At this time, the sound of horses' hooves like a torrential rain was getting closer and closer, and Shen Zhuoyu raised his eyes to see that in the white snow at the entrance of the village, it seemed that a tornado had struck, and the snow was lifted into the air. Suddenly, a masked rider in a felt hat galloped out of the mist, followed by a second, then a third, until a large group of men and horses rushed into the village.

Immediately afterwards, the leader roared, and all the riders stopped their horses in unison, and dozens of people all covered their faces, and they were so black and oppressed that they hugged the entrance of the village, lined with the boundless snow around them, and without saying more, the aura of slaughter had already come to their faces.

Shen Zhuoyu's eyes were amazing, and at a glance, he knew that the person was not Shen Mu, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then suddenly woke up: Shen Mu is obviously dead, what's wrong with me......

When the villagers saw the situation, they were frightened, and immediately scattered in all directions, all wanting to hide in their homes as soon as possible, but at this moment, a strong shout came from the entrance of the village: "Don't move!!"

When the villagers heard this, they all froze, turned their heads to look, and the leader rode out of the ranks, rode out of the horse for a while, his eyes swept over the whole village, and then he was angry and shouted loudly: "Listen to me, if you don't want the whole village to be slaughtered, you will offer 1,000 quintals of grain and 10 pigs and sheep within three days, and send them to the foot of Baiyue Mountain." If you delay for a day, this king will surely kill you to the point of bleeding!"

As soon as these words came out, the villagers were in an uproar, but they were afraid in their hearts, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

When Shen Zhuoyu heard the word "Tu Village", his eyes suddenly tightened, his fists clenched, and he made a clicking sound.

Then the chief of the village came out of the crowd, his thin body trembling with fear, but he still walked firmly to the leader's horse. He arched his hand to the leader and said in a trembling voice, "Great King." Didn't you say a hundred quintals of grain two days ago, why ...... today?"

"Less nonsense. Let you send as much as you want, you will send as much as you want, one less burden, and this king will also be killed!" Although the leader is masked, a pair of tricks are as big as copper bells, and they look really terrifying.

The village chief was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, so he could only bow his head and promise.

The leader nodded contentedly, reined in his horse's head, and beckoned. The riders turned around, spurred their horses, and rode away.

At this time, the village chief walked back tremblingly, and looked at everyone, all faces were like ashes, and the huge village was silent. The village chief sighed and said, "Let's try our best to make it up, if it's really not enough, I'll go to the neighboring village to borrow ......."

The crowd remained silent. The village chief didn't know that such a number was completely astronomical for their small village. What's more, the time is only three days. How is it possible to put it together.

"Village chief, my daughter-in-law is from a neighboring village, I listened to him. The bandits in the nearby villages have been there. If someone lends it to us, they themselves will suffer. So ......"

When everyone heard this, their faces became more and more ugly. The village chief was speechless. I had no choice but to wave my hand, "Okay, no matter what, I have to give it to them, everyone go back first, and think about it." I also tried my best to borrow it, maybe they had enough surplus food and were willing to lend it to us......" The village chief said later, and even he didn't believe what he said, and his voice became softer and softer.

The villagers actually knew very well in their hearts that what the village chief said was right, and now they had to do their best and obey the fate of heaven, so they didn't say anything more at the moment and went home.

The village chief looked at the villagers who had dispersed silently, his heart was depressed, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and muttered, "What can I do about this......

"Is the village chief?" Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind him, the village chief was too scared before, and he hadn't eased up, and his hairs stood on end with fright at this moment. Hurriedly turned around, and found that it was not the leader who spoke, but the young man they had saved, so he breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest in fear.

"Yes, I'm the village chief. Boy, go in and rest, it's freezing outside, don't faint again. The village chief thought of his body and hurriedly pulled him into the house.

Shen Zhuoyu stopped struggling this time, and obediently followed him back to the house, just because he had some doubts in his heart, and he had to ask for clarification before leaving.

Just now, when he saw with his own eyes that the group of people threatened the villagers with "slaughtering the village", he was already furious, and he was almost about to take action, but if he thought about it carefully, if he did it at this time, even if he really taught the group of riders a lesson, the account would be counted on the head of the village. In this way, the whole village will be burdened by him.

He had experienced that massacre and would never make such a decision again.

The village chief wanted Shen Zhuoyu to lie back on the bed, but Shen Zhuoyu refused, and the village chief had no choice but to pull him to sit down next to the square table. He asked his daughter-in-law to serve hot tea again, Shen Zhuoyu couldn't take a sip, and asked anxiously, "Village Chief, who were those just now?"

The village chief shook his head indignantly, gritted his teeth, and said: "They are bandits, they live in the nearby Baiyue Mountain, there are many people and horses, and their methods are also very cruel, if they don't hand over what they want, they will do what they say......"

"Baiyue Mountain?" Shen Zhuoyu frowned, he was not familiar with this area, and he had never heard of this name.

The village chief nodded and sighed: "Originally, we were very peaceful here, but I don't know why, this year, this group of strongmen suddenly appeared, and they will come to blackmail every three or five times." Eh...... Seeing that the New Year is coming to an end, even if we really get together so many things, won't we have to eat ourselves? At that time, the whole village will starve, and even if the bandits don't come, we will ...... also ......" When the village chief said this, he was sad and couldn't say it anymore.

Shen Zhuoyu's brows furrowed even tighter, and he couldn't help but wonder when he heard it: "Since this gang of bandits is so rampant, why doesn't the government care? As usual, it is long overdue to send troops to encircle and suppress it." ”

The village chief looked sad and sighed bitterly: "I have already reported to the officials, but they just don't care, and we can't figure it out...... I guess maybe the government was in league with them in the first place, otherwise, how could they stand by and let the robbers do evil?"

Shen Zhuoyu was shocked when he heard this, and thought, "What he said is not impossible...... It's just that the world is quite peaceful now, how can those officials have such courage?" He looked at the village chief, looking at his age, only in his forties, but the wrinkles on his face were already clearly visible, and he looked at his clothes sewn and mended, full of patches, and immediately thought: "It seems that this village is not rich, those bandits are clearly the strength of the strong, and they don't give the villagers any hope of life, in this case, when the villagers can't hand over the food, and the robbers really come to slaughter the village, doesn't the government care......

After thinking about it, he always felt that this matter was not simple.

"In any case, this matter must not be left unattended. Shen Zhuoyu secretly made up his mind, he had experienced a lot of tragic events, and he didn't want to have anything to do with anyone, so as soon as Fang woke up, he had to leave in a hurry.

But when he really encountered such an injustice, especially when it was related to the "slaughter of the village," how could he turn a blind eye? Now he will only hate the evildoers even more than he did at the beginning.

The village chief saw that his face was different, but he was also afraid, and smiled bitterly at the moment, "Young man, don't be afraid, if we can't think of a way, it's a big deal that the whole village will move to other places, even if that group of people is very capable, they can't chase them to the ends of the earth." ”

Shen Zhuoyu heard the comfort in his words, how could the people of a village say that they would be accommodating, and they couldn't help but feel warm in their hearts, and their already dead hearts were actually a little angry. He thought about it for a moment, and quickly made a decision, and asked casually, "Village Chief, where is the Baiyue Mountain you are talking about?"

The village chief said: "Baiyue Mountain is not far from here, out of the village entrance, walk fifty miles to the west, you can see it." Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt that Shen Zhuoyu left his seat and rushed out of the room.

"Eh, where are you going!?" The village chief shouted anxiously and hurriedly chased him out, but saw that Shen Zhuoyu was castrated like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he had already arrived outside the entrance of the village.

When did the village chief see such a skill, he was stunned for a moment. (To be continued......)