At that moment, the three of them walked together and surveyed the terrain around Xujiazhuang in detail. The Xujiazhuang is backed by the mountain, there is only one trail leading to the mountain, and in front of the wheat field outside the village, there is a small river about a foot wide, which flows to the county. On the surface of the river, there is only one wooden bridge to connect it.

Standing at the head of the bridge, Xu Wei was holding a flail stretched out in the river, testing the depth of the river. Seeing that most of the wooden handle of the flail was sunk into the water, but it was not yet bottomless, he said, "Enough." ”

"This water is very deep, I remember when you were five or six years old, you made a bet with someone, plunged into the river, and didn't see bubbling for a long time, or Ma Er fished you up. At that time, Taigong was frightened and shouted for heaven and earth. Yang Yan said.

In Xu Wei's mind, he immediately recalled the situation when the old man Fang Cai struggled to put on the armor for him......

The sun was setting in the west, the sky was getting dark, Xu Wei knew that there was not much time left, so he immediately went home. As soon as I entered the village, I saw a crowd of people in front of my house from a distance, and I couldn't get through. Damn, I asked you to gather people, why did you gather at my door?

Yang Yan Matai opened the road in front, pushing and kicking all the way, and finally let Xu Wei squeeze into the house, but saw that the house was brightly lit and full of people. From a distance, Xu Taigong sat on the main seat, Bao Zheng and the township soldiers were next to each other, and there were several men sitting on the other side, all of whom must be the leaders of the village. Zhang Qingli was outside the hall, and when he saw Xu Wei and others coming back, he hurriedly greeted him.

As soon as his lips moved, Xu Wei rushed forward again: "Brother, there is another important thing for you to do." ”

Zhang Qing didn't have time to reply, but Yang Yan jumped up: "I said Brother Jiu, what do you mean?" I'm not your brother? Why did Zhang Qing take credit? ”

"That's it! Send me an errand too! Mattei slammed the plate axe to the ground, and the urn sounded the urn.

"You two have more important things, don't worry." Xu Wei first stabilized Yang Ma and the others, and then said to Zhang Qing, "Pick two clever people, ride on horses, and cross the river." ”

Zhang Qing nodded and said, "This is easy to do!" ”

"Wait, remember, you're just going to explore the wind. Once the number of thieves, their location, and the speed of their march are known, come back immediately and try not to be detected. Xu Wei instructed very seriously.

Zhang Qingyi patted his chest: "I'll do something, don't worry." After speaking, he turned around to leave, suddenly turned back again, looked around, leaned in front of Xu Wei and whispered, "Brother, there will be a bloody battle tonight, to be honest, although the martial arts in Xujiazhuang are prevalent, but when the white knife enters and the red knife comes out, how many people can not pee their pants, it is still unknown." Did you evacuate the old, weak, women and children in the village to the county first? ”

After these two days, he found that Xu Wei had changed his face since he was seriously ill, and he was judged to be like two people. Handle things in a good way, and there is no chaos in the face of danger, but this time, it is no longer a dozen or so people fighting and making trouble, but taking the lives of the whole village, not that he doesn't believe Xu Wei, but he can't be cautious.

Xu Wei had already thought of this. But the time is too urgent, if it is all strong men, it will not take half an hour to get to the county. But if you drag your family and your donkey, I'm afraid that before you reach the county seat, it will be dark. First of all, after dark, there is a kind of goods like Liang Heng in the county, and only God knows whether the city gate can be opened. Secondly, if you encounter a thief on half of the road, isn't this a sheep in the mouth of a tiger?

It was inconvenient to elaborate at the moment, he just admitted: "Don't worry, I have a number." ”

Zhang Qing didn't say much, ran to the door of Xu's mansion, swept his eyes around, and pointed to the two people: "You two, follow me!" ”

The two were unmoved, and one of them said contemptuously: "I said Zhang Qing, you have always had a lot of ghost ideas, and your brain turns quickly, why are you confused this time?" Speaking of this, he lowered his voice, "Xu Jiu is already crazy, do you understand?" How do you listen to him? ”

Another said, "Don't you see? Is this still the ninth child of the Xu family? It must be a demon barrier, don't listen to his crazy words, let's listen to Taigong, how to discuss Baozheng. You call him a madman......"

"The surname is Zheng! If I hear the word 'crazy' from your mouth again, I'll talk to you with a fucking knife!" Zhang **** looked.

The man surnamed Zheng pouted: "Gotta got, kindness is treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, when I didn't say anything!" You have to offer the treasure yourself, and I won't mess with you, hum. ”

Zhang Qing stared at him and spat on the ground, and the person surnamed Zheng could only stare dryly, not daring to do anything to him.

"Brother Zhang, let's go with you!" The two young students squeezed out of the crowd and said in unison.

Zhang Qing yelled: "Okay! Heroes out of teenagers! Let's go! ”

As soon as the three of them left, they heard an old voice from outside the crowd trembling and asked, "By asking, is this the mansion of Prince Xu?" ”

At this time, it was already dark, and I couldn't see who was speaking, so I heard someone reply: "Exactly, old man, where did you call?" ”

Before the other party could answer, he suddenly cried: "It's finally here!" It's finally here! The terrible cry made these men feel creepy in their hearts.

When Xu Wei and the others heard the movement, they hurried out, and someone lit a torch. By the light of the fire, everyone saw an old woman about sixty years old unkempt, sitting on the ground and crying bitterly, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl beside her was also squatting on the ground and sobbing.

Xu Wei stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help the old woman, who looked up at Xu Jiu, and a pair of cloudy eyes suddenly lit up: "Jiulang? Are you Xu Wei? ”

"I'm Xu Wei, old man, you ......" Xu Wei was halfway through his words, and the old woman suddenly got up, grabbed his arm, and shouted loudly, "Jiulang, you know martial arts, you slaughtered those beasts for your aunt!" Cut them with a thousand cuts! Chop into pâté! Slaughter them! Slaughter them......" When he said this, he suddenly gritted his teeth and fell down. In a panic, everyone around hurriedly supported them and carried them into Xu's mansion together.

In the guest hall, Xu Taicheng and Bao Zheng and others were discussing, and when they heard a noise outside, Xu Wei and others carried an old woman in, and when they looked at it, Taigong's expression changed drastically, and he was forced to stand up on crutches.

Xu Wei put the old woman on the chair, pinched her among the people, Yang Yan snatched the teacup from the hand of the villager Yongtou, poured a few sips of the old woman, and then woke up leisurely. But as soon as he saw Mrs. Xu, he couldn't help but feel sad, and began to cry out for the sky and the earth again. It turned out that this old woman was the sister of the wife of the princess, Xu Wei's aunt, Qin Liu.

lives in Wucheng County, and since Xu Wei's mother died, he has rarely had contacts. A few days ago, the thieves broke through Wucheng County and plundered on a large scale. More than a dozen bandits broke into her house, smashed and robbed, and her husband went to theorize and was killed in the courtyard by the thieves. When the eldest son saw that his father was killed, he rushed over desperately like crazy, but was restrained by thieves, pressed to the ground, and cut his throat like a pig. The youngest son has some kung fu, but after all, two fists are invincible to four hands, and after injuring two people, he was brutally dismembered, and even his intestines were pulled out, and his head was thrown into a well. Xu Wei's aunt and this personal girl escaped by hiding in the vegetable jar......

After listening to Qin Liu's words of blood and tears, there was silence in the huge guest hall, although it was a hot day, everyone felt a chill, and it rose from the bottom of their hearts. Death, for these flat-headed people, is nothing more than stretching out their legs, closing their eyes, crying for filial sons and grandchildren, and going to bliss. But who would have imagined that a person would have his throat cut like a pig? If you die, you will be pulled out of your intestines and your head will be in a different place?

Those thieves are so cruel and unscrupulous, if they really killed Xujiazhuang, then ......

Qin Liu and the little girl knelt on the ground, begging Mrs. Xu to avenge their blood and revenge, but the prince went to help them with his own hands, but the other party insisted on refusing to get up, kowtowing again and again, hitting his head and bleeding, which was unbearable. In Qin Liu's view, his brother-in-law used to be a general, and he fought all his life, so it was not easy to deal with a group of thieves? But how did she know that Mrs. Xu is now a leader, and if it is ugly, he will step down, how can there be any power? Even a small county lieutenant dared to sneer at him.

Xu Wei was worried that his body would not be able to bear it, so he hurriedly called his sister-in-law Xu Wang, and persuaded his aunt to take her to the guest room to rest.

In the guest hall, there was a deathly silence for quite a long time, and no one spoke, and no one dared to speak. Because, no one knows what to do.

"Taigong, how should we deal with it? I'm afraid the thieves will arrive tonight. Bao Zheng looked frightened, his face turned pale, and his lips trembled when he spoke. As soon as he asked, the others also asked, although this Xu Jiazhuang has always been martial, but it has really been in battle, and the two who have fought are Xu Taigong and Xu Daguan. At this time, in their eyes, Mrs. Xu is the savior of Xujiazhuang.

Facing many expectant eyes, Xu Taigong let out a long sigh and suddenly felt powerless. If he was young, he could still carry a knife into battle, but now he is old, his eldest son is not around, and his second son is a bastard and useless person, what can he do?

"Let's evacuate the old and weak women and children first." After a long silence, he said hoarsely. There are more than 300 township soldiers in Zhuangli, 200 taken away by Liang County Lieutenant, and there are more than 100 old men and dolls who have never been through the battle array, how can they resist thousands of brutal bandits?

"What Taigong said is very true, then let's divide the labor......" Bao Zheng stood up first, shaking like chaff all over.

The townsman bravely followed: "Yes, yes, yes, I'll be in charge of the evacuation!" ”

As soon as the leaders of the village saw this scene, they all got up. Xu Wei can see that these guys want to take advantage of the thief's arrival and get away as soon as possible. Xu Taigong saw this hopeless rabble, and coughed angrily.

Xu Wei was originally standing behind, but at this time, he suddenly kicked a chair in front of him, and stood in the center of the hall with a knife, staring at him. When Yang Ma and the others saw it, they jumped out with their guys and stood murderously around Xu Wei. This formation is obvious, and if you want to get out of this door, you can touch how many heads you have. Anyway, when the thieves come, everyone has to die, Lao Tzu will kill you gutless rats first and then kill the thieves, killing one more is a sure profit!