bookcurios Chapter 34 Get to the point, stop babbling.
Chapter 34 Get to the point, stop babbling.
Si Shaoheng gave him a "let's see how you make this up" look and immediately distanced himself from the situation: "Hmm? My wife, what is this? I've never seen it before."
Cheng Ruoan: ...
Okay, okay, Si Shaoheng, is this how you play the game?
She didn't explain much, just two words: "Found it."
Shao Yang narrowed his eyes, but didn't ask any more questions. He nodded and let the matter drop.
Cheng Ruoan continued to search with the binoculars, but found that from this angle they couldn't see where the children were being held. The three of them then went to the hillside to the side.
We found a tall tree and sat comfortably on its branches to observe the village.
The result was speechless.
One side of the village was built against the mountain, so they couldn't see if there were any caves. But apart from this place where a detention center might be built, they only saw the standard features of a prison cell—a wooden fence gate—in the open space in the very center of the village.
In other words, the children might be hidden in layers of caves, or they might be locked in a dungeon right in the middle.
It's difficult to save them no matter where they are.
"The enemy outnumbers us, it's going to be tough," Cheng Ruoan shook his head and sighed.
Si Shaoheng remained silent, while Shao Yang mentally calculated how many children he could rescue by going in alone, given his skills.
After thinking about it, I figured that with two more helpers, we could probably rescue all ten of them.
Shao Yang suggested, "Little sister, I'll take you back first, and then I'll call two helpers." He knew light-footed kung fu, and by the time they got back, it should be before dawn.
"Call Silang over again, I'll go into the village with you." After mentally rehearsing, Si Shaoheng had a rough plan. "Also, tell everyone to head towards Huilan City as soon as possible. Once in the city, go to the county government office to report that the bandits here robbed a caravan and are dividing the loot inside."
Cheng Ruoan immediately understood and continued Si Shaoheng's words: "They said they robbed goods worth tens of thousands of taels."
As she spoke, she took out a uniquely styled gold bracelet from her spatial storage and handed it to Shao Yang, saying, "Take this to the authorities and say it was dropped from the stolen goods."
She only said ten thousand taels because she was afraid that saying more would seem too fake, and saying less would make the government too lazy to come.
But in reality, neither she nor Si Shaoheng had high hopes for the government officials; they mainly wanted to have a backup plan.
In the event that their own rescue operation fails, the phrase "the officers and soldiers are on their way" can also serve as a deterrent.
Cheng Ruoan and Si Shaoheng exchanged a glance, and looking into each other's eyes, they knew they were thinking the same thing.
Shao Yang asked in surprise, "Little sister, aren't you coming back with me?"
Cheng Ruoan shook her head. "No, I'm more useful here. Brother-in-law, you can trust me."
Shao Yang looked into her bright, piercing eyes, which were filled with determination and fighting spirit.
In modern terms, it's a gaze full of conviction.
Shao Yang nodded, believing him.
"Then I'll only bring Si Silang in. I'll be there soon. Please wait for me for an hour."
Si Shaoheng: "No rush. You can watch everyone set off first, and make sure no one will impulsively follow you and Silang in before you come."
His initial plan was that it would be better to act after daybreak.
The people in this mountain stronghold are all night owls; they only start to feel sleepy around dawn.
"it is good!"
Shao Yang didn't ask where the gold bracelet came from. He took it from Cheng Ruoan and left using his light-footed skills.
Perched on a tree branch, Cheng Ruoan peered through binoculars at the plaque hanging above the village gate and softly read aloud:
"Ban...Long...Zhai? Why does this mountain stronghold have such a strange name?"
The two traditional Chinese characters are written as "盘龙" (Panlong), which look like two big lumps from a distance. Cheng Ruoan only guessed at it after looking at it for a while.
Si Shaoheng took the binoculars and looked at it himself, and choked up immediately.
“That’s Panlong Village.” He rubbed his forehead. “Have you seen enough? Do you have time to tell me about your own plans?”
Cheng Ruoan raised an eyebrow. "Oh, President Si is quite good. You were able to guess that I had a plan in mind."
"Speak up, stop babbling."
Si Shaoheng has finally figured it out.
This woman was completely different from the modern woman after she arrived in ancient times.
She has the courage to throw caution to the wind and still holds their "assets" firmly in her grasp, so she's very assertive.
With a strong sense of self-confidence, Cheng Ruoan now has her own plans and arrangements for everything.
She's no longer the naive, spoiled rich woman of today who only knows how to eat, drink, have fun, shop, and go to spas.
Cheng Ruoan said seriously, "I'll pretend to be a herb-gathering woman who broke her leg in the mountains, and sneak in to work with you from the inside."
Si Shaoheng: ...
"Choose another one; there are too many uncontrollable factors."
"Don't be like that. Think about it, I have a stun gun for self-defense, and I can pull out something to use anytime. If it's really dangerous, I can pull out a refrigerator and smash it to death on the bandits."
"You guys are planning to send one person in first, right? You can't just barge in like that." Cheng Ruoan said, looking Si Shaoheng up and down with a somewhat disdainful look.
Si Shaoheng thought about it and realized that while his skills were indeed quite good in modern times, his ancient body was really too weak.
If he had practiced even a little, Si Shaoheng wouldn't be in such a passive position now.
I have to admit I'm impressed.
When the original owner broke his leg, he actually found a cave by chance and discovered some kind of martial arts manual inside.
The original owner, who considered himself a refined scholar, looked down on martial arts. If it weren't for the fact that it was a book, he wouldn't have picked it up.
But the original owner had always hidden that manual among a pile of tattered books and never practiced it.
Si Shaoheng brought it with him during his escape, but he didn't have time to study it properly...
"So what? I'm just a lame herb-gathering girl, they won't do anything to me."
They won't kill me as soon as we meet. After all, I understand medicine and am more suitable than any of you to go in and gather information." Cheng Ruoan had carefully considered the feasibility of this plan.
"But how are you going to get out?"
Si Shaoheng pointed out the problem incisively: "If you find out the information but can't send it out, it's all for nothing."
Cheng Ruoan fell silent.
She closed her eyes and looked at the electronic butler's panel in her space. Her reputation was still 90 points, just 10 points away from reaching level 3.
If the space is at level 3, then her entire being, including her current body, can enter the space!
Even if she gets trapped in the mountain stronghold and can't get out, she can still hide in the spatial dimension to save her life!
In that case, she wouldn't need to think about how to get the message out; she could just go in and set fires everywhere, and she didn't believe the bandits wouldn't run away.
If we manage to win over those refugees who have been treated like cattle, we might be able to rescue the children amidst the chaos.
But unfortunately, I'm just 10 reputation points short!
Cheng Ruoan's brows furrowed so deeply that even an iron couldn't lie flat: "Wait, Si Shaoheng, let me think about it, don't make a sound."
Si Shaoheng: ...
He even held his breath, afraid of offending this ancestor.
Holding binoculars, Cheng Ruoan watched the bandits patrolling outside the village, and a ruthless thought popped into his head.
"Si Shaoheng, do you dare to kill someone?"