"PS: Well, I'm also thinking about whether to add more excitement...... Tomorrow.'"

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It may be that he thinks that Zhao Yu is 'quite acquainted', or it may be that he sees that Zhao Yu cares about his younger brother very much, and in the following time, Xu Fen, Deng Bai, and Deng Song quickly became acquainted with Zhao Yu and Jingnu.

When several people chopped and collected firewood together, Xu Fen also asked Zhao Yu and Jingnu some things, such as names, origins, etc., and Zhao Yu told them what had been made up in advance.

And when Zhao Yu revealed that their brother's parents were no longer alive, the atmosphere suddenly became heavy, and the youngest girl, Ning Niang, couldn't help but sobbed quietly beside her.

Looking at this situation, Zhao Yu guessed that these people must also be orphans.

Sure enough, Xu Fen sighed and said, "Your two brothers were led to the room, and I guessed it...... My father and mother are also gone, so are the Zheng brothers, and so is Ning Niang. …… As long as your brother is willing to listen to me, I will take care of you in the future. ”

From the side, Deng Bai also helped: "Brother Xu is only a little bit away from becoming a serious bandit......"

A serious bandit?

And unscrupulous bandits?

Zhao Yu listened to it funny and asked, "Why do you say it's only a little bit?" ”

Deng Song explained on the side: "Because Brother Xu is already very powerful, but there is no shortage of manpower in the village for the time being, when will there be a shortage of people in the village, Brother Xu will be a serious bandit, and our life will be much better at that time." ”

"Listen to you, are you having a hard time?" Zhao Yu asked casually: "Will the people in the village beat and scold you?" ”

Deng Song scratched his head and said: "Being scolded is a common thing, and those people in the village even scold themselves, let alone us." As for being beaten, as long as we don't make mistakes and don't be lazy, those people in the village don't bother to pay attention to us...... Unless drunk. By the way, I am here to remind you that if someone in the village is drunk, you must hide far away, there was a child who was broken in the past, lay for several months, and finally died. ”

"Oh." Zhao Yu nodded thoughtfully.

From Xu Fen, Deng Bai, and Deng Song, Zhao Yu heard a lot of things, for example, the bandits in this camp can actually be divided into three groups.

The earliest group of people were headed by Yang Tong, the owner of the village, and in the early years, these seized this mountain village to establish a thief village and occupy the mountain as evil.

Subsequently, refugees from Nanyang County who were not accepted by Luyang and Ye County flocked to this side one after another, and because they were desperate, they defected to the bandits, including Chen Mo, the owner of the second village, and Wang Qing, the owner of the third village.

Chen Mo is from Wannan and Wang Qing is from Wanbei, although they were both refugees who defected to the Ying bandits earlier, they did not have a good relationship with each other.

Of course, this is not surprising, over the years, because of all kinds of natural and man-made disasters, Wanbei people look down on Wannan people, and feel that Wanbei is completely dragged down by Wannan, but whether it is Wannan people or Wanbei people, when they arrive in Luyang and Yexian, they are disliked and looked down upon by the locals, which is simply a chain of contempt.

It is worth mentioning that there are actually many women and children in the thief village, there are about 20 women, and there are more than a dozen children, all of whom followed their husbands and parents to the bandits, and these 'families of three' are basically concentrated under Chen Mo's hands.

In comparison, most of the bandits who were alone were under Yang Tong and Wang Qing.

When Zhao Yu revealed to Xu Fen and others that he and Jingnu went up the mountain, Deng Bai felt fortunate for Zhao Yu: "Then your brothers are lucky, they met the second village master, if you meet the third village master, it is estimated that they will not care about you......

On the side, Deng Song added in a low voice: "The most difficult thing is to encounter the owner of the big village, those people under the master of the big village, that is the brutality...... We had a brother who broke his leg because he was drunk......"

As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, and warned Zhao Yu: "Hey, Zhou Hu, although you are the leader of the second village, but when you come to us, you also have to listen to Brother Xu, do you remember?" ”

"Of course."

Zhao Yu smiled without hesitation.

His answer made Xu Fen, Deng Bai, and Deng Song very satisfied.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu took the opportunity to ask: "So, who are the three village masters?" ”

"This ...... It's hard to say. Xu Fen thought for a while and replied: "The master of the big village is not easy to shoot, but it is said to be very powerful, I don't know who is better than him and the second master." But if you don't mention the big village master, it should be the second village master who is the most powerful, no one in the village can beat him, and the third village master can't beat him. ”

From the side, Deng Bai added: "Whether it is the master of the big village or the people under the master of the third village, they are very afraid when they see the master of the second village. ”

Zhao Yu thought for a moment when he heard this, and then asked: "Listening to what you mean, it seems that the relationship between the three village owners is not very good?" ”

Xu Fen and the others were also defenseless, and explained honestly: "As far as we know, it is indeed not very good, the people of the master of the village have to kill a lot of people every time they go down the mountain, and they will rob a lot of women to come back, and the owner of the second village is very dissatisfied with this; The people of the three village masters, although they will also grab some women back, but they don't kill people much, but I don't know why, the three village owners are very dissatisfied with the two village owners, and they do it against the two village owners every time. …… On weekdays, the three groups of people live by themselves, and unless there is a big deal, the three village owners will get together. ”

After chatting for a while, Xu Fen urged a few people to step up chopping wood.

While chopping wood, Zhao Yu thought about the plan to recover this den of thieves.

The thieves in this thief village actually have three forces, which is very good, which is very suitable for Zhao Yu's discord.

"Chen Mo, Wang Qing...... Well, it's the two of them, as for the gang of Yang Tong, the owner of the big village, they are too murderous and difficult to control, so find an opportunity to get rid of them. As soon as Yang Tong dies, Chen Mo and Wang Qing will definitely accept no one, and I may have a chance to ......

Zhao Yu thought secretly.

Of course, he only has a rough action for the time being, after all, his current identity is the lowest status group of people in the thief village, if he wants to carry out his plan, he must first make a name for himself in this thief village.

His purpose is clear.

Near noon, Zhao Yu and Xu Fen returned to the thief village with full firewood.

According to the previous agreement, Jingnu only carried half a basket, while Zhao Yu, Xu Fen, Deng Bai, and Deng Song took Jingnu's half basket and Ning Niang's basket.

Because of this, on the way back, Jingnu secretly told Zhao Yu many times and asked Zhao Yu to give her some firewood in the basket, but Zhao Yu refused, after all, at the moment when Xu Fen, Deng Bai, and Deng Song didn't know that Jingnu was actually their daughter's identity, only he could help Jingnu share some of it.

Seeing that Jing Nu insisted, Zhao Yu pulled her aside and said in a low and serious voice: "Jing Nu, I am not afraid of how difficult the road ahead is, I firmly believe that I will be able to take revenge, because I am not alone, I still have you...... What I'm most afraid of is what happens to you, and I'm afraid I won't be able to support it when the time comes. Therefore, don't think about me in everything, think more about yourself, take good care of yourself, and take care of yourself. ”

These words made Jingnu inexplicably moved, and I saw her pressing the joy in her heart and whispering: "Young master, rest assured, Jingnu's life is hard...... Where the young master is, there is the quiet girl. ”

On the next return trip, Jingnu obediently stopped helping Zhao Yu share the burden, but her eyes when she looked at Zhao Yu were full of distress and guilt.

Back in the room of the thief's village, the thief Zhu Wang was leaning on the door to drink, and saw Zhao Yu and Xu Fen returning with firewood on their backs, he picked up a piece of firewood about an arm's length from the side, pointed at a few people, and scolded with a little drunkenness: "How can you come back?" Did you take the opportunity to be lazy? ”

Seeing this, Xu Fen took two steps forward and explained, "No." It's just that it's cold and slippery outside, and it's delayed for a while. ”

The brothers Deng Bai and Deng Song looked at the firewood in Zhu Wang's hand in shock, as if they were afraid that he would hit Xu Fen, but fortunately they didn't in the end.

That Zhu Wang scolded and ordered: "Go and boil the meat, don't forget the wine, if the gang in the village makes a fuss, it will be enough for you little cubs!" …… I went to lie down and someone came to call me. ”

Watching Zhu Wang walk into the house, Deng Bai breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "It seems that the leper is in a good mood today......

Zhao Yu heard the meaning of the words, and turned his head to look at Xu Fen.

In all fairness, he called Xu Fen big brother, purely to fool these children, but judging from Xu Fen's behavior, this 'big brother' is indeed responsible, no wonder the Deng brothers are dead set on him.

Obviously, Xu Fen would not have guessed that Zhao Yu was secretly praising him at the moment, and when he saw Zhu Wang entering the house, he let out a long breath, turned his head and ordered: "Ning Niang go and burn the fire, Deng Bai, Deng Song, you two ......"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu and asked, "Zhou Hu, will your brother kill chickens?" ”

"Huh?" Zhao Yu was stunned and seemed a little hesitant.

Killing chickens?

He has never killed in his past or present life.

Not to mention killing, he hadn't even seen it.

Seeing Zhao Yu's expression, Xu Fen guessed that this kid would definitely not, shook his head and ordered: "Deng Bai, Deng Song, you two go to the chicken pen to catch a few chickens and kill them, Zhou Hu, you follow me to carry rice, Zhou Jing, you are watching in the room, helping Ning Niang boil water, waiting to cook meat...... Any objections? ”

The main question he asked was Zhao Yu and Jing Nu, the two looked at each other and shook their heads, after all, Xu Fen really took care of them.

A moment later, Zhao Yu followed Xu Fen to the storehouse, a dilapidated adobe house.

Strangely enough, despite the fact that the house was full of jars of rice grain, the door was not locked, and no one was looking at the door.

Zhao Yu asked strangely: "These grains are piled up here, and the door is open like this?" ”

"You think this place will be burglarized?" Xu Fen glanced at Zhao Yu strangely: "Most people in the village don't even bother to cook. ”

As he spoke, he took out a basket and handed it to Zhao Yu, reminding: "Get more, the village stipulates that the house only cooks two meals a day, one meal at noon, and one meal before dusk. Yesterday Deng Bai made a little less, and in the end it was not enough for a few of us to eat. ”

"What's this rule break?"

Zhao Yu couldn't laugh or cry.

He couldn't help but ask, "Is it really okay to cook too much?" ”

"It's okay if you don't be discovered by Zhu Wang...... Except for Zhu Wang, basically no one will stare at the room. ”

"Nobody cares? What if the food is gone? ”

"......" Xu Fen suddenly stopped the movement in his hand and glanced at Zhao Yu with a strange expression, making Zhao Yu realize his stupidity.

What else can I do? Go down the mountain and grab it! These people are bandits!

At noon that day, Zhao Yu and Xu Fen hurriedly cooked rice for more than 100 people, as well as a few chickens and a few pieces of meat.

Putting aside these busyness, Zhao Yu and Jingnu also shared a bowl full of rice, as well as some meat that Xu Fen secretly hid when cooking meat.

From Luyang to Yexian and then to Kunyang, Zhao Yu and Jingnu passed through three counties, and they never had a full meal, let alone tasted meat.

However, today, in this den of thieves, the two were finally able to eat enough, and even got some meat.

Holding the bowl of rice in his hand, Zhao Yu suddenly felt a little ironic.