Chapter 268: Gu Cheng Xu Yanqing
On one side are the villagers with sad expressions and ploughing cattle to pay respects, and on the other side are strong men with swords in hand and a hideous smile, the situation is easy to distinguish, but for a while it falls into an eerie silence.
The villagers of Niujiazhuang who were interrupted did not expect this scene to happen, the first thing that emerged was consternation, followed by doubt, and finally turned into silent anger.
The old man was silent, the children's faces were pale, but the young and strong people among the villagers met them angrily, all of them were men of good blood, and their own number was no less than that of the attackers, and even the ploughing oxen came forward with mooing and mooing, like war beasts, which made them full of confidence and courage.
"Heh, hehe......" Seeing this, the man with a playful smile in his hand couldn't help laughing, and the sharp knife in his hand turned, but the surging brown true qi surrounded his body, releasing a compelling threat, and for a while, many young adults retreated in shock, and their faces were full of incredulity.
The coercion of the essence of life chilled everyone's hearts, and the strong man who could fight the lion and tiger with his bare hands was too terrifying in the eyes of a farm like them, which was rare in the Thousand Forging Realm, and even a ploughing ox mooed uneasily, and their fear was stronger than that of their master.
At the same time, the dozens of people brought by the man also laughed and burst into breath, and they were all in the Thousand Forging Realm! This lineup made the villagers' faces pale, and even the most stubborn young man turned blue and white for a while, and finally swallowed the angry voice of questioning in his throat, replacing it with fear and suspicion.
Why, in this place, at this juncture, there will be uninvited guests who are full of stone spirit realm cultivation? They really don't understand, you look at me, I look at you, they are all surprised, but an old man in a robe sighed leisurely and stood up.
"How do you want to do this?" he looked at the knife man, his voice mournful, his cloudy old eyes sharp.
"If it weren't for your old man's stubbornness, why would I be like this?" the man smiled, "Hand it over, you know what I'm talking about." ”
"No way. The old man just shook his head, and the teenagers who had been afraid of it before were also encouraged to speak: "That's right, I can't promise him! Bah, a group of robbers, even a grain of rice from our Niujiazhuang will not be given to you!"
"Are you sure?" the man ignored the indignant villagers, and just looked at the old man: "Although the money is good, you should also have a life to spend, you should understand this truth after living for such a long time, right?"
"This is not money, it is a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation, and it will never be handed over to someone like you!" the old man tapped his cane in a quiet but firm voice, as if he wanted to fight the robber to the death.
"Would you rather die?" The man's eyes were gloomy, and his cold gaze swept over the villagers one by one: "So many lives, the old lady who is older than you, hehe, there are children who have not been weaned, I really can't bear to do this kind of thing, but you want to force me." ”
"You want to kill someone in broad daylight!?" a young man cried out in disbelief when he heard this: "There is no royal law in your eyes!?"
"Actually said Wang Fa, it's really a shame that you are so big!" The man sneered, with mockery in his eyes: "When your grandfather was in Chaozhou and the grassland, he slaughtered a tribe without blinking, and what about adding you a Niujiazhuang?"
Gradually, the cold words were creepy, and the faces of many villagers gradually turned pale, and the man said to himself: "Oh yes, you farmers know how to raise pigs and farm, and it is no wonder that they are as docile as lambs, of course, the officers and soldiers here really have some skills, and it is really not so easy to slaughter the village......"
Without waiting for the villagers' faces to show a little joy and hope, the man's cold next sentence followed: "But who told you to stupidly walk out of Zhuangzi collectively and run to this deep mountain and old forest? I didn't know that there would be monsters in the deep mountains and old forests, eating people and not spitting out bones? Ox sacrifice? Haha! It's so stupid and cute!"
"Hand it over, don't try to challenge my patience, or else, if you don't kill anyone, you will dig up your so-called cow mound first, and although it should be too rotten to eat, it's interesting to look at the beef bones that you are reluctant to eat." The man sneered: "Brothers, dig!"
"How dare you!" Hearing this, most of the villagers turned red with anger in an instant, even the gray-haired old people were no exception, for them the cow is a relative, and digging up the cow grave is equivalent to digging up the ancestral grave! This is more serious than losing their lives, who can endure this kind of humiliation, who can compromise?
But even if their eyes were torn apart, they didn't rush out to fight the bandits after all, even the most fearless young man was stopped by the elders, they were equally angry, but they knew that they couldn't gamble everyone's lives for this.
In all fairness, although the robbers are strong, they can occupy a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and there are thousands of forging realms among the villagers, and they have brought a lot of weapons to defend against wild beasts, they are by no means unarmed, and the dozens of large and small cultivated cattle are not weak in combat power, you must know that strong bulls are crazy, which can make the tigers fearful, and it is not easy to be pushed by their horns even if it is a thousand forging realm... Therefore, if they really want to fight, even if the robbers can win, they will probably suffer heavy casualties, and even the leader with the cultivation of the Stone Spirit Realm may not be able to retreat with his whole body.
But the robbers are flying and domineering, although the villagers are angry but they don't want to really fight hard, in the final analysis, one side is the outlaw, the other side is the peasants who keep to themselves, and the consciousness cannot be compared.
"Have you thought about it? want money or death, so many people's lives are yours..."The sharp knife man continued to threaten, but Ling Qingyun quietly pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, he really didn't expect that this group of madmen would be killed in broad daylight, and they were so rampant and vicious.
"It's my negligence, walking in this agricultural state for a few days, I really regard this as a pure land of Taoyuan, and avoid the disputes of the world. Ling Qingyun said to himself, in fact, where are bandits rare in the Qinghe Continent? There are black lords in Tingzhou, and there are also rebellions in Jiangzhou, and as for the chaotic state in the man's mouth, it is even darker, and Nongzhou is considered peaceful, so it is even more sudden and vicious that the bandits appeared.
He was about to make a move, but an unexpected sound of breaking wind sounded at this time, and he could see feather arrows rain down, shooting the robbers who had not yet reacted with great precision, even the man in the Stone Spirit Realm was shot in the shoulder by an arrow after an exclamation, and then fell to the ground limply.
Ling Qingyun was a little surprised, he found that none of the dozens of robbers were killed by the feather arrows, but they all fell to the ground softly.
"The villagers are frightened, we should have arrested these fugitives earlier. A clear and gentle voice came, and a small group of men and horses in green robes climbed the hill, but the speaker was a plain-looking young man, who came to the fallen knife man and looked down calmly.
"Qian Tan, my Gucheng has pardoned you for the death penalty of stealing seeds, and I hope you will learn your way back and repay the world, but you do not repent, and even more intensified your attempt to bloody Niujiazhuang, if it is difficult to escape the death penalty. ”
"Phew, if you want to kill, you just have to do it, is it scared to be a master?" Qian Qian took a sip fiercely, his eyes full of resentment.
"I'm not going to kill you here, you're going to get a fair trial and disposition. The young man shook his head and waved his hand to avoid Qian Tan's spittle, and the guards in the robes wrapped these robbers who were powerless to resist into zongzi.
"Thank you Gongzi for coming to the rescue!" The villagers of Niujiazhuang were grateful, if it weren't for this young man, they would only be afraid that they would be more than lucky today.
And Ling Qingyun, who was standing in the distance, let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword, looking at the young man, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and at this moment, the young man turned his head and nodded and smiled at him.
"Childe is our savior, please be sure to appreciate your face and rest in our village. As the day went west, the white-haired old man naturally proposed.
"Since the old man said so, the younger generation is respectful and obedient, in fact, the younger generation should ask the villagers to forgive their sins when they are late. The young man smiled and saluted, which naturally flattered the villagers who had survived the disaster, and hurriedly welcomed the young man into the village and prepared to entertain them.
"Just such a coincidence? I met another Tianjiao?" Looking at the young man's disappearing back, Ling Qingyun thought thoughtfully.
Passing by Niujiazhuang, Ling Qingyun stopped and stopped, and finally arrived at Gucheng, the largest city in Nongzhou, which is close to the capital, after enjoying the scenery of Nongzhou for two days.
"The people of Gucheng regard Gucheng as the respect of farming, and Gucheng is the ruler of Nongzhou, and now it seems that they do have this courage. Ling Qingyun, who visited Gucheng, sighed that this city standing in the middle of thousands of fields was larger than Lingyue City, and the pedestrians in the city were coming and going, which was really extraordinary and lively, which made Ling Qingyun recall Cangzhou Port, but the customs and performances of the two were completely different.
"Wannong Building?" Ling Qingyun walked into a restaurant with great interest, and Xiao Er immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "The guest officer looks fresh, not from Nongzhou, right? The guest officer came just in time, today is the time of the store's signature Wannong banquet, the dishes are rich, the price is cheap, but the guest officer needs to score after tasting..."
While talking about this little two, he looked at Ling Qingyun, and suddenly his face changed, and his enthusiasm was suddenly not inferior to the sun: "It's a little one, it turns out to be a childe! Come on, come on, please take a seat, the No. 1 private room is waiting for the son!"
"Childe?" Ling Qingyun was puzzled by Xiao Er's sudden change of attitude: "Your Excellency, didn't you recognize the wrong person?"
"That's right, it's you, Gongzi, your appearance and attire are exactly what Gongzi Xu said, please take a seat in the private room, and we will inform Gongzi Xu immediately!" Xiao Er observed Ling Qingyun again and said with certainty.
"Young Master Xu?" Ling Qingyun's eyes flashed slightly, he knew that the biggest family in Gucheng was the Xu family! As the ruler of the capital of Nongzhou, the Xu family was also the uncrowned king of the entire Nongzhou.
The son of the Xu family invited himself, and he still knew his appearance after changing his face? Ling Qingyun's eyes flashed slightly, he already knew who the other party was.
Nodding slightly, Ling Qingyun sat down in the private room, and Xiao Er quickly sent snacks, all of which were unique flavors in Nongzhou, which made Ling Qingyun, who tasted it, nod frequently, and decided that it was not wrong to come to this Wannong Building.
It didn't take long for a knock on the door to sound, Ling Qingyun got up and smiled, "Please come in." ”
The one who came in was a young man with a mediocre appearance, ordinary clothes, but his bearing made Ling Qingyun solemn.
As soon as he entered, the boy spoke enthusiastically.
"In Xia Xu Yanqing, this brother is honored to be invited to order him. ”