"What? If you don't hurry up and get out, do you want to follow us back to the village?" Chen Xunping glared at Butler Xu.
Butler Xu's face turned blue and white, and he said, "You will regret it if you dare to rob the Xu family's goods."
"I don't know if we will regret it in the future. If you don't leave, you will definitely regret it." Chen Xunping took out his sword from the scabbard.
Holding a knife in one hand, Chen Xunping walked towards Butler Xu step by step.
At this time, a servant of the Xu family grabbed Butler Xu and said eagerly: "Butler, let's go quickly. If we piss off these bandits, we really won't be able to leave."
Butler Xu was speechless, and the servant next to him had no choice but to force him to go with the other servants. He did not resist and allowed the servant to drag him away.
The spearmen on the side did not stop him, leaving a path for the Xu family to leave.
Chen Xunping patted the shaft of the cart with his hand and said, "Here are some people who know how to drive the carts and send all the carts and their goods up the mountain."
Several bandits came over from the spearmen team. Each man picked up a cart and walked over. They skillfully drove the animals and pulled the cart on the road.
Large carts belonging to the Xu family, along with the goods on the carts, were sent to Hutou Village Mountain.
Back at the mountain village, Zhao Yutu and Chen Xunping told the story of what happened at the foot of the mountain.
Li Shuheng said: "We have robbed so much of the Xu family's goods. With the Xu family's status in Lingqiu, we will definitely not give up. We must make plans early."
"Afraid of him, the Xu family dares to send people to Hutou Village. I will deal with as many as they come." Chen Xunping said in a bright voice, "As for the thugs raised by the Xu family, all of them are unworthy of publicity. When they see us The people were so frightened that they peed on the spot and huddled behind the carriage like quails."
Zhao Yutu, who was sitting at the bottom, said: "I took a look at the Xu family's goods this time. Most of them were iron items, worth five or six thousand taels. The Xu family will not let it go easily after suffering such a big loss, so Captain Li is right, We should have planned it long ago."
Liu Heng nodded and said: "Hutou Village was originally the territory of the Xu family, and now it is occupied by us. Such a position guarding the main road of Dongshan, the Xu family cannot give up easily, but I didn't expect that the Xu family would react too slowly. I thought that the Xu family would take action after we occupied Hutou Village for half a month. Now it seems that the bandits who escaped from Hutou Village did not send a message to the Xu family, giving us two more months to develop. , but what is supposed to come will always come...Yang Yuan!"
"arrive!"
"Disperse the intelligence team and do your best to find out about the Xu family. Keep a close eye on Dongshan. The thugs raised by the Xu family must be in Dongshan or in the village outside the city."
"Yes, I will make arrangements right now." Yang Yuan responded and left the main hall of the mountain temple.
Liu Heng looked at Chen Xunping and said: "We rely on these brothers in the mountain village. From today on, we will strengthen the security on the mountain and send people to patrol at the foot of the mountain, especially on the two mountain roads of the front mountain and the back mountain. Second brother, this matter I’ll leave it to you.”
"I'll make arrangements right away." Chen Xunping stood up, turned and left.
Liu Heng turned his eyes to Li Shuheng and Zhao Yutu and said, "Brother Shu Heng, you two separated some of the food in the village. There are some natural caves in the back mountain and transported it all there."
Li Shuheng frowned and said, "You are worried..."
"Just in case." Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "What I'm worried about is Lingqiu's defense. With the ability of the Xu family, Lingqiu's defense can send troops. If the stronghold cannot be defended, we can retreat to the back mountain. The food hidden in the back mountains can survive this winter."
Li Shuheng said: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhao and I will do this. We bought a lot of food. Even if only half of it is left, it will be enough to survive this winter."
Finally, Chen Xunping and Zhao Yutu also left, leaving Liu Heng alone, who slowly leaned back on the chair.
A violent storm will come to Hutou Village. After surviving it, he and the bandit camp will be able to truly establish a foothold in Lingqiu and become a force recognized by all parties in Lingqiu.
………………
Butler Xu returned to Xu's house in embarrassment and was taken to the study in the north room by his servants.
Xu Youcai stood behind the desk practicing calligraphy. Butler Xu lowered his head and stood obediently opposite the desk.
"How are things going?" Xu Youcai asked without raising his head.
"Sir, no, it didn't work out. Hutou Village couldn't be taken." When he spoke, Butler Xu didn't dare to raise his head.
Xu Youcai lowered his head to practice calligraphy, frowned slightly, and said, "Didn't you bring someone over from Dongshan?"
"My misfortune was at the hands of those people from Dongshan." Butler Xu's face showed grievance when he mentioned the people brought by Dongshan.
"What's wrong? Those people don't listen to your instructions?" Xu Youcai stopped writing and raised his head.
Butler Xu said bitterly: "Those people we raised in Dongshan saw that the bandits in Hutou Village ran faster than rabbits. Our Xu family's goods were left in the hands of these people, and they all ran away without even being beaten." ”
The gang of thugs from Dongshan became scapegoats in his mouth.
"Are you saying that the goods this time are also lost?"
"Yes, yes." Butler Xu lowered his head and said, "Master, I have to blame those guys in Dongshan for this. They ate our Xu family's food and drank our Xu family's food. They all ran away when they tried their best. If they hadn't brought them from home, Those servants who passed by, even...even me, sir, you can't see anymore."
"Trash." Xu Youcai grabbed the brush in his hand and threw it at Butler Xu.
Butler Xu didn't dare to hide, and let the brush hit his face. The ink stains on the tip of the brush stained his forehead, and a few drops of ink fell down the bridge of his nose.
Stab... Xu Youcai grabbed the words he had just written on the table, tore it in half, crumpled it into a paper ball, and threw it at Butler Xu who was opposite the table in anger.
Butler Xu said aggrievedly: "More than two hundred bandits came from the mountain at once and surrounded the convoy. They also had bows, arrows and firecrackers. Many of them were wearing mail armor. Those people from Dongshan all ran away again, leaving only The servant really has nothing to do."
"Then just give the goods to the bandits." Xu Youcai said angrily, "Do you know who wants those goods?"
"Zhangjiakou Fan Family."
"You still know it's the Fan family." Xu Youcaiqi hummed, "Do you know how much money we lost this time?"
Butler Xu lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
Crash... Xu Youcai swept his arm across the table, and the pen, washer, inkstone, and paperweight were all scratched to the ground and fell to pieces. Black ink spilled all over the floor, making a mess.
Seeing this, Butler Xu shrank his neck and dared not to speak.
After venting his anger, Xu Youcai sat on the Grand Master's chair panting, and then Butler Xu asked his servants to come in and take care of things.
Xu Youcai picked up the bowl and took a sip, then immediately spat it out and shouted: "Bah, bah, it's cold, get a new one."
The tureen was thrown onto the table, tilted on the table, the lid fell aside, and the tea inside flowed onto the table.
The Xu family manager hurriedly straightened the bowl, put the lid on the bowl, turned around and handed it to the servant on the side, and said: "Change the bowl with something hot."
The servant took the bowl, bowed and exited the study.
After a while, the servant brought back a new cup of tea.
Butler Xu took the tureen from the servant's hand and put it down carefully.
"Sir, please have some tea."
Xu Youcai did not touch the tureen at hand. He pondered for a moment and said, "Go and call all the ironworks owners in Dongshan to the banquet building and tell them that I will entertain them there."
