Two days later, Huaxing led the people to the foot of the Yuanyuan Mountain.

Standing at the entrance of the village, looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Huaxing suddenly had a feeling of "going home".

Although he had lived here for more than a month before, for some reason Huaxing had a different emotion for this small village, and he liked this place from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing Huaxing standing motionless at the entrance of the village, Tang Sheng took small steps to his side: "General, shall we enter the village now?" ”

After pondering for a moment, he saw Hua Xing shaking his head and replying:

"There are about 100 people in this village, and I'm afraid we won't have a place to live if we go in like this. Otherwise, you let the soldiers camp outside the village to rest, and I'll talk to the village chief to see if there is a place to settle us, and you wait for my news here. ”

After speaking, Huaxing left Tang Sheng and six hundred soldiers outside the village, and walked to the village on foot with only Zhang Liao.

Walking on the village path, Hua Xing couldn't help but think of the greedy Hua Tuo and the brutal Dong Bai.

I don't know if the two of them are still in the village, what their situation is now, and whether Dong Bai's illness has been cured.

Thinking of this, a flash of expectation flashed in Hua Xing's eyes, and he didn't feel a little faster under his feet.

However, after walking for two or three minutes, Huaxing suddenly felt that something was not right.

Today's village is very quiet, not only is there no sound of people, but he does not even hear the roosters barking and the dogs barking.

Zhang Liao, who was following behind Huaxing, also felt very strange, and couldn't help asking:

"Master, are you sure there are more than 100 people in this village? Why didn't we see any of us after walking for a long time? ”

Although the population of Luoyuan Village is not large, it was still quite lively in Huaxing's memory, and it stands to reason that it should not be so deserted this morning, Huaxing's face also showed a look of doubt:

"It wasn't like this before, could something happen......

Speaking of this, he saw Hua Xing frowning worriedly, his feet picked up again, and he walked quickly towards his residence.

"Hua Lao? Miss Dong? Are you there? ”

Standing outside the door of the residence, Hua Xing tried to call twice.

Seeing that no one responded, Hua Xingcai raised his hand and pushed the door open, and his mood suddenly sank.

The scene inside the house can be described as a mess, and many furniture have fallen to the ground.

No trace of Dong Bai and Hua Tuo was found in either the inner room or the outer room, and the herbs, pots and bowls, and sundries were thrown to the ground, and they were obviously looted.

Seeing this scene, the worried look on Hua Xing's face was a little heavier than just now.

With Zhang Liao hurriedly ran out of the house, searching aimlessly on the street.

"Hua Lao! Miss Dong! Are you there? ”

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"It's me! I'm Huaxing! I am back! Are you still here? ”

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"Hey! Is there anyone else in the village? What the hell is going on? ”

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Huaxing ran and shouted all the way, his voice was almost hoarse, but no one responded.

It wasn't until he and Zhang Liao came to a wheat field in the west of the village that Hua Xing faintly heard an old man's voice coming from the haystack not far away:

"Yes, Huaxing is back?"

As soon as he heard that someone finally spoke, Hua Xing ran to the haystack like a hungry cat seeing a mouse, and quickly helped out the old man hiding under the thatch with an anxious face.

This old man was nearly sixty years old, wearing a dark gray robe, gray hair, haggard face, a black cloth belt tied around his waist, and a brown wooden cane in his hand.

"Village Chief Yong? How did you hide here? ”

After confirming with his own eyes that the person who came was Huaxing, who had left two months ago, Yong Xingwang breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted at the wheat field behind him while beating on his crutches:

"It's your own person, you don't have to hide."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw many figures whirring out of the wheat field, not to mention sixty or seventy people.

As far as the eye can see, some of these people are hiding in the fields, some in haystacks, some in trees, and some in wells...... It felt like watching a tunnel battle, no wonder no one in the village could be found, it turned out that everyone was hiding here.

After everyone appeared, the elderly Yong Xingwang held Huaxing's forearm and preached with a sad face:

"Alas! Recently, there have been robbers in the village, and the three dogs who were in charge of letting off the wind just now told us that someone had entered the village, and we thought that another thief was coming, so we hurriedly hid here. I didn't expect it to be Huaxing, you came back, hehe, misunderstanding, misunderstanding. It's good that you can come back, there is a shortage of strong men like you in our village......"

Knowing that everyone was hiding here to avoid the bandits, Hua Xing and Zhang Liao nodded one after another.

But after sweeping around the crowd, Hua Xing still couldn't find Dong Bai and Hua Tuo, so he frowned again and asked:

"Village chief, where are the benevolent and Hua Laozang? Why didn't I see them? ”

Hearing the word "cheap", Zhang Liao, who was standing on the side, was stunned.

He only knew that Huaxing and Diao Chan were a little tired before, but he didn't expect Huaxing to have another wife here, which surprised him.

But in front of the village chief, Zhang Liao definitely wouldn't say much, so he could only hold it in his heart and prepare to ask later.

Hearing Hua Xing ask about this, Yong Xingwang's face immediately welled up with guilt, and he sighed deeply while beating on his crutches:

"Alas! Ling's wife and Hua Lao are not here. They, they've all been caught by thieves! ”

"What!"

Hearing the news, Huaxing was first startled and stunned like wood.

But he soon came back to his senses, and hurriedly pulled the village chief to ask about the details, and his tone unconsciously rose a little:

"When was it? Who did it? Where were they taken? ”

When he spoke, Huaxing not only looked anxious, his eyes showed anger, but he even clenched his fists together, obviously very angry.

Seeing this, Yong Xingwang could only sigh helplessly, lowered his head and replied:

"Alas! Since you left, the thieves have been here four times. The first three times came during the day, and we avoided them. But the last time, that is, last night, they suddenly changed their strategy and changed to a late-night sneak attack. Because there was no one outside the village at night, everyone didn't know about it, so his wife and Hua Lao were caught by the other party. ”

"So, they were caught last night?"

After nodding regretfully, he listened to Yong Xingwang and continued:

"That's right! As soon as these bandits entered the village, they wounded eight or nine of our men. After that, not only Ling's wife, but also a total of twenty-three young female dependents were taken captive. Hua Lao was arrested by the other party in order to protect his wife. Alas! I'm afraid that by this time, they have already been poisoned! ”

After hearing the words "poisoned", Huaxing couldn't hold back the anger in his heart anymore!

I saw him stomp his foot fiercely, and even the injury in his chest was shocked to a faint pain, and he scolded with gnashing teeth:

"Brute! What a bunch of brutes who bully the weak and are afraid of the hard! I know how to attack the people and women! Village chief, tell me quickly, where are these thieves hiding at the moment? ”

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