The Glory After Rebirth Chapter 442. They Want Us to Steal for Them

Chapter 442. They Want Us to Steal for Them

Translator: DragonRider

“What happened, Father? And what’s that in your hand?”

At the sight of Mr. Tao storming back ho with anger written all over his face, Tao Xiaoi hurried up to him, offering to hold his bag for him.

Mr. Tao declined her offer. Gripping the bad, he huffed, “Close the front gates and go inside. I’ll tell you later.”

Tao Xiaoi hastily went to shut the front gates and then called Mrs. Tao, Wang Sheng and Stonie into the house. As soon as the whole family were inside the house, Tao Xiaoi closed the doors and they all clustered around Mr. Tao.

Looking at the bag on the table, Wang Sheng walked over and opened it only to find that inside it were clothes, all of which were black. There were also so black cloth masks. Surprised by these things, Wang Sheng asked, “Where did you get these clothes, Father-in-law?”

Mr. Tao smoldered for quite a while before he replied, “That unfilial son of mine gave these to . I’m not the only one. Every family in this village received a bag of this kind of stuff. Those people said all of us are to change into these clothes and wear the black masks tomorrow. You know what they want us to do? They want us to steal for them! I always knew those people harbor evil intentions and would lead everyone in this village to their doom, but the village head and the others wouldn’t listen to . They even colluded with them and killed all those who tried to flee this village. Those conscienceless bastards!”

Wang Sheng was taken aback. Those people wanted them to put on these black clothes and masks and then transfer their goods out of the village for them? He knew so inside information and was aware that those people of the caravan didn’t have any contacts whatsoever in the army of the imperial court, that it was the rebel forces in Jiangzhou that they were in cahoots with! If the villagers charged onto the battlefield clothed in this kind of outfits, they would only end up being killed by the troops of the imperial court before they could explain themselves! This was such a venomous stratagem. Those people were sending the villagers on an apparently suicidal mission!

This was bad. He needed to tell this to the couple of n that had slipped into this village as soon as possible.

Wang Sheng was anxious, but he was the only one knowing about the couple of n’s infiltration into this village. It was inconvenient to make contact with them during dayti, so he’d have to wait until night fell.

“Father-in-law, did they ntion at what ti they’ll make their move tomorrow?”

Mr. Tao responded, “They said they’d do it tomorrow afternoon. The weather hasn’t been very good lately. Tomorrow’s going to be a cloudy day, and there might even be so rain.”

Rain? That would make the situation even more troubleso. Those thugs had actually thought of taking advantage of the weather. The army of the imperial court would have a difficult job catching them in a cloudy and rainy day. Those ruffians were such wily old foxes!

“Don’t worry, Father-in-law. For the mont we may just stick to our plan. In no circumstances should we join those criminals to work against the army of the imperial court tomorrow.”

With a grave look on his face, Mr. Tao inclined his head. “I’ll tell the others at dusk. Wang Sheng, are those people you ntioned really going to protect us?”

Wang Sheng replied, “Yeah. I trust them. All we need to do is follow the plan.”

On hearing this, Mr. Tao dismissed his misgivings and decided to go out to inform the others at nightfall.

At dusk, Mr. Tao did leave ho, but he didn’t go far away and just paid a visit to a nearby family, saying that he needed to borrow so soy sauce to sauté food. In the kitchen, he took advantage of the opportunity and had a word with his old bosom buddy, dropping a hint to him.

anwhile, Wang Sheng quietly went to a secluded spot in the back yard. On the surface he seed to be stacking firewood, but actually he was talking with Yao Yi.

Wang Sheng related that Mr. Tao had received a bag of clothes during the day, that the villagers had been required to change into those outfits and use black cloth to cover their faces.

Yao Yi said, “I saw it in another place earlier this day. They don’t dare reveal their true identities and could only pose as rebels. The villagers here will be their human shields. Tomorrow, I want you to take all your family and...”

Yao Yi expounded to Wang Sheng his plan for the next afternoon, the latter’s face gradually softening as he listened. When Yao Yi had stopped speaking, Wang Sheng said with a serious inclination of the head, “You may rest assured that I’ll get it done.”

“By the way, tell your wife that tomorrow, in order to make it more convenient to carry out the plan, one of my n will disguise himself as her and join you. Make sure your son stays close to that man. We’ll keep him safe,” said Yao Yi.

Wang Sheng was delighted. “Okay. I will. Thank you, Captain!”

The safety of his wife and son was what concerned Wang Sheng the most. Now that his wife wouldn’t have to go to the battlefield and his son would be under protection, he found this plan perfect.

Though overjoyed, Wang Sheng didn’t forget to ntion to Yao Yi that it might rain the next day.

Yao Yi, who had made an educated guess about the next day’s weather already, replied, “I know. All you need to do tomorrow is follow the plan.”

Relieved, Wang Sheng put the firewood in place and then hastened back to the front yard. Late that night, he woke up Tao Xiaoi and told her everything.

Tao Xiaoi was shocked, but she’d always known part of the reason why this ti around they’d co back to this village, so she soon collected herself.

“What am I supposed to do, darling? Can’t I take Stonie with ?”

Wang Sheng answered, “They’ll secretly get you out of this village and take you to Xiaofeng Village, where you’ll be waiting for us. Stonie can’t go with you. If he does, those people will notice and beco suspicious.”

In her anxiety, Tao Xiaoi asked Wang Sheng to beg Yao Yi and the others to let her son go with her.

“Pull yourself together, Xiaoi. Stonie’s sudden disappearance would rouse those people’s suspicions. In that case, not only but also your parents will be killed.”

Wang Sheng’s words cooled Tao Xiaoi off. It was a long mont before she, fighting back her tears, said, “I see. I’ll wait for you in Xiaofeng Village. When will that man co here to impersonate ?”

“Now,” replied Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng had just finished speaking when the door of the bedroom slightly moved.

Tao Xiaoi was taken aback. Wang Sheng put a finger to his lips. “Sh.”

Then he hissed, “Who is it?”

“It’s ,” said Yao Yi’s voice.

Wang Sheng heaved a sigh of relief and told Tao Xiaoi to relax, saying that the one outside was their helper.

Yao Yi walked inside and up to them, acknowledged Tao Xiaoi with a slight inclination of the head and then said to Wang Sheng, “We may get started if you’re ready.”

Wang Sheng said, “We’re ready. What do we have to do?”

Yao Yi said to them, “Wait a mont.”

Soon another two n entered, quickly covered all windows in the room with thick black fabric, and then did the sa thing to the door. After checking that no light could leak out, they lighted the oil lamp in the room.

Yao Yi said to Tao Xiaoi, “Please co here and take a seat. And, what I’m going to do might strike you as a little offensive.”

Troubled and uneasy, Tao Xiaoi sat beside the table. Yao Yi put on a pair of thin black gloves made of a kind of special material, walked up to Tao Xiaoi, reached out a hand to hold her head steady, and then felt her parietal bone, cheekbones, temporal bones, nasal bone, maxilla and jawbone with his other hand. Having got the information he needed about her face, he took his hands off her.

Yao Yi and the other two n were all in disguise. Their features had been altered, but what with the poise in their eyes, Tao Xiaoi and Wang Sheng didn’t dare speak. Tao Xiaoi was quite nervous when Yao Yi checked her face. When Yao Yi had taken his hands off her, she gave a gasp of relief.

“Sorry. In order to impersonate you, I need to get detailed information about the contours of your face,” said Yao Yi.

Tao Xiaoi and Wang Sheng saw Yao Yi call a young man up to him, have him sit down in the brightest spot and then open a chest he’d carried into the room.

Wang Sheng and Tao Xiaoi exchanged apprehensive glances, having no idea what Yao Yi was going to do.

The guard sitting beside the oil lamp was about Tao Xiaoi’s height. He was sitting there quietly, waiting for Yao Yi to disguise him.

When Yao Yi started to disguise the guard, Wang Sheng and Tao Xiaoi were both thunderstruck. Firstly, they’d never seen this kind of disguise skills before; secondly, this guard was a man, and Tao Xiaoi was a woman.

“Captain, are–are you sure this will work? My wife’s a woman, and thi–this gentleman here is a man. They’ll see through it,” said Wang Sheng, a look of surprise and incredulity on his face.

“Relax. Nobody’s going to see through it,” replied Yao Yi calmly.

Wang Sheng and Tao Xiaoi were both fretful, but neither of them dared move. Yao Yi kept working on the guard’s face, occasionally glancing at Tao Xiaoi to confirm sothing, but most of the ti he was quite confident.

After about two hours, the guard’s face and hairstyle looked exactly the sa as Tao Xiaoi’s.

Tao Xiaoi clapped her hands to her mouth, staring fixedly at the guard’s face, fearing that she might dissolve into scream.

Wang Sheng was also dumbstruck. He had once heard that so people in Jianghu had divine disguise skills, but he’d always believed that it was a wild exaggeration. It’d never crossed his mind that one day he’d be able to see it with his own eyes.

“It’s not finished yet.”

Yao Yi began to work on the Adam’s apple of the guard. When he’d finished, the guard was nothing short of Tao Xiaoi’s doppelganger. The guard was slimr than Tao Xiaoi, his neck considerably thinner than hers, but after Yao Yi disguised him, their necks appeared the sa.

“Now bring a set of clothes of yours, the kind you wear at ordinary tis,” Yao Yi said to Tao Xiaoi.

Bobbing her head, Tao Xiaoi imdiately rose to her feet and went to the wardrobe, tense and excited, unable to believe what she’d just seen. Her hands were still shaking as she rifled through her clothes.

The guard changed into Tao Xiaoi’s clothes and then stuffed sothing into his bosom. After that, he and Tao Xiaoi looked as though they were cut from the sa cloth.

“Done. My man will stay here impersonating Tao Xiaoi. Tomorrow he’ll go to the battlefield with you. Now co with us, Tao Xiaoi. Do not make any sound on the way out. I’ll hit your Dumbness Acupoint, just in case, but don’t worry, I’ll undo it when we’re out of this village,” said Yao Yi.

Having seen what Yao Yi could do with his superb disguise skills, Tao Xiaoi and Wang Sheng now had absolute and complete trust in Yao Yi, so they agreed without a second thought.

“Promise you’ll keep our son and my parents safe, darling,” Tao Xiaoi said to Wang Sheng at the mont of parting.

Wang Sheng held her hands. “I promise they’ll stay alive as long as I still draw breath.”

“Let’s go. I have to return to this village before daybreak after getting you out,” urged Yao Yi.

Tao Xiaoi appeared reluctant. Wang Sheng clenched his teeth and walked her out of the room. And then Yao Yi struck her Dumbness Acupoint and took her away.

The fake Tao Xiaoi said to Wang Sheng, “There’s still so ti before dawn and you may catch up on your sleep, but first I need you to tell all the details about your wife’s dealings with your other family mbers.”

His voice was also the sa as Tao Xiaoi’s, which startled Wang Sheng, who for an instant mistakenly believed that his wife was still in the room. Cold sweat breaking out over his back due to the shock, he tremulously filled the guard in on Tao Xiaoi’s usual manner and her attitude towards Stonie, Mr. and Mrs. Tao down to the smallest detail.