The housekeeper looked at Taigong Xian, Taigong nodded, and the housekeeper said, "Hey, the little ones know, let them all go back." Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" turned around and went out. After a while, I heard someone outside shouting loudly asking to see Taigong. Xian Taigong then led Xian Ying out, and Chai Yanping also followed behind to watch the excitement. I saw that there were people standing outside the door of the house, and if I looked closely, they were all tenants on this village. Chai Yanping didn't know what these people were going to do around the door.

I saw that the old man in the crowd walked to the front, and he was holding a little boy of five or six years old. When the old man came to Taigong Xian, he was about to kneel down and salute, but Taigong Xian quickly helped him up, and said in his mouth: "I can't help it, I can't help it, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, everyone is not like this, Xie Lao, what's wrong with you." ”

The old man named Xie Lao touched his tears and choked up: "Taigong, it was you who took us in, so that we could have a place to settle down in this year of war and chaos, it was you who rented the nearby fields to us to cultivate, so that we had food to eat and clothes to wear, your great virtue is like reborn parents and recreate grandma, today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, we have nothing else, we have made up some money from door to door, and give you a little heart, you must not refuse." As he spoke, he took out a piece of jewelry wrapped in cloth from his bosom and put it in the hands of the prince.

Where is Mrs. Xian willing to accept it, he hurriedly waved his hand and refused: "It's not easy for you to work hard to earn money, little old man, I will be satisfied as long as I see your safe and healthy life, I really can't accept your things, I just asked the housekeeper to send someone to the back warehouse to get some rice and meat, and everyone will send a little bit for a while, which can be regarded as a festival together." Gong Xie trembled at the jewelry in his hand, and stammered: "Tai...... Taigong, you ...... Why bother? We...... We are all under your protection, living here, and ...... now Now you're going to send us rice and meat, we're ...... We ......"

Xian Taigong held his hand and said: "Gong Xie, you must not meet the little old man, since you have come to this village, we are a family, you usually come to me if you have something, you don't have to be so polite." Xian Ying also stepped forward and said movingly: "Grandpa Xie, don't be so polite to us, we just came here and were not familiar with the place, or we all relied on everyone's help to build this Zhuangzi, now everyone is living well, we are all very happy, you must not treat us as outsiders, we are a family, grandpa said to celebrate the festival together, you will come to the house for the festival together." ”

Xian Ying was bold, but Mrs. Xian didn't want so many people to make a fuss at home, so he hurriedly said: "What Ying'er said is that I invite everyone to come to the house to drink a glass of water and wine at night, but at this moment, please forgive Xiao Lao'er for not being able to accompany him, there are still distinguished guests at home." Glancing at Chai Yanping and his entourage, Gong Xie hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, I see that there are distinguished guests at the Taigong's house, and I also know that it is inconvenient to bother, since this is the case, then we will come to celebrate the festival again in the evening." So saying, he took the child's hand and stepped back.

Suddenly, someone shouted at the front door: "There are bandits coming, everyone pay attention, there are bandits attacking." Xian Ying and Chai Yanping were a little surprised when they heard this, why did this thief come out to rob the festival today? Especially Xian Ying, he felt that Xian Jiazhuang was also a little famous in this area, and where the thieves didn't open their eyes and dared to come and rob here. So let the maidservants bring their mounts and take up their weapons, and then they should go out to see what is going on.

Chai Yanping turned to Taigong Xian and said, "Taigong, let's go down and see who dares to be presumptuous here." Taigong also nodded worriedly and said, "Well, pay attention to safety, be careful." Saying that, let the housekeeper call all the soldiers in the house, and the tenants in the Zhuangzi also spontaneously picked up the hoe and sickle, Chai Yanping roughly calculated, there are nearly two hundred armed forces in this Zhuangzi, which is completely incredible in his opinion, the entire population of the Zhuangzi together is less than one thousand and one hundred people, except for half of the women who can't fight, and there are only five or six hundred ordinary people left, and among these five or six hundred people, it is already terrifying to be able to pull up a strong labor force of two hundred people as an arm.

There is a gatehouse sentry on the left and right of the gate, Xian Ying led people to the watchtower on the left, Chai Yanping was afraid of making her angry, so he took Chai Rong and others to the watchtower on the right, and came to the upper floor to take a look, only to see that a hundred steps away from the gate of Zhuangzi, a bandit-like man and horse were standing quietly in the field, and a masked man riding on a horse seemed to be waiting for someone to ask.

Xian Ying shouted loudly: "Where are you bandits? Don't dare to come to my aunt's territory to spread wild, I don't want to see red my aunt and grandmother today, so why don't you leave quickly? Ma He's big man patted his horse and stepped forward and said: "Hmph, Lao Tzuza mountain carving, there is no surplus food on the mountain for today's festival, I know that your Xian family has a great business, and you make a fortune by exploiting the local people." If you know each other today, send us five thousand taels of silver, and we will depart, if not...... Hum. With that, he raised the golden wire ring knife in his hand.

Xian Ying scolded with a smile: "Who should I be, it turned out to be a birdman, don't say that my aunt and grandmother don't have any silver here, even if they do, you can't take it away, and you don't spray feces there, when did our Xian family exploit the local people?" Which eye did you see? The mountain eagle said loudly: "Others don't know, isn't Lao Tzu still unclear?" Which of you local tyrants and landlords is innocent, you give me less nonsense, if Lao Tzu can't see the silver today, he will rush in and kill none of you! ”

Xian Ying laughed and said, "What a big breath, if you have the ability, you can come, my aunt and grandmother are waiting for you here." Chai Yanping always felt that the voice of this person called the mountain carving was very familiar, and he seemed to have heard it somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he asked Chai Rongdao: "Do you know the origin of this mountain carving?" Chai Rong scratched his ears and thought for a while, and replied honestly: "I don't know, this group of people doesn't look like local bandits, they can't be pretended to be refugees wandering around, I haven't heard of a mountain carving." ”

Chai Yanping shook his head and said: "No, this person's voice is very familiar, I must have heard it there, think about it again, have your thief friends mentioned this person to you?" Chai Rong said with great certainty: "Definitely not, the small one is also very familiar with this area, I really haven't heard of it, and even Lucheng has never heard of the existence of this person." He's certainly not local. ”

Chai Yanping was even more puzzled in his heart, who was the voice that he was very familiar with? So who are these bandits? It turned out that Cui Meng and the others had been ambushed by the bald beggar Liren and injured again again, and they retreated to the stone castle, always thinking about taking revenge on them, so they inquired about the whereabouts of Chai Yanping and Qi Liren here.

After Xie Sichun figured out the identity and background of Xian Jiazhuang, he planned to take the family under the knife, because Xie Sichun's army was not a local garrison, so they usually brutalized and oppressed the people of Eastern Qin Prefecture, which even Cui Meng acquiesced. Because of this, they killed people and set fires everywhere around the stone fort, which was very ostracized by the local people, and even organized a security team to protect the village. (To be continued.) )