When the villagers placed the bandit's body in front of the village chief, the village chief frowned tightly.
The villagers used torches to check the corpses of the bandits and found that the bandits had all been shot by crossbow bolts.
After seeing the crossbow arrow, Lao Zhoutou immediately nodded and said, "It's true, these bandits must have been shot by our benefactor."
The rescued villagers all agreed after seeing it.
"Why is my benefactor missing?"
Before they could think about it, other villagers came over to report the news.
"The bandits ran away, but they didn't take away the things they robbed us!"
The villagers cheered when they learned that the money and food had not been stolen by the bandits.
The village chief immediately took the villagers to collect the money and food that had been robbed.
Upon seeing this, Huang Shan didn't stay much, and quietly returned to the place where the Lian Nu was hidden. While the villagers were collecting the money and food that had been robbed, he rushed back home and hid the Lian Nu.
Huang Shan, who had hidden his crossbow, let out a sigh of relief.
Then he was planning to go to the back mountain to look for his own Ruyan.
However, as soon as Huang Shan went out, he saw the village chief bringing Lao Zhoutou over.
"Zishan, when you came over from the blast furnace, did you see anyone?"
"Think carefully!"
Huang Shan pretended to recall thoughtfully, then shook his head.
"Village Chief, I really didn't see anyone."
"Besides, if someone really helped us secretly, I'm afraid he wouldn't dare to show up."
When the village chief heard this, he nodded in agreement with Huang Shan's statement.
"What Zishan said is true. Those bandits were all shot by crossbow bolts."
"Daqian Dynasty prohibited civilians from possessing bows, crossbows and other weapons."
"It's normal for my benefactor not to show up."
"Let's not talk about this for now. You can go to the back mountain to call everyone back."
Huang Shan was planning to go to the back mountain, so he naturally agreed happily after hearing this.
Also accompanying him was Lao Zhoutou, who went back to report the good news to the villagers.
Lao Zhoutou still had worries in his eyes at this moment, and kept asking Huang Shan if he saw anyone leaving.
Huang Shan shook his head and said he didn't know. Anyway, the village was already quiet when he came over from the blast furnace.
Lao Zhoutou sighed with some disappointment.
"My benefactor saved us, but he was afraid that we would report him, so he didn't dare to go to the road."
"Why are you saying this world is so fucked up!"
Huang Shan smiled and shrugged.
Isn’t this world so fucked up?
After repelling the bandits and saving the villagers, he still had to act stupid and pretend not to know anything.
Now I somewhat understand the poems in Li Bai's "Xia Ke Xing".
“Kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace in a thousand miles.”
"When it's over, brush off your clothes and hide your merit and fame."
Even if you, a knight, kill a heinous villain.
It also violated the laws of the imperial court.
As long as you kill someone, no matter whether it is good or bad, it is against the law.
It is also against the law to use a crossbow to fight off bandits.
If you don't "take off your clothes and hide your merit and fame deeply."
Then what awaits you is the punishment from the court.
...
The old, weak, women and children hiding in the back hill also became excited after learning the news that the bandits had been driven away.
Lao Zhoutou took advantage of his joy and told everyone that the bandits had not taken away anything they had stolen when they were driven away.
Many villagers cheered when they learned that their belongings had not been taken away.
When Huang Shan saw the bright smiles of the villagers, he felt a little more happy and relieved.
If you want to hide your merit and fame, then hide it.
This simple feeling is enough.
Then Huangshan also chuckled and went to find his own Ruyan.
Soon he got a response from Liu Ruyan in the woods.
Looking for the sound of smoke from his house, Huangshan soon saw a real little potato emerging from the haystack, covered in soil.
Huang Shan reached out and wiped the dirt off Liu Ruyan's face, then smiled and patted the dirt on her clothes.
"You are really obedient. I heard from some sisters-in-law that they didn't even call you out when they called you."
"I'm not my husband, please tell me not to answer to anyone but you!"
Then the two looked at each other and smiled, and Huang Shan took Liu Ruyan's hand and walked toward the crowd.
The villagers packed up the things they had brought out.
Soon, he walked towards the village again, carrying his hands and shoulders.
The villagers who survived the robbery were humming a tune, thankful that the bandits did not take away their money and food.
After several villagers breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, they couldn't help but want to release the water.
So a few people came to the ridge road together and opened the gate to release water while chatting about the unsung hero everyone said.
At this moment, a sharp-eyed villager discovered the body of the big dog not far away.
"Look, what is that!?"
Hearing the shouts of the villagers, Huang Shan became alert instantly, and everyone picked up their hoes and sickles.
Soon, villagers came running over to explain the situation to everyone.
"No, the big dog is dead!"
After learning that the big dog died, everyone was still somewhat sad.
After all, a living person dies, even if the big dog was an out-and-out bastard during his lifetime.
After Huang Shan learned the news of the big dog's death, he instantly became more vigilant!
If the big dog died in the village, it was probably killed by bandits.
But now the big dog is dead beside the field road from the village to the back mountain. It is difficult to say that this is the work of bandits.
Just when Huang Shan was thinking, he found that Liu Ruyan was nervous, looking like he was hesitating to speak.
"Ruyan, do you know the inside story?"
Liu Ruyan nodded and was about to tell her husband about Huang Pizi's interception when she saw her husband shaking his head at her.
Huang Shan then whispered to Liu Ruyan that if anything happened, he would talk about it when he got home.
The villagers hastily carried away the big dog's body.
Huang Shan stepped forward and took the opportunity to observe.
After seeing about a dozen wounds around the big dog's heart, Huang Shan's expression became even darker.
He was certain that this was not the work of bandits.
The purpose of the bandits to hurt people is very clear - money and goods!
They usually only chop once to grab something, and then rarely kill in retaliation.
Big Dog's body covered with knife wounds was obviously a vendetta.
The people Big Dog knows are either gentlemen who smoke five stone powders, or they are small gangsters.
If these people want to kill a big dog, they will never go to the village to kill it.
They are not stupid. If they go to the village to kill people, they are not familiar with the terrain and are afraid of being discovered by the villagers.
It's still unclear who will kill whom by then.
It would be better to ambush the big dog on his way to the town. It would not be very convenient to kill someone, bury the body or dump the body.
Thinking of this, a name came to Huang Shan's mind.
Yellow skin!
Huang Shan's eyes widened suddenly. Could it be that Huang Pizi took advantage of the bandits' robbery and quietly killed the big dog?
Then his next target...
Huang Shan took a deep breath.
After returning home, Huang Shandang took out his repeating crossbow to check the situation, and at the same time asked Liu Ruyan what he wanted to say just now.
Liu Ruyan saw Huang Shan checking the repeating crossbow, so he said solemnly: "Husband, have you already guessed it?"
"When the bandits came into the village to plunder, you asked me to run to the back mountain. I met Huang Pizi on the road."
"I think the big dog might have been killed by Huang Pizi."
