Chapter 240: The Thief Invades the Village
Liu Xian let his people put down their weapons and enter the village, so that the villagers of Zhaojia Village let down their guard a little, believing that Liu Xian and his party were businessmen, not those mountain bandits.
"The mountains are not peaceful, and from time to time there are yellow turban bandits and plunder, so we villagers spontaneously set up a self-defense force. Brother Liu Xian, let you put down your weapons before entering the village, also to calm the hearts of the villagers. Zhao Jun first hugged his fist at Liu Xian and said, "Please forgive me for the offense." ”
"Brother Zhao, don't get in the way, we have come all the way, and we have encountered many such situations, your request is reasonable, and it is a trivial matter." Liu Xian waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care about these things.
"In that case, then I'll ask the villagers to pack up their mountain goods and skins first, see how many there are, and let them bring them over for you to see?" And then negotiate the price? ”
Zhao Jun really believed that Liu Xian was a businessman who came to them to buy leather goods at this time.
"This ...... Don't worry, Brother Zhao, why don't we talk about it first? Liu Xian's main purpose is to determine whether this Zhaojia Village is Zhao Yun's hometown, and then find a way to persuade the people of Zhaojia Village to migrate away and go to his own Liulin Village.
"Oh?" Zhao Jun's eyes flashed, and he said with some vigilance: "Brother Liu Xian, what do you want to talk about?" By the way, you said that you also came to find someone by the way? Who to look for? ”
Zhao Jun remembered what Liu Xian said about coming to find someone.
Liu Xian sorted out the wording and said, "Well, that's the case, I've heard people say that there are hidden masters in the Changshan area. Don't hide it from Brother Zhao, I want to practice martial arts, but I have never met a famous teacher, so while buying leather goods, I am looking for masters, hoping to worship those masters, so that I can learn advanced martial arts. I don't know Brother Zhao, have you ever seen a master living in seclusion in the Changshan area? ”
Zhao Jun looked stunned, looked at Liu Xian a few times, and seemed to hesitate for a moment before saying, "I don't know who Brother Liu Xian is talking about?" In fact, in our Changshan area, there have always been legends that there are some immortals, but no one can meet them. ”
"Hehe, the words of the gods, it is estimated that they are just some rumors, in my opinion, they should be just hidden masters. To put it bluntly, he is a master of martial arts. Brother Zhao, you have been living in these places, you should know something, right? Liu Xian smiled.
As soon as Liu Xian said this, Zhao Jun's heart moved, because he was indeed Zhao Yun's elder brother, and he must know those masters.
He is an honest person, he sees that Liu Xian is not very old, and it should be the age of apprenticeship. Having heard of the high-ranking people in this area, it is indeed not strange to come to look for an apprentice.
In fact, occasionally people from their Zhaojia Village would come to look for those outsiders who were hidden in the world.
He knew it, but he didn't want to deceive Liu Xian, so he said after a while: "Brother Liu Xian, if you say that you are those hidden masters, you think there are." However, you should not look for it, because those masters will easily not accept any more apprentices. ”
"Oh? So, Brother Zhao, have you ever encountered it? Can you tell me where those hidden masters are? ”
"This ......"
Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I can't say this." If you want to worship under the door of the hidden master, you pay attention to a chance, if you don't have this opportunity, even if you see it, you won't be accepted as an apprentice. Recently, it is really unsafe in the mountains, I think Liu Xian's little brother you should also be a person from a rich background, and it is not appropriate to stay in the mountains for too long. Otherwise, let's talk about the leather goods, and you can leave quickly. ”
Liu Xian's heart changed several times, and he wanted to ask Zhao Yun directly, but in this way, he would expose his unpredictable prophet. In addition, Liu Xian was also a little worried that it would cause Zhao Jun's misunderstanding, worried that it would make him feel that he had bad intentions towards Zhao Yun, so he was unwilling to migrate and leave.
In fact, now Liu Xian doesn't know how to tell him to let him move away.
Another point, with Zhao Jun's feelings for Zhaojia Village, he may not be willing to leave, so Liu Xian has already decided to move the entire Zhaojia Village away.
But for no reason, they are outsiders, why would they follow their own advice?
Liu Xian's group came suddenly, which was a bit abrupt.
Now, what Liu Xian has to do is to find a way to gain Zhao Jun's trust, and then gain the trust of the villagers of the entire Zhaojia Village.
But this can't just gain their trust, you have to know Zhao Yun's situation first. Because at least Zhao Yun has to know where his brother and sister-in-law and the villagers of Zhaojia Village have gone. In this way, after Zhao Yunyicheng descends the mountain, he will naturally come to find his brother and sister-in-law, and after that, he will naturally use it for himself.
After Liu Xian entered the village, he also took a general look at the situation in the village, basically, the villagers of Zhaojia Village are still living a relatively hard life, but it should not have reached the point of exhaustion. Therefore, Liu Xian really didn't know where to start at this time, and he didn't know how to talk about it for a while.
Zhaojia Village is far away from the county seat, and the news is relatively closed, and I don't know what is going on outside. Therefore, Liu Xian's reputation can't be spread here, if the people of Zhaojia Village know what Liu Xian did in Yangshi County and know Liu Xian's reputation, then Liu Xian will be much easier.
Liu Xian couldn't do it for a while, and was about to pretend to trade leather goods with the villagers of their Zhaojia Village to get closer to the two sides before he spoke. Suddenly, there was a jumble of footsteps outside.
With the sound of hurried footsteps, someone hurriedly shouted: "Brother Zhao Jun, Brother Zhao!" Oh no, no, it's here again, and a group of Yellow Turban thieves are coming to the west of the village. ”
"What?" When Zhao Jun heard this, his expression turned grim, and he didn't care about what to say to Liu Xian, so he turned around and ran out and said, "Really here?" ”
"Well, it's from Tushi Village in the west, and it's estimated that there are more than 100 people, and it's about five miles away from our village. What to do? Do we stop them at the Immortal Bridge as we originally planned, or do we let them come? ”
"More than 100 people? There are many thieves, if you let them come, there are not enough people in our village, I'm afraid we won't be able to hold it, hurry! Call all the adults in our village and go to the fairy bridge to guard it, and you must not let them break through. ”
Zhao Jun arrived outside the house and saw the villagers who came to report the news, he did not hesitate at all, and said very decisively.
Because of the arrival of Liu Xian and his party, the villagers of Zhaojia Village were alarmed, and at this time, in fact, the adults and young people in the village were almost here.
At this time, when they heard that the thieves were coming, the villagers were a little panicked, but they were not too flustered, and some young people looked very indignant.
"Brother Zhao Jun, we fought with those thieves, you can fight as much as you say!"
"Brother Zhao Jun, we're all here."
A group of young men gathered with weapons.
Liu Xian also came out of the hut.
Well, the entire Zhaojia Village is basically thatched houses, and of course, there are more than a dozen houses that are better.
Liu Xian saw that during this meeting, about dozens of people gathered, ranging from their teens to their forties.
In addition, it also alarmed the old women in the village, and they all looked worried.
"Brother Jun, I'll go with you."
At this time, a woman in a strong suit walked out of the village, carrying a long sword in her hand. Behind her, there were two bright little girls, one was eleven or twelve years old, and the other was about fourteen or five years old.
"Ling'er, Juan'er, Yu'er, why are you here?"
Zhao Jun saw this woman in strong clothes, and his eyes softened.
"Those thieves are powerful, and they are afraid that you will make a mistake, so let me go with you."
"This ......"
"Don't you know what people are up to?"
"No, Ling'er, I'm not worried......" Zhao Jun's gaze fell on the stomach of the woman in the strong suit.
"Gee, when is this all about? If the thieves pass through the Immortal Bridge, they can directly attack our Zhaojia Village, and I have only been in the way for two or three months, so I will not be in the way. “
The woman in the strong suit is Ling'er, she stomped her feet.
"Brother Zhao, let my sister-in-law go with you."
"Yes, brother, sister-in-law is amazing. The rain will be waiting for you at home. “
The two little girls behind Ling'er also stood up and said, they were all pink and jade, extremely sweet and cute.
"This ...... All right. Zhao Jun nodded.
"Brothers, according to the plan, hurry to the Immortal Bridge."
As soon as Zhao Jun waved his hand, those villagers ran to the village gate with a bang.
Liu Xian was worried about how to gain the trust of the people of Zhaojia Village, and at this time he also understood that there should be a Yellow Turban thief who came to invade the village. And the people of Zhaojia Village should be prepared, and now they plan to go to a place called Xianren Bridge to stop those Yellow Turban thieves.
"Wait a minute." Liu Xian shouted.
"Hey, I almost forgot about this urgency." When Zhao Jun heard Liu Xian's shout, he also slapped his forehead, turned to Liu Xian and said: "Brother Liu Xian, you better go first, the thief is coming, we don't know what will happen, while the thief hasn't killed yet, leave quickly, so as not to harm the fish pond." ”
"No, I mean ......"
"Their weapons are back to them, and let's go."
Zhao Jun was really anxious at this time, after all, the killing of the Yellow Turban thieves was related to the lives of their entire village, and at this time, he really couldn't take care of Liu Xian. He didn't wait for Liu Xian to finish speaking, he took Ling'er's hand and hurriedly followed those young villagers out of the village and turned to the west.
"Brother be careful, sister-in-law be careful!"
The little girl ran to the village gate, clasping her little feet and shouting.
There are still many old and young villagers in the village, and all the women and children have also come out.
The villagers were not idle, some of them were carrying some stones on the earthen wall that protected the village, and some were busy with other things. But it's all to resist and prepare for the thieves to attack the village.
At this time, those villagers did not forget Liu Xian and others.
An old man with gray hair walked in front of Liu Xian, and stared at Liu Xian with some vigilance: "You guys leave quickly, our village is not very safe anymore." ”
"Don't worry, old man, let's go, but can you tell me what the hell is going on?"
Liu Xian naturally couldn't just leave, and he guessed some things in his heart, but he still asked the old man.
"Alas, in our area, there have always been mountain bandits and robbers, and it was better before, those mountain bandits and robbers did not dare to directly attack the village and kill people. Recently, however, I heard that there was a group of bandits and robbers of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, and they were outnumbered, and they sent a final notice to all the villages in the mountains, asking our village to surrender to them, and to pay them a large amount of money and food. I heard that many villages that did not surrender and did not give enough money and food were poisoned by the Yellow Turbans of Montenegro, who broke through the villages and killed all the villagers. ”
"Not long ago, we in Zhaojia Village also received their final notice. Let me be sure to prepare money and food for them to pick up, if the money and food are enough, they will not invade our Zhaojia Village. But where do we have so much money and food now? This is not? Fortunately, Zhao Jun took everyone and prepared to fight with those yellow turban thieves. ”
"Well, what kind of world is this...... Can't live ......"
The old man sighed and said roughly.
"Old man, don't worry, there will always be a way." Liu Xian comforted, and then said, "Just said that more than a hundred yellow turban thieves came this time?" You only have 50 or 60 people in your village, so you may not be able to beat them. We went into the mountains to buy leather goods, and brought these dozens of good men with us. Those Yellow Turban thieves have been defeated by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, and they have fled into the mountains and dare to do evil and harm the township. This time, let us encounter them attacking Zhaojia Village, and we must not sit idly by. In this way, I'll take my people to help Brother Zhao Jun. ”
"Really? Would you like to help fight the Yellow Turban Thieves? The old man's eyes lit up.
"These are the little things, and I do what I say."
"Butterfly Dancer, call our people out, retrieve the weapons, and follow over to have a look."
After Liu Xian finished speaking, he shouted to Huang Wudie, who was with the fifty guards.
"Good!" Huang Wudie responded crisply, in fact, she also heard the shouts of a yellow turban thief, and Xiao Fan Quan was already gearing up.
The incident happened suddenly, and the whole village of Zhaojia Village was busy defending against the Yellow Turban Thieves, and few people paid attention to Liu Xian's uninvited guests anymore.
Like Zhao Jun, they would not have thought of asking Liu Xian and others to help at all. After all, Liu Xian and his party are just businessmen and have nothing to do with them.
However, Zhao Jun and them were kind-hearted, but they were worried that Liu Xian and others would be implicated.
Judging from these circumstances, the people in Zhaojia Village are really simple and lovely.
In addition, Liu Xian also paid attention to Juan'er and Yu'er, two beautiful and cute little girls. Because they also discovered Liu Xian's existence at this time, they were also looking at Liu Xian curiously.
But Liu Xian didn't have time to pay attention to them at this time, but just showed a kind smile to them.
The weapons of Liu Xian and others were put away by Zhao Jun's people, but they were not moved and hidden, and they were placed in a spear house at the entrance of the village, which was originally left to be guarded by two young men. At this time, the two young men also left, and there was no one to guard them.
Liu Xian asked them to retrieve their weapons, and immediately rushed over along Zhao Jun's footsteps.