Chapter 63 The people of Huajiabao
Hearing the shout, Xiaohua's face suddenly changed, and said, "It's someone from Huajiabao who is here, hurry up and follow me to the village square, otherwise it will be miserable." ”
After speaking, Xiaohua didn't care about Yang Yi's serious injury, so she picked him up on her back and ran out quickly.
Yang Yi was slightly stunned, and asked on Xiaohua's back, "Who is Huajiabao?"
Xiaohua sighed slightly and said, "Don't you know, Huajiabao is the biggest force here, and dozens of surrounding villages are under the jurisdiction of Huajiabao, and every three months, they have to come to the village to collect rent." ”
Yang Yi said strangely: "Are you all tenants of Huajiabao?"
Xiaohua shook her head and said: "No, the people of Huajiabao are a group of people who suddenly appeared here many years ago, led by an uncle surnamed Hua, who proclaimed himself the lord of Huajiabao, controlled the surrounding villages, collected protection money, and killed people if he didn't pay, which was terrible." ”
Yang Yi no longer spoke, but a trace of coldness flashed in his eyes, it seems that this group of people should be robbers, they are the same as horse thieves, they make a living by robbing, but what is better than horse thieves is that robbers do not kill them all.
Xiaohua took Yang Yi to the village square and quietly hid in the crowd.
"Boom ......"
The earth shook, and the faces of the villagers showed a look of horror, and soon, a group of big men on horseback appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The robbers on the horses were all strong men with swords and swords.
"Huh?" Yang Yi's eyes showed a strange look, he found that these robbers were all martial artists of the Peiyuan Realm, and their breath was calm, and when they came on horseback, they were vaguely in a battle formation.
This is not an ordinary group of robbers, it is more like a group of well-trained troops, and there should be no other army in the Zhang'an Empire except for the Flying Dragon Army of the Empire.
"Has Qihua Village arrived?" A shout came from afar, and then a hundred horses galloped, kicking up countless smoke and dust, and then, the hundred horsemen of Huajiabao appeared like lightning in the square of Qihua Village.
"Slippery ......" A hundred robbers strangled the horses under their crotches together, and a hundred horses neighed at the same time, and then landed on all four hooves, standing still.
The uniform movements made Yang Yi's question more and more serious, why did there be an army in this remote Qihua Village, and he had to pretend to be a robber.
"Where is the village chief...... "A middle-aged robber with a snarled eye shouted.
"Little old man is ......" The old village chief walked out tremblingly, followed by several young people, holding some belongings in their hands.
"The three-month deadline has arrived, it's time for Qihua Village to pay the rent!" The middle-aged man at the head pointed at the old village chief with a horsewhip in his hand and said.
"Yes, yes!" The old village chief trembled and motioned for the young man behind him to offer his belongings.
The leader of the robbers motioned to the robbers behind him, and several of the robbers rode over and took the goods from the young man's hands.
"Head, the number is wrong, it's about twenty ......percent less," one of the robbers said lightly after inspecting the belongings offered by Qihua Village.
Before the bandit leader could speak, the old village chief knelt down with a plop, and said with a trembling mouth: "Ladies and gentlemen, the harvest in Qihua Village has not been good during this time, and there is no surplus grain in the village, this is all we have......"
The bandit leader frowned slightly, and said: "Our Huajiabao has always been very principled, fifty taels for three months, which is already very generous, you also know our rules, pay protection money, and keep you safe, but today you actually took forty taels out, is it true that we will not kill anyone?"
The old village chief's body trembled, he kept kowtowing, and kept saying: "Uncle is gracious, uncle is gracious, our village really can't get any property." ”
The leader of the robbers snorted coldly and said to the robbers behind him: "Search for me! Remember, only take ten taels ......."
"Yes......"
Thirty robbers shouted, rode away, and began to loot in the village, and the faces of the villagers of Qihua Village showed anger.
In less than a moment, the thirty robbers returned to the queue with a lot of pockets in their hands.
"Head, there's almost enough food. One of the robbers said with a smile.
"Okay, go back to the fort,......" the bandit leader nodded in satisfaction and wanted to leave.
The old village chief grabbed the robber leader's horse leg and cried: "Uncle, this is the last food in our village, if you take it, we will starve to death!"
The villagers of Qihua Village also spoke out.
"Yes, if we take the food, how can we live!"
"Uncle, give us a way to live!"
"There is no food, they are all starving to death, and there is no rent to pay for the next three months!"
The bandit leader looked at the old village chief coldly and said, "Rules are rules, shut up for me!"
With a roar, all the robbers drew their swords in unison and looked at the surrounding villagers with vicious eyes.
The villagers of Qihua Village were glared at by the fierce gaze, and their voices gradually weakened.
The bandit leader swept his eyes around, and said coldly: "Let me tell you, the rules of Huajiabao are unbreakable, fifty taels for three months, no one is treated equally, no more or less, if you want not to starve to death, you have to work harder." Get out of the way ......"
After speaking, a horsewhip was about to be whipped on the old village chief's body.
"Stop!" a cold voice rang out, and at the same time a thunderbolt fell, knocking the bandit leader's whip away.
"Who?" the bandit leader was startled, he felt a strong force from this heavenly thunder.
Xiaohua looked at Yang Yi dumbfounded, she didn't expect that the boy saved by the father and daughter was so powerful.
The blow just now consumed Yang Yi's long-accumulated spirit yuan, his face turned slightly pale, and he hurriedly suppressed the injury, pushed away the crowd and walked out.
As soon as he came out, a hundred robbers surrounded him.
"Who are you?" The bandit leader looked Yang Yi up and down, the young man in front of him was magnificent, his expression was elegant, and he still looked motionless in the midst of the heavy surrounding, especially the magical martial arts just now, which made the robber leader even more jealous.
"It's just a wanderer passing by......," Yang Yi pulled on his slightly wrinkled clothes, thinking that it would be better for him to change his clothes.
"Do you know that we are from Huajiabao?" The bandit leader couldn't figure out Yang Yi's origin, and didn't dare to do it easily, especially since Yang Yi looked like he was a child of a big family.
"I didn't know at first, but now I know......" Yang Yi said without humility or arrogance.
The robber leader's eyes flashed slightly, the horsewhip was raised slightly, and the robbers around him showed a fierce light in their eyes, just waiting for an order, they were going to cut the young man in front of him into pieces.
Xiaohua in the crowd was full of nervousness, she knew very well that this young man was injured, and it was good to be able to stand.
Yang Yi's eyes also flashed with a strange brilliance, the index finger of his right hand was slightly raised, once the fight began, he could only do his best to capture the thief and capture the king first.