The people of the Xiao family are waiting here in the living room, they are idle, and they simply look at the living room of the Xiao family, and the layout is very interesting.

In fact, in the countryside, many wealthy families will still decorate their homes into the most traditional model, and the living room of the Xiao landlord's house is the same, but the things in the Xiao family's house are all novelties brought back in the provincial capital, the table is an old table, but the things on the table are cups, saucers and magic lamps produced by various empires, etc., it can be seen that these should be brought back by Xiao Sheng and Xiao Feng brothers, which makes the Xiao family different from other landlords.

This can prove that the Xiao family has two talented people studying in the provincial capital, which is an honor.

I was watching in the house, there was a sudden sound of light and rapid footsteps in the courtyard, it was easy to distinguish that it was a woman's voice, presumably it should be Xiao Feng's mother, as the footsteps approached, a woman in her 40s appeared in front of me, although this woman is over the age of flowers, the corners of her eyes have some wrinkles, but her appearance is still pretty, neat and dignified, it can be seen that Xiao Feng's mother must be a beauty when she was young, and from her smart and steady eyes after she came in, it can be seen that she should be a shrewd and virtuous landlady。

"You are Xiao Sheng and Xiao Feng's classmate, right? I am their mother. ”

When the woman came in, she asked me in a kind and kind manner.

"Yes, Mrs. Xiao, I am Xiao Feng's classmate Ling Feng, this year Xiao Sheng and Xiao Feng said that there are constant wars around them, and they don't want to risk coming back, so they asked me to bring back a letter. ”

After speaking, I took out the letter from Xiao Sheng and Xiao Feng brothers and handed it over with both hands.

"Ling Feng! Xiao Feng often mentions you and Rundong, thank you. ”

Xiao Feng's mother said happily after receiving the letter, and did not blame the two Xiao Sheng brothers, after all, Xiao Feng was arrested by Pang Shihu last year, which is estimated to have scared the Xiao family a lot, but Xiao Feng's mother did not open the letter immediately, but continued to greet me kindly and said: "You haven't eaten yet, you wait a minute, I will ask someone to help you prepare dinner." ”

"No, thank you, auntie, I'm in a hurry to get home, do you need anything to bring to them? I can carry it back for you. "I'm a postman who does a lot of my job, and I have to do it all the time.

Just as we were talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door again, and then a middle-aged man with a rich figure walked in from the outside, this person has a round face, but a high forehead, a high nose, thin lips, and Xiao Sheng is somewhat similar between his eyebrows, he walked in with a steady gait, and he was wearing a gorgeous foreign suit, showing the identity of wealth and nobility, especially when he was followed by two bodyguards, he didn't need to ask to know, this must be the owner of this courtyard, Xiao Yuanwai.

"Sir. Xiao Feng's mother immediately bowed slightly and greeted.

"Hmm. ”

The visitor only nodded slightly to Madame's greeting, and then looked at me panningly, with a happy look on his face, but he still had the momentum of the superior, and asked calmly: "Is this the classmate of Sheng'er and Feng'er?"

In fact, some landlords and squires in remote mountain villages like to put up some shelves, this is the momentum they have developed in the village for a long time to create a sense of superiority, their posture if it is seen by people in the big city will only feel ridiculous, but their posture for me, people who have lived in the countryside for a long time can understand, this only represents one meaning, that is, he is the master of this village, so I don't have to worry about anything with him, very gently replied: "Yes, Xiao Yuanwai, in Xia Lingfeng." ”

At this time, Xiao Feng's mother immediately handed the letter I brought back before to Xiao Yuanwai, and said, "It was Ling Feng who brought back the letter from Sheng'er and Feng'er, please take a look." ”

Xiao Yuanwai's eyes were delighted, first nodded slightly and then took the letter steadily, immediately tore open the letter and read it, after reading the letter, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he smiled more, and then he put away the momentum that he had been holding on his body, smiled at me and nodded: "Ling Feng's nephew, it's not early today, you can stay in the house for one night, and leave tomorrow morning." ”

Then Xiao Yuanwai turned his head to Xiao Feng's mother and said, "You instructed your subordinates to cook some delicious meals for Ling Feng's nephew, thank you well, it's not easy for Ling Feng's nephew to come to our house once." ”

Everyone can feel the rapid change in Xiao Yuanwai's attitude, and it is estimated that Xiao Sheng mentioned some of my information in the letter, so that Xiao Yuanwai lowered his body so quickly, and directly called me, the son of the Orion family, his nephew, which is a very close title.

Xiao Feng's mother naturally sensed the meaning, of course, she had this meaning before, so she immediately responded: "Yes, I will order someone to arrange it." ”

After saying that, she smiled at me, turned and walked out quickly.

I used to think about rejecting their kindness, in fact, I prefer to go to the town at night, find a quiet inn, and then go to a small shop with some flavors, call a few special dishes by myself, and drink a pot of sake, which seems to be free and easy, and there will always be a lot of constraints when eating in a big family, but now that I see that the Xiao family is so sincere, I don't want to shirk it again, otherwise it will seem that I am too arrogant, as if I don't give others face.

That's fine, I'll rest here for one night, and tomorrow I can return to our village normally, and nothing will be delayed, so I won't argue anymore, and I'm busy thanking you.

Next, Xiao Yuanwai deigned to talk to me more about the affairs of the provincial capital, and his attitude was very easy-going, and he left only after the meal was ready.

After eating, I took a comfortable hot bath under the careful arrangement of Xiao Mansion, and then I rested.

Sleeping in the landlord's house feels really different, the bed is warmed, it feels very warm, the subordinate treats me very thoughtfully, and a servant insists on giving me a massage, I can't do it if I want to, very sincere, I feel like I have been the emperor of the soil.

I was a little tired from working on the boat for the past two days, and I quickly fell asleep and slept soundly.

In the middle of the night, when I was sleeping darkly, suddenly, there were a few 'bang' fights in the front yard of Xiao's mansion, and then there were several loud cries for help: "Oh no, the robbers on the mountain are coming, everyone get up quickly." ”

"Robbers!"

I rubbed my hazy sleepy eyes and sat up, scolding in my heart, everywhere people don't stop, finally experienced a landlord life, but also met robbers, in this era, the landlord can not sleep a peaceful sleep.

Despite my upset, I quickly got dressed and walked quickly to the courtyard, for there was no longer a fight outside, and even the cries of women and some children could be heard in the front yard.

I quickly ran to the front yard, and at this moment I saw that there were five or six family members in the front yard intercepting a group of people, and the other party was as many as 20 people.

And the two dozen or so people on the other side are all fierce and domineering, they obviously didn't want to rush up and kill people directly, they didn't directly grab things, but they just retreated to the backyard step by step.

At this time, Xiao Yuanwai also ran out in a hurry, he was wearing his belt while running, and he was still followed by the two bodyguards.

"Who dares to come to Xiao's house to make trouble?"

A bodyguard beside Xiao Yuanwai shouted loudly, listening to his confidence, he was obviously a two-star fighter, he should have deliberately let the other party hear his strength, so as to deter the other party.

Yes, in remote mountain villages, people with fighter strength are already rare, for example, in our Yinzhao Mountain Village, there are only two fighters, the village chief and my father, and they are only one-star, and two-star fighters are even rarer, so in the countryside, a two-star fighter roaring is enough to play a powerful deterrent.

"What are you yelling about? Lao Tzu is your blessing to lead the brothers here today, and Lao Tzu doesn't want to kill people today, so don't fucking annoy us! Otherwise, none of you here will want to get out alive. ”

Suddenly, there was a thicker and more powerful roar from the other party, which overshadowed the voice of the bodyguard just now.

"Three-star fighter!"

Everyone immediately judged the strength of the other party, and a big man with a square face and thick eyebrows standing in the crowd on the other side was actually a three-star fighter.

Not only that, but after the square-faced man on the other side finished shouting, the two dozen or so people around him immediately tore out their throats and shouted loudly.

"The two-star fighters of the Xiao family dare to come out and show off, they really don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

"That is, listening to his barking voice, he is still an old dog. ”

"Don't mess us up, hmph, otherwise none of their Xiao family will want to live!"

"We are twenty-five brothers, all of whom are fighters, and it is not a problem to set foot in this village. ”

"We salute first and then soldiers, and we can be regarded as benevolent and righteous. ”

"I happily took out the money to eliminate the disaster. ”

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Those who spoke were all very loud and shouted fiercely, listening to their voices, at least two or three of these dozen people were two-star fighters, and the others were all one-star fighters, and they were shouting so loudly, obviously to show that their overall strength was very strong.

When the people of the Xiao family heard the strength of the other party, they were all shocked, the other party was not only stronger than the people on the Xiao Mansion's side, but also had a large number of people, they really had the ability to kill everyone of the Xiao family in an instant.

Hearing the strength of the other party, Xiao Yuanwai was anxious and suddenly sweated on his head, he hurriedly stood up and arched his hand to those people: "Everyone, I Xiao think that I have no grievances with you, I don't know why you heroes came to visit in the middle of the night?"

The square-faced man saw that Xiao Yuanwai spoke politely, he first laughed and said: "Haha, this old man is quite recognizable, tell you, our brother wants to build a mountain fortress on the nearby mountain, and he needs some cash on hand, your Xiao family is a famous family nearby, should you sponsor some money and grain?"

Hearing this, everyone has understood what these people mean, they want to be bandits in the mountains in this area, and want to occupy the mountains in this area for a long time, no wonder they came in not to kill people first, the purpose is to come to loot here for a long time in the future, if they kill all the people, there will be no one to rob in the future, it is equivalent to ruining their future life, so they will use such threats and coercion to squeeze money.

Understanding the other party's intentions, I took a closer look at those people, the other party was holding regular military weapons in their hands, and there were several people with 'magic arrow covers', and combined with the fact that the strength of these people was so average, I probably guessed the origin of these people, these people must also be scattered stragglers and deserters on the battlefield outside.

Normally, the scattered soldiers should find a way to return to the barracks themselves, otherwise they will be punished as deserters.

However, some soldiers do not want to fight again after being dispersed, some people will choose to flee directly after being dispersed, go away from home, leave the battlefield, and some people do not want to fight again, and do not want to go home for fear of being caught as deserters and killed by the law, so these people will gather together and simply go up to the mountains to become bandits, so as to avoid the war and let them live at ease.

In recent years, there have been continuous wars in Xiangnan Province, and the number of stragglers who fled in the war is also very large, so the number of bandits in Xiangnan Province is also huge.

In addition, Xiangnan Province is mountainous and forested, and there are many places where bandits can hide, and some places can even be said to be rampant bandits, and most of these bandits are gathered by those deserters