Chapter 128: The old trick

"how is it going?"

As soon as Li Yaoguang and Shen Yue came back, they were greeted with two pairs of concerned eyes. Facing their questions, she forced a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "The situation outside is not good."

Gu Qing and Lu Qing paused after hearing this, their faces suddenly darkened, and they sighed. They quickly asked Li Yaoguang and the other two to go down to the secret room. After closing the door of the secret room, they hurriedly followed.

When they arrived at the secret room, everyone who had already learned from Gu Qing and Lu Qing that the two of them had gone out to get information came forward to show concern.

Shen Yue looked at Li Yaoguang's appearance, felt a little distressed, and spoke himself.

"The change in Wuding was beyond our expectations. It was the Japanese bandits who did it, not Hu Di. Just now, Miss Li and I went up to investigate and found that Japanese bandits were active everywhere. They forced the surviving people in the city to collect corpses, and they collected property and food from all over the city. The situation inside and outside the city is probably not good."

A male musician in the crowd staggered and leaned against the wall, crying, "If it's the Japanese bandits, then we're all done for. Judging from the nature of those bastards in the past, I'm afraid they'll occupy the land and won't move. These beasts!"

Most of the people in Linhai Pavilion are girls, and they panicked when they heard the words.

"What should I do? What should I do?"

"Can we still get out?"

"Although my grandparents sold me for my cousin's marriage, my parents and sisters are still outside the city. If the Japanese bandits come, will they still be able to survive? Wuuuu, Sister Gu, I miss my parents and sisters, wuuuuu..."

"I miss home too. Wuding Prefecture is in such a state. I wonder what the surrounding towns are like? My home..."

Everyone was panicked and confused for a moment. Some of the timid and frightened people who were concerned about their families even covered their mouths and sobbed softly.

Li Yaoguang couldn't bear to watch, "Don't panic, everyone. Just now when General Shen and I went out to check the situation, we met a lot of survivors. The Japanese bandits pointed them at the corpses and are no longer killing people indiscriminately. As long as you have escaped the initial chaos, those who survived will be fine. And we can hide well. I believe that there are many people in the city who are hiding like us. Since the city is like this, the mountains and rivers outside are more spacious, and your family may have more hope, so everyone, don't cry!"

Maybe it was because they had been out and seen the situation outside with their own eyes, so after hearing her say this, everyone felt a lot more at ease.

Only Yanzhi still had a worried look on her face. While everyone was supporting and comforting each other, she quietly found Gu Qing, pulled him aside and spoke of her difficulties in a low voice.

"Sister Gu, the situation outside is uncertain right now, and there are so many of us. I'm afraid the food in our secret room won't last long..."

This is another piece of bad news.

Yes, normally the secret room would only hold half a month's worth of food, just to avoid banditry and emergency situations. However, since Wuding had never been breached by Japanese bandits before, the secret room was not prepared with such care. The food inside could only feed thirty people for half a month, and now there were nearly fifty people hiding in it. Even if they saved for five days, there would not be much left, and they didn't know what would happen in the future...

This put Yanzhi, who was in charge of food, in a difficult position, and Gu Qing, the head of the family, also frowned when he heard this.

Shen Yue, who happened to be behind Li Yaoguang, heard this and stopped walking. He said to the two of them, "Sorry to bother you. Don't worry. I have to go out to investigate the situation at night and I will find some food when the time comes."

After hearing this, Gu Qing and Yanzhi bowed to Shen Yue happily, but Shen Yue waved his hand and said nothing more. He quickly followed Li Yaoguang's footsteps and went to the corner where Cheng Su and his wife were.

At night, Shen Yue did as he said, and took up his knife to go out to investigate the situation. Li Yaoguang was worried, thinking that the two of them would always have someone to take care of them. Besides, she knew that he was going to find food for everyone, so she insisted on following him. The two of them left the secret room again and wandered in the silent streets of Wuding City, investigating the situation and collecting information while collecting food.

After searching many gates in succession, they found nothing. They thought that the Japanese devils had got there first. Shen Yue's face turned cold, but Li Yaoguang was not in a hurry. He had plenty of food, so he could just find an excuse to take out a bag later. The most important thing now was to find out how the Japanese devils were deployed in Wuding Prefecture, and whether they could transfer everyone out through any gate.

Li Yaoguang shared her thoughts with Shen Yue, who agreed and nodded, planning to take her to explore the area ahead near the city wall. However, just as they stepped out of the unknown doorway, they heard many footsteps from afar on the quiet street, which sounded very noisy.

Shen Yue pulled Li Yaoguang, who had just stepped out of the door, back. The two of them nervously clenched their weapons, leaned against the door and listened secretly.

"People of Dajing, stop hiding and come out. We are not bad people. We are good people who are here to protect you from being harassed by the Hu soldiers. We are all friends, friends who are here to help you. Come out, come out..."

Bang, bang, bang, bang... After the rhythmic sound of the gongs, it was followed by loud shouts.

"Citizens of Dajing, come out, come out! Come out and we will feed you and protect your safety. Our hearts are sincere. You see, your companions have clothes to wear and food to eat, and their lives are safe here. We will protect you, your city, and your family. We are sincere friends..."

The sound of the gongs seemed friendly but had a foreign accent. It was particularly loud at night and could be heard from far away.

Looking at the group of poor people in front of them who seemed to be free but were actually being driven away, with fear in their eyes but still secretly forced to smile, Li Yaoguang's clenched fists tightened and loosened, and his mind got hot, and he was about to move with the electric baton, but he was grabbed by the person next to him.

"Don't act rashly."

Li Yaoguang pointed at the group of dogs parading on the quiet street outside and lowered his voice to a mosquito-like sound that only two people could hear, gritting his teeth, "These damned things are just weasels, wishing a happy new year to the chickens, and not a single word of truth comes out of their mouths!"

“Don’t get excited. We are not stupid. After the chaos ahead, we don’t know the situation outside and the frightened people dare not show up easily…” Unless they are forced to run out of food and water and can no longer hide, otherwise, who would dare to come out easily?
"That's what I said, but what if?"

Li Yaoguang gritted her teeth, very angry. For some reason, Shen Yue felt itchy in his heart and could not help but raise his hand to rub the top of her head, which immediately earned him a glare from someone. Shen Yue then embarrassedly stammered and took it back, explaining to divert the embarrassment.

"If we can't get out, there are only two of us, and we have no help behind us. There are a lot of people outside. Listen to the gongs and shouts. I'm afraid that the streets and alleys in Wuding City are full of people shouting. If we go out, we will be in danger."

"What should we do? Should we just sit there and wait?"

Shen Yue nodded, "Yes, let's wait and see. Given our current situation, we can only remain unchanged in the face of change. Let's go. We have been out for quite some time tonight. Brother Cheng and Gu may be getting impatient. Let's go back first."

As Shen Yue spoke, he was afraid that the person in front of him would rush out if they disagreed again, so he grabbed Li Yaoguang's arm and tried to bring her back. Li Yaoguang was so anxious that she quickly slapped him.

"Wait, wait!"

"What else do you want to do?"

"Food, big brother, food!"

Li Yaoguang rolled his eyes at him anxiously, but Shen Yue was actually very happy when he heard someone call him "brother" in a frustrated voice. However, how could he know that this was the name that someone used like a catchphrase when he was anxious?

Because of the call of "big brother", he cooperated very well. He stood guard when Li Yaoguang asked him to stand guard, and went into the house with a sack when Li Yaoguang asked him to carry the sack. He didn't ask at all why Li Yaoguang was so lucky and could find the food immediately.