Chapter 149: Emergency
"We'll report it right away." As soon as Tie Niu thought of the situation at that time, he felt uncomfortable in his heart.
He really thought Xu Lan was dead.
Iron Bull didn't understand why, but he knew he definitely didn't want to experience it a second time.
Xu Lan, this girl, is well-behaved and cute, she must not die like this.
"She set fire to the murder and forced you to fall off the cliff, the evidence is conclusive." Liang Wei said coldly, "Zeng Qian was arrested and imprisoned by the county officials, and she will be convicted in a few days." ”
Xu Lan nodded and asked curiously, "Brother Liang, why are you here?" ”
"I had something to do nearby, so I thought I'd stop by to see you." Liang Wei said lightly.
Actually, there was something wrong with him.
However, seeing that Xu Lan had not come back after leaving for two days, she was worried and missed, so she simply came to Lotus Village to find her.
Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived in the village, I saw the picture of arresting Zeng Qian quickly.
When I inquired, it was Xu Lan who fell off the cliff.
Liang Wei was anxious, and was about to go to the cliff to have a look, but as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw Xu Lan coming back.
Hmph, dead girl, it's just worrying!
Liang Wei couldn't help but glare at Xu Lan again.
And who the hell is the man who hugged you!
If it weren't for the fact that there were many people around, Liang Wei really couldn't wait to pinch Xu Lan's little face and let her explain it to herself.
Xu Lan was stared at by his eyes, and felt a chill in her back.
She touched her nose.
It seems that Brother Liang is not very happy......
"You're fine." Peng Lizheng said with relief, "Sure enough, you are a person who practices medicine and accumulates virtue and does good, and God will bless you." Miss Xu, you have suffered an unwarranted disaster this time, go back and rest. ”
He looked at Xu Lan as a little girl, she was not very old, and she was serious about treating people in the village, but who knew that he had met Zeng Qian, a madman.
If it weren't for her luck, I'm afraid she would have fallen to her death at the bottom of that hill.
Thinking about it like this, Xu Lan is really a lucky person.
"Grandpa Lizheng, I have something important to tell you!" Xu Lan shook her head, and her expression became serious.
She recounted in detail what she had seen in the tent in the distance, and people patrolling around. However, the place where she was almost discovered, Xu Lan omitted it and didn't say anything.
"Men with weapons?" Peng Lizheng's brows furrowed suddenly, "Are you sure you're not mistaken?" ”
"No, I just saw that they were bringing weapons, so I didn't come forward to ask for help." Xu Lan recalled the scene at that time, "There were people in those tents, and they seemed to be sleeping. There were a lot of miscellaneous things piled up in the open space next to it, and they seemed to be some grain. ”
"This ......," Peng Lizheng suddenly had a not-so-good thought in his heart.
Liang Wei frowned, and said firmly: "This matter is extraordinary, Li Zheng, I'm afraid I have to invite someone from the government to come immediately." ”
Peng Lizheng had long seen that Liang Wei was extraordinary, and knew that he was not an ordinary person.
Not to mention anything else, just look at his fine skin and tender meat, and he is not a child that can be raised by people who work in the fields all year round.
"Liang Gongzi, what do you mean?" Penry asked.
"I'm afraid it's a horse thief or a mountain thief." Liang Wei's words quieted everyone down.
Everyone looked at each other.
Horse thieves? Bandits?
These seem to be far away from them, but when you think about it, the people in the village have heard a lot of rumors about these bandits recently.
"There are already horse thieves in the neighboring county." Liang Wei's voice was very deep, with a convincing sense of majesty, "Although many thieves have been arrested, this year's harvest is not good, and many idle people in the village who can't eat have joined those horse thieves. ”
"Recently, the county has sent a lot of people to surround and suppress them everywhere."
"I'm worried that they're hiding near Lianzi Village, and if that's the case, I'm afraid they've already started to pay attention to the village."
When the Iron Village Chief heard this, he immediately became nervous.
He saw that Liang Wei was young, and wanted to refute a few words, but what the other party said was reasonable, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was still such a possibility.
"Liang Gongzi, what should I do now?" The village chief asked anxiously, "I know the situation in the county, just relying on those officials, it is okay to catch small thieves, but it is not good to really deal with a large number of horse thieves." ”
The villagers also got nervous.
That's a ruthless horse thief.
I've heard that they not only rob things, but also fire and kill people.
This year's harvest in Lotus Village was not good, but because of the foresight of the village chief, he began to prepare for the harvest as early as the harvest was rich. Therefore, every household has surplus grain, which makes Lotus Village very easy to become a fat sheep in the eyes of those bad people.
"Send people to the county and the county." Liang Wei said, "The county's support will come sooner, but the manpower is limited. The county will send troops directly, although there are more people, but the speed will be slower. ”
"The most important thing for us now is to organize everyone and protect the people in the village before the people from the county come."
Peng Li nodded and said, "That's right, exactly. ”
He asked Xu Lan about the detailed location and the estimated number of thieves, and immediately went back to write the letter, and then stamped the seal of the lotus village, and let the clever people in the village ride a horse to deliver the letter.
The chief of the iron village called all the villagers to the ancestral hall.
"Everyone has heard a rough idea of what is going on, now everyone go back and hurry up to get ready." The village chief instructed, "If your family lives in a remote part of the village, move to a relative's house quickly." If you have a dog, let the dog out, and if you have a cat, don't come to join in the fun. ”
"All the children and the elderly gathered in the ancestral hall. The daughters-in-law prepared the bedding to eat and began to make torches. ”
"As for the men, hurry up and put on the armor that you were asked to fight a few years ago."
"According to what we said before, three families take turns on duty, and they rotate every two hours......"
The orderly arrangement of the Iron Village Chief made Xu Lan extremely surprised.
It seems that he has long been prepared for the current situation.
When the villagers saw Village Chief Tie so calm, they gradually calmed down from their original panic.
"Brother Liang, this lotus village is really different from other villages." Xu Lan whispered to Liang Wei.
Liang Wei nodded.
He looked at the Iron Village Chief, his eyes full of approval.
I didn't expect to see such a person who planned for a rainy day here, although he was only a village head, but he could think so long and meticulously, and he was also a rare talent.
"Learn more." Liang Wei knocked Xu Lan's head, "Only by being prepared for danger in times of peace can we survive in troubled times." ”
"Hey......" Xu Lan rubbed her head and sighed, "It would be good when our village could be so powerful." ”