Chapter 21: Disaster Doesn't Hurt the Family

The situation gradually became clear, and the people of these small villages also gave up resistance one after another, and except for a few wounds on the bodies of a few people in Hare Mountain, none of them were damaged.

However, the two villagers of Xiaozhuang Village rushed forward fiercely before, and they were cut to the ground, and they did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Now these landlords who are squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands are no longer in the climate, Xiao Jiu didn't care about them, and he and Jin Zi rode horses to chase the leader who ran away before.

After all, the foot power couldn't outrun the horsepower, and the man was caught up by Jin Zi and Xiao Jiu after a while.

Seeing that the pursuers were approaching, the man knew that he could no longer run away, and a fierce force rose in his heart, and he turned back suddenly, picked up the iron longbow he had used for archery before, and jerked it at the horse's head behind him.

The horse was beaten so badly that it raised its hooves and raised it high, and the gold on the horse was shaken off and fell to the ground.

When the man with the longbow saw that he had struck down the man, he took up his bow and arrow again, and threw it at the head of the gold, and the gold held his head to protect it, and the longbow fell on the arm of the gold.

Jin Zi was smashed by this, and he fainted directly in pain, but he vaguely remembered in his mind that he heard a click before he fell unconscious, probably the sound of his hand bones breaking.

The man with the longbow was also a ruthless man, and when he saw the gold fainting, he raised his hand to pick up the bow again, as if he was going to be stoned to death.

At this moment, a sound of breaking the air came from the left side of the man, and a crossbow arrow shot straight at the door in front of him, and the man turned his head and was shot through the cheek, and the man screamed, threw his longbow, and covered his face with both hands.

Without waiting for the man to open his eyes, a quick knife slashed at his neck, and after a touch of coolness passed, he felt a wave of heat gushing and fell directly to the ground.

It was Xiao Jiu who saved the gold with the sword, and the crossbow arrow was naturally shot by Xiao Jiu.

After a while, behind Xiao Jiu, there were Hare Mountain bandits who arrived one after another, and when they saw their three leaders lying on the ground, they didn't know whether they were alive or dead, and they all wanted to crack.

Xiao Jiu had a cold face, and asked two of his subordinates to carry the gold from the village to find Lang Zhong, and specially told him to pay attention to his arm.

After that, he turned to look at the man who was lying in a pool of blood, probably dead.

Now that Jin Zi is seriously injured and unconscious, the anger in Xiao Jiu's heart is no longer suppressed.

"Hang him to the entrance of the village, and whoever participates today will raid his house."

A few cold words came out of Xiao Jiu's mouth, and after saying that, he turned over and got on his horse and went straight back to the entrance of the village, and everyone behind him also dragged the corpse of the man in the pool of blood and followed closely.

Xiao Jiu came to the entrance of the village where the fight took place, and looked coldly at the crowd of Xiaozhuang Village who had gathered here before.

Zhang Ben, who had been arranged by Xiao Jiu to go to the village to pick a big mansion and set it on fire, had also arrived, and seeing his angry face, he must have already known what had happened.

"Zhang Ben."

Looking at Zhang Ben who came back, Xiao Jiu shouted at him, Zhang Ben heard Xiao Jiu calling him, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "The owner of the village." ”

"Find two villagers in the village, and all the people who participated today will take all the food from their homes."

After speaking, Xiao Jiu didn't look at Zhang Ben, but stared directly at the villagers who were still squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands.

Zhang Ben was just about to take the order and leave, but he heard Xiao Jiu's instructions: "Don't bully these people's families, it won't hurt their families." ”

Xiao Jiu took a dozen or so mountain bandits to sit at the entrance of the village to rest, staring at the people who had resisted the two grains before.

After interrogation, Xiao Jiu learned that in addition to a few landlords, half of the more than 20 men in front of him were long-term workers of these landlords' families, hired farmers, and were forcibly brought over by the lord's family.

For these people who were originally from a hard background, Xiao Jiu didn't want to pursue them, but those who were making trouble, Xiao Jiu didn't plan to let them go.

The man who led the tragic death was called Zhuang Bao, and he was also the landlord with the most land in the whole Xiaozhuang Village, who had learned archery from the nearby hunters in the early years.

In fact, Zhang Bao didn't really plan to harden Xiao Jiu, but he didn't want to pay more food, and planned to rely on more people to force Xiao Jiu who came to collect grain this time, and then take out some food and send it to the cottage to calm Xiao Jiu's anger.

It's just that this Zhang Bao misestimated Xiao Jiu's determination, and he didn't expect that he would directly arrange for someone to set fire to the village, and directly ask who the leader was.

If Xiao Jiu knew that he was the one who took the lead in resisting the grain, he would inevitably become the chicken that worships monkeys.

So Zhuang Bao had no choice but to continue to confront everyone and Hare Mountain, and finally ended up being hacked to death.

About two hours later, dozens of bandits who went to the village to loot grain went back and forth to empty the food in the homes of these troublemakers, and also encountered some resistance in the process of raiding their homes.

Fortunately, with Xiao Jiu's order in front, these people did not kill the resisters, but were just held down and beaten fat.

"The owner of the village, it's almost all here." , Zhang Ben approached Xiao Jiu and whispered.

Xiao Jiu nodded, and then asked, "Didn't you encounter resistance?" ”

When Zhang Ben heard this, he replied: "There are a few bold people who want to resist, but I didn't use the knife, and no one harassed the female dependents." ”

After listening to Zhang Benyan's words, Xiao Jiu got up and walked to the landlords who were squatting on the ground one by one, and said: "Everyone, you have united to resist the grain, causing my cottage brother to be seriously injured, today I will take away the grain from your family, will you accept it?" ”

The cold words went straight through the hearts of these landlords, but in the face of the fierce Xiao Jiu, he couldn't resist the emotion, so he could only nod his head hurriedly.

Then, Xiao Jiu's voice came again: "This is the first time, I only take your grain, but I don't want to have a next time." ”

"This time it is Zhuang Bao who takes the lead, and I don't want any more cow treasures and dog treasures."

"I will hang Zhang Bao in the village for seven days, and give you a sample, and whoever dares to take it down will be like him."

After saying that, he let these people go home and let them go home, this group of people were frightened by Xiao Jiu today, and they were worried about the safety of their families, so they all fled from the village.

Subsequently, Xiao Jiu was led to Langzhong's house where the gold was located, and arranged for Zhang Ben to send five buckets of grain to the village on the way.

It wasn't until it was dark that the injured gold slowly woke up, and Xiao Jiu saw that he could sit up by himself, so he found a cart from the village and dragged him back to the cottage with livestock.

When he walked to the entrance of the village, Zhang Ben quietly stepped forward and whispered a few words to Xiao Jiu, saying that the dead Zhuang Bao still had a few children and brothers, and asked Xiao Jiu if he wanted to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

Xiao Jiu just thought about it for a moment and shook his head slightly, since Zhuang Bao had been ambushed and the food had been taken away, it was a bit too cruel to hurt the family members who had little to do with this matter, and it was also contrary to Xiao Jiu's previous beliefs.

Seeing that Xiao Jiu just shook his head, Zhang Ben stopped talking, followed Xiao Jiu, accompanied by the hazy moonlight, and returned to Hare Mountain.