The atmosphere was extremely tense, Li Junxian pinched the sweat in his palms, and finished speaking, Master Hou, what are you doing here? It's okay to talk about it, what do you do to provoke people? You're not the best in the world now, you're just a powerless scholar.

Now it's in someone else's territory, if you annoy the other party, wouldn't it...... Don't look at the whole village now, you can put it bluntly, after all, it is a group of bandits, and if you fall out, you will become a pack of wolves in the blink of an eye, which is too dangerous.

Quietly give Fang Yiai a look, which means that once something is wrong, he will immediately protect the Hou Ye.

Fang Er didn't see it at all, standing next to Xiao Rui, his eyes were full of admiration, worthy of Brother Xiao, he was too powerful, even if he lost all his martial arts, he could overwhelm others. What strong dragon doesn't crush the head snake? Fart! I won't believe this kind of nonsense again. Brother Xiao is mighty!

The surrounding Shuizhai bandits also did not dare to come out of the nervous atmosphere, not that the two sides fell out, and the court would come to suppress the bandits. Instead, I was afraid that what if the two village owners became angry and let us do something to the champion Hou? We really don't want to get along with Hou Ye! Everyone is a flat-headed commoner, but they all receive the great favor of the Hou Ye. Do it to a benefactor? Isn't it revenge?

Great grace? What a great favor? Is it Xiao Rui's defense of the land and the country?

No, no, no!

As the brothers said, there are 100,000 people in the entire water village, and at least more than eighty percent of them are supporters of Hou Ye. In fashionable words, it is a fan and a fan brother.

What about the source? The first is that Hou Ye dared to kill corrupt officials and magnates and ask for the people's lives, and the second is that Hou Ye has created countless high-quality varieties of living people, especially the second one, this kind of merit can be called a living saint! As long as the family farms, who doesn't miss the great grace of Hou Ye's life?

Although Dongting Water Village relies on water for food, can the full water capacity feed 100,000 people? More than half of the food ration has to be farmed.

In previous years, farming had small returns and high risks, and every year there was always a stubble of people dying of starvation, but now? With the use of high-yield and improved seeds, every household has surplus grain, and even many people no longer go to the river to fish, but instead devote themselves to farming, fishing has become a farming leisure to improve their lives. In the past two years, few people have been heard of dying of starvation.

One by one, it is all the favor of the champion Hou in front of him.

Not counting Hou Ye's kindness, just in the past few days, everyone can see that although Hou Ye is noble and in a high position, his eyes when he looks at us bandits are really clear, and he does not despise us because of our low background, he really treats us as people.

is not like those court officials and Jingxiang water masters...... Even ordinary people look down on us as enemies and mud.

Several other leaders of the water village glanced at each other, meaning that whoever goes up to persuade must not fight. said that I would invite Hou Ye to be a guest, everyone has seen Hou Ye's demeanor, how did it become like this? We don't want to get along with Hou Ye.

Just when everyone was nervous, Xiao Rui turned to laugh and said, "Huh...... Thankfully not! On the one hand, it is the office of the imperial court, and on the other hand, I have a friendship with the two friends. If you had two hearts, wouldn't it be difficult for me to be caught in the middle? ”

Yes???

The Lai brothers opened their mouths wide, they couldn't imagine that Hou Ye still had such a side.

Li Junxian also hurriedly laughed, "Hahaha, two, the Hou Ye is joking with everyone, get along for many days, you take us to play without reservation, if there are two hearts, who dares to be so bold?" Isn't it? ”

Xiao Rui nodded with a smile, leaned into Li Junxian's ear and whispered, "Fifth brother, when did you become a sycophant?" ”

Forehead......

Li Jun's face was flushed with envy.

Xiao Rui stepped forward and patted the Lai brothers on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, the kindness of the two can be felt." Ben Hou has no malice, disbanded this Dongting sailor in the future, everyone will live and fish for a living, don't toss around, so as not to have misunderstandings. As for Jingxiang, Ben Hou personally informed them that he would not come to harass Dongting in the future. ”

"Okay, we've been shopping in Dongting Lake for a few days, we have to continue to go south, stay overnight today, go to Yueyang Tower tomorrow to have a look, and leave the day after tomorrow."

This......

Looking at the back of Xiao Rui and the others leaving, the owner of the village came to Ji and said in a hurry: "Brother, so to speak, Hou Ye didn't take a fancy to us at all?" ”

The military advisor Lai Heng's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "There is still one night, we will go back and sum up, and we will always find a way to survive." ”

The four leaders of Shuizhai whispered: "Big brother, military advisor, in my opinion, it is better to listen to Hou Ye, it is good for us to go home and be ordinary people, Hou Ye is different from other officials, Hou Ye said that it can make us stable, and it is definitely not a lie to us." The brothers really didn't want to lick the blood with a knife. ”

"Yes, big brother, take this opportunity, if the Hou Ye leaves, we haven't agreed yet, then I'm afraid there won't be such a good opportunity in the future, the court can come to suppress the bandits for any reason, and we can't wash it away." Lao Ba also chimed in.

At this time, the third child scolded: "Fourth, eighth, you are soft-boned? For so many years, we have always been water bandits, don't we also live well? ”

The fourth child argued: "Yes, we are fine, but how many brothers are killed and injured every year?" How do we explain to their families? Although we can make a living by fishing, we are all dragging our families with our families in the end, and this small island does not produce food, and more than half of the brothers have to farm by the lake. The sailors of the imperial court can't beat us, but if they really want to suppress the bandits, they don't need to fight a water war with us, and directly send people to cut down our fields, so that we have nowhere to plow the fields, how will the brothers live at that time? ”

Lao Wu opened his mouth and persuaded: "Everyone, don't quarrel, the reason why the eldest brother and the military advisor took the risk to invite the Hou Ye over is not only to find a way to clear the lives of the brothers, but also to find an errand for our gang." ”

"Fourth, eighth, you can be stable if you want to, but look at our gang? How many can plow the fields? Directly dissolve the water village, the group of brothers below is naturally fine, but what about us? Will we do anything but fight and sail the boat? ”

The third said loudly: "Anyway, I will only cut people!" Living on the water, I can't even fish. ”

The fourth and eighth children bowed their heads in silence.

The owner of the village came to Ji and kicked the third child out, "Virtue? As a Dongting water bandit, if you eat on the water, you can't fish? Is this something to boast about? ”

The third child patted the dust on his buttocks and said with a smile: "Ahem, big brother, I don't want to express an attitude!" According to the original plan, we let Hou Ye be co-opted, whether it is Hou Ye's soldiers and horses, or the sailors of the imperial court, I will continue to follow the eldest brother. But let's just lay down our arms and be people? I don't do it! ”

"Yes, eldest brother, military advisor, think of a way again, beg Master Hou, the brothers have been practicing for so long, and suddenly go back to farming, I am not used to it!"

……

The military advisor Lai Heng sighed and said: "We all know the intentions of the brothers, in fact, our Dongting Water Village seems to be quite famous, but in fact, it is strong on the outside and dry in the middle. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the imperial court has already freed up its hands, and it will be rectified in two years at most, and it will not be Jingxiang Shui Shi who will come at that time. ”

"If it is Master Hou who comes to suppress the bandits, hehe, let's not talk about resistance, I'm afraid I don't know how I died."

Yes? No way? Didn't Master Hou just say that he didn't know the art of war? The eighth said with a bitter face.

Everyone gave him a blank look, do you believe this? That's Master Hou, is there anything in the world that he won't do?

Lai Heng continued: "We originally wanted to take this opportunity to show it and let Master Hou accept us. But now everyone has seen it, maybe we made a mistake in our calculations, and it was self-defeating, which made Hou Ye unhappy. Or maybe the Hou Ye didn't fancy us at all......"

"Alas...... In fact, if Master Hou can promise us to dissolve and not find a posthumous account, it is already a big deal. It's not a few years ago, a few years ago, there was still a wealth in surrender, now? Hehe...... The court may not be able to see it, and there is still the guy from Jingxiang Shuishi, but they hate us, they won't watch us wash our hands safely. ”

Everyone nodded and said, "Yes, after so many years of fighting, they hate us very much." ”

"Strategist, what now?" Everyone looked at Lai Heng.