Chapter 33: The Five Grains Sect

After saying goodbye to Jiang Ruyue, An Yi took An Xin, Jin Mingyin, Lin Muzhi and his brothers out of Chengdu County and went straight to Songling Village.

Out of the city gate, you can faintly see the mountains in the distance, and the Qingshui River, which winds from the corner of Jiulong Mountain, reflects each other, forming a natural scene.

Sitting comfortably on the horse, walking in the middle of the team, looking at the pleasant green mountains and green waters outside the city, I suddenly felt relaxed and happy.

"Help! Help me! ”

Walking in front of the procession, and the comfort of immediately closing eyes and enjoying the natural scenery was interrupted by a shout.

He opened his eyes and shouted towards him, and in the distance a young man in ragged clothes was galloping desperately in their direction, followed by two brown horses, and immediately two men dressed in short robes, wielding large knives in their hands, chasing him.

Seeing this, An Yi hurriedly made a gesture towards Lin Muzhi on the side, Lin Muzhi instructed, stepped forward and shouted: "Who are you going!" ”

When the young man saw Lin Muzhi rushing forward, he hurriedly stumbled in front of Lin Muzhi's horse, and said breathlessly: "The little one... The small people of Songling Village, who were ... Chased by them.. Catch up, adults help. ”

The two big men on the horses who were chasing after him also reined in the horses' hooves when they saw An Yi and the others, and shouted at Lin Muzhi: "Wugu teaches to do things, and irrelevant people are all out of the way for Lao Tzu." ”

An Yi didn't understand what the Five Grain Sect was that these two people were talking about, but when he heard this young man say that he was from Songling Village, he had the heart to save him, after all, it was the place where he was going to be stationed, so he arched his hand to the two big men and said: "In Xiahuayang County, I don't know why the two of you are chasing him?" ”

One of the black-faced men didn't answer, holding a half-human-high mace, and rushed straight towards Lin Muzhi. That Lin Muzhi is not so good, and he took the golden knife of the carved dragon nine rings before taking the horse.

"Bang~"

With just one face, Lin Muzhi slashed the golden knife in his hand with the help of the impact of the horse under his crotch, and directly cut the mace that intended to set up a block into two pieces, and the black-faced man on the horse was also slashed under the horse with this full of power.

Another man, seeing that his companion had been killed, hurriedly turned his horse's head and prepared to turn and flee.

"Poof!"

Before he could turn around, a short arrow flew out from behind An Yi, piercing his chest, he looked at the red on his chest, tilted his head, and fell off the horse unwillingly, lifeless.

Jin Mingyin, who was behind him, put away the short crossbow and rode to the young man with An Yi,

"You just said you were from Songling Village? Why are they chasing you? ”

The panting young man gradually calmed down his breath, arched his hand towards An Yi, thanked him for saving his life, and then replied: "My lord, I am Meng Qi from Songling Village, these people are Wugu Sect people, and they came to the village today to collect the regular grain. This year's harvest in the village was not good, and there was no surplus grain for them, so they looted and beat them one by one. ”

After hearing this, An Yi frowned and said, "What kind of organization is this Upper Five Grain Sect?" Why did they confiscate the villagers' grain? Does the government in Chengdu care? ”

The young man smiled bitterly a few times and said, "The government has long been fed with silver by the Five Grain Sect, and even the guard post where it is stationed has turned a blind eye, and no one in the nearby villages is allowed to pay grain to the Five Grain Sect. ”

An Yixin said that he dared to grab food under his nose in broad daylight, and there was really no royal law. He pointed in the direction in front of him and said angrily: "Where is the Five Grain Sect, it is a group of bandits. I can't take care of other villages, and I can't mess with Lao Tzu. How far is it from your village, and are they still in the village? ”

The young man hurriedly replied, "Not far away, only three miles away, and they are still plundering from house to house in the village. ”

An Yi said to Lin Muzhi and Jin Mingyin: "Brother Lin, you come with the brothers as soon as possible, and Mingyin will take a few militiamen on fast horses and take a short crossbow and go with me first." ”

"Drive!"

A group of people followed An Yi towards Songling Village.

Pine Ridge Village

More than a dozen congregants, all dressed in gray short cloth clothes, holding wooden sticks in their hands, and some of them were holding woodcutters that had been rolled up, and they went from house to house in Songling Village to loot property. Many villagers were beaten on the head and bled and lay on the ground, while others cried and poured buckets on the roofs of their houses to extinguish the fires lit by the congregants.

The leader was dressed in a yellow gossip robe, with a few strands of beard on his lean chin, and a dirty whisk in his hand, standing aside, shouting at those sect members in his mouth, giving orders,

"Bring me all this rice back, yes! And that woman, also brought it back to me, and if she couldn't pay the regular food, she used her daughter to pay off the debt! ”

The old man held his left hand behind his back and his right hand on his beard, and seemed to be very satisfied with today's results.

"Stop it!"

A loud shout came from behind the old man,

When Lao Dao heard this, he turned around and looked over, and saw a group of horses standing at the entrance of the village, led by a tall man, dressed in a plain brocade robe, standing on a horse, pointing at him with a horsewhip, and beside him was Meng Qi, who had just run out of the village.

This should be the rescuer called by this kid, Kuroko and the two of them? Let them take out? It's really two useless things, you can't do anything, Lao Dao thought about it and spat on the ground, and said to An Yi: "I don't know who Your Excellency is, the head of the Poor Dao Five Grains Sect Izumo Dao, you tell the poor Dao to stop, and report a name first." ”

An Yi looked at the devastation in this village, how could he have the heart to tell him these crepes, he pointed forward with his hand, turned around and said: "Ming Yin, take your people and kill these robbers who rob the villagers for me!" ”

Jin Mingyin led the order, took a few militiamen, rode fast horses, and held short crossbows in their hands, rushed into the village and faced those looting sect members is a rain of arrows, and before they could react, seven or eight people were already nailed to the ground.

The other sect members heard the shouts of their companions, turned their heads to look, and saw a few people standing in the village with crossbow arrows on the horse, constantly shooting cold rays at them, and they threw the looted property in their hands to the ground, picked up knives, guns, sticks, and screamed towards Jin Mingyin and the others.

Jin Mingyin didn't panic, he motioned to a few militiamen to form a small circle with the horse's head facing outward, and when the sect members with knives and sticks got closer and closer,

"Put!"

As soon as he gave the order, several trained militiamen slammed their motives, and the few cultists who rushed closer were directly taken three or five paces away by the raindrop-like short arrows, lying on the ground, lifeless.

The rest of the sect members looked at the situation and knew that the short crossbows in the hands of the few people on this horse were powerful, so they dared to lean up, dragging the crossbow arrows more or less inserted in their bodies one by one, and ran towards the old road.

"You... What the hell are you.. Who are you? ”

Lao Dao looked at this situation and realized the seriousness of the situation, the brocade-robed young man led by him seemed to be harmless to humans and animals, but he didn't expect to kill them without saying a word.

An Yi was expressionless, and looked at him coldly: "Huayang County group training, Anyi!" Ordered to garrison Songling Village and suppress bandits! ”

The old Taoist thought that An Yi was a passing merchant, and he brought his own guards to meddle in things, but who knew that it was actually a group training.

He shook towards An Yi and said, "I don't know if it's the group training envoy who was angry with the sect members who pursued just now, my lord, I will make amends for them, our Five Grain Sect also routinely collects grain, why should your lord do this." ”

Lao Daoxin said that since he was a regimental training envoy, he was also a person in the officialdom, and he had to give them the Wugu Sect to divide their own thin noodles, so he was afraid that Anyi would not hear it clearly, and he also deliberately emphasized the three words of the Wugu Sect.

An Yi was already angry, but Lao Dao made him even more angry this time, he said with a pale face: "I don't care what kind of grain sect you are or not, burning, killing and looting in the place where I am stationed is a traitor, Ming Yin, do it!" ”

Jin Mingyin and the others, who were chasing after him, were ordered, and raised their short crossbows to the sect members who were surrounded in the middle.

"Your Excellency... My lord..... We... Spare your life.. Great..."

"Whoosh~"

A branch of cold light passed through their bodies, leaving blood holes in their bodies, and then they were deeply rooted in the ground. Lao Dao and several other sect members were lying in pools of blood, silent.

"Brother An."

Lin Muzhi's voice came from behind, he rode to An Yi's side, and when he saw a few people on the ground who had lost their breath, he asked in surprise: "Is this ..... This is? ”

An Yi turned his head to look at him and said, "You came just in time, I'll tell you more when I go back, first take the brothers to the village to put out the fire and appease the villagers." ”

Lin Muzhi nodded, beckoned to the people and horses who followed behind, and ran to the village.

Beside An Yi, Meng Qi, who was riding on a horse, turned over and dismounted, came to his horse's hooves and bowed his head, and said to An Yi on the horse: "Xiaomin has thanked the adults for saving their lives for themselves and for the fathers of Songling Village!" ”

Seeing this, An Yi hurriedly motioned to Jin Mingyin on the side to help him up, and said: "Hurry up, An Yi is a party stationed in the regiment to practice, and it is the duty to protect the territory and the people, so there is no need for such courtesy." ”

Jin Mingyin helped Meng Qi, who was worshipping on the ground, to pick him up, and Meng Qi took the reins of the comfortable horse and said, "I'll lead you into the village." With that, he took the horse under An Yi's crotch and walked towards Songling Village.

Lin Muzhi led people to gradually control the fire in the village, while An Xin helped the injured villagers with simple bandaging and treatment. The villagers learned that it was the new group training envoy who saved everyone, and they gathered at the entrance of the village one after another, watching the comfort of sitting on the horse led by Meng Qi.

An Yi came to the entrance of the village, turned over and dismounted, made a gesture to the villagers, and said loudly: "In Xiahuayang County, the regiment trained to make An Yi, and was ordered to garrison Songling Village. ”

The villagers stood at the entrance of the village in black pressure, all looking at An Yi with expressionless faces, and did not respond.

The opening remarks did not get an echo, which made An Yi a little embarrassed, and he planned to find the patriarch first to understand the local situation, so he asked the villagers: "May I ask which is the patriarch of your village?" ”

After a while, an old man walked out of the crowd tremblingly, pointed to a corpse on the ground at the entrance of the village, and replied, "If you go back to your lordship, the patriarch has been beaten to death by the people of the Wugu Sect. ”

An Yixin said that this is terrible, generally the most familiar with the situation of the village, including population, grain, and men, is the patriarch, and this patriarch has some things that will be a little troublesome if they are counted again.