As she spoke, she took out the silver taels from her bag, said what she needed, and said, "The rest of the right should be invited to the errand brother for a drink." ”

Chen Nian gave a lot of silver, except for what she wanted to buy, the rest was used to buy food, enough for the people in the village to eat for many days. That Wen Daya is not stupid, after thinking about it, he understood that this was Chen Nian's kindness to help them, he didn't want it, but the village is indeed exhausted by now, he hesitated for a moment, or took the silver taels, and said: "Xie Nuxia, we understand your kindness." I won't say much other nonsense, and wherever I am used in the future, you will do what you ask,"

Chen Nian smiled faintly, "Master Wen is polite." She suddenly thought of the child who was only 11 months old, and said, "Please also ask the big boss to buy a few catties of yellow rice, I have heard that if the child has no milk to eat, it is best to drink it." ”

Wen Daya nodded, and immediately called a few people over, gave them money to send to the town to buy things, and instructed: "Don't stop in the town after buying things, come back quickly." ”

Lu Xiao, who had been silent next to him, suddenly said: "Go on a horse, you can also bring things back." ”

Wen Daya and the others were overjoyed, and thanked them repeatedly, Lu Xiao was not polite to them, and only went to Chennian. didn't want Chen Nian to look at him with a smile, so Lu Xiao glanced at her and said, "I see your kindness, so I simply ask you to be a good person to the end." ”

Chen Nian only smiled at him and did not speak. After another moment, I heard Lu Xiao whisper thoughtlessly: "Xie Chennian, my aunt said that people with good hearts will always have good rewards." ”

Chen Nian thought for a while and whispered, "I hope your grandma is right." ”

I don't know when it started, it was getting dark outside, and Wen Daya and the others still went back to the house to sleep. Chen Nian lay on the bench for a long time and did not feel sleepy, so he sat alone by the fire and was stunned. In the middle of the night, Lu Xiao came over and sat down beside her and asked, "I still can't sleep." ”

Chen Nian nodded slowly, and said softly, "As soon as you close your eyes, it's those things from before. ”

Lu Xiao frowned unconsciously, wanting to persuade her but didn't know where to start. Chen Nian guessed his thoughts, lowered his head, and said slowly: "Lu Xiao, you don't have to persuade me, I know it very well in my heart." Since I chose to live, I thought that I would live well, and I would be fine, but you have to give me some time. ”

Lu Xiao nodded when he heard this. Chen Nian was thinking about persuading Lu Xiao to rest first, but suddenly saw that his body tightened slightly, and the whole person was like a black panther who had been awakened, quietly jumped up from the ground, opened the door and swept out. She was startled, and suddenly realized that something was going on outside.

The snow outside the house stopped for some time, Lu Xiao quickly went and returned, and said in a low voice with Chen Nian: "There are twenty-six in front, seventeen or eighteen in the back, and there are also deployments on both sides, they should all be cavalry in the army, there is still a distance from here, and they are slowly outflanking here." ”

Chen Nian couldn't help frowning, secretly saying that these dozen or so mountain bandits who are not in the climate, where can they use so many cavalry to suppress them, it can be seen that these people outside are not here for Wen Daya. If not for these people, then for whom. Is it for her and Lu Xiao, or the young man named Cui Xiaoer in the east room.

Lu Xiao had already asked her in a low voice: "What should I do." If you want to leave now, you can rush out from the east, where there are the least number of people. ”

Chen Nian hesitated for a while, if they left like this, their lives could be saved, but I was afraid that these people in the village would die innocently, not to mention a baby less than a year old next door. She closed her eyes, and when she opened them, her eyes were already a little more resolute, and she said to Lu Xiao in a deep voice: "I'll go and wake everyone up quietly, and I can save one by one." ”

After she finished speaking, she went to the west room first, found the sleeping Wen Daya, covered his mouth and nose first, and then whispered: "Big boss, wake up,"

Wen Daya couldn't breathe, and suddenly woke up, opened his eyes in a daze, but saw Chen Nian's face in front of him, frightened a spirit, and heard Chen Nian whisper: "Don't make a move, there seem to be a lot of officers and soldiers outside, I don't know why." ”

She saw that Wen Daya's eyes were clear, then she let go of her hand and said in a low voice: "Hurry up and wake everyone up, you must not make a sound, don't call someone to be on guard." ”

Wen Daya has been a big boss for all these years, and he still understands this thing, although he is confused that there will be officers and soldiers suddenly outside, he still gets up and wakes up his partners one by one. Chen Nian entered the boy's house lightly here, and was about to call him, but saw that he had already sat up from the earthen kang suddenly, and took the girl next to him into his arms, and said vigilantly: "What person." ”

"It's me." Chen Nian hurriedly whispered, "There are a lot of cavalry outside, and the stockade has been surrounded, don't run around for a while, take care of your sister." Then he turned and walked out of the house.

In such a moment's effort, more than a dozen mountain bandits have gathered in the hall, but most of them are still a little confused, if it weren't for the fear of making a noise, Wen Daya couldn't wait to step forward and kick it alone. Seeing Chen Nian coming back, Wen Daya hurriedly greeted him and asked in a low voice, "Why did the officers and soldiers come?" ”

Chen Nian shook his head, "I don't know." ”

Wen Daya was very puzzled, and said: "It stands to reason that the limelight should have passed a long time ago, and these officers and soldiers are still here to do something." ”

Chen Nian ignored his self-talk, and just asked, "Is there a secret passage in the stockade that leads to the outside?" ”

Wen Daya cried and shook his head, "No, our village is so poor, no one wants it if it is given for nothing, and there will be no enemies to come to seek revenge, where can I get those things." ”

As he was talking, Cui Xiaoer came over with his sister in his arms and whispered to Chen Nian: "This woman, can you borrow a few steps to speak." ”

Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, led him to Lu Xiao at the window, the young man looked down reluctantly at the child who was still sleeping in his arms, suddenly stuffed the child into Chen Nian's arms, and said in a low voice: "The two are kind-hearted people, please take my sister out of this Taihang Mountain, and find a better person to send it to at will, so that she can live and die." ”

After he finished speaking, he knelt down and kowtowed to Chen Nian and Lu Xiao, got up and was about to walk out. Chen Nian wanted to pull him, but it was difficult to reach out because he had a child in his arms, but Lu Xiao grabbed the young man and asked, "What are you going to do." ”

The boy lowered his head and replied, "Those people outside are looking for me, and if I go out, everyone will be fine." ”

Chen Nian frowned unconsciously when he heard this, then the firelight looked at him twice, and asked him in a low voice, "Who are you?" ”

The young man bowed his head slightly, pursed his lips and did not answer. Chen Nian put the child into his arms again, and said lightly: "I can't just take this child away in a daze, who knows if she will bring us death." ”

"No, she won't," the young man said urgently, he looked up at Chen Nian, his eyes full of pleading, "she won't bring you any trouble, they only want to arrest me, no one will care about her." ”

The people sent out by Wen Daya to check the situation had also returned, saying that there were a lot of officers and soldiers outside, and they were all lightly armed cavalry, and they were about to surround the stockade. Wen Daya didn't feel a little anxious, and seeing that Chen Nian hadn't finished speaking, he couldn't help but shout: "Two heroes, what should we do." ”

Among these people, Lu Xiao and Chen Nian have the highest martial arts, and it was the two of them who first discovered that there were officers and soldiers outside, and Wen Daya and others had faintly regarded them as the backbone. Seeing that the officers and soldiers were approaching, everyone took their swords one after another, and they all looked at the two of them, waiting to hear the arrangement of the two of them.

Chen Nian glanced at the young man in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to say it, I won't embarrass you, but even if you go out and tie your hands and arrest you, those people outside may not be able to let go of the people in this house." After she finished speaking, she ignored the young man, walked to Wen Daya's side with Lu Xiao, glanced at the dozen or so people, and turned her head to look at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao knew what she meant, so he replied: "I can rush out with these people, but as for how many will get out alive in the end, I can't guarantee it." ”

Chen Nian and Wen Daya said: "Look at the situation at this moment, this officer and soldier are obviously prepared, if we go out separately, we will only let them break through, if everyone gets together and advances and retreats together, they can fight a way out." ”

Wen Daya was most afraid that the two of them would run away by themselves regardless of everyone, but when he heard that they were willing to advance and retreat with his people, he was overjoyed, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes." ”

The other people in the village also whispered in response, and the stupid big man waved his arm and shouted loudly: "Lao Tzu," before he finished shouting, Wen Daya had already raised his foot and kicked him, and lowered his voice and scolded: "Shout your mother's shout, I'm afraid that the officers and soldiers don't know that we have defense, right?" ”

The stupid man suddenly wilted and shrank into the crowd.

Chen Nian groaned for a while, and discussed with Lu Xiao: "I have heard that when fighting with cavalry, the most taboo is to escape in the open field, how can two legs not run four legs. Instead of leading the group to rush with their heads covered and let them cut and kill them, it is better to hide in this stockade first. ”

Lu Xiao nodded and said, "That's the case." ”

Chen Nian said: "There must be a leader among these people, and if you capture the thief first, and catch him, it is more useful than killing ten of his pawns." ”

At that moment, she briefly instructed Wen Daya and the others how to act later, Lu Xiao added a few words on the side, and everyone hurriedly left the hall and hid in other hidden places. Chen Nian hesitated for a moment, and then said to the young man surnamed Cui who was still standing in front of the window in a daze: "If you want to fight for a little life, then drag those officers and soldiers in this hall for a while." ”

"Okay," the young man handed the child to Chen Nian without saying a word, "I just ask the woman to take her." ”

Chen Nian was a little hesitant, it is said that Lu Xiao's martial arts are the highest, and this child is the safest in Lu Xiao. But Lu Xiao will have to arrest the leader of the officers and soldiers in a while, and taking this child is not only inconvenient, but if the child cries again, I am afraid that his whereabouts will be revealed. Chen Nian wanted to harden his heart to coax the young man to take the child with him first, but when he saw the child's red face from sleep, he couldn't bear it after all, gritted his teeth, and said to the young man: "You tie her to my back,"