Bao Xiqiao and Li Ping heard the men who were dealing with the thieves outside suddenly cheered, as if they had encountered something extremely happy. Not long after, Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin strode in side by side, Guo Xiaotian excitedly said to his wife Li Ping: "We seem to have caught a big traitor!" At this time, I had to take it to the shipyard to have a look. Hurry up and prepare the meal, and we'll have a few drinks in the evening. ”

After listening to her husband's words, Li Ping responded. And Bao Xiqiao next to him covered his mouth lightly, looking unbearable. She has been kind-hearted since she was a child, and whenever she sees an injured animal, she will bring it home and feed it properly, and then release it back into the field until the injury is healed. This temper is so big that it still doesn't change. Her father was a tried-and-true village pedant, and he named her according to her temperament, "Pity the Weak".

Since marrying into the Yang family, Yang Tiexin has been very fond of this flower-like wife, and everything follows her temperament. The chickens and ducks raised at home only eat eggs, and if you want to eat meat, you have to buy them outside. Seeing his wife's expression like this at this time, Yang Tiexin didn't think it was strange, and happily pulled Guo Xiaotian out together.

Everyone outside was gone, and Li Ping couldn't bear to see that Bao Xi was weak, so she comforted her a few words, and went home first to prepare for cooking. Bao Xiweak sat for a while, and then got up and went out. When I came out, I saw that although the ground was empty, there were several pools of blood. She covered the blood with dirt and looked at the hairy rabbit in the cage. But I saw some suspicious marks on the ground. When I looked at the tracks, I saw a man hiding by the haystack behind the house.

Bao Xiqiao walked in and saw that the man's hair was scattered, his clothes and face were dirty, and the position of the clothes on his chest was broken through a large hole, revealing a deep wound on his chest.

Judging by the clothing, this person is an accomplice to the group of people who were just killed. Bao Xiqiao took a few steps back and wanted to call someone. However, at this time, everyone either went to the shipyard or went home, and there was no one around. The wounded man saw Bao Xiweak, and his eyes were full of pleading. Bao Xiqiao knew that as long as he called someone over, that person would definitely die. She was already opposed to killing, and when she saw that the man looked like those injured little animals, she couldn't help but feel pity in her heart.

It's just that it's useless to look at each other like this, so I regret my weak heart, so I went home first and got a cotton wool bandage and alcohol. Come out and treat this person's injuries a little according to the medical techniques he learned in school. The man was also stiff, and when the alcohol cleaned the wound, it was like a knife, and he gritted his teeth and said nothing.

After the bandage was tied, Bao Xiwan pointed to the forest path behind the courtyard and said to the man: "You go now, the wound will not bleed again." If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave again when the people come back. ”

After speaking, Bao Xiwan got up and went back to the house. Although she made her own decisions in this matter, she also knew that it was her own good thoughts. If you help more, it is not appropriate. After waiting for a while, there was a lot of noise outside again, it was Yang Tiexin, Guo Xiaotian and others who came back from the shipyard.

These villagers believed that they participated in the siege and annihilation of the remnants of the soldiers, and received a bounty and a lot of things in the shipyard. The table was moved to the open space, the ladies of each family cleaned up the beef and other things, and the men opened the rum given by the shipyard. And they all ate with joy.

It turned out that among these people who were captured, there was really a guy who was probably Liu Quan, a Mongolian Wanhu, even if it was not Wanhu, he should be a big official. Among the other people who were killed, there were also hundreds of families, so the bounty was very rich. However, during the meal and drink, everyone talked about the shipyard's consideration of evacuating this place, Guo Xiaotian raised his wine glass and toasted everyone first, and then said: "Those officials in the shipyard said that they were leaving, and asked us if we were willing to go with them, I want to hear what everyone means." ”

After Guo Xiaotian finished speaking, someone immediately replied: "They said that they would send us back after they had beaten the Mongols away, and asked them how long it would take for them to get rid of the Mongols, but the officials at the shipyard said they didn't know." In that case, I don't think we'd better go. ”

As soon as these words came out, someone said: "Of course, it is good to stay at home, but the officials of the shipyard said that they will not come to us again to harvest cotton until the Mongols are defeated." So what? ”

Then everyone fell silent. Cotton is the most fundamental industry in Jiaxing Province, and the practical experience over the years has made everyone understand that there is no way to make money by growing food alone. You have to grow cotton, or work in a factory. In Niujia Village, everyone works in the shipyard and grows things to sell to the shipyard. If the shipyard is really gone, everyone will have no source of money.

When vital interests are involved, the joy of sharing money between the banquets is diluted a lot. It is difficult to leave the homeland, and everyone has never been to the far place that the officials said, and they can't believe it. However, those officials wanted to go back, which made everyone very helpless.

During the banquet, Yang Tiexin went to his backyard to pout. Bao Xiqiao was a little nervous in his heart, and he didn't know if the injured person was still there. When Yang Tiexin came back as usual, Bao Xi's weak heart completely settled down. If Yang Tiexin saw the injured bad guy and beat the bad guy to death, Bao Xiweak would never stop it.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and a team of officers and soldiers suddenly appeared outside Niujia Village. Dressed in the clothes of the Great Song army, holding weapons. The army did not come in when they reached the entrance of the village, but only asked the villagers to take them to the shipyard. Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin saw that they were officials and soldiers, so they took them there.

After a while, there was a sudden rumble of cannon fire from the shipyard. At first, everyone in Niujia Village didn't care, but they didn't expect the artillery to become more and more fierce. The villagers felt that something was wrong. I didn't know what to do, but I saw a large group of ships coming along the Matsue River in the distance. At the sight of the flag on the bow of the ship, everyone was startled.

Originally, there was a fleet in Songjiang, which was composed of broken houses. In the Song Dynasty, there was no such thing as lumpenproletarians, but everyone knows that those people had no formal livelihood for various reasons, so they fished on the river for a living. Because their livelihood is hard, they often do bad things. The village was formed by Xi Wuzhi to form a militia group, largely to deal with these people.

Since Zhao Jiaren arrived here, this fleet has been driven away. I didn't expect them to appear again at this time this time. And from a distance, you can see these people on the ship with fierce weapons, obviously coming to commit murder.

The village hurriedly rang the bell that he bought last year, which was originally meant to ring up and down for the students in the school, and later it was also used as a signal to gather the villagers. As soon as the villagers gathered, the fleet of the shabby families docked, and the thugs on the boat jumped ashore and killed Niujia Village.

The villagers and members of the militia resisted, but they were killed after not resisting for long. Bao Xiqiao was at home at this time, and saw Li Ping hurriedly entering the courtyard. As soon as he said a few words, the villains outside were killed. Although Li Ping had not practiced martial arts, her body was still strong, and she hurriedly picked up the firewood knife and prepared to confront the villains.

At this moment, a man with a spear suddenly appeared behind the thugs, he yelled to kill the thugs, and then rushed to the door. At this time, the thugs in other places had already begun to kill and burn down the house, and the man shouted, "Follow me!" Then he pulled up the bag and rushed out.

Li Ping hurriedly pushed the man away and shouted, "What are you going to do?" ”

The man said anxiously, "Didn't you see those people start burning down the house?" To stay here is to die. ”

When the two women looked out of the window, they saw that there was already thick smoke billowing outside, and they heard the sound of killing outside, and they knew that something was wrong. Li Ping didn't know this man, but Bao Xiweak felt that this person was vaguely familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, it turned out to be the person she saved that day.

At this moment, several torches were thrown in from outside the courtyard, and the straw pile in the courtyard was lit. Bao Xiqiao couldn't think so much anymore, so he could only follow the man out.

At this time, there were more and more people near Niujia Village. It turned out that the pair of Song troops were the former Song army, and now they have surrendered to Mongolia, become new annexes, and were sent by Mongolia to earn a shipyard. At that time, the shipyard was heavily guarded and was not earned. So the new army suddenly burst out and hurt people. Guo Xiaotian, who was deceived, was immediately stabbed, and Yang Tiexin saw that something was wrong, so he immediately carried Guo Xiaotian and fled to the river.

The shipyard immediately fought back. Bombardment of the new annex with artillery. Seeing that the new annex could not break through the perimeter of the shipyard, the new annexed army also withdrew to a distant distance and waited for an opportunity. At this time, the Mongolian military ships took the broken flotilla on the river as the lead and went down the river. Attack shipyard on land and water. The capture of this shipyard was a plan set by the Mongols, who used artillery and attacked with great ferocity.

The shipyard had almost dismantled everything that could be dismantled, and seeing the situation of the Mongol army, they could only set up explosives, and then opened the water gate, and everyone rushed out by boat. When the shipyard's fleet reached the mouth of the river, it barely escaped the pursuit of the Mongolian navy, and then the explosives set up in the shipyard exploded violently, and the shipyard was instantly filled with smoke and flames. Seeing the destruction of their beloved shipyard, many people glared angrily, and many people couldn't help but sob.

The factory director in charge of the retreat was hit by an arrow in his shoulder at this time, and he did not cry out in pain, but said to everyone in a voice full of anger: "Everyone, we will definitely be able to defeat the Mongols, and we will definitely be able to come back!" ”

At this time, it was not only Niujia Village or shipyard on the Songjiang River, but also the Mongol army mobilized land and water troops to launch a fierce attack on Jiaxing Province. It must be said that the Mongols are probably better, and Jiaxing Mansion is a completely unfamiliar existence to them, and they can't let go of it a little. Those new annexes have long heard that Jiaxing Mansion has been prosperous because of cotton affairs in recent years. To be able to come here is to be harmed, and that is because everyone is fighting bravely to be the first.

Half a month later, Bao Xiqiao and Li Ping returned to Niujia Village again, only to see that it had been burned to the ground. Not to mention their relatives, there is not a single living person in sight among the ruins. Bao Xiqiao and Li Ping covered their mouths and began to cry, but what is the use of crying. The two of them were completely helpless.

After stopping the grief, Bao Xiweak said to the man who accompanied them: "Mr. Hao, I want to go back to my mother's Hongmei Village to have a look." ”

Hao Ren just nodded, but didn't say much. Helping the two of them get on the horse first, Hao Ren took the reins and asked, "Please also ask Bao Niangzi to tell me where to go?" ”

Calling Bao Xi weak Bao Niangzi is not that Hao Ren wants to take advantage of words, but in this era, calling women 'Niangzi' and calling little girls 'Little Niangzi'.

Bao Xiqiao pointed in the direction, and Hao Ren led the horse there. When he arrived in Hongmei Village, Bao Xiqiao saw the same ruins. Thinking that his parents were probably in a catastrophe, Bao Xiweak couldn't help crying.

Hao Ren next to him stood beside him, watching Li Ping endure his grief and comfort Bao Xi's weakness. As far as Hao Ren knows, this time the Mongolian army seized Jiaxing Mansion, and the people were burned and robbed by those new annexed troops. Hao Ren was also very puzzled by such a brutal action. The new annex he saw was like a beast that had been unleashed suddenly, indulging in the excitement and satisfaction of the atrocities. Of course, there is no one here, and it is Zhao Jiaren who used his previous foundation in Jiaxing to take away all the surviving people.

According to the spies, there are basically no people left in Jiaxing Mansion now. The area that was once thought to be rich in Jiangnan was destroyed in one fell swoop.