Chapter 42: The Bandit's Lair
As soon as Zilong shouted, there was a shouting and scolding not far away.
"Damn, are you a thief looking for death, if you want to live, you must first serve the good uncle and me, and then take us to your village, and persuade your boss to obediently hand over all the wealth, food, and women to me, and I can spare your life!" Ouch! ~"
When Zilong heard this, he immediately became angry, this is an open fire to rob the barberry village!
Without saying a word, he turned over and dismounted, let Li Yu hide it, drew out his long knife and ran in the direction where the shouting and scolding came.
After turning a corner, I saw two people pulling Cuixiu's clothes, and one was jumping around with his lower body, raising the bright butcher knife in his hand, and he was about to cut it down.
Zilong was shocked, pulled out the dagger from his arms, and threw it at the man who raised the knife, with a scream that pierced the air, the man shouted in pain, and the butcher's knife fell to the ground, and his hand was drilled through by the dagger.
The other two saw that this person was injured, panicked, looked around, and finally found Zilong flying with the dagger, and shouted: "Damn, the government is handling the case, if you want to erect a beam and not polish the cover, will you die?" ”
When Zilong heard this, he was even more angry, and in the name of the government, he came out to rob the people's daughters and rob the civilians, which was really a great crime.
He didn't stop at his feet, he couldn't say that he had a long knife in his hand, he jumped over, brushed two knives, and learned about the two noisy bandits.
The person who was stabbed by the dagger was still rolling on the ground in pain, and suddenly found that his subordinates were silent, and peeked at it, and the two people who were still alive were in different places in an instant, which made him tremble.
"The heroes spare their lives, we are waiting for Gu to be ordered by the officials to come here to encircle and suppress the bandits in the cottage...... Don't kill me, don't kill me! ”
This man did not repent of his death, and still insisted that he was a member of the government, so that Zilong's anger rose from his heart, and evil was born to the side of his guts, and he raised his long knife to end this miscellaneous matter.
Suddenly, a sign on this person's waist attracted Zilong's attention, this kind of waist brand dragon has also been seen, and there have been people with such a brand in and out of Dugu Mansion.
"Confirm the activation of the character recognition skill"
A big word "catch" appeared in Zilong's mind, Zilong's heart was not good, this miscellaneous was really an official errand?
Thinking about putting away the long knife, he grabbed the man's injured wrist fiercely, and asked sharply, "Who are you?" Why do you want to come to the barberry village to rape? Adultery and plunder? ”
The man was grabbed by Zilong's wrist, only to feel a strong force, pinching his wrist bones almost to shatter, busy with sighs and forgiveness, so he intermittently said the purpose of this trip.
It turned out that this person's name was Xu Li, who was a Xianbei Han man, who served as the official of the Tugushan Tribal Alliance, and was responsible for anti-theft and public security.
This time, I came to Tugushan to get the news that Niu Yilang, the big boss of Funiu Village, was seriously injured, and he just took the opportunity to clear out the bandits in Funiu Village who had been a disaster for a long time.
When Zilong heard this, he was half-convinced, thought twice, turned his head to the frightened Cuixiu, and said, "Funiu Village ......"
In fact, Zilong already believed most of what Xu Li said in his heart, thinking about Niu Erlang's secretiveness, and then thinking about so many gold and jade treasures that came out of thin air, as well as luminous glasses and wine that even ordinary rich and noble families don't have, it seems that all the evidence hints at the unusualness of Funiu Village.
But even if Funiu Village is really a thief's nest, what's the matter with Cuixiu? She is just a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, and she is a girl, what can she do to hurt nature?
Even if Xu Li has the edict of the king of heaven and Laozi, he can't use the name of encircling and suppressing bandits to commit adultery. What a captivity!
Thinking about it, I confirmed that the object was scanned, and I got a hint: Xu Li, Tucheng catches fast, has a negative 60 favorability towards the host, and a negative 45 value for good and evil.
After receiving the prompt, Zilong made up his mind, no longer asked the stunned Cuixiu, and turned to Xu Li and said, "How many people are you here?" ”
Zilong's words made Xu Li see a little hope, and he hurriedly endured the severe pain and said: "There are a total of one hundred and eighty-seven people, ten of them are fast catchers, and the rest are private soldiers of various tribes of the tribal alliance, let me go, I will help you introduce the team leader!" ”
Xu Li tried his best to please Zilong, and when he saw Zilong's expression a little moved, he couldn't help but show a weird smile.
Zilong smiled, let go of the hand holding Xu Li, pulled out the dagger violently, and didn't care about Xu Li's howl like a pig, and said with a smile: "I'll help you heal!" Soon it won't hurt anymore! ”
When Xu Li heard Zilong say this, his heart was a little more at ease, and he was even a little proud, and his heart waited for my chassis, and you still have good fruits to eat?
So he stretched out his hand, just waiting for Zilong to help him bandage it, and then he saw that the whole world was spinning rapidly, and suddenly he was shocked, but he saw a headless corpse that was still spurting blood slowly falling, staring at him silently.
Zilong wiped the blood splashed on his hand, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, if you do less evil, maybe I can spare your dog's life, at most let you be crippled for the rest of your life, but it's a pity......"
After speaking, he turned his head to look at Cuixiu, who had a pale face, and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, take me to the village first!" ”
Then regardless of whether Cuixiu agreed or not, he picked her up and carried her on his shoulder, found Li Yu along the way he came, put Cuixiu on the horse, and led the horse back to Funiu Village.
When Zilong returned to Funiu Village, it was empty, Zilong was shocked, and hurriedly walked towards the trail that had gone up the mountain, and sure enough, he saw a person staggering and guarding the path.
From time to time, a few people fell off the cliff, the dead fell to pieces, and the living fell down and died, and it was Niu Erlang who stood behind the man, and from time to time he saw the stitches and needles, and solved an opponent for that person.
There were a few horns under the cliff, and the offensive stopped immediately, and the man and Niu Erlang and the others were relieved and were about to sit on the ground.
Suddenly, a few feathered arrows pierced the sky, stuck in the cliff with a scream, and shot down a few pieces of rubble, and it was a long time before the echo of the gravel falling to the ground could be heard under the cliff.
The people in the village were shocked, and hurriedly retreated, although the path was extremely narrow, but no one was slow at all, and quickly retreated to the square in front of the gate of the village as if walking on the ground.
Fang retreated to the square, Niu Erlang saw Zilong Li Yu and the distraught Cuixiu, and hurriedly pulled up the person headed by Fang Cai and came to Zilong.
"Brother Zilong, why are you back?"
Zilong saw Niu Erlang's concern, and there was no adulteration, his heart warmed, but he remembered Niu Erlang's deliberate concealment, and said in a deep voice: "I already know the secret of Funiu Village, do you still want to hide it from Second Brother Niu?" ”
Niu Erlang saw that Zilong's face was not good, and he pulled the reins of the horse tightly, and immediately Cuixiu looked sluggish and couldn't help but wonder.
"Brother Zilong, I respect your ability to slaughter bears and give courage to righteousness, so some right and wrong don't want you to get involved, do brothers also have worldly ignorance and look down on our gang?"
Zilong smiled, Niu Erlang said this, but it made him feel more favorable, if he didn't ask about it, he would be right with himself, maybe Zilong would kill him without hesitation.
But what Niu Erlang said made Zilong obviously feel that they must have something unspeakable, so he no longer asked, but looked at the person he was supporting.
Confirm the object scan, and get a prompt: Niu Yilang, the son of Niu Chen, has a favorability of 20 for the host and a value of 75 for good and evil.
Zilong knew in his heart, and still asked, "This must be the eldest brother Niu Yilang, the big boss of Funiu Village, right?" ”
Niu Erlang saw that Zilong didn't care about his words, but pointed the finger at the eldest brother, and hurriedly opened his hands to protect Niu Yilang behind him, but he didn't want Niu Yilang to gently push him away and looked at Zilong fixedly.
"Ichiro first thanked the little brother for his courage, but now the situation in the village is tense, and I hope the little brother will not wade into this troubled water!"
Zilong saw that his face was pale and his lips were blue, and there were indeed some signs of poisoning.
But I don't know what poison is there, it seems that Niu Erlang didn't hide it completely, so he said: "Look at the two brothers and brothers, who are also heroes, why don't they think about serving the country, but they fall into the grass and harm the township?" ”
Niu Erlang listened, and was about to speak, but suddenly his blood surged, and he coughed, Niu Erlang saw that his eldest brother was injured, and he hurriedly helped him to find a flat place to sit down.
"You know what? I want you to intervene in the affairs of my village? ”
Although Niu Erlang's tone was not good, Zilong was not annoyed, he just looked at Niu Erlang and waited for him to recover.
"If Second Brother Niu has the energy to yell at me, it is better to bring people and guard against that hidden mountain road, I'm afraid that there are already people along that mountain road who want to give us a sneak attack from behind!"
Hearing this, Niu Erlang was shocked, and hurriedly turned his face to Niu Yilang, Niu Yilang recovered slightly at this time, listened to Zilong's words, and nodded.
"Go quickly, the little brother has no ill will towards us, you can rest assured here, just leave some brothers!"
Niu Erlang got the approval of his eldest brother, so he hated to take a hundred and ten brothers and rushed to the mountain road to defend.
Zilong saw that Niu Erlang had left, looked at Niu Yilang and said: "Brother Niu, I have to think about the safety of the whole village, but also take care of this straight brother!" ”
Niu Yilang smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but look up to Zilong a little more in his heart.
This young man, although young, has a really transparent eye, and can help others generously, and has the ability to slaughter bears, so he is not an ordinary person.
Thinking about it, he patted the open space around him, and motioned for Zilong to sit down, Zilong hugged Li Yu and Cuixiu off the horse, let Li Yu help Cuixiu into the village to rest, and asked Li Yu to take care of it.
Li Yu answered and went, and Zilong sat down with Shi Shiran.
"The war is raging, the world is chaotic, our brothers in the village are also cornered, so we have fallen into the grass, but I Niu Yilang dare to swear to the sky, since the grass fell into the Funiu Village, we have never had the blood of innocent civilians in our hands until now!"
As soon as Zilong heard Niu Yilang's words, he roughly understood the origin of these people.
In this troubled world, the people who are desperate and have no way to go to the cottage are either extremely vicious or oppressed.
Niu Yilang, as soon as he met, Zilong could see that he was not a vicious bandit, not to mention that there was also a verification of the good and evil values scanned, and the people who came to this barberry village should not be a heinous bandit.
As a result, Zilong no longer bothered about how the people in the barberry village fell into the grass, and briefly told Niu Yilang what happened to Fang Cai under the mountain.
Niu Yilang frowned slightly when he heard this, and remembered the onslaught of Fang Cai's gang, so he woke up like a dream.
"On the one hand, they are attracting the attention of the people in our village on the path, and on the other hand, they are sneaking up from behind the mountain road, if the news that my brother gets is true, then my barberry village may be dangerous today! I don't know brother, but there is a good plan? ”
Zilong saw that Niu Yilang had just met him, and he actually asked himself for countermeasures, which showed that this person was open-minded and somewhat appreciative in his heart.
But even if the barberry village is full of heroes who rob the rich and help the poor, he also carries the name of a bandit, and with Zilong's cognition, he is a plan for the bandit in all difficulties.
Niu Yilang saw that Zilong's expression was entangled, and he could guess how much Zilong was thinking at the moment, so he wanted to persuade Zilong not to worry, but at this moment, he heard someone shouting in front of him: "The owner of the village, they are attacking again!" ”