Zhu Nao

Before that, although Cheng Jingzhe did a lot of things with Zhu Nao, but they were all brought by Zhu Nao, and he did what Zhu Nao asked him to do.It was the first time that he carried out the task by himself.

He said in a daze, "My lord, what should I do first?"

Zhu Nao stretched and yawned, looking like he was throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper: "Take a bath and burn incense, go back and do a fortune telling? If you're lucky, you might be able to figure out where they are hiding."

Jing Zhe: "..."

Fortune-telling is of course impossible.Apparently Junau wasn't going to give him any instructions this time.

He panicked: "But me, I'm afraid I can't do it well."

He knew that Zhu Nao probably attached great importance to Wei Yue, and if he couldn't bring him back, Zhu Nao would be disappointed with him.

Zhu Nao frowned, shook his head and said, "Who was it that swore at the beginning that as long as I entrusted him with the job, he would definitely do it well?" His eyes swept across Jing Zhe's face, and he condemned: "It turned out to be a lie. ah."

As if he didn't think he was cruel enough, he paused for a moment, then sighed heavily: "Oh!"

Jing Zhe: "..."

The two stared at each other for a while, and Cheng Jingzhe picked up the file and went out without tears.

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a few days later.

Wei Yue sat on a big rock with a map he drew on the ground.The map is drawn inaccurately, crookedly, and there are many strange symbols, probably only he himself can understand it.As he poked around on the map with a branch, he lowered his head in thought.

Just as he was thinking, someone ran over suddenly. He turned around and saw that it was his younger brother Tao Bai.

Tao Bai ran to his side and reported: "Brother Wei, just now when the old iron head went out to collect firewood, he saw a child collecting tree mushrooms in the woods. He was also homeless and separated from his parents. That's it. The old iron man brought that child back."

Wei Yue's face suddenly changed: "What, the old iron man went back to pick up people again?!"

Tao Bai scratched his head: "Yeah, I don't know what kind of luck he is, why does he keep picking up children?"

Old Tietou is an old man in their sixties in their team.Most old people who have lived to this age like children, especially the old iron man.He not only likes children, but also has a close relationship with them.

Some time ago, when he went out to collect firewood, he happened to bump into a man who was beating a few children.He couldn't see it, and immediately brought a few people up to stop it.Originally, he just wanted the man to stop, but unexpectedly he went up and reprimanded him, but the man was timid, so he left the child and ran away.Later, when I asked the abandoned children, I found out that the man was actually a human trafficker, and the children were also trafficked.

Ordinarily, the children should be sent home at this time, but these children are still young and do not remember the way home.If they were released just like this, and the children had no ability to survive, the old iron man brought all the children back and begged Wei Yue to bring the poor children together to discuss food.

Wei Yue had no choice but to take all the children away.However, it has only been less than a month, and the old iron man actually picked up a new one and came back!

He said angrily: "Nonsense! It's just nonsense! What have we become? In the future, whoever sees the old iron man go out to collect firewood again, tie me up immediately, and let him go back to pick up people and pay back?!"

Tao Bai smiled and didn't answer.

In fact, it was nothing to pick up a few children, but it was really inappropriate for refugees like them.

You must know that one more person means one more mouth. This is not a time when there is enough food and clothing. They are just a group of homeless refugees, and their lives are difficult enough.All the old, the weak, and the sick are all burdens.And that old iron man himself is considered a burden, and he brings back more burdens all day long, who can bear it?

In addition, they have been wanted by the government, not to mention the things they committed, the government was very taboo for a large number of refugees to gather together.The more people there are, the harder it is to hide, and the greater the risk of being caught by the government.For most refugees, unless they are their relatives, no one would bring so many children with them.

Wei Yue put away the map, turned around and strode towards the place where the crowd stayed.It was menacing, as if it was going to throw out the newly picked up child.

Tao Bai hurriedly followed.

The crowd was at the entrance of the cave not far away, and Wei Yue ran out alone to think about something.The two walked through the forest, and within a few steps, they saw the crowd around the entrance of the cave.

Sure enough, there was a strange child beside the old iron head, who looked to be about eight or nine years old, thin and thin, with a dark face and a face of fear of strangers, he shrank beside the old iron head and did not dare to move around.

Wei Yue strode over, the child was startled, and immediately hid behind the old iron head.

Seeing Wei Yue approaching, the old iron man didn't panic in the slightest. While stroking the child's head lovingly, he raised his wrinkled face and smiled at Wei Yue: "Xiao Wei, I think this child is very pitiful. We are helpless, shall we take him with us?"

Wei Yue snorted through her nose, and asked the child ferociously: "Are you going to follow us?"

The child looked at Old Tietou, then at Wei Yue, and nodded timidly while grabbing the hem of Old Tietou's clothes.The old iron man patted his head again.

Wei Yue asked in a vicious voice again: "If you follow us, you will be arrested by officers and soldiers. Aren't you afraid?"

The child was obviously afraid, and he shrank back behind the old iron man, but he didn't let go of his hand—he was more afraid of continuing to wander alone than he was afraid of officers and soldiers.

Seeing him like this, Wei Yue clicked his tongue a few times in annoyance, and said angrily: "Forget it! Anyway, if the officers and soldiers are found, we won't care about you when we run away. Don't run with us, find someone by yourself." Hiding somewhere, officers and soldiers don’t embarrass children like you. Do you understand?”

The child nodded eagerly.

Wei Yue scratched her head, looked left and right and said, "Someone get him something to eat. Look at how hungry he is!"

The old iron man hurriedly said: "It's burning, cook some porridge for him later."

Wei Yue pouted, turned and walked away.

Behind him, Tao Bai showed a silly smile.He knew that Wei Yue was hard-spoken and soft-hearted, and would not really drive the child out.

Although there are a lot of people in their team, most of them are old, weak and disabled. Other refugees who are placed elsewhere may not be willing to accept them. That is to say, Wei Yue is willing to take them with them so that they can have a way out in the troubled times.As for the difficulty?With Wei Yue around, he can solve any difficulty!

After a while, Wei Yue called Tao Bai, ordered two more people to go with him.

Tao Bai asked, "Brother Wei, where are we going?"

Wei Yue said: "Go to the farm."

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and immediately cheered up.They knew that Wei Yue was going to take them to their next target location to check the terrain.

Wei Yue looks carefree, but his thoughts are very meticulous.Even though they already had a lot of people, he never led people to rob them recklessly.He will spend a long time making detailed investigation preparations, and will not start until he is sure.Although this is a little troublesome, they can pay the smallest price and get the biggest gain—if these people are really allowed to rob it openly, they will not have the guts or the ability to do so.I'm afraid that if the two sides fight, they will be beaten to death first.

Because of this, even though they just got a lot of food from Liujiazhuang, they have already started to prepare for the next operation-their number is getting bigger and bigger, and a few new ones have arrived this month. There are almost 30 people.And Wei Yue also spent a lot of time preparing for the action, and it would be too late to prepare when they were at the end of their rope.

The next target chosen by Wei Yue was not too far from their resting place. They walked for more than half an hour, climbed a mountain, and saw the farm ahead.

Tao Bai's eyes lit up after only a glance from a distance, and he couldn't help saying: "Hey, the terrain of this place is really good!"

The farm in front of them was backed by water and facing mountains, with a beautiful scenery, and at first glance it was a treasure land with rich water and soil.

Tao Bai enviously said: "The people who live here must be very rich..."

"That's for sure." Wei Yue raised her eyebrows and said, "Do you know who the owner of this farm is?"

Tao Baiqi asked, "Who is it?"

"Junao. Do you know?"

Tao Bai was stunned for a moment, then he said in shock: "Zhu, Zhu, Zhu Nao?! Is that Zhu Nao?"

Wei Yue rubbed her chin: "There shouldn't be many people with this name, right?"

"Langzhou Mu Zhunao?! This farm belongs to him?!"

"Ah," Wei Yue nodded, "It's his."

The farm in front of them was the first farm Zhu Nao bought.It was also through this farm that Zhu Nao got in touch with Yu Changming's Changming Village.Now that the bandit rebellion in Langzhou has completely subsided, the villa is still under the name of Zhu Nao, and the tenants there are living as usual.

Wei Yue strode towards the farm, but Tao Bai stopped him just two steps away.

"Brother Wei Wei," Tao Bai stammered, "Since it is the property of Zhu Zhoumu, we should not break ground when we are too old..."

They have never seen or heard of the power of Zhu Nao, the shepherd of Langzhou.Back then, there were so many bandits in Shu, but he took care of them all submissively.Especially the most ferocious Zhao Tulang, I heard that he was chopped into a meat paste, and in the end he couldn't even find a complete knuckle.If this offends him, the end will be disastrous!

Wei Yue didn't take it lightly: "What are you afraid of? We've been wanted by the Langzhou government. Could it be possible that if we don't steal this house and other houses, the government won't arrest us? On the contrary, it looks very rich here. If we can get it , we don’t have to worry about our livelihood for half a year, and then hide back to Jianzhou, what can they do to us?”

Tao Bai was still trembling with fear, but Wei Yue walked towards the farm involuntarily.Tao Bai was in a dilemma, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow quickly.

This time Wei Yue came out to inquire about the situation, and besides Tao Bai, he also brought two other young people with him.When approaching the entrance of the farm, Wei Yue warned: "Stop talking when you go in, just follow me and play by ear. Be sure to remember everything you see and the topography of the farm. I will draw a map of the farm when I go back. If there are any omissions or mistakes, you need your help to fill them in. We will only come to this place three times at most, so please cheer up!"

It was the first time for the two young men to come out with Wei Yue to investigate, and they were puzzled and said, "Why only come three times? Are you afraid that the villagers will find out our identities if you come too many?"

"No." Wei Yue said lightly, "I'm afraid that if there are too many, we won't be able to do anything."

The two young men froze immediately.

The world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a straw dog.How many people in this world live happily ever after?Most of them are just lingering and surviving.All living beings suffer, and people like them cannot think too much or too deeply if they want to live.

Wei Yue stopped talking and took the lead to walk to the village.

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The sun was setting and the wind was blowing.

Jing Zhe gathered up his clothes, and breathed out towards his frozen hands.The sounds of teenagers coughing and sniffling could be heard from time to time around him.

Jing Zhe turned her head and looked at her companions, all of them were pale from the cold and their noses were red.The wilderness in winter is extremely cold. They have been in the suburbs for several days, and the wind and cold have invaded their bodies.

"Brother Jing Zhe, when can we go back today?" A boy named Cao Hei asked, rubbing his nose.

Cheng Jingzhe rubbed his brows in annoyance when he heard this.

When Zhu Nao first handed over this task to him, he was really confused by Monk Zhang Er.However, after calming down and thinking about it carefully, he had an idea.He carefully studied all the files related to Wei Yue, and deduced the scope of activities and habits of Wei Yue and others.Once he had a direction, he took a few older teenagers out to investigate.

It was also the first time for the teenagers to perform a mission. They were very excited when they first received the mission, and they were all gearing up to do a good job and make a great contribution.But when they actually started doing it, it turned out to be a chore.

They visited village by village every day and asked the villagers if they had seen any strange strangers recently.Whenever you meet refugees on the road, you have to arrest them and interrogate them carefully to see if they have any news about Wei Yue and others.After searching for several days, their mouths were dry with questions, but they still found nothing.The teenagers were about to lose confidence, and even Cheng Jingzhe began to have some self-doubt.

—Is his conjecture correct?Will Wei Yue and others really be around here?If not here, then where?

After being upset for a while, Cheng Jingzhe took out the map to look at it.The teenagers around also gathered around to watch together.

"Brother Jing Zhe, are there any other villages nearby?" One person asked.

"Yes." Cheng Jingzhe pointed to the map, "Five miles further east from here, there is another farm." He paused, and said, "That's the farm of Zhou Mu."

"Huh? Zhuzhou Mu's farm?"

"Since it's Zhu Zhoumu's farm, those thieves shouldn't dare to come here, right? Do we still have to go and check?"

"Yeah, Wulidi... If we really want to go there, we won't be able to go back before dark..."

The teenagers were discussing in one go, and most of them had a negative attitude.Five miles is not far, and it is not close.They were cold, tired and hungry, and really wanted to go back.

Cheng Jingzhe hesitated.There is only one farm left in this area that hasn't been inspected yet. If there is no harvest after the inspection today, they will go to other directions tomorrow and will not come again.But if you don't go today, you will come back tomorrow for this Zhuangzi, and you will have to delay more than half a day.There has been no progress, and he is also very anxious.

However, his companions were already very tired, and it was indeed getting late. If he continued, he was afraid that someone would fall ill.The last farm, should we check it out?

While Cheng Jingzhe was hesitating, he suddenly heard someone say: "You all go back and rest, I'll go and have a look alone."

As soon as the words came out, everyone followed the reputation, and the person who spoke was actually Pei Ziqi.

The first time he was on a mission, Pei Ziqi was extremely active, and he was the most diligent person every day.He seemed eager to take advantage of this opportunity to prove himself.

After Pei Ziqi finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the farm alone, regardless of everyone's reaction.Jing Zhe was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, seeing that Pei Ziqi was about to go away, he hurriedly told the oldest boy: "Take them to rest, I will go over with Ziqi to have a look."

After finishing speaking, he put away the map and quickly chased after Pei Ziqi.