The old village chief thought of the robbers who came to rob every six months, and his body couldn't help but fight a cold war, the leader of those guys was a scum in Long Xuan, and the strong men in the village were not his opponents at all.

"These two gold coins are considered to be your share of the money. Xiang Shang took out two more gold coins and stuffed them into the village chief's hand, not giving the other party a chance to refuse, "You are old, many things are inconvenient, I am still young." ”

The old village chief held eight gold coins in his hand and nodded silently, still admiring more in his heart. Many adults can only save four dragon gold coins a year, but Xiang Shang has to treat his sister's illness while maintaining a living, and he can also save eight gold coins that can be used at will, which is difficult for many middle-aged men to do.

"Xiao Shang ......"

A heavy and chaotic sound of horses' hooves sounded at this time, approaching from afar, followed by a piercing neighing sound of war horses, tearing the entire village above the wind and snow, and the faces of the old village chief and Xiang Shang sank at the same time.

Here they are! The robbers who come to the village every six months to collect so-called protection money are here again! And this time, they seem to be coming in more people than last time!

Xiang Shang's ears twitched a few times, and secretly calculated the number of robbers, thirty-seven people, seventy-four fast horses, half of which were not seated, obviously spare horses.

"The untouchables of the brick kiln village!

It was filled with an arrogant roar of banditry, echoing in the sky above the village, and even the howling cold wind seemed to be afraid of the obscenity of this group of bandits, and was temporarily suppressed by this roar.

"Alas......" the old village chief sighed.

Xiang Shang hurriedly hugged the old village chief, "I'll accompany you." ”

The old village chief looked at Xiang Shang and nodded. His health is getting worse and worse, and if he really dies one day, he really needs someone to continue to communicate and negotiate with those robbers, although there are many adults in the village, but the Xiang Shang, who is just eighteen years old in front of him, has a calmness and composure that many middle-aged people do not have.

More than thirty fast horses snorted irritably in the snow, spewing out clouds of white mist that melted the falling snowflakes, and huge horses' hooves trampled around in the snow, and the sound of war drums struck people's hearts.

Xiang Shang helped the old village chief out of his house, and soon saw more than thirty robbers on the snow, the middle one was dressed in fiery red fur, and a long hideous scar on the left side of his face extended from the corner of his eye to his chin.

The war horse under his crotch was very quiet, not as restless as the fast horses under the crotch of other robbers, and this person's strong body exuded a hideous bloody aura, which was the breath of the bloodthirsty dragon beasts in the mountains and forests.

Who is this man? Isn't the leader of this gang of robbers Du Wu?

Xiang Shang knew very well that the robbers who ruled here, it was rumored that he was a real Dragon Xuan, and he was also a dragon warrior among the Dragon Xuan, who could easily split people in half with one sword, not to mention, his fist could even erupt with scorching power, burning people to ashes!

That wanted Long Xuan, his name is Du Wu!

The person in front of him who was obviously the leader of the robbers was not the Long Xuan Duwu he had seen before.

The old village chief was also stunned when he saw the robbers. These robbers...... More than half of them have never seen them before, and only a third have familiar faces.

"Old man Zhang, what are you looking at? Don't give up the protection money yet!"

A robber with a sharp beak and a monkey's cheek pulled at the reins of his horse, and came to the old village chief in a very unkind tone, and bent down and reached out to grab the clay pot in his hand.

The old village chief subconsciously took a step back, and the clay pot containing the gold coins was tightly held in his arms, and he didn't let the other party catch it, "Master Liu...... You're ......"

Liu Xun! This is a robber known to the old village chief, who used to be Du Wu's most loyal horse boy, but today he has appeared with a new bandit leader.

Liu Xun caught the clay pot and failed, and suddenly felt that his face was dull, and when he heard the words of the old village chief, his face was even longer, and he picked up the horsewhip on his waist and slashed his head at the old village chief's head, "Old thing! You dare to resist!

Syllable!

The horsewhip made a deafening crisp sound in the air, and flung straight at the old village chief's head, Xiang Shang reached out and took the old village chief in his arms, turned around and blocked Liu Xun's leather whip with his back.

Bang! The leather whip struck Xiang Shang's back, making a muffled sound, as if it was whipped on a sturdy bison, Xiang Shang's clothes were torn, and he felt a hot pain in his back, but he couldn't help but shout.

"Damn! dare to dodge ......" Liu Xun shook his wrist, took back the horsewhip and raised it high, and at this time he saw Xiang Shang, who was protecting the old village chief, looking back at him.

This is ......! Liu Xun's hand trembled, and Xiang Shang's angry gaze was like a beast in the jungle, which made Liu Xun's heart suddenly burst into a cold current, and he forgot for a while, or rather, he didn't dare to pull the whip off again, as if he was afraid of provoking the counterattack of this humanoid beast.

"Master Liu, we just want to ask clearly, what's going on. Xiang Shang glared at Liu Xun. This is an experience he has cultivated in hunting in the jungle, when he fuses anger and killing thoughts, and stares at each other, it will form a kind of deterrence, that is, the ferocious lone wolf, in the face of such a look, will choose to retreat more.

"What's going on?" Liu Xun said in a screaming voice, "What do you want to ask?"

"In the past, Du Ye came, but today ......" Xiang Shang stopped talking and glanced at the leader of the robbers, "We are afraid, we give this to you, if Du Ye comes again, we can't give Du Ye things, then our village ......"

"Du Wu will never come again. The bandit leader who was sitting on a fast horse was a little proud, "I've killed him, and he won't appear again." From now on, I, Chen Xinwu, are your new guardian Long Xuan! You just need to give me what you deserve. ”

"That's right, our Boss Chen, is now the new guardian Long Xuan ...... here," Liu Xun roared excitedly, "Now bring the offering!"

The village chief's gaze fell on Xiang Shang's face, he felt that he was already old, and this young man's chest had just given people a sense of security, maybe it was really up to this young man to judge.

Xiang Shang nodded, the village chief held the clay pot with both hands with a little cherishment, Liu Xun savagely dragged the clay pot, and almost dragged the village chief's body that had not yet stood firm to the ground, fortunately, Xiang Shang's hand was fast, and he hurriedly helped the village chief steady, he stared at Chen Xinwu nervously, secretly praying in his heart that things could be solved, but his intuition told him that things would not be so simple.

"If there is nothing wrong with Master Chen, we will go back first. The village chief bowed, turned around and walked towards the nearest wooden house with Xiang Shang.

"Wait a minute. ”

Chen Xinwu's shouting revealed a hint of dissatisfaction, and Xiang Shang's heart suddenly sank. In the past few years, he will also listen to some storytellers tell stories when he goes to the town to sell things, and every time he talks about the new robber replacing the old robber, the first time he goes to blackmail, the new robber will always make some trouble in the village in order to make the robbed village afraid of himself, and give some lessons to the residents of the village, so as not to suppress the scene in the future.

Chen Xinwu glanced at the gold coins in the clay pot and said lightly: "This protection fee is less." ”

"That's not less. The village chief hurriedly explained, "This share is ...... every year."

"That's Du Wu's share. Chen Xinwu's words were full of cold and stubborn arrogance, and he threw the clay pot in his hand back into Xiang Shang's arms, "I want three times the share." ”

The old village chief's body trembled, his face was bitter, and he looked at Chen Xinwu, "Master Chen, then our village will drink the northwest wind for the next half a year." See if you can forgive ......"

"Hahaha......" Chen Xinwu's rough big hand shook hard in the air, and said in a calm tone: "It seems that you still don't know who is in charge here." What I said was the king's order! You dare to resist? Very good! Liu Xun, they won't give it to you, will they? Give me a robbery! You can rob me as much as you want! I want this village to be an 'example' for other villages, and see who dares to resist my rule!"

The horse thieves' eyes suddenly flashed with excitement. This is what they are most willing to do, and watching those villagers who have no strength scream and fight powerlessly, that is the coolest thing!

The front hooves of the thirty or so fast horses were suddenly raised high, and the roar of excitement before galloping, and several robbers whistled merrily, lit torches, and raised their sabers, and rushed to the houses of the village.

"Master Chen, don't ......"

The old village chief wanted to step forward to stop him, but the fast horse in front of him didn't seem to see it at all, and crashed directly into the old village chief.

Xiang Shang's eyes were quick, and he dragged the old village chief over, and the crazy fast horse whistled past the two of them.

"Master Chen, let's make up ...... triple share" Xiang Shang raised his head and hurriedly said, "Please let everyone ......"

"It's late. Chen Xinwu raised his head and smiled, looking at Sa Huan's subordinates who were sabotage, "Since you dare to bargain with me, you should pay the price once, and you won't be like this again in the future." ”

Not far away, fierce horses' hooves smashed wooden doors one after another, the villagers cried out in terror, robbers laughed wildly and jumped from their horses to the ground, rushed into the houses, smashed things, and some simply pressed the women in the house to the beds and tore their clothes.

Firelight, screams, horses, and swaying figures mingled in the howling wind and snow, and for a time pulled the originally peaceful village into a painful and miserable hell.

"There's another one here!"

Liu Xun's excited voice came from not far away, and Xiang Shangxin, who was still negotiating with Chen Xinwu, suddenly became flustered, the house in that direction was his own home!

Bang! The door of the wooden house was savagely kicked open by Liu Xun, and Xiang Yan's frightened voice immediately came out of the house: "Brother-!"

"Liu Xun!" Xiang Shang turned around and ran anxiously towards his house, shouting, "Liu Xun, stop!