Zhan Qingyue frowned slightly and ordered: "We must inform the news as soon as possible, so we can be more prepared!"
The two hit it off immediately, and without further delay, they quickly spread the news to every family.
Li Zheng's wife waited around at her residence but did not wait for her son to come back, so she had to go out to look for someone.
"You little bastard, you're fooling around somewhere at this late hour."
She was cursing and happened to see Zhan Qingyue knocking on the door of a house.
Li Zheng's wife wanted to pretend she didn't see it and walked straight over. Suddenly she heard something "bandit" in her ears. She quickly stopped her feet and hid to listen.
"Auntie, there are bandits near the village. We may have been targeted..."
"Ah! What should I do?" the middle-aged woman at the door asked anxiously. She hurriedly clasped her hands together and prayed to Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in front of her chest, praying to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky.
Li Zheng's wife was full of disdain. She no longer hid, she jumped out and pointed at Zhan Qingyue and cursed.
"Sister-in-law Cui, don't believe her lies!"
The woman at the door was stunned. She looked at Zhan Qingyue and then at her wife inside. She didn't know who to believe for a moment and fell into a tangle.
"Zhan Qingyue, stop scaring others here. What kind of bullshit bandits are you? Why didn't I see you?"
"It's getting late now. In my opinion, you'd better go home and wash up and sleep! Don't keep Mr. Tongsheng waiting for too long."
Li Zheng's wife has no control over her words and dares to say anything.
The sister-in-law of the Cui family at the door couldn't bear to hear it: "Brothers and sisters, please don't talk nonsense. Miss Yue is doing it for everyone's benefit. If the bandits come, no one will be treated well?"
Li Zheng's wife snorted contemptuously, her face smiling like a chrysanthemum.
"Sister-in-law of the Cui family, you are just timid. We have been living in this village for several days. If there were bandits, how could we not wait until now and not take action. You, don't be deceived by Zhan Qingyue! "
Cui's sister-in-law was a little hesitant when she heard this. It is said that they have been living in the village for a few days. Now every household does not have much food left. If they eat one more meal, they will lose one meal. Now they have to rob them. It doesn’t make sense!
What were you doing earlier?
"Miss Yue, look at this..."
Zhan Qingyue looked at the Cui family's sister-in-law with a look that showed no trace of the fear she had just prayed to the gods and Buddhas in the gods. She clearly didn't believe there were bandits.
She sighed helplessly, waved her hand, and walked away. Forget it, it's hard to persuade the damn ghost with good words, so why bother asking for trouble.
After taking a few steps, he happened to bump into Li Zheng. Zhan Qingyue thought about it and finally told him about the bandit.
"Haha, what a joke, Zhan Qingyue, don't think that you have some ability and you can talk nonsense, and you will make groundbreaking remarks with just your words!"
"Return to the bandits! This village has been devastated for three to five months if not a year or two! It's impossible for the bandits to stay here for food!"
Li Zheng really couldn't shed tears without seeing the coffin. Zhan Qingyue suppressed her anger and pursed her lips. She had to think of a way to make Li Zheng suffer. She believed that there were bandits.
While she was still racking her brains to think of a solution.
Han Yiyun put on a childlike air, with a very well-controlled temperament and full of majesty.
"It's true that this village is deserted, but I haven't seen anyone left in the village. It doesn't seem like the entire village has fled. It's impossible to say that those bandits are people from this village."
Li Zheng lowered his eyebrows. He did not dare to challenge Mr. Tong Sheng, so he could only mutter in a low voice: "What if... what if there are no orphans or widows, so there is no one left behind!"
"Oh, even if there are no orphans or widows, depending on human nature, some old woman, some old father, some old man who is a dragster will be abandoned on the spot!"
This time it was Li Zheng's turn to be mute. What Han Yiyun said was true. When their village decided to flee famine, the sick old woman next door was abandoned by her son.
Seeing that Li Zheng was silent, Han Yiyun thought he believed that there were bandits around.
"The top priority right now is for our two teams to join forces and deal with the bandits together. With more people and strength, we may have some chance of winning."
Hearing this, Li Zheng's black eyes lit up, and he thought a thousand times: Could it be that these two people wanted to take this opportunity to sue for peace, so that they could go down the slope.
"Huh!" Li Zheng raised his head high, his nostrils pointing to the sky.
"We need to unite! It's not impossible. Hand over your food and water, and each person will pay one or two silver capitation fees. I will keep and distribute them uniformly. You must also obey my orders!"
His eyes rolled faintly, looking at Zhan Qingyue's expression from time to time, thinking that he had her under control.
"If you don't hand over the food and money, then don't blame me for not reminding you that there is no way to join forces!"
Zhan Qingyue was furious, and she looked at Li Zheng with a sneer.
Li Zheng was furious at her sight and turned away impatiently.
"Li Zheng, you are really an ant swallowing an elephant - you have such a loud tone and you can't persuade the damn ghost. Brother Han, let's go!"
Zhan Qingyue turned around and left. She didn't want to deal with Li Zheng anymore. Whether she wanted to die or not, it had nothing to do with her.
Han Yiyun was also very angry by Li Zheng's attitude, and he couldn't bear the loss of innocent people's lives because Li Zheng didn't listen to advice!
He shouted to the side with a sad face: "Everyone, listen up, we have been targeted by bandits. If you don't want to die, be careful."
After shouting, Han Yiyun gave Li Zheng a vicious look and walked away.
Just as Han Yiyun was not far away, the villagers who had just heard the shouting suddenly came forward and hurriedly approached Li Zheng.
"Li, Li Zheng, are there really bandits? They're not coming to rob us, are they?"
"I heard that bandits kill without batting an eye. They pluck the hair of geese when they pass by, and leave the skins of animals when they leave. Even if they have nothing, they still have to be scraped off. The men work as coolies, and the women entertain them. "
The more the villagers talked, the more frightened they became, and they all shouted: "Li Zheng, let's run away!"
"Stop talking nonsense, and if you dare to confuse the public with your evil words, believe it or not, I will deal with you!"
Li Zheng clenched his fist, pretending to hit the person who just spoke.
The man was busy shrinking his neck and raising his hands to beg for mercy.
"If you have nothing to do, go back to bed."
Li Zheng growled lowly, lifted his leg and put it on the leg of the villager next to him, and drove away the villagers who came forward.
At the second watch, in the quiet little village, only the sound of a broken gong was heard.
"The bandits are coming! The bandits are coming!"
In an instant, cries and begging for mercy could be heard.
"Suffer it!"
Zhan Qingyue stood up and walked out in a hurry.
The fire in the west of the village illuminated the sky and the earth, and a burning smell could be smelled from a distance.
"Brother, take some people to protect everyone, and I'll go out and take a look."
Zhan Qingyue just took a step to leave, but was caught by Han Yiyun.
She turned around and was about to get angry, but she heard Han Yiyun say seriously: "I'll go with you."
As soon as she finished speaking, some men who often went hunting with her in the mountains also stood up.
"Let's go too!"
