Shaping Town is located in the northernmost mountainous area of Lingshan County, Qinzhou Prefecture, separated from Lingshan County, and the land transportation is extremely inconvenient, but there is only a river between Hengxian County of Nanning Prefecture to the north, so the water transportation is relatively developed.

Every polder day, the people of Jiuzhou, Taiping, Yandun, Luwu and other towns in the surrounding Lingshan County have come to Shaping to catch the market, and gradually become the transit and distribution center of local agricultural and sideline products, handicraft products and daily necessities, it is a large town with a large population, although the outside world has long been full of smoke, the local people still live an ordinary and peaceful life, quite a bit of paradise taste.

There is indeed a manor in the south of Shaping Town, close to the Xijiang River, the manor is called "Swordsman Castle", and the owner of the manor is named Nangong Qiang, who is He Shouxin's quasi-father-in-law.

Nangong Qiang's ancestral home in Sichuan, is a martial arts family, his ancestors once served as a military officer in the imperial court, and later moved here to avoid disasters, because he often healed people because of his little understanding of medical skills, and was kind and kind and benevolent and won the love of the local people.

Later, Nangong Qiang's grandfather began to change his career, mainly doing silk and satin cloth business, and the family gradually prospered, and Nangong Qiang's generation was already the richest man in the local area.

Although the Nangong family has changed careers, they still practice martial arts for generations, and Nangong Qiang himself is also obsessed with swordsmanship, so the manor was renamed "Swordsman Castle".

In his early years, Nangong Qiang had many contacts with the famous Lian family in Guangxi, and because of his similar personality, he was good friends with He Yi, the shopkeeper of the Yixing Dart Bureau, and the two families often had contacts, and set a good relationship between Qin and Jin.

A year ago, He Yi had entrusted the media with a dowry, wanting to marry Nangong Qiang's only daughter Yanran into the family and marry He Shouxin, but due to the war, the marriage was delayed.

"Swordsman Fort" manor is actually a strong fortress-style village, Nangong Qiang's real home is in the center of Zhuangzi, is a three-entry mansion with a courtyard and a back garden facing north and south, and the mansion is surrounded by farmland in addition to the home where the tenants of the Nangong family, the family members and the men live.

Zhuangzi is surrounded by a wall-type walled wall, there is a main walled gate in the south of the wall, and there is a small walled gate in the west because it is close to the Xijiang wharf.

There are more than a dozen Zhuang guests in the village, there are more than 100 people in the family, and there are thousands of tenants of all ages, and the local power is not small, so although the mountains and forests around Shaping Town are rampant, the people in the town are rarely harassed, and even under the protection of the "Swordsman Castle", they have also formed a boat line and foot line, which is enough to compete with bandits from all walks of life.

This morning, suddenly there was a group of officers and soldiers were chased and killed by bandits, Nangong Qiang heard the news and quickly ordered the family Ding to welcome the official army into the village, and inquired that it was the Qinzhou garrison, and the thousand households that led the team were named Mo Yuanwei, and it turned out to be the nephew of the in-law He Yi.

As a result, there were many bandits, there were as many as five or six hundred people, regardless of the desperate attack on the village, the Zhuang family Ding was divided into defenses under the command of all the villagers, and at the end of the day, the bandits outside the village did not have the intention of retreating, they surrounded the Zhuangzi and lit torches to attack overnight.

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"Master Nangong Zhuang, it seems that this gang of bandits will not die endlessly, and they will not withdraw easily, this time it has affected Guizhuang, Mo is really ashamed."

Mo Yuanwei, who was standing on the wall of the wall and watching the bandit situation outside, said to Nangong Qiang beside him with a solemn face, he looked extremely tired after fighting for a day and night.

"What does Lord Mo say, protecting the territory and the people is not only a matter for the government, our local government should help each other, and Lord Mo does not have to be polite."

Nangong Qiang beside him is not tall and slightly thin, there is no wrinkle on his clear face, and his real age is only shown by a long beard under his chin, a pair of tiger eyes are shining, and an ivory hairpin is inserted in the bun without a crowned hat, wearing a gray wide-sleeved Taoist robe with fluttering clothes, and carrying a long sword with a sheath on his back.

"Dad, let's get something to eat?"

A crisp girl's voice came from under the wall behind him, it turned out to be Miss Yanran, the only daughter of the owner of Nangong Village, under the guidance of the maid Xiaocui carrying a lantern, brought someone to deliver the meal, Nangong Qiang just ordered someone to prepare a meal, and took turns to eat between the bandits' attack, and Miss Yanran actually brought someone to send it in person.

I saw that Miss Yanran under the firelight was wearing a moon-white smoke yarn pleated skirt, covered with a light blue silk embroidered sleeveless armor, her shoulders were draped with cloud hook pattern Ruyi cloud shoulders, a green silk was loosely held in a Lingxuan bun, a red gold plaque hairpin was tied on the hairpin, and a dark red eyebrow covering was tied on her forehead, which set off a white bun with a small face that was radiant, and a pair of beautiful eyes under her eyebrows were radiant, but there was a faint heroic spirit between the eyebrows......

It can be said: the slim jade tree stands in the wind, and the fragrant lotus belt is exposed, a good girl!

Miss Yanran was married to the young master of the He family when she was sixteen years old, and now she is eighteen years old after the New Year, although she is practicing Confucian etiquette, but because she was born in a martial arts family, she has also practiced some swordsmanship since she was a child, and she naturally has the heroic spirit of some children of the rivers and lakes, so she is also generous and does not twist and avoid people.

"Master Mo, go down and eat something, fill your stomach and have the strength to kill the enemy." Nangong Qiang beckoned Mo Yuanwei to come down to the wall to prepare for dinner.

Miss Yanran opened the food box and took out the food and put it on a small table by the wall, waiting for her father to eat, and assigned the rest of the food to be delivered to everyone on the wall.

"It seems that these bandits are also taking turns to eat, and it is estimated that they will attack again later, but unfortunately my men have been killed for a day and a night, and they can't run anymore, otherwise I will still break through the siege, and it will be a big deal to fight with them, and it will save you from burdening your village."

Mo Yuanwei picked up the rice bowl and sighed softly.

"If you want to talk about being involved, isn't this already involved? It seems that I can't get out of it anymore, but," Nangong Qiang smiled slightly and said:

"There are more than 200 people in our two groups together, it is indeed a little insufficient to exterminate them, but there is still more than enough self-preservation, don't look at their numbers, they are just a rabble, Lord Mo doesn't have to worry, as long as we work together and cooperate well, it is not difficult for this Zhuangzi to guard him for ten days and a half months."

"Dad, if the situation is critical, Xiaocui and I can also go into battle." Miss Yanran next to her said softly.

"That's not necessary, it's not time for my daughter to make a move, you still help my father manage the logistics and ensure everyone's food, and the war is about my father."

Nangong Qiang said to his daughter with a loving smile.

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At this moment, everyone in the village is facing danger but is calm, but there is a person outside the village who is furious, this person is the self-proclaimed king of Jinguang in the Black Wind Village of Monk Ling - Jin Guanglang.

Jin Guanglang said that he was a bandit, but in fact, he was a scholar who failed to make the list, and he was angry because he failed several township exams, and his family was in the middle of the road, and there was no source of livelihood at home, and he was depressed and boring since the death of his parents, and the boss was not small but he couldn't even marry a wife.

It happened that the clan brothers Jin Er and Jin San pulled up the pole and went up the mountain to become bandits, and they were bullied by other handmaidens because of their courage and unscrupulousness, so they went down the mountain several times to invite the scholar Jin Guanglang to join the gang.

Although the two brothers have good strength, they don't have much knowledge, let alone any strategy, Jin Er is full of flesh and has a body of martial arts, and Jin San is a demented man, except for fighting and killing, he has no brains at all.

And Jin Guanglang said that he couldn't fight, but he was quite scheming, since Jin Guanglang joined the gang, he slowly won the top spot in the cottage and became a big boss, and the two fools were also very convinced of him, and he was the only one who looked forward to the big and small affairs.

Other bandits robbed money, grain, and women, and didn't care about morality at all, but Jin Guanglang imitated Liangshan and Song Jiang's set, played the banner of "walking for the sky", claimed to be King Jinguang, and named Jin Er and Jin San as General Jianwei and General Zhenwei respectively, and the rest of the small leaders also had their own titles, and robbed the gentry and wealthy businessmen on weekdays and repeatedly opposed the officials and soldiers, but rarely touched the mountain people in the surrounding villages.

After years of painstaking management, Jin Guanglang developed the cottage to more than 300 people, and even surrendered many cottages in the vicinity after a few battles, and several locks listened to his orders.