Chapter 781 Night Raider

"Get up quickly." The first person to notice was Gongshu Feng. He sat up from the linen blanket and shook his brother who was still sleeping.

"What happened?" The latter asked vaguely, covering his head, "Is anyone coming?"

"I don't know, but you'd better be careful." Gongshu Feng replied in a low voice. Anyone riding a horse in the suburbs at this time is definitely not an ordinary person.

If it is a thief, he usually won't attack a group of hundreds of refugees. First, he can't grab anything valuable, and second, it is easy to lose his men. But this is just a general situation. Who knows if there will be any accidents. Once the crowd runs and tramples, it will definitely be a good idea to be prepared first.

Gongshu Feng looked towards the dark north - with the help of the faint moonlight, he could vaguely see a group of people approaching this side. Many of them were holding torches, and judging from the scale, there were also more than a hundred people.

At this time, most people had woken up.

As wanderers, they had an instinctive reaction to this situation. The young and strong men picked up sticks and pitchforks for self-defense and headed towards the approaching people. The women, the elderly and children gathered together, anxiously waiting for the danger to pass.

However, when these people approached within a few dozen steps, Gongshu Feng took a breath of cold air. The enemy's weapons can be said to be fully equipped. Not only were they wearing armor, but they also had bronze helmets on their heads and crossbows hanging around their waists. The clothes under the armor were also neatly arranged, and they did not look like they often slept in the forest.

Robbers don't have such equipment!

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Someone asked bravely.

"I am the manager of Tuntianzhuang," a horseman shouted over there, "The master is merciful and is willing to take you in. Now pack up and follow us on the road immediately!"

Tuntianzhuang?

Take in?

These words caused a commotion among the crowd.

"Where is Zhuangzi?"

"Do you want hundreds of people?"

"Why don't they come during the day?"

While everyone was shouting, Gongshu Feng smelled a hint of uneasiness.

He noticed that the torches were spreading around, which was clearly a sign of encirclement. If they were just here to recruit people, why did they bring so many fully armed servants? If they were to protect the steward and maintain continuity, ten people would be enough.

Just then, a slight sound of string plucking reached Gongshu Feng's ears.

He suddenly changed his face and pressed his brother down under him, "Lie down!"

He was very familiar with that sound - it was the vibration of the rebound of the mechanical bowstring!

However, the arrows were not aimed at the young and strong men in the front row, but at the old, weak and sick in the middle. Only a series of whizzing sounds were heard, and screams and wails suddenly broke out in the crowd. In the blink of an eye, dozens of people fell to the ground, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

"Take them down." The steward ordered.

The cavalry rushed from all directions, riding their tall horses into the crowd, and instantly cut the refugee group into pieces. Facing well-equipped enemies, wooden sticks and pitchforks were simply difficult to resist. In addition, their relatives were attacked, and the fighting spirit of the crowd was already as low as it could be, and they were completely dispersed in one encounter.

The battle lasted less than 20 breaths before it was declared over.

Even because they were surrounded by the enemy in advance, there were not many hundreds of refugees who escaped.

Everyone was forced to kneel on the side of the road, waiting for their fate in fear.

And these people who claimed to be from Tuntianzhuang did not seem to be doing this for the first time. They skillfully separated the refugees, then picked out the young and strong men with intact hands and feet, and took them aside separately.

Seeing this, Gongshu Feng already knew what the other party was going to do.

The people of Tuntianzhuang wanted to take these people as slaves!

This was absolutely against the law. Even if they were vagrants, no one could forcibly take them as private property. This is not only to prevent local forces from becoming bigger, but also to avoid the acts of robbery being too naked and causing public resentment. If you want to obtain slaves, there is only one legal way, that is, to buy and sell through people authorized by the government, and a contract of selling yourself must be approved.

"This person has a good skeleton and a straight face. He may be sold for a good price if he is taken to Gaoguo." A man with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks commented after following Gongshufeng for a while, "First-class goods, take it away alone."

"Yes!" Immediately, two servants grabbed his arms and pulled him out of the crowd.

Gongshufeng was so anxious that sweat was coming out on his forehead. He originally thought that the biggest risk of traveling by land was robbers and bandits, but he didn't expect to encounter such an incredible thing! If this kind of thing happened in Xuguo, it would definitely be a crime of confiscation of property and extermination of the clan. No matter how arrogant the local tycoons were, they would not be able to risk the world's disapproval, right?

Huiyang City should be stationed with officials from the Privy Council!

Aren't they afraid of being liquidated after the news leaks?

"What you are doing - it's illegal!" Gongshufeng couldn't help but say.

He was not really worried that he would be sold into slavery. As a mechanical engineer of the Gongshu family, he had too many ways to prove his identity to the people in power. What he was really worried about was that he would not be able to complete the old lady's instructions after being exposed, delaying the family's major events.

But the other party ignored him at all and looked directly at the next person.

"What's wrong with this person... Is he sick?" The man looked at Gongshu Jin for a few times, "He looks sick, not a good guy, and he is young and can't do any hard work. Well... Let's deal with it here."

"Wait, that's my brother, where are you taking him?" Gongshu Feng yelled, "Let him go!"

One of the servants raised his fist and punched him in the abdomen.

"Shut the hell up!"

Another person brought a hemp rope and said, "Tie him up, this guy is quite strong."

"Be careful, don't hurt the first-class goods." The man in charge of the appraisal frowned and said, "Just cover your mouth with the piece of cloth, don't do anything."

Seeing that Gongshu Jin was about to be taken away, Gongshu Feng no longer cared about so much.

With a sudden movement of his luck, he pushed his shoulders from left to right and pushed the two servants away a few steps.

This is the power given to him by the Qi Senser.

"Stop for a moment—" Gong Shufeng shouted.

"Be bold!"

"You still dare to resist!?"

Several servants following the man pulled out the long swords at their waists in unison.

"I am from the Privy Council, and so is that person." Gongshu Feng lowered his voice and stared at the other person. "Now I have something important to do and must act in secret. If you don't want to be ransacked and beheaded afterwards, you'd better not get in my way. Both actions. Now let’s go and pretend it didn’t happen.”

"Privy Council House?" The sharp-mouthed man looked at Gong Shufeng with a straight eye for the first time.

"The name of the leader of Huiyang Mansion is Wu Qingping, fourth grade and one hundred swords, right?" The latter said word by word, "If you don't believe it, you can contact the city and ask the Privy Council to send someone to confirm the identity."

This is absolutely information that refugees cannot access.

Of course, this fourth-grade Hundred Blades didn't know him, but as long as he was a Qi-sensing person, the Privy Council would not sit idly by.

Speaking of this, Gongshu Feng is also betting. He bet that the other party would not dare to really trouble a Privy Council member Bairen, but would let him and Gong Shujin go on the basis of the idea that one more thing would be better than one less thing. In that case, he still has the possibility of continuing to Jinxia - although this twist and turn has greatly increased the possibility of exposure.

The sharp-mouthed man indeed showed a look of suspicion and fear for a moment. He stopped the servant who was about to take Gong Shujin away. After a moment of hesitation, he said to the two of them, "You guys wait here for a while. I'll go ask the housekeeper for instructions."