When he came to the street where Guo's house was located, Ma Lin asked his men to tiptoe softly and try not to make too much noise.
When approaching the Guo family's courtyard, Ma Lin asked all the people he brought to stick to the Guo family's courtyard wall, and he led a few people to follow Yuan Kui and went straight to the Guo family's gate.
Snapped! Snapped! Snapped!
Yuan Kui walked to the door and slapped the door knocker hard.
"Who is it?" An impatient voice came from the Guo family yard.
Hearing the sound coming from the yard, Yuan Kui whispered: "The person who spoke is the concierge of the Guo family. His name is Guo Wu. He has been sold to the Guo family since he was a child."
Marin said: "Give him a reply."
Yuan Kui shouted to the crack in the door: "Open the door quickly, I'm back."
As he spoke, he slapped the wooden door with his palm.
"Wait!"
As the sound fell, footsteps came from the yard, and soon there was a sound at the door.
However, the door did not open, but a wooden window on the door was taken down, revealing a face, looking out hard.
Yuan Kui took a step back, put his face in front of the window on the door, and said dissatisfied: "It's me, look carefully, don't make a mistake."
"It turns out that Master Yuan is back. No wonder the dog in the village kept barking just now. I thought there was a thief." Guo Wu said from behind the gate.
Yuan Kui said impatiently: "Okay, open the door quickly. I finally came back from Daliang Mountain. This journey has been very tiring for me."
"The officers and soldiers who went to Daliang Mountain came back last night. Why didn't Mr. Yuan come back with them?" Guo Wu asked behind the window.
Yuan Kui frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "If I am with the officers and soldiers, I will not be able to come back. Okay, stop talking nonsense and open the door quickly. I have something important to go to see Mr. Guo."
Guo Wu behind the door did not move, but said: "Why did Master Yuan come back by himself? Where are the others? And these people behind Master Yuan look very unfamiliar."
"These are my former brothers. I will take them to see Mr. Guo. They will not be able to work under Mr. Guo in the future." Yuan Wu explained.
Guo Wu said: "It's getting late and I've already rested. Why don't you come back when it's dawn?"
"Fart." Yuan Kui scolded, "I finally came back alive from Daliang Mountain. You tell me to come back tomorrow. Where will I sleep tonight? On the street?"
"This..." Guo Wu hesitated for a moment, then said immediately, "Master Yuan, don't get me wrong. It's not that I won't let Master Yuan in, but that Butler Guo has ordered that outsiders are not allowed in the house after dark."
"Look at my face, am I an outsider?" Yuan Kui pointed at his nose and said.
Guo Wupei said with a smile: "Master Yuan is certainly not an outsider, but these people behind you look strange and don't look like people from Zhuangzi."
"Didn't I tell you, these people were brought back by me. Once they meet Mr. Guo, these people will work for Mr. Guo in the future. They are not outsiders." Yuan Kui said.
Guo Wu said with an embarrassed look: "Master Yuan, please don't embarrass me. I dare not not listen to what Butler Guo says."
"Are you afraid of Butler Guo, but not me?" Yuan Kui glared and said, "If you don't let me in tonight, I will drain your blood tomorrow."
Hearing this, Guo Wu smacked his teeth and said with a grimace: "Master Yuan, aren't you making things difficult for me?"
"Stop talking nonsense and open the door." Yuan Kui patted the door with his hand.
Guo Wu thought that Yuan Kui was going to attack him, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly hid.
Just listen to Yuan Kui continue to say: "I have something to say. If you don't let me in and let me sleep on the street tonight, I will bleed you tomorrow. I want to see if Butler Guo will protect you."
Guo Wu said: "Master Yuan, you can open the door for me, but you can't mess around after you come in, let alone let the housekeeper know."
"Open the door. I don't have to go to see Mr. Guo and go to bed first. If you have anything to do, we can talk about it tomorrow." Yuan Kui said standing outside the door.
"Okay, I'll open the door right now. Master Yuan, do you want to keep your word?" Guo Wu asked again worriedly.
"Okay, I've always been a stickler." Yuan Kui waved his hand impatiently.
At this time, the door latch behind the door was heard, and then the door was opened from the inside, and Guo Wu was standing on the inside of the door.
"Master Yuan, come in!" Guo Wuchao said to Yuan Kui who was standing on the stone steps outside the door.
Yuan Kui took a step and walked inside, followed closely by Ma Lin and others behind him.
When passing by Guo Wu, Ma Lin covered Guo Wu's mouth. Before Guo Wu could struggle, the man next to him raised his hand and stabbed Guo Wu in the chest with a knife.
Guo Wu opened his eyes wide and looked at the men in front of him who were brought in by Yuan Kui in horror. In the end, his body went limp and he completely lost his breath.
Ma Lin dragged Guo Wu's body behind the gate, then walked outside the Guo family's gate and waved to the people outside.
More than forty soldiers who had been waiting outside entered Guo's house one after another.
The last person to come in closed the door of Guo's house again and bolted the door.
Ma Lin said to Yuan Kui: "You lead the way to find Guo Juren."
"Guo Juren sleeps in the back house at night. I will take you to the Guo family's back house." Yuan Kui explained, and then walked in front to lead the way.
Marin followed with dozens of people.
This time, Ma Lin no longer hid his figure, but strode with others in the Guo family courtyard.
The reason why Yuan Kui was asked to open the door before was because the wall of the Guo family compound was higher than that of ordinary homes. It was difficult to jump in from the outside, especially if so many people were to enter at once.
Now you can walk directly into the Guo Family Courtyard from the gate without any obstacles.
So many people appeared in the Guo family's yard, and they were quickly discovered by the Guo family's servants.
However, when these servants saw so many men with weapons suddenly appearing in the yard, they immediately realized that something was wrong, shouted loudly, and did not forget to escape to the backyard.
For these servants, unless they happened to be in front, or they had weapons in their hands and wanted to resist, Ma Lin ignored them and only urged Yuan Kui to lead the way.
Yuan Kui had been living in the Guo family. Although he rarely came to the Guo family's back house, he knew that Guo Juren usually lived in the back house, so he took Ma Lin and others directly to the Guo family's back house.
Boom, boom, boom...
Someone from the Guo family rang the gong.
At the same time, there were people in the yard who kept shouting: "The bandits have entered the village, the bandits have entered the village!"
When the gong rang, everyone in the Guo family, whether they were sleeping or not, knew that they were being bandited.
The servants of the Guo family rushed out of the house one after another.
Some people were holding brooms, some were holding vases, and some were holding two plates, but more people were hiding in the house and did not dare to show their faces.
After all, not everyone has the courage to fight against the bandits.
When Guo Juren heard the shouting outside, he ran out of the house wearing a piece of clothing. When he saw a servant running over, he hurriedly grabbed him with his hand and asked, "What happened? Why is it like this outside?" chaos?"
"We are being bandited, sir, you'd better run away!" After the servant finished speaking, he turned around and ran away without caring about Guo Juren.
When he heard that his home was being robbed, Guo Juren's face turned pale and he was so frightened that he lost all color.
