Yan Saburo heard the footsteps and followed in this direction, and turned his head to see that it was a woman of twenty-four or five years old, screaming in surprise, and at the same time struggling to push away the passers-by in front of her, desperately rushing here.

The most important thing is that when the girl in her arms saw it, she also twisted her body and shouted: "Mother, let me down." ”

The latter sentence is naturally said to Yan Saburo.

It is unlikely that a child at this age will recognize his mother, and besides, Yan Saburo still has something to do, so he let go of the situation and let her rush to the little woman.

The woman hugged Ah Mei who rushed over, and tears flowed out. She kissed her daughter a few times and then looked up, but the little boy who was holding her daughter was gone.

It was too dangerous here, and she ran out with the child while asking, "Who is that?"

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Chitose has already identified the warehouse, and Tsubame Saburo doesn't need the girl's guidance.

He passed through the crowd at such a fast speed that others only felt a flower in front of him, and at most he saw a back figure rushing back into the sea of fire.

"Here. He had just rushed past a clump of fire trees when Chitose's voice came from ahead.

He turned two corners, and finally saw the woman in red standing in front of a half-burned barn, the door smashed open.

Sure enough, someone had carved a crooked pattern on the wooden door with a sharp object, and it was barely recognizable as a creature with a round body, ears erect but of various sizes, and a long tail.

If it weren't for Ah Mei saying that Zhou Xianyi carved a fox, Yan Saburo would probably think that he carved a pig.

Pigs with long tails.

It's no wonder Chitose dislikes it for being ugly.

"The good news is that the needle flower is really here. ”

She was not gentle when she landed, and she was crushed by strong winds. The fire that was originally burning in the warehouse was suddenly crushed by the wind and there were only two small flames left, and he wanted to try to survive, Chitose waved his sleeves and directly extinguished them.

So when Yan Saburo arrived, the fire in this warehouse was temporarily extinguished, and only the turbid smoke emptied.

Without saying a word, he slipped in.

"The bad news is, that's all there is to it. Chitose led him to the deepest part and pointed forward.

There are indeed needle fetal flowers here, and I want to come to the Zhou family to stock up on some private goods and prepare to sit on the ground and start the price, but unfortunately it was also affected by the fire. When Chitose arrived, even though the fire was extinguished as soon as possible, half of the needle fetal flower was burned.

Yan Saburo pulled away both the spark seeds and the ashes, and quickly collected the remaining needle flowers. This has to be done by himself, after all, the things in the warehouse are the owner's things, and Chitose, as a prisoner and instrument spirit of the wooden bell, has no right to take it without permission.

Fortunately, Yan Saburo is not subject to this restriction, and Chitose took the needle fetal flower from him, so he can't steal it.

She stuffed things into her crocodile tambourine with her backhand, and estimated the amount by the way: "At most, fifty catties." "We're still half way off the original plan.

When the needle fetus flower arrived, Yan Saburo quickly left: "Let's go." ”

When he came out of the warehouse, the flames were raging in all directions. The fire has engulfed all the surrounding trees and barns.

He strode out of the meteor, the temperature here was too high, even if he had a strong qi to protect his body, he could still feel the heat wave hitting people, and even his hair would be scorched.

Soon, he rushed out of the fire.

At this time, the villagers also knew that they had no power to return to heaven, not only women and children, but also many men in the prime of life cried bitterly.

The needle flower is their lifeblood, and the growth period of the new tree is at least ten years. Under the protection of the god of flowers, the rotten roots of the flower tree may be able to slowly grow back. But if it is burned by a fire, it is really helpless.

Officers and soldiers stood on the edge of the fire and drove the crowd back. It's too easy to kill people in such a blazing heat, and their mission is to burn down a part of the needle-tire flower forest, not to kill the people of Hongmo Village—the more people die, the greater the entangled hatred.

In the chaos, Yan Saburo took the opportunity to get into the crowd, and saw that the surrounding villagers had sad faces, sitting or kneeling, and they had lost their hardness to fight against the officers and soldiers earlier.

Chitose accompanied him and said in a low voice: "Huaxi County Commander is not a simple role, this is really amazing." ”

The confrontation between the county soldiers and Hongmo Village has reached a stalemate, and in the face of such diehards, the Huaxi County Commander does not want to order a strong attack. More than 6,000 people here are civilians, although they are a little tricky, after all, they are not bandits!

If he dares to wield a butcher's knife at civilians, no matter what the reason is, it will be spread in the future, and the black gauze hat will not be worn. In fact, the village elders of Hongmo Village also saw this, so they had the courage to resist to the end.

They never expected that the county order would not plan to attack the village, but instead burn the mountain!

Burning a woodland deep in the mountains was not a big deal, far less sensational than killing thousands of people. However, the needle fetal flower is the livelihood of the people of Hongmo Village, and the soldiers of Huaxi County estimated the direction of the wind and only burned the flower forest in the east of the village, which was to coerce Hongmo Village: give up resistance, otherwise the other flower forests will be burned together!

This fire burned down the forest in the east of the village, and if Hongmo Village still has to resist stubbornly, then the woodland in the north and west is also not protected!

The people of Hongmo Village can protect the Huashen Pond and keep the village impregnable. But they didn't have the manpower to take care of the entire Red Mill Valley. The actions of the Huaxi County Order are precisely to make them see this clearly!

This method is clever, warning the people of Hongmo Village that their arms can't twist their thighs, and if they resist, they can't afford the price they pay.

Chitose snorted twice, and said, "If I meet this person, I have to give him a little color!"

Although the practice of Huaxi County Order is smart, it has caused Yan Saburo's needle fetal flower to be burned, she has spent so much effort, and the result is half the effort!

Sure enough, the leader of the soldiers who blocked the way of the criminal caravan in the evening stood up and shouted at the top of his voice: "Judging from the direction of the wind, the fire will not burn the flower forests in the north and west for the time being. Huaxi County Ling is now convening the elders of Hongmo Village to meet face-to-face!"

It's time to negotiate.

The people of the village were full of grief and indignation, and they were eager to eat these county soldiers alive. However, even a three-year-old understands that this idea is too irrational.

Although this is the territory of Hongmo Village, although the number of villagers is superior, and there are only a few hundred county soldiers, so what? If the officials and soldiers want to set fire, will they really dare to kill all the officers and soldiers? Then the next time they come, there will not be a few hundred, maybe thousands, tens of thousands, until the entire Hongmo Village is bulldozed to the ground.

If the people here are labeled as bandits, how can the authorities be soft on them?

In the midst of the depression, a few old men slowly walked out: "Lead the way." ”

These are the village elders of Hongmo Village. Except for the village masa, the others are all local elders with high moral standing and are deeply popular with the people. In such remote areas, their words are sometimes better than the law.

However, such old people are also the most stubborn, and Yan Saburo learned from Zhou Dahu that the strong opposition of the village elders is the main reason why the county order's wish cannot be fulfilled.

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