Chapter 107: Mountain Village

Almighty Cultivation Supreme

The dagger was on his neck, and the old patriarch's face turned white, and he didn't dare to speak or move.

Hu Guiyang said to Gao Xiaoliu, who was also stunned: "Lead the way ahead." ā€

Gao Xiaoliu was furious, "Hu Guiyang, why are you ......?"

"What's wrong with me?"

"You, you...... Get the dagger away! Gao Xiaoliu clenched his fists, but he didn't dare to really step forward, "We treat you well, there is wine and meat every day, you said you wanted to see the patriarch, I trusted you, so I invited the patriarch to ......"

"How did I get here?" Hu Guiyang asked, the dagger in the middle did not loosen at all, and the old patriarch tilted his neck, also not moving, and did not even dare to open his mouth.

"You are ......" Gao Xiaoliu's face was red, half because of anger, half because of shame.

Hu Guiyang was kidnapped after being stunned, and after getting along for a long time, Gao Xiaoliu had long forgotten about it, and now that it was brought up, he had nothing to say, "You, what do you want to do?" ā€

"I said it, lead the way."

Gao Xiaoliu looked at the rope bridge, "The general strictly ordered that you are not allowed to go out for half a step." ā€

"Is the general important, or is the third master important?"

Gao Xiaoliu was asked again, and after weighing it again, he had to walk towards the rope bridge, and said angrily: "Hu Guiyang, if you dare to hurt the third master, our whole village will not be able to spare you." ā€

"As long as you are willing to be obedient, I promise to give you a complete third master." Hu Guiyang gently pushed, "Third Master, let's go, slow down, be careful of the stones under your feet, let's not rush." ā€

The old patriarch trembled and moved forward slightly.

The rope bridge was unstable, Hu Guiyang moved the dagger slightly, and the other firmly grabbed the old patriarch's arm, stopped step by step, and finally crossed the bridge safely.

For the first time in nearly a month, Hu Guiyang left that small mountain, and although there was no change under his feet, he still let out a long breath and sighed: "I am finally free." ā€

He is free, but another person is not free, the old patriarch was silent for a long time, and then he said: "Hu Guanren ......"

"The third master is polite, I'm not an 'official', just call me Hu Guiyang."

The old patriarch hesitated for a long time and said, "Hu Guiyang, I killed all the pigs in my family so that you can eat meat every day." ā€

"Thank you, when I leave, I will leave you silver, is ten taels enough?"

"It has nothing to do with silver, we don't need silver here, that ......"

Hu Guiyang gently patted the old patriarch's shoulder, and moved the dagger away a little more, "Compare your heart to your heart, you are kind, I am also kind, as long as everyone cooperates, I will never hurt you." ā€

The old patriarch choked up and said, "I have two sons, three daughters, three grandchildren, two granddaughters, four grandsons, two granddaughters, a large family, all of whom need to be taken care of by me......"

"You can see that the burden on your shoulders is not light." Hu Guiyang pushed the old patriarch forward slowly.

Gao Xiaoliu led the way in front, and after walking a few steps, he looked back, gritted his teeth for a while, and tears for a while, Hu Guiyang's move made him very embarrassed.

The path zigzags down and down, not far away, turn back and can no longer see the "General's Mansion", the road is getting smoother and smoother, fields begin to appear on both sides, it is almost noon, no one is working in the fields, only a few children are herding cattle, the sound of frolicking comes from afar, but you can't see where people are.

Walking out of three or four miles, a small mountain village appeared in the col ahead, the house was built according to the mountain, the plan was very neat, the village was full of flowers and trees, only when the smoke curled, it would show its existence to the distance.

"What a paradise." Hu Guiyang praised from the bottom of his heart, feeling that the people living here should be very happy.

The old patriarch snorted twice, at least he was not happy at all now.

"Hey, Little Liuzi." Someone greeted him from afar, and soon saw the old patriarch in the back, "Third Master...... Hey, that's ...... It's ......"

Hu Guiyang grabbed the old patriarch tightly, and the dagger moved a little towards his neck, "Gao Xiaoliu, go to the village to inform everyone, go and ...... You always have a place to meet, right? ā€

"There is an ancestral hall at the head of the village." Gao Xiaoliu said coldly, his face full of grievances.

"Let everyone go to the ancestral hall, I have something to say."

Gao Xiaoliu quickened his pace into the village and talked to a few people who came up, and those people were all surprised, glanced at the old patriarch, and immediately followed Gao Xiaoliu into the village.

Hu Guiyang escorted the old patriarch to walk behind, "Take me to the ancestral hall." ā€

The ancestral hall is an ordinary thatched house, there is a large open space in front of the door, and there are stone mills and other things next to it, and it is a yard for drying grain during the autumn harvest, and there are occasional big events in the village, which are also carried out here.

Today is not a New Year's Day, and no important person has passed away, and suddenly called everyone to come to the party, which inevitably caused a lot of surprise, and when they heard that the old patriarch was kidnapped, everyone panicked, especially the many family members of the old patriarch.

The reason why the old patriarch became the old patriarch was not only because of his old age and high seniority, but more importantly, because he had many children and grandchildren, and a large family of more than a dozen people was the first to run, holding pickaxes, shovels, sticks, sticks and other things, men shouted, women cried, and wanted to fight desperately with the kidnappers.

The scene was a little chaotic for a while, Gao Xiaoliu persuaded a few words, but he took a few kicks - they all blamed him, and the old patriarch would fall into the hands of outsiders.

Seeing that more and more people were gathered, Hu Guiyang said loudly: "Everyone shut up and listen to me!" ā€

shouted several times, but no one listened to him, so Hu Guiyang had no choice but to say to the old patriarch: "You give the order." ā€

"Everyone......" The old patriarch's words were immediate, and only then did he say two words, and the most noisy people first shut up and knelt on the ground, "Dad" and "Master" kept shouting.

"Everyone is quiet, Hu and Hu Guiyang have something to say." The old patriarch didn't want to be called "Hu Guanren" anymore.

One after another, people came, but they all stood in the back and stopped crying.

All eyes looked behind the old patriarch, Hu Guiyang's capture by Gao Hanying had already made the whole village curious, and he appeared in front of the whole village for the first time today, and he actually kidnapped the old patriarch, which made everyone have to look twice.

Hu Guiyang didn't know what to say, thought for a while, and said, "Please everyone come here and keep vigil together, and I will release the third master early tomorrow morning." ā€

The clearing was silent, no one answered, not even the family of the old patriarch who was about to die just now.

"I guarantee with my life, I will definitely release people, but don't try to rob people, in that case, I can only be polite."

After waiting for a while, a voice finally asked, "What about the request?" ā€

"Anyway, everybody's keeping vigil here."

"Don't you want a ransom?"

Only then did Hu Guiyang realize that this kidnapping was too rash to be convincing, "Of course I want a ransom, wait for Gao Hanying to come back, and let her talk to me." ā€

Everyone sighed in unison, and they all understood that this outsider was still afraid of General Gao, so he wanted to kidnap the old patriarch, so that he could get out without a competition.

"Are you serious? Waiting for General Gao to come back? A middle-aged man kneeling on the ground got up and asked.

"yes, wait until she gets back."

"But she may not be able to arrive tomorrow morning, so I'll go to her and tell her to ......hurry up."

"Nope." Hu Guiyang immediately stopped, "No one is allowed to leave the village for half a step, they are all waiting here, they can go home and get some food, just ...... Celebrate the harvest in advance. ā€

Everyone looked at each other.

Hu Guiyang said loudly: "Go and get the wine and meat!" ā€

The old patriarch's family took the lead, and everyone in the open space dispersed, and each family just finished making lunch, and they came steaming, and specially prepared village brew and bacon for Hu Guiyang.

Hu Guiyang took the old patriarch into the ancestral hall, left the door open in case someone suddenly rushed in, and then put down the dagger and gave him wine and meat, "Eat something, you have to wait for one night." ā€

"I—I'm not hungry." The old patriarch was weak, not tired, but frightened.

"Eat a little bit, don't let the family outside worry."

"I can't eat meat."

Hu Guiyang let a little soft food from outside, sat opposite the old patriarch, his mood was a little better, poured two bowls of wine, and said: "You don't believe what I say, but if someone really wants to come to the village to kill, everyone gathers, he may not be able to move." ā€

"We ...... We didn't offend anyone, did we? ā€

Hu Guiyang can't say that the reason is on himself, "Some wicked people are like this, there is no reason to kill people, and some people even want to use others as medicinal herbs!" ā€

The old patriarch snorted twice, "My bones can't be used as medicinal herbs." ā€

"In short, please believe me, but don't make up your mind, it's really not good, I can only sacrifice you to save the whole village."

"I believe, I believe." The old patriarch ate a few bites of food, and it seemed that the target he was more afraid of was Hu Guiyang, rather than the legendary villain.

"How many people are there in the village?" Hu Guiyang asked while eating.

"One hundred and seventy or eighty." The old patriarch reluctantly said that he couldn't eat.

"Not too much."

"It's already a lot, and among the three villages, we have the largest population." The old patriarch wants to defend his "political achievements".

"If you live in the mountains, you will encounter some accidents or dangers, right?"

"What do you mean? Occasionally, wild beasts break into the village. ā€

"How do you deal with it?"

"There were hunters in the village, and they set traps on the roads, and they used bows and arrows, and then the houses were closed, and the men came out to hunt, and that was about it."

"Okay, you guys will have a beast attack on the village tonight and protect everyone, can you do it?"

"Yes." The old patriarch was not sure, and then called out to the house, "Boss." ā€

Immediately, a middle-aged man appeared at the door, "Dad, you called me?" ā€

"If you hear it, you will protect everyone according to Hu and Hu Guiyang's arrangement."

"Yes, Dad." The man glared at Hu Guiyang fiercely.

Hu Guiyang smiled: "Let General Gao take revenge, don't act rashly yourself." ā€

The man walked away to arrange for the villagers, the old and weak women and children sat in the middle of the clearing, and dozens of men stood guard on the periphery and arranged different exits.

It didn't take long for Gao Xiaoliu to appear at the door and say angrily: "There are old people, you can't sit outside all night, right?" ā€

"You can enter the ancestral hall, the old, the young, and the weak, you can come in, and bring the bedding in, but after dark, you are not allowed to move again."

Gao Xiaoliu nodded.

Before dark, there were nearly twenty people crowded into the small ancestral hall, either old or weak, all looking at the old patriarch and Hu Guiyang with innocent and panicked eyes.

Hu Guiyang had to explain again, "I don't want to hurt anyone, I'm protecting you, but don't move, I have long eyes, I don't have a dagger, in case I hurt the third master, everyone's face is not good-looking." ā€

The old patriarch said, "They won't move, as long as you keep your promise." ā€

Hu Guiyang snorted, came to the door with a dagger in his hand and looked out.

The sun was setting fast, and the villagers lit a fire and gathered in several circles, with men on the outermost part, quite disciplined.

Hu Guiyang was a little relieved, and soon there was even more worry, if the fake immortal was not killing seven people, but was going to slaughter the entire village, would he have a way to stop it?

As the sun set, his heart sank with it.