Hu Dadao and his men couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably when they saw the merchants and clans carrying over boxes of silver and gold, and as if they were mad demons, they reached out and grabbed handfuls of jewels.

The clan people who came to send the silver taels, hearing their unbridled laughter, dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, and their faces were flushed.

Originally, these people had heard the news that there were thieves coming, and they had already begun to sell what they were holding.

But I didn't expect this gang of thieves to be menacing and so fast, and I didn't expect Taixi County to not hold it for even a day.

At first, seeing that their gang of thieves did not move them when they entered the city, it also made these clansmen feel a little happy in their hearts, thinking that these thieves wanted to rely on their families that had been inherited for hundreds of years, who knew that they were still a group of short-sighted thieves! I didn't even know to win them over!

"Big brother, do we really release these people after we collect the money? These people must still have a lot of money, right? "Let's just say that the houses they built are more than 100,000 taels, and this subordinate looked at the clans who left.

Hu Dadao also couldn't stand the stimulation of these gold and silver treasures, and his eyes were full of greed, "Huh? It's just a matter of letting them go for the time being, anyway, Taixi County has fallen into our hands, so I'll slowly play with them and knock out the money for me little by little. ”

Hu Dadao's subordinates were a little worried after hearing this, "What if the imperial court sends an army to attack us?" "Don't just get the money and silver at that time, and the order will be put in, if they can really withstand the imperial army, they will not be driven around, this time they can take down Taixi County or there is a reason why they should open the door.

Hu Dadao thought for a moment and said: "Then speed up, knock them 200,000 taels tomorrow, even if the imperial court wants to send troops to encircle and suppress us, how can it take two or three months, according to the virtue of that group of officials, at least we will be safe and worry-free within three months." ”

"Big brother, the imperial court also has a lot of people in Taizhou Mansion."

The implication is that they are worried that the people of Taizhou Mansion will send troops and horses to encircle and suppress them.

Hu Dadao heard this and smiled contemptuously, "The group of people in Taizhou Mansion don't dare to come out, I'm afraid they will be unable to protect themselves." If he hadn't gotten that news, he wouldn't have dared to capture Taixi County so decisively.

"Big brother, what do you mean by that?"

"Chang Yuan is going to attack Taizhou Mansion."

Hu Dadao's subordinates were shocked when they heard this, "What?! Is it the descendant of the old general in the north? Chang Yuan, who has already taken three cities in the north after just over two years of raising troops? ”

Hu Dadao's face was serious: "Yes, it is this person, when I attacked Taixi County before, I have already received news, I think it will be a few days before they will go to take Taizhou Mansion." When the time comes, the imperial court will want to exterminate them, and in a short period of time, they should not be able to take care of us, and when they find that it is more difficult to fight there, and want to come and fight us, we will already run away with money and food. ”

……

A residential house in Taixi County.

"Son, what's going on out there?"

Captain Wu, who was dressed as an ordinary peasant man, pretended to be relaxed and said: "Mother, don't worry, we are fine here for the time being." As long as we persist in persevering, when the time comes, the court will send people to fight these thieves and they will retreat, and we will be safe." ”

The tone was relaxed, but his mind was still recalling what he saw in the city, the head of the county order hanging on the flagpole.

The flagpole next to it is also inserted with several henchmen who the county order relies on the most, as well as General Chen.

In the past few days, as long as the leaders of the county are officials, they have all been killed by Hu Dadao to make an example.

Wu County Lieutenant has been doing this for many years, it is not for nothing, when he saw that the opportunity was wrong, he immediately changed his clothes, and asked the Feng housekeeper to put on his clothes and run out of the city, at this time he did not know whether he was alive or dead, and he still took his wife and son to hide in a house where no one was around.

Old Mrs. Wu sighed and didn't say anything more, the food they had eaten in the past few days was all found from those houses where no one lived, as for the aborigines? He had already been killed by those thieves, but fortunately, those people were only interested in robbing some gold and silver treasures and women, so that he had the opportunity to find a lot of food.

……

"Big brother, come and see." Ning Laosan's eyes were full of fear.

Ning Changrong, who was walking behind him, heard the sound and immediately rushed over from the bushes next to him, and today he took a group of people to go down the mountain to check the situation, and only then did he walk to the foot of the mountain.

"This, is this Ning Dashan?" Ning Changrong felt his stomach churning.

The summer was hot, and this person's appearance was already blurred, and if he hadn't been with the same village for a long time, he really wouldn't have recognized who this was.

Ning Daniu, who heard it later, also hurriedly walked up to check, his face did not change, and he also used the knife in his hand to turn over Ning Dashan's body, picking off some maggots from time to time.

Ning Changrong swallowed a mouthful of saliva when he saw it.

Brother Da Niu is really ruthless!

After turning over for a long time, Ning Daniu stood up, "This is Ning Dashan's deflated calf." There is a long scar on the back, presumably hacked to death from behind. It's really poor, and there's nothing left on me. ”

For this man who abandoned his daughter-in-law and children and ran away alone, even if they were from the same village, they were just as shameful to him.

Ning Husheng glanced at it and quickly turned his head away, "This is really an eye-opener." ”

Ning Changrong sighed, and led a few people to continue to walk forward.

He was holding a repeating crossbow in his hand, with a firearm pinned to his waist, and Ning Da Niu was also holding a crossbow in his hand, which was given to him by Ning Changrong later, and it was also a repeating fire.

As for his original hand, Ning Changrong was in charge and let him give it to Ning Husheng.

After walking a few more steps, many corpses were found one after another, all of which were hacked to death from behind, presumably by the means of those thieves.

There are those who know, and there are those who don't.

When they walked to Xiayuan Village, Ning Changrong and the others all stopped, looking at this scene with stunned eyes.

Xiayuan Village, which was once harmonious and full of smoke, has become a purgatory on earth.

The pitch-black earthen house that was burned by the fire has rotted its body, and even the corpse of Sensen's white bones can be seen, and the mosquitoes gnawing around the corpse.

Ning Changrong looked at it for a while, then closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at it again.

"Bring up all the scarves around your necks and cover your mouths and noses!"

Everyone had a strip of cloth around their necks, which Wang Xiujuan had made for them when she learned that they were going down the mountain to check the news. So many people died, it was still summer, and there was no one to deal with it, and if this one was not good, it would be infected with the plague.

They didn't wrap all their exposed skin tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes.

A few people began to check from house to house, originally wanting to pick up some pots and pans that could be used and use them, looking at the current scene, who of them would dare to touch the things here?

Forget about the things you want to enter, but you still have to look for those knives to see if there are any that can be used.

It's a big deal to go back and disinfect with lime, otherwise they have used Ning Changrong's kitchen knife to cut down trees in the past few days, as well as the big knife that Ning Dadao himself carried, and these two blades have all been rolled.

(End of chapter)