Gujing Village is a poor small village, located in the wilderness of the Gobi in the east of Mozhou, birds do not, chickens do not lay eggs, the villagers are less than 100 people, all of them are yellow and thin, their clothes are ragged, the whole village is so poor that there is only one well left.

In the arid Mozhou, water is one of the most important resources, where there is water, there are people, and because of this, no matter how remote and poor Gujing Village is, it is still preserved, and it is not buried in the billowing wind, sand and dust.

The villagers' only livelihood is to mine stones, and there is a small stone mountain not far away, which is mined and ground into stone bricks, and then carried in baskets to a town two hundred miles away to sell, in exchange for a meager amount of money, to get by.

Because of the remoteness, Gujing Village often doesn't see a few outsiders all year round, and it is just a few familiar faces that turn over and over, and the villagers' lives are extremely boring, and if there is a little bit of new gadgets, they have to talk about it for a long time.

The hot topic of conversation lately is about the little beggar at the entrance of the village, a filthy and scruffy boy in dirty clothes, about twelve or thirteen years old, covered in dust and dust, and a stranger who has wandered from nowhere.

He appeared in Gujing Village for a few days, and he didn't even step into the village, he just sat cross-legged under the dead tree at the entrance of the village, thinking that he was just tired of walking and wanted to rest, who knew that this sitting was two days and two nights, motionless, and he didn't even open his eyes.

This strange behavior naturally attracted the attention of the villagers, and everyone was discussing, is this man dead, and if he is dead, why can he still sit upright?

So a bold villager went over to sniff him, and as soon as he approached, before his hand reached his face, the little beggar opened his eyes and grinned at the visitor, revealing his white, straight teeth.

The villager was startled, and quickly stepped back a little, and then found that the other party's eyes were bright and smart, not like demons and monsters, and there was no trace of death, and there was a kind smile on his face, so he knew that this was a living person, and he couldn't help but be afraid and put his mind at ease.

"What is this place, big brother?" the little beggar's voice was very clear, full of energy, without the slightest sign of weakness, and it was hard to imagine that he had sat for two whole days and nights, without taking in any water.

The villager replied, "This is Gujing Village, the only village within a radius of 100 miles. ”

The little beggar had a blank look on his face, and he probably didn't know where Gujing Village was, so he took out two copper coins from his arms and handed them to the villager: "Do you have water?"

Unexpectedly, this beggar boy was quite generous, just begging for some water to drink, he could take out two copper coins as a reward, which was very surprising.

Gujing Village is a poor village, and the villagers are used to being poor, although it is only two copper coins, but the man is very happy, and he quickly stretches out his hand to take it, and replies again and again: "Yes, yes, you wait, I will go and bring you water." ”

Gujing Village lacks everything, that is, there is no shortage of water, and the ancient well in the middle of the village has never dried up since ancient times.

The villager got two copper coins, and happily took some water from the well, put it in a large wooden ladle, and brought it to the boy.

The dirty-clothed boy took the big scoop, drank it all in one gulp, returned the scoop to the villagers, and then got up from the ground and patted his buttocks as if he was about to leave.

How do you know that the young man's body didn't move, he just turned around, looked into the distance, the expression on his face seemed to be a smile instead of a smile, and he whispered softly: "The one who sent the money is here again!"

The villager holding the wooden scoop heard the young man's self-talk, and was a little confused, and turned his head curiously to face the direction of the young man's gaze.

After only a few breaths, I saw smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the sound of horses' hooves faintly came, as if a team of men and horses were marching quickly, and looking at their target, it seemed to be heading towards Gujing Village.

"Hey, who's here? There are quite a few people!" the villagers scratched their heads and muttered to themselves, Gujing Village is too remote, with Gobi in front and back, left and right, neither next to the town nor on the official road, and it is rare to see passers-by from other towns all year round.

When the young man heard the voice, he replied with a faint smile, "It's a sand bandit." ”

"Sand bandits?"

Maybe life was too dull, this villager didn't react immediately, and when he thought about the exact meaning of these two words, his face suddenly became extremely frightened, and he ran towards the village with his feet outstretched, and shouted loudly: "It's a sand bandit——!!

Gujing Village is also a palm-sized place, a shout, can sound from the head of the village to the end of the village, by the running villagers a ghost roar, the whole village heard, one by one panicked, nervous, like a headless fly scurrying around.

Sand bandits are horse thieves, rampant in the desert and the Gobi, plundering everywhere, and are highly mobile, even the government has a headache for them. This is not to say how strong the strength of the sand bandits is, but these guys are very cunning, they will run away after grabbing, and they will never stay in one place for a long time, so that the officials and soldiers have no way to clear them at all, which makes the people of Mozhou suffer.

As soon as they heard that the sand bandits were coming, the villagers wanted to find a place to hide, but on this big Gobi, as far as the eye could see, except for a few broken stone houses in the village, how could there be any other hiding place?

Or the old people in the village have experience, a white-bearded old man came out of a dilapidated stone house, and commanded: "Don't panic, our village is poor, there is nothing to rob, the daughters-in-law and daughters of each family quickly wiped their faces with soot, and the offspring cubs put away their sticks and stood still honestly, and the sand bandits will naturally leave when they see that there is no oil and water." ”

This person is the village chief of Gujing Village, and he is also the oldest one in the village, he has experienced several sand bandit robberies, and he has experience, so he quickly stood up and stabilized the scene, anyway, there is nothing valuable in the whole village, the most precious thing is the ancient well, no matter how powerful the sand bandits are, it is impossible to move the well away, right?

The villagers who were in a commotion heard the instructions of the village chief, and gradually settled down, and those with hammers and kitchen knives in their hands quietly put them back, and the women went to the stove and wiped soot on their faces, all of them were very dark and terrifying.

In fact, this is a redundant move, this Gujing Village is surrounded by Gobi, the sun is strong, the wind and sand are big, both men and women, all of them are an old face of vicissitudes, the skin is tanned purple and red, red and black, plus malnutrition caused by lack of food, the women in the village, to have no figure, to look good, unless those sand bandits are heavy taste, otherwise no one can really talk down.

With the passage of time, the figures in the smoke and dust became clearer and clearer, and there were more than 20 riders, all of whom had fierce faces, strong bodies, and all of them were equipped with weapons, and there was no doubt that they were indeed sand bandits.

The villagers stood in a small phalanx that was not neat under the greeting of the village chief, and they all lowered their eyebrows and bent their backs, and they did not dare to take a breath.

The sand bandits jumped off their horses one after another, and the leader was a big fat man who was strong and fat, with an ugly face, full of meat, with a fierce face, and a huge hammer in his hand, and the handle was the thickness of a wrist, not to mention hundreds of catties, which showed that this person's divine power was amazing.

Seeing that the big fat man was gradually approaching, the villagers all showed a look of fear and took a few steps back, only the old village chief forced himself to compose, and a smile that was more ugly than crying was squeezed out on his mottled old face.

"You strong men came from afar, all the way hard, but we are so poor in this small place that we can't even eat, I really can't come up with anything to comfort you, if there is anything that can be seen by all the strong men, please take it away, it is our little care, and I hope that the strong men will be merciful, don't embarrass us poor people. ”

The implication of the village chief's words is that you can take things casually, and we have no opinion, we just hope that we don't hurt people.

The big fat man laughed, pointed to the village chief's urn and said angrily: "This little old man is quite interesting, he knows how powerful his grandfathers are, but he also saves the brothers a lot of effort." ”

The sand bandits also laughed, ignoring the quail-like shivering villagers, and went into the village to search, and in the few dilapidated stone houses, there was the sound of ping-pong smashing without exception.

Outside, there was only the fat bandit headed by him, this person naturally would not go into the house to search like a minion, his small eyes squeezed into a slit by fat meat, swept back and forth on the faces of a dry villager, and saw that the women were all as thin as firewood, and their faces were dirty and black, so he suddenly lost interest, and scolded: "What a shabby village, there is not even a decent woman!"

The village chief stood not far in front of the fat bandit, and kept smiling without making a sound, and in a blink of an eye, he suddenly found some surprised picture, his face suddenly changed greatly, and he pointed behind the fat man and shouted: "You...... What are you going to do?"

Before the words fell, the fat man was shocked to feel that there was a strong wind behind him, and wanted to dodge, but he was a step too late, and was kicked on the fat buttocks.

"Who is it?" the fat man shouted, and without waiting to stand up, he picked up the sledgehammer with his backhand and swept it behind him, but he swept into the air without touching anything.

The fat man quickly got up from the ground, turned his head, and saw an unkempt young man in dirty clothes staring at him with a smile, needless to say, this must be the person who kicked his ass just now.

The fat man looked reckless, but his brain was not stupid, so he didn't do it immediately, but quickly took a few steps back to open the distance, and looked at the attacking young man with angry eyes.