"What?! The army is coming. Are they here to capture the upright ones?"
"Looking at the good things you have done, you are so benevolent as a woman, why don't you tell Zheng'er to leave quickly!"
As soon as Zhang Yangping's voice fell, the voices of Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde also rang out one after another, followed immediately by the sound of getting dressed.
At this moment, a figure also appeared in the small courtyard.
It was Fang Zhengzheng.
Still wearing the blue gown, he was yawning, but his hair had been neatly combed. Judging from his attire, he had obviously woken up early.
"Good morning, Uncle Yangping." Fang Zhengzheng greeted Zhang Yangping outside the courtyard gate.
"Morning? It's not early! The army is coming. Come with me quickly. I've arranged for someone to be waiting on the path on the other side of Cangling Mountain. I've prepared salutes and other things for you. Now..."
"Uncle Yangping, I'm not leaving." Fang Zhengzheng shook his head, interrupting Zhang Yangping's continued words.
"Not leaving?!" Zhang Yangping's expression changed.
Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde, who came out of the inner room just now, also looked anxious.
If Fang Zhengzheng refused to leave before the army came, then their instinct would still be that Fang Zhengzheng was reluctant to leave them.
But…
Now that the army is coming, why haven't they left yet
Isn't this courting death
Could it be that you want to surrender
"No, Zheng'er, Mom is your only son. You can't just be caught and thrown into jail. If you really have some shortcomings, Mom..."
"Mother!" Fang Zhengzheng supported Qin Xuelian.
He knew that no matter how he explained to Qin Xuelian, it would have no effect. After all, in the eyes of Qin Xuelian and others, he was a wanted criminal.
Therefore, the best way is to let Qin Xuelian see it.
witness.
Narrowing his eyes slightly, Fang Zhengzheng also looked at the masked woman blocking Zhang Yangping.
"Qingyi, where is he?"
"There's still a quarter of an hour to reach the village entrance." The masked woman answered directly without thinking, her tone cold.
"Well, then let's do as planned."
"Yes!" The masked woman Qingyi nodded upon hearing this, then turned around and walked towards the entrance of the village, disappearing in a moment.
When Zhang Yangping, Qin Xuelian and Fang Houde heard this, they all looked horrified.
"Zheng Zheng, you are not going to confront the imperial army again, are you?" Zhang Yangping looked at Fang Zheng Zheng, his guess was not entirely unfounded.
After all, this kind of thing really happened in Beishan Village.
"Zheng'er, this time is no better than last time. Last time you had a fourth-grade official seal, and there were princesses and princesses here, but now you... you have nothing?" Qin Xuelian also looked worried. .
"Zheng'er, dad is willing to be with you, but the current Beishan Village..."
"Brother Houde, don't talk about Beishan Village being different from Beishan Village. Without integrity, where would Beishan Village be today? Since integrity is required, I'll go find someone now!" Zhang Yangping interrupted Fang Houde and said directly .
"No need to look for it, village chief, we are all here!"
"Yeah, I heard that the army was coming to arrest Zheng Zheng, so we all came over on our own."
"Can the village chief just tell us what we should do?"
Several voices sounded in the distance, and then a group of villagers armed with bows, arrows, knives and guns poured out from everywhere, looking as if they had been prepared for a long time.
"Well, actually I'm not..."
Fang Zhengzheng looked at this scene, and it was impossible to say that he was not a little moved. However, the actions of the villagers also made him speechless.
After all, this is not a world where a few villagers can raise a flag and start an uprising.
"Integrity, don't feel any burden. Since you arrived in Beishan Village ten years ago, you have led Beishan Village out of trouble. At that time, the surrounding villages were suffering from drought, but in the past ten years, we have had enough food and clothing. Denuan, it can be said that it would be impossible without you, we are all willing to follow you!"
"Yeah, isn't it just an old life? Fight with them!"
"Yes, fight them!"
"Since everyone is willing to help Zheng Zheng, let's go to the village entrance now to buy time for Zheng Zheng!" Zhang Yangping looked at the villagers walking over and immediately came up with an idea.
"Yes, yes, go to the entrance of the village!"
When the villagers heard this, they didn't even wait for Fang Zhengzheng to finish what he said. They waved all kinds of weapons in their hands and shouted loudly.
then…
Under the leadership of Zhang Yangping, they ran towards the entrance of the village.
Fang Zhengzheng's mouth opened. He was really shocked by the actions of Zhang Yangping and the villagers. Didn't he just accept the situation? Why are you still rioting
Just as he was about to stop him, he found that Zhang Yangping and the villagers had already run away.
And, more importantly, Fang Houde also rushed into the house at this time and took out the hunting knife that he had kept under the bed.
Fang Zhengzheng had seen this knife before.
Every time Fang Houde went to the mountains to hunt, he would always take this knife with him. However, after not going up the mountains for so many years, this knife had already been sleeping under the bed.
However, it was not rusty.
Because Fang Houde would take time to wipe it every day.
"Dad, why did you take out the knife?" Fang Zhengzheng saw Fang Houde rushing out with a knife in one hand, and his eyes jumped slightly.
"Everyone is going because of you. How can I, a father, slow them down? Don't stop me, just do whatever you have to do!" Fang Houde did what he said this time.
He bypassed Fang Zhengyi and ran towards the entrance of the village.
Only Fang Zheng was left holding on to Qin Xuelian, who was holding an iron basin and preparing to follow him out.
"Mom, my biological mother!"
…
At the entrance of Beishan Village, the flowing water of the small river made a slight sound.
A masked woman wearing a black hat and light clothes stood directly in front of the village entrance, holding a long sword with a rusty moire on the scabbard.
Behind Qingyi, there was a group of villagers holding various weapons in their hands.
Surprisingly, Qingyi had no intention of stopping the villagers behind her. She just stood there quietly, like a piece of hard ice.
A moment later, a rumbling sound also came over.
When the villagers heard this voice, they all subconsciously tightened their weapons. After all, confronting the imperial army was something they had never experienced before.
Dust rolled up from afar, and soon, black shadows appeared one by one.
Extremely fast.
This is a team of cavalry wearing bright armor. Each person's body is riding a kind of horse-shaped body. The body is covered with fine black hair, and the four legs are covered with white scales.
"Step on the snow dragon pony!"
"Yes...it's the Red Feather Guard of Shenhou Mansion!"
"Oh my God, there are probably two thousand people here, right?"
"Two thousand red-feathered guards! No, hurry up... go and inform Zheng Zheng and tell him to leave from the alley. It's the red-feathered guards from the Shenhou Mansion who are coming!"
The villagers looked at the figures getting closer and closer, as well as the red triangle marks on the chests of those figures, and all of them subconsciously took a step back.
If some government soldiers or county guards came, they might dare to stop them.
But…
Who are the red feather guards in the Shenhou Mansion
They were the most elite troops in the entire Northern Desert, and could even be said to be the most elite troops in the entire Great Xia Dynasty. Two thousand Red Feather Guards, how could a small Beishan village resist
The villagers panicked.
The weapons in their hands were trembling, but they did not flee in all directions. Instead, they gritted their teeth and guarded the entrance of the village.
"Hey!" the leading general gave the order.
Nearly two thousand red-feathered guards also stopped, in perfect order. The tall snow-trodden dragon colts snorted and made low beastly roars.
The smell of killing rushed towards his face. It was a breath that could be deeply felt by just one glance and the smell of blood on the battlefield. It was thrilling.
"Where is Fang Zhengzheng?" The leading general glanced at the villagers holding various weapons in front of him, without saying much nonsense.
"In the village." Qingyi replied directly without waiting for Zhang Yangping and others to speak.
"Not in the village, Fang Zhengzheng didn't come back!"
"Yes, he didn't come back to our Beishan Village at all. Master, are you mistaken?"
When a group of villagers heard Qingyi's words, they were all startled. Several people stood up and explained loudly to the leading general.
"Since he is in the village, let him come out." The leading general ignored the villagers' voices and looked at Qing Yi, then at the sword in Qing Yi's hand, nodded and continued.
"If you want to find someone, just go in by yourself. However, you can only get in one person!" Qingyi shook his head and said calmly.
But when the villagers standing behind Qingyi heard this, they could no longer calm down.
These were the Red Feather Guards of the Shenhou Mansion, and there were nearly two thousand Red Feather Guards. So, how did Qingyi have the courage to tell the Red Feather Guards that only one person would be allowed to enter the village
"Bold, do you know who you are talking to?" The leading general's face changed slightly when he heard Qing Yi's words. The momentum on his body was in vain, and a coercion also pressed down on Qing Yi.
Suddenly, the villagers standing behind Qingyi felt a mountain-like pressure on their heads. Sweat appeared on their foreheads and their bodies trembled.
"It's over, you pissed off the Red Feather Guard!"
"Now Beishan Village is really going to end."
"I just don't know if this kid, Zheng Zheng, can run away."
Every villager is extremely frightened. For those who grew up in the Northern Desert, the status of the Red Feather Guards is as high as the gods in the sky.
It can't be shaken at all.
But like Qingyi's current attitude, they wouldn't even dare to think about it.
"Shenhou Mansion, the current superintendent of the Red Feather Guards is Li Jingfeng." Qingyi didn't pay attention to the thoughts of the villagers behind her. She just glanced at the leading general and her tone remained as usual, as if she didn't feel any threat at all. Pressure is average.
"Huh? Who are you?" Li Jingfeng's eyes twitched.
As the current superintendent of the Red Feather Guard, it was not surprising that someone named him in the Northern Desert, but the woman in front of him obviously didn't just say their name.
strength!
That was a kind of strength that even Li Jingfeng couldn't suppress with his momentum.
"Qingyi." Qingyi didn't mean to hide anything.
"Who is Qingyi?"
"Qingyi is Qingyi."
"Well... Qingyi, what if I have to lead the army into the village?" Li Jingfeng nodded and continued without asking further.
"You can give it a try." Qingyi's body remained motionless.
"Okay, let me teach you a lesson!" Li Jingfeng didn't waste any more nonsense. He pointed the spear in his hand directly at Qing Yi, and a faint blue light flickered at the tip of the spear.
"Jingfeng, put your gun away."
At this moment, a voice from the team also rang.
"Yes, Lord Marquis!" Upon hearing this, Li Jingfeng quickly retracted the spear in his hand without any hesitation. At the same time, he also stepped away from the front of the team.
Soon, a middle-aged man also walked out, wearing a dark purple official uniform, with a giant beast with open teeth outlined in silver lines, and on the forehead of the giant beast, there was a bright red triangular mark. .
Thick eyebrows and tiger eyes, and a murderous aura all over his body.
"Master Hou?!"
"Could it be..."
When the villagers heard Li Jingfeng's words and saw the dark purple official uniform of the middle-aged man in front of them, which represented his identity, every villager thought of this person.
The controller of the five mansions in the Northern Desert.
A truly big shot, a big shot that the villagers would never see in their lifetime, one of the Thirteen Mansion, Chihou of Shenhou Mansion!
"Zhang Yangping, the head of Beishan Village, paid homage to the God and asked the God to forgive Beishan Village for the offense!"
If seeing the Red Feather Guards was enough to frighten Zhang Yangping and the villagers, then when they saw Chi Hou from the Shenhou Mansion coming in person, they really had no intention of resisting anymore.
The Shenhou Mansion Chihou guards the Five Prefectures of the Northern Desert and fights against the Northern Barbarian army. This kind of prestige has long been deeply rooted in the Five Prefectures of the Northern Desert.
Without even thinking, the villagers all knelt down.
"Please get up quickly, fellow villagers. I am here today just to find Fang Zhengzheng." Chihou looked at the dark crowd of villagers holding weapons in front of him, and the murderous aura in his body obviously subsided.
"Please God, please let Zheng Zheng go. This child has been wronged!"
"Please God, please give me a way out!"
When the villagers heard this, all of them looked a little pale. The god came to see Fang Zhengyi personally. Could Fang Zhengyi still have a way to survive
"Folks, Fang Zhengzheng is a repeat offender of the imperial court. It is not up to him to let him go or not. I ask fellow villagers to believe in the imperial court. If he is really wronged, the imperial court will definitely give him justice!"
Chi Hou looked at the villagers kneeling on the ground, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. Being able to make a villager plead for him at least proved that Fang Zhengzheng was very popular in the village.
But…
What does it mean to send someone to stop at the entrance of the village and only let one person in
Thinking of this, Chi Hou was somewhat angry.
"Fang Zhengzheng, I am your elder after all. Today I came to Beishan Village to see you in person. If you don't come out to greet me, why should I go to see you?" (To be continued.)