Seeing the officials wearing county government uniforms, the old village chief calmed down, but still did not let down his guard: "Who are you and what are you doing here?"
Wu Da took two steps forward and said, "Old man, we are escorting officers passing through here on the Langshan Ancient Road. We would like to stay here for one night. Can it be convenient?"
"It's like this. Due to the temporary rerouting, our team was unable to pass the place where supplies were replenished. Everyone has been hungry all day. If you folks have any extra rice, we can spend money to buy some from you."
It would take two or three days to walk from here to Linfeng County. Walking such a long distance in one day would definitely be too much for your body, and it would be impossible to survive without food.
When the old village chief heard this, his expression changed: "No, you'd better leave quickly, we don't accept outsiders here!"
"We can give money."
"It won't work even if you give me money. We don't have rice and we won't sell it!"
"Yes, I won't sell it. Get out of here quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude!"
In a short time, more than a hundred villagers gathered behind the old village chief and the old woodcutter, with evil eyes and a huge momentum.
"While it's still early, let's go to the next village and ask again." Seeing that the villagers were very resistant, Mrs. Lu couldn't bear to embarrass them.
There are many things on the cart, which can be used by my family for several days, and I can even give a bite to the officials. As for other people, I can’t care so much, let them dig up tree roots and eat them!
Wu Da had no choice but to do this.
"Unruly people come out of poor places. What kind of people are they? You just want to buy some rice, but you don't want to kill them!"
"That is, if we had not been exiled, we would not have stayed in such a remote place! It seems that no one cares about it."
The Lu family members were cursing, but they immediately shut up when they saw Song Mingyuan's sideways glance.
They turned around and were about to leave.
The old village chief suddenly said: "Wait!"
The procession stopped.
The old village chief leaned on a cane, took two shaky steps forward, and stared at the twenty people who were incompatible with the exile team.
When he saw their faces clearly, he took a few steps back: "Hei... from Black Tiger Village, you caught the bandits from Black Tiger Village?!"
"It's true, Master! He's really a bandit from Black Tiger Village!"
The villagers were excited, and they all stretched their necks to look outside. When they saw the familiar faces, their spirits suddenly lifted.
"These are really sons of bitches!"
"Damn it, they were caught, hahaha! I didn't expect these beasts to end up like this!"
The villagers were more and more excited.
"Benefactor, please come in quickly! We have been offended a lot just now. Forgive us for being blind-sighted. Please don't argue with ordinary people like us."
"Come on, big man, invite our benefactor in, and serve him good wine and good food!"
The old village chief led the way with a bright red face, and the villagers dropped their weapons one after another, changing their tit-for-tat attitude just now, and became extremely enthusiastic.
Some people had already spontaneously led the cart and walked towards the village with the Lu family. Some people even ran home nearby and set off a bunch of old firecrackers at the intersection to greet them.
Even Wu Da was held by the villagers and greeted cordially, where he came from, where he was going, and who were escorting him.
Wu Dake didn't dare to take the credit. When these bandits were captured, they, the official officials, had basically no contribution. At most, they could only tie their hands and feet and count the loot.
Then he said: "The folks have misunderstood. These bandits were captured by the young general and the young lady who were sitting on the cart in front. The head of the bandit leader in Heifeng Village was chopped off by the young lady. If you go two miles ahead, there will be Look in the forest, maybe you can see his head."
It was okay if he didn't say it. Once he did, the cart where Song Mingyuan was sitting was almost overwhelmed by the enthusiasm of the villagers.
"Young Madam, you are the benefactor of our Majia Village. The head of Black Tiger Village is doing many evil things. He often brings people to rob our homes and rob us of our food. He even came here a few days ago. Apart from him, you will remove all the people from Majia Village. Damn it, now the folks can finally live a good year in peace!"
"Young Madam, you are so powerful. Several villages near us have suffered greatly from the Black Wind Village. Many girls from good families have been kidnapped in the mountains. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid more people would be killed in the future."
"Young Madam, I would like to thank you on behalf of our brother-in-law who was killed by the bandits!"
"Young Madam..."
This was the first time that Song Mingyuan was surrounded by so many people enthusiastically expressing their gratitude. She couldn't help but feel a little confused. Comparatively speaking, she was still used to people chasing her.
She blinked and asked for help from a distance: "Grandma."
Hurry up! I can't stand it!
Lu Peifeng glanced at the distance between himself and Song Mingyuan, then at the distance between Mrs. Lu and Song Mingyuan, and pursed his lips in a depressed manner.
Why not call him? He was the closest to her and could be reached by shouting. He would definitely agree quickly.
Could it be that he was usually too reticent, which made A Yuan feel unreliable?
Mrs. Lu was smiling brightly, and the wrinkles on her face had smoothed out. She was so happy to be wanted by Yuan Yuan.
"Fellas, please calm down. I can understand your excitement. Everyone can kill such a vicious bandit. We, Yuanyuan Xia, are so kind-hearted that naturally we cannot let him escape and cause trouble to everyone. It's just that this kid is not good at words. You are so enthusiastic, I’m afraid you will scare her.”
Although Yuan Yuan did not kill the bandit leader out of the desire to eliminate harm for the people, a gentleman has no intention of showing any signs of harm, and these villagers are also the beneficiaries.
Mrs. Lu would certainly not miss this opportunity to build a good image for her children and accumulate merit.
After hearing this, the enthusiastic villagers took the opportunity to praise Song Mingyuan again, praising Song Mingyuan as the only one in the sky and no one on the earth.
Knowing that the Lu family was exiled, they just missed scolding the Dog Emperor.
After entering the village, every household brought out almost all their best things to entertain Song Mingyuan and his party.
Even the official officials were received with the highest courtesy by the villagers. The Lu family did not receive this kind of treatment. After knowing that they were not dealing with their benefactor, they were all imprisoned in the pig pen.
The old village chief had the only pig left in the village dragged out and slaughtered. The whole village was as festive and lively as if it was celebrating the New Year.
Song Mingyuan asked Wu Da to deliver all the captured bandits to the villagers, and finally said: "Whatever grudges you have will be resolved on the spot. Those who were killed will be buried, and those who were not killed will be taken to the government and sold for money." .”
A person with a chivalrous heart would not be able to say such cruel words, such as beating someone to death on the spot or selling someone directly for money, so cruel.
But it made the villagers even more excited and excited, and their respect for Song Mingyuan reached its peak in an instant.
They never thought that they, who had been oppressed by bandits for three years, would one day take revenge personally!
