Folks, the heroes of Bangbang Mountain are here to collect "taxes", everyone is ready for food and money, as long as you hand over the money and grain, the heroes will not hurt everyone! ”

"Bell, bell..."

The piercing sound of gongs and drums continued, and the originally quiet mountain village gradually became lively.

As if they had become accustomed to it, the villagers who woke up to the sound of gongs and drums did not make a noise, but took out the money and food they had prepared from their homes and walked to the dam at the entrance of the village.

For a while, the empty dam yard seemed to be very lively! The old and the young, the men and the women are all crowded into a pile, some carrying chickens and ducks, some leading pigs and sheep, some holding rice and noodles...

In a word, everyone in the village has gathered here by this time!

Include...

Ning Yang and Feng Baobao, who were woken up...

"You will follow me in a while, no matter what they want, you don't have to talk!"

A deep voice sounded from behind Ning Yang, and I don't know when "Lao Zhang" had already come to Ning Yang's side.

Seeing that Ning Yang's face still looked like a light and humble gentleman, "Lao Zhang" paused for a moment, and then said to Ning Yang with some hesitation:

"Don't worry, it's not the first time this group of bandits from Collapse Mountain have come, they are still quite well-behaved, as long as they take money and food, as long as they don't provoke them, they won't hurt anyone."

After the words fell, Lao Zhang patted Ning Yang on the shoulder, and then slowly walked in front of Ning Yang and the two.

The reason why he didn't want to take in Ningyang and the two for the night last night was that Lao Zhang considered the issue of "taxes".

Mountain bandits have been rampant in them for a long time, although they did not kill anyone, but the "tax" is actually quite heavy, ten yuan per person, this is the bottom line of these mountain bandits!

In this era, the annual income of a family is about 100 yuan, not to mention food and clothing, and after paying the "tax", it is barely enough to have food and clothing.

Now his family suddenly has two more taxes, and his wife refuses the money given by the two...

Yes, Lao Zhang seemed a little absent-minded.

Xu is because the people in the village have long been accustomed to "paying taxes", yes, the crowd came and dispersed quickly, and after a while, there were only seven or eight families left on the Nuoda dam field, and soon, it was the turn of the old Zhang Ningyang "family".

Lao Zhang carried a large bag of white rice on his shoulders, while Sister-in-law Li grabbed a few chickens and ducks, and after signaling Ning Yang and Feng Baobao to follow, Lao Zhang walked in front of the mountain bandits with his two children.

There weren't many bandits coming, only seven or eight people. Some carried large knives, others with pistols.

The man in charge of "collecting taxes" is a one-eyed man, a hideous scar that stretches from the arch of his eyebrow above his right eye with an eye patch to the bridge of his nose.

"The number of people, the number of things!"

The slightly impatient words came out of the mouth of the big man, he collects taxes once a year, he has been coming to this village to collect taxes for three years, and nothing new makes him seem a little impatient.

"Everyone in my house is here, three masters, do you think the number of things is enough?"

Put the white rice on his shoulder in front of the "three masters", and took the chicken and duck next to Sister-in-law Li and put it on the ground, Lao Zhang pointed to Ning Yang and the others behind him and said to the one-eyed man.

"Hmm"

The "three masters" in Lao Zhang's mouth did not raise his head and responded lightly, and a young man with thief eyebrows and rat eyes beside him hurriedly came to Lao Zhang with a booklet similar to an account book to count the number.

"Huh... Zhang Zhu, aren't you a family of four? When will there be two more people? ”

The young man first checked the things in front of Lao Zhang, and then flipped through the "account book", and when he turned to the population "registered" in Zhang Zhu's house, the young man looked at Lao Zhang with a playful gaze.

And this look made the young man's gaze suddenly become dull.

"This is my cousin, who lives in the city, and just came back yesterday to see us. If the number is right, we'll go! ”

As if he hadn't noticed the young man's gaze, Lao Zhang said the words he had prepared, then gestured to Ning Yang, pulled his child and walked in the direction of his house.

"What are you doing here, just walk away when you have enough things!"

A somewhat impatient voice sounded in the young man's ears, and the young man snapped before he came back to his senses.

His eyes were still looking at the backs of Lao Zhang and the others, the young man's eyes rolled, and then, the young man walked quickly to the side of the "three masters".

Cover the corners of your mouth with your right hand. The young man quickly whispered something in the ear of the three masters, and then, I saw that the three masters, who were originally carelessly wiping the pistol in their hands, instantly raised their heads.

looked at the direction where Ning Yang and the others left, and sure enough, a light blue slender figure suddenly imprinted into the eyes of the three masters!

"Zhang Zhu! Come back! ”

With the hoarse voice of the three masters, the mountain bandits who were standing next to the carriage and were moving bags of rice to the car suddenly followed the eyes of the three masters and looked at Zhang Zhu and his party who had already walked to the entrance of the village...

And hearing the shouts of the "three masters", a smile gradually appeared on Ning Yang's originally expressionless face...

Perhaps to the young man, his voice was already very quiet, but that was only for ordinary people! As everyone knows, the young man's voice, under Ning Yang's "heart" listening, how loud Fang Cai's whispering was!

"Isn't it good to live, you have to find death by yourself!"

Muttering in his mouth, the smile on Ning Yang's face became even worse.

Listening to the words that sounded behind him, Lao Zhang's footsteps suddenly stopped!

Glancing at his daughter-in-law with a complicated face, Lao Zhang slowly turned around.

"Three masters, what is the matter with you calling me?"

A smile appeared on his dark face, and he slowly walked towards the "three masters". At this time, Zhang Zhu seemed a little worried.

When Zhang Zhu walked in front of him, a smile appeared on the face of the three masters, and the hideous scars on his face slowly wrinkled with the smile that gradually appeared on his face, and the already "not good" face of the three masters became a little uglier.

Looking at Zhang Zhu's somewhat apprehensive face, the smile on the face of the third master was even worse, and he tried his best to make his tone appear kind, and the third master said to Zhang Zhu quietly:

"Zhang Zhu, your cousin just came here to stay here for a few days, right?"

The already hoarse voice was deliberately lowered a few points, and the voice of the third master at this time was really like a dilapidated gong, which was both ugly and harsh, with his height of about 1.8 meters and that hideous face, how to look at how to disobey, how to listen to how unpleasant.

Listening to the faint words of the three masters, Zhang Zhu was stunned for a moment, but immediately, Zhang Zhu still said what he had prepared.

"They..."

"Brother Zhang!"

As soon as Zhang Zhu's words came out, Ning Yang interrupted Zhang Zhu's words.

patted Zhang Zhu on the shoulder, and Ning Yang said lightly to Zhang Zhu:

"Brother Zhang, leave this matter to me!"

The words fell, and without waiting for Zhang Zhu to react, Ning Yang quickly walked in front of the "three masters".

"Three masters, right? I've heard everything you said, and you want to snatch my sister back to be the lady of the village?

No problem!

Let go of Brother Zhang, my sister and I will go up the mountain with you! ”