In this way, although Lu Jinping tried hard to persuade and swore that he could find out the case, these angry villagers did not back down.

As a result, this protracted war of words continued until the evening.

The villagers have accumulated more and more, and it has reached three or four thousand, not only the people from their Zhang village rushed over, but even other villages in the distance also rushed after hearing the news, it seems that their fear of the mountain demon far exceeds the horror of the crime of killing officials and rebelling.

Because they know that for the imperial court, the law does not blame the public, at best, the person who provokes the head is killed, and the others are generally not punished, but the mountain demon is different, no matter who you are, as long as you offend the mountain demon, there is only one way to die.

Lu Jinping saw that the situation was getting more and more out of control, and there were more and more people, and during this period, news kept coming, saying that the prisoners in the exile center were becoming more and more disobedient to discipline, and began to be extremely restless, because the sun was gradually about to set, and judging from the situation during the day today, I was afraid that there would still be a bright moon at night, so that the mountain demon might appear again, and I didn't know who would die under the terrible giant mouth of the mountain demon, so these people were all manic.

Some villagers sent a soft couch for the white-bearded patriarch to sit cross-legged, while Lu Jinping kept standing and persuading him to do ideological work to prevent these people from losing control of their emotions and causing riots.

But after evening, Patriarch Zhang, who had been silent and waiting for the villagers to make trouble and scold, finally spoke. As soon as he waved his hand, all the people immediately fell silent, although the people in the distance could not see his hand, but as long as the people in front did not speak, the people behind immediately shut up, so they were soon silent again.

Patriarch Zhang stood on the soft couch and first glanced back at the crowd in the dark in the evening. Then he said to Lu Jinping: "I gave you a day today to convince me, but unfortunately, you were not able to convince me, therefore, you must do what I asked." Before the moon rises, say you don't agree to remove your men. And if we take away the criminals of these evils, we will rush in and let them all go, and drive them away, and not one of them will remain here. At that time, whoever dared to stop us would fight with him, we didn't care whether you were officers and soldiers, whether you were a court or a prince, we only knew that our lives were more important than yours. ――Did the prince hear clearly? ”

Lu Jinping said that his mouth was dry, but he didn't expect the other party to come to such a sentence. There was nothing to negotiate, and it was full of threats, Lu Jinping couldn't help but get angry, and said coldly: "So, the patriarch has no negotiability?" ”

The two strong men beside Patriarch Zhang stepped forward, stood in front of the patriarch and pointed at Lu Jinping and said, "Don't think that your prince is anything great, it's okay to listen to our patriarch obediently, if you don't listen." Wait a little bit, and you don't know who will take your life. Then if you die, you will die in vain, and no one of us will recognize it in the thousands. ”

Lu Jinping's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he looked at the other party with interest.

The strong man pointed to Lu Jinping and said, "Why are you not convinced?" If you are not convinced, you will wait for the moon to come out, and your little life will be gone, at that time, it was only said that the mountain demon ate it, and who would know? ”

Patriarch Zhang, who was standing on the soft couch, looked up at the sky. By this time, the sun had completely set, the sky had turned gray, and although the moon had not yet appeared, the light of the moon had already sprinkled into the sky. And it's getting brighter and brighter, and it won't be long before it appears on the edge of the mountain.

Patriarch Zhang sneered, clasped his hands on his shoulders, and said leisurely: "Lord Zhong, your time is running out, do you agree or not?" Be happy, if you don't agree, persuade you, quickly turn around and run, you run fast, maybe you can run out of the penal colony. Don't worry, we just drive these people away, don't kill you, of course, if you want to resist, if you want to fight us, then we have to do it. No matter who it is, even you, the prince, will not show mercy. I'm telling the truth, and if you don't listen, don't regret it. ”

As soon as the word regret was spoken, with a swish, only an afterimage was left where Lu Jinping was standing, and he had already appeared next to Patriarch Zhang's soft couch, choking his neck with one hand and grabbing his arm with the other.

Everyone didn't know why Lu Jinping was able to have ghostly speed, bypassing the two people in front of him, and directly appeared at Patriarch Zhang's side, and restrained him with one move.

The reason why this patriarch Zhang dared to face Lu Jinping was because Patriarch Zhang had practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his martial arts were very good.

This patriarch has a keen eye, judging from Lu Jinping's walking gait, it doesn't look like he has martial arts, so he is very relieved, although Lu Jinping was able to clearly transmit the voice to everyone's ears before, which has proved that he has something special, but he still didn't let the patriarch lean on him to be strong in martial arts, because his body shape does not look like practicing martial arts, but he doesn't know that Lu Jinping's speed does not come from martial arts cultivation, but from the special golden soil.

The patriarch was restrained by Lu Jinping's move, and when his neck was choked, he showed a horrified look in his eyes, looking at Lu Jinping, but he couldn't speak, because Lu Jinping's hand was holding his neck, and the palm was very powerful. He knew that that hand could break his neck like a rod if he wanted to.

So he didn't dare to struggle, and Lu Jinping's other hand grabbed his arm, half of his body was numb, and he couldn't exert his strength, he realized that the loyal prince in front of him was actually a super master who was deeply hidden, and the martial arts he had cultivated all his life were like babies in front of him.

Everyone else was stunned, but Lu Jinping only gave them time to make a stunned expression, because, after he grabbed Patriarch Zhang, his figure immediately flashed, and another afterimage was left, when all eyes looked forward along the afterimage, he was already dozens of steps away, so fast that he couldn't even catch up with his eyes.

It was only then that the villagers reacted, screaming and rushing upwards. But Lu Jinping had already arrived at the side of the catcher, and with a loud sound, he pulled out a single knife from the waist of a catcher, and then held Patriarch Zhang in the air with one hand, and the steel knife in his hand rested on his neck. "Rush up again, and I'll cut off his head." ”

The sound was still as clear as the words spoken before, reaching the ears of everyone present. And Lu Jinping and they were already on a high place, and the slope was down, so Lu Jinping raised the patriarch high, so that basically all the people present saw that their white-haired and bearded patriarch was caught by the young prince in his hand, and a steel knife was placed on his neck, and he immediately stood still, and no one dared to move forward.

The reason why Lu Jinping wants to threaten with a waist knife is to let the villagers know that the life of the other patriarch is in his own hands, and the knife is more convincing, although the strength of his hand is enough to take the patriarch's life, and this kind of deterrence is only known to the patriarch himself, but the power of the steel knife is known to everyone, and it is precisely because all these people are suppressed and do not dare to go any further.

Lu Jinping sneered, looked up at the white-bearded patriarch, and said, "Old guy, I give you a face, you don't have a face, it takes a long time, you still can't fry oil and salt." Since you want to use the strong, then I will strike first, so let's fight hard, you let them rush up to me, cut off your head, and we will kill again. You have gathered a crowd to make trouble, stormed the penal colony and coerced the officers and soldiers, this is already a rebellion. So, I'm going to kill you, rightly so! ”

Then Lu Jinping turned his head to look, and the catchers, officers and soldiers, and plum blossom guards behind him said loudly: "Brothers, listen, anyone who dares to rush over will be regarded as a thug, and they will be killed." If you don't want to die, stay behind, or go home, I am not to blame for the past, you choose for yourself, whether you want to rebel, or go home in peace to live your life. The choice is yours. ”

The villagers who rushed in front looked at each other, Lu Jinping's strange skills just now made them shudder, this time the officers and soldiers were greatly inspired, the prince himself took the lead, and captured the patriarch of the other party, and suddenly he was full of confidence, one by one he raised his blades, staring at them, and forced them to look at those villagers.

Lu Jinping turned to look at the villagers again and said, "Aren't you just afraid that the mountain demon will come to you?" I can tell you responsibly that I am with you to solve these cases of bizarre deaths, I don't believe that there are any mountain demons, if there is really one, let him come to me. However, anyone who uses the mountain demon as an excuse to try to rebel is a dead end. The mountain demon you are talking about may not be able to bite you to death, but if you rebel, you will definitely die. Choose for yourself, forward or backward? ”

The whitebeard village was shouting, "Leave me alone, kill ......"

As soon as he said the word kill, Lu Jinping had already put the steel knife on his ear and snorted, cutting off one of his ears, and then put the steel knife on the other ear and said, "If you are disobedient, your ears are useless." If you dare to talk nonsense and incite the villagers to rebel, I will immediately cut off your other ear. If you say another word of rebellion, I'll cut off your head. I do what I say, and if you don't believe it, you can try. ”

Lao Cunzheng's waist was grabbed by Lu Jinping with one hand and held in the air. The old village chief is quite burly, with more than 100 pounds, but Lu Jinping is holding it like a baby. The patriarch's waist was grabbed by Lu Jinping, and his whole body couldn't move, and he couldn't use his strength at all, he was also a tough person, but Lu Jinping cut off one of his ears without saying a word, and he didn't care about these thousands of villagers at all. This made the patriarch feel a little frightened. (To be continued.) )