"Brother Shun, Mr. Wang asked you to come over."
When Zhang Shun's family was having lunch, one of Wang Dafu's servants came to see him. He looked like he was in an emergency.
"What happened if we go at this time?" Zhang Shun asked doubtfully.
"The bandits from Hutou Mountain are coming to our village. Mr. Wang summoned everyone in the village to discuss a countermeasure against Hutou Mountain," the servant said.
Zhang Ran was horrified when he heard this, and then he heard about the Hutou Mountain bandits at the tea stall. He thought that the Hutou Mountain bandits would not come to Hulu Village, but he did not expect that they would actually come.
"Don't we have to go?" Zhang Ran said.
"We men can solve things without your presence," Zhang Shun said.
Zhang Ran understood what it meant. Those who went there were all men, but the old, weak, women and children were not included, and he was the youngest one.
"I'm going to take a look. There's no point in staying at home. It's better to see more." Zhang Ran said.
Zhang Shun thought that Zhang Ran had created a lot of things. Although most of them were children's toys, after billiards came out, it was not limited to children. Even people of his own age were playing. If it weren't for women not being able to come out, women would He also goes there to play, so Zhang Ran's reputation is greater than Zhang Shun's in Hulu Village, and Zhang Ran's name can even be heard occasionally in other villages. Zhang Ran is said to be a genius child.
"Then you go with me." Zhang Shun said.
"Dad, I'm going too," Zhang Fu said.
"Children, go wherever you want, stay at home." Zhang Shun scolded.
When Zhang Fu heard this, he originally wanted to refute that Zhang Ran could go and why he couldn't go, but when he saw Zhang Shun's fierce eyes, he immediately shrank his head and did not dare to speak anymore.
Zhang Shun took Zhang Ran towards Wang Dafu's home.
When they arrived at Wang Dafu's door, they saw all the men in the village gathered outside Wang Dafu's house. They passed through the crowd and entered the house. When they arrived at the mansion, they saw the famous people of Hulu Village sitting inside.
There is Zhang Xiucai, who is a scholar, Zhang Chu, the captain of the escort team, and the head of Hulu Village...
"Organize all the men in the village to protect Calabash Village together."
This is Zhang Chu’s opinion.
"No, there are warriors in Hutou Mountain, and there are so many of them that the people from our village simply can't fight."
Zhang Xiucai retorted.
"Then what should I do? I can't wait to be slaughtered here."
Zhang Chu said angrily.
"How about we surrender."
Tailor Zhang said.
Although Tailor Zhang is just a tailor, he makes most of the clothes in the village, and he also has some status in the village, so he also sits here.
"No, do you think these bandits will let us go if we surrender?" Zhang Chu said.
"Why not? They just want money, so give them money." Tailor Zhang said.
"Do you know why the bandits from Hutoushan came down the mountain?" Zhang Chu said without waiting for anyone to answer: "Because Sun Heihu's younger brother died in our area. He came down the mountain this time to avenge his brother. I heard that not only did he want to After slaughtering Sanyang Village, our village will also be massacred, and even Shuibo Village in the distance will be massacred. You think he will let us go if you give us money, you are too naive."
As soon as Zhang Chu's words came out, there was an immediate uproar. No one knew the news. Wang Dafu said: "Is your news true?"
"Indeed, this is a person I bribed from Hutoushan. The information I got cannot be false." Zhang Chu said.
"Then what should we do? We will die if we surrender. This will not give us a way to survive." Tailor Zhang said with a sad face.
"I have a way, which is to evacuate the old, weak, women and children to the back mountain. Isn't there a cave in the back mountain? Let them hide there and wait for the bandits in Hutou Mountain to leave before coming out." Zhang Chu said.
"What about us?" Tailor Zhang had a bad premonition.
"We men can't hide when we resist the bandits. Otherwise, the bandits won't be able to find us. They will definitely look for us in the back mountains, and they will all die by then. We are still here. Even if we die, they can still protect us." Wife, children, old and young." Zhang Chu said.
"It goes without saying, I'll stay here." Blacksmith Zhang said.
"I'll stay here too." Zhang Carpenter said.
"Then, then I'll stay too." Tailor Zhang said with a change of expression.
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Wang Dafu said: "That's it, move your wife, children, and children to the cave in the back mountain, and we will stay in the village."
Although Wang Dafu is a wealthy landlord, Wang Dafu himself is not bad. He even often helps poor families in the village. Therefore, Wang Dafu has a very good reputation in the village. Even the village chief's words are not as effective as Wang Dafu's.
After Zhang Shun and Zhang Ran came in, Zhang Shun stood next to Wang Dafu, and Zhang Ran stood next to Zhang Shun.
Zhang Shun and Zhang Ran came in without alerting anyone. They were too involved in discussing the Hutou Bandits.
Zhang Ran listened quietly to everyone's words. Later, the atmosphere at the scene was very tragic. Even Wang Dafu was surprisingly brave. This made Zhang Ran see a different Wang Dafu. He was originally fat and had a big head. Zhang Ran thought that Wang Dafu would leave with the old, weak, women and children, but he stayed. It seemed that Wang Dafu's prestige in the village was not fake.
Then Zhang Chu asked the escort team to call out the old and weak women and children from each household, and the escort team sent the old and weak women and children to the cave. The guard captain Zhang Chu stayed in the village, and the deputy captain Zhang Yuan led the escort team to protect the old and weak Women and children.
"Why are you still here?" All the old, weak, women and children in the village were sent to the cave. Zhang Shun always felt that something was wrong. When he saw Zhang Ran, he suddenly realized that Zhang Ran was still next to him.
"I was planning to go back, but I don't know the way to the cave." Zhang Ran didn't want to go back, but he didn't expect Zhang Shun to notice him, so he could only say this.
"Brother Chu, send someone to take Xiaoran to the cave." Zhang Shun said to Zhang Chu.
"Leave it to me." Zhang Chu said to a person standing behind him: "Xiao Zhang, take Zhang Ran back to the cave."
Xiao Zhang sent Zhang Ran back to the cave, and then Xiao Zhang returned to the village again.
The cave is a large cave with spring water and skylights. Thousands of stone pillars and stalagmites of different shapes are scattered like bamboo shoots after a rain.
The scenery inside the cave is good, but it is very damp. Lying on the straw mat always makes you feel wet.
Because of the relationship between Zhang Shun and Wang Dafu, Zhang Shun's family and Wang Dafu's family were next to each other. Everyone at the scene was very nervous, but unlike other people in the village, Wang Dafu had thought of an escape route for his wife and children. If the men of Hulu Village They are all dead, and the remaining members of Wang Dafu's family will go to Dongwang Village. Dongwang Village is the escape route left by Wang Dafu.
So Wang Dafu's family is doing better, but they are very sad. After all, Wang Dafu may not be able to come back.
Zhang Ran glanced at Wang Li, and Wang Li walked to Zhang Ran's side. Wang Li said, "What's the matter?"
After all, Wang Li was still young and had a vague view of life and death, so even though he was a little sad due to the impact, he was still a little lively.
Zhang Ran said: "You lend me a tael of silver, and after the Hutou bandits leave, I will make a billiards case for you."
Wang Li was immediately pleasantly surprised and said, "What you said is true." Wang Li had hired someone to play billiards before, but what he did was different from what Zhang Ran did. It was very uncomfortable when he played billiards. So after failing to do it, he asked Zhang Ran to make a billiards case for him. He offered a high price of four taels of silver, but Zhang Ran still didn't agree.
In fact, Zhang Ran planned to sell the billiards case after buying the five World of Warcraft skills for five taels of silver, and use the money to buy one World of Warcraft skill. However, the bandits from Hutou Mountain came and ruined Zhang Ran's plan. .
Judging from the various discourses in the village, Zhang Ran understood that the villagers of Hulu Village could not stop the bandits from Hutou Mountain and would only be slaughtered. Zhang Ran had lived in Hulu Village since he was a child, and in Zhang Ran In his heart, the people in Gourd Village are Zhang Ran's relatives, so Zhang Ran wants to prevent the fate of being slaughtered.
Then Zhang Ran will face off against the bandits in Hutou Mountain.
The three World of Warcraft skills that Zhang Ran got now, he felt that they were not safe, so he got a couple of silver in advance to make preparations. When he encountered danger, he would see which Warcraft skills to buy for emergency use.
Wang Li said: "It's true, I only need one tael of silver. I used to give you four taels of silver, but you didn't give it to me."
Zhang Ran said: "I am in a hurry to use money this time, and one tael of silver is enough."
Wang Li said: "Then I will take advantage of you. Here is one tael of silver for you."
Zhang Ran took a tael of silver and immediately topped it up.
It's a pity that there are still too few days to rent billiards. Otherwise, he would have collected one tael of silver long ago, otherwise he would not be able to sell the billiards cheaply now. In Zhang Ran's heart, billiards are worth five taels of silver.
Zhang Ran covered his stomach and said, "It's not good, I'm going to have diarrhea. Let's go first."
Zhang Ran plans to use shit to escape. He wants to return to Hulucun and help Hulucun fight the bandits.
When Zhang Ran walked to the corner, he used the fade technique and disappeared in front of him. Then Zhang Ran walked out of the cave and headed towards the village.
Hulucun
At this time, traps for hunters were set up at the entrance of Hulu Village, and all the men in Hulu Village were holding weapons. Those with swords had swords, and those without swords had sticks. They stood there in prepared formation.
Rumble, rumble...
Amid the tremors of the mountains and the galloping horses, the dust and smoke billowed like darkness, threatening to cover Hulu Village.
When it was thirty meters away from Calabash Village, it stopped, revealing its true face of darkness.
It's a black ride.
Dark horse, black clothes, black hat.
Person No. 122
Sun Heihu was riding on the horse with a cold expression on his face, and everyone behind him picked up a knife and waved it, shouting wildly.
"We took out all the valuable things in our money. It would be better if you didn't come to our Hulu Village." A shout came from Hulu Village.
This was to bring out Tailor Zhang’s idea to see if the bandits could let them go.
