Chapter 68 Old Taoist
Long Wu patted Long Qi's shoulder, jumped on his horse, and headed for the next city.

In front of a cave on the back mountain of Yunfu Mountain.

Ragged and skinny people huddled together, and several men in military uniforms came over carrying buckets.

Everyone rushed forward and started grabbing the black-faced buns in the wooden barrel.

A middle-aged man with a scar on his face snatched four steamed buns and threw two to a little old man who was so thin that he was just skin and bones.

The old man took a bite and spat it out with a "Puh, Puh, Puh".

"Damn it, they even put stones in it!" The old man muttered and cursed, then threw the steamed bun in his hand to the teenager next to him.

He complained about the stones in the steamed bun, but the boy didn't mind. He took the bun and started eating it in big mouthfuls.

Scarface came over chewing a steamed bun and kicked the old man, "Do you want to starve yourself to death?"

The old man rolled his eyes at him, patted the dust kicked off his tattered robe, shook his head and said, "You know shit, I'm going to have meat soon, I won't eat this pig food."

Scarface's expression turned stern. He pushed the young man away and sat down next to the old Taoist priest.

He turned his head to look at the man lying half-dead in the cave, and leaned close to the Taoist's ear, "Are you serious?"

The old Taoist snorted and lowered his voice, "When have you ever seen me tell a lie? The destiny star is back in place, the great cause will be accomplished, my good days will be here soon, hehehe."

His shifty look makes people want to beat him up.

Long San rubbed his fingers, "Qingyun, you'd better not lie to me, or I'll knock your teeth out."

After saying that, he stood up and went into the cave, throwing the steamed bun in his hand to Long Si who was lying unable to move.

Long Si was injured by the rubble in the mine. There was no medical treatment or medicine here, so he could only lie down and endure it.

There are heavy troops guarding the foot of Yunfu Mountain, with at least 20,000 people. Long San and his companions were captured with other refugees and brought here to mine, and then they met Taoist Qingyun and his disciple Guiyi.

There were too many people on the other side, and they were well fed and strong, so it was difficult for them to break out.

It was the Taoist Qingyun who told him to wait patiently and find out the situation on the mountain. When people came to rescue him, they could cooperate with them from inside and outside.

But they had been waiting for almost half a month, and the defense on the mountain was almost complete, but the people who came to rescue them still hadn't come.

Long San sighed. If this dragged on any longer, this old guy Long Si would be ruined.

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The three Pan brothers mixed in with the team disguised as refugees. Pan Li was also taken out to gain experience. Pan Lian wanted to follow, but was kicked back by Pan Dayin.

Long Wu did not treat them specially because of their relationship with Pan Yingying, and just continued to treat them as they were.

Pan Dayin and Pan Datie didn't want to come at first, as they didn't look like refugees. But when Liu Juhua and Zhao Meixiang heard that they could get money for making a contribution, they put their sharp axes on their waists and signed up.

The two brothers had no choice but to come here as their wife only cared about money.

When they were almost at the city gate, Pan Li, with his sharp eyes, saw two dusty men at the back of the team. They looked more and more familiar and he couldn't help but pull at his father's tattered clothes.

"Dad, look, isn't that my aunt and uncle?" Pan Dajin was startled and turned his head quickly, but he didn't see the figures of those two people. He glared at his son unhappily and said, "Are you dazzled?"

Pan Li didn't give up and leaned over to look, but the two people he had just seen had disappeared.

Pan Yingying was wearing Xiao Wang's patched-up old clothes, her face was black and her body was covered with dirt. Yu Chaosheng looked very similar to her, wearing the clothes that Yu Laoer had worn when he worked in the fields in the village, and a small melon-shaped hat on his head.

With their hunched backs and droopy brows, they looked just like a farm couple who were slightly less skinny.

They were mixed in with the 200 people and could not be distinguished at all.

After all, disguise is often required when carrying out missions abroad, and the two of them are very familiar with this job.

Yu Chaosheng held the walkie-talkie in his arms, and he held Pan Yingying's arm like a sister, and whispered, "Don't leave me behind when you run, we are in the same group."

Pan Yingying glanced at him and said, "You're thinking about running away before you even start working. Were all your previous missions done for you by the Sword Team?"

Yu Chaosheng twisted his body. Wasn't he worried that this woman would abandon him if something happened? It wasn't like she couldn't do such a thing.

Besides, most of his savings were with Pan Yingying. If she abandoned him, who would he cry to?

"Oh, it's settled anyway!" Yu Chaosheng stamped his feet, "Sister Pan, I am now your most loyal little brother."

Pan Yingying didn't believe his nonsense, but she still nodded and said perfunctorily, "I know, you just need to react quickly when the time comes."

It's not her fault if it's slow.

Yu Chaosheng felt a little relieved after hearing her words.

The team was stopped at the city gate. Long Wu pulled at his ragged clothes, stepped forward timidly, and saluted awkwardly to the soldiers guarding the city gate, "Greetings, sir."

The soldier's triangular eyes scanned the refugees, about two hundred of them, and seeing that most of them were young and strong, his eyes rolled and his attitude became enthusiastic.

"Alas, fellow villagers have suffered. The county magistrate has set up a resettlement site for disaster victims ten miles away. I will take you there now."

Long Wu opened his mouth, but this guy immediately made him speechless, and he didn't say a single word of his prepared lines!
Of course Triangle Eyes was very enthusiastic. He said he would get silver for bringing people over, one string of silver per person. These 200 people would be enough to support his whole family for several years!
"Oh, thank you very much, sir. Thank you very much, sir." Long Wu responded promptly, bowing and bending, looking very simple and honest.

Triangle Eyes waved his hand and bowed in another direction, "It's all because of the kindness of the prefect and the county magistrate."

Long Wu nodded and bowed in the direction he was bowing, "Thank you, Mr. Prefect and the County Magistrate, they are both great officials!"

Yu Chaosheng curled his lips, but he put on a good show and shouted, "Thank you, Master Qingtang!"

Pan Yingying burst out laughing at his words, but fortunately her laughter was covered up by others shouting "Thank you, Mr. Qingtang".

Triangle Eyes thought it was just because of their heavy accents, and cursed them in his heart, "country bumpkins." He still smiled, winked at the other soldier, and turned to Long Wu and said, "I'll take you there right away."

Long Wu nodded repeatedly and expressed his gratitude again.

Triangle Eyes led the group toward Yunfu Mountain. On the way, he chatted with Long Wu, asking them where they came from and where they wanted to settle down.

Long Wu had a worried look on his face, with wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. "I see that Yunzhou has many talented people and good land, and there is no shortage of water. I have discussed with my tribesmen and decided to settle down here. I don't know what the rules are."

He followed suit and, using the cover of his tattered sleeves, slipped half a penny into Triangle Eyes's pocket.

(End of this chapter)