Some people have been saved, while others are falling into the Nine Hells.

The old man Gao used a wooden crawler to carefully turn over the millet on the bamboo mat again, looking at the full grains of grain under the sun, his eyes were full of doting looks.

This year's year is actually good, at least God is very kind to them farmers, and the wind and rain are smooth. As a yeoman farmer, this year's income is very good.

He calculated, after paying all this year's taxes, the remaining food is still enough for the family to live, although the life is very hard, but not starvation.

Seeing his two-year-old grandson crawling on the ground, about to climb on top of the mat, he immediately shouted a few words, and saw his grandson smirking at him, while continuing to climb on the mat slightly, Gao Laohan reluctantly walked over and picked up his grandson.

The food is expensive, if this kid sprinkles a bubble of urine, it will be white again today. The master from the county who was collecting taxes in the village was very smooth, and if the grain was not dry a little, he would break the water fiercely.

Gao Laohan didn't want to suffer this loss. Dry the millet in the past, so that they can't find the wrong place.

Seeing that the sun was setting in the west, the old man Gao picked up a handful of millet and rubbed it in his hand to confirm that there was no problem, so he took the millet in, put it into a big bag, and then stacked it on the rack cart, pushed the rack cart, and walked towards the entrance of the village.

At this time, there were less than a few people left in Gaojia Village, who paid taxes at the entrance of the village.

"Gao Chunsheng." A servant looked at the last name above the thin man and shouted.

Gao Laohan hurriedly agreed, and pushed the grain on the cart with a smile. "Bad officer, I just put it away, and it's very dry."

The official didn't even glance at it, and said directly: "The water is large, fold it in two, and weigh it!" ”

Old Man Gao was dumbfounded when he heard this. When I was about to argue, the Qian Liang master who was shaking a fan on the side came over, holding an iron drill in his hand and poking and pumping, and the hollow of the iron drill was convenient to bring out a lot of grain, poured it out and rubbed it in his hand, and said: "Gao Laohan is a sincere person, unlike those who are treacherous and slippery, this grain is extremely dry, no need to fold the water, and weigh it directly." ”

The official is also a person who understands things, since the master said so, then there must be a story here, so he nodded again and again. After the above weighing, there was still a surplus of food brought by Gao Laohan.

Originally, the old man Gao did what they wanted to fold into water, but he didn't expect such a result, and looked at the master a little stupidly.

"Your son's name is Gao Shiping!" Master Qian Liang shook his head and said with a smile.

"Yes, yes." Old Man Gao nodded repeatedly.

"You have a good son. A few days ago, I was just promoted to the sentry officer of the county regiment training! Observing the Legacy's Captain, I like him very much! The future is immeasurable, the future is immeasurable. Master Qian Liang smiled.

Gao Laohan suddenly realized, it is not the master's kindness that dares to love, but his son, who has been taken away for more than a year, actually has a chance? This dead boy doesn't know how to bring a message to his family!

"What should be collected still has to be collected, how many pairs of eyes are staring!" The master lowered his voice, covered the two of them with a fan, and said, "When it gets dark, you come over again and drag your hand back." I don't care about you, do I? ”

When Gao Laohan heard this, he was surprised and delighted, and bowed down again and again: "Thank you, official." ”

"No thanks, the high sentry officer and I are also acquaintances, what is this little thing!" The master smiled, turned around and walked away, and when the fan was put down, his face was as cold as ice.

Gao Laohan dragged the remaining bag of grain back to the house as if sleepwalking, and told his wife and daughter-in-law about his son, and the family was overjoyed.

Speaking of which, Gao Laohan's family is a single ding, and there was no need to smoke Ding, but more than a year ago, the government didn't care about 3721, every family had to go out, Gao Laohan wanted to go by himself but was suspected of being old, his son was taken away, and he left without news for more than a year, and he didn't want to be outside but he was still mixed with an official.

It's good to be an official, and there is hope for the future.

At dinner, Gao Laohan deliberately asked his daughter-in-law to cook a dry meal, turned out a piece of bacon stored in the jar, carefully cut a small piece and baked it, and prepared to ask the master to take it to the county seat to his son.

The family was happy and full of food.

Finally until it was dark, Gao Laobo then pushed the cart and sneaked to the head of the village, the servants were loading the received grain, seeing Gao Laohan coming, he didn't talk much, under the master's instructions, the two messengers carried a few bags of grain on his cart, but he paid more.

The old man happily pushed the cart and rushed back.

Not far away, he suddenly heard a movement behind him, he turned around, the whole person suddenly froze, at the head of the village, under the bright lights, one by one black-clothed people appeared like ghosts, and under the knife in hand, several servants had fallen down screaming.

"There are robbers!" Someone shouted at the head of the village, and the remaining officers drew their swords and fought with the men in black who suddenly appeared.

Gongs rang out in the village, and peasants poured out with hoes and hairpins in their hands.

Thieves are not unusual, and every time something like this happens, all the people in the village will work together to drive the thieves away. There will always be two or three times a year like this. However, those thieves generally don't choose to come when there is an official mission, and it's a little strange today.

Gao Laohan hurriedly pushed the cart aside, but he didn't dare to let the people in the village see what he was doing now, otherwise he would not be able to be a man in the future. Putting the cart aside, he touched a stick on the ground, and the villagers who poured out shouted and rushed towards the village.

This time, however, the situation is clearly different.

The black-clothed people who appeared at the beginning were only a few dozen people, much less than the peasants in the village, plus the officials from the county town, everyone was very angry. The thieves have experienced a lot, and everyone has learned from it. If you coax, he will be very horizontal, and if you are horizontal, it will be his turn.

Now everyone is full of hands and courage, and those thieves have not seen well, and they will definitely escape.

But it was clear that they were wrong.

The leader of the thieves laughed at the villagers who poured out, and with a whistle, dozens of thieves took their crossbows from their waists in unison, and with the sound of crossbows, the peasants fell down as if they were cutting grain. Those officials at the top are the first to bear the brunt.

It was not an ordinary thief who attacked, but Liu Chen's troops under Liu Xinda from Jiujiang. Although these people are not elite, they are also trained troops after all, and they have done a lot of such burning, killing and looting, and they are all murderous without blinking.

After all, the master who was hiding in the back was well-informed, and as soon as he saw that these thieves had actually used military crossbows, he immediately knew that something was not good, and without saying a word, he secretly stepped back, untied the reins of the horse, turned over on the horse, and whipped hard, and the horse neighed, and then rushed away, and in an instant, it disappeared into the night.

There were only a few dozen people in black, but at this moment, they were like killing gods, chopping melons and vegetables, and the peasants were cut down in pools of blood. Seeing that the situation was not good, the old man turned around and ran.

He had just run a dozen steps, and his heart suddenly cooled, and when he looked down, he saw a knife tip protruding from his chest, and with a strong force from his backhand, he staggered forward a few steps, and fell to the ground with his face down.

He looked up with all his might, looking in the direction of home.

The lights in the village were still on, but his vision was getting more and more blurred.

How so? Seeing that there is hope for the future, why is this like this?

With full of unwillingness, Gao Laohan was completely silent.

The black-clothed men followed the fleeing peasants into Gaojia Village.

Gaojia Village, which was originally peaceful and peaceful, became a Shura hell overnight.

When the sky was getting brighter, the entire Gaojia Village was almost dead. All the food was robbed, and everything of value in the house was also collected, not even iron tools such as iron pots, kitchen knives, hoes, etc. were not spared.

The women suffered even more, and most of them were killed with a knife after being humiliated. There were also some lucky people who survived, but they sat naked and stared blankly in the ruins, as if they were stupid.

A child's cry suddenly rang out.

It was the grandson of the old man, and when the robbers stormed the village to burn and loot, his mother put him in a bucket and hung him into a well in the backyard. Little did the sleeping child know that his mother, not far from the well, had been raped and killed by the robbers.

At this moment, he finally woke up.

His cry became the last wisp of life in the village.

Master Qian Liang quickly escaped all the way, and finally ran to De'an County when it was dark.

An hour later, an army of about 1,000 men was quickly assembled and marched in the direction of Gaojia Village, which was the unit of the Jiangxi Observation Envoy stationed in De'an, and the leader was a lieutenant named Lewen.

And in his team, a sentry officer named Gao Shiping was anxious at the moment, because the first person to be robbed was his hometown.

Lewen, who was walking on the road, kept receiving warning messages from all over the country, and the entire De'an County was looted by many bandits overnight.

He knew right away that something wasn't right.

This is no ordinary banditry, it is clearly an organized and planned act.

He immediately halted the group's advance.

"The whole army returns to the county seat!" He shouted.

In the vicinity of De'an, there are not many people who dare to do this, but Liu Xinda's department, which is entrenched in Jiujiang, is definitely one of them.

And if it is really Liu Xinda's person, it is definitely not something he can afford to provoke.