It was night, on a high hill at the west end of Xinghua Village, overgrown with weeds and thorns. Xiao Yao and Cui Gang stood there, looking at Xinghua Village under the starry sky, a group of horse bandits were galloping in the streets and alleys of the village, with great momentum.

Half an hour later, a group of horse bandits left Xinghua Village one after another, rushed towards the hill, galloped past the two of them, and a few people who led the team rode on horses and smiled at the two of them, and flashed over. A group of men quickly disappeared into the night.

"Boss, do you think they're really coming?" Cui Gang put his hand between his eyebrows, looking at the path leading to the town, and he couldn't even see a ghost, let alone anyone else.

Xiao Yao pulled a wild flower and put it on the tip of his nose to smell it, and said lightly: "Unless he wants to let the six thousand taels of silver he gave you go down the drain, do you think he will?" He smiled lightly and asked Cui Gang.

After a long time, there was still no movement on the path to the town, Cui Gang sat back next to Xiao Yao, and seemed to want to speak, but he just glanced at Xiao Yao lying on the grass twice, and held back his words.

"Calm, tonight the night is picturesque, the starry sky is bright, and it is also a very pleasant thing to lie down and enjoy the beauty of the night sky." Xiao Yao glanced at the absent-minded Cui Gang and said with a smile. With his hands behind his head, he crossed Erlang's legs and swayed rhythmically with the little song he hummed in his heart, as if he was enjoying the atmosphere at this time. The quiet night calmed down his heart.

Hearing this, Cui Gang scratched his head, sighed a little weakly, and said sincerely: "Boss, when will I be able to practice to your level, hehe." As long as he has something in his heart, he can't sleep well, and after half a day, he doesn't see any movement there, so he is a little restless.

"What should come will come, hehe" Lying on the ground, he felt a slight vibration on the surface, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves faintly entered Xiao Yao's ears, and a "carp stood up" and looked into the distance. Soon, a group of people and horses appeared in his sight, first a dozen Huang Zong horses, then a few carriages, and finally several tall horses, each with two wooden barrels on their backs.

As soon as Cui Gang saw them, he immediately came to his senses, and he waited too long, it was really boring. staring at their brigade into the village, if it weren't for Xiao Yao's pull, they would have followed long ago. I only heard Xiao Yao say: "The time has not come, let's go back to Dali's house first, they won't leave for a while." ”

Copying the path back to Wang Dali's house, Wang had already slept, and the two entered the West House, where they saw Wang Dali and another young man sitting on the kang. Seeing Xiao Yao coming back, Wang Dali jumped off the kang, and when he saw Cui Gang behind him at first glance, he was stunned at first, and then said to Xiao Yao: "You are back, now that group of people are stealing water from Jiujing, let's go and stop them!" After speaking, he was going to pull Xiao Yao out.

"Don't worry, they won't be able to leave." Xiao Yao forcibly stopped him and motioned for the three of them to be calm. He sat them down, talked to them about the key points, and made an appointment before leaving the house with the three of them and strolling towards Sakai.

Hidden in a dark corner, staring at the crowd of people in the open space of Sakai, two of them stood aside, looking left and right, as if they were guarding the wind, and seemed to be afraid of being seen, and found themselves, a little frightened.

"Grass! It turned out to be these two sons of bitch!" Wang Dali saw the appearance of the two clearly, and couldn't help but burst out foul language, if it wasn't for Xiao Yao reminding him with gestures, with his loud voice, he was afraid that he would have been startled at this time. Wang Dali gritted his teeth with hatred, and the young man next to him was also full of anger, but he didn't expect that the respected Zhou patriarch was actually a villain who colluded with outsiders and guarded and stole himself!

Seeing that the group filled all the wooden barrels, the father and son of the Zhou family breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, and forgot a few more glances before relieving themselves. At this time, a housekeeper-like person walked up to him, took out the silver ticket prepared in advance from his sleeve, handed it to Patriarch Zhou, and said: "My master said that the success of this plan is thanks to Patriarch Zhou's great help, and I will rely on you more in the future." ”

The patriarch surnamed Zhou had a smile on his face, and exchanged a few words with the housekeeper, "Master Zhu is really too polite, the dog is studying in the town academy, and Master Zhu is also very helpful, and the little old man is also grateful." As he spoke, he began to count the silver tickets in his hand.

Well? After counting the silver tickets in his hand, Patriarch Zhou couldn't help but be stunned and asked, "Steward Qi, this number doesn't seem right, right?" Is it less than a thousand taels? He stared at him suspiciously, a hint of displeasure on his face.

Steward Qi seemed to have known about this for a long time, so he smiled and said, "Patriarch Zhou, those who do big things are not informal!" Originally, that gang of robbers was going to leave this place tonight, but it was my lord who spent an extra thousand taels of silver to negotiate with them, and cover for us tonight, otherwise do you think we can succeed so smoothly tonight? Besides, your son will still study in the town in the future, raise his eyebrows for your Zhou family, and get ahead is just around the corner, so why should you care about the gains and losses at this time? ”

Steward Qi enlightened him on the one hand, but he sneered in his heart, something that didn't open his eyes! The housekeeper is busy running around, he doesn't even have time to drink tea, there is no merit and hard work, the master can't get oil and water, you are still so careful, you really don't know the times!

Hearing this, Patriarch Zhou stared at him a few times, and the two laughed a few times at the same time, clenched the silver ticket in their hands, and stuffed it into their arms. "What Steward Qi said is that he is old and ignorant, hehe. also asked Steward Qi to take care of the children in the town in the future, and Zhou was grateful. "They are all old and sophisticated people, how can they not know the Tao in this.

"Well said, well said. In that case, we will take our leave, and we will meet later. Steward Qi smiled with satisfaction and said goodbye to his father and son. A group of people got on their horses and prepared to leave.

Seeing that the time had come, Xiao Yao swaggered out of the corner with the three of them, and said loudly: "Patriarch Zhou, what are you doing here in the dead of night?" Yo, there are so many people, both cars and horses, which one is this singing? The sudden voice shocked Patriarch Zhou and the others, and their souls trembled.

"It's them!" The father and son of the Zhou family trembled, and their chests felt like they had been hit hard with a hammer. Everyone followed the sound and looked at Xiao Yao and the others, but after being frightened, they also put their hearts back in their stomachs. The people brought by Steward Qi today were all strong men, and when they saw that there were only four of them on the other side, they didn't care much. But the father and son of the Zhou patriarch seemed to have lost their souls at this time, and their hearts were beating faster.

Caught by them, Patriarch Zhou simply took two steps forward and said with a smile: "This doesn't seem to be about Xiao Gongzi's business, right?" ”

Wang Dali couldn't get along with their father and son, but now he was stolen by others, and finally couldn't help it, and shouted angrily: "Old brute, you still have the face to fart here, can you do this disgraceful thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs, are you worthy of the fathers and villagers of the whole village?" ”