Tian Xiao pointed at himself, and then pointed at Bai Xihong and said: "Although the old man is not a master, he has practiced martial arts after all, and now although he is old, he can still fight." And Bai Xihong is the only monk in the village, and with the help of the rest of the masters, the two of us can also do it. ”

The village chief of Baixi was surprised: "Is my Hong'er going to fight too?"

Tian Xiao finally couldn't help but reprimand angrily: "Look at this little gentleman, who is not related to Baixi Village, but he can stand up to help." As a member of the clan, the son of the patriarch, and the only monk in the village, Bai Xihong should stand up when the clansmen all took up arms. If it weren't for that, would he still have the face to stay in Baixi Village? Then he should be expelled from the village now, Baixi Village does not need and cannot tolerate this kind of coward!"

These words angered Bai Xihong, and the young man got up and stomped his feet and said, "Who do you say is a coward?"

Baoyu interjected: "Bai Xihong, if you fight hard to protect the village, of course you are not a coward. ...... But I listened to the patriarch, and it seems that I didn't plan to let you fight. ”

Bai Xihong gritted her teeth and said, "Of course I will fight." ”

Baoyu said, "You don't have to worry too much, if the position you are guarding encounters a strong enemy, others will immediately rush over to help." ...... The village will not move, and we don't know from which direction the other side will attack, so every direction must be on guard, so there must be these people. ”

The village chief of Baixi stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead and said, "Since there are already three people, Master Gonggong, Tian Xiao, and my Hong'er, we still need to ask four more masters to help." ...... Then it's four magic weapons, how can you say five just now?"

Tian Xiao was already angry, pointed at Baoyu, and scolded the village chief of Baixi again: "Are you blind? And this little gentleman." Of course you have to give the same reward!"

Baoyu suddenly smiled and nodded, "What Uncle Xiao said is, Patriarch Baixi, you did count wrongly, didn't you treat me as a person? It's my own business, and how you count is your business. ”

After the father and son of the village chief of Baixi left, Baoyu and Tian Xiao did not rest immediately, and the two chatted for a long time that night. Baoyu is very serious in everything he does, so serious that he doesn't have to be deliberately serious himself, he is so naturally focused.

This was the first thing he encountered after leaving the wilderness and entering Ba Yuan. Not only was he helping, but he wanted to figure out why. Why did it happen, what kind of people, with what kind of purpose and ** participated in it?

Baoyu asked about the situation of the rogue again. In the hinterland of the Xiangmuro country, the so-called rogues have long been extinct in recent decades. The tragedy that took place in the summer of three years ago and the autumn of two years ago may sound so unreal to the people of this area, like a legend from a very distant time and a distant place. How could it happen to me?

When the rogues committed the second crime, more than 300 people in that remote village were slaughtered, leaving nothing alive, and no one knew where they came from, what they looked like, and what they had stolen. The first time they committed the crime, they attacked only three families in a certain village. All three families were killed, the courtyard of the house was destroyed by fire, and no one knew why.

At that time, the rogue came too suddenly. No one expected that when they rushed into the village with knives and guns, the other villagers would not even dare to come out of their homes. Eyewitnesses hiding behind the walls of their homes later described the men as masked and did not know what they looked like, but they were all athletic and extraordinary.

The three families were three brothers who had set up their own families, and among them there was also a monk of the Three Realms. However, there are obviously those who have cultivated to a higher level among the rogues, and they will win by fighting the law. Some witnesses saw the glow of the magic weapon flying into the air and circling above the courtyard wall.

The two tragedies were separated by more than a year, and neither left any clues afterwards, although both Gaocheng and Feihong City had sent people to investigate. But nothing came of it. After the first tragedy, some people suspected that it was a vendetta, and it was only after the second tragedy that people realized that there was a murderous gang of gangsters in the area. But there are also those who believe that these are fundamentally two incidents, because the situation is completely different.

Now, another two years have passed. I never saw the Liukou haunt again, and many people thought that they had long since gone away, otherwise how could they not be found? This was also Baoyu's question, and he asked Tian Xiaodao: "The first tragedy, there were witnesses, how many Liukou were there?"

Tian Xiao: "It is said that there are about fifty people, all of whom are masked. ”

Baoyu: "The second tragedy and the first tragedy, are they the same people?"

Tian Xiao spread his hands and said: "You ask me, who am I going to ask?" At that time, there was not a single living mouth, some people thought it was the same group, and some people thought it was not. ”

In fact, Baoyu may not want to ask Tian Xiao, he used to communicate with the mountain god in the past, and he always asks questions and then lets the mountain god answer. But Tian Xiao is not a mountain god, and Baoyu is also thinking about the process of asking questions.

He muttered again: "Slaughtering the entire village overnight, and not a single person escaped, it is not like a few murderers. How could there be two groups of outcasts in such a short period of time in the same peaceful and peaceful place? But if the same group had done it, why did they attack only three families the first time and slaughter the entire village the second time?"

Tian Xiao frowned and said, "Maybe it's because the village was bigger than the first time, not much smaller than our Baixi Village, and it is said that they didn't have any casualties." The second time the village was very small, with only more than 300 people, and probably all the tribesmen rose up to resist, and the rogues suffered casualties, so they were annoyed and angry. ”

Baoyu: "If you are a rogue, why haven't you gone far after a year? And the time to commit the crime is inevitably too long. They are all masked, just afraid of being recognized!"

Tian Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, if you are not afraid of being recognized, why should you cover your face?" Actually, I think so too." ”

Baoyu continued: "More than fifty people, after doing such a bloody case, no matter how they hide afterwards, it is impossible not to leave any clues, unless they can all fly." "This is obviously an impossible assumption, could it be that these more than fifty rogues are at least the masters of the Six Realms with flying artifacts? If this is the case, they don't have to be rogues, they can directly capture the national capital.

Tian Xiao: "That's the most surprising part. It is said that the lord of the castle also asked the capital for help, and the king sent a master to fly to the sky and search the surrounding mountains, but found no hiding rogues. ”

Baoyu: "If it's only one or two masters, it's reasonable, but fifty rogues, even if they hide in the mountains, they can't leave any traces, so there is only one possibility." ”

Tian Xiao leaned over and said, "What is possible?"

Baoyu: "They didn't hide at all, they were locals!"

Although Baoyu walked out of the wilderness for the first time, Li Qingshui was the master of Ba Guoli back then. Many of the worldly events that the mountain god introduced to him were various cases. The situation of the rogue here is very strange, and all other possibilities are excluded, so the situation that seems to be the most unlikely should be the truth.

Tian Xiao gasped and lowered his voice: "To be honest, my old man was so suspicious back then, but I really can't believe it, I just think that I am thinking nonsense! With more than fifty murderers with extraordinary skills, which village has such strength?"

If the so-called rogues are the locals, where do they come from? Could it be that there are several strongmen in each village, secretly colluding together, and there are also people in the middle to command, and they meet at an appointed time to gather and commit murder. Afterwards, they dispersed, took off their disguises, restored their original colors, and returned to their respective villages. If this is the case, it may explain why the rogue is not traceable. ”

Baoyu: "This is also a possibility. ”

Tian Xiao's expression changed, and he suddenly said: "Little sir, I know that you have strong mana, can you help the old man do one thing for me?"

Baoyu: "Please speak." ”

Tian Xiao: "When the rogue attacked, if you try to give birth to one or more of them, you can eradicate them all as long as you take off your mask to find out their identity and interrogate their accomplices. If you really can't catch the living, it's okay to leave the corpse, and if it's really a local, it's also a clue to pursue. ”

Baoyu: "If it's really a local, it's not that there are no clues. Someone had seen a master of fighting techniques among the Liukou, and his methods were at least superior to that of the Three Realms cultivator who had been killed. Among the two nearby cities, although there are not very few monks above the three realms, there are not too many. And those whose whereabouts are unknown at that time are extremely suspicious. ”

Tian Xiao: "But suspicion does not mean that there is evidence, so far, no one who can identify them has survived. Anyone who holds such a status is of such a high rank in the city that he cannot be accused of it by mere suspicion. Moreover, the murderers are all locals, so they can find accomplices to confess and cover up their whereabouts. ...... Now, little sir, I hope that this rogue will come. ”

Baoyu: "Oh, why do you think that?"

Tian Xiao: "I had doubts at the beginning, but I didn't even dare to believe it, I just thought it was a blind thought, but you woke me up again today." If there really is such a gang of strongmen lurking in the local area, and their true faces are not known to the public, how dangerous is this? Even if they do not come to ransack Baixi Village today, they will still cause a tragedy in the future, and they should take this opportunity to find out the identities of these people and completely eradicate them!"

Baoyu nodded and said, "You are not only thinking about Baixi Village, but also for the safety of all the villages in the vicinity. But there is a question, what if those rogues don't come? Even if we invite experts to help, those people can't stay in Baixi Village forever, if the rogues don't come next month, will the reward be paid back and the people will be kept?"

Tian Xiao asked rhetorically: "Didn't you say it yourself, did the Liukou collude with the people of the Mountain Paste Clan, and they will come to ransack Baixi Village next month?"

Baoyu smiled bitterly, in fact, he was just pulling poop in the bushes when he found two pig-headed people spying on Baixi Village from a high place, and heard a conversation, which mentioned "leather armor people with knives and guns", and also mentioned that he would come to Baixi Village next month to grab things, so he deduced these things, but he didn't expect that the deeper the situation became, the more complicated it became.

If those "rogues" notice that Baixi Village is prepared, and it is inconvenient to do it next month, they are locals anyway, and they will have time to wait, and when the masters invited by Baixi Village to help are gone, and the villagers' defenses are relaxed, and then suddenly attack, Baixi Village will still face a catastrophe.

Tian Xiao said worriedly: "If you spend a lot of money to invite a group of masters, but the Liukou doesn't come next month, I'm afraid the village chief of Baixi should cry." Whether he cries or not is secondary, the key is that the crisis in Baixi Village and the surrounding villages is still there. So we have to try not to advertise the matter of asking the masters to help, so that those rogues think they can succeed and will come according to the plan. ”

Baoyu said: "Those rogues are already very cautious, because the scale of Baixi Village is not small, and they are also worried about what masters may emerge here, so they will collude with the demon clan to do it together." As long as there is no military formation in the city here, they should go according to plan. In fact, I was also very surprised, Baixi Village seems to be strong, but in fact it is like a fat and stupid old hen, which finally attracted birds of prey flying in the sky. ”

Tian Xiao patted his thigh and said, "Little sir, what you said is so right!"

Baoyu suddenly frowned again: "But I still think it's strange, those pig-headed people have a grudge with Baixi Village, and they want to come to grab the grain in the warehouse, but they can barely say it." But are those strongmen just here to grab the yams, and what is their purpose?"

At this point, Baoyu's voice suddenly stopped, and he glanced at Tian Xiao, and the two of them said almost in unison: "Something from the patriarch's family!"

At this moment of discussion, the details of this gang of rogues have gradually become clear in Baoyu's heart. They were the locals, and among them there was at least one monk above the Third Realm, and all of them were very skilled. I think the first time I committed a crime, the target was those three families. And the situation of those three families may be similar to that of the current Baixi village chief's family.

The three families have a common patriarchal ancestor, and among them there is also a monk of the Three Realms, whose ancestors should have produced masters and left a number of precious artifacts. Those people found out the details. And this kind of inside story is probably best known only to the locals, especially the local monks.

The first time they were attacked, no one recognized them, and none of the three families survived. In the second attack, they may have been identified or even named, so they slaughtered the entire village, or they could have taken up arms and fought with the entire people of the village. But in the end, they were defeated.

Of course, those rogues will not come to Baixi Village to grab potatoes and eggs, their target is the Baixi Village Chief's family. At least Tian Xiao and Baoyu already knew that there were at least six or more magic weapons and other treasures hidden in the house of the village chief of Baixi, which was already very amazing and worthy of those people's hands.

This evening, the village chief of Baixi was dissatisfied with Baoyu's statement that "the more private property is protected, the more it should be paid". It means that he will transport his family's belongings to the city. And Tian Xiao scolded him, Liukou might just wait to intercept and kill halfway, if he snatched this batch of things, the clansmen would not have to be unlucky together. This was an unintentional angry sentence, but I didn't expect it to be in one sentence.

The village chief of Baixi changed color when he heard the words, and it seemed that he was talking about something. The reason why the village chief of Baixi was willing to cut the meat ruthlessly was that he was willing to take out those precious utensils and invite the masters to help. It seems that he vaguely guessed the real purpose of those "rogues". In this way, the Baixi family's treasured utensils are probably more than that.

As for the "Liukou" colluding with the demon clan, it may be to hide people's eyes, and Baixi Village is very large, maybe there are also masters in charge. A group of pig-headed people rushed into the village to grab food, and the village was bound to be in chaos, and the "rogues" could take advantage of the chaos to attack the Baixi village chief's house, and leave calmly after they succeeded, so let the villagers of Baixi Village and those pig-headed people entangle.

Even if it's a bunch of pigs running around the village and rampage. You have to catch it for a long time. What's more, the furious mountain paste people, whose fierceness is comparable to the wild boar in the mountains, can not only attract the attention of the villagers, but also bear all the charges afterwards, which is a very vicious and ingenious plan.

Tian Xiao was only worried that the villagers would not be able to defeat the strong enemy. And now my mind has changed, and I am even worried that the rogue will not come next month, so that the real trouble will not be eliminated. Although it may be the treasures treasured by the patriarch's family that provoked the Liukou, and there is a deep grudge between Tian Xiao and the Baixi Village Chief, Tian Xiao still hopes to protect the village with all his might, fight against the "Liukou" and find out their identity, not only for the Baixi Village Chief's family.

The next morning, Tian Xiao and Baoyu took the initiative to go to the patriarch's house and discussed it with the village chief of Baixi again. The villagers were all panicked and gathered in the square in the center of the village. Before noon, the village chief of Baixi gathered all the men, women and children of the clan and announced several things in public.

The pig-headed people collude with the rogues and are about to loot the village. But you don't have to worry, there is a Gonggong Lord passing by here, willing to help against those masters of the murderers. From today onwards, everyone will have to build weapons, build walls, get trained, and do everything in their power to protect the village when the enemy comes.

Next is Tian Xiao's assignment, where all the middle-aged men in the village will be trained in groups of ten to learn how to use weapons to fight. As for the others, they were divided into two groups, one of which was to intensify the construction of weapons, and the other to mine stone in the river and seize the time to repair and strengthen the wall.

The villagers immediately became chaotic, and someone shouted: "Our family lives outside the wall, Uncle Xiao, your plan is only to hold the wall." So what are we going to do when the rogue is coming?" Another middle-aged man shouted, "I'm the best at making wooden poles, can I just make weapons and not participate in battles?"

Everyone coaxed for a long time, and they didn't send out a clear idea, although Tian Xiao has been explaining loudly, many people still have their own ideas. Especially those whose homes were on the other side of Baixi, they even ran to the patriarch and begged, can they send a team of middle-aged men with weapons to guard over there?

Later, it was the village chief of Baixi who took out the majesty of the patriarch, jumped on the altar and shouted: "If the rogues come, they can't even save their lives, do you still have to take care of the house? We can only concentrate on guarding the place within the wall! From now on, all the people who live outside will move in, and all the families will be crowded." The grain and valuable things were all moved to the wall, and we will talk about it when the matter is over. If anyone doesn't listen to the arrangement, even if the rogues don't kill you, I'll settle the account when I go back. ”

Then someone asked Tian Xiao that if the people outside the wall retreated to the wall, it was tantamount to giving up their own homes to protect other people's homes, and if there was any loss, would the clan have any compensation? Tian Xiao kept answering that if the house was damaged by the demon clan or the rogue, he would organize all the clansmen to help repair it; if there were casualties in the battle, of course, the entire village would take care of his family.

Tian Xiao's throat was about to smoke, and in the end, it was the mayor of Baixi Village who reprimanded him loudly to finish the scene. The next thing is to arrange for the people who live outside the wall, how to move everything in, and everyone will be squeezed into whom's house for a month, who will receive training, who will repair the wall, and who will make weapons...... and so on a lot of messy things, the noise makes people's brains hurt.

Some people in the village married girls from other tribes, and some girls from other families married into other villages, and at this time they were discussing going to their relatives and living outside for a month, and then coming back after escaping this catastrophe. As he spoke, someone was about to go home and pack their things and get ready to go. When Tian Xiao heard this, he stepped forward to dissuade him, and some more fierce disputes broke out, and many other villagers also participated in the disputes.

The patriarch of Baixi Village whispered a few words to his frowning son. Bai Xihong, the only monk in the clan, went home without saying a word and fetched a long knife, walked to the center of the clearing and struggled to cut out a sharp knife light, cutting a ditch more than two zhang long on the ground, which made the clansmen stunned for a while.

Then he jumped on the altar and shouted in the tone of the patriarch: "Don't worry, everyone, as long as we are prepared, Baixi Village will definitely be able to defeat the enemy! But at this time, if anyone abandons the village and leaves, and even has the suspicion of reporting to the rogue and the demon clan, all the clansmen must not be polite! During this month, no one is allowed to leave without permission! If anyone still insists on leaving, then wait until a month later, and be expelled from Baixi Village forever!"

As soon as this statement came out, it was approved by most people, and no one insisted on leaving the village anymore.

Baoyu watched from the side, frowning secretly. The Liukou will not be here until next month, and these villagers have already shown their true colors as a rabble, which is completely different from the situation in Lu Village and Huahai Village that Baoyu is familiar with.

In Lu Village, whenever a major event happens in the clan, when the mountain master gives an order, all the clansmen will simply obey the arrangement and cooperate with each other naturally, how can there be so many messy rambling things?

But after thinking about it, Baoyu could only sigh secretly. The situation in the village is different, there are many private things and private affairs, and it is inevitable that there will be more selfish and selfish calculations, but no matter how they have their own concerns, we must also understand one thing, and working together to protect the village is to protect the private interests of everyone, otherwise everyone will not have a good result.

Not to mention these clansmen, let's just say that the patriarch of Baixi Village, where does the patriarch have the prestige and ability of the mountain master? Whether the mountain master is cultivated or talented, he is an extremely rare talent from all countries in Bayuan. And in this Baixi Village, it is probably too unrealistic to expect the Baixi Village Chief or Tian Xiao to have the same means as the mountain master.

Although Tian Xiao is an understanding person, he is also a rare good person, and he is also very capable. And the arrangement he made today was also from the perspective of a soldier and based on the experience he had summed up on the battlefield, and made the simplest targeted arrangement.