A long rope connected by a belt was quickly pulled out.
The thin-faced tenant took it in his hand and checked the knots one by one. After making sure that the connection was strong, he took the rope and came to the edge of the fort wall.
He held one end in his hand and threw the other end along the wall.
"Come here, two people, help me." The thin-faced tenant waved to the tenant next to him.
Qin San and another tenant came over.
"Come, squat down, and I'll step on you." The thin-faced tenant asked Qin San to squat down, and at the same time handed the rope in his hand to another person.
Qin San leaned down, his forehead and hands pressed against the wall.
The thin-faced tenant raised his legs and stepped on Qin San's back, grabbed the top of the earth wall with his hands, steadied himself, and whispered: "Stand up a little, so I can go up."
Qin San exerted force on his waist and legs and lifted the thin-faced tenant up little by little.
Feeling that it was almost done, the thin-faced tenant raised his legs and turned over to ride on the earth wall.
He lowered his head and said to the tenant below who was holding the end of the rope: "You guys hold on to this end of the rope. I'll go down along the other end of the rope. When I come back, I'll go back from here."
"Don't worry, the rope held by the two of us will not let you fall." Qin San assured him, and at the same time reached out and grabbed the rope with another tenant.
The thin-faced tenant pulled the rope with his hand. Seeing that it was tense, he slid down the rope little by little and landed smoothly outside the earthen castle.
After landing, he looked left and right.
It was quiet and no one was around, so he tiptoed toward the Tiger Flag camp. When he was a little further away, he felt that there was no movement inside, so he immediately started running.
The Tiger Character Banner camp was illuminated by torches, and the army had arrived at Xiaosongji for a few days, so there was no need to worry about not being able to find the place after dark.
"Did you hear anything?"
The servant of the Cui family who was leaning by the fire heard some noise coming from the direction of the tenants in the distance, so he raised his foot and kicked the person next to him.
It was warm in front of the fire, and it was too late, so many people slept in confusion.
The person who was kicked by the servant of the Cui family was a long-term worker of the Cui family. When he saw him opening his eyes in confusion, he said with blank eyes: "What's the movement? What's the movement?"
"You can sleep like a damn pig in this place." The servant of the Cui family cursed, and then said, "There seems to be something going on over there with the tenants. Go and take a look."
The long-term worker who was still trapped didn't want to go over to check what was going on with the tenants, so he said, "Nothing's wrong. Maybe someone went to relieve himself. It's so cold at night, it's normal for him to pee from the cold."
As he spoke, he wrapped himself in his clothes.
Long-term workers have a better life than tenants. Although their food is not very good, it is much better than tenants. They can eat at least two meals a day, one of which is dry.
In the Cui family, only those adopted sons and daughters who sold their bodies had a higher status than the long-term workers.
"Do you want to relieve yourself? That's right, don't mention it, I already peed." The servant of the Cui family stood up with his clothes on, walked to the base of the wall beside him, took off his pants and started to pee.
In the dark, no one paid attention to this. By daybreak, the smell was almost gone.
After urinating, I went back to the fire, picked up the firewood nearby and threw a few pieces in to prevent it from getting cold after it burned out.
He put his clothes on his body and fell asleep with his head on the pillow.
On the other side, the thin-faced tenant ran in the dark towards the Tiger Flag camp. He fell several times along the way and had several cuts in his clothes.
With great difficulty, he arrived outside the camp.
However, before he could get closer, he saw a group of fierce men suddenly appear behind the deer village in front of the camp gate, each holding a firecracker in their hands.
All guns were pointed at him.
"No, no, I'm here to report a message, don't kill me." The thin-faced tenant's legs were shaking with fear, and he raised his hands high to indicate that he had no weapons.
A soldier from the Tiger Character Banner ran out from behind Luzhai, came to the thin-faced tenant, searched him, and then took him back.
When the person was taken to the Chinese army's tent, he was searched again to make sure there was nothing threatening on him before he was put in.
"This is our camp commander. If you have anything to say, please talk to our camp commander." The soldier who brought the people into the big tent said to the thin-faced tenant.
Hearing this, the thin-faced tenant hurriedly knelt on the ground, face down, and said with a trembling voice: "Little, little man, kowtow to the boss."
He didn't know what kind of official Ying Zheng was, but he knew that the biggest among the bandits was the big boss, so he called Xiao Wu the bandit leader.
Xiao Wu said to the soldiers on the side: "Hurry and help this person up, I am not in the mood to kowtow here."
The first half of the sentence was said to the soldiers who brought the people in, and the second half was said to the thin-faced tenant who was kneeling opposite him.
"Our camp is asking you to get up." The soldiers guarding the side reached out to help the thin-faced tenant, trying to help him up from the ground.
"No, no, no need. Just kneel down, little man. Just kneel down." The thin-faced tenant did not dare to stand up.
Even though he was talking so well to other tenants in the bunker, he kept saying good things about the Tiger-Character Flag, but these were all he heard from hearsay, and in his heart, the Tiger-Character Flag was a rebel, more powerful than those who had fought against Xiao Song. Those bandits who gather ideas are more powerful.
Xiao Wu stood up, walked to the thin-faced tenant, bent down, helped the thin-faced tenant with his own hands, and said in a warm tone: "Come on, fellow countryman, we tiger-character flags are not in the mood to kowtow. If we have anything to say, sit down and talk."
The thin-faced tenant did not dare to resist, so Xiao Wu forcibly helped him up, took his arm to the bench next to him, and pushed him down on the bench.
However, although the thin-faced tenant buttocks sat down, he was still on pins and needles and was terribly scared.
"What do you call me fellow countryman?" Xiao Wu tried his best to make his tone more kind.
And he also guessed that the other party should have escaped from Xiaosongji. Judging from his appearance, he was the kind of poor person whose life was difficult at home.
"My name is Lin Goucheng, and I am a tenant of the Cui family." The thin-faced tenant stuttered to reveal his identity.
Maybe it was Xiao Wu's kind attitude that made him dare to look at Xiao Wu's face for the first time.
Xiao Wu pulled over a teapot, picked up the kettle, poured some water into it, placed it in front of the tenant named Lin Gou Sheng, and said in a kind tone: "Drink some water."
"Thank you, Master." Lin Gou Sheng nervously grabbed the teapot, lowered his head and took a sip of the water in the teapot, and then quickly raised his head.
Xiao Wu pulled his chair down next to Li Gou Sheng, sat down next to Li Gou Sheng, and asked: "My fellow man is not in the earthen fort so late, why do you come to the military camp?"
"There's something, something big." Li Goucheng said hurriedly, "We want you to go to Xiao Songji and divide the fields for everyone."
He told the purpose of his coming without any concealment.
