Chapter 71 The evil thief is coming!
When Xiao Changcheng's team arrived at the monk's village, the wheat ears in his hands had lost their initial golden light.
Although it is not wilting, it looks like it will take a long time to recover.
But despite this, the entire team cut a lot of wheat, and even the carriage provided by Qian Chen could hardly hold it, so people had to tie the wheat with ropes and carry it on their backs. Walk.
If it were normal, people would definitely shun the job of carrying heavy objects, but in Xuzhou, carrying wheat on your back is equivalent to carrying gold, let alone a young man with physical strength. Old men who could walk planned to join in and carry a bag on their backs.
And after arriving at the village, before entering the village, you can see a layer of faint golden light shrouding the outside of the village, turning into a cover, separating the inside and outside.
Outside the cover, the soil on the ground is yellow and dry. Once inside the cover, you will find that the soil has turned black and wet.
When the old farmers saw the black soil, they knelt down and wished they could hold their relatives in their arms.
This looks like a good land that can produce food!
The reason why Xuzhou is desolate, apart from the initial locust plague, is also due to this soil disaster.
The life of the entire earth seemed to have been swallowed up by an invisible giant. The seeds fell into the soil, let alone sprouted, and they could not be found even if they were dug out.
If food cannot be grown, how can Xuzhou avoid shortage?
As soon as Xiao Changcheng carefully put away the wheat, he saw a bald head emerging not far away.
“Hey! Brother Xiao, you’re here!”
“Master of kindness!”
Xiao Chang walked in front of the monk in two steps. At this moment, when he saw the monk again, there was no shadow at all. His whole body was solid, like a real person.
Many villagers also came out behind him, but these villagers had not yet been able to form a physical body. They looked like phantoms with gold edges.
Although it looks like a ghost, approaching it makes people feel at ease.
The refugees who came over were amazed to see such a scene in the village, and they bowed respectfully to the monk and the spirit behind him.
"Come on, come on! Our village is waiting for people to come! Let's find a house to live in first. Tomorrow I will show you the land and plant the seeds. If the weather is good, , there is no need for the Taoist priest to help.”
The monk invited everyone to enter the village, and the Wuyangyang refugees also entered the village entrance.
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw two generals standing guard on the left and right, one holding a halberd and the other holding a sledgehammer, majestic and full of air.
The eyes of the young people among the refugees were widened, and the eyes of the elderly were also widened. The children who were not as tall as an adult's legs even raised their heads high and could not clearly see the faces of the two generals.
“Mom, what is this?”
“Heavenly soldiers! Heavenly soldiers!”
After hearing this, the monk said cheerfully:
"These are the two generals under the Taoist leader. They can help us protect the village. Everyone can rest assured to stay here. Is there anything the culprit wants?" Come here, the two generals will kill them."
The children circled around General Jindou, who showed no reaction, neither sadness nor joy.
Caiyi was leaning next to him and was dividing the porridge. Suddenly, little Caiyi put down the bowl and chopsticks for dividing the porridge and ran to the side of General Jindou.
Looking up at the general.
The general finally made a move and looked down at Xiao Caiyi:
“Junior sister, what’s the matter?”
Xiao Caiyi babbled a lot, but even Caiyi herself She didn't even understand, but after letting her finish what she said, General Jindou hesitated for a few seconds, with a stiff smile on his face, squatted down, stretched out his fingers to tease the children around him.
The children were scared at first, but they found that General Jindou seemed to be very kind, so they came over and touched their index fingers with General Jindou's.
Little Caiyi smiled and ran back to ask for praise, Caiyi was a little dumbfounded.
Why do you feel that the beans you spread are smarter than yourself?
The general also called Junior Sister Xiaodou...
Is he calling himself or just Xiaodou?
Caiyi felt that her mind was a little bit out of control.
The refugees were slowly walking towards the village, when suddenly a young man ran over from the back row with an anxious face.
He hurriedly approached Xiao Changcheng and Caiyi, with his hands on his knees, breathing heavily:
"There are thieves outside! There are thieves outside!"
"Thieves? What? Thief?" Xiao Changcheng frowned tightly, forming a "chuan" on his forehead with clear ravines.
If it is a bandit on the road, the word "thief" cannot be used at this juncture.
When they came to the village, the team did encounter a group of bandits, but those bandits were also sallow and thin, and they couldn't hold an ax firmly.
Seeing the wheat growing all over the ground behind me, I knelt down and cried. I howled for a long time, and finally walked behind the team, transforming from a ghost into a human in the blink of an eye.
Can such a person be considered a thief?
“About seventy or eighty people came from outside the village, some pulling carts and some carrying food, but they were all equipped with swords and armors, and the leader was riding a big iron horse. There are about twenty people! It’s very scary!”
Xiao Changcheng couldn’t help but take a breath when he heard the description of the young man in front of him.
Came so fast! ?
What Zuo Chen said to Cai Yi before he left, Cai Yi also relayed it to Xiao Changcheng. Xiao Changchen thought that if the Taoist priest left for seven days, Kang Wang would not be able to react so quickly.
After all, judging from the current feeling, King Kang only seemed to care about his own food and drink, and did not care about other situations happening in Xuzhou at all. He could still survive the seven days.
It turns out that the truth seems not to be the case at all.
King Kang’s reaction was faster than they imagined. The thieves outside were simply his soldiers!
Seeing that many refugees had not yet had time to enter the village, Xiao Changcheng panicked a little.
The iron horse rider, if he rushes towards the refugees at the rear, I am afraid that more than half of them will die!
I originally thought about rushing to the back of the team to help, but I looked at the ax in my hand and realized that I didn’t have the ability now, so I could only look at Caiyi and General Jindou for help.
Caiyi was dividing the porridge, but he pricked up his ears to listen.
When she heard the cavalry coming, her heart trembled a few times.
She remembered seeing an iron horse riding on horseback when she was very young. She was so young at the time that she could hardly remember anything. The only thing she remembered was that a strong man in armor was knocked to the ground by the iron horse. , was trampled to pulp under the hoofs of horses!
Deal with those people yourself?
Her liver trembled just thinking about it.
But my mind turned to Zuo Chen again, and thinking of the Taoist Master's trusting gaze, I gritted my teeth and turned to look at General Jindou:
"General, outside When enemies come, come with me to protect the people!”
"Goodness."
Admiral Jindou made a loud sound and took steps forward. The two of them seemed unable to stride forward. A pair of big iron boots stepped on the ground, pressing down and leaving a deep mark.
The speed is not too slow, but it is definitely not fast.
Caiyi put down the rice spoon and walked in front. She thought she should grab some handy weapon. She looked around for a long time and finally chose a pitchfork.
They rushed forward with great momentum. Before they reached the end of the team, they suddenly heard a burst of crying.
Cai Yi had the best eyesight and saw at a glance the mighty iron horses riding towards the group of refugees at the end of the team.
The ones walking at the end are all weak, including old people and children. Of course, they are protected by a few strong men, but they only have hatchets in their hands. How can they stop these twenty people? Horse riding?
If you rush over like this, these refugees will definitely die!
Seeing the layers of dust beneath the feet of the fully armored iron horses, Cai Yi panicked at first, but by chance, she saw a skinny mother at the end of the team holding her. The girl, who also had little flesh, was about to be hit.
Cai Yi's eyes suddenly opened, and a fire ignited in her heart.
A rainy night a long time ago seemed to come to her mind.
The shadow of this little girl seems to overlap with her past self.
She opened her mouth slightly, and sparks appeared from the corners of her mouth!
"How dare you!"
Grandpas, please read, I will give you a thumbs up!
(End of this chapter)