Chapter 21: Autumn Wind and Twilight Clouds

The fire in the cottage is everywhere, and it is a mess. This time the bandits came by coincidence, during the day all the hunters went up to the mountains to hunt, the village is some who do not know how to hunt, or just some lonely widows and weak, living and scattered, a few dare to resist, when they are on the bandit with a knife cut down to the ground, regardless of life or death. When the thieves arrived at Lao Zhengtou's house, they saw that in addition to the grass roots and tree bark, there was nothing that the thieves looked at, and they were in a bad mood all of a sudden, and the leading thieves hummed and scolded a few words, kicked Lao Zheng's head and left.

Waiting for the thieves to leave, listening to the sound of scolding outside, Lao Zheng Tou hurriedly came out of the house, looked around, and saw that the people near the left were all open doors, the urns in the house were overturned, and the people in the household were all stomping their feet at home and scolding the thieves who killed that day. There are even more people with strong temperaments, during the competition, they were hacked to death and slashed by bandits, Lao Zheng Tou hurriedly called a few neighbors to help, took out the medicine to stop bleeding and build muscles from home, and treated those injured from door to door. Although Lao Zheng Tou was rescued, there were still people in the village who were seriously injured and died, and some were killed on the spot. Today, Zhou Xing followed Gao Yuan and them up the mountain, leaving only the old lady in the house, who knew that the thieves broke into the house, Zhou Xing's old lady just stopped those thieves from turning around, and was stabbed to death by the thieves. There are also Gao Shouzhong, Gao Shouxiao's father, Wang San's eldest brother Wang Cang, Feng Jin's wife, Wang Zhong's sister-in-law, and the lonely old man Gao Jia. Zhou Fu's sister-in-law, Gao Xiaoqi's Hun family, and Zhang Niu's Hun family were all snatched away by the bandits.

After Lao Zheng Tou finished treating the injured in the village, he came to Pingshang, and the village experienced such a big movement, and everyone gathered here. Lao Zheng Tou looked at the crowd around him, and he didn't see Gao Yun'er alone, he went to Gao Yuan's house just now, except for the family's food silk and tiger skins were taken away, and he didn't find Gao Yun'er. Lao Zheng Tou hurriedly asked others, but said that he had not seen him. Old Zheng Tou hurriedly called the Master to look around.

At this time, it was getting late, and the fire in the cottage was particularly dazzling under the dim sunset. The people who went up to the mountains to hunt saw it from afar, and they all came back one after another. Seeing that the village was full of arson embers, and almost every house was open door-to-door, everyone in the village was full of grief and indignation. After asking, there was another bitter scolding, and there were dead and injured in the family, and there was a wail and pain. Zhou Xing is the most filial, and he usually doesn't hunt, but this time his wife saw that he had nothing to do at home, and urged him to follow Gao Yuan and others up the mountain, sell his strength, and get some prey. When he returned, he was already separated from heaven and man. How not to let him be grief-stricken? Gao Shouzhong and Gao Shouxiao listened to the people in the village vaguely and clearly, and hurriedly went to the house, and saw that the old father had been carried back to the bed in the house with the help of the neighbors.

The latest to come back is Gao Yuan, Zhou Nan and a group of people, this team, the family suffers the most, Zhou Xing is the most filial, usually does not hunt, but this time his wife saw that he was at home fine, urging him to follow Gao Yuan and others up the mountain, sell his strength, and get some prey. When he returned, he was already separated from heaven and man. How not to let him be grief-stricken? Gao Shouzhong and Gao Shouxiao are also crying. Zhou Fu's sister was robbed, Zhou Fu was holding a hunting crossbow in his hand, and he was already silent, so he didn't say a word.

These people are all ordinary blood and strength, young and vigorous, Gao Yuan is even more gritted teeth, Gao Yun'er is his sister who depends on each other, she was taken away by the bandits, and her family was looted by the bandits, there is no food to wear, and she will only freeze to death and starve to death if she spends the winter in the mountains. How could he endure it? He was also the leader of this group of young hunters, and in the past, everyone was headed by him, and Gao Yuan shouted to these hunters: "If you don't kill these thieves, how can the big husband stand in the world?" And stop crying, pick up the house, and follow me to kill these people. ”

Zhou Fu was the first to jump out and said, "I'll go!" Zhou Xing wiped the tears on his face and shouted, "I'll go too." Gao Shouzhong, Gao Shouxiao, Feng Jin, Gao Xiaoqi, Wang Zhong, Zhang Niu, etc., all shouted to kill the bandits to take revenge, and they all took knives, forks, arrows and crossbows, Gao Yuan was about to order to go, Zhou Nan held Gao Yuan's arm and said: "Brother Gao is slow, go like this, how can you kill the bandits?" Gao Yuan said angrily: "No, what else? Yun'er is usually not thin on you, but now Yun'er doesn't know her life and death, but you are so timid. ”

Zhou Nan knew that Gao Yuan cared about Gao Yun'er, and he was not angry, and said to Gao Yuan: "I, Zhou Nan, am not a cowardly person, and today I suffered this catastrophe in my village. This act of killing the bandits to take revenge must be counted as one of them. Gao Yuan heard Zhou Nan say this, his face turned a little pale, nodded, and said, "In this case, why do you want to stop us and others?" ”

Zhou Nan did not answer directly, but came to stand in the middle of the crowd, looked at the angry people one by one, and waited for everyone to look at him, before he said loudly: "My village is full of people, not like those outlaws, how can the lives of the people in my village be compared to those thieves?" We must take revenge, but we must not lose our lives. Therefore, this time to kill the thief, it is not to fight with the thief. ”

Seeing that everyone nodded in agreement, Zhou Nan continued: "The grass must be cut to the roots, and the evil must be eliminated." To kill yourself is to kill this group of thieves, but also to kill and kill everything. Zhou Nan finally said fiercely, "I should think of a safe way, we can't let these bandits find the cottage here in the future and seek revenge." Kill all the bandits and leave no trouble! ”

Gao Yuan's face suddenly turned black: This kid is more vicious than me.

"How can we cut the grass and eradicate the roots, there are only a few of us." Someone in the crowd asked.

Zhou Nan asked, "Have you forgotten that I was waiting to catch the boar alive?" ”

"Aren't the bandits a boar, will they burrow into our cage?" Gao Shouzhong asked.

Zhou Nandao: "I will have my own way then. Knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent from the ancient road can win all battles. But I don't know how far away is Wohu Mountain, where this gang of thieves set up, from my Gaojiazhai? How many thieves are there in the mountains? Have you ever robbed cottages in the past? ”

Someone in the crowd replied: "There was never half a thief in this Crouching Tiger Mountain in the past, and it was like my Gaojia Village, all of them were poor people looking for food on the mountain, and only half a year ago a group of thieves occupied the village, I heard that the two leaders were sworn brothers, gathered more than 200 people, robbed in all directions, asked for food and money, and the people in the original village on Wohu Mountain became the descendants of the bandits, and they had to support the bandits all day long. It's just that this Crouching Tiger Mountain is one hundred and eighty miles away from my Gaojiazhai, and I have never been here in the past. Zhou Nan nodded and said, "That's easy." Now I ask you to gather all the people of the village to come here and discuss something. Immediately someone ran and called for someone. After a quarter of an hour, the people from Gaojiazhai arrived one after another.

When he called people just now, Zhou Nan roughly told Gao Yuan what he thought. Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhou Nan stood in front of the people and said to the crowd: "My Gaojiazhai suffered this catastrophe, and half of it was because of me that the thieves came to find it." Everyone said: "It's no wonder Erlang." Zhou Nan said again: "Once the bandit comes, there will be a next time; If there is this class of bandits, there will be that class of bandits. Our ancestors have been here for decades, do you want us to give up this family business and find another place to live? ”

Gao Yuan shouted in the crowd: "Erlang Hugh wants to talk a lot, if you have any ideas, I will listen to them." Everyone also echoed: "Erlang is brave, I am convinced." ”

Zhou Nan saw that everyone said this, so he continued: "If your neighbors say this, it will be easy to do. One person is single, many people are powerful, I can't wait to set up a family protection club to protect my Gaojiazhai, I don't know what you think? ”