In the afternoon of the next day, the homeless people surrounded Liuhe Village, and there were hundreds of people, but they were not strong men, but women with nursing babies, or wizened children, or old people.

The old man at the head pointed his finger at Yan Jianxun and the others tied to the trunk of the tree in the distance, and asked for grain inspection, and then twenty people from Liuhe Village took the grain and went to the woods with him to change people.

Haozi finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was a little mocking at Lao Fang's tone: "Old Fang, don't tell me, it's these old and weak women and children who kidnapped your apprentices from under your nose?" ”

The old man broke the defense in an instant, blushing and thickening his neck: "No, the people who surrounded us in the middle of the night were all strong men with weapons in their hands!" ”

Haozi shrugged indifferently: "I'll go with you and help you bring back the food and people." ”

Yan Fangxiang interrupted the conversation between the two, with a melancholy expression: "Haozi, the other party asked the old and weak women and children to come forward, and asked them to go to the woods to negotiate, how do I think and how do I think the other party is deliberately making us careless, if it is only for five hundred catties of food, it is not necessary, will it have the intention of serving us in one pot?" ”

Lao Fang and Haozi finally put away their paralyzing thoughts, and looked at the woods again, it was terrifyingly quiet, there were not even birds, and there was an ambush in nine out of ten ----.

500 catties of grain, put on the head of a single household, can almost ensure food and clothing; But when it comes to the heads of the entire homeless village, it is not enough to even plug the gaps between the teeth.

These people, women and children are in the light, men are in the dark, and wolves are ambitious, and if they get 500 catties, they will ask for 1,000 catties or 2,000 catties.

When people are hungry to a certain extent, the lower limit will break through your imagination and do any bad thing.

Yan Fangxiang, Lao Fang, Haozi and Liu Li were discussing for a long time, and finally came up with a battle plan, and Lao Fang took twenty people, equipped with bows and arrows, and exchanged people with food, to the edge of the woods, don't talk nonsense, strike first, and give the woods behind him a rain of arrows, and catch the other party off guard.

Haozi and Lao Cheng, each with a team of people, outflanked and rescued left and right.

To Yan Fangxiang's surprise, Liu Lizheng didn't say a word, and picked thirty men in the village to cooperate, and it was managed by Haozi and Lao Cheng.

The method was decided, and the old man on the other side asked for a grain test.

Liu Li is untying twenty cloth bags, each of which is facing the old man, holding a handful of grain, the old man let the cloth bag be tied tightly, loaded into the car, and separated from him by five feet, and followed him to the woods to change people.

The hostage exchange team left, and Chen Shengnan disagreed with Yan Fangxiang: "Sister-in-law, I really admire you, don't say anything about the other party, even the food for your brother is fake." ”

The 500 catties of grain, the top layer is grain, and the bottom is broken green storage material, and the surface looks like a sack, which looks like it contains grain.

(Note: Green storage material, livestock farmers reserve for feeding livestock in winter, mainly crushed straw)

Yan Fangxiang sighed faintly: "Shengnan, no matter how bad my brother is, he is also my compatriot." The reason why I use fake food is because both sides want to tear their faces, and real food and fake food are not important; The important thing is that I don't want the news that there is grain storage in Liuhe Village to spread out and attract other thieves. ”

The displaced people besieging Liuhe Village looked like the two villages had been temporarily merged. There are not ten such a team of displaced people, but eight or nine.

No matter how fierce Lao Fang and the others are, it is impossible to kill all the displaced people, and once the news of the food in Liuhe Village is spread by them, it will inevitably arouse the covetousness of other displaced people.

Chen Shengnan admired his face: "Sister-in-law, you are two years younger than me, but you can see people and things much more clearly than me, as if you can see the shadows of people's hearts, compared with you, I am like a three-year-old child." ”

Yan Fangxiang pulled the corners of her mouth bitterly, if she was no longer transparent, wouldn't she have experienced decades of suffering in the previous life in vain?

Who doesn't want to be like Chen Shengnan, who is born to be protected by someone and be a child for a lifetime, what's so bad?

Yan Fangxiang suddenly missed Yang Qicheng, with him, he could not think about anything, do nothing, like a child who only knows how to eat and not be hungry.

It has already passed Yang Qicheng's agreed time to go home, and Yan Fangxiang is inevitably a little worried.

There was a sound of killing in the woods, and the other party really set up an ambush.

And, very strong, one hundred and fifty or sixty men, half of them armed with red cloth strips on their cuffs.

If it weren't for Lao Fang and the others licking blood from their knives all year round, and their martial arts were strong, they would probably be swallowed up by the other party in a few moments.

Haozi and Lao Cheng brought people to support, but it was only a draw.

was fighting thrillingly, a group of black crows and crows of black-armored soldiers on the village road pressed the border, waved their big hands, and the soldiers were divided into two ways:

controlled the old, weak, women and children of the displaced people all the way;

rushed all the way to the battle circle, without mercy, like cutting melons and vegetables, dozens of homeless heads fell to the ground.

What's the situation? Did the imperial court send troops to suppress it?

Liu Li was the head of Liuhe Village, so he went to the woods, and Yan Fangxiang took Chen Shengnan to follow.

Liu Li introduced himself, and reported the arrest of the displaced people for food, and the ambush and attack of the village to the commander of the dark guard.

The Commander didn't answer him, but only looked at the man beside him.

The green-faced masked man on his side immediately understood, and replied to Liu Lizheng, "You are doing a good job here." We tracked it down from the backing side. Three groups of displaced people have already begun to enter the village to loot, and seven villages, including Gushantun, Wangxing Village, and Qilihe Village, have been washed in blood, killing hundreds of villagers. ”

Liu Li glanced at Yan Fangxiang fearfully, if she hadn't reminded her, Liuhe Village would have to follow in the footsteps of these villages.

The green-faced masked man shouted at the homeless people: "I am the Jinyi Guard, the secret guard of the Thousand Households, the rioters have been punished, and you and others will no longer be held responsible, and I now order you to return to your hometown immediately, and if you refuse to return to your hometown and stay, you will be killed as a mob; The relief grain of the imperial court has been distributed to Tongzhou, and there are porridge sheds and medicine sheds along the Shili Pavilion and Dabei Temple to support your return home. ”

As soon as they heard this, the homeless people immediately wept bitterly, probably because their relatives had just been beheaded; Maybe it's because of the nearly three months of running, and finally, there is hope for survival.

The old man led by him walked in front of Liu Lizheng and numbly pointed to the green storage materials scattered on the ground: "There are still dozens of miles away from Shili Pavilion, can we take these away?" ”

Liu Lizheng felt a sadness in his heart, if he is not hungry to a certain extent, who will embark on the road of robbing his house? They rob to live; But if you lead someone to kill them, isn't it also to live?

Who's at fault?

Liu Lizheng did not give them food indiscriminately, but only agreed to let them take away the fake food, although it was unpalatable, but it could support them to go to the relief point to drink porridge and start to return home.

Under the command of the old man, several women separated the real grain that floated on the upper layer from the green storage material below, and the grain was distributed to the young and middle-aged, and the green storage material was distributed to the old and weak women and children.

Chen Shengnan wanted to open his mouth to mock, but was stopped by Yan Fangxiang.

I can't and shouldn't change the rules of survival of others.

Besides, there is nothing wrong with the other party doing this, only when the young and middle-aged are well fed, can they have the strength to protect the woman and the child.

Without young adults, these women and children may not even be able to protect their children, and it is possible for them to be snatched and stolen by others.

The homeless people embarked on the way home one after another, and one of the women, who refused to leave for a long time, held the child, and when she passed by the leader of the dark guard, she suddenly threw the child in her arms at the leader, and rushed over like a madman: "You demon, return me to my father!" Return my home! ”

Ye Yiyi was able to stretch out a long sword to block it, and pierced the child directly.

As for the woman, she has been shot into a hedgehog by the other guards.

The leader of the dark guard jumped up, snatched the child from the sword, wrapped it in a cloak, and looked at Yan Fangxiang worriedly.

At this time, Yan Fangxiang's eyes were bigger than a cow's eyes, and she was trembling with horror.

Yan Fangxiang was helped back to Liuhe Village by Chen Shengnan.

When the villagers dispersed, the dark guard led the dark night together: "It's all a good thing you did!" ”

Ye Yi was extremely aggrieved: "Commander, that child, who is a dead child himself, has been dried; The woman assassinated you, and the boys instinctively fought back......"

The leader of the dark guard interrupted Yeyi's words, and there was no doubt: "You are responsible for burying the woman with her husband and child, keeping a night's mausoleum, and reciting a night's great compassion mantra......"

Yeyi said "ah", Commander, when did you become so soft-hearted, when he cut the thugs before, he cut the most......