"Get up quickly," Luo Feng patted Zhang Xuli, "The village chief asked you to go to the village office. There is probably something important."
Zhang Xuli reluctantly got up from the ground and rubbed his eyes, "Where is Hatton?"
"Leave." Luo Feng said.
"My grandma, you ran so fast and didn't even say hello to me. She didn't have any wine to drink today."
"Don't think about drinking. Go quickly and go to the village office. The village chief is looking for you."
"Are you going to give me another bonus?" Zhang Xuli smiled and followed Luo Feng out.
In the square in front of the Hexi Village Office, Luo Feng and Zhang Xuli parted ways and went to the training ground to start training militiamen. Zhang Xuli entered the village office.
In the village chief's office, Ran Santong asked Zhang Xuli: "I heard that you have been drinking with Hatton these days?"
"Yes." Zhang Xuli replied cheerfully.
"He is a bandit. How can you be with a bandit?" Looking at Ran Santong's face, he looked unhappy.
"Village Chief, I am doing this for Hexi Village." Zhang Xuli looked like he had been misunderstood.
"For the villages in Hexi? How do you say this?" Ran Santong asked.
Zhang Xuli said aggrievedly: "Village Chief, think about it, that guy Hatun is too powerful, and our territory is so big. When the time comes, he will lead his people to rob here and mess around there, then Luo Feng and I will It was too late to beat him, so I gave him money last time just to build a good relationship and prevent him from harassing us."
Although he didn't quite understand it, Ran Santong thought it made sense. As long as Hadun didn't come to rob, it didn't matter. "But you must also be careful not to be misunderstood by the villagers as colluding with bandits."
"Seduce your sister," Zhang Xuli cursed secretly, and said with a smile: "Hey, village chief, don't worry, everything is under control."
Ran Santong was still worried about Hatun. He thought for a moment and said, "Now that Luo Feng and you are here, I think it's better to choose a time to kill Hatun."
If you kill Hatun, then you won't have any wine to drink.
Zhang Xuli shook his head and said, "Village chief, that's not possible."
Hearing Zhang Xuli say no, Ran Santong was a little unhappy and asked: "Why not?"
Zhang Xuli said: "Village chief, Nahatun is quite far away from us. Starting from Hexi, we have to pass through the villages in Hedong. It will take a lot of time to go all the way down."
"This is not a problem." Ran Santong interrupted Zhang Xuli's words.
"Village chief, listen to me, distance is only one aspect. The key is that there are more bandits in various places now. The reason why we don't have bandits in Hexi is because our militiamen are all in Hexi. They don't dare to come. If we bring them If we walk such a long distance without people, I'm afraid other bandits will attack our Hexi village."
Ran Santong didn't speak this time, but his expression was still ugly.
Zhang Xuli continued: "What's more, if we go to fight Hatun, and Hatun goes to other places to fight us, and after looting everything, he goes to other places, then we are not at a loss."
"It's all nonsense. I think you are scared of being beaten by Hatton." Ran Santong said displeased.
"Who says I'm afraid of him? I won him in the first place."
"You win that with money."
"No matter what, I won anyway. Besides, we spent so much money to stabilize him and let him harm other people. It can also reduce the pressure around us."
Ran Santong was unhappy, but after hearing what Zhang Xuli said, he hesitated, wondering whether he should insist on beating Hatun.
"Village chief, it's bad. News came from Hedong Village. When Ran Jie led people to inspect the village, they were attacked by Baili Guang. More than a dozen militiamen were killed and Ran Jie was also injured."
Ran Jie was Ran Santong's only son. Hearing that Ran Jie was injured, Ran Santong immediately gave up his plan to attack Hatun and said to Zhang Xuli: "Baili Guang appeared in the village of Hedong again. Who is going to rescue Baili Guang from you or Luo Feng?" Shall I catch him?"
"Of course it's Luo Feng." Zhang Xuli didn't want to shoulder such a difficult task on himself, "I still need to stabilize Hatton."
Regarding the matter of capturing Bailiguang, Ran Santong also felt that Luo Feng was more reliable, "Okay, you go train the militia, replace Luo Feng, and let Luo Feng go to the village in Hedong."
"Well, training militiamen is boring..." Zhang Xuli reluctantly left Ran Santong's office.
In Hedong Village, Ran Jie was lying on the bed.
Luo Feng walked into Ran Jie's room, saw Ran Jie's injury, and said, "You are seriously injured this time. Have a good rest. I will handle Bailiguang's matter."
"Okay." Ran Jie nodded.
Luo Feng asked: "Where did Baili Guang appear this time?"
Mentioning Bailiguang, Ran Jie was still frightened. Every time Bailiguang killed him, he felt uncomfortable. "In the north of the village, not far from the suburbs, I just finished my inspection and was about to go back, and he came out of a house and killed me. , two militiamen were killed by him in an instant. We resisted with all our strength, and we barely managed to hold on until other militiamen arrived. When Bailiguang saw that there were many of us, he ran away."
"In which direction did you run?" Luo Feng continued to ask.
"To the north, in the direction of Wangshan Mountain." Ran Jie continued.
Forgetting Mountain, that is Hatton's territory. In that area, there are dense woods, steep mountains, and the legendary Forgotten Cave. Most of it is an uninhabited land. It is too difficult to catch Baili Guang. Big.
Seeing that Luo Feng was silent, Ran Jie knew that Baili Guang could not be caught at once, so he said specifically: "Captain Luo, Baili Guang has robbed and attacked us several times. You are the commander of our Hexi village militia battalion. If you can't Capturing Bailiguang will probably affect the image of the battalion commander, and others will have other ideas if we tell him."
Luo Feng knew what Ran Jie was thinking about and stared straight at Ran Jie.
Ran Jie didn't care what Luo Feng thought, and continued: "So I think you should catch Baili Guang within ten days, otherwise you will not be a match for the battalion commander."
Luo Feng heard the implication of Ran Jie's words. These ten days were probably too short, but as long as Baili Guang didn't appear, even a thousand days would be useless.
Luo Feng nodded slightly, said "Yeah", and then said: "Okay, ten days, ten days. Within ten days, I will definitely catch Baili Guang."
Luo Feng said he was confident, but he was really unsure. After leaving Ran Jie's room, he directly took a squadron and headed north.
Exiting the suburbs to the north, you can reach the Cave of Forgotten by walking along the avenue. Forgetting Mountain is not far from the Cave of Forgotten. Luo Feng had been traveling for nearly a day. He was sleepy, hungry and very uncomfortable. "Everyone, stop and take a rest." Luo Feng shouted.
Under Luo Feng's instructions, the team walked to a shady place on the side of the road, sat down in twos and threes, and talked about trivial matters.
Taking advantage of the break, the squadron leader walked up to Luo Feng and said, "Battalion Commander, the place is so big, how is it possible to capture Baili Guang?"
Luo Feng was also confused in his heart. As long as Baili Guang hides in one place and doesn't come out, or runs to other places, how can he find it? "Do you have any good ideas?"
"No." The squadron leader shook his head.
