It was still dark at this moment, and the gates to the west courtyard and the backyard were closed. Only the door to the main hall was open, and the ground was full of people sleeping. Only the tall Guanyin statue in the hall opened its eyes slightly, watching Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge leave one after another.

Taking advantage of the bright sky in the east, Shen Ge carefully observed the footprints outside the temple gate, followed the latest footprints and prepared to go down the mountain.

But after walking down for a while, the footprints on the ground actually turned into the woods. Shen Ge showed a true expression. Not far after following him, he saw Shen Shang in a raincoat standing under a big tree.

The light was dim, and Shen Shangzhi covered most of his face with a bamboo hat. Shen Ge couldn't see his expression clearly, but he could still tell that he was angry.

Shen Ge said with a smile, "You just walked here? I happen to be going down the mountain too, so let's go together."

Shen Shangzhi frowned deeply and said in a deep voice, "Go back!"

"No reply." Shen Ge stopped smiling and stared back.

If the hard one doesn't work, let's use the soft one.

Shen Shangzhi coaxed, "Most of the people taking refuge in the temple are young and strong men. If these people are incited by Blind Man Ma Er to attack the east courtyard together, they cannot defend it with Ma Qinglin alone. Mrs. Lin's family is in a more dangerous situation than I am." , please come back quickly."

Shen Ge asked, "Where are you going? This is not the way down the mountain."

Shen Shang remained silent.

Shen Ge said bluntly, "You want to find a place to hide and recuperate, right? From the Guanyin Temple to the top of the mountain, there is not even a cave that can accommodate people. Even if there is a cave, do you think the locals will know about it? Just you now With your body and bones, can you go into a cave and grab a place to lie down and recuperate? Can those few wild vegetable dumplings in your arms support one meal or two?"

"It can last for five days."

Shen Shang smiled and said, "I thought Mrs. Lin guessed my plan, so I prepared some more vegetable dumplings. It turns out they were prepared for you."

"Mrs. Lin doesn't know."

"Does Ruyu girl know?" This time it was Shen Shangzhi's turn to ask, "Ruyu girl knows, can her mother know?"

Shen Gejie stared at his neck, "No matter what you say, I won't go back anyway!"

"You stubborn son." The words slipped out of his mouth. Shen Shangzhi remembered that when his eldest son was alive, he had scolded his son several times in this way. He couldn't help feeling hurt, and then he persuaded softly, "You have an injury on your arm. Follow me and you can What to do? Go back and be obedient."

"I have injuries on my arms, but not on my waist or legs. I can catch pheasants and hares, can you? No matter where you go, let me give you a ride. Wait until Bao Li and Chen Siye come to find them. I will leave and I will never follow you or delay your business."

"I can kill pheasants and hares with stones. I can't eat meat when I live in the temple. I've been greedy for a long time." Shen Shang said harshly with a straight face, "I have experienced hundreds of battles. It is easier to avoid being hunted alone. It's going to be dawn soon, go back quickly! If you dare to follow me again, I will tie you to a tree!"

"Dong Dong Qiang, Dong Dong Qiang!"

Just as the two were arguing, the rhythmic sound of drums suddenly sounded, shaking the forest.

How can there be drum sound at this moment?

Shen Shangzhi and Shen Ge were confused about the man in gray at the foot of the mountain, and everyone in the temple was alerted at the same time. In the east courtyard of Guanyin Temple, Lin Ruyu sat up immediately and said in surprise, "Mom, the second uncle is here!"

Fang also felt that there was a high probability of it, "It is indeed like your second uncle to cause such a big disturbance. Let's get up quickly and send someone to go down the mountain to have a look."

"No need to go down the mountain." Lin Ruyu got up, quickly put on her clothes, and grabbed the torch that had been prepared by the bedside. "Mom, go to the top of the hall and hold up the torch and shake it. Then the second uncle will know that we are here. This is the second time. This is a trick my uncle used to play with his daughter."

"Too dangerous……"

Before her mother could finish speaking, Lin Ruyu said urgently, "Mom, my daughter must go. Others don't know how to wave a torch."

Lin Ruyu lay on the top of the main hall of Guanyin Temple and looked down. In the dim light, on the river, more than a dozen lanterns reflected the outlines of two large ships. The exciting drumbeats hit her eardrums and suppressed her mood.

The commotion caused by the sound of drums in Guanyin Temple.

Lin Ruyu's tears flowed together with the rain. She got up and sat on the main ridge of the hall. She wrapped her arms around the protruding chi on the ridge to steady her body. She lit the torch skillfully with a fire stick and waved the torch in the same rhythm.

Dong Dong Qiang, Dong Dong Qiang!

The rhythm that echoed the sound of drums was quickly extinguished by the drizzle. Lin Ruyu immediately took out a small gourd filled with lamp oil, poured the oil on the torch head, lit it, and continued shaking.

Dong Dong Qiang, Dong Dong Qiang!

The torch was put out again, and Lin Ruyu poured oil to light it again. Before she started shaking, she heard the sound of drums on the big ship on the river changing:

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

Second uncle saw the torch!

Lin Ruyu laughed out loud with tears and waved the torch several times in the same rhythm. When the torch was extinguished again, Lin Ruyu carefully climbed to the roof and went down the ladder to the ground. Uncle Ma and Zhao Lu immediately protected her.

She ignored the people who rushed out of the main hall to ask questions and returned to the east courtyard.

In the main hall in the backyard, the blind man Ma Er looked at the torches that were lit three times and swaying on the roof of the main hall in front, and his eyes kept turning.

Ma Wang was also very excited, "Second brother, someone has come to pick up the people from the east courtyard. What do you think of us?"

"Send someone down to take a look. If there aren't many people, grab them!"

"Yes!" He Sanpang responded and jumped out.

Ma Wang's slender face had a pair of small eyes with a fierce look, "If there are many of them, we will bring the people in the main hall and the west courtyard together!"

Many people gathered around the door of the east courtyard, shouting and asking questions. Some people followed He Sanpang and ran out to check the situation down the mountain. In the east courtyard, people in the house were packing their things. Uncle Ma and others held tight.

Swords, bows, arrows, and hatchets guard the gates and walls.

The two men in gray who were sleeping under the stone split into two groups, one running up and the other running down, to investigate the situation separately.

In the woods, Shen Ge said in surprise, "This must be the Lin family sending a boat to pick up Mrs. Lin's family! Great uncle..."

"If you make such a big noise, everyone in the temple and the village will be alerted." Shen Shangzhi immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, "You quickly go to the foot of the mountain to deliver the message, and ask the Lin family to divide it into two halves, one half to guard the boat, and the other half to come up to pick it up.

Man. If anyone dares to rob the ship, kill him as a warning to others!"

"Okay." Shen Ge agreed immediately, "What about you?"

"I am going to ambush you outside the temple gate, just in case. Go quickly."

"good!"

Shen Ge ran down the mountain, while Shen Shangzhi held on to the tree and walked up the mountain.

At this moment, the sky was gradually getting brighter. Because the mountain road was winding and slippery, Shen Ge simply didn't even leave the forest. He held on to the trees on the slope and slid down quickly.

By coincidence, he bumped into a man in gray who rushed up the mountain to check the situation. When he saw the thick bamboo hairpin on this man's head, Shen Ge's pupils shrank and he cheered loudly, "Uncle, you are sent from Xuanzhou

Are you picking someone up? That’s great!”

The man in gray clothes saw that the person rushing down was a half-year-old child. He held the dart that was about to be thrown out, and a big smile appeared on his face, "We are indeed here to pick up my master. My master is in his sixties, with gray beard and hair.
Chapter completed!