Chapter 388: Maojia Village
Early the next morning, Mao Wenlong was ready to go, and King Fu also led his subordinates to wait at the gate of Mao's mansion. He had already had an agreement with Mao Wenlong before, and no one knew about the content of the agreement except for the two of them.
Mao Wenlong finally failed to convince Hong Chengchou, and at his strong request, he arranged for 3,000 secret guards to protect the safety of Mao Wenlong and his party this time.
And this time accompanied by Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan, Chen Lan's hometown is also in Zhejiang, she has been abducted and sold for four years, this time it is rare to have the opportunity to go back, she is still quite excited.
As for Hong Ziyan, she is just a simple companion, she has no purpose, except to be a distraction, which is to accompany Chen Lan on this journey.
Because of the guarantee of King Fu, Mao Wenlong understood that the safety of this trip was completely guaranteed, so he did not refuse Chen Lan and Hong Ziyan to follow.
"Please, if there is anything urgent, you can report to me immediately with a hot air balloon." Mao Wenlong smiled and said goodbye to Hong Chengchou.
"Take care of your safety, I will take care of things at home, no need to worry." Although Hong Chengchou knew that Mao Wenlong had an agreement with that Fu King, he still couldn't rest assured.
Mao Wenlong nodded after hearing this, said no more, hugged his fists and said goodbye, and walked out of the house with his second daughter. Hong Chengchou followed closely behind and sent him to the outside of the mansion, watching Mao Wenlong and the Fu King slowly leave in the same carriage, his eyes were full of worry.
The three thousand secret guards are indeed very powerful, these people are specially trained dead guards, and the reason why they are alive is to ensure the safety of Mao Wenlong. It stands to reason that with their guards, Hong Chengchou should be relieved, but he is still uneasy.
After thinking about it, Hong Chengchou suddenly turned around and quickly ran to the military camp in the city, he found Chen Jisheng and Xu Fuzuo, and asked the two to immediately lead the cavalry battalion to escort them.
Chen Jisheng and Xu Fuzuo originally wanted to go with Mao Wenlong, but they couldn't find an excuse. Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou took the initiative to mention it, there was nothing to hesitate, the two laughed and promised to bring everyone back safely, and then gathered three thousand guards to chase after Mao Wenlong.
After King Fu learned that Mao Wenlong's people were in Zhejiang, he had already sent people back to make arrangements first, so as not to see his people being treated unfairly before Mao Wenlong arrived.
Judging from Mao Wenlong's attention to the clansmen, King Fu did not dare to underestimate any details at all. And Mao Wenlong's strength also gave him an in-depth understanding, and he really can't afford to offend such a person at present.
In order to prevent Mao Wenlong from having the possibility of going crazy in Zhejiang, he must make all preparations before a rainy day, and the focus of all this is Mao Wenlong's people.
In the upper reaches of the Qiantang River in Qiantang County, there is a small village that has just been built, which is definitely a poor countryside and a place of bad water. The small village is located on a hill and is surrounded by low-lying mires, wilderness far and near, and there are hardly any crops to be seen.
The only way out of the village is the embankment of the Qiantang River, which has been in disrepair for a long time and has a winding path that leads to the hill of the small village.
There were only a dozen dilapidated straw huts in the village, and in front of the village there was a small clearing where a dozen children were playing, and a few old women with vicissitudes of life were watching.
There was no movement in the village except for the sound of children playing, and if it weren't for the poor mountains and rivers around it, it would be a good place to escape from the world.
Maojia Village, here is the place where the Mao family was forced to move out of the city and came here to steal their lives.
In the quiet village, there was a sudden panicked roar: "There is a team of horses, hide all the children quickly." ”
As soon as the roar sounded, the old women picked up the children and hurried to the back of the village.
An old man rushed out of the thatched hut in the middle with a hoe in his hand. He was followed by a dozen or so old men, all over half a hundred years old, and two girls dressed as men were about thirteen years old, mixed in the middle of a pile of old men, their scythes in their hands, their little faces full of nervous and curious looks, and from time to time tiptoe to look at the only path outside the village.
A man about forty years old hurriedly came to the front of the old man and said nervously: "Fourth uncle, there is a group of officers and soldiers in the distance in front of us who are rushing towards us quickly. ”
The man headed by him is Mao Bowen's younger brother, the fourth oldest in the family, and he is also currently temporarily leading the position of patriarch, he frowned and scolded angrily: "Damn the government, are you still refusing to let go of our Mao clan?" ”
The Mao clan has fallen to the point where it has now, and there is nothing left, at least on the surface. All the industries in the city have been occupied, and even the ancestral industry has not been spared, and there is also no dime left in the thousands of fertile fields.
The strong men in the clan, including the slightly older children, caught and sold, now there are more than a dozen children left in the clan, as well as their dozen old men and old women. But these heavenly officers and soldiers still refuse to let them go, and still want to kill them all.
The fourth uncle suddenly became very resolute, the hoe in his hand slammed on the ground, and said loudly: "If the officers and soldiers come and still force us, everyone will fight with them." Even if the people of the Mao clan are destroyed, they can't die on their knees, even if we die, we have to stand up and pull a few backs! ”
"Fight with them!" The other clansmen listened to the words of the fourth uncle and became excited.
Indeed, this is how the Mao family has endured it, and they have been forced to this point. And there is no room for them to tolerate it anymore, and if they continue like this, the Mao clan will not be able to exchange for any vitality, and what awaits them will be a darker tomorrow.
The sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, carrying billowing smoke and dust and soon arrived at the gate of the village, led by more than thirty war horses, and the knights on it were all covered in armor and had machetes pinned to their waists, which were majestic.
And behind these knights was a carriage, and a man who looked like a general knelt in front of the carriage on one leg and didn't know what he was talking about? Soon after, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and an old man dressed as a butler stepped out of the carriage first, then turned around and helped a rich middle-aged man to get out of the carriage.
"Master, we have arrived, this is Maojia Village." The butler whispered in the ear of the rich middle-aged man.
"This is Maojia Village, and it is indeed dilapidated enough." The middle-aged man known as the old man looked around, and then muttered.