"Huh?"

Ping Ba was stunned for a moment, his mind couldn't turn for a while, and he opened his mouth but didn't know how to explain. Of course, he couldn't tell Aoko that Gentaka and Tanabashi were locked up.

Heihachi knew that everything that happened last night could not be known to the villagers who were present to resist the bandits, otherwise it would easily affect morale, especially Aoko, once her impulsive personality knew what happened yesterday, it was difficult to guarantee that she would not make any drastic moves.

"What are you? Say it! Qingzi saw that Heiba didn't answer for a long time, and immediately became anxious.

Lying is not Pingba's strong point, after thinking about it for a long time, Pingba was stunned and didn't come up with a reasonable explanation, so he could only say hesitantly: "They ...... They have something to do. ”

"Got something to do? What's the matter? Aoko asked reluctantly.

"They...... They ......"

"What they do is important, so keep it a secret." At this time, Rayson walked up and relieved Heihachi.

"Confidentiality? That's my brother and my father, I can't know? Aoko looked at Rayson with a suspicious expression.

Rayson shook his head, his tone without a hint of warmth: "No." What they have to do is related to the success or failure of resisting the bandits, and the survival of everyone here, so no one can say anything. ”

While saying this, Lei Sen's face remained unchanged, his tall figure was backed by the sun, and his already cold face was even more domineering in the shadows, and Qingzi didn't dare to have a trace of doubt about his words, nor did he dare to ask again.

Seeing that Qingzi didn't ask anymore, Lei Sen immediately said, "Go home, this place is not for you." ”

Immediately, Rayson returned to the ranks of the villagers with Heihachi and continued to do his own thing. Qingzi had no choice but to turn around and leave.

But Heiba's mood did not return to calm, turned his head to look at Qingzi's lonely figure, and asked Lei Sen hesitantly: "Sir, is it really good to lie to Qingzi like this?" ”

"Okay?" Rayson raised his eyebrows and glanced at Heihachi like a fool: "What time is it?" Do you think it's so important to tell a lie or not compared to the lives of the whole village? ”

"Uh......" Heihachi choked up, not knowing how to answer.

Rayson patted him on the shoulder: "You should know very well what is important right now. Sometimes, in order to achieve a more important goal, you may use a lot of means, even if you are not willing to do it. The means are not important, the result is important! ”

Heiba was silent for a long time before he nodded as if he understood.

The next day, Rayson divided the villagers involved in resisting the bandits into two teams, each led by Takayama Heihachi, and explained to the two of them the strategies and arrangements to be adopted when the bandits did appear.

Eagle Mountain listened to Rayson's ear plan, and a strange color appeared on his face: "Are you really going to do this?" ”

"Sir, wouldn't that be too risky?" Pingba is also tangled and authentic.

Rayson did not change his mind at all: "This must be done, your people, lack of experience in facing the enemy head-on, many people have never even killed a chicken in their lives, resisting the bandits is a very risky thing for them, and there is no way to expect them to exert much combat effectiveness." Therefore, your team can only attract a small group of bandits, lead them into narrow alleys, and take advantage of your familiarity with the terrain to break them one by one, and eliminate them as much as possible, and if they can't be eliminated, delay as much as possible; The rest of the large army will be handed over to me to lead to the open area, and I will deal with it. ”

After Lei Sen finished speaking, he pondered for a moment, and then said, "In addition, prepare a bow and fifty arrows for me." Tighten the bowstring a little. ”

Although Rayson has an exoskeleton, and the exoskeleton has a lethal shoulder cannon, the use of the shoulder cannon will consume a lot of the remaining power of the exoskeleton, so unless it is absolutely necessary, Rayson still wants to use the shoulder cannon as little as possible. But he didn't have many firepower weapons now, no firing ammunition left for his revolver, and only three magazines left for Anderley's submachine gun. The weapons collected yesterday were only a drop in the bucket, and they had already been distributed to the others, and Rayson had to ask Heihachi and them to prepare a pair of bows and arrows for themselves.

Eagle Mountain and Heipachi had no other better way, so he could only nod: "Okay." ”

……

At night, in the small courtyard of Pingba's house, only Pingba sat on the roof of one of the bungalows, looking up at the starry sky alone, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Knock, knock,"

Suddenly, there was a sound in the silent courtyard, and Heihachi quickly got up.

A thin figure came to the courtyard. When Heihachi saw someone coming, he stammered again: "Aoko? Y-Why are you here? ”

"It's nothing, it's dangling everywhere, and I'll come in and see when I pass by your house. Why did you climb up again? ”

Qingzi looked around in the courtyard and wondered, "Strange? What about the village chief? What about the few people? ”

Aoko is naturally talking about Heihachi's father, Furuya, and Rayson and his party.

Rayson, Ashley, and Eagle Mountain all made nitroglycerin bombs in the warehouse, and Furuya was temporarily locked in the warehouse because of Rayson's instructions.

About an hour ago, Heihachi went to the warehouse to deliver food. At that time, Genlong and Tanabashi father and son were still scolding at Heibachi, in order to avoid making a disturbance and people find out, Lei Sen asked Pingba to block the mouths of these two people again, and starved twice before talking.

Thinking of this, Heihachi felt even more guilty when he faced Aoko, and lowered his head and didn't dare to look at her again.

"They...... They had something to do and they all went out. ”

"If there is something, if you ask you, you will say that there is something, and you will not say anything!"

Qingzi was very dissatisfied, and climbed onto the roof in three or two. The two grew up together, and they used to watch the starry sky here together, so they are naturally familiar with each other.

Aoko climbed onto the roof, saw Heihachi with his head down, and asked again, "What the hell did you ask my father and my brother to do?" Just tell me! Will they be in danger? ”

Heihachi saw Aoko ask again, and his mind once again remembered what Rayson told him today. He knew very well that if Qingzi knew the real situation, he would definitely shout for him to release Genlong and Pengqiao, and when the time came, if the two fathers and sons brought people to contradict him, it would inevitably affect the morale of resisting the bandits, and might even disrupt the original plan.

But as long as the two fathers and sons can stay in peace, the villagers who originally followed them will not be leaderless, and they will not dare to contradict their own team, nor will they dare to reveal the events of last night, and the resistance to the bandits will not be affected. After much deliberation, Heihachi decided to continue this lie.

"Sorry...... Qingzi ......" Heihachi raised his head and looked at Qingzi four times: "What they are doing, I can't say, but I promise you that as long as they do what Mr. says, there will definitely be no danger!" ”

Aoko looked at Heihachi, who tried to suppress the guilt in his heart, faced Aoko's eyes, and no longer avoided it.

For a while, Qingzi didn't see anything unusual, and seemed to finally believe Heihachi.

"Okay......"

The two sat on the rooftop, falling into an inexplicable silence. Aoko sat squatting, her hands clasped on her legs, her head buried in it, as if thinking about something. Heihachi sat behind Aoko and silently watched Aoko's back.

"I used to ...... I always thought I was really good......"

Suddenly, Aoko began to speak, as if she was talking to Heihachi, and seemed to be talking to herself: "I didn't expect it...... All along, it's just you accommodating me, I just want to be a fool, let you play with me, and watch you act with me. ”

Obviously, Aoko was embarrassed because she challenged Rayson that day and was easily submitted, and she was also ashamed to learn that her pride all along was because of the cooperation of others.

"Not really!" Pingba immediately shook his head: "You are really powerful, if you are serious, I can't beat you!" ”

But Qingzi, who had already learned the facts, obviously wouldn't be relaxed because of Heihachi's words, and didn't look back: "Come on, don't comfort me." ”

When she said this, Qingzi was crying. Heiba was worried for a while, looked at Qingzi's back, stretched out his hand, and wanted to touch Qingzi's head.

Ke Pingba raised his hand for a long time, but he still didn't dare to touch the figure that was close at hand.

"Oh yes!"

Suddenly, Qingzi suddenly turned her head, and Heihachi quickly retracted her hand. Fortunately, Qingzi didn't notice anything unusual.

"What the hell are you going to do? Can you really resist the bandits? ”

Heihachi immediately made arrangements for the actions discussed with Rayson today: "Mr. has made arrangements. The entrances to the east and west of the village will be blocked at all times, and when the bandits come, they can only enter from the front. Eagle Hill and I each took half of our men to ambush on both sides of the village, and when they came in, we each attracted some bandits to fight guerrilla warfare in the village; Sir will block the attack head-on, and he will attract most of the remaining bandits and deal with them in the open area of the village. ”

"He's alone? To deal with most of the bandits? Qingzi looked incredulous: "Is this okay?" Those bandits are all guns, and even if you and Eagle Mountain can attract half of the bandits, there will be quite a few left. How could he deal with so many guns alone? ”

"I don't know. But ......" Heihachi sighed, and then said, "Now, we have no other way. Mr. is right, most of the people in our village are ordinary farmers, they have never seen a few times of blood in their lives, and they can't exert much combat effectiveness, so they can only help Mr. as an assistant. The rest is up to Mr. We can only choose to believe in Him! ”

Aoko fell silent. Thinking of the arrogant and tough figure who easily subdued himself, he would choose to help them, and faced most of the bandits alone, and inexplicably gave birth to some complicated feelings. It is not to say that it is unconvinced, and it is not to say that it is grateful, and it is even difficult to explain.

For a long time, Qingzi was still pensive.

Heihachi was also entangled, and seemed to have mustered up a lot of courage, ready to say something important to Qingzi: "Qingzi, I'...... I have something I want to ...... with you."

His voice interrupted Aoko's thoughts. The next moment, Aoko yawned, apparently not hearing what Heihachi said to herself.

"Ahh I can only trust him. Heihachi, I'll go back first, if my father and my brother are done, you remember to tell them to go home early. ”

After saying that, Qingzi climbed down the roof and left Pinghachi's small courtyard without looking back.

Only Pingba was left, looking at Qingzi's distant back dumbfounded, with his mouth half-open, and his stomach was full of unfinished words.

The next day, early in the morning.

Early on, the villagers who participated in the resistance to the bandits, led by Heihachi, went to the open field to train and practice assassination with scarecrows. Rayson, Ashley, and Eagle Mountain, yawned, and came out of the warehouse, they hurried to make more nitroglycerin bombs last night, but knew that the cleaning agent used as raw materials in the warehouse was exhausted, and the bombs they made were still not enough to equip all the people, and they could only be distributed to those who could be relied on at that time.

Several leaders got together again to make the final arrangement plan. At this time, there was a bell at the head of the village.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells!"

The sound of the bell was not loud, but it was very crisp, and it spread far away, and Rayson and the others also heard it clearly. Walking to the main road and looking at the village, there were five or six people, driving two donkeys full of large bags and small bags, walking unhurriedly towards the village.

Those people were dusty, and judging from their attire, they seemed to be the wandering merchants that could be seen from time to time on this continent.

Heihachi was quite surprised, and said to Rayson: "Sir! There are very few wandering merchants in this village who pass by, so why don't you see if there are any good things on them that might help us fight the bandits? ”

Rayson looked at those people, and after a careful look, he frowned.