In Xiguan North Village, outside Xiguan, Xu Cao, who had just woken up, had been helped to the courtyard, lying on his back on the recliner, thinking back to last night, his hands tightly pinching his aching and tight neck.

Seeing that the pursuers fled back to the report in a panic, Xu Cao scolded before he could speak: "The bandits who took --- are too rampant--- dare to move to Lao Tzu's head."

"Report --- report--- "The frightened and frightened big-headed soldier was paralyzed on the ground when he was admitted to the hospital, unable to report, out of breath, and he was out of breath for a long time, and only when he was out of breath did he report: "Report --- report to the battalion commander--- all --- are all dead---

Xu Cao got up, slapped himself and flew to catch up with a few steps, and scolded: "Just a group of dog thieves--- how can you escape from the palm of my hand---."

The big-headed soldier cut off with all his strength, shouted loudly, couldn't speak, and shook his head frequently. Xu Cao was a little disappointed and died, and asked very reluctantly: "What about the woman, is she also dead?"

"No--- no--- it's sent out to pursue the team, all --- are sacrificed---," the big-headed soldier said hurriedly with a shudder.

"Say it again---" Xu Cao rose in astonishment, flew forward and grabbed the big-headed soldier, moved angrily, and roared urgently.

"It's impossible to --- them, they can't --- with three heads and six arms" Xu Cao still didn't believe it, until the big-headed soldier would report again: "Battalion commander--- we chased us to the peach blossom forest, and their soldiers divided into two steps, led us to the hook, and then fell into their ambush ---."

The deputy company commander was leading everyone to block the attack, and he was about to besiege them, so he thought that those people didn't know where to come from, but they flew on their horses, rushed back and forth to kill, and broke through the camp, and all the heads of the brothers were cut off in a panic.

Xu Cao shuddered from the bottom of his heart, kicked the big-headed soldier away, took two steps back, his eyes were red, and he roared: "It's difficult, they have already ambushed --- how many people and horses came."

The head of the soldier was even more forceful, lying on the ground, and sighed deeply: "There is no backup, just more than ten people."

Xu Cao was even more frightened, more than ten of them ate half of his company, how brave was that, which bandit on the top of the mountain, if hundreds of people were killed, then the remaining half of his battalion would not be swallowed by anyone. The more I thought about it, the more uneasy I became, and when I looked around, I was uneasy everywhere. I feel that at any time there are bandits who are coming on Pegasus.

Waving his hand and shouting: "Hurry up--- notify me quickly, and collect the camp and withdraw the troops, ---."

Chen Musheng may know more about the Eight Aqueducts than Xu Cao, and came up to stop him: "Battalion commander, don't withdraw the troops in a hurry first--- if that bandit wants to rob us, why bother to enter the camp at night, I have checked, except for the few people who were rescued from the kidnapping, nothing else has been damaged, could it be Ganquan Village."

Xu Cao was even more surprised, and said: "You mean that the --- of Ganzhai is even more complete--- it is said that there are hundreds of villagers in the village, and we robbed his five young grandmothers, and now it's all over--- retreat, retreat, stay here and wait for death."

Ding Gui had been quietly squatting in the corner of the courtyard, touching his chin and thinking for a long time, and then chatting with his dog-headed military advisor Ding Quan for a long time, then stood up suddenly, walked over, and said: "Battalion commander, I don't think there is a need to withdraw, but after withdrawing, we feel that we are weak and passive---;

Xu Cao was shocked, and even more frightened into a cold sweat, whether Ding Gui was crazy, or was he scared stupid, it was too late to escape, and he came to the door to die, staring at Ding Gui in a daze and yelling: "The surname Ding, you want to die, don't drag me ----."

Ding Gui seemed to be fearless, and laughed and said: "Battalion commander--- everyone has only one life, who wouldn't cherish it---?

Xu Cao suddenly took out a pistol and put it on Ding Gui's head, and said in a foul voice: "Either you will be wiped out by one person and one bullet in Ganquan Village, or you will roll up the cover and go back to wait for the party commander's gun" roared angrily from the heart: "Who caused the current situation, not to mention the loss of troops, and I can't complete the task of the party commander, I will shoot you first, and then go back to Fengxiang to apologize to the party commander."

I didn't want Ding Gui to put his head on the muzzle of the gun, and said with a smile: "The battalion commander listened to me, he was killed before and after, so why don't you take the risk of giving it a try? I don't believe that although the swordsmen of Ganquanzhai are brave, they dare to go against the regular army of the government."

Seeing Xu Cao's hesitation, Ding Gui said again: "There are two results, one is that Ganquan Village will kill us all, but the party commander will definitely send the bloody Ganquan Village to avenge us, and the other is that Ganquan Village thinks that it is unlucky, and this matter is not mentioned, then we can take the opportunity to pick it up, and we can regain a foothold and complete the task of the party commander."

Unexpectedly, Chen Musheng at this time agreed with Ding Gui's words, and for the first time, he came up and explained: "Battalion commander, what Company Commander Ding said this time is reasonable, the first Ganquan Village will not dare to openly oppose the government, change the captivity to protection, there is no merit and hard work, maybe you can earn a small penny, at least my brother can suffer two less days of hunger."

Xu Cao was even more surprised, looked back and forth at the two people who didn't deal with him, and reprimanded: "Are you stupid, or do you think that the people in Ganquan Village are stupid, confronting those five young grandmothers on the spot, do we still have a chance to live?"

"Haha---" Ding Gui laughed, and said in a moment: "I still think they don't dare to do this." If we do, it means that there are no bandits stealing the camp, and we don't need to withdraw, and secondly, we have confirmed the evidence of Ganquanzhai against the officers and soldiers of our battalion, and we have found an opportunity to report to the party commander one by one.

Xu Cao put down the gun, thought back and forth, it was a dead word before and after, it was not as good as they said, he tried boldly, and it seemed that he was thinking again and again, before asking: "It's really a try--- then don't you go to the row."

Ding Gui stopped: "Battalion commander, it's not enough for us to come to the door to show goodwill, we also need witnesses, isn't it true that County Magistrate Cai is still in the Eight Aqueducts?

Xu Cao finally broke through the bitterness and smiled, nodded and smiled: "Okay--- this trick is ---."

Ding Gui said again: "You can't come to the door empty-handed, I checked it, in addition to the more than 20 antique heavy weapons traded, there are a few more, it is better to choose a jade as a meeting gift, when it is stored in his Ganquan Village, and then find a chance to retrieve it later."

Xu Cao did everything one by one, wrote a post, and sent someone to urgently invite Cai Jiuxiang and a related squire to visit Ganquan Village together.

At this time, Ganquan Village is full of lights, preparing for the day after tomorrow. Before the sacrifice, the brides must fast behind closed doors and bathe in fragrant soup every day. The village is divided into ethnic groups, the women wash the grains, prepare the cauldron to boil Laba porridge, this is the first dish of Laba Festival is the staple food, of course, the sacrifice can not lack pigs, cattle and sheep, chickens, ducks and rabbits, and then there are all kinds of exquisite pastries.

The men formed teams to rehearse their Yangge team, gong and drum team. It's just that Shen Ling hasn't fully woken up from the frightening dream, and Shi Er cried bitterly in the frightening dream.

"Fifth brother--- Fifth brother finally saw you, didn't you just press the bed? Look at you, you are so ashamed that you don't see anyone for a day and a night" Outside the courtyard gate, Wen Liang, who learned that Huo Dao had returned to the village, rushed to the courtyard, and he was laughing.

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Wen Liang leaned over to take a look, but Shen Ling, who had not seen Shen Ling, who was originally lively and cheerful, looked haggard, was held in Huo Dao's arms, and his body trembled from his dreams from time to time. asked softly, "What's wrong with the little fifth sister-in-law?"

Huo Dao sighed and replied, "It's okay, I'm a little frightened."

Wen Liang said angrily when he heard this: "Who ate the bear's heart leopard gall and scared the little fifth sister-in-law, see if I don't take off his dog gall and drink it in wine."

The words woke Shen Ling up, sat up slowly, forced a smile, and replied lightly: "It's Brother Wen Liang who is here--- please take a seat."

People are terrible and have to be guarded against. When a good thing is spread by people, it will immediately change its taste. Shen Ling's reputation is not good, he was killed last night, and he was ordered by Huo Dao to seal his mouth, except for the dozen or so people who followed Huo Dao last night, no one in the village knew the details. Shen Ling shook his head and said with a smile: "Brother Wen Liang, it may be that the Laba Festival is approaching, and I am worried in my heart, and I have nightmares all night."

"Hey ---" Wen Liang smiled, and even said: "I'm here for this, fifth brother, let's find Liang Fengjiao together, and let my subordinates have some affection--- maybe feel better."

Wen Liang just married his mother-in-law, and immediately knew how to care about people, which made Huo Daogao take a look, which was really quite different from Wen Liang, who didn't care about the wind and fire before. Qiang Yan smiled and said: "What kind of heart do you have, your mother-in-law can be Liang Fengjiao's concubine, and she will take care of it."

Wen Liang shook his head and smiled, and said, "I'm afraid of a ball, it's not my aunt-in-law, I'm afraid that Liu Yanzhi's aunt will be bad in secret, let me inform you, pay more attention."

This is indeed Liang Fengyi's thoughts, Wen Liang, this kid doesn't have that fancy intestines, and only Liang Fengyi can think of pulling a faction and fighting a faction. And Huo Dao is a faction that everyone in the entire Ganquan Village wants to fight for, in Liang Fengyi's heart, with the night of the press bed, presumably Huo Dao will do his best to protect her and help her, so he let Wen Liang come to explore the truth and make his heart feel real.

mentioning this Liang Fengyi, Huo Dao began to mumble in his heart, the scene he saw when he woke up was too embarrassing, but he was drunk all night, and he occasionally felt that something had happened in his confusion, but he didn't. Thinking about it, his eyes lowered slightly, and he didn't dare to look directly at Wen Liang, and replied: "I know, you go back to accompany your mother-in-law well."

Wen Liang waved his hand and smiled: "She's amazing now, she wants to be the master when she first starts, I don't want to go back to see her arrogant look."

The words "haha---" made Shen Ling and Huo Dao laugh together. Huo Dao smiled: "Finally, someone can restrain you."

Wen Liang lowered his head aggrievedly, hurriedly looked up at Huo Dao expectantly and asked, "Fifth brother, you give me a trick, how to pack up my mother-in-law and obey the ---."

Huo Dao didn't say it, and he didn't know how to say it, but Shen Ling smiled and said: "Respect --- you respect her, she naturally respects you---."