Traveling through ancient times

Gu Dalian motioned for everyone to be quiet, looked outside the door, and then said:

"The three of us, each one will go out and take a look to see what's wrong!"

The three of them didn't waste any time and went their separate ways!

Gu Dalian went to the stable. Although the food was not much, she paid for it out of her own pocket!

Look at the horses in the stable, they have already eaten the hay, and the food is neatly placed aside!

Just as I was hesitating whether to put it into the space first, I saw a group of sneaky figures tiptoeing towards me not far away!

"Hurry up, hurry up, the boss said to pull the food from the back door to the mountain first!"

"Third boss, why don't you drug these soldiers?"

"Shut up! If I knew that you were planning to drug the soldiers, I would never forgive you!"

Another low, rough voice sounded:

"We had no choice but to seize this batch of food. The boss admires the soldiers who defend their country the most. How could he harm the lives of these soldiers?"

Gu Dalian's ears twitched. It turned out that they were a group of brave bandits. He originally thought that he would follow the bandits to their lair and catch them all in one fell swoop!

Now, Gu Dalian changed his mind, raised his hand and waved, all the food was put into the space! Then he dodged to a corner!

"Hey... where are the food? It was just here a moment ago, how come it's gone in just a moment?"

"The horses are still there, but the carriages and food are gone. Could there be another wave of bandits?"

"Could it be the bandits in Yingdang Mountain? They kill without blinking an eye. Third Commander, these soldiers don't even know there are bandits. Don't let them harm you!"

The one called the Third Master said hurriedly:

"Alright, alright, everyone, stop talking and let me think about what to do!!"

There was silence for a few moments, and then the third master's voice was heard:

"Let's quietly go and check around the room where the soldiers live. If there are bandits, we will make some noise so that the people inside can hear us!"

"If all else fails, let's all go up and kill them. Even if we have to use all our might, we must fight these ruthless devils!"

Gu Dalian felt somewhat relieved. It seemed that these bandits still had some conscience. They probably became bandits only because they were forced by the situation!

Without giving it much thought, these dozen people had already quietly returned!

Gu Dalian followed behind silently, watching them walk into each room of the post station and observing quietly. After looking around and finding nothing unusual, she returned to the stable!

"Third boss, what's going on? There's no food, and no bandits!"

"Wouldn't it be better if there were no bandits? Even though we don't have any food, at worst we can go deep into the mountains and dig out the blind bear's den!"

"Minghua, you dare to bring this up? Some time ago, our brothers almost lost their lives trying to catch that blind bear!"

"These past two days, we can barely eat one meal a day, and we have no energy left. Isn't hunting a blind bear just giving food to that big guy?"

There was a strange silence, and then the third in command's voice came:

"Although we didn't get any food, we are only about 20 miles away from the bandits in Yingdang Mountain. We should warn these people to avoid being harmed by them!"

"You said the bandits from Yingdang Mountain are only ten miles away from here. Do you know how many of them there are?"

A clear and loud voice rang out, startling everyone so much that they stood still for a moment, searching for the direction of the voice in the darkness!

Gu Dalian came out from the darkness:

"I've been keeping an eye on you guys for a while. Luckily you didn't go too far, otherwise I would have already cut off your heads and bodies!"

"Third boss, from what you said, it seems like you are particularly short of food?"

"Who are you? Why are you following us?"

Fortunately, there was no moon on that snowy night, otherwise the Third In Command would have seen Gu Dalian rolling her eyes. Wasn’t the question he asked a bit stupid?

"I am one of these soldiers. Let me ask you one more question!"

"Who are you? Why would you steal food?"

Everyone was on guard. The twenty-year-old Third Master took a step forward, waved his hand, and asked everyone to gather behind him:

"We are villagers from this area. The imperial court originally distributed relief grain. Although we didn't get much, we can still survive the winter by tightening our belts!"

"I didn't expect that the bandits from Yingdang Mountain came down the mountain a while ago and robbed several villages near us. They even took the daughters of good families up the mountain!"

"We all cried to the heavens and the earth but no one answered. We went to the county magistrate, but he was too overwhelmed and couldn't do anything!"

"In the end, we had no choice but to gather together and go into the mountains. At least we could hunt some prey!"

"It's just that it's getting harder and harder to hunt these days, and everyone is really hungry, so we came up with the idea of ​​smuggling food!"

"How many of you are there? Do you live far from here?"

"There are about two to three hundred people in our villages. We can go out from the back door of this post station and follow the path up the mountain. We will arrive in less than half an hour!"

"Take me to have a look, I will try to help you, I don't know if you are willing or not!"

The third in command was very happy. Although they met by chance and couldn't even see the other person's serious face, the third in command inexplicably believed that the person in front of him could fill their stomachs!

"Okay, I'll take you to see where we live!" The third in command agreed on the spot!

"Third Master, isn't this a bit too much of a joke? We can't just take his one-sided story and bring him to our base camp!"

"Yes, Third Boss, what if he is a spy for the bandits? I heard that the bandits would cook and eat people when they get anxious. They are simply beasts!"

When the third in command heard this, he immediately hesitated and stopped!

After hearing what they said, Gu Dalian's eyes suddenly became fierce:

"You said, they actually eat human flesh! Is it true?"

In fact, Gu Dalian has already believed most of it, but she doesn't want to think that human nature is so cruel. If that's the case, there's no need to keep these bandits in Yingdang Mountain!

"That's right! The skinny monkey in our village, his sister was kidnapped by bandits, and he secretly followed her into the mountains to save her!"

"I didn't expect that the bandits would hang up the people they captured, cut open their stomachs like pigs, and then cook them directly in a pot!"

Another person continued:

"The skinny monkey was so thin and agile that he fainted when he saw his sister had been ripped open and thrown into the pot!"

"He came back quietly after waking up. He told us what happened that day, and then he started to act crazy the next day!"

Gu Dalian thought that the skinny monkey was probably frightened and had a nightmare all night, so he went crazy the next day!

"Don't worry, this time, since we have met you, we will never ignore you. I will avenge you!

Gu Dalian looked serious. At this moment, she saw two figures coming from a distance!