The thief led by about 40 years old, dressed in a short dress, not tall, 1.7 meters, ordinary appearance, but a pair of eyes reveal danger signals all the time, although it seems to be very relaxed standing there, but it gives people the illusion of a beast, such a person definitely has more than one life in his hands. The same is true for the other thieves, they are all not amazing-looking, but they can feel that they are all perennial killers.

The man at the head squeezed out a smile on his face, and deliberately said "gently", "Master Tan, we don't want much, and it's very simple for you, that is the manufacturing method of those things in Crystal Zhai, you are the head of the glass craftsmen in Zhufu, you don't know the manufacturing method, right?" ”

Lao Tan glanced at the man, bowed his head slightly and said nothing. The man continued, "You work in the Zhu Mansion, how much silver you have in a year, how much silver you have in a lifetime, as long as you agree to my request, I can give you 100,000 taels of silver, which is enough for your family to live for several lifetimes." As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, held them in his hand and shook them, "Look, here are 50,000 taels of silver tickets, a time-honored brand in Shanxi, as long as you promise, the 50,000 taels are yours, as for the other 50,000 taels, I want you to go with us, and when the glass is made, I will give you the rest of the money." ”

Lao Tan remembered what Zhu Houzhao told him before he came, asking him to delay the thief as much as possible, but not to anger the thief and buy time for the rescuers. I only heard Lao Tan say a little angrily: "Then what if I leave with you and you don't let you go?" ”

The man laughed, "Master Tan doesn't need to worry, I can put your son back first, as long as your grandson and you go with us, the 50,000 taels can be taken away by him, is this sincerity enough?" ”

Lao Tan didn't know what to say at this time, at this time, the brocade guard standing on the left side of Lao Tan whispered something, Lao Tan listened and nodded slightly, "This good man, this matter is so important, Lao Yu wants to think about it"

The man listened, "It's fine, but don't think about it too long, I'll give you a moment." (half an hour). Then his expression turned cold, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he stared at Lao Tan, "However, don't play any tricks, I know that the background of Zhufu is not simple, but there are our people around this temple, and there are many small gifts on the road, if you are still waiting for someone to save a few of you, hehe, it is better to save it." ”

Although Lao Tan has lived for decades, he has not experienced such a scene, he was so frightened by the man, his expression was a little depressed, he made a fist with his right hand and hit his left palm, stomped his foot, and said "sigh". The brocade guard on the right pulled Lao Tan and whispered something, and Lao Tan calmed down a little.

The man's eyes flashed, and he sneered. Turning around, he commanded, "Go and put the torch on the fire, and pay attention to the surroundings." The two thieves nodded and walked to the backyard, and the other two began to light the fire at the entrance to the temple's front hall.

The sun had gone down and the sky was getting dark, and it was hard to see without fire.

The man turned his head to Lao Tan, "The two brought by Master Tan are not craftsmen, look at the two of them with the same expressions, it's not simple." Old Tan trembled and said, "It's a craftsman, it's a craftsman, these two are my distant relatives." As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the two Jinyi guards around 30 years old changed slightly.

The man sneered a few times and looked at Lao Tan playfully, "Master Tan is really good at laughing, Craftsman Ding has known your family for so long, and I have never heard that you have two distant relatives, why did two suddenly pop up today?" ”

Lao Tan seemed to think of something at this point, and said eagerly, "By the way, what about Craftsman Ding's family, what you want is a glass manufacturing method, and he can't, you can let them go." ”

Tan Degong, who was bound, looked dark, and he also guessed three points about the situation of Craftsman Ding's family. The man suddenly roared, "Enough, stop talking nonsense, leave others alone now, and think about your own situation." Now you have to decide, agree or not, if you don't, none of you will come up with this temple tonight. The man seemed annoyed, took off the pretended "pleasant face", revealed his true face, and gave an ultimatum.

Lao Tan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say, and the two brocade guards next to him were also anxious. The man couldn't help but smile when he saw the appearance of the three of them.

The sky was dark, and there was silence in the temple at this time, and suddenly, there were two bird calls of "cuckoo, cuckoo". The two brocade-clothed guards beside Lao Tan glanced at each other with a sharp eye and nodded slightly. The man sensed that something was wrong, frowned, and wondered what was wrong.

Suddenly, the two brocade guards knocked Lao Tan down, and shouted loudly to Tan Degong's father and son, "Lie down, lie down, lie down." Tan Degong didn't react to the first sound, but when he lay down on the second sound, he suddenly rushed to the side and pressed his son Xiaoliang underneath, but if you look carefully, Tan Degong's body is arched and does not press his son.

Before the thieves could react, the four thieves guarding Tan Degong's father and son were only 1 step (about 75 centimeters) away from the father and son, and when they saw that the father and son had moved, they didn't care whether the two were useful or not, so they stabbed the father and son with knives.

said that it was too late, and it was only 1,2 seconds after Jinyiwei shouted that he was lying down, and the situation was very urgent, seeing that the thief's 4 knives were less than half a meter away from the father and son, although Lao Tan fell to the ground, his eyes kept staring at his son and grandson, and he shouted "no" in despair. There was a chaotic sound of "bang bang bang", and everyone looked to the place where the sound came from.

The four thieves who killed Tan Degong's father and son seemed to freeze suddenly, and then fell to the ground weakly, the Pu knife in his hand was faster than a person, and fell to the ground first, his eyes and head turned to the wall, that is, the place where the voice came from, to see what killed him, but unfortunately he could only see bursts of white mist. There were also irregular blood stains on the ground, and a small one directly hit Xiao Liang's face who was lying on the ground and peeked out, and Xiao Liang cried out all of a sudden.

There were 9 thieves in the yard, and the 3 people who were close to Tan Degong's father and son hurriedly prepared to turn out their father and son, but as soon as they took a step, there was another "bang" sound, and the three of them also fell. This time they saw several human heads poking out of the wall, as well as strange firearms hanging on the wall, which were very different from the firearms they had seen before, which were all iron pipes.

The man at the head also saw it, and it was estimated that the place where the gun was fired was about 4,5 ten meters away from Tan Degong and his son, and there were not many shots in each formation just now, which shows that this firearm is very accurate at such a distance, and it can also be deduced that this firearm can shoot at least 60 meters away from the enemy, while the bow and arrow of the general grassland army can only be shot at 45 to 55 meters. The Ming Dynasty had such a firearm that had to be avenged, so it immediately decided to capture Lao Tan as a hostage and then go out.

The two thieves who had just gone to the backyard ran to the front while shouting, "Boss, there is an enemy attack behind." The temple is basically in the shape of a "Hui", and the two of them are running through the aisle on one side, when suddenly the sound of "click, click" is endless, and several crossbow arrows are inserted in the two of them, and they fall.

Time waited for no one, and the man took the last 5 subordinates in the courtyard and ran towards Lao Tan and the three. As soon as the two brocade guards stood up and prepared to fight with the short knives they brought, there was a shout of "lie down, don't move" from the temple gate behind. The two of them immediately fell down again, and there was another thud, and three of the six thieves fell. Lao Tan was originally 10 meters away from the thief, at this time the man was 2,3 meters away from Lao Tan, that is, 3 steps away, but unfortunately a footstep accompanied by the sound of "bang, click" came from the gate, the man was hit by 2 crossbow arrows, but they were all on the legs, and then fell to the ground, the other two thieves were not so lucky, with crossbow arrows and lead bullets in their bodies, the gods were difficult to save.

Many people came into the temple at once, one took the lead, it should be a brocade guard (four products), about 40 years old, less than 50 years old, shouted loudly, "Search for me, see if there are any thieves." The people of Jinyiwei began to search everywhere in the temple, and the 50 people of the water and land battalion also rushed to the temple one after another, at this time the three of Lao Tan's grandson had been unbound and reunited, and after seeing that his son and grandson were untied safely, Lao Tan, who had just stood up, suddenly fell to the ground weakly. After all, he is in his early 60s, and he has been able to persist until now, and he is busy before and after, all by taking one breath, and now that his son and grandson are safe, this heart is released, and the whole person is like having a serious illness. Tan Degong and Xiao Liang saw it and immediately ran over to ask Lao Tan what was wrong. At this time, Jinyi Wei came over and looked at it and said, "Okay, the old man is nothing serious, he just needs to recuperate for a few days, don't let him be so stimulated in the future." Tan Degong and Xiao Liang hurriedly knelt down and thanked him for saving his life, and shook his head and asked them to get up, "Don't thank me either, thank you to the two young masters of the Zhu Mansion." The three of them all nodded and said no more.

The man in charge was still alive, and the servant ordered him to be tied up first. After a while, the Zhu Houzhao brothers also arrived at the temple. Lao Tan struggled, knelt down and kowtowed to the two of them to thank them, Tan Degong and Xiao Liang also knelt down, and the three of them were really grateful to these two young masters. Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Hurry up, this time you are the duty of the Zhu Mansion, just like it is your duty to work hard in the Zhu Mansion, okay, go back to the mansion to rest, the three of you will rest for a few days." Tan Degong and Xiao Liang supported Lao Tan to go to the gate to take the carriage back to the house, when Tan Degong passed by Zhu Houwei, he whispered a few words, and then sighed slightly and shook his head, Zhu Houwei also looked heavy after listening.

After a while, the three of them took a carriage, and a team of brocade guards left first, Zhu Houzhao also talked to the servant for a few words, and came over to meet with Zhu Houwei, "What's the matter, what did Tan Degong tell you just now?" Zhu Houwei shook his head slightly, "Let's go, go to the back mountain." ”

After a while, under the escort of the water and land camp and the Jinyi guard, the group went out of the backyard and came to the back mountain, not far away I saw a few Jinyi guards surrounded there, Zhu Houwei brothers stepped forward to see, it was a family of three Ding craftsmen, Ding craftsmen were stabbed in the heart, they were dead, their eyes were wide open, with anger and despair, less than 2 meters apart, it was a woman with a full body **, the lower body was filthy, lying leaning over, and the shoulders also showed a small half of the head, it should be a 5-year-old daughter. The woman, the wife of a craftsman Ding, had several knife wounds and many bruises on her body, and was obviously abused and humiliated before her death. Everyone who saw it was filled with righteous indignation and gritted their teeth, but they didn't expect this gang of thieves to be so inhumane.

Suddenly, Zhu Houwei saw that little head moved, and immediately shouted, "Quick, move the woman away, the child may not be dead yet." Everyone hurriedly moved the woman, and when they saw the child's body, there was a small hole in front of her, but it was not deep, it seemed that she was blocked by her mother so that she was not fatally injured, and the child's eyelashes moved slightly, and she slowly woke up. It's just that as soon as his eyes opened, in addition to confusion and numbness in his eyes, Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear to see his brother for a while, his parents died when he was only 5 years old, and he also saw how his mother died tragically. The child suddenly saw the body of his mother, and then all of a sudden fainted again. Zhu Houwei said, "Take the child to Zhufu for treatment, her two elder brothers have been called back to Zhufu, as for these two people, they were buried in a new location." ”

Everyone went to the front yard again, and the servant came to report on today's battle situation, "Prince, Second Highness, a total of 37 enemies were killed today, 21 people were outside the temple, 16 people were in the temple, and one person was captured alive, he should be their leader, and some money, weapons, documents, etc. were found in the temple. Zhu Houzhao's brothers were very resentful in their hearts, Zhu Houzhao stared at the matter, and a sentence appeared between his teeth, "The one who was captured alive tried to dig up useful information, but remember, don't let him die too easily." Also, look at their household registration and where the road guide was issued. ”

After speaking, the two brothers and the soldiers of the land and water battalion rushed to Zhufu, the night was deep, and everyone's hearts were also heavy.