Pig Killer

Chapter 267

How to administer this 'knockout drug' without anyone noticing and at the same time ensure that everyone is knocked out by the drug requires careful thought.

Shen Hui'e walked around the barracks and took a look around. She couldn't bear to hear the women's screams.

Why don’t you use lightning to strike these worse-than-beasts to death!

A flash of lightning crackled across the dark night sky.

Shen Hui'e was so frightened that she almost rolled off the roof. She looked up at the starry sky. It was a bolt from the blue.

Shen Hui'e looked at the red lightning like a python with her ink-black eyes, and a plan came to her mind.

He took some broken knives from the armory and used them directly on the roof of the woodshed.

Hope it works!

Crack! A bolt of lightning struck the knife. Wow...it worked. God must have opened his eyes!

The woodshed caught fire instantly.

"It's on fire, it's on fire, come and put it out." The barracks were suddenly in an uproar, and the soldiers ran out in a panic with their trousers in their hands to fetch water to put out the fire.

Shen Hui'e wanted to burn down the barracks, but she couldn't because the women inside were innocent and should not be buried with them.

Shen Hui'e took advantage of the chaos to leave the barracks. The flames behind her were getting smaller and smaller, and she kept exclaiming. It seemed that she knew very well thatched houses were most afraid of fire and could not withstand burning.

Shen Hui'e found a place sheltered from the wind and got on the carriage at dawn.

Huang Zhongchang handed her the hot meat bun and said, "Eat it quickly! You must be hungry!" Then he poured her some ginger soup, "Ginger soup, it warms you up."

"Don't worry about eating. We'll leave after you're full." Shen Changsheng said without turning his head, looking around vigilantly.

"Thank you." Shen Hui'e held the lacquer bowl and took two sips. The hot and spicy ginger soup slid into her body. With the brazier burning brightly in the carriage, she felt much warmer.

Huang Zhongchang watched her eat two buns and drink two bowls of ginger soup without blinking.

"Do you want more?" Huang Zhongchang asked with concern.

"No need." Shen Hui'e looked at him with bright eyes and said, "It's much more comfortable to feel warm all over."

"How is it?" Shen Changsheng asked with concern.

"The number of soldiers and horses is not the 2,000 as Mr. Zhang said. It's 10,000." Shen Hui'e looked at them solemnly and said.

"How much?" Huang Zhongchang stared at her and said.

"Ten thousand." Shen Hui'e raised her index finger and looked at him, who was almost cross-eyed. "Ten thousand. I counted it carefully."

"Oh my god, oh my god, why are there so many people!" Huang Zhongchang sighed, "So many people, the number is too big."

"We can't just compare numbers." Shen Hui'e looked at him in panic with her dark eyes and said, "They have no fighting power, and we are attacking by surprise. How many people can he capture?"

"Yes, yes, yes! You are right." Huang Zhongchang calmed down and said, "We can all do it. One can do the job of three."

"As we guessed, the weapons are all rusted, and the spear tips fall off at the slightest touch." Shen Hui'e said distressedly, "How can we go to the battlefield? Our swords and spears are very sharp."

"Yeah!" Huang Zhongchang said with increased confidence, "This way we have a better chance of defeating them."

Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and sighed softly, "I also went to the stable to take a look. It was in a very dilapidated state. The horses' fur was all mottled."

"What?" Shen Changsheng turned his head anxiously and looked at her and said, "This is a military horse."

"So what if they are military horses? They are just livestock in their eyes." Shen Hui'e said bluntly, "The horses are listless, their eyes are dull, and they are so skinny that you can even see their ribs."

"What a sin! This is a horse!" Huang Zhongchang said, beating his chest and stamping his feet.

"Take good care of yourself later." Shen Changsheng comforted him.

"Judging from the number of war horses, I guess these soldiers should be newly recruited recently." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with slightly narrowed eyes.

"How do you know?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in confusion.

"The number of war horses has not changed!" Shen Hui'e thought for a moment and said to them.

"War horses?" Huang Zhongchang blinked and looked at them and said, "It should be easy for the government army to equip war horses, right?"

"That's why we say there's a problem with the number of soldiers and horses." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "But it's hard to say. There's a war going on in the front! War horses should be used in the front."

"That's right." Shen Changsheng nodded when he heard it.

"I'll check again!" Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her eyes slightly narrowed.

"How do we check this? We can't get in during the day, and it's pitch black at night and we can't see anything." Huang Zhongchang said worriedly.

"Let's find an opportunity!" Shen Hui'e said after thinking for a while.

"We have to go back early, otherwise something might happen." Huang Zhongchang said to her with a frown.

"Could this new soldier be a refugee?" Shen Changsheng guessed.

"No way! If they were refugees, they would have rebelled long ago. Then how do they treat women? Aren't there any of their sisters among them?" Shen Hui'e thought about it carefully and denied it.

"That's right, damn it! No man with blood in his veins can stand it." Huang Zhongchang nodded when he heard it.

"Even refugees seem to have gone along with the crowd." Shen Hui'e snorted coldly, "Men? Humph..."

Huang Zhongchang and Shen Changsheng looked at each other and wisely chose to keep silent.

"Those are not refugees, so where do so many soldiers come from?" Shen Changsheng said with his dark eyes turning.

"Doesn't the county governor want to rebel?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at him and said, "The general of the garrison wants to resist but he has no soldiers."

"That's right!" Huang Zhongchang's eyes widened instantly when he heard it, "Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, can you go and see if all the prisoners are there?"

"You are talking about the prisoner army." Shen Changsheng's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"The people there are the only ones who have no sense of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame and are capable of doing anything." Shen Hui'e said with frost in her eyes.

"But there aren't so many prisoners, right?" Shen Changsheng looked at her with his dark eyes and said, "Like in our county, there are not many people in the cells? You were the only one imprisoned those days."

"This?" Huang Zhongchang's dark eyes turned as he heard this and said, "It's impossible for them to eat and drink for free in prison and do hard labor like Mr. Zhang. There are too many people in this place."

"Okay, I'll ask around." Shen Changsheng said cautiously.

Shen Hui'e clenched her fists and said, "Get ready, get ready for action. I can't stand it anymore."

"I'll stay and keep an eye on them." Shen Changsheng said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e nodded in response.

Shen Changsheng asked worriedly again, "If I stay, how are you going to leave? I'll give you the carriage?"

"No, no, no!" Shen Hui'e waved her hand and declined, "You can keep the carriage for traveling." After thinking for a while, she said, "As for us buying two horses, is that okay?"

"Sure, sure." Shen Changsheng answered readily, and then asked worriedly, "Can you ride?"

"Just walk slowly." Shen Hui'e said without thinking.

"This is not easy to ride." Shen Changsheng looked at her worriedly and said.

"We don't have to run fast..." Shen Hui'e looked at the horse in front of her and blinked. It seemed that there was no saddle or stirrups.

Without these two things, it would be difficult to ride a horse with nothing on it.

"Is this carriage easy to drive?" Shen Hui'e asked as a second choice, looking at Huang Zhongchang and asking, "Can you drive it?"

"No!" Huang Zhongchang said very straightforwardly.

"What should we do?" Shen Hui'e stroked her forehead and looked at them and said, "Go back."

"How long will it take?" Shen Changsheng frowned and said, "If we delay, something bad will happen."

Shen Hui'e looked directly at Huang Zhongchang with her deep black eyes and said, "Didn't you arrange for someone to be in Hezhong Prefecture?"

"Find a coachman." Huang Zhongchang's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"Yes!" Shen Hui'e nodded with a smile, "By the way, ask about the situation in the nearby villages and towns. Then we can act together."

"Yeah!" Huang Zhongchang said, looking at her with sparkling eyes.

"Then let's buy a carriage and you find someone." Shen Hui'e looked at him with clear eyes.

"Okay!" Huang Zhongchang nodded in response, and he stood up in a hurry and said, "I'll go now."

"Do you want to eat something before you leave?" Shen Hui'e stopped him and said, "Take some money with you. Their lives are definitely not going to be very good."

"Okay!" Huang Zhongchang took out a bun from the food box and bit off half of it in one bite.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." Shen Hui'e looked at him gently and said.

Huang Zhongchang swallowed the bun in his mouth with his neck stretched out before saying, "It's okay!" He patted his chest.

Shen Hui'e poured a bowl of ginger soup and handed it to him, saying, "Shun Shun."

Huang Zhongchang took the ginger soup she handed over, took two sips, ate the remaining buns, drank a bowl of ginger soup, wiped his mouth and said, "I'm leaving."

"Hey! Do you know where they are?" Shen Hui'e asked with concern.

"I can find this area with my eyes closed, and I know the exact location." Huang Zhongchang jumped off the carriage and looked at them and said, "I came here when I was young."

"Be careful on the road." Shen Changsheng handed him a dagger and said, "Take it for self-defense."

"Thank you." Huang Zhongchang took the dagger of Chief Zaba and put it in his arms and said, "I'm leaving now."

"Take this money." Shen Changsheng handed him a purse and said.

Huang Zhongchang was not polite and stuffed his bulging purse into his chest. "I don't know how many days I'll be gone."

"We'll be waiting for you in the city. When you bring people here, we'll go buy a carriage. We'll continue to inquire for news in the city first." Shen Hui'e explained her itinerary.

"Okay! I'll be back as soon as possible." Huang Zhongchang nodded slightly and said, "I'm leaving." Then he turned and left.

The Shen brothers and sisters watched him leave, and only when he gradually disappeared did Shen Hui'e say, "Let's go!"

Shen Hui'e turned around and looked at her eldest brother who was not moving and said, "Aren't we leaving?"

"Go, go, go!" Shen Changsheng hurriedly drove the carriage.

"What are you thinking about?" Shen Hui'e asked curiously as she looked at him in a daze.

"Nothing? I was worried that you haven't seen your brother-in-law for two years, and he is now in the mountains, so your relationship will be affected." Shen Changsheng said cheerfully.