodcutter in their hands with trembling hands and made a desperate gesture.

I saw the bandits spread out and rushed towards the grain truck. Li Yu squatted behind a big tree, holding the crossbow flat and pressing the trigger. There were several soft sounds of tower, tower, and the crossbow arrows shot through the air from the crossbow in his hand. When they came out, two bandits fell down in an instant, clutching their throats. Li Yu moved like lightning behind the tree, and Ruyi, one light and one dark, cooperated with each other to attack the bandits from both sides.

Under the light and covert attacks of Li Yu and Ruyi, seven or eight bandits fell down in a blink of an eye. The third master saw that he had lost most of his men in a blink of an eye, and quickly shouted: "Quickly retreat, they are protected by experts. "

After hearing this, the bandits hurriedly turned around and ran away. Ruyi raised his bow and arrow and wanted to pursue him. Li Yu stopped him and said, "If Ruyi comes back, don't chase me."

Li Yu and Ruyi raised their hand crossbows and bows and arrows and watched the bandits flee away before relaxing. Chen Yaohui and He Tuhu gathered around Li Yu and Ruyi. Zhou Jia and Zhou Bo also got out of the tent, followed by Li Mei Aunt He and the others also came out.

Li Yu said to Ji Xiang and Zhao Cai: "You two take Uncle Chen and the others to see if all the bandits are dead. Be careful not to get plotted."

The two men respectfully agreed, holding torches, and walked towards the bandit who fell on the ground with Chen Yaohui and the others.

Zhou Jia said to Aunt He: "Aunt He, pour some hot water to wash Xiaoyu and Ruyi."

Li Mei looked at Li Yu worriedly, "Yu'er, you weren't hurt anywhere, were you?"

Li Yu saw Zhou Jia and Li Mei looking at him worriedly, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

"As long as it's okay, let's wash up first and then take a rest." Li Mei went to Li Yu's tent and took out a handkerchief, wet it in the basin, wrung it out and handed it to Li Yu.

Zhou Jia looked at Li Yu's tired look and swallowed what he wanted to say. After Li Yu briefly cleaned himself, he sent her to the entrance of the tent and watched her enter the tent to rest.

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