Chapter 143

The patriarch helped Zhang San up, poured him a bowl of water and asked him to sit down and speak slowly.

"The day after we left the village, we met mountain bandits robbing things. They robbed things, but they killed the men and took the women away. We got away with it as soon as we lost it..." Zhang San cried, "I thought I couldn't come back, so I took my wife and children to go to my father-in-law's house. When I got there, I found that the whole village was burned up!"

"Did the mountain bandits do it?" Asked the patriarch in horror.

"Yes! On the way, we met several refugees. They said that all the villages over there were robbed by mountain bandits, and those mountain bandits also fled from other places. Because of the large number of people, they had the idea of burning, killing and looting. In addition, no one was in charge of them, so they dared to do anything

With that, Zhang San sighed deeply: "we really have no choice but to return to the village. Even if we die, we want to die in our own home But everyone seems to have a good time What about the plague? "

Patriarch: "although the plague is still there, fortunately the situation is still stable. You are right to come back. Can you see the other families who fled with you?"

Zhang Sandao: "they were all killed. I saw them with my own eyes. I told them to lose their things and run for their lives. They didn't listen. The mountain bandit didn't catch up with you when he saw that you were carrying something. In the end, they didn't escape..."

A group of people listen to heart straight cold.

"Is there such a mess outside? Does the imperial court care? "

"What if the mountain bandits come to our village?"

The patriarch said in a deep voice: "so it's not too late to hide in the cave! The bad guys will come here sooner or later. Although we are remote, we are not a hiding place. Instead of waiting for the mountain bandits to kill us, we should dig out the cave and move to the cave to hide! "

When the patriarch said this, everyone was in a daze.

"Yes, yes! Hide

"The patriarch has a way!"

With that, the patriarch looked serious and said, "everyone go to the ancestral hall. I have something to announce."

In the ancestral hall, the patriarch told everyone about Zhang San's experience outside. Since the mountain bandits were burning, killing and looting, they could not wait to die.

"I don't know when the bandits will come. We'll move to the cave tomorrow. The village can't be inhabited!" The patriarch announced, "in order to prevent these bandits from following the trail to find our cave, we have to do something!"

"It's a big deal to burn down the village. As soon as those mountain bandits look like they've been looted, they must have left." Someone suggested.

No one is willing to burn down the house, but now they can't manage so much to save their lives.

"All right, burn it."

"It's better to burn than to be found and killed."

"The old don't go, the new don't come."

"No! No Chen Li ran in all of a sudden, scared to cry, "there are mountain bandits! There are a lot of mountain bandits out there

"What?" The crowd was shocked.

"Why did the mountain bandit come all of a sudden?"

They were all in a state of panic. Some timid women had already started to cry.

Only when Li Jing saw Zhang San and heard the mountain bandits coming, he lowered his head and looked guilty.

The patriarch responded and made a quick decision: "everybody copy guys! Women and children stay in the house, men follow me

Fortunately, just because something was announced, everyone was called in, including the men who went to dig the cave. Now all the men in the village are here.

Li Changting was the first one to find the mountain bandits. When the patriarch took the men to the village, he saw that Li Changting was confronting a group of mountain bandits.

These mountain bandits also have some insight. They know that Li Changting is not easy to deal with, so they dare not act rashly for a moment.

Seeing a large group of men behind him, Li Changting frowned and said, "don't come here. These mountain bandits are more than just a few people. They must have outflanked in several ways, leaving 20 people behind. The rest will go back to the ancestral hall to protect women and children."

When the clan leader saw that the mountain bandit with a knife was stupefied, he quickly yelled, "don't go!"

When the mountain bandits saw this, they looked more dignified. A man carrying a knife came out and said with a smile to Li Changting, "brother, I think you are a smart man. Do you want to mix with us? Brother, you will not worry about food and clothing! "

Li Changting did not speak. The patriarch stood up and said, "there is a plague in our village. Are you sure you want to come in?"

The man with the knife sneered: "who are you bluffing? Can you be so clean when you are infected with the plague? You must have water here. There's a lot of water! I've really found a treasure land. Brothers, do you want to have a good bath

"Yes

"What are you waiting for? Give it to me!"

A group of mountain bandits came to kill them fiercely with knives. Li Changting raised his foot and kicked over two of them and said, "fight with them!"

"Kill! Kill these animals Cried Li Jing.

With Li Changting and Li Jing at the head of the battle, the men in the village soon plucked up their courage and fought with the mountain bandits with hoes and choppers.After this fight, the men in the village found that these mountain bandits were not very powerful. They were thin and hungry, and their strength was not much stronger than them.

Li Changting is quick and sharp. If he gives any one to the mountain bandit, the mountain bandit will cry for his mother in pain. Several men who follow Li Changting immediately go up to mend some hoes, and people can't get up.

After solving these mountain bandits, the men rushed to the ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall was in chaos. Even the women picked up hoes to fight with the mountain bandits. There was blood everywhere.

Fortunately, Gao Laoer, who had good skills, resisted each other's two mountain bandit leaders, Li Changting and Li Jing. They quickly joined in, and more than 50 mountain bandits solved more than half of the problem in a moment.

These mountain bandits are also afraid of death. Seeing that the situation is not right, they want to run away. However, Li Changting didn't let them succeed. The villagers also know that when these mountain bandits go back, they will surely bring more people to kill them. So as soon as Li Changting blocks the way of these mountain bandits, they rush over.

A group of men killed red eyes. These mountain bandits probably didn't expect that there were several extraordinary experts hiding in a small mountain village. They were killed before they could even beg for mercy.

The blood stained the ground under their feet, and many men couldn't help vomiting. When the women heard the killing, they ran out of the ancestral hall to find their families. Some of them were afraid that they could only find bodies.

Li Changting said to the patriarch, "cremate the corpse and burn the blood on the ground together. Let's pack up our things at night and move to the cave tomorrow to burn the village."

The patriarch came back and nodded solemnly.

Li Changting turned to go home. Before he left, he glanced at Zhang San, who seemed to have lost his soul. He looked thoughtful.