Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

After a while, Kong San walked out of the yard, picked up the bandit's steel knife from the ground, and checked the life and death of the four bandits one by one with a gloomy face.

After some investigation, Kong San found that the second bandit he had knocked down with a wooden stick was still alive and had gradually come to life from a coma.

Kong San chopped the other three bandits into several sections with a knife, and threw them into the burning pig shed in the farmhouse next door.Then, he dragged the living bandit to the woods outside the village, put a knife on his neck, and waited for the bandit to wake up completely.

After a while, the dizziness in the bandit's head disappeared, and he finally woke up slowly.

When the bandit opened his eyes and saw clearly the steel knife on his neck and Kong San's smoky painted face, he was so frightened that he called the hero for mercy.

"Man, if you don't want to die, tell the master, where did you come from, and who is the leader? You don't have to hide it from me, if there is half a lie, the master will give you three knives and six holes!" Kong San said coldly. The tone made the bandit shudder.

"Heroic man, spare your life! Good man, spare your life! The villain is willing to recruit! The villain must be honest. The villain came from the village of Mushan, and it was the horse head leader of the village who led the little ones to collect grain from the countryside."

"Moushan Great Village? How many people are there in the village you are waiting for? Who is the owner of the village?" Kong San asked forcefully.

"Hero, our village has 700 people. The owner of the village is "Bumping Mountain Bear" Liu He. There are also three leaders in the village, namely "Poisonous Bee" Ma Fang, "Five Steps Down" Tao Jun, and "White-headed Wolf" Jia Jin."

"The cottage you're waiting for is facing east from here, so it's on Mount Mou near Tangyin County?" Kong San asked again.

"The hero is right. Our cottage is located on Mount Mou, where the two counties meet. Zhaizhu Liu and the three leaders led us to rob the rich and help the poor, and to do justice for the heavens. They are quite supported by the people of Tangyin and Linlu counties. Even the officers and soldiers in the city of Xiangzhou respected the leader of my cottage and never dared to come to my mountain to play wild..."

Perhaps this bandit had heard too much lies from the village master and the leaders on weekdays, and regarded the cause of murder and arson as a heroic feat of doing justice for the heavens, robbing the rich and helping the poor, and now he blurted out shamelessly.

"Hehe~ What a good way to do justice for the sky, robbing the rich and helping the poor! The master wants to see the demeanor of your leaders!" Kong San sneered.

"If a good man wants to vote for my village, the villain is willing to lead the way for the good man." The bandit squeezed out a flattering smile.

Kong San grinned suddenly, raised the knife in his hand, and chopped off the bandit's head.

Standing in the woods and thinking for a while, Kong San carried the bandit's body back to the village and threw it into the fire.

Afterwards, Kong San left the village and on the way to Naxipo Village, found the dead sheep he had left behind, took the sheep to Zhang Erniu's house, and threw it into the burnt-down house.

"Erniu, this is the last time that Sanlang will invite you to eat mutton. The three of you will have enough to eat! Sanlang is going to be a robber! Don't call me a rascal in the future."

Kong San finished speaking with tears in his heart, turned around and left the yard, and disappeared into the darkness at the entrance of the village.

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The fire in Xiahuan Village burned for several hours, alarming several nearby villages.On the second day, a brave young man sneaked over to find out what happened, only to find out that the village was wiped out by bandits, so he hurriedly reported it to the government.

When the official came late to investigate, they saw blood writing on several stone walls: "Murder and destroy the village, the hero Mou Shan".

Chapter 282 The Mou Mountain Bandit Strikes

"Duh!" With a sound, an arrow stably hit the red heart of the target, and directly shot through the wooden board of the target.

"Good! Good~" All the teenagers by the river cheered.

Zhou Tong also stroked the gray beard on his chest with his hand, and praised: "The high official Ximen shot the arrow well! I really didn't expect that the high official Ximen's archery has advanced so quickly. In some time, I'm afraid it will be on par with Pengju."

Ximen Qing put away his bow and thanked Zhou Tong: "Duoxia Zhou pointed out that you can get a first glimpse of the way of archery from below."

Zhou Tong laughed and said, "If it wasn't for the genius and intelligence of Ximen officials, how could we have reached this level! I have taught so many people, and there are really few people who can stand shoulder to shoulder with Ximen officials. Hahaha~ I dare not take credit for it!"

Jiao Ting also muttered at the same time: "I learned archery from Daxia Zhou, why can't I learn it well, so far I can only do not miss the target? Jiao Ting is really ashamed!"

All the teenagers, Zhou Tong and Ximen Qing laughed when they heard this.Yao Zheng said to Jiao Ting: "Master Jiao Ting, your talent is not in archery, but in sumo wrestling! You see, we have learned from you for ten days, and we have grown a lot. Can't reach your body! It's really embarrassing to kill us!"

Yao Zheng's words made everyone laugh again, and Jiao Ting also grinned, forgetting the trouble of not making much progress in archery.

"It's getting dark today, I'll pack up and go back to the village, and practice tomorrow." Zhou Tong said to the teenagers.

Yue Fei, Wang Gui and others received Zhou Tong's instructions, and immediately packed up the bows and arrows and the archery targets erected in the distance in an orderly manner, carried them on their shoulders, surrounded Zhou Tong and Ximen Qing, and walked towards Yuejiazhuang together.

After having dinner at Yuejiazhuang that day, Zhou Tong took advantage of the moonlight to go back to Hedong Village. Yao Zheng also left Yuejiazhuang and went back to Yaojiazhuang.

After Ximen Qing finished washing, for some reason, he couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed.He got up and put on his clothes, opened the door and walked into the yard, looking at the bright moon in the sky, wondering if he also felt homesick?I don't know how are Hu Sanniang and Pan Jinlian?

This time when I came to Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, I saw both Yue Fei and Zhou Tong who I wanted to see, and I also practiced good archery with Zhou.For the young Yue Fei, I taught him the art of guns and sticks, and he was already a half-teacher with him.In the future, when the opportunity arises, there should be less resistance to recruiting the group of teenagers headed by Yue Fei.

Now that Yue Fei's parents are here, and his life is not worrying, it is impossible to immediately follow him back to Yanggu County, he can only slowly develop a relationship with him for the future.

It should be said that the purpose of this trip has been well achieved, and it is time to return to Yanggu County.Ximen Qing decided to teach Yue Fei and other teenagers some spears and fists tomorrow, and bid them farewell.After some days, it will not be too late to return to Yuejiazhuang after Hu Sanniang and the others give birth to their child.

Ximen Qing stood in the night wind, he had made up his mind, and was about to return to his room.Suddenly, he stopped and listened carefully in the wind.In the wind, there seemed to be other voices faintly.

Ximen Qing walked quickly back to his room, picked up his Snowflake Iron Yanling Saber from the bedside, and felt that the blade seemed to be trembling.

Ximenqing walked out the door with a knife, called Jiao Ting and Brother Qiao Yun next door, and said to them: "There is something strange outside the village! I heard the sound of horses' hooves and the noise of many people in the wind! Brother Yun, You bring your bow and arrows and follow me to the roof to see what happened. Brother Jiao Ting, wake up all the attendants, and then call Yue Fei over!"

Brother Qiao Yun heard this, and immediately ran into the room to get two bows and two pots of arrows, then ran out and followed Ximen Qing to the roof.

Jiao Ting also hastily woke up all the attendants in the courtyard and asked them to get the weapons, and he went out of the courtyard to look for Yue Fei himself.

Ximen Qing quickly jumped onto the roof, listening to the noise in the west wind with his ears calmly, and at the same time opened his eyes wide, carefully watching the night in the distance.

Faintly, there seemed to be a lot of people on horseback on the road to the west.Perhaps because they were afraid of being discovered, those people did not light torches, but quickly approached Yuejiazhuang by the moonlight.

"Senior Ximen, is there anything unusual?" Yue Fei came downstairs and asked Ximen Qing who was looking at the roof.

"A group of unidentified people came straight to Yuejiazhuang on horseback! Those people didn't have torches, and they acted secretly, I'm afraid they were thieves! Yue Fei, do you have a large group of robbers in Tangyin County?" Ximen Qing asked the yard. Yue Fei in the back door asked rhetorically.

Hearing this, Yue Fei clenched his fists and said, "Not good! It must be the Mou Shan thief! I have to tell the villagers to get up and hide."

Ximenqing shouted to Yue Fei: "Let the villagers hide in this village. The walls of the village are high, so we can defend them. The thieves have horses, and the villagers cannot escape if they flee! In addition, call two Clever people try to find a way to go out to ask for help and report to the government."

Yue Fei listened, said yes, and ran out.

At this time, the owner Yue He and his mother-in-law Mrs. Yao were all awakened.When they heard that a robber was coming, they panicked.

Ximen Qing jumped off the roof, comforted Yue He and his wife, told them not to panic, and hid in the inner courtyard with the maids.The servants in the village were asked to find weapons by themselves, and then obey the command to protect Zhuangzi.

Yue Fan was fully dressed, carrying the sword given to him by Brother Qiao Yun, and carrying a bow and arrow, he came out of the crowd, and wanted to fight side by side with Ximen Qing and the others.

Ximen Qing saw that he was young, so he told Yue Fan that he was given one of the most important tasks, asking him to lead a few servants to escort Yue He, his wife and maidservants to the inner courtyard for refuge, and stay there to protect the people in the inner courtyard. Weak woman.Without receiving orders from Ximen Qing, Yue Fan had to stick to his position.

Yue Fan took Ximen Qing's order and immediately bounced around with a few servants to protect the inner courtyard.

Ximen Qing led the people towards the gate of Zhuangzi. On the way, he ordered Jiao Ting to take a few attendants to guard the gate of Yuejiazhuang, and he would surely welcome Yue Fei and the villagers into Zhuangzi.Brother Qiao Yun followed Ximen Qing, took a few attendants, carried a ladder to find some defensive positions on the outer wall of Zhuangzi, and used bows and arrows to control the entrance of the village facing the gate of the manor.

After Ximen Qing made arrangements, everyone split up.Jiao Ting held a big knife, and rushed to the door with a few attendants armed with knives and guns, guarding there firmly.

Ximen Qing and Brother Qiao Yun built two ladders in the outer wall, climbed up with bows and arrows on their backs, and guarded the direction of the village entrance coming from the west.Under the ladder, the attendants brought more than a dozen pots of arrows to cooperate with Ximen Qing and Brother Qiao Yun in the battle.

In the sound of the wind, the sound of horseshoes was getting closer and closer, and the robbers were about to enter the village.

Chapter 283 There Are Archers in the Village