This place is called Yangjia Village. As the name suggests, most of the families in this village have the surname Yang, and the house that Li Xuan and the others occupy now belongs to the Yang family, a wealthy family in the village.
The Yang family, like many squire families, farmed, studied, and ran some small businesses. The family also had a few scholars, and now it has two talented people.
Such a family can be considered a relatively influential family in this vast rural area, at least much more powerful than Li Xuan's own Li family before.
After the middle-aged man exchanged a few words with the Huangzhushan bandit at the door, especially after the middle-aged man took out a jade pendant he was carrying and secretly handed it to the bandit, the bandit raised his head and looked at the Yang family members inside.
He glanced at it, then snorted and said: "Wait!"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man retreated again!
After walking to his family, he lowered his voice and said, "It should be fine!"
When he was talking, the little bandit leader outside also waved and summoned a little bandit soldier to give a few instructions, and then he went out.
Everyone in the Yang family inside looked at the actions of the bandits outside, and several of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Not long after, the bandit leader who had just left came back with a small cloth bag in his hand. When he came in, he handed the bag directly to the elderly man in the Yang family.
The middle-aged man from the Yang family took the big bowl and looked at it, then showed a trace of hesitation, and then said: "Brother, is it a little missing? There is not enough food for so many of us!"
Unexpectedly, the little soldier captain didn't even look at him. He turned around and left. At the same time, he said: "That's all I found. Do you want it?"
The middle-aged man wanted to say something else, but he was stopped by a woman beside him. At the same time, he said to the corps leader: "This is enough, thank you very much, brother!"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man suppressed the urge to argue with Captain Huang Zhushan. He just sighed deeply and went back with the cloth bag.
The young soldier from Huangzhushan showed a look of contempt, and then said: Hypocrisy, if it weren't for the sake of that jade pendant, I wouldn't give you any rice dumplings!
After the middle-aged man walked over, he took out a few rice balls from the cloth bag and put them in bowls on the table. Several people nearby swallowed their saliva involuntarily when they looked at the rice balls in the bowls.
An older boy even wanted to reach out and grab it, but was slapped on the hand by a woman next to him!
Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly, and then said to his wife beside him: "Let's divide it all!"
Mrs. Yang looked at the three rice dumplings in front of her and sighed. Then she picked up the rice dumplings and gave one to her son who was drooling over the rice dumplings next to her. Then she gave one to the boy standing opposite who was holding a baby in his arms.
Young woman: "Brother and sister, you crush it and feed it to the child. You can't let the child starve!"
Looking at the remaining one, she hesitated for a while, broke it in half, and gave one to an old man sitting above: "Dad!"
However, the old man changed hands and gave the rice dumpling to a boy next to him who was about fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing men's clothes that obviously didn't fit, and his face was dirty and smeared with dust: "Bing'er, take this
Stay!"
The 'girl' who called Bing'er hesitated for a long time but didn't answer. Finally, Yang Xiucai said: "Grandpa gave it to you, you take it!"
At this time, Binger took over.
Seeing this scene, Mrs. Yang sighed but handed the last rice dumpling to the old man!
This time the old man took it but didn’t give it to anyone else and started eating it directly!
The three rice dumplings were divided among the four young and old, but the remaining four adults were not. Yang Xiucai saw that they seemed a little unable to hold on, so he poured a large bowl of water and drank it, and then drank it.
The hunger in my muscles was suppressed.
At this time, the strong man muttered: "These fake Tang thieves have been here for three days, why haven't they left? They occupied our house, robbed us of food and money, and even lost our food."
Only two meals a day!”
Seeing that his voice was a bit loud, Yang Xiucai, who was afraid of being heard by the thieves outside, said: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of causing trouble. Our lives are hanging by a thread now. Third brother, please stay away from Meng Lang!"
After hearing this, the young and strong man seemed to be mumbling something, but his voice was so low that no one could hear him clearly.
At this time, Yang Xiucai, who had downed a large bowl of water, sat on a chair and began to think about how to overcome this difficulty.
The day before yesterday in the afternoon, a group of bandits suddenly appeared outside the village. These bandits moved very quickly. Before the people of Yangjia Village could react, they had already entered this ordinary village without a wall to protect them.
In order to save the lives of his entire family and hundreds of people in Yangjia Village, and unable to resist, Yang Xiucai, the head of the Yang family, chose to surrender and was willing to donate a large amount of food and property in exchange for peace.
But what he didn't expect was that these bandits under the banner of Datang did not leave after receiving the food and money, but continued to stay here, and even used their Yang family's house as their base camp.
The whole family was rushed into this side hall and detained.
In total, these pseudo-Tang thieves have been living in Yangjiacun for three days, but there are still no signs of leaving. This has to make Yang Xiucai even more worried.
There is no way to go on like this. Although they are safe for the time being, who knows what the thieves will do to them in the end. If they chop them all before leaving, everything will be over.
At this moment, his wife Mrs. Yang said: "Fortunately, Song'er and his second uncle went to Fucheng to catch up with the exam, otherwise he might have offended those traitors with his temper!"
However, Yang Xiucai did not listen to his wife's words, but continued to think to himself: If only he could delay it for a moment and a half longer, so that he could escape with his family. It is a pity that those thieves came.
It was so fast that he entered the village without waiting for any reaction from his side, and surrounded his house, making it impossible for him to escape even if he wanted to.
Even if I wanted to send a few strong servants to escape and report the news, I couldn't do it. They were arrested by the bandits as soon as they went out.
Just when Yang Xiucai was thinking wildly, suddenly there was a sound outside. Soon everyone in the Yang family saw a tall and strong man walking in with seven or eight soldiers. This strong man had a beard on his face.
Scumbag, he was holding a butcher's knife in his hand.
After coming in, he swept his eyes around everyone in the Yang family. When he saw the 'young man' named Bing'er, he glanced twice more and said in a rough voice: "Humph, I thought I was changing into men's clothes."
, if you smear ashes on your face, others won’t be able to tell that you are a girl, you will treat them as a fool.”
As soon as these words came out, the 'young man' named Bing'er was so frightened that he almost fell down, while Yang Xiucai and Mrs. Yang's expressions changed drastically.
Before Yang Xiucai, the backbone of the Yang family, could speak, Mrs. Yang came over first and wanted to kneel down: "Master, please let us go!"
Unexpectedly, the strong man holding the butcher's knife looked insulted, and immediately shouted: "What are you yelling about!"
Only Mrs. Yang was still crying and begging for mercy: "Uncle, please do a good job, we will be grateful!"
Seeing that she didn't seem to want to stop, Butcher Chen's expression slowly changed, and then he glanced at Yang Xiucai and his third brother. The meaning expressed in his eyes was quite clear: "If you don't let this woman stop, I will
I’m really going to get angry!”
Immediately, Yang Xiucai quickly grabbed his wife and kept saying: "Uncle, please don't be like us!"
Seemingly seeing that the bandit leader had no real intention of snatching her daughter away, Mrs. Yang calmed down and stood up. But just as she stood up, she heard Butcher Chen say: "But this time, it's better.
I really need to ask someone to come with me!"
As soon as these words came out, the face of the young woman holding the baby in her arms changed. This young woman had an extremely handsome appearance and a very outstanding figure. When Butcher Chen looked at her just now, he paused.
It'll be a while.
Could it be that this bandit leader has taken a fancy to himself?
As soon as this thought came out, the young woman almost couldn't keep the child in her arms, and her face turned red from worry.
The young and strong man beside her, Mr. Yang Sanye, also had a pale face. His throat was trembling as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. As soon as he met Butcher Chen's gaze, he was so frightened that he trembled all over and lowered his head.
head.
When Yang Xiucai saw this scene, he no longer cared about the danger, and immediately said: "Uncle, you are an unparalleled hero in the world. My younger siblings have already given birth to a child. I am afraid it will be an insult to you."
What a famous name for a lifetime!"
Butcher Chen didn't take it seriously and said: "A famous name is of no use. Alas, no, I never said that I wanted to find her!" As he said this, Butcher Chen seemed to be angry: "Who do you think I am? I am the kind of casual person."
Are you someone who just wants to rob a civilian girl?"
Aren't you?
You are the famous Huangzhushan bandit. Who is a little knowledgeable person in Zhengtai County who has not heard of Huangzhushan? It is said that the Huangzhushan bandits not only rebelled, but were also extremely ferocious. Everywhere they went was burned.
They killed, looted, and stole so much food and money, and ruined so many beautiful girls.
Everyone in the Yang family wanted to say this, but no one dared to say it!
Butcher Chen was really angry when he saw that they believed that he was the kind of evil person who would commit heinous crimes!
Who is he? Liu Bagou said that his bravery is comparable to contemporary Zhang Fei, the most powerful general in the Tang Dynasty!
He is a fierce man who wants to be the founding hero of the country, not one of those bandit leaders who robbed civilian girls!
Immediately he let out a cold snort: "You, follow me!" When Butcher Chen spoke, he pointed his hand directly at Yang Xiucai!
As soon as these words came out, Yang Xiucai was completely stunned. I said, uncle, why don't you want Bing'er, a yellow-flowered girl, and your sister-in-law, a delicate young woman? You have fallen in love with me!
Yang Xiucai was a little confused now: "Uncle, I am already over forty, this... is really..."