Guo Juren stood in front of the door of his bedroom, his body was shaking non-stop, his legs were getting weak, he barely leaned on the door frame behind him to prevent himself from falling to the ground.
At this time, a figure stumbled over.
When he got closer, with the help of the light in the room, he saw clearly that it was his butler.
"Sir, it's not good, there was a bandit at home." Before Guo Juren could speak, Butler Guo shouted first.
Guo Juren said in a trembling voice: "There are no thugs in Xikuoyuan. Hurry, let them kill the bandits. As long as the bandits are driven out of Zhuangzi, I will reward you heavily."
"Master, it's too late. The bandits are almost in the backyard. If they don't leave, it will be too late." Butler Guo looked anxious.
Before he came over, he had already seen the bandits coming to the backyard, and then he hurriedly came to find his master.
"Yes, yes, yes, you are right, let's leave now." Guo Juren nodded repeatedly with a pale face, and added, "We must not fall into the hands of bandits."
"The bandits came from the front yard, sir, let's go through the back door." Butler Guo suggested.
Guo Juren's mind was blank at the moment and he had no idea at all. Hearing his housekeeper tell him to go through the back door, he nodded and said, "Yes, go through the back door."
"Master, I will support you."
Butler Guo saw that his master's legs were trembling, so he had no choice but to support him with his hands and run towards the back door.
It was said that he was running, but it was almost like walking. Guo Juren was so frightened that he was so weak that most of his body was leaning on Guo Guoguo, and his legs were often mixed with garlic, which made him have to spend a lot of effort to support Guo Juren. Go forward.
Not far away, screams came from behind from time to time.
Butler Guo's heart trembled with every scream. He couldn't help but look back, only to see a group of shaking figures behind him, chasing him in this direction.
He knew that those who were chasing him were all bandits, because apart from bandits, there was nowhere else in the Guo family that could gather so many people together.
Butler Guo glanced at Guo Juren, whom he was dragging, and estimated that if he ran away at this speed, it wouldn't be long before the bandits behind him caught up with him. , and they couldn't escape from the Guo family at all.
If Guo Juren had not been involved, he felt that he might have escaped through the back door of Guo's backyard before the bandits caught up.
It was so dark that he knew that as long as he escaped from the Guo family and wandered into any alley, it would be difficult to find the bandits. Besides, the bandits were targeting the Guo family and would not spend a lot of effort to find one of his servants.
He made up his mind and said, "Master, the people from the Cross Courtyard are here, they should be brought by Xiao Liuzi. With the people from the West Cross Courtyard here, even if we lose to the bandits, it won't be a problem to come and protect the Master."
"Xi, are the people from Xikuoyuan here?" Guo Juren stuttered, "You asked Xiao Liuzi to go to Xikuoyuan?"
"Master, you will know when you look back." As he said that, Butler Guo stopped.
Guo Juren himself was so frightened that he couldn't walk. He had been relying on the support of his housekeeper to barely be able to move. Now that the housekeeper stopped, he naturally stopped too.
Moreover, he also wanted to see if the thugs he raised were really here.
Even though he knew in his heart that the thugs in Xikuoyuan were not as numerous as the bandits, having more people around him would bring him some comfort.
Just when he turned around, he suddenly felt his arm loosen, and Butler Guo's hand that was supporting him loosened.
However, he didn't think much about it.
When he turned around, he saw many figures moving in the direction behind him, which made him feel happy and relieved at the same time.
But this joy did not last long, and his expression suddenly changed.
The shaking figures in front were not the thugs he kept in the Guo family at all, and the number was wrong.
He realized that those shaking figures were not the goons raised by the Guo family in Xikuayuan at all, but bandits who broke into the Guo family.
Thinking of this, he was completely panicked. He turned around to find his butler, but found that the butler who was supposed to be standing next to him had disappeared.
When he took a second look, he finally saw his butler, but he had already run more than ten steps away. It was obvious that his butler had escaped alone.
He wanted to chase her, but found that his legs seemed to be filled with lead. He could not move forward, so he could only move forward slowly and with difficulty.
Before he could get too far, a group of people caught up behind him and surrounded him.
I heard someone shouting: "Brother Ma, we've been caught. This guy is Guo Juren."
The voice sounded familiar to him, and Guo Juren turned to look in the direction of the voice.
By the light of the fire, he saw a familiar face. Although he couldn't name it, he knew that this person was the thug he raised in Xikuoyuan.
At this time, he completely understood why a group of bandits were able to sneak into their Guo house quietly. It turned out that there was a thief in the house.
When the soldiers on the side heard that the fat middle-aged man in front of them was Guo Juren, they stepped forward and held Guo Juren down, not giving him a chance to escape.
"Okay, good man, spare your life." Guo Juren repeatedly begged for mercy.
Unfortunately, there was no one around to pay attention to him. There were only two young and strong men holding down his arms.
When Ma Lin received the news from his men that Guo Juren had been arrested, he came over immediately.
Yuan Kui said with a flattering look on his face: "Brother Ma, this guy is Guo Juren, I caught him with my own hands."
Looking at the bandits in front of him, Guo Juren looked horrified and collapsed to the ground.
"Are you the Guo Juren from Guojiazhuang?" Ma Lin asked, looking at the fat, white middle-aged man in front of him.
Guo Juren knelt on the ground, clasped his hands and begged for mercy: "Good man, please spare my life. If you want a woman, you can take the money. Please let me live. Please let me go!"
There was runny nose and tears, and the body was still shaking.
Ma Lin looked at the virtue of Guo Juren in front of him, and suddenly lost interest in continuing to ask, and said to Wang Dazhuang on the side: "Bring someone to arrest him and find all the gold and silver hidden by the Guo family. If he dares to disobey, chop it up first." If you lose a finger, if you don’t obey me again, your hand will be chopped off.”
Guo Juren's face turned pale with fright when he heard this.
"Yes." Wang Dazhuang agreed, and then said to Guo Juren who was kneeling on the ground, "You heard what I just said. If you dare to be dishonest, I will hide from your fingers now."
"Listen, listen, listen." Guo Juren stammered.
The two soldiers on the side each held one of Guo Juren's arms and lifted him up directly.
Wang Dazhuang led people to escort Guo Juren away to search for the gold and silver hidden by the Guo family.
Rich people like to cast silver into silver melons and hide them in cellars. The Guo family is a well-known family within dozens of miles. In addition to several famous scholars, there is naturally no shortage of gold and silver in the homes of such scholars.
Ma Lin said to a team leader who followed him to the Guo family: "Take people to find all the Guo family's carts, load them with Guo family's grain, take as much as you can, and burn all the ones that can't be taken away." .”
"Yes." The squad leader agreed and left with the soldiers of his squad.
