When the carriage returned to the mountain village, Ye Degui took Ye Yi to say goodbye, and Ye Xi and the others returned to Zhou's house.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw that the village chief was also at home, talking to Wang.

As soon as he saw Zhou Jingqing, the village chief warmly greeted him over, "Jingqing! I've come to you for you. ”

"If there is anything in the village, just give an order."

"I don't know if it's a good thing, it's like this, it is said that there are some thieves gathered on Black Tiger Mountain, and they always rob caravans passing by on the official road, and now it is getting more and more serious. Therefore, the prefect was also quite worried about this matter, and asked the prefect to recruit some villagers to prepare to suppress the bandits.

"I thought about our ten miles and eight towns, and no one was braver than you, so I thought of you first. Although it is dangerous to suppress bandits, if you can really make meritorious contributions, you may be able to stay in the yamen for a long time in the future, and it is a good thing that you can really do this.

"But I'm just saying, it's up to you whether you like it or not." The village chief patted Zhou Jingqing on the shoulder.

"I'll think about it."

"Then you can just talk to me if you think about it, you finally come back, and it is also very important to reunite with your family, and I will not be reluctant."

After a few more words, the village chief left.

For a while, the Zhou family was a little silent, and Ye Xi was busy going to the kitchen to set the meal.

"Brother, are you going out again?" Zhou Rui looked up at Zhou Jingqing.

Zhou Jingqing rubbed his head, "This matter is the responsibility of the husband, although the village chief does not force me, but I really want to go." Danger is danger, but if thieves are allowed to run rampant, more people will suffer. ”

Wang sighed, "But you finally came back, and this family hasn't been reunited for a few days!" ”

But whoever is going to go to the battlefield, the sword has no eyes, and it is definitely dangerous. No matter how ordinary thieves are inferior to the army, no one can guarantee that they will be able to escape.

Thinking about the two years that Jingqing has been away from home, she thinks about it day and night, and always has nightmares from time to time, and those days are really tormenting.

But in this matter, she knew very well that she couldn't persuade Jing Qing.

"It's just a bandit, it won't take much time. Some thieves, where can they be enemies of the court for a long time. Zhou Jingqing said, "I'll go and come back quickly." ”

"I think there's something strange about this." Wang gritted his teeth, "Think about it, in the area of Black Tiger Mountain, there have never been any thieves in the past. ”

There are many caravans passing by on the official roads around Heihu Mountain, so the imperial court has always been very careful in patrolling such places.

What's more, there are many places where merchants gather, and in order to ensure safety, many caravans will invite masters to be guards, and large caravans are difficult to deal with.

Even if the thieves are outnumbered, they will have to pay a heavy price to rob a large caravan.

It's just that the village chief said, but there are often caravans that have fallen into the hands of those thieves, and there are still large caravans.

The sudden appearance of such a powerful thief in a short period of time has to make people feel strange.

"This powerful thief who suddenly appeared, I'm afraid that the people behind it are not simple." Wang sighed.

"No matter who it is, I'm always going to find out. Anyway, you can't let it grow. Zhou Jingqing said seriously.

"I don't want my brother to go." Zhou Rui looked at Zhou Jingqing steadily, "I just want our family to be in one place." ”

"It's time to eat, wash your hands and eat first!" Ye Xilai called them.

"Let's eat first!" Zhou Jingqing said and took the lead in walking to the kitchen.