"Childe..."

Zhu Wanying said shyly.

When Zhang Rui said this, Zhu Wanying's face turned even redder. obviously felt that her cheeks were hot, and she buried her head low, for fear of being seen by others.

"Haha... I'm not kidding you anymore. Zhang Rui looked at Zhu Wanying's appearance and was very happy in his heart, and couldn't help laughing happily.

"Isn't your house not far ahead, anyway, we are on the same road, and we will be on your side in a while, you can get a few good dishes and invite me to eat."

"Yes, naturally." Zhu Wanying raised her head, looked at Zhang Rui in disbelief and replied.

Because the bandits were eager to chase Zhu Wanying, the three dart masters and two family members who guarded Zhu Wanying this time had not yet had time to be ruthlessly attacked by the bandits, and after being treated by the medical staff of the bandit army, they could be regarded as rescued.

With the departure of Zhang Rui and others, the matter finally came to an end. Although the person was rescued, it was indispensable for Zhu Wanying to give the money to recuperate the injury.

Escorted by a large group of bandits, Zhu Wanying really felt an incomparable sense of security at this time. Along the way, Zhu Wanying chatted with Zhang Rui too little.

The two unconsciously chatted and found that they had many views on each other that were so consistent, and they always felt like they were late at night.

At dusk, the sun sets.

The sun, in its best efforts, brought the last light to the earth, and the slanting sun shone on the human body, pulling the figure into melancholy.

Finally, before the sky completely darkened, Zhang Rui and the others came to Zhujia Town.

Zhujia Town is a large town with more than 200 households, and its history is said to date back to the Song Dynasty. Zhu Wanying's family originally lived in Yueyang City, but later moved back to Zhujia Town to avoid the military disaster.

"Bell, bell..."

A short and rapid gong sound resounded throughout Zhujia Town.

The arrival of only a dozen or so scouts of the bandit army who were exploring the way ahead really scared the people of the entire Zhujia Town half to death.

The sound of the golden gong of the early warning was loud, and the people in the town all thought that the town was about to be robbed, and the entire Zhujia Town fell into a state of chickens and dogs in an instant. The mayor of the town, the chief A, the chief A, and all the major households came out to inquire about the situation.

Zhujia Town, Zhenkou archway.

At this time, the commanders of the town are constantly leading the "good people" (1) with various weapons in their hands to rush to support.

"Mayor Zhu, are you here?" General Jia Li Yuyu said with a fist at Zhu Yuanyu.

"Mr. Li, how are things? Who are these guys? Zhu Yuanyu Shili asked.

Because the prefect's yamen considers its own safety issues, every time the position of the chief A is selected, Zhujiazhen uses a person with a foreign surname to make the general a. In case of rebellion in the town, the government could not know in time.

"The person who came said that he was a bandit army, passing by here, it is not clear whether it is or not. Since we took the lead in blocking the entrance to the town, the other side did not look like attacking, so it was estimated that we were waiting for someone. Li Yuyu looked at the scouts of the bandit army who were waiting outside the entrance of the town, shook the braids on his head and said to Zhu Yuanyu:

"However, although the other party is not many in number, they are all strong and murderous. With people like us, it is estimated that it is not enough for the dozen or so cavalry on the opposite side to be crushed in one face. I mean, let everyone get together some money and send them away. ”

"Money is a natural thing, but you still have to figure out what the situation is. Mr. Li, could you please send someone over to find out? Zhu Yuanyu said with his fists clenched again.

"This is natural, but Mayor Zhu still wants to prepare the silver, and I can send someone over to talk." Li Yuyu replied.

Although Li Yuyu has been mentioning silver, Zhu Yuanyu is not worried at all that Li Yuyu dares to be greedy for such silver. On the contrary, Zhu Yuanyu also hoped that Li Yuyu would be greedy for ink. This general A is always made by someone with a foreign surname, which really makes Zhu Yuanyu unwilling.

After a while

After Zhu Yuanyu's various "moving in love, knowing and reasoning", more than a dozen big households can only complain about breaking their wealth and preventing disasters. Coupled with the half tael of silver that Zhu Yuanyu privately decided to collect from each household in the town, a total of nearly 3,500 silver was raised.

According to Zhu Yuanyu's meaning, more than 3,000 taels of silver is enough to send these dozen or so cavalrymen.

However, before Zhu Yuanyu had time to inform Li Yuyu, he saw a brigade of "bandits" suddenly appear in front of him. Each rode a horse, and the elite killing aura was far better than the dozen or so elites just now.

The sound of many horses stomping was so loud.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanyu had no doubt at all that the other side was the bandit army. Whether it is a bandit or a horse bandit, there will definitely be no such elite people.

Seeing such elite soldiers and horses, and then thinking of seeing the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, Zhu Yuanyu also understood why the bandit army was able to defeat the imperial court all the way, because there was no way to compare the two.

Zhu Yuanyu felt that his body was trembling involuntarily at this time, he was very annoyed, how dare he block the bandit army from the town?

With his knowledge of the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. If you dare to make them unhappy and find a reason to slaughter the entire Zhujia Town, they will not only be without fault, but will also have merit.

The successive arrival of the bandit suppression army made all the people at the entrance of Zhujia Town tremble. There is a shortage of horses in the south, so many horse teams, where have they seen this battle?

"Newspaper... Leader, there are villagers blocking the road at the entrance of Zhujia Town, do you want to disperse them? "Scout company commander Kong Fanghui came over to Zhang Rui to report.

"So? Li Yilu, Qin Liqi. Zhang Rui shouted.

"The subordinates are here."

The two who heard Zhang Rui's shouting immediately replied and came to salute in front of Zhang Rui.

"The two of you go with Company Commander Kong to take a look and deal with it." Zhang Rui commanded.

"Yes, subordinates obey orders."

Looking at the sky that had gradually darkened, Zhang Rui ordered again: "It's getting late today, everyone camps and rests on the spot." ”

"Yes..."

When all the bandit armies began to stop and set up camp, Kong Fanghui and others went to the archway at the entrance of the town.

Zhu Yuanyu and the others were waiting in fear and anxiety at this time, and when they saw the arrival of the three people, as the mayor of the town, they could only step forward and ask first: "I am Zhu Yuanyu, the mayor of Zhujia Town, and this is Jia Li, the general manager of Zhujia Town, dare to ask what is the position of Shangguan?" ”

Zhu Yuanyu's question made Qin Liqi and the others stunned for a moment, and then heard Qin Liqi reply: "I am Qin Liqi of the bandit suppression army camp, this is Li Yilu, the commander of the bandit army, and this is Kong Fanghui, the company commander of the bandit army. ”

"I've seen Shangguan."

After hearing Qin Liqi's words, Zhu Yuanyu didn't think much about it, and hurriedly knelt down with Li Yuyu to pay homage.

At the entrance of the archway, those "good people" who came to support and held weapons also knelt on the ground with Zhu Yuanyu and others when they saw this.

Note (1): The Manchu Qing Dynasty considered the problem of bandits, and those who were jointly approved by the ten families could be called good citizens. Good citizens can have weapons.