The main hall in the front yard of Yangjiazhuang is generally used to receive distinguished guests and set up the main banquet.

Tonight, in the main hall of the front yard, the high lights shine far away, and the lights are bright inside and out.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, Yang Zheng held a meeting here and ordered all the important core members in Yangjiazhuang to gather here.

At this moment, in the spacious and bright main hall, there were more than a dozen people gathered, and these people were all important members of Yangjiazhuang.

Among these people, in addition to the two brothers Yang Zheng and Yang Qian, there are also Yang Fengnian, the chief housekeeper of Yangjiazhuang, Zhao Tiequan, the chief nurse of Yangjiazhuang, and Mr. Liu Shengyuan, who is in charge of the entire Yangjiazhuang accounts.

In addition to these people, there were also some uncles and elders of the Yang family, as for the two captains in charge of the crossbow team, Yang Xiu and Yang Shiyuan, they and several younger clansmen were also called by Yang Zheng to attend the meeting by exception.

At this moment, everyone present, everyone's expressions were a little solemn, especially those timid uncles and elders, their eyes were full of worry and panic.

There's no reason why they shouldn't be afraid?

When Yang Zheng returned to the village just now, the subordinates in the Zhuangzi were all spreading that today the owner of the village took the clansmen to exert their might in Songfeng Valley, not only successfully rescued the third master Yang Meng, but also killed a lot of thieves in the Black Tiger Village, and even the Huo Changdao, the second master of the Black Tiger Village, who was strong in martial arts, was also killed by the owner.

When those simple-minded subordinates heard this, they were all in high spirits, and they felt that their own owner was so powerful that even the thieves in Black Tiger Village were not afraid.

But when these uncles and elders of the Yang family heard this, they were very frightened.

Who are the people in Black Tiger Village? Those are some murderous butchers!

Now that Yangjiazhuang has provoked the Black Tiger Village, the two sides have formed such a deep hatred, and Yangjiazhuang will never have peace in the future.

Thinking of this, those uncles and elders of the Yang family sighed in their hearts one by one.

Yang Zheng has long seen the performance of those old guys, but he is too lazy to take care of them.

Yang Zheng sat on the main seat, turned his head to look at the people sitting on the left and right sides, and said in a deep voice: "Gather everyone here tonight, I think everyone should know what it is for." ”

When they heard this, they fell silent.

At this time, Yang Zheng said again: "It's really helpless to offend Black Tiger Village today, the situation at that time was very critical, and I couldn't watch my own brother being beheaded by thieves." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Zheng sighed and said, "I know that the uncles and elders present must think that I am acting too impulsively and recklessly, but as the head of the Yang family, I must be responsible, especially in that moment of crisis, I must make a choice." This time it was my third brother who fell into the hands of thieves, if I were all present, I would not hesitate to come to the rescue, because as the head of the Yang family, I have the obligation to protect the integrity of everyone in the Yang family. ”

Hearing this, the faces of those uncles and elders softened slightly. As for the younger generation of Yang Xiu and Yang Shiyuan, they were very appreciative of Yang Zheng's words.

In order to save their clansmen and brothers, they formed a bond with the Black Tiger Village, and if it were them, they would do the same, this is the blood of young people.

At this moment, Yang Qian, who had not spoken, couldn't help but speak: "The matter has come to this point, it's useless to talk more, big brother, what to do next, you can tell us all." ”

Regardless of whether it is right or wrong, at such a critical moment, as a brother, I must express my position and stand up to support my eldest brother.

As soon as these words came out, several young clansmen sitting below echoed their words.

"The second master is right, now that he has formed a bond with the Black Tiger Village, what to do, I still have to listen to the owner."

"Say, owner, what do you want us to do?"

"What else can be done? Just one word, dry! ”

"That's right! Shi Yuan is right, no matter what Black Tiger Village and Black Cow Village, as long as they dare to come to Yangjiazhuang, we want them to go around without eating, anyway, we have a strong crossbow in our hands, I am afraid that they will be birds! ”

"The gang of thieves in the Black Tiger Village are hateful! Obviously, they first robbed us of our grain tax, and then kidnapped the third master, but now, they actually say that we have offended them! Hmph, it's really lawless, do you really think that our Yangjiazhuang is a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch? ”

Seeing that many young people were so angry, the uncles and elders sitting on the left side secretly shook their heads and sighed, they were really newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers!

"Alright, listen to me!"

Yang Zheng waved his hand, and the scene suddenly fell silent. "Uncles and elders, all the clansmen, the most important thing at the moment, we have to strengthen our defenses, the Black Tiger Village may attack our Yangjiazhuang at any time, we must make a strategy to deal with it."

Hearing this, everyone nodded their heads, feeling that what Yang Zheng said was very reasonable.

At this time, a white-haired uncle of the Yang family suddenly spoke: "Owner, with the current strength of our Yang Jiazhuang, I am afraid that we will not be able to resist the thieves of the Black Tiger Village, otherwise, we should report to the official, right?" ”

"Reporter?" Yang Zheng frowned, secretly a little displeased.

These timid and scared old stubborns, why do they always think about reporting to the official? Could it be that the officers and soldiers of this Great Liao can protect them from Yangjiazhuang?

"Absolutely no report to the official!" At this time, Liu Shengyuan, who was sitting next to the chief housekeeper Yang Fengnian, suddenly stood up.

Liu Shengyuan was about forty years old, dressed thinly, with a goatee on his chin, and looked like an old pedant, in fact, he was indeed a literati, and he was proficient in arithmetic, otherwise he would not be able to control the accounts of the entire Yang family. This person was in the wilderness twenty years ago, and his life hung by a thread, but fortunately Yang Zheng's father happened to pass by and saved his life, so in order to repay his kindness, Liu Shengyuan stayed in Yangjiazhuang to manage the accounts for the old owner.

For Liu Shengyuan's loyalty, Yang Zheng didn't have to doubt it at all, otherwise, he wouldn't have let him come to such an important family meeting.

I saw Liu Shengyuan caressing his beard and said slowly: "The official will only push the Yang family into the fire pit, it's inappropriate, it's even inappropriate!" “

Seeing that he had such a foreign surname to refute him on the spot, the old uncle was a little unhappy in his heart, and immediately blew his beard and glared: "Invite officers and soldiers from Wu'an County to protect my Yangjiazhuang, what's wrong, let's listen to it?" ”

Liu Shengyuan shook his head and said: "The officers and soldiers of Daliao, in addition to those regular troops, like those garrisons in Wu'an County, what kind of virtue they are, I think everyone knows very well. These officers and soldiers are called soldiers, but in fact they are arrogant and corrupt, and they are not much different from those mountain bandits. If we really let the officers and soldiers enter our Yangjiazhuang, our Yang family will not only have to bear the consumption of silver grain and grass for the officers and soldiers, but also have to meet the insatiable extortion needs of those military masters. The most important thing is that there are many people, and when the time comes, once the news of our Yangjiazhuang's private possession of a strong crossbow forbidden device leaks out, or some shrewd officers and soldiers find out the clues, it will definitely be a catastrophe! ”

As soon as these words came out, the old uncle was speechless on the spot.