Chapter 8: The Head Catcher and the Strange Eagle
"Sounds like more than one person.
Are those who hunt down and want to snatch the cheats?!"
Song Yuan looked vigilant and looked out the door.
Cultivating the Whale Swallowing Method, not only did his physical toughness and strength increase greatly, but his ears and eyesight became more sensitive.
Although the people outside had tried to move as lightly as possible, they still did not escape his ears.
Outside the door and in the window, there was a faint figure shaking.
He was surrounded.
Just as Song Yuan was getting ready to face the people who were chasing and killing.
The door was suddenly pushed open.
A few catchers with knives rushed in first!
Immediately afterward, more than a dozen fishers in soap clothes looked nervous, and swordfish rushed in, surrounding Song Yuan.
When they saw that Song Yuan was the only one in the empty room, they looked at each other with a somewhat stunned expression.
It seemed that the scene in front of them was a little different from what they had imagined.
Song Yuan frowned, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he did not act rashly.
He sensed that something seemed to be wrong.
These catchers don't seem to be coming at him.
A tall and thin figure with high cheekbones, a head catcher in his thirties, with a tightly knit brow and sharp eyes, stepped in.
Behind him was an old man with trembling hands and feet, and it was he who rented this courtyard to Song Yuan not long ago.
Xie Hong stood still, glanced around the room, and paused slightly on a table of dishes that had just been eaten.
"You're the only one in the house?"
He looked at Song Yuan with a serious expression and asked.
Song Yuan looked left and right.
"Not surprisingly, I do seem to be alone. ”
"Boy, be nice.
This is the head of the county!"
One of the catchers looked displeased and shouted.
Xie Hong frowned and waved his hand, stopping his words.
There were a few people in the house, and it was impossible for Song Yuan not to know.
In fact, he also knew that this house was very empty, there was no place to hide people, and there were no traces of many people waiting here for a long time.
In the sentence just now, he just asked casually.
Song Yuan's attitude and tone were obviously unhappy because of their sudden intrusion.
This reaction is also correct.
Anyone who is eating at home is suddenly broken in with a knife, I'm afraid it won't be in a good mood.
However, it's not good to be in a bad mood, but not everyone dares to show it directly in front of a bunch of officials with knives.
Xie Hong's eyes moved, and he looked Song Yuan up and down carefully.
"Impossible!
We obviously received news that some people in this courtyard asked the major restaurants and restaurants in the county every day to order meals that eight or nine people could eat.
How can you be alone?"
At the same time, another catcher looked suspicious.
He pointed to the stacks of dishes on the table.
"Who ate these things?"
Song Yuan glanced at him.
"I ate it. ”
"You're alone?
That's enough for eight or nine people to eat!
You told me you ate it all by yourself?!"
The catcher laughed angrily.
"Innate Divine Power or Strength Martial Arts?"
After carefully looking at Song Yuan, who looked calm, Xie Hong suddenly asked.
He faintly sensed a fierce aura like a tiger and a leopard from Song Yuan, not like ordinary people.
"Depending on your age, you must have been born with divine powers. ”
After that, without waiting for Song Yuan to answer, he said again.
Generally, people who are born with divine power or cultivate strength and martial arts have an astonishing amount of food.
One person eats the food of eight or nine people, and it is not a problem.
However, the latter often has to reach an extremely high level.
Looking at Song Yuan's age, he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, even if he practices martial arts in his mother's womb, it is impossible to reach such a profound realm, presumably it is innate divine power.
A flash of envy flashed in Xie Hong's eyes.
If such a person is placed on the battlefield, he is a peerless fierce general!
Even if you don't join the army and mix in the rivers and lakes, your divine power can easily withstand the hard training of ordinary people for twenty or thirty years.
"Little brother, what's the duty, excuse me. ”
"If you are in trouble in Nanhong County, you can come to me!"
Xie Hong's expression eased a lot, and he left a sentence, as if he wanted to make friends with Song Yuan, and led people to turn around and leave.
It can be seen that he has a very high prestige in the fast hunt, and no one raised the slightest question when he took people away.
Wait for the catch and go quickly.
The old man stepped forward in shock, with a little apology and embarrassment on his face.
"After life, I'm sorry.
Old man, I ......"
Song Yuan waved his hand to indicate that it didn't matter, and then asked.
"It stands to reason that even if I don't rent this yard alone, it's not a big deal.
How can they provoke so many quick catches, and one by one, as if they are facing a great enemy, as if they are going to fight?"
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then reacted.
"That's right, you're not a native of our Nanhong County, so you don't know. ”
"This thing...... It is related to a group of robbers entrenched outside Nanhong County. ”
"Some time ago, they sneaked into the county seat, kidnapped the son of a wealthy merchant, and demanded a ransom of 3,000 taels!
In order to save the life of the only seedling in the family, the rich businessman did not report to the official and obediently paid the ransom, but he didn't want the group of damned robbers to tear up the ticket without credit after receiving the ransom!"
The old man was indignant and scolded.
"It's only been a long time since this happened.
You obviously rent the old man's yard alone, but every day you ask for food for eight or nine people from the major restaurants and restaurants in the county.
Things are too strange, I really can't blame the old man for thinking too much, so I ......"
"As a result, who knows, the meals of eight or nine people were all eaten by you alone, and the old man misunderstood!"
The old man apologized again.
"That gang of robbers is so rampant, dare to sneak into the county seat to kidnap people, don't the county government care?"
Hearing this, Song Yuan frowned and asked.
"It's not that it doesn't matter, it's that it can't be managed. “
The old man shook his head and sighed.
"The gang of robbers entrenched on Qingniu Mountain outside the city, gathered more than 100 people, and established a bandit village in the mountain. ””
I heard that the leader of that gang of robbers is very powerful, and one person is worth dozens of soldiers.
If a small group of soldiers went out of the city to suppress the bandits, they would go out of the village to resist and kill the bandit team and return with a great defeat. ”
And if the brigade went out of the city to suppress the bandits, they would directly abandon the village and flee into the mountains. ”
"After the others left, they came out again and rebuilt the bandit village. ”
"In this way, the county government can't help them.
Repeated attempts to suppress bandits, all of which ended in failure!"
"How do they know if it's a small group of soldiers or a large group of men?"
Song Yuan looked puzzled.
"There are people in the county office, will they report in advance?"
The old man frowned, and his tone was uncertain.
"It seems that the bandit leader raised a strange eagle. ”
"A few feet tall, only a head shorter than ordinary people, and can understand people's speech, extremely smart!"
"The bandit leader uses that strange eagle to monitor the vicinity of the cottage.
No matter what the wind and grass do, you can't hide it. ”
"That's why that group of robbers can grasp the situation and respond every time before the people from the county government arrive!"
The old man sighed again and shook his head.
"I heard that recently, the county government is preparing to go out of the city to suppress bandits because of what happened some time ago.
I feel that this time it will probably be the same as before, and the result will not be different. ”
......
After a few more words, the old man left.
Song Yuan stayed in the house alone, digesting the information he had just gotten.