Chen Xunping and Chen Daqing came to the house.
Several people sat around the Kang table and looked at the distribution pattern of Xujiazhuangzi on the Kang table.
"Open the gate and deal with the concierge first. Your people, Ma Tou, will do this." Liu Heng looked at Ma Yunjiu.
Ma Yunjiu nodded and said, "No problem."
Liu Heng continued: "Zhuangzi has two doors, front and back. Second brother, you send two teams over to block the back door. When the front door opens, leave one team to guard the front door, and then send a small team. Take control of the courtyard where Zhuang Ding's guard lives, and the remaining people search Zhuangzi, and take all the people in Zhuangzi to the north courtyard for custody."
"Okay, I will hand over the tasks to the team leaders when we get back." Chen Xunping nodded.
"Remember." Liu Heng said, "Our priority is to capture Zhuangzi. If not necessary, we will kill as few people as possible. If there are resisters, we will show no mercy. Killing one or two will also be a deterrent to others."
Several people nodded at the same time.
Liu Heng looked at Chen Daqing again and said: "The people from the intelligence team do not enter Zhuangzi and are scattered outside. If the villagers around Zhuangzi behave abnormally, you must find a way to warn the people around you and prevent them from approaching Zhuangzi. Go to Zhuangzi to rescue them." people."
"Understood." Chen Daqing nodded.
Liu Heng glanced back outside the house and found that the sky had darkened, so he said: "It's almost time. Let's gather the people first. Let's get ready to set off."
Chen Xunping and Chen Daqing were the first to leave the house.
Liu Heng picked up the big tea vat and said to Ma Yunjiu: "Let's use tea instead of wine. I wish us immediate success this time."
"Immediate success." Ma Yunjiu picked up the big teapot, touched it with Liu Heng, and drank the tea in the teapot.
A squadron brought by Chen Xunping, all infantry, left Zhaojiayu first and escorted two villagers to Zhuangzi of the Xu family.
The road from Zhaojiayu to Xujia Zhuangzi was not far, and there was still about a mile away from Zhuangzi. Chen Xunping ordered the team to stop.
It was not completely dark yet, so the people living around Zhuangzi returned home early. It was freezing cold and there was no farm work, so they stayed at home to rest after dinner.
Most farmers finish their meals before dark, and are usually reluctant to light lamps and boil oil. The only place with bright light is at Xujiazhuangzi.
There are two large lanterns hanging outside the door, one on the left and one on the right, which can be seen from a long distance away.
The people in Zhuangzi and the nearby people had no idea that a group of bandits had arrived a mile away.
When it got completely dark, a team of horses broke the tranquility of the night and appeared outside the gate of Xujiazhuangzi.
"Open the door." Ma Yunjiu shouted loudly on horseback.
"Who is it? You are yelling. Don't you know this is the Zhuangzi of the Xu family?" The dissatisfied voice of the gatekeeper came from the Zhuangzi.
Following this, the village gate was opened.
The concierge saw many tall horses parked outside the door. When the cold wind blew, his whole body shivered and he immediately put on a smile.
As Zhuangzi's concierge, he knew very well who he could offend and who he couldn't offend. The group of horse bandits in front of him were the ones he couldn't afford to offend.
"It turns out that Chief Ma is back. The butler has said it several times. It's cold. Chief Ma, please come in." The concierge smiled apologetically, opened the door completely, and invited Ma Yunjiu and the others in.
There are no steps at the Zhuangzi Gate, and carriages usually come in and out. As long as the gate is opened, horses can easily enter and exit.
Seeing the village gate open, Ma Yunjiu knocked on the horse's belly and rode in through the gate.
Then, the people behind him rode into Zhuangzi one after another.
The concierge stood at the side of the hotel gate with a smile.
When there were still five horses and riders on the horses outside the village gate and they had not entered the village, he frowned and said to himself: "That's not right. There were clearly more than twenty horses when I left. Why did I come back with thirty?" There are too many horses. Are you robbing someone else's horse? That's not right, there are too many people."
The last horse and rider on horseback passed the village gate. The porter couldn't help but stepped forward and asked: "Good man, where are Ma San and Wang Jia who went out with you?"
Ma San and Wang Jia are the villagers in Zhuangzi, and they accompanied Ma Yunjiu and the others to leave Zhuangzi.
The rider tightened the reins and said with a smile: "You said there are two of them, behind."
"Back there?" The concierge stretched his neck to look outside the village gate and said, "There's no one behind there!"
At this time, the rider drew his knife, slashed at the porter, and chopped off the porter's head from the back of the neck.
Blood spurted out all of a sudden.
The rider did not wipe the blood on the knife, jumped off the horse, and carried the body into the gatehouse next to it with another rider.
After doing all this, he came to the village gate and blew a whistle.
Not far away, a figure began to move in the shadow, and soon they arrived in front of Zhuangzi's door.
The big man at the head said: "The third team will leave one team to guard the gate, the other two teams will go around the back door, and the remaining people will follow me into Zhuangzi."
After everyone entered Zhuangzi, the door was closed again by the people inside.
There are dogs in Zhuangzi, and the movement of so many people entering Zhuangzi caused the barking of dogs, which soon merged with the barking of dogs in the village.
Butler Xu was eating when he heard the barking of dogs outside and looked dissatisfied. He said, "Go out and take a look to see what's going on?"
A servant next to him withdrew from the room. As soon as he reached the courtyard gate, he saw Ma Yunjiu and his men walking towards him.
"Ma, leader Ma." The servant was startled when he saw Ma Yunjiu's cold face, and his words became stuttering.
"Is the butler in there?" Ma Yunjiu pointed to the yard where the servant came out.
The servant nodded and said, "The butler is eating inside."
After listening, Ma Yunjiu took a step and walked inside.
The servant wanted to follow him, but as soon as he moved, his eyes went dark and he fell unconscious.
A person on the side said: "Drag him to the north courtyard."
Two big men came over. One raised his head and the other lifted his legs and left.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Ma Yunjiu saw light in the side hall at the back of the courtyard, and figures moving.
Ma Yunjiu turned around and glanced at the person following behind him. When he saw the other person nodded, he walked towards the side hall where a figure was shaking.
The door to the side hall was pushed open. Butler Xu, who was eating, thought it was the servant who had gone out just now and came back. He asked without raising his head, "What's going on outside?"
Without waiting for an answer, Butler Xu raised his head.
Seeing Ma Yunjiu bring people to the side hall, he frowned slightly, feeling dissatisfied that Ma Yunjiu brought people directly in.
"It turns out that Chief Ma is back, please take a seat." Butler Xu put on a smile, warmly invited Ma Yunjiu to take a seat, and then said, "How did things go? Is it done?"
While speaking, Butler Xu did not stand up.
Ma Yunjiu didn't speak, but someone behind him came out and said, "Butler Xu ate well, with five plates and three bowls, and there were servants waiting on the side. This is how your master should be treated!" "
Seeing someone speaking over Ma Yunjiu, Butler Xu looked over, frowned, and said, "Who are you?"
As the chief butler of the Xu family, he would have an impression on anyone who had met him once. He was sure that he had never seen the person in front of him before, and he was not a horse bandit brought by Ma Yunjiu.
