Mr. Feng is a teacher in Tuozi Village.

No one knows what his surname is, and only outsiders call others Mr. Feng.

It is said that this Mr. Feng was exiled to the vicinity of Tuozi Village 20 years ago and was on the verge of death, but a woodcutter who was chopping wood and returning home saw him and took him back to Tuozi Village for treatment.

Since he recovered, the villagers in the village called him Mr. Feng, and this Mr. Feng also stayed, becoming the only teacher in the nearby village, so he has a high status in the hearts of the villagers.

Mr. Feng lives in a small house on the east side of Tuozi Village, where the children attend classes on weekdays.

The people of the Shen family went with Shen Niannian and Shen Xiuniang, because Su Niang's health was not good, so they left Qi Ge'er to take care of them in the house.

The villagers hurried to the cold wind and heavy snow.

By the time Shen Niannian and them arrived, the hall was already full of villagers, and no one cared about their arrival.

Li Zheng of Tuozi Village has not yet returned, so it is Mr. Feng as the temporary representative of Tuozi Village.

Shen Niannian stretched her neck and looked inside, although she didn't know any of the old people sitting inside, she could probably guess that this should be a member of the nearby village or an elder with a high reputation.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe you already knew when you received the news that Xinghua Village, which is close to the town, was attacked by bandits the night before, and the villagers of Xinghua Village who came to ask for help were seriously injured, so I specially called everyone here to discuss the matter of this bandit."

Mr. Feng sat in the middle of the position, and when he saw that the person was almost there, he spoke directly.

"Did Xinghua Village really encounter bandits? Then is there anything wrong with my girl! ”

The eldest lady who opened her mouth cried and shouted that she had a girl who was married to Xinghua Village, thinking that it was close to the town, so Xinghua Village was the richest village in the surrounding villages, and she used to show off her daughter's good marriage in front of the handkerchiefs.

"My daughter also married to Xinghua Village, is there any news from there?"

Most of the nearby villages are related to each other, so after hearing that something really happened in Xinghua Village, most of the villagers became anxious.

"Fellow villagers, please be calm, those bandits only robbed their belongings, but they didn't hurt anyone's lives, but there must be injured people." Seeing that everyone was anxious, Mr. Feng had to speak again, "But we have gathered you here, not just to inform the news, but because this gang of bandits is very likely to attack other villages again, so this time we came here to let everyone discuss the method, just in case." ”

"Mr. Feng, how many of those bandits are there? What should we do? ”

"Yes, Mr. Feng, we all listen to you, we will do what you say!"

……

The villagers were noisy again.

The villagers on the border are also fierce by nature, when they were not under the jurisdiction of King Ling before, they were ordinary peasant families when they carried hoes, but when they raised their hoes, they were more fierce people than bandits.

Although His Royal Highness King Ling is well governed, he is only a seventeen-year-old boy in the end, even if the means are very good, it will only take over the border for two or three years, and the people on the border have only lived a stable life in the past two years.

Therefore, instead of being afraid of the attacks of bandits and enemies, these villagers aroused the blood of the fierce people who had been silent for two or three years, and their eyes were red with excitement, and they wanted to clean it up.

Shen Niannian looked at the noisy villagers around him, and was suddenly a little speechless in his heart.

Although he received the memory of the original owner and knew how desolate this place was a long time ago, there was still a gap between the villagers who were very excited when they saw the shouting and shouting and killing with their own eyes.

Village women like Shen Xiuniang also looked very calm, as if what the men said was not shouting and killing at all, but just some inconsequential things.

"Everyone, please be quiet, the matter of Xinghua Village is a wake-up call for us, thanks to the trust of all the villagers, then Feng has a suggestion." Mr. Feng was also extremely helpless to the villagers who were more ruthless than the bandits, and under the anger of everyone, he had to smile bitterly and speak.

"Mr. Feng, if you have any suggestions, just say it, it's greasy and crooked, we can't understand it."

"That is, do you scholars have anything to say that you can't say? I was so anxious when I heard it! ”

……

Shen Niannian watched from the side, and almost burst out laughing.

In the eyes of the villagers, it seems that they are bored and want to find something to do for themselves.

"Since that's the case, then Feng will say it." Mr. Feng sighed, fortunately, he has been used to it for so many years, "I suggest that the men in each village can re-enter the necessary entrance of the village to hold on, hold a gong in their hands, if they see the traces of the bandits from a distance, they will vigorously beat the gong, so that the old and weak women in the village who are powerless can hide, and our men are to pick up the most convenient weapons, so that those bandits know what it means to go and have no return!" ”

"Of course, if you are a widow who has no man at home, you can take out some food and wait for the return of the villagers after it is done at home, after all, in this winter, you have to eat hot when you come back from work, right?"

Mr. Feng's suggestion was directly endorsed by all the villagers.

Most of these villagers were straightforward, and when they saw the results, they couldn't wait to run home one by one to find their weapons.

Shen Niannian was also dragged home by Shen Xiuniang.

After Qi Ge'er and Brother An learned about this, they were also very excited, and went directly to Liu Er's side to find weapons.

Shen Niannian was even more speechless when he saw this, but it was just a bandit, what kind of fun did Brother An'er, a guy who is still a minor, go to join in?

"Alas, although His Royal Highness King Ling has given us a stable life in the past few years, but in the past, the people on our border were all begging for a living on the tip of a knife. If you don't do it, you can only die, and now that I think about it, it seems like a long time ago. ”

The common people do not want war, but the blood of the fierce people engraved into the bones of the border people has been passed down for hundreds of years, if it is not for the jurisdiction of King Ling, the border is probably still a war and chaos, in order to live, the people can only take up arms to save their lives.

Li Jiaheng is a scholar, but he also has the blood of the people in his bones, and after learning about this, he threw the matter of taking care of Du Shengnian to her, and ran home in a hurry.

Du Shengnian stood at the door, although he was able to get out of bed and walk around, but he still had to wait for a while to return to his original state, so even if he wanted to follow the villagers to suppress the bandits, he was powerless.

"When I was in Kyoto before, I heard that the border people were not easy to mess with, even in the face of the enemy's army, they dared to face the enemy head-on, and there was even a record that there was a militia that repelled the Huns who entered the country, I always thought it was just a rumor, but when I saw it today, I knew ......"

Du Shengnian shook his head and laughed helplessly.

Shen Nian brought him a cup of hot water and said with a smile: "It's just that life is forced, who doesn't want to live and work in peace and contentment, but the border land is not safe after all, if you want to live, you must show courage." ”

"Miss Shen, listening to your words, I think you are less and less like an ignorant mountain woman, but like a literate woman." Du Shengnian smiled faintly, but after saying these words, the gaze staring at Shen Niannian had already turned into scrutiny.

Shen Niannian chuckled in his heart, with a slightly unnatural smile on his face, he subconsciously avoided his gaze, and said dryly, "Du Gongzi, I have lived in this place since I was a child, where do you have the opportunity to read and write, you think highly of me." ”

"Really?"

Du Shengnian smiled, obviously not believing Shen Niannian's words.

Shen Niannian's eyes darkened, he took a deep breath, and secretly said that his eldest cousin didn't seem to be better fooled than before.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but laugh secretly in my heart, but my face was inconspicuous.

Since the Xinghua Village incident spread throughout the surrounding villages, Tuozi Village has also been under martial law.

However, Tuozi Village is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there is only one way out of the village, so as long as people guard the entrance of the village, they can see if there are bandits attacking, so the old and young villagers of Tuozi Village are not in a hurry at all.

Seeing this, Shen Niannian also breathed a sigh of relief.

As a deep boudoir woman who had never seen the cruelty of war, she didn't want those bandits to really find Tuozi Village.

Although the men of Tuozi Village are not afraid of those bandits at all, but in the chaos at that time, the sword is ruthless, and it is inevitable that someone will be injured and die because of this.

If you can keep the village, it's fine, but if you can't stand it, then it's really a big trouble.

But obviously, she is the only one in the village who is worried about this, and the rest of the villagers still live as they should, except for the villagers in charge of guarding at the entrance of the village, which is no different from ordinary days.

As the days passed, no trace of bandits was found in Tuozi Village, and the weather became colder and colder, so the villagers gradually lost their initial vigilance.

Although Du Shengnian's wound has not fully recovered, he has been able to move freely.

Although Li Zheng has never returned, he can't just wait, seeing that his injuries have improved, Du Shengnian also thinks that it is time to leave.

On this day, Du Shengnian changed into the soldier's uniform he wore when he was injured, came to the hall, and saw the Shen family who was roasting the fire inside, and was about to say the words of thanks, when he suddenly heard the rapid sound of the gong.

Shen Niannian in the house suddenly changed his face: "The bandits are here!" ”