Traveling through troubled times to escape famine and cultivate crops as a grain merchant

He immediately lay prone on the ground, put his ears close to the ground, and listened attentively.

Seeing this, she quickly bent down, put her ear to the ground, and listened attentively for a long time. She didn't hear anything, but seeing the old man's increasingly solemn expression, she knew that something might be wrong.

She got up quickly.

Seeing that something was wrong, the people around also came over.

After a while.

The old man got up and said with an extremely serious expression, "Quick, pack up and run to the mountain. If I heard correctly, the situation ahead is not good. It seems that someone has encountered robbers or the army. There are the sounds of horse hooves. These people may not be friendly."

When Zhou Guo heard this, he took out the big knife from his back without saying a word and went to find his uncle Zhou Dacang.

The rest of the people also dispersed, spreading the news and packing up their things.

Zhou Guo found his uncle, and the two of them called out the guard team. Later, each family also sent out one person, and the team now had more than thirty people.

Everyone went to find the village head together.

The village head was getting very anxious and was hurriedly directing everyone to pack up. When he saw them coming, he said anxiously, "Hurry up, hurry up, which forest are we going to? There are mountains all around us."

Zhou Guo looked at the mountains on both sides. The forest on the right was flat, and the foot of the mountain was behind a gentle forest.

The one on the left, on the other hand, is steep, densely jungled, and rocky.

Before she could say anything, Zhou Dacang said, "Go to the left."

The village head was dumbfounded when he saw the steep mountain. "Ah? How can we get up there with our carts?"

Zhou Guo said, "Then forget about the cart. Push it to the right side of the forest and hide it there. Everyone should carry the food up the mountain. Take as much as you can. Be quick! We will cover your retreat!"

The head of the village nodded hurriedly and went to make arrangements.

Zhou Guo looked at the escort team of more than 30 people. The expressions on their faces were extremely resolute. They had fled here and had experienced everything they should have experienced, including hunger and thirst, and many deaths. At this moment, she felt that there was no need to say anything, as everyone was already familiar with what to do.

Zhou Dacang frowned and said, "We don't know what the situation is like ahead, but the old man said that the situation might be bad. This time is more dangerous than any other time, because we are likely to encounter a small group of scattered soldiers. These soldiers who have been on the battlefield will kill without blinking an eye and will do anything. Everyone should be mentally prepared. If we face them, this will be a fierce battle from which we may not be able to return."

There was silence. Although everyone knew there was a battle, they didn't expect that they might be encountering an army.

After a while, a man stepped forward and said, "Don't worry, Sanlang. We are prepared. We have encountered many dangers along the way, and every time we were determined to die. Although the enemy we encountered this time is too strong, the worst that can happen is that we will lose our lives. Anyway, we will never let them pass us by and kill our family."

"Yes, we absolutely cannot let them go. The worst that can happen is that we will lose our heads."

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Everyone expressed their determination.

Zhou Dacang nodded.

Zhou Guo looked at the team. At this time, everyone had pushed the carts into the woods on the right. The village head was leading his own cow and inviting everyone to go up the mountain to the left.

More than 200 people carried food, dragged things, helped the old and the young, and quickly went up the mountain. Although it was busy, it was orderly. None of the children cried or made a fuss. On the contrary, they were quiet. It seemed that everyone had gained some experience along the way.

However, before the team had completely entered the mountain, they heard faint noises coming from not far ahead.

Zhou Guo asked everyone to keep silent and listen carefully. There were heart-wrenching cries, the frantic waving of whips, the chaotic sound of horse hooves, and even triumphant laughter mixed in.

Her face darkened and she said, "Let's go and help. Let's send our family members into the mountains first."

Everyone looked unhappy. The loud laughter sounded creepy and made people feel cold on the back.

Zhou Guo ran forward, picked up the two children first, and went up the mountain like a flash. She ran into the woods and put the two children down. She then went back to help the old man who could not walk. She secretly exerted force with her hands, grabbed the people and rushed up the mountain.

The old man was grabbed so hard by her that his feet left the ground immediately. Before he could scream, he entered the woods and ran up for a while before being let go. It seemed as if his throat was blocked from beginning to end, and he didn't utter a single cry.

With the help of Zhou Guo and others, everyone entered the forest.

Just as I breathed a sigh of relief, the noise was getting closer.

Now even the ignorant children could hear it clearly. Hearing the heart-wrenching cries coming from not far away, the younger ones were so scared that they started crying. As soon as they started crying, the adults covered their mouths.

Zhou Guo said to the head of the village: "You lead them to continue going up, find a place to hide, don't make any noise and don't show your head."

The village head nodded fearfully.

Zhou Dacang and more than thirty people have already headed for the entrance of the forest.

The head of the village thought for a while and said, "Well, girl Guo, why don't you come with us? Your uncle is at home." He really couldn't bear it, as the child was so young.

Zhou Guo said: "They are not as strong as me, I have to go to help, don't worry I will be fine, you forget that I am a martial artist now."

The village head forced a smile and said, "I've only been studying for a few days. What can I learn?"

After she finished speaking, she followed him with a big knife in her hand. Not long after, the old man also caught up.

"Master, are you going too?" She looked at the people behind her. If the master left, what would happen to these people?

The old man said, "As your master, I won't go, so why would I let you go? You haven't even graduated yet, don't worry, if you guys are gone and they come looking for you, do you think I can protect so many of them by myself? It's better to stop these people at the first level."

That’s right, she didn’t say anything else.

Zhou Dacang and his men hid at the entrance of the woods, silently watching the movements outside.

As the two arrived at the entrance of the woods, before they had time to squat down, they saw smoke and dust rising up the road ahead, the sound of horse hooves, chaotic crying, triumphant laughter, and waves of teasing sounds of "oh oh oh" ringing in their ears.

Everyone looked intently at the road ahead.

Then I saw a terrifying scene.

In the front was a frantically fleeing carriage, and behind it were frightened civilians, unarmed and with their families, running after the carriage, and in the back was a place with heavy smoke and dust...

Following slowly was a group of demons on horseback. The demons held big swords in their hands and had ferocious smiles on their faces. Their eyes were full of excitement as they looked at the people who were screaming and fleeing in front of them. Following behind the crowd, they looked at these people who were crying and shouting in despair, and laughed heartily, as if they were teasing a fool.