With the support of officers and soldiers, He Lingchuan felt relaxed in the face of the fat man before, but now he felt that something was wrong. Towns and villages are different, and the rich gentry will pay out of their own pockets to form a township protection regiment and a self-training regiment, especially in troubled times, such an armed force is more necessary. This group of bandits can even defeat the town, at least they must have an advantage in numbers.

If a fat man lies about one thing, he can lie about everything.

He Lingchuan stuffed the dough back into his mouth, opened his front placket, and made a cross with a dagger on his heart.

The blood flowed out at once, and it was very fast.

The fat man screamed in pain, but most of the sound was muffled by the dough. The muscles in his face twisted and his throat gurgling.

Then, He Lingchuan handed the dagger to Zhu and guided her to put the tip of the blade against the cross: "Hold it firm." One more inch, and he will surely die. ”

Zhu hesitated slightly, and held the dagger with both hands.

"When you shout, she stabs you in the heart; You answer nonsense, and she stabs you in the heart. He Lingchuan patted the fat man on the shoulder, "She hates you to the bone, you'd better not try." Got it? ”

The fat man nodded cautiously.

"Let's play a game called Rush for Time." He Lingchuan smiled, "If you answer all the questions before the blood runs out, I can stop the bleeding for you and spare you from killing." What do you think? ”

The speed at which the fat man nodded was much faster.

He Lingchuan also nodded with satisfaction.

Just a few months ago, he couldn't have done such a ruthless move. However, after several life-and-death struggles, he finally understood a truth:

To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself, especially if the other party is not dead in the heart of harming others.

He took off the bread and asked, "In which town do you still have people?" ”

"Chito...... Town. ”

"How many are there?" He Lingchuan was displeased, "You can't be conscious, you have to be like a marionette, I will only answer when I ask?" ”

The fat man struggled and said, "The town was fought the day before yesterday, and there are two hundred people. ”

There are four or five hundred people in this group of bandits? "Bandits don't have this scale, where do you come from?"

"Hongchuan!" The fat man replied, "There is a lot of water in my hometown, and we can't get any money there, so we want to change places." ”

"Change here?" He Lingchuan asked Zhu, "This place is very rich?" What is the population? ”

Zhu shook his head: "The soil is insufficient, and there are few people. ”

The fat man hurriedly said: "We're just passing by, Boss Lu still wants to go south!" ”

Passer-by bandits are ruthless in killing, because they only do one transaction.

As he spoke, there was a commotion outside.

He Lingchuan said to a personal guard: "Go out and have a look." ”

The guard walked around the outside, and soon returned: "There was a sudden tide of fish in the lake, and it washed up to the shore, and now the ground is full of live fish bouncing around. ”

"Fish?" He Lingchuan never expected this answer. But at this moment, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside, and the crunch of the soles of shoes stepping on stones and muddy water.

Listening to the movement, there were at least a dozen people.

Fat man's reinforcements are coming? The four of them tensed their nerves at once, and He Lingchuan pressed his hand on the handle of the knife, pointed at Wang Fatzi and said, "Drag him into the inner room." ”

Fortunately, the footsteps came from far and near, passing directly in front of the door and did not stop.

The entire eastern part of the village seems to be filled with such footsteps.

He Lingchuan couldn't help but open the door and go out, and saw that a large number of officers and soldiers were also running fast, so he beckoned the nearest one to come over and ask, "What's wrong?" ”

"We got into a fight with the villagers, and the county guard is also by the village lake!"

This is the fight? He Lingchuan was taken aback: "Is my dad okay?" ”

"I don't know. The whistle sounded three times, asking us to rush to reinforcements. ”

The flying whistle is the assembly order of the Blackwater City Army, and different orders are issued according to the length of the whistle.

He Lingchuan closed the door and retreated, and the guards immediately asked, "Do we want to go over and help?" ”

"Wait, wait!" He Lingchuan's mind was racing, he was not by the lake, and he didn't know the cause of the battle, but it was undoubtedly too early to start the war at this time, unless his father seized the opportunity temporarily...... Or maybe Boss Lu seized the opportunity.

To put it cold-bloodedly, he He Lingchuan is not the leader of the pro-guard group, and even if he rushes to it now, he can't control the scene, and he can't turn things around.

What else could he do?

More than a dozen thoughts came out of his mind, and he crossed them out one by one. In the end, He Lingchuan sent another guard to the west of the village.

Half an hour later, the man hurried back and said hurriedly, "Lord County Guard has made peace with the other party." ”

"He's not hurt?"

"Nope."

"Are there bandits outside the house?" He Lingchuan already had some ideas.

"There's no one left, they're all rushing to the lake."

He Lingchuan was relieved and exhaled: "Okay, you go into the inner room to help." ”

The three of them walked into the inner room, where Wang Fatzi was placed and guarded by the Zhu family. The wound on his chest had been treated simply and was no longer bleeding.

The fat man was still gagged, and his face was still a little pale, but other than that, there was no big deal.

"Take him to Daddy's house."

The three of them lifted the fat man, and looked left and right before going out, but it was indeed empty.

Both bandits and officers and soldiers are gathered by the lake at this moment.

So they escorted Wang Fatzi and quickly went to He Chunhua's accommodation.

A quarter of an hour ago, there were bandit eyeliner everywhere, how could they escort the captives in the open? Fortunately, after the battle was together, the attention of both sides was diverted, and He Lingchuan was able to take the opportunity to escort Wang Fatzi back.

Good things are never grinding.

Forty or fifty paces to go, the cottage on the side suddenly opened, and a woman poked her head out.

She probably wanted to inspect the surrounding situation, but at a glance, she saw He Lingchuan and the three of them escorting Wang Fatzi, and also saw the Zhu family accompanying her, and she couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Of course, Zhu also saw her.

The woman was stunned for two breaths, shrunk her head back, and wanted to close the door.

Zhu rushed forward and pushed the door open, not letting her close.

The woman cried, "You can't do this, you're going to kill us!" ”

Zhu gritted his teeth: "Follow me, or I will kill you!" "She was afraid that this woman would report to the bandits.

"Are you crazy, the officers and soldiers will not stay!" The woman shouted, "The officers and soldiers are gone, but the bandits are still there!" ”

The two sides tug-of-war, and the guards asked He Lingchuan: "Big Shao?" ”

He Lingchuan said in a low voice: "Go and help!" ”

The guards rushed forward to help the Zhu family pull the other party out. The woman was frightened, and raised her voice to let out a heart-rending cry: "Someone! ”

Zhu Shi let go of his hand at once, took two steps back and said, "Forget it!" ”

"Forget it?" He Lingchuan reiterated, "Are you sure? ”

"Sure!" Zhu's eyes quickly switched from confused to firm, "Let's go!" ”

The four of them didn't care about the woman, and continued to move forward with Wang Fatzi; The wooden door closed, and the woman stopped screaming.

There were no further twists and turns, and no villagers even came forward, even though they all heard the high-pitched shouts.