Salute first, then soldier.

Luo Xia also declared his existence.

"Since everyone is here, then I will inform you by the way, I, Luo Xia, the captain and commander of the Wind Chimes outpost. From today onwards, the security and co-ordination of the four villages in this vicinity will be mine, including... If the orders of your village chief conflict with my orders, I hope you will remember to follow my orders and do not make the wrong choice. ”

"In addition, I can assure you that my soldiers will be strictly restrained and will not disturb the people."

"Now, if you have no objection, I will let my soldiers enter the village and stay in the ancestral hall and other places in the village until accommodation is settled. If anyone is willing to rent out the house, they can also consult with this sergeant Fan Jiu next to me, and we will pay. ”

Fan Jiu shook his mustache and glanced at Luo Xia with some surprise. What the hell is this, didn't you just say that you should be kicked out of a civilian house? He was afraid that his chief had a hole in his brain, but when he thought of the huge black panther, he still didn't dare to say more.

The villagers also talked a lot, a little overwhelmed, but more relieved. There are also some people who are thinking about whether the rent house that Luo Xia said is true.

Luo Xia didn't insist on more, he just announced his arrival, so that these villagers would know the general situation of the matter, so that they would not be instigated to make trouble again.

For these villagers, there is no doubt that the village chief who has accumulated prestige for a long time is more deterrent, but as long as he knows that he, the outpost commander, is also a presence, there will be no major problems.

First, Luo Xia thinks that he is not a good person, but he is not a person from the fish and meat township. Presumably, even if these villagers are not grateful to themselves, they will not resent him for it. (In comparison, with Luo Xia's authority, if he is a person from this world, there is a high probability that he will be powerful)

Second, the establishment of the outpost also protects them, to a certain extent, from the increasing invasion of bandits, which is a great thing.

Seeing the villagers' stabilized mood, Luo Xia smiled and said, "Fan Jiu, go and call someone to gather." ”

"Slow!" At the back of the crowd was a little old man with a green face, a goatee, a small man, about half a hundred years old.

"I've seen this team leader." The old man walked five meters away from Luo Xia without smiling, and said hello without being salty.

Then he looked around and looked at the crowd with threatening triangular eyes, "I want to talk to this squad leader about something, and everyone who is okay will go home." ”

After a long time, the villagers did not dare to stay, and soon dispersed in a noisy manner, no matter how bad they were, they only dared to hide far away to watch the excitement...

It's amazing, this village chief is much more cowhide than the Luhua village chief Luo Xia has seen before. And this is not a wild and ignorant frontier place. The villagers are so obedient, this village chief is afraid that there is some means.

Fan Jiu took advantage of the village chief's dispersal of the villagers, and leaned over to report in a low voice: "Captain, this old man is the cousin of the mayor of Pastoral Town, although I don't know why he targeted us, but I estimate that Bacheng and the sheriff are not on the same path." This may be a misunderstanding that we belong to the forces sent by the sheriff. ”

Luo Xia nodded, knowing a little what was going on. The sheriff and the mayor of the town, as the two bigwigs of a town, often have contradictions in many places, including the interests of the supporters behind them, which are often in a state of opposition.

So... Is this the person who thinks of himself and others as sheriffs?

Sure enough, the village chief waited until there was no one around, and said with a cold face: "Captain Luo, as the village head, I must tell you that you are not welcome in Fengling Village. However, since it is the order of the sheriff, then I will also obey it, and I have allocated the open space at the entrance of the village to you for use. ”

Luo Xia glanced at Fan Jiu, who nodded that the old man did so.

"I think you're mistaken, we're not going to settle in Wind Chime Village. The outpost is on the hill in front of us, but we need to stay in the village until the outpost is built. ”

The village chief's attitude is still resolute: "No. ”

Luo Xia also lost his patience a little, this kind of bullshit intrigue made him feel very bored and irritable: "Old man! I guess you probably didn't figure it out. ”

He stepped forward and looked down at the little old man with triangular eyes in front of him: "We are not the sheriff's people. I have one last piece of advice for you: Remember, we are the Black Scales under the Governor's Palace. I'm not interested in you guys' flies, so I'd better not get in trouble. Otherwise, the mayor behind you won't be able to protect you at all. ”

The triangular-eyed village chief's pupils shrank, as if he was taken aback, but he still showed a stiff mouth: "This is related to the safety of the villagers, if it doesn't work, it won't work." What black scale army, I don't need to hear it, who is foolish? I warn you, I am the mayor's uncle, and if you have the courage, kill me first, or you will not want to enter the village. ”

The old man looked righteous and awe-inspiring, and then changed his style: "I'm all for the village, you soldiers are not trustworthy at all." However, since you are not the sheriff's people. Then our village can provide you with some food and equipment for camping. There are a lot of hunters in the village, and I can lend them to you first. ”

Is this playing dumb?

Luo Xia suddenly became interested, and the old man in front of him was a little interesting. Knowing that they had misunderstood, they still chose to pretend to be stupid, desperately looking for reasons and excuses to prevent them from entering the village.

So, for what?

Guilty of crimes in the fish and meat town?

Unlikely, although the village chief of Triangle Eye was cautious, the villagers did not look at him with hatred or fear. In addition, these sergeants themselves can't manage this part at all.

Then there must be something that you can't let yourself and others know.

'What do you want to do so much?' ’

Luo Xia directly ignored the village chief's anger and asked Fan Jiu to blow the whistle of the assembly.

Ten regular sergeants of the Black Scale Army, plus more than twenty militiamen from the sheriff, ran over quickly, and then under Luo Xia's order, they drove towards the village strongly.

"Stop them!" The village chief roared angrily, and several strong men came out behind him, holding various weapons in their hands, and the villagers who had originally retreated also appeared one after another and gathered at the entrance of the village again.

Attempts were made to block the entry of the troops.

Luo Xia was a little confused, this situation was a little different from what he expected, and the villagers actually came out to stop him? Could it be that the village was really just afraid that the soldiers would harm them, rather than that there were some shady secrets?

But the arrow had to be sent on the string, Luo Xia took a step forward, beckoned the shadow leopard more than 3 meters long to rush out from a distance, and gave it a slap on the buttocks.

Xiao Hei was cowardly, but full of spirituality, and immediately understood the meaning of the temporary master, and let out an amazing roar towards the frightened villagers: "Roar~~!" ”

It has to be said that for ordinary people, the threat of huge magical beasts is far more threatening than that of humans themselves. Luo Xia took the opportunity to step forward and shouted to the frightened crowd: "Get out of the way!" I said that no one of my men would harass your life, and if I found out, I would feed him to the leopards. If anyone dares to stand in the way again, military law will serve! ”

This was said both to the villagers and a warning to the sergeants behind them.

Then, the people who stepped forward to push away the people who were blocking the way, and the villagers who had long been frightened by Xiao Hei naturally did not hold on, and they all fled and got out of the way.

It's just that at this moment, smoke suddenly rose from the rear, and it seemed that someone was shouting: "The village chief's house is on fire, the village chief's house is on fire..."

Everyone ran to the house in the middle of the village, and at a glance they saw the old ancient house in the middle of the village, which covers an area of several acres and composed of dozens of houses in front and back, is now billowing smoke, and the flames are devouring the entire ancient house at a rapid pace...

The villagers began to put out the fire, but a discerning person could see at a glance that the house in front of him could not be saved.

This is clearly someone deliberately setting the fire, otherwise how could there be such a fast and fierce fire?

The village chief of the triangle eye collapsed to the ground with grief, and muttered vigorously: "It's gone, it's all gone... Wickedness, wickedness..."

After a while, the panther ran back with a young man in his mouth, and Zhao Hu behind him also walked back with a young man in one hand, and said innocently: "Brother, I ran a few." I don't have enough hands to catch it. ”

"Aren't you going to get knocked out and arrest people again?"

Zhao Hu patted his head in annoyance, and stared at Xiao Hei with big eyes, looking disgusted with the other party's IQ.

However, catching a few fewer doesn't make a difference.

Looking at the three dejected young men who were paralyzed on the ground, Luo Xia didn't ask anything. The village chief on the side rushed back and began to punch and kick one of the tallest young men, screaming and scolding as he went.

"You unfilial son! Set fire to your own house! ”

"Loser! It's good to burn those warehouses if you want to burn them, why burn the main house too... ”

"I'm so angry, why didn't I pull you into the pit in the first place!"

The young man was not happy: "Then I have to be pulled by my mother..."

The village chief shuddered, and did not come up in one breath.

……

It is clear that the stupid son of the village chief's family set fire to his house himself in order to cover up certain facts. It's just that this stupid son is obviously too upright.

"So, can you explain to me what happened?"

"It's okay, the house is too old, it just burned down and rebuilt."

The triangular-eyed village chief with tears on his face smiled at Luo Xia and nervously protected his stupid son behind him.

"It's good if you're happy, but please remember to tell your baby that before burning the evidence next time, remember that burning the house is secondary, mainly burning the contents inside."

Luo Xia pointed to the soldiers who were searching the 'ruins' of the fire, a large amount of cooked grain residues were turned out in a half-burned warehouse, including some weapons such as knives, guns and armor.

The knives are fine, but the armor is a bit too much, and it is obviously not something that ordinary civilian families should have.

There is no doubt that Luo Xia, as the commander of the outpost, has every right to dispose of the three young men who were captured, even if the triangular eye village chief is useless.

Naturally, there is no need to say more about the process, there are all kinds of brain holes, and some of them are trying to force the truth of the facts from the mouths of three young people who have little knowledge.

As speculated, the three captives are related to the increasingly rampant forces of resistance and riot around the Shadow Song Forest. They all belong to the same 'bandit group'.

But there are some surprises.

That is the so-called 'Quartet Rogue Group', which was actually formed by some restless youths in 7 or 8 villages in this area. Although he also did some robberies, the main purpose was to protect his village from other robbers.

After all, the chaos has just begun, and many people still have their own bottom lines and concerns, maybe the Quartet Rogue Group will degenerate into a real bandit group in the future, but at this moment their purpose is indeed to unite and protect themselves.

This is actually a kind of helplessness, but also a kind of wisdom to survive in chaos.

The existence of the bandit group has its peculiarity: they treat all the existence of non-their own camp as fat sheep, and the difference is only whether they can gnaw or not.

However, for peers, they will take a cautious attitude, and if they cannot annex it in one go, it is very likely that they will keep the well water from the river.

For example, a bandit group from outside will often harass the villagers who have set up camp to protect themselves, but if these villagers become bandits, then they will no longer 'cross the line' to find fat sheep.

As the chaos grew, bandit groups sprang up one after another, making the surrounding villages and towns suffer. Some clever people see that most of the so-called bandit groups are just villagers of the past, and they naturally follow suit.

It's just that some people have no bottom line, and some people use the name of the bandit group to protect their own acres and three lands.

The 'Quartet Rogue Group' belongs to the latter.