There was a faint neighing of horses outside, and everyone was stunned, they didn't think that there would be anyone other than them who would come to Yangjiatun on such a snowy day, Tiewa got up and said, "I'll go out and have a look!"

Zhang Changgong was worried that there would be an accident, and said in a deep voice: "I'll go with you!"

The wind was blowing outside, salt particles were falling in the sky, and although the snow was not big, it was blown by the wind, and it hit the face with a hot pain, as if it had been rubbed with sandpaper. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 As soon as the two of them came to the main road of the village, they saw a team of fifteen people approaching, the first one was short and fat, with a huge head and no grass, and the oil was shiny, and he was bare and naked in the cold air on a cold day, and he was still sweating profusely, with a shy stomach, a black bearskin with no buckles, and two Mauser guns pinned to the waist-wide belt. Tiewa didn't know this group of people, but Zhang Changgong was well-informed, and he recognized at a glance that this group of people and horses came from the bandits of the Flying Eagle Fort in the Vulture Valley, and the fat man led by the fat man was the black-hearted Maitreya Zhu Mantang of the Flying Eagle Castle. I can't help but feel a little strange in my heart, although the Vulture Valley and the Black Tiger Ridge are in the same Pale Mountain, but one east and one west, the distance between each other is about 100 miles, and all of them are mountain roads, and the sphere of influence and activity area are completely different, if there is no important event, the well water between them does not violate the river water, and they rarely take the initiative to set foot on other people's territory, this is the foot of the Black Tiger Ridge Mountain, which already belongs to the sphere of influence of the Wolf Tooth Village, and the people of the Flying Eagle Castle are so ostentatious to come here, I don't know why?

Zhu Mantang let the horse go, and as he walked, he sniffed and muttered: "What kind of smell? It's so damn fragrant!" He was greedy by nature, with a very good sense of smell, and the aroma of stewed meat made this guy salivate, and he smelled the aroma and found it all the way here. Seeing Zhang Longbow and Tiewa, one tall and one short, appearing in front of him, he grabbed the reins of the horse, grinned, and said with an exaggerated smile: "Two brothers, we are all merchants on foot, passing by here, wanting to stay overnight, and when the snow stops tomorrow, we will leave early in the morning." The words were quite polite, but the discerning person knew at a glance that he was talking nonsense with his eyes open, how could a businessman carry a gun with him and show off like this?

Zhang Changgong said: "There is no inn in Tunzi, but there are a lot of idle houses, and you can stay overnight, but there is no bedding, and the kang is also ready-made, but it has not had time to burn." ”

Zhu Mantang's eyes narrowed with a smile: "There is a place to rest, we bring the bedding ourselves, and we chop firewood, we will burn the kang by ourselves, so as not to bother you." ”

Although Zhu Mantang behaved kindly, Zhang Changgong did not dare to take it lightly, this person was notorious, and he hid a knife in his smile, although he ranked third in the Flying Eagle Castle, but when it came to the cruelty of his temperament and the ruthlessness of his methods, he was second to none in the Flying Eagle Castle, he came here under the banner of a passing merchant, I don't know what the purpose was? I hope this group of bandits is just passing by, don't bring any trouble.

Zhang Changgong naturally didn't want to leave these bandits to stay in the tunzi, but he was worried that he would accidentally anger them and bring death to the people of Yangjiatun, so he could only admit: "Tiewa, you take these guest officers to live first." ”

Tiewa led the way in front and brought this group of bandits from Flying Eagle Fort to the empty house in Tunxi, when Yangjiatun was at its most prosperous, there were more than 50 households, and now most of the people are empty, and naturally a lot of houses are vacant. Tiewa brought them here with the intention of separating them from the villagers for a certain distance to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Zhu Mantang's gang did not embarrass them, and chose four relatively clean rooms to live in. Zhu Mantang called Tiewa over, and said with a smile on his face: "Little brother, we have been on the road for a day, we are cold and hungry, if there is anything to eat, we will pay." ”

Tiewa shook her head: "No." It's not that Tiewa deliberately lied, but for these people who stayed in the tunzi, food is precious, and in their hearts it can't even be measured by money.

Fortunately, Zhu Mantang was not reluctant, and said with a smile: "Since there is no one, forget it, little brother, don't bother you, you go home and rest, and we will leave early tomorrow morning." ”

Zhang Changgong had been waiting for him outside, and when he saw Tiewa come out, he breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice, "What's the matter? They didn't have a hard time for you, right?"

Tiewa shook her head and said, "No, I wanted to buy some food, but I said no, but they didn't say anything." ”

Zhang Longbow pulled Tiewa away from the bandits' residence, and said: "These bandits are by no means good, it's better not to get close to them." ”

Tiewa nodded and said, "Got it, I'll go door to door and say it, so that they don't go out if they're okay." ”

Zhu Mantang took out a white sheep's belly towel and wiped it on his bare head, sucked his nose hard, the smile on his face suddenly retracted, and said coldly: "Little Wang Ba calf, you dare to lie to me!" He turned to his subordinates: "Have you smelled the smell of meat?"

Several people nodded their heads, and one of them stammered, "Xiang...... It's fragrant......"

Zhu Mantang took out the two box cannons from his waist and slapped them heavily on the kang table: "Damn, Lao Tzu wants to eat meat, whoever dares to stop me tonight, Lao Tzu will collapse him!"

Zhang Longbow returned to the room and brushed the snow off his shoulders. Luo Lie and several people came up to ask with concern.

Zhang Changgong gave a general explanation of the situation outside, and told a few people not to go out tonight if they were fine, so as to avoid accidental conflicts with those bandits. Several people were talking, when they suddenly heard a gunshot outside, and everyone's faces changed. Zhang Longbow didn't care to speak, grabbed the bow and arrow hanging on the wall and rushed out.

Luo Hunter and a few people also rushed out, and as soon as they came to the door, they heard gunshots one after another, and scolding, screaming, and wailing came from the wind and snow.

When Zhang Changgong rushed out of the courtyard gate, he was grabbed by Luo Hunt and said in a low voice: "There are many people on the other side, don't be impulsive." He turned behind him and said, "Blind man, Arnold, you two protect the sparrows, and I will go over with Brother Zhang to see the situation." ”

Sparrow said: "I don't want anyone to protect me, I want to go together!"

Zhang Changgong has already taken the lead, Luo Hunt and a few people hurriedly followed, the cry came from the courtyard in front of the right, several people hid in the dark and looked forward, but saw the courtyard door open, three bandits snatched food from it and came out, an old man with disabled legs, grabbed the right leg of one of the bandits with one hand, and begged him to leave the food.

The bandit raised his pistol and shot the old man in the forehead, and after the gunshot, blood and brains burst out to the ground, and the old man lay straight on the snow, the scene was shocking, and the three bandits not only did not feel any guilt, but let out bursts of wild laughter.

Zhang Longbow was seeing the scene in front of him, full of grief and anger, angry, bent his bow and set up an arrow, an arrow shot, this arrow hit the bandit's right eye, penetrated deeply from the eye socket, and came out through the bottom of the back of the skull, the bandit died before he could figure out what the situation was, and a piece of tiger meat that he had just snatched in his hand fell on the snow.

The two companions beside him were frightened by the scene in front of them, and soon came back to their senses, and aimed their guns at the direction where Zhang Longbow was hiding, Zhang Longbow's body had appeared on the snow, and he put two feather arrows on the bowstring at the same time, the bow was like a full moon, and the index finger of his left hand separated the two feather arrows from a certain distance, and released the bowstring at the moment when the other party raised the gun, and the tight bowstring made a buzzing sound. The two bandits clutched their necks, blood gurgling from their fingers, and they fell on top of the snow.

Zhang Changgong had already killed three bandits one after another when he raised his hands and feet, looking at the old man who died tragically on the snow, he felt extremely remorseful in his heart, only blaming himself for being too careless and underestimating the cruelty of the bandits, and he should not have put this group of wolf-hearted guys into the tunzi at all. Gunshots rang out from all directions, and it could be inferred that the bandits were splitting up and looting in all directions.

The blind man and Arnold had already taken out their pistols, and the blind man was filled with indignation: "Fight with them!"

Sparrow said: "Tiewa hasn't come back yet, I'll go find him!" She has a good impression of Tiewa's child, and the girl is delicate, the first thing that comes to mind is Tiewa, this gang of bandits is burning and looting everywhere, she is naturally worried about Tiewa's safety.

Zhang Changgong and Luo Lie exchanged glances, Zhang Changgong said: "Let's divide into two ways, I'll go to the front to see, you go to save people, fifteen minutes later, no matter what the situation is, let's go back to the original residence to meet." ”