Chapter 18 The Red Nib (1)
The three fat people in the house were mumbling and did not dare to reply, and the villagers who were watching the excitement did not dare to say anything. The village chief defended Chu Qing again like last time without naming him.
Because of his in-laws' family, Wu Dalang's younger brother, daughter-in-law and son were all detained by the Donglun Kingdom. As time went by, there were many rumors, and some people said that his family was working as a lackey for Donglun, which made Village Chief Wu's prestige even worse.
The decline has made Wu Dalang no longer willing to speak in front of others.
He hated the Donglun Kingdom, his in-laws' family, and the gossips in the village.
He felt ashamed of his younger brother and his son, and he also felt that he had burdened his father.
But Village Chief Wu is a strong man, he should be a village chief as he should be, and he is not afraid of shadows, so he suppressed the rumors.
After all, the village chief is the leader of a village, and no one dares to speak openly about gossip, so the villagers are still frightened when they see the village chief getting angry.
"It's all gone! There's no life left in the fields, right?!" Village Chief Wu shouted.
The crowd began to disperse.
"No! The bandits are coming!" A half-year-old child ran into the village in a panic. At the same time, there was the sound of horse hooves and a cloud of dust.
The child was in the stage of changing his voice, and his half-thick voice became hoarse due to nervousness and shouting. Before he could run in front of people, he tripped with his left foot and fell down with his right foot. The horse behind him was almost catching up with him.
Already.
Village Chief Wu rushed over with quick eyes and hands, grabbed the half-grown child and jumped to one side. Although both of them fell down during the jump, they still escaped the trampling of the horse's hooves.
The crowd was so frightened that they had no time to make a sound. Those who reacted quickly ran home as fast as they could, while those who reacted slowly stood still and could not move.
When Chu Qing came to this world, she never felt at ease, and she didn't even dare to sleep well. At this time, she was even more careful and didn't care about anything else. She ran away first.
The man on horseback who came in first laughed wildly and laughed at the shouting villagers, waiting for the "large army" behind them.
Chu Qing had already jumped to the nearest house immediately. The other house didn't even react. They were closing the door and bolting it in a hurry. After bolting the door, she trembled and wanted to hide back in the house. She just took a step and came back.
Shivering, he leaned against the crack of the door and looked out.
How big of a heart you have! Do you think it’s safe if you close the door? Are you still secretly watching the fun?
Chu Qing looked at him and wanted to curse. "Go back to the house!" Chu Qing shouted.
She was hiding in the gap between the water tank and the firewood pile in the yard. Xiaobao had asked her to cover it with the firewood pile.
The man was stunned and hurriedly ran into the house. He locked the door after running in, as if he was afraid that Chu Qing would follow him.
Chu Qing looked around and saw that next to the wall on the other side of the courtyard gate was the toilet of this family. There were also a lot of firewood stacked next to the toilet. The location of the toilet should not attract anyone's attention.
Chu Qing quietly moved over with the basket containing the little treasure in his arms, placed the little treasure between the toilet and the firewood pile, and told Xiaobao: "Don't make a sound, don't come out until I call you."
Xiaobao clenched his two small fists nervously and huddled in front of his chest, but kept staring at Chu Qing.
"It's okay, don't be afraid, I'll take care of everything." Chu Qing comforted her. But her heart kept beating, and she was really scared to death.
Covering Xiaobao with firewood, Chu Qing returned to the water tank. From that position, he could see the scene outside through the fence.
The leader stood there on horseback without moving, waiting for the others to arrive. Soon, the noise came.
The two horses led the way, and the others ran in. There were twenty-two people and three horses in total. Except for the horsemen, everyone else had red heads and swollen faces, wheezing and panting, and their faces were covered with dust mixed with sweat.
There were lines on his face, and when he rubbed them with his sleeves, his facial features seemed to be deformed.
Chu Qing held her breath as she looked at the group of people.
Except for the three horseback riders who looked pretty well dressed, the rest were dressed in weird and weird ways: some were wearing satin trousers on the lower body but a coarse brown shirt on the upper body; some were wearing robes but had a pair of straw sandals on their feet, and some were wearing trousers.
Wearing a crown, holding a fan, and hanging a wine gourd around his waist.
It seems that this is a group of bastards who are robbing homes and houses. There are not many weapons. Each person on horseback has a knife, three of the runners have knives, and the others have sticks in their hands.
When everyone arrived, the first person who broke in and almost trampled the boy shouted: "Gather!"
Then these weirdly dressed people stood up straight with a huff and puffs, holding their breath a little, waiting for orders.
"Brothers, it's time to eat meat! Let's go to the house of the person with the big house first!" The leader yelled, and the gang of bastards started shouting, some going to the village chief's house, and some to other people's houses with big houses.
Already.
Chu Qing looked back at the house where she was hiding. The house was not big and looked very poor. There was not even a chicken in the house.
While looking around, Chu Qing found that there were two and a half young men sneaking into the village little by little. They seemed worried about their family and wanted to go home. Their faces were pale and their legs were trembling.
Chu Qing threw a stick of firewood at them and hit one of the children on the leg. He was so frightened that he sat on the ground and couldn't make a sound. The other child didn't do much better. He almost cried, but he still knew where he was.
have a look.
Chu Qing climbed onto the pile of firewood, waved to them, put his finger in front of his mouth, and told them to sneak over silently.
The two children glanced in the direction of the bandits and found that no one was paying attention, so they hurriedly crawled to Chu Qing's place.
Chu Qing ordered in an angry voice: "You go to Zhang Village, you go to Li Village, quickly report to the village chief, and ask all the men in the village to bring useful things to support." The two children looked at each other and did not move.
Chu Qing added: "You two, go quickly. Mr. Xie said this. Mr. Xie asked them to tell them that there are three horses and six knives. Each village will be given one horse and two knives. Go! Who will lead the people?"
Come quickly, my aunt, please eat some meat buns!"
There were already cries in the village, and Wu Dalang was wielding a hoe to fight with the bandits. After all, he had been on the battlefield, and his aura was different. There was no fear at all. He looked like you were there without me, and every hoe struck with death.
With great strength, he quickly knocked down two of them and was fighting with the third one.
Because the house of the village chief's house was the largest, the most gangsters came in. Two of the three who rushed in first had already fallen. The third one was also fighting with Wu Dalang, but the other four people jumped into the house and wanted to break through it first.
Some money. After all, he is a bandit and has a broken heart.
Although Village Chief Wu was in his fifties, he was still very strong after years of hard work. He picked up the knife of the fallen bandit and helped his son chop the third man, because that man also had a knife in his hand.
Wu Dalang was a little distracted by the screams coming from the back room. The four people who jumped into the back room to grab money shocked the village chief's wife, the second brother and the third brother's two children, who were only thirteen or fourteen years old. The younger ones were protecting them.
Grandma tried her best to hide, and the bigger one grabbed the stove hook and hit the bandit on the head with all her strength, while she kept shouting "Get out! Get out!"
His voice was trembling and he was frightened.
The two sisters-in-law are very fierce. When life and death are at stake, there is no room for cowardice and they have to fight tooth and nail for the sake of their children.
One of the two women held an ax for chopping firewood in both hands, and the other held a kitchen knife for chopping chicken food. They were waving them around mindlessly, shouting "ahhhh" to encourage them.
But it also prevented the rogue bandits from advancing even half a step.
The bandit in front of Wu Dalang was the leader. He was very skilled and strong. It was difficult to deal with him for a while. The key was that Wu Dalang was still lame and his steps were not that agile. Plus, he was distracted and was chopped off on his arm.
I was stabbed, but luckily I dodge quickly, otherwise my arm would be useless.
Chapter completed!