Transmigrated Leftover Woman in Rural Style

Chapter 284 Enemy Soldiers or Reinforcements

After putting away the things the little guy had taken out, Su took out the beans and barley.

Fortunately, Li Xiaonuan had been careful and had taken out the large iron ladle as well. So, they were able to drink hot water and eat boiled barley now.

The little guy followed Xiaogang around, imitating him as he roasted and ate beans. Judging from the novelty on his face, he had never had such an experience before.

Li Xiaonuan glanced at the little guy's still enormous bundle and suddenly couldn't help but chuckle.

Imagine a tiny person carrying a bundle almost as big as themselves, running through a snowy night. What a sight that would be!

"Little one, are you a boy or a girl?" Li Xiaonuan couldn't help but ask.

Intuitively, the Li family all treated the little guy as a boy.

"I'm a boy," the little guy answered quickly and confidently.

But no one saw the little guy's sparkling eyes as he looked down and started picking at the beans.

"Can your parents speak Chinese?" Li Xiaonuan thought it was impossible for someone from outside the region to speak such fluent Chinese.

“My mother was taught Chinese by a specialist before she was sold to the Central Plains. My father was brought to the Central Plains by Steward Qing when he was young, so he can speak it,” the little guy mumbled as he ate beans.

"You said you have a grandmother who lives in the northwest beyond the Great Wall, right?" Li Xiaonuan suddenly remembered this.

“That’s right. My dad said my grandmother lives outside the Great Wall. Every year, my grandmother would have someone send things to my dad. But every time, those things were destroyed on the spot by the housekeeper.” The little guy probably had no contact with outsiders, and he answered whatever people asked.

"So, do you plan to go back to the Northwest when you grow up, or do you want to go back to find your grandmother now?" Li Xiaonuan asked tentatively.

The little guy hesitated on this matter. He glanced at Li Xiaonuan, then at Su Shi and Li's father. Finally, he secretly glanced at Xiao Gang before replying, "I want to take my parents back to the Northwest."

As for when they would go back, the little guy didn't answer.

But Li Xiaonuan keenly sensed that the little guy couldn't bear to part with Xiaogang.

Perhaps it's because, so far, Xiaogang is the playmate closest to him in age.

No, the little guy has never had any playmates. He has never been in contact with anyone except his parents.

Therefore, Xiaogang was his only playmate. They were about the same age, and Xiaogang took good care of him.

"How old are you? What's your name?" Mrs. Su asked while watching the barley being cooked.

"I'm ten years old this year, and I celebrated my birthday the night before last. My name is Yi Lou. My father said that my future surname will be decided by my grandmother. However, my mother's surname is Wan Qi." As the little guy said this, he couldn't help but reach out and touch the bundle behind him.

From this angle, Li Xiaonuan could clearly see the shape of a jar.

Could it be that the bundle contained the little one's mother's remains?

Just as he was about to confirm his guess, a slight noise came from outside the earth god temple.

The Li family is currently in a state of high alert, and they are extremely sensitive to any sound that doesn't resemble the rustling of trees in the wind.

Everyone tacitly stopped talking. Father Li used his back to block the entrance of the cave to prevent the firelight from shining out and being discovered by the pursuers.

Outside the local temple, the man in black carrying Chu Lin, along with his men, quickly ran towards the woods.

The group of men in black paused for a moment as they passed in front of the land.

"Boss, it seems the voices we just heard came from here." The speaker was a man in black who was scouting ahead.

"Leave two people to clear the area, the rest of you cover us as we get through the woods as quickly as possible," the leader of the men in black ordered in a deep voice.

After saying that, the man in black turned and went into the woods without looking back. Behind him, two other men in black cautiously approached the earth god temple.

The man in black spoke in a loud voice, which both surprised and frightened the Li family members inside the cave.

The little guy rolled his eyes, then pulled his father away and squatted down at the entrance of the cave.

Fortunately, the little guy pulled his father away, thus avoiding the sword thrust from the man in black.

Su was closest to Li's father and exclaimed in surprise when she saw the long sword sticking into the hole.

In a flash, the little guy grabbed the hand holding the sword and twisted it against the cave wall. A cracking sound was heard, followed by a muffled groan from outside the cave. The sword clattered to the ground.

The little guy picked up the sword and thrust it outwards along the arm, and a furious voice came from outside the cave.

The little guy's actions happened in the blink of an eye. The Li family didn't even have time to react.

Just as the little guy crawled out of the hole, Xiao Gang subconsciously reached out and pulled him.

The little guy was too agile, and Xiao Gang couldn't hold him back.

Soon, the sounds of clashing swords echoed from outside the cave. Then, a muffled groan was heard.

As the dull thud of the crossbow hitting the ground rang out, silence fell over the area outside the cave.

A short while later, the little guy crawled in with his face covered in blood, and said nervously, "There are so many people outside. We're afraid we can't escape."

Li Xiaonuan didn't know who had just passed by. But judging from their act of killing to cover it up, they were definitely not good people.

So who are the people who are chasing after those people?

Li Xiaonuan then asked the little guy, "Can you see what the people coming from behind are wearing?" He could only tell the difference between good and bad based on their clothes.

“They were wearing the same clothes as the guards at Prince Jing’s residence,” the little guy replied as Su Shi’s trembling hands wiped the blood from his body.

Even though the little guy said those people were wearing the uniforms of the Prince's Palace guards, Li Xiaonuan wasn't sure if they were people sent by Prince Jing and his men.

After all, Wei Yu had said that his family was protected by his people. But so far, those people haven't shown up.

It's clear that everyone around them had been taken care of.

The person who could eliminate all the skilled individuals around them so discreetly must be a mole.

Otherwise, it's because those people were more capable than the people protecting their family.

This was probably the first time the little guy had killed someone. After his hands and face were cleaned, he clung to Su's clothes, trembling.

Li Xiaonuan felt heartbroken seeing this and was filled with regret and remorse.

He's just a ten-year-old child, still at the most innocent age. How could we let him experience something so terrible?

This time, Li Xiaonuan wanted to take a gamble. She handed her money bag to Xiaogang and climbed out of the cave.

Su and Li's father wanted to stop Li Xiaonuan, but Li Xiaonuan said, "Since we're going to die anyway, I might as well go and scout ahead first."

It was this one sentence that silenced everyone inside the cave.

Li Xiaonuan stepped over the corpses of the two men in black and ran towards the other side of the earth god temple.

Just as she reached the edge of the woods, the group of men dressed as royal guards surrounded her.