Seeing Li Xingchen and the others escorting two people back, the villagers in the village who were busy with their work suddenly came up. No outsiders had come to the village for many years. The villagers were originally feeling novel, but then they thought about it and they hadn't seen anything around recently.
No one has been seen, let alone heard that the government will send anyone down - if there is still a government in these troubled times - on the contrary, there has been a group of bandits wandering around the outside of the village recently, so the identities of these two people have been revealed.
What's more, these two people were still kidnapped by Li Xinchen and the others. In addition, with the knives in the hands of Li Xinchen and others, it was easy to know that these two people were the bandits who were most likely to plot evil against the village.
"Brother Chen, you caught a bandit? Well done!" I don't know who shouted first, and the surrounding villagers burst into cheers and applause.
Li Xingchen couldn't deny this, he just bowed his hands to the villagers, and took this opportunity to think about the familiar faces around him based on his memory. At this moment, Li Cheng came with a few similar faces.
A young man came over with a sickle or a hoe in his hand, and Li Xingchen hurriedly took a step forward;
"Daddy!"
"Bring people to the ancestral hall first, don't show off here." Li Cheng whispered. Seeing that Li Xingchen wanted to say something else, Li Cheng continued, "Someone can guess the identities of these two people."
, don’t say any more now, let’s go to the ancestral hall to talk in detail.”
Li Xingchen knew that his father did not want to cause panic in the village, so he nodded and winked at Sein Fei and the others. The three of them hurriedly pushed the two bandits hard and walked towards the ancestral hall not far away.
The two bandits naturally felt humiliated when being watched by so many villagers. They struggled desperately, but they were held tightly by several young people behind them. They could not break free with their strength. In order to prevent the two of them from
If they continued to move around, Seinfeld and others simply put the sickles on the necks of the two bandits.
Perhaps realizing that they still had a chance to survive, or perhaps the coldness of the scythe completely calmed them down, the two bandits stopped struggling and walked forward.
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The ancestral hall is located in the middle of the village. The ancestral halls of the three families are back to back. In fact, they are connected into one in the middle. There is a large-scale meeting hall where the three families can discuss together when facing difficulties.
"You caught this on the mountain road?" Li Cheng asked in a deep voice while walking up the steps of the ancestral hall with Li Xinchen. His forehead was wrinkled, causing the already many wrinkles to completely cover half of his face this time.
, making the old man look more and more haggard, but the gleam in his eyes still reminded Li Xingchen that the person standing in front of him was not only his father, but also the leader of the entire village.
"Well, these two guys opened a road in the mountain, and a few of us caught them by following the clues." Li Xingchen replied hurriedly.
Although Li Xingchen did not know what role Li Cheng played in the construction of the village in his past life, the fact that he could single-handedly assume the position of clan leader and have the highest say in the village shows that Li Cheng was absolutely certain when he was young.
Not an ordinary person.
In other words, heroes emerge in troubled times, whether they are talented, intelligent, or acquired abilities honed by a harsh environment. There are only a few mediocre people who can save their lives in troubled times, but they can save the entire village in troubled times.
This further illustrates Li Cheng’s strength.
Of course, what really interests Li Xingchen is this paradise-like village. Li Xingchen is very clear about the era of the Three Kingdoms, Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties. The population dropped sharply from 20 million in the heyday of the Han Dynasty to 5 million in the Three Kingdoms period, and even one hundred
It has been useless for years, and then there was the Wu Huan chaos, Yi Guan's southern migration, and the Hou Jing's Rebellion. This troubled world has lasted for more than three hundred years. As long as there is no tragedy of cannibalism, it is considered a peaceful world. To be able to survive in this troubled world
Such a village was created, and it was obvious that even the government did not know about it. The founder of the village is definitely worthy of admiration.
Are they the ancestors of the Li family?
While Li Xingchen was thinking, several of them had already entered the ancestral hall. At this time, Li Xingchen discovered that not only he and his father Li Cheng, but also the patriarchs of the Song family and the Zheng family were here. As the leader among the younger generation
, Song Fei and Zheng Qing were also there, but compared to the joy when they had just caught the two bandits, the two young people now also looked sad and worried.
"Brother!" Seeing Li Cheng approaching, the two elders from the Song family and the Zheng family also took a step forward.
In this era, the most emphasis was placed on family origin and family connections. These three families relied on each other in the village. The word "brother" not only showed the respect of the Song family and the Zheng family for the Li family, which had the largest population, but also explained the three families.
Deep family roots and friendship.
Li Cheng nodded: "Did these two bandits say anything?"
"They should have said all they can," the old man of the Song family said in a deep voice with a worried look on his face, "We have encountered a tough situation this time."
"I had expected this," Li Chengyi raised his eyebrows, "Where did these bandits come from, and how many are there?"
"They are all soldiers and gangsters who escaped from the barracks. There are two to three hundred people in total, and they are bound to win over our village!" The old man of the Zheng family tapped the ground with his crutch, "Now in our village
The strong men are men in their thirties or forties, plus the stronger women, children, and old men of our age who can go into battle, I'm afraid we can only make up to ten people. How can we fight these ruffians?"
Li Cheng smiled bitterly: "This is true, but two worthy brothers, do we still have a way out?"
The two old men of the Zheng family and the Song family fell silent. In these troubled times, how could it be so easy for hundreds of people to flee? Where should they run, and who should they flee to? If we talk about fighting these soldiers and gangsters, maybe
If there is still a glimmer of hope, then if you merge into the tide of this troubled world, you may not even know when your body will be shattered to pieces!
"Based on the two explorers, these soldiers should be greedy for life and afraid of death. That is to say, one or two of them have the ability to lead them. They are gathered together. As long as we can kill them, they will be a mob.
You will retreat." Li Cheng said in a deep voice, with a kind of majesty in his voice unknowingly, "This is not the first time our village has encountered such a situation, but the ones we encountered before were just some thieves.
We have just met our opponent now, do you feel afraid of such an enemy?!"
Li Cheng's words were resounding, and the two old men who had wanted to say something else had a look of shame on their faces and lowered their heads slightly.
With a slight sigh, Li Cheng lowered his voice: "Our ancestors fought through thorns and thorns to carve out such a world so that we can survive in troubled times. Now that someone is interested in it, we can't let it out no matter what. That's right.
It’s time to test these young people. We are all old, and there must be young people who can support the future of the village."
When they heard the word "young people", Li Xingchen, Zheng Qing and others subconsciously puffed up their chests.