A series of sounds of breaking the air came, and before the body had time to react, dozens of cobblestones fell like raindrops, and the villagers had no armor to protect them, and they were smashed to the point that their heads were broken and bleeding, and their tendons were broken and fractured.

Although Zhang Yanshou was not knocked down, the round stone gently scraped his ears, and half of his face became hot.

Under his chest, his heart was beating violently, Zhang Yanshou was holding a spear, and his legs seemed to be filled with lead, and he couldn't move it at all.

"Be careful! It's coming again! ”

The lieutenant in the rear shouted hoarsely, Zhang Yanshou's gaze looked along the shoulders of the players in front of him, and dozens of feet away, a group of pig-headed barbarians with wild boar heads on their heads, waving slings in their hands, threw out fist-sized cobblestones together.

Zhang Yanshou was worried, watching the cobblestone look like a black dot, gradually getting bigger, directly shattering the corner of the shield, and hitting the head of the player in front of him. Blood foam mixed with broken bones and hair splashed on Zhang Yanshou's face, making him dizzy and his ears tingling.

The player who was killed on the spot fell on Zhang Yanshou, and he looked at this fellow countryman and friend, his bloody head drooping on his chest, and he almost couldn't stand under his feet.

"Stand up straight! Don't back down! The lieutenant dragged away the dead player, stuffed the broken shield into Zhang Yanshou's hand, and roared: "Take the shield!" The pig's head is about to rush over! ”

Before Zhang Yanshou could react, he was pushed to the front. At this time, the archers in the rear fired a round of arrows, and the scattered arrows interrupted the pig's head and continued to throw the cobblestone.

Several irascible pig-headed barbarians roared a few times, and said something in an incomprehensible local language, and all the pig-headed barbarians also let out a sharp roar in response, and then rushed towards the villagers.

"Wife and children are behind you, everyone resist! Resist ——!! ”

The lieutenant in the rear shouted loudly, and the left and right townsmen raised their spears, and the pig's head in front of him rushed wildly, and the ground under his feet trembled slightly. Zhang Yanshou's mind was blank, he put the spear on the shield, and when the pig's head pounced on him like a desperate man, he struggled to stab the spear out.

These pigs' heads do not wear armor, but they still have rough skin and thick flesh, just like wild boars scurrying in the mountains.

Zhang Yanshou didn't care too much, his ears were full of the shouts of fellow villagers and friends, and the pig's head in front of him was like a tide. Although they barely had many iron blades in their hands, just using a crude stone hammer to smash it on the shield with all their strength also made Zhang Yanshou's arm numb.

The villagers blocked an intersection in the village, entangled with the pig's head, and after a while, a shallow pool of blood accumulated on the ground under their feet, becoming muddy and slippery.

Some pigs' heads leaned over, grabbed Xiang Yong's ankles, pulled them out violently, and then tore that Xiang Yong into several pieces in front of everyone.

The screams before dying made the rest of the villagers shudder, and the pig's head pulled out the intestines of the deceased, stuffed them into his mouth, and feasted on them, chewing all over his body, which was extremely terrifying.

Some villagers couldn't stand such scenes, crying for their fathers and mothers, and trying to flee with crawls.

"Don't run! Stop me! The lieutenant who commanded the battle was also covered with blood, he couldn't stop shouting, and dragged a few deserters: "There are only one hundred and ten barbarians on the other side, all of them will be pushed back for me!" ”

However, in the face of this one hundred and ten pig-headed barbarians, the front composed of more than 200 villagers could not bear it. Zhang Yanshou was at the forefront, the shield had been hammered a few times, sawdust and blood were flying everywhere, and his two arms were almost numb, he just gritted his teeth and stabbed straight with a spear.

With a snort, the shield was finally smashed by a stone hammer, and Zhang Yanshou fell to the ground, feeling stiff when he wanted to stand up.

Seeing that the stone hammer raised by the pig's head was about to fall, Zhang Yanshou closed his eyes and waited for death in despair.

"Thunder and arrows pierced the nine heavens!"

At this time, a loud shout came from the air, and along with it, there were several thunderbolts and lightning, piercing the sky and hitting the ground directly, like the wrath of the gods.

The pig's head, which was hit by the thunder arrow, stiffened on the spot, and a large centipede-like scorch mark appeared on his body, with a few wisps of drifting green smoke, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Zhang Yanshou was brutally suppressed by the pig's head that fell to the ground, and he was frightened and didn't know why. I heard someone shouting in the back: "There is an immortal chief to save us!" ”

Looking up at the sky, I saw several figures flying from mid-air, the first person was in a green shirt with wide sleeves and a yellow ribbon hanging from his waist.

The black tiger was very heavy, as if it was cast in iron, and directly smashed three or five pig-headed barbarians to death. Seeing it open its mouth and roar, the white mangs swept across like arrows, and the pig's head in the back row seemed to be cut by a thousand knives, with stumps and flesh flying.

In the face of such divine might, the pig-headed barbarians lost all their courage and fled with their lives. The black tiger was in hot pursuit, and wind knives and fire arrows fell one after another in mid-air, killing the remaining pigheads one by one.

A moment later, none of the pig's heads that invaded the village survived, and the villagers burst into loud cheers, and many knelt directly in the pool of mud and blood, saluting the immortals in mid-air.

"Fellow Daoist, please go and search around the village to see if there are any remnants of the pig-beaked people." Zhao Xiao said to Yi Jiangzi beside him.

"Of course." Yi Jiangzi arched his hand, raised his sleeves and walked away against the wind.

Zhao Xiao reined in the wind control technique and slowly landed. Since leaving Dongshengdu, along the way, he has exchanged the method of resisting the wind with Yi Jiangzi, who is traveling with him, and combined with the technique of feather step and longitudinal learning in the past, he can now also take off and fly in the air.

Half a month ago, the lord of the country issued a decree to send monks to Pujia Pass to assist the imperial court soldiers and horses to meet the Jiuli Kingdom that Chen soldiers wanted to enter.

Unlike when Xingluo County suppressed bandits, the disciples of the six pavilions and factions, but none of them were clearly the leaders, this return to the country was clearly ordered by the generals, and Zhao Huang, the Marquis of Zhenming, was in charge of the monks of the pavilions, and served as the commander of the Wukui army, assisting in the crusade against foreign enemies and counselors in military affairs, and his position was slightly inferior to that of General Wei.

Before General Wei arrived at Pujia Pass, he had already received the military information that the people of the beak had crossed the mountains and plundered and invaded the counties and counties in Huaxu State. The situation was urgent, and General Wei hoped that Zhao Huang would throw off his baggage and bring a group of monks to help first.

Zhao Huang will not refuse. Moreover, compared with the towns that can be fortified by the wall, some remote villages are difficult to resist the raids and raids of the beaked people. The purpose of Zhao Xiao's trip was to eliminate these beaked people who were harassing guerrillas everywhere and to solve the urgent needs of villages in various places.

"Immortal Grace, we will never forget!" As soon as Zhao Xiao landed, the lieutenant who led the village warrior hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"No need to be polite." Zhao Xiao waved his hand, he looked around, and found that there was also a fence outside the village, but it was not very strong, and it was broken by the pig-beaked people, so as to kill inside.

"We found out about the traces of this pig-beaked people two days ago, and they have been plundering and committing atrocities along the way." Zhao Huang said to the lieutenant: "Fortunately, you have held on and contained them here, so that we can kill them in time." ”

Grain

"Don't dare to be, we are also protecting our wives and children." The lieutenant gestured to the granary not far away, and at this time, many women, children, and old people came out one after another, and the old people in the village also stepped forward to salute.

"Was the Immortal Chief sent by the imperial court?" Lieutenant asked.

Zhao Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, the Jiuli Kingdom is going to attack on a large scale now, and I am afraid that in the future, there will be more than just the people of the beak to loot and invade...... That is, these pig-headed barbarians. ”

The old man of the village frowned, and sighed repeatedly: "The Southern Barbarians are coming again?" It's been a sad time these years. ”

"What? Is there a problem in your village? Zhao Xiao asked.

"I don't dare to bother the immortal chief for small things, but in the past few years, there have been occasional monsters near the village, and they will steal and store grain." The lieutenant replied.

"Youkai?" Zhao Xiao asked, "What kind of monster is it?" ”

"It's a mouse." The old men did not dare to answer, but the lieutenant said bluntly: "But those rats are very big, and they are dressed and crowned like people. They have been harassing the stockade for several years, stealing grain, oil, cloth and sometimes robbing lone pedestrians. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense!" The old man of the village hurriedly persuaded: "The true monarch of the void day is a Taoist immortal family, and he has blessed me for many years, and those grains, rice, and cloths were originally used as offerings. If you juniors don't learn well, you have to demolish the shrine and provoke the true monarch to protect the Dharma, and now you will inevitably suffer. ”

Zhao Xiao frowned and was silent, the title of True Monarch is extremely heavy for people who cultivate immortals and learn the Tao, and no one can be called a True Monarch.

And listening to this lieutenant, those rat demons are far from being transformed into humans, what kind of Dao Immortal family will have this kind of protector?

Even if Zhao Huang didn't witness it with his own eyes, he could guess how much that the Void Sun True Monarch should be a monster occupying one side, who used to blackmail the people and beg for incense offerings, but later was smashed by the younger generations of the village, and it let the little demons under his command steal and loot.

This kind of obscenity and evil that harms the people will be placed in the Tianxia Dynasty nine times out of ten, it will attract the court to punish the evil and destroy the temple. The diviner calculates the direction, curses the forbidden life to seal the veins and intercept the water, and the salute official summons the general to welcome the spirit, and a group of people work together, and all the big demons and monsters are bombarded into ashes.

If there is obscenity and a temple priest gathers to protect the altar, then the local government will send a government service soldier to lock it and put him in prison. As for whether the follow-up will be soaked in a manure tank, squatted in prison, or being beheaded, it depends on how to list the charges.

But after a hundred years of turmoil, even if Huaxu State set up a pavilion system, it was not as good as the Tianxia Dynasty for the control of local demons and evils. Even if there is a court office like the Arrest Division, all that can be done is to defend the surroundings of Dongsheng Capital.

This village is close to the border, and the county officials estimate that in addition to urging taxes and money, they will not bother much, and it is inevitable that there will be demons and evil spirits taking advantage of the gap.

However, listening to the words of the old man and the lieutenant, the juniors of the village actually had the courage to smash the shrine, which is not ordinary.

For obscene demons, smashing temples and altars is a great enmity, and when idle monks do this kind of thing, they have to think about what kind of consequences they will produce, let alone ordinary people who can hardly bear it.

Zhao Xiao can only attribute this matter to the border villages, the people are fierce, and the common people live together, and they have to form a township to protect themselves. In the face of hundreds of pig-beaked people, the village was broken and still able to persist in the bloody battle, and the courage can be seen.

Originally, Zhao Huang came to rescue the village, and he didn't think about helping them deal with any demons, but Zhao Huang thought that there are many monsters and spirits in the mountains and forests on the border between the two countries, even if they are not the target of Huaxu to deal with, they are very likely to take advantage of the war to commit murder.

When Zhao Huang was thinking about it, Yi Jiangzi returned against the wind and said bluntly: "There is no trace of the pig-beaked people near the village, these pig-headed barbarians have always been stupid, and they don't have any tents. ”

"Did you notice a rat demon in the vicinity?" Zhao Xiao asked.

"Rat Demon? Not really. Yi Jiangzi shook his head.

The lieutenant hurriedly said, "Those rat demons don't usually appear during the day, and they appear at dusk at the earliest. I suspect that they usually live in caves in the ground, and the immortals fly in the sky, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to detect for a while. ”

When Yi Jiangzi heard this, his expression was slightly contemptuous, but he didn't say much.

However, Zhao Xiao looked the lieutenant up and down, and asked curiously: "Brother Ren seems to know a lot, and he has fought with monsters before?" ”

"It's not about fighting." The lieutenant smiled honestly: "We are all ordinary crop men, who wants their food to be stolen by rats?" ”

Zhao Xiao didn't ask much, but said: "However, our trip is mainly to eliminate the pig-headed barbarians who are plundering everywhere, and there is no time to deal with the matter of the rat demon at present." ”

The lieutenant still wanted to speak, but the old man of the village hurriedly said: "The immortal chief has something to do, so I won't get in the way." ”

Zhao Xiao arched his hand and said: "Jiuli Country is on the border, and this place is not safe, if the pig-headed barbarian can come once, it is difficult to guarantee that no other barbarians will kill him." Repair the wall as soon as possible, be prepared before the autumn harvest, and set up more sentry posts in case of contingencies. If it is difficult to resist, you can go to the neighboring counties and cities for help. ”

"I'll see." Everyone in the village saluted.

"In addition, if there are difficulties in the war, the court will inevitably have to recruit soldiers." Zhao Yan said: "I hope you can understand, the situation is difficult, and we must work together to get through." ”

"The court has an order, and we must obey it."

After saying goodbye to the people of the village, Zhao Xiao and others flew away against the wind again. After flying for a while, Yi Jiangzi complained: "Sure enough, it is a poor and remote country, we rushed all the way to the rescue, and they didn't even have a thank-you gift." ”

Zhao Xiao comforted: "Daoist friends should be more tolerant." It was a remote place and had been plundered by the beaked people, who could not afford to give a generous gift. This kind of rural village may not even have much cash, and entertaining guests is nothing more than serving some meat dishes. ”

"Marquis Zhenming is just too kind, these treacherous behaviors of the people, I'm afraid you haven't seen it yet." Yi Jiangzi said: "If they ask for a little, they can always come up with all kinds of excuses." The scarcity of the court's collection is precisely because of the stubborn resistance of these people. Especially in some counties near Jiuli Kingdom, there is no shortage of such rebellious and chaotic people. ”

Zhao Xiao sighed secretly, after all, who forced the common people to be so cunning? Cultivating and working all year round is already hard, not to mention that in the border land near the Jiuli Kingdom, you have to face the extortion of demons and evils, and you have to guard against the attacks of barbarians, and the people here have to do their best just to live. Rather, if it weren't for such cunning, they would have died long ago.

In the past, Zhao Xiao estimated that he would have a good argument with the other party. But Dongsheng has experienced all kinds of human affairs, and Zhao Xiao understands that some things are difficult to reach a consensus, and there is no need to embarrass the friendship when he is really determined to do things.

As for whether Zhao Xiao has become mature and stable, or has become pretentious and hypocritical, he himself can't tell.