A Niu explained his origin completely. Qiao Huaigui also made new arrangements for what to do next. However, this Chonghua Collection will have to go again, but this time I am afraid it will inevitably lead to a bloody storm.
The sun rises and the moon sets, and the stars move. The young man A Niu has already left Shenjiazhuang and headed for Chonghuaji.
He once promised the tavern owner that his horse would be returned to him on the twentieth day of the first lunar month.
The spring is cold and the earth has not yet thawed. Some days, there will be snowflakes floating in the sky and the earth will be pale.
The young man was riding a horse, wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, walking on the official road. Only this time, there was a knife on his waist, a pitch-black knife that hung inconspicuously on his waist.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival.
Bursts of joy and laughter came from the villages on both sides of the official road.
As night fell, the dry food and water the young man had brought with him had been exhausted.
He looked around and felt hungry again, so he turned his horse's head and walked towards the village beside the official road.
The village is not big, located at the foot of a large mountain. The official road just now was also the only way from this mountain to the outside world.
The mountain has no name, and the local villagers do not know its origin.
A Niu rode a horse and looked at the mountains under the night sky. The peaks were steep and towering into the clouds. In the night sky, one could not see the end of the mountain at a glance.
A Niu walked to the door of a farmer's house, got off his horse, and knocked on the door.
The person who opened the door was a strong man in his thirties. When he saw A Niu, who was leading a horse and was covered in dust, he subconsciously asked: "Where did this young man come from?"
A Niu replied: "Come from the same place."
"Where to go?" the man asked again.
"Where to go."
The two of them asked and answered questions without knowing what they were talking about. After a while, an old man walked out with a hunched body and a cane.
Take a step and cough, take a step and cough. Those shaky steps looked like they were about to fall down at any moment.
Fengzhu is dying and dying.
The old man's trembling voice came and asked: "Son, who is he?"
The man turned around and replied, "Dad, he is a young traveler."
"Then let him come in to have a rest and have something to eat." The old man continued.
After hearing this, the man replied "Hello" and invited A Niu in.
A Niu was not polite and followed the man through the door. Only then did he see a family of six eating a reunion dinner for the Lantern Festival.
"Child, sit down and eat. Xiurong, go and get some bowls and chopsticks."
An old woman in the house said when she saw the three people walking in.
The old woman looks to be in better health than the old man. She is not as dying as the old man, and her persistence in life can be seen in her eyes.
During the meal, A Niu learned that this village is called Xiejia Village, and the young man's name is Xie Yun, who is the hunter in this village.
According to Xie Yun's introduction, a hero once lived in seclusion here with his wife and children. Because of his strong martial arts skills, he was able to resist the surrounding gangsters. Gradually, people in the surrounding villages built houses around him and lived there.
As time passed, more people lived there, and a village like this was formed.
But heroes will also die one day. Now, Xiejia Village has no protection from heroes and is often harassed by surrounding bandits.
The imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress many times, but due to the collusion between officials and bandits, there was no success.
On the way here, A Niu had seen troops withdrawing from this mountain. He originally thought it was just a normal garrison change, but now it seems that it may not be that simple.
And tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
After eating the reunion dinner during the Shangyuan Festival, Aniu slept in a side room under Xie Yun's arrangement.
The night was already deep, and Aniu, who always slept well, actually had insomnia tonight. Over the years, he has never felt the feeling of family reunion, and what Xie Yun's family brought him today was what he had always longed for but could not get.
He was lying on the bed alone, staring at the roof blankly, but his thoughts were in a mess. There is a silent night sky outside the house, and inside the house there is a young man with messy thoughts.
The cold wind is howling and the night wind is biting.
The dark night sky looked very deserted under the bright moonlight.
The silence of the night is terrifying.
And in the dark night sky, a soft sound of horse hooves came quietly, approaching this quiet mountain village from far away.
Aniu, a sleepless young man, suddenly heard the faint sound of horse hooves and sat up in excitement. He suddenly thought of what Xie Yun told him during dinner that the surrounding villages were often attacked by horse bandits, and a bad thought slowly arose in his mind.
Because today is the Lantern Festival, a day for family reunions, and a day for blessings from heaven.
"I hope it's not those damn horse bandits who came." A Niu said softly, jumped out of the room, came to the entrance of the village, found a dark corner, and hid quietly.
The sound of horse hooves is getting closer and louder, and at the same time, there are waves of evil wind that are full of evil spirits. The cold wind blew towards his face, even colder than the biting cold wind in the twelfth lunar month of winter. Feeling the biting wind, A Niu's face gradually darkened in the darkness.
He quickly and carefully walked in the direction of the horse bandits. Looking at the village getting further and further away, Ah-Dai made a decision in his heart, which was to intercept and kill this group of horse bandits outside the village.
"Brother, today is the Lantern Festival, we will definitely have a good harvest." Among the horse bandits, a scarred man said with a ferocious face.
"Third brother, keep your voice down, don't wake up the beauty in my sleep." The horse bandit walking at the front had a lustful look on his face, drooling from the corner of his mouth, but his face revealed darkness.
The scarred face hurriedly nodded and bowed to Lai Lai with a smile and said: "Yes, yes, yes, don't disturb big brother's dream of beauties, especially the little lady of the Xie family, with her appearance and figure, tsk tsk tsk..."
When the second child heard what Scarface said, he reached out and slapped Scarface on the head and said, "How dare you worry about the boss's woman."
When Scarface heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he hurriedly said in a low voice to the boss: "I'm sorry, boss, it's all my fault, I deserve to die." As Scarface said, he stretched out his palm and slapped his face.
The boss stopped the third child and said with a smile: "Today, the beauties in Xiejia Village belong to all of us. If you like them, you can bring them back to the village."
After the boss finished speaking, there were bursts of cheers from behind, mixed with the words of swearing to follow the boss to the death, which made the horse bandit boss feel very comfortable. So much so that he recalled that he was very satisfied with his current life when he worked so hard in the court and could not get any benefits.
A Niu, who was hiding in the dark, heard their lewd words and was filled with anger. He slowly stood up and walked out of the darkness, standing alone in the middle of the official road. He stood there with an inconspicuous knife on his back, waiting for the horse bandits to arrive.
Lululululu...
The sound of horses stopping suddenly came. Just as the front horse's hoof was about to trample on A Niu's head, A Niu slowly drew his sword. In an instant, a flash of sword light flashed, and the horse that was about to fall was split into two halves by the sword, and the big boss riding on the horse also turned into two halves under the sword and scattered to one side.
Blood splashed in the dark night, and the air was filled with the thick smell of blood.
The second master and the third master, Scarface, who followed closely behind, grabbed the horses. Under the light of the torch, they looked at the twitching body of the eldest master. His face turned cold and he said loudly: "Brothers, kill him and give him to the master." Take revenge."
Suddenly, a group of horse bandits surrounding him attacked A Niu with swords and weapons.
