Lin Feng opened his eyes, it was already dawn, Li Xiu'er was sitting on the side dozing, her hands on her knees, her head between her hands, and her head shaking occasionally.

Lin Feng sat up with his left hand according to his figure, at this time he was located in the middle of the mountain, Sanjiang Village was surrounded by water on three sides and close to the mountain, the village was built on the mountain, at this time it happened to be under a big stone, ingenious workmanship, forming a natural barrier, flying fish knife and burden put aside.

Lin Feng stood on a high place and looked down, there was still smoke rising in the village, after a fire, the whole village was in ruins, except for the houses located above, most of the other houses were destroyed by the fire, and the smoke could vaguely see the villagers walking through it, bending down from time to time, trying to find something from the ashes that could still be used, no matter what, people had to live and go on.

"Brother Lin."

Lin Feng took two steps and made a sound inadvertently, Li Xiu'er moved her arm, then opened her eyes and quickly stood up from the ground.

"What about the two children?"

"It's very good, Xiang'er Niang and Erzhu Niang said, when Brother Lin wakes up, you must thank Brother Lin for this life-saving benefactor."

"It's avoidable, but do you ask why this fire started?"

"This, Xiu'er didn't ask." After speaking, he turned sideways, he was not good at lying on weekdays, and when he lied, he not only stammered, but his face was also very red, and he was mostly worried that Lin Feng would see it, so he hurriedly avoided it.

Lin Feng was so smart, from the instantaneous change in Li Xiu'er's expression, he had already guessed that the fire must not have been caused by a moment of negligence, as for why he was reluctant to say it, he must have some concerns.

"Let's go down and have a look."

With the burden behind him, the flying fish knife simply retracted his waist, and as the two walked down, one of them led a child in his hand and ran quickly to the front, "Xiang'er, kowtow to the benefactor." ”

The little girl knelt on the ground obediently, and the woman then knelt down, this way is the most sincere, the poor use it to express gratitude, for some reason, at that moment, what came to mind at that moment was the scene in the broken house, the scene was almost the same, for the sake of the child, for themselves, at the expense of other people's lives, maybe this is human nature, no one can be blamed.

To be alive, everything is for the sake of living.

"Get up."

The voice was flat, the woman looked grateful, pulled the child from the ground, and kept reading it in her mouth, mostly words of thanks, Li Xiu'er looked at Lin Feng, although she didn't know what happened during this time, why did she become so strange at this moment, standing in front of her was still the big hero who did not hesitate to fight against all the wicked people with one person for herself, why did she become so indifferent at that moment.

"What are you looking at?"

"Nothing."

Lin Feng smiled indifferently, in Li Xiu'er's world, he could never understand his mood at this time, at the moment of breaking the house, if he didn't react fast enough, or if he was lucky enough, the ending would be completely different, falling into the hands of the other party, life and death were unpredictable, even if Li Xiu'er could come out of the county office, it would be difficult to escape the clutches of Ma San, and this fire, how many sins were hidden in it.

"I can't be afraid anymore, I must fight with the water thieves this time." In the middle of the village, there were no less than thirty or fifty people, old and young, gathered in a large clearing, and behind them were houses destroyed by fire.

A person's voice was excited, it was Tiezhu, although he had not experienced this disaster, he learned the details from the villagers, and he was a hateful water thief, not counting if he grabbed something, he suddenly set fire, if it wasn't for Lin Feng, his wife and children would have been buried in the fire, new hatred and old grudges, and the anger in his heart can be imagined.

Tie Zhu stood in the middle, surrounded by dozens of villagers, their faces full of sadness and helplessness, many of them experienced two disasters, watching their homes destroyed again and again, they could only sigh.

"I can't fight, there are many water thieves, and there is no trace of coming and going, so let's find a way to redeem the people first, as long as there are people, life can go on." It was an old man who spoke, and the seniority in the village was not low, some nodded in agreement, some people looked dazed, and some people just came to see the excitement, especially the children, who stared at a pair of big eyes, and most of them didn't figure out what was going on.

"One thousand taels of silver, three hundred buckets of grain, three days, you can't steal, don't rob, where can you get it? If you can't hand it in, you still have to kill people, and if you go on like this, you can only wait for death, so it's better to fight. ”

"What Tie Zhu said is also reasonable." There was another echo, in the face of the harsh conditions of the water thieves, everyone couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh, everything is far from over, those thieves who rushed into the village with sharp knives will be able to see the property snatched away, and they lit a fire on the way, and they were not satisfied, forcibly kidnapped a few villagers, and opened the conditions, once they could not be met, the consequences were unimaginable.

"It's better to report to the official."

That moment was surprisingly quiet, obviously the best way, why did this moment become the most impossible way to achieve, the person who proposed it also sighed, "Forget it, it's in vain to go." ”

"How can an official care about such a thing, when he heard that the water thieves were already frightened, he was just putting on a show, and in the end he angered those people, and it was us who suffered."

"There's another way."

The old man sitting in the middle had been silent, his brows were furrowed, and the bodies of two dead villagers were placed on the wooden board in front of him, and everyone's eyes were on him at that moment.

"Get out of here."

"Leave?"

"No, my ancestors have lived here for generations, and unless they are all dead, they must not leave." The iron pillar stood up, his fists clenched, and his face turned purple.

"If you don't go, you can't go, if you can't meet the conditions, more people will die." The old man in the middle also stood up, and the people in the village invisibly formed two factions, most of the young people stood on the side of the iron pillar, with hatred for the water thieves, and did not hesitate to fight to the death, and the rest were mostly the old people in the village, who had experienced too much suffering and would rather settle things and calm people.

"Noisy, it's useless, it's better to think about what you can do for the dead, and how to live better for the survivors."

The sound is not loud, everyone can hear it clearly, every word enters the ears and spreads through the brain to the body, there is nothing wrong, what is the use of arguing like this, when the time comes, the water thieves will still come.

Lin Feng squatted down, his left hand down, and gently stroked the deceased's face, and closed his eyes when he originally opened them.

"Brother Lin, please keep the village."

Tie Zhu got up, and the young people of the village behind him quickly surrounded him, Lin Feng had already become a hero in everyone's hearts, fighting against the fierce wolf by himself, and he could also take Li Xiu'er from the county office, all of which were impossible in the eyes of the villagers.

"Whether the village can be kept depends on you, not Lin Feng."

"We?"

Villagers, you look at me, I look at you, there is confusion in his eyes, he is always at a disadvantage in the face of the vicious water thief, and of course, there is one more point, this kind of almost crazy thought, it seems that only Lin Feng can think of it.

"How many water thieves have attacked the village?"

"Thirty."

Lin Feng sneered, "How many people are there in the whole village?" ”

"This!"

Don't look at Sanjiang Village, the village is not big, the population is indeed quite large, and some families have built two rows of wooden houses in the yard, and more than a dozen ancestors live together.

"You can't compare it to that, those guys have guys on their hands."

"What is this?"

Lin Feng picked his toes and put the harpoon on the ground and grabbed it in his hand, this kind of harpoon is very common in the village, once he encounters a fierce fish when he goes out of the water to fish, he can only protect himself through the harpoon, and the tip is very sharp.

"Stand up bloody and follow Brother Lin to fight water thieves."

"Me."

"And me."

Lin Feng gathered more than a dozen people around him in an instant, all of them were young people, Lin Feng looked at it, some people were mixed in the pile of people with their heads down, and they chose to retreat at the moment in the face of the fierce water thieves, even if they were a little ashamed and unwilling in their hearts, looking at the corpse lying on the ground, this is the result, although Lin Feng is strong, there must be only one person, one person can't change the facts in front of him at all, and more people will die if he fights.

"Nonsense, complete nonsense."

The old man shook his head again and again, he really didn't understand the young people nowadays, impulsiveness is easy to do bad things, although the water thieves are fierce, after all, they have to live on the villages along the way, so they have just robbed property all these years, and resisting is undoubtedly the most unwise choice.

"Uncle, you have to talk about those people in Tiezhu, you can't follow Lin Feng to do it."

"That is, if you anger the water thieves, we will all be unlucky."

The white-haired old man at the head sighed, "It was okay before, but since that Lin Feng came, everyone has changed, go, I'm afraid I can't go, and I have to guard the land left by my ancestors to death." ”