North of Chengcheng, Dujiawa Village!

Dujiawa Village is a huge village with more than 300 households, the richest family in the village is surnamed Yin, the largest official of the ancestors has done the prefect of the four grades, and the poetry and books have been handed down for seven generations, the name of the master of this generation is called Yi Huifeng, the word Mo Fan, 28 years old this year, is a decent reader, and is quite famous in ten miles and eight townships. It's a pity that his reading level is not as good as that of his ancestors, and he only won the fame of Xiucai, so he has been idle at home and has nothing to do.

At this time, this decent lord Yin Huifeng was standing upright on the square in the center of the village, and in front of him, more than 300 villagers stood neatly, each carrying a weapon. Their weapons were not very rudimentary, there were no scythes or hoes or other farm tools, and the worst of them carried a wooden spear in his hand.

These young and strong spirits are good, everyone has a murderous aura, and it is obvious that they have the heart to fight to the death.

Yin Huifeng was pulling his throat and reprimanding these young people: "Yesterday was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and everyone was reunited with their families, so I summoned everyone. ”

"Yes!" The villagers responded in unison: "A few days ago, the official government leaked the news, saying that Baishui Zhu Ba came out of the mountain and was about to attack our county seat...... Our Dujiawa Village must protect itself. ”

"That's right!" Yin Huifeng's face was a little ugly: "Now that the demons in the court are dancing wildly, even the emperor and his old man have been deceived by the annihilation of the ministers, we have no way to count on officers and soldiers to help us defend the village, we must rely on our own strength!" ”

"Yes!" The village warriors were quite convinced of Yin Huifeng, and under his command, they practiced martial arts, but Master Xiucai himself didn't know how to fight, so he couldn't teach them anything, so he could only verbally encourage and encourage the village braves, and let them pretend to pose for martial arts.

In fact...... For ordinary villagers, such a posture is enough! Because the number of ordinary bandits and rogues is relatively small, and the organization is also very chaotic, when they go out to rob houses and houses, at most more than 100 people act together, and they dare not easily start when they encounter a big village like Dujiawa Village that can pull out more than 300 villagers.

Since the end of Wanli, there have been continuous thieves in western Shaanxi, and there have been several small-scale bandits and strongmen in Dujiawa Village, all of which have been repelled by Yin Huifeng and his father, Mrs. Yin. This time, the "giant Kou" Zhu Ba attacked, and the Yin family naturally had to take the lead to organize Xiangyong.

Yin Huifeng sat on the edge of the square, watching the villagers practice martial arts, but his heart was very heavy, because this time he was not a thief, I heard that even the general of Yansui, the famous general Du Wenhuan, was also defeated by Zhu Ba, he has more than 300 village warriors, what use can he have?

"Master, let's ...... Let's run away. A henchman in a Tsing Yi hat whispered beside him: "This time the thieves are not as usual, if our Yin family insists on coming forward to fight, it will definitely be unlucky, it is better to move the family and escape far away." ”

Yin Huifeng's face was as black as iron: "Master, I also know that I can't beat it...... But how can our generation of scholars flee without even seeing the face of a thief? In addition, this group of thieves is so cruel that they slaughtered more than a dozen villages in a row, killing all men, women and children...... It's simply ...... The Journey of Beasts...... I have fought this life, and I will also fight against such fierce thieves, so that they can know that the world is mighty and righteous forever! ”

The henchman secretly complained bitterly, and admonished bitterly: "But...... If you can't beat it, you can't beat it...... It's useless to add righteousness! ”

Yin Huifeng snorted coldly and said, "I'm afraid of being like this, it's really useless!" I have contacted Hujiazhuang, Guojiazhuang, Dongmadian Village, Chegai Village, Xinzhuang ...... There are also a number of surrounding villages, forming a joint defense of the township bravery, if the thieves attack, we only need to hold the village for half a day, the gentry of these villages will also lead the villagers to help, and when the time comes, thousands of people will be gathered, afraid that where will the thieves come from? ”

Before Yin Huifeng's words fell, he saw a figure running in the middle of the avenue to the west, this person was also wearing a green coat and a small hat, and it seemed that he was dressed as a wealthy man's family. This person ran to Yin Huifeng and said hurriedly: "Master Yin, I was sent by Master Zhang from Hujiazhuang in the west...... He asked me to give you a notice, it's not good to be loud...... The more than 200 villagers he had finally gathered suddenly dispersed......"

"What?" Yin Huifeng was shocked: "Broke up? Why break up at such a critical time? Thieves will come at any time......"

The family Ding smiled bitterly: "Early this morning, the news came from Xifengluo Village, which is further west than our village, that it was not Zhu Ba who killed people and slaughtered the village, but the ghosts of the officers and soldiers...... The person who sent the message was an honest person from Xifengluo Village, who never lied, and the people of our village immediately believed it, and then sent someone to Xifengluo Village to verify...... Really...... There is still a hundred-household official tied up in Xifengluo Village...... It turned out that it was Baishui Zhu Ba and his gang who saved the villagers......"

Yin Huifeng: "......"

"The townsmen in our village have all said that officers and soldiers kill people, and bandits save people, who the hell are soldiers and who are bandits? It's boring to help such an official fight a war! Why don't you follow the thief...... Master Yin, I estimate that the villagers of Xifengluo Village will soon come to you. ”

Yin Huifeng was sweating profusely.

Sure enough, there were a few more men running on the official road, all wearing burlap clothes, all with two mud legs, and they were farmers at first glance, although Yin Huifeng didn't know them, there were a few people in the village who greeted them widely: "Yo, this is not Zhang Moumou from Xifengluo Village...... Li Moumou? ”

"Brothers, we are here to pass on Xun'er......" The people from Xifengluo Village plunged into the crowd, hurriedly talking about something, their expressions were very excited, and they kept gesturing as they spoke...... After a while, the crowd began to surge, and the villagers who were practicing martial arts also surrounded them, and after listening to the words of those people from Xifengluo Village, the scene was chaotic......

"How can officers and soldiers do this?"

"Hey, you guys aren't talking nonsense, are you? It should be Zhu Ba who slaughtered the village, and it was the officers and soldiers who saved people...... Aren't you a thief sent by a thief? ”

"Quick, take us to Xifengluo Village to have a look...... That village is only six or seven miles away from us, and we can get to it in a blink of an eye......"

Seeing such a scene, Yin Huifeng couldn't sit still, he snorted and said loudly: "Don't mess up, everyone...... Whether it's a thief's plan or not, I'll go and see it myself, and you all come, come with me. ”

The townsmen heard this, but it was really not chaotic, in their hearts, the old man Xiucai is a character like mountains and rivers, with extraordinary knowledge and sharp eyes, there is nothing in the world that can deceive him, since the old man Xiucai said that he wanted to see it in person, what are they guessing blindly? Just follow along!

A group of people hurriedly took action, the Yin family carried a small sedan chair, and the three hundred townships bravely hugged Yin Huifeng's sedan chair and rushed to Xifengluo Village.

It didn't take long for Yin Huifeng to arrive on the flat ground in the middle of Xifengluo Village, only to see dozens of corpses of officers and soldiers thrown on the ground, and a hundred households tied in the middle. Several young men from Xifengluo Village guarded Li Qinglai on the side, and from time to time punched him a few times and spit on him.

"General Lee!" Yin Huifeng couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Jukou Baishui Zhu Ba is about to attack, you are not stationed in the city, what are you doing here?" ”

"Humph! He came here to kill people and set fires. The villagers of Xifengluo next to him immediately scolded, and someone walked up and gave Li Qinglai two kicks.

Li Qinglai dared to answer, lowered his head and didn't dare to raise his head.

Yi Huifeng called a few Xifengluo villagers to come: "You tell me about the matter!" ”

This matter is easy to say, and the villagers of Xifengluo suddenly talked nonsense, these villagers are all parties who have experienced that night, and there is naturally no problem when talking about what happened that night, and they tell the whole thing clearly and clearly. Of course, even Zhu Ba had already led the crowd to withdraw and did not rob a copper plate in the village, and he also told it.

As soon as Yin Huifeng heard it, he knew that this matter could not be faked! A face that is ...... black It's like a charcoal lump. The more than 300 township soldiers under his command knew when they saw his face, this is true, it is really the officers and soldiers who kill people, and the thieves who save people......

"Coax!" The villagers of Dujiawa Village suddenly made a commotion.

"! These officers and soldiers are not people! ”

"Fuck ......"

"It's really better to be under the jurisdiction of the government than to be under the jurisdiction of thieves......"

"I'm fucking quit, since the thieves aren't here to steal money, I'm still going to have a fart fight with them?"

"That's it!"

Three hundred villagers scattered, and walked home in a disorderly manner.

Yin Huifeng's heart was in turmoil, an orthodox scholar like him couldn't accept this fact, but the dozens of corpses of officers and soldiers on the ground, the doors of the surrounding houses that were kicked down, and the staggered knife marks on the low walls...... It all shows that this is what is really happening.

"Oh my God! What exactly should I do? Yin Huifeng couldn't help but kneel on the ground, all kinds of emotions in his mind were disturbed, and he was kneeling stupidly.

I don't know how long I knelt, Yin Huifeng suddenly felt that there was an extra person beside him, kneeling in a daze like him, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be Li Yuanwai from Xinzhuang...... This is the squire who agreed with him to jointly defend the township...... It seems that he also received the news that he came to Xifengluo Village to watch the situation, and the result was also shocked.

In the distance, Zhang Yuanwai of Guojiazhuang led the villagers to come over, and the people of Dongmadian Village also walked to the entrance of the village......

The leaders of the various villages soon all knelt together, and everyone looked at me, and I looked at you...... In the end, Yin Huifeng stood up tremblingly and sighed, "Everyone, let's disperse...... Officers and soldiers and thieves, let them go if they want to make trouble, let's not mix with the head office, right? ”