A few people walked up to the arrow tower, and Wenda briefly explained the situation. Chen Lu took a look, and the people were quite regular, although they all showed the excitement of the crowd, they still stood outside the line.

Ha San saw that Chen Lu nodded, understood, stepped forward and shouted loudly: "Two people come out to answer, and they are not allowed to ride horses." ”

The villagers were silent for a while, and then two people came out slowly, crossed the cordon, and stopped thirty paces outside the camp gate. The people behind squeezed forward, trying to rush up.

Ha San shouted: "The others retreat outside the line, be fast, otherwise, they will be killed." He shouted in each of the three languages: Meng, Han, and Hui, and these people retreated.

The two men took a few more steps forward, looking at their outfits, one Mongolian and one from the Western Regions, both about sixty years old.

The Mongols spoke first, speaking in Chinese: "Master Han, put away the bow and arrows first, we are all ordinary villagers, we have no knowledge, you are like this, we dare not say anything." ”

Wenda hurriedly said: "This is a necessary means to fight against the enemy, there is no time to talk nonsense with you, if you have something to say, you can say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go." ”

The Mongol said, "Are we your enemies? ”

Chen Lu had no choice but to speak: "Two neighbors, this situation is not aimed at the villagers, I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to provoke trouble." You all speak Chinese, that's good, you say, everyone listen, what's going on?"

These two villagers also looked at each other, obviously saying that it was difficult to answer for a while.

The two of them muttered for a while, and the Mongolian said, "Master Han, our horse city, a radius of several hundred miles, has passed through several major plagues since I can remember, and it is not like this time."

"You should also know that this 'yellow belly' is not a serious disease, and it is not contagious at all. What happened today was the plague brought by your Han livestock, and we didn't come to find who you were looking for? We also went to the Liwen Institute, and we couldn't see the Liwen master at all. ”

Chen Lu said: "Okay, now that you see my old man, you don't need to look for a reason." Let's not care where this plague comes from, you can draw a line first, and say, what should we do? ”

The two people glanced at each other and looked surprised, is this an official of the Celestial Empire? Is it a copycat? Is it Ghost Li? Who are you an old man? Just think about it, who dares to say it?

The man from the Western Regions took a step forward and said in Chinese: "We have already discussed, and there are three demands: first, you will compensate the sick and dead horses according to the price, second, you will heal the sick horses and compensate them according to the price when they die, and third, burn all the cattle in your camp." None of these three will work. ”

Wenda was furious, this is the master of Jinyiwei, usually ordinary officials avoid three points, and see that the officials are three levels old, who dares to be so presumptuous in front of the grassroots and small people.

He scolded: "Two old horsemen, is there no one in the Heavenly Empire to bully me? Is it not good to bully me with a sword? If you dare to talk nonsense again, you will immediately become hedgehogs and go back!"

As soon as the words fell, the villagers became commotional, scolding and shouting angrily, and they were about to rush through the cordon. Chen Lu has a clear understanding of the cause and effect of this incident, and some people are afraid of small things, and they are looking forward to making the storm more violent.

Wenda is undoubtedly doing these people a favor by being so tough.

Chen Lu shouted, "The neighbors are silent. My old man told you that this is not a plague, nor did we bring it, but that someone is deliberately sabotaging and creating ethnic antagonism for us. Rest assured, we're still trying to figure out a way. Regardless of whether this disease was brought by us or not, we are officials of the imperial court and will never sit idly by. ”

Someone in the crowd spoke: "You really have the face to say, you are ready to break the tent and run away." He seemed to be muttering to himself, and he could hear it clearly from a stone's throw away.

Ha San was searching for this person with all his might, but he couldn't see the clues clearly with his good eyesight.

Chen Lu pretended not to hear and continued: "Neighbors, you go back first, let's discuss it and tell the two of you the results." Please go to the camp to rest for a while. ”

"If we don't agree to three conditions, we won't go back. "It's the man's voice again.

Everyone said, "Yes, if you don't go back, that's the result." ”

The Mongols in front of him spoke: "Han master, we will wait here, and if there is no result for two quarters of an hour, we will go into the camp ourselves and burn those cows, horses, and camels." ”

Wenda couldn't bear it anymore, he felt that Chen Lu was too weak. It is said that scholars mislead the country, and they are useless scholars, which is not bad at all, the country is mighty, and they have lost their faces.

As an envoy, he should show the majesty of the Great Celestial Empire, so as to live up to his mission.

He really didn't want to listen to Chen Lu's pedantic words anymore, so he took out a four-eyed handcuff, fired a shot into the sky above the villagers, and shouted loudly: "Quiet, special, shameless." Who doesn't want to live, come forward, Ben will fulfill you, Ben will have buckshot. ”

The crisp sound of gunfire sounded particularly real and harsh, and the villagers were suddenly stopped.

"Han people are scoundrels, don't be afraid, rush in!"

Chen Lu saw that he had released this shot, and knew in his heart that it was over. This familiar voice has been agitating, and this sentence is even more agitation, and it will surely anger these villagers.

Chen Lu has been familiar with history books since he was a child, and there is a saying in "Lao Tzu": The people are not afraid of death, so why should they be afraid of death? These people have lost the foundation on which they live, the horse, what concerns do they have? This is not enough to achieve, but more than to lose.

Looking at the crowd again, they only hesitated for a moment, and in an instant rushed through the cordon like a tidal wave and rushed towards the camp. Chen Lu didn't have time to think about it, so he only said: "No use of force!"

Wenda looked at this Lord Chen in astonishment, militarily it is still what I Wenda said, don't use force, do you see them rushing in?

Chen Lu saw his doubts and disdain for himself, so he simply ignored him, glanced at Ha San, Ha San nodded, raised his handcuff and fired three shots into the air.

As if they were being stopped by something, the crowd settled there and quieted down.

Hasan shouted: "I'll give you another chance, retreat outside the line, otherwise we will really release the arrows, which you forced you." Then he shouted, "Prepare to release the arrows." ”

The soldiers inside the wooden fence all stretched out their bows and arrows, and just waited for an order, and the fire guns and the chain crossbow greeted together.

At this time, it was less than thirty steps away from the camp gate, and the villagers were stunned, knowing that Ha San's words were not scared, as long as he took another step, he would definitely be shot into a hedgehog.

Then the voice rang out again: "Prepare the fire and throw it inside." ”

The people seemed to understand at once, so they used sticks, whips, hats, what was the use. Someone took out a fire matchmaker, and everyone lit each other's fires.

Wen Da jumped to his feet in a hurry, he thought about it, once there was a sign of arson, he immediately released the arrow, he glanced at Chen Lu, and was making a final request, Chen Lu nodded helplessly.

At this critical moment, the crowd remembered a few firecrackers. The villagers panicked and turned around.

Chen Lu and the others could see clearly from the arrow tower that the officials of the Institute of Reasoning had come with more than 20 soap officials.