After picking up the daughter of the lucky star, the whole village prospered

Ying Bao took Mrs. Wen's carriage into the bamboo forest and stopped beside her mule cart.

Chunniang was a little surprised to see her daughter come back riding a deer, but when she saw Mrs. Wen's family, she swallowed the reprimand.

"Mr. Wen, what's going on in the village?" Chunniang asked.

Mrs. Wen: "Everyone has gone to Beishan with food and soft food. We can't get on the carriage, so we have to come and join you."

"What are you talking about?" Chun Niang said, "We're just taking refuge together. Huh? There's another gentleman? Why didn't their family come here?"

Mrs. Wen sighed: "They have to drive to the county seat, saying that the county seat is safer than here. Alas, I can't stop it no matter what. "

I'm afraid that the road to the county has been blocked by bandits, and it will be even more troublesome to meet them head-on.

The two chatted for a while, and Chun Niang wanted to build a bamboo shed for them, and Mrs. Wen said that it would be fine in the carriage, without trouble.

Another half an hour later, Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang ran over.

"Rogue bandits have already appeared at the foot of the mountain. They seem to have burned down the houses in the village. They must come here soon."

The south slope is only three or four miles away from the village. Those people took over the village, and they would rush up the south slope if they didn't keep it clean.

"Where's Sanlang? Haven't you come back yet?" Jiang Liushi asked.

Jiang Erlang: "Why don't I go and have a look again." Saying that, he hurried out with his bow and arrow basket on his back.Jiang Dalang followed closely behind.

Chunniang was in a hurry, and wanted to go out to have a look, but was stopped by Jiang Liushi: "You woman, don't make trouble, those are all desperadoes, and women can't catch their eyes."

Aunt Jiang also said: "Chun Niang, you'd better stay well, why don't we go to the depths of the bamboo forest to explore the way, in case bandits enter here, we also have a direction to escape."

"That's good." Chunniang nodded, took a sickle and walked out of the bamboo shed.

"I'll go too." Old Jiang also took a machete into the bamboo forest, and Mrs. Wen's servant followed after seeing this.

So, the three sisters-in-law walked in one direction, old man Jiang and Wen's servants walked in the same direction, and when they encountered obstacles, they cut off bamboo and thorns and moved them aside.

Besides, Jiang Dalang and his second brother left the bamboo forest and stood on a high slope overlooking the direction of the village.

Thick smoke rose from several places in the village, and there were many people running vaguely.

"Go, go down and have a look." Jiang Dalang was still worried about his third brother, and decided to go around the village to see what was going on.

Jiang Erlang also had this intention, and the two brothers rushed down the mountain.

In the village, Jiang Sanlang is leading dozens of young men to fight against a group of bandits.

They held iron forks and shovels in their hands, and some even held sharp sickles, fighting with the rogues rushing up.

But the rogues came continuously, all of them were vicious, with big knives and spears in their hands, and some even held bows and arrows, which wounded several villagers at once.

But the bandits didn't please, and many of them were injured.

Most of these rogues are in rags, and they look like farmers from a side, and they have all kinds of things in their hands.

Seeing the fierce resistance of the villagers in this village, the leader of the bandits felt pity and said loudly: "Brother! We just want to beg for food, and we don't want to hurt your life. I see that you are also a bloody person, how about you?" Let's fight together! This imperial court is corrupt, and our people have already lost their way of life. If you follow XX, you will be able to enjoy delicious food and spicy food, and you will be granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister in the future!"

Jiang Sanlang and the others didn't pay any attention to what he said, not to mention that he and others hadn't reached that point yet, even if they were in dire straits, wouldn't they still have the skill of making golden ears?

"Since you are here to borrow food, and you have borrowed a lot, please leave our village."

Jiang Sanlang said loudly: "We are all farmers, we live on the fields, we cannot leave our homeland if we have a family and a mouth, and we don't even want to wander around."

The leader's eyes were dark, and he snorted, "You have a family and a mouth, don't we have a family and a mouth? This brother, I respect you for being a man, why don't you come with us, and when the time comes, the world will share peace, everywhere Even, no one is not full and warm, isn’t it beautiful.”

"Forgive me for disagreeing." Jiang Sanlang led everyone back away, and motioned for a few people behind him to draw their bows and arrows to defend. "The head of the family, please let the villagers go. Our life is not easy, and the elderly and children at home still need to be supported."

The bandit leader stood in the crowd with his hands behind his back, and smiled coldly: "Since you are obsessed with your obsession, then don't blame XX for being cruel."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, "Kill them and burn this village."

The gangsters rushed over immediately, screaming.

Jiang Sanlang saw that there were a large number of them, about 200 of them, while he had only dozens of people, so he was outnumbered, so he hurriedly led his men to retreat.

Naturally, he couldn't lure the gangsters to the south slope, nor could he go to the north mountain. There were a lot of villagers hiding there, so a group of people could only run east.

Some bandits chased them, and some went door-to-door.

But the villagers have taken away all the food and belongings from the family, leaving only heavy and immovable things.

There are also some families who still have a little grain left, but the amount is very small.

The bandit leaders are used to it. They rob all the way, and they don't meet many fat sheep, unless they go to market towns or county towns.

Most of the villages like this are poor families, not to mention the dilapidated houses, and there are only a few people who can find dozens of catties of grain per household.

But those families with green brick and tile houses in the village are different. They must be rich local households.

The bandit leader led twenty or so brothers into the patriarch Chen's house and rummaged through it. Sure enough, he found a lot of good things, including several hundred catties of food.

So, he rested here and asked his brothers to scoop rice for cooking, go to the vegetable garden to pull vegetables, and cook with the stolen meat.

Jiang Sanlang and others ran eastward all the way, trying to get rid of the bandits behind them.

But these gangsters were determined to kill them, chasing them all the way, and shooting sniper arrows from time to time.

Two more villagers were hit by arrows, Jiang Sanlang quickly asked people to set them up and run, and let other people cover, but this slowed down the speed.

"Hahaha! Let me see where you can go!" The leading bandit laughed wildly, and directed his subordinates to shoot arrows again.

Suddenly, an arrow was shot from a nearby tree and hit the man in the face.

The arrow was so powerful that it pierced through the temple of the leading bandit in no time.

The gangsters paused, turned their heads to look at the big elm tree not far away, and rushed over screaming.

Another arrow was shot from a tree farther away, and it hit the front bandit's chest, causing the bandit to fall to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, another arrow shot down another person in an instant.

The gangsters were all shocked, and many of them turned their heads and ran away in fright.

The man on the elm jumped down and ran away immediately.

Some bandits wanted to rush over to arrest people, but they were forced back by arrows flying from the trees.

Jiang Sanlang also noticed the abnormality here, looked at the archer again, and hurried back to support.

Now the situation became one-sided, Jiang Sanlang and his men shot arrows at the bandits while throwing iron forks and stones, wounding several bandits at once.

These bandits were originally a mob, and when they saw the situation was not good, they left the wounded bandits behind and fled as if flying away.

"Big brother and second brother, why are you here?" Jiang Sanlang was afraid for a while.

If this is a mistake, both my brothers will be finished.

"Find a safe place before talking." Jiang Dalang went to collect the swords and spears left by the dead and wounded bandits.

Several villagers also ran over, stabbed the wounded bandits with their iron forks, and sent them to the King of Hades, only then retrieved their arrows and weapons.

In the fierce battle just now, a villager was seriously injured, so Jiang Sanlang gave him two pills of the medicine given to him by his daughter.

The villagers carried their injured partners on their backs, and for a moment they didn't know where to go.

"Go to Beishan." Jiang Sanlang missed his wife, children and old parents, so naturally he couldn't escape with them, so he could only walk separately.

"That's good." Some villagers are still willing to go to Beishan, because their family members are there.

But there are still a few people who expressed that they want to be with Jiang Sanlang.

Jiang Sanlang shook his head: "You still go to Beishan together and follow me, what should your family do?"

Several people lowered their heads, and finally left with a group of villagers.

After the villagers left, Jiang Sanlang and his two elder brothers detoured to the south slope, carefully watching behind them along the way to prevent bandits from following them.

Fortunately, it was getting late and it was raining again, and those rogues also retreated into the villagers' homes and refused to come out.

Back at Nanpo's house, the three brothers didn't dare to rest, so they tidied up the house, and they couldn't leave food, cotton, bedding and other things at home.

Even if you find a place to bury and burn it, you can't leave it to the bandits.

Jiang Sanlang wanted to go home and have a look, but the courtyard door was locked.

After thinking about it, he climbed over the wall and entered, and looked into the room through the window, he couldn't help but be surprised.

The house was empty, not only the boxes and cages were gone, but also the furniture, not to mention the food, and even the shadow of the big rice paddy.

Jiang Sanlang frowned, and went to the stove to look again. There were no cupboards, iron pans, or even a water tank, only two empty stoves left.

Not to mention the golden ears in the fungus shed, even the wooden frames are gone, and there is not a single chicken left in the chicken shed.

Jiang Sanlang suddenly thought of his little girl, could it be that Bao'er did it?But how is it possible?

Silently turning over from the wall, I saw the eldest brother and the second brother each holding a large square table coming over.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Sanlang was puzzled.

Jiang Dalang: "Isn't it raining? There is no shelter in the bamboo forest. We can't get caught in the rain all night. This big table can keep out the rain."

Jiang Sanlang: ...

Well, what the elder brother said makes sense.

The three brothers entered the bamboo forest, and it was completely dark.

Walking into the depths of the bamboo forest with one deep foot and one shallow foot, I saw a faint light shining through a bamboo shed.

Putting down the generous table, Jiang Dalang got into the bamboo shed.

In the bamboo shed are only the old man Jiang and his wife Jiang Liushi, as well as Jiang Cheng and Jiang Quan.

The two boys were curled up in the bamboo boards and were fast asleep. The old man Jiang and his wife were not asleep, and they were waiting for their son to come back by lighting a dim butter lamp.

"You're back!" Seeing her eldest son, Jiang Liu exclaimed in surprise, then stretched out her head and looked out: "Where's Erlang Sanlang?"

"Here we come too." Jiang Dalang was very tired, and sat down on the thin bamboo branch.

Jiang Liushi handed him a steamed bun, "Hurry up and eat something."

Jiang Dalang took a bite of the steamed bun, then took the water hyacinth handed by his wife, and drank it to his full.

Not to mention, the gourds grown at home are really useful, and the benefits show up at this time.

"How's it going outside?" Old Jiang asked.

Jiang Dalang: "A lot of bandits have come to the village. They have occupied the village and won't leave for a while."

"Oh, how good is this?" Jiang Liushi frowned.

Jiang Dalang: "The government will always send people to suppress the bandits, we just need to get through this period of time."

At this time, Jiang Sanlang also got in.

"I heard from Xiang Ding that the rogues are not limited to this place, and other teams have already gone to the county town. It is estimated that the government will not be able to take care of us for the time being."

The old man Jiang was surprised: "Why are there so many bandits?"

Jiang Sanlang: "There seems to be a major incident in Zhouhe County and Donglin County. Riots broke out in many places. I heard the accents of those gangsters. Most of them are from there. Their leaders are not simple. They actually want to raise an uprising , and urged the villagers to rebel against him."

"Rebellion?" Old Jiang stroked his beard in disbelief.

If life is not going on, who is willing to rebel?That is a great crime against the Nine Clans.

"Oh, what a crime." Jiang Liushi sighed.

Jiang Sanlang and his eldest and second brothers ate something and rested for a while, but they still felt uneasy.

Together, the three of them made several traps in the bamboo forest overnight and cut a lot of bamboo arrows.

After a few people took a nap for a while, it was dawn, Jiang Sanlang got up and went out to check the situation.

It was still raining, pattering, and the weather was getting colder.

Soon Jiang Sanlang ran back again and hurriedly said: "Get up! Some bandits have gone up the mountain."

Yingbao and her younger brother were sleeping soundly squeezed into the bamboo board, when her father immediately lifted her up. "Hurry up and get something to eat, and if the bandits find themselves in the bamboo forest, let's run deep."

Yingbao quickly put on her shoes, and then urged the two younger brothers to get dressed and put on shoes.

Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu were also obedient, and without a sound, they obediently put on their clothes and shoes.

Under the leadership of the second cousin, the two boys went out, washed their hands and faces with the water in the big gourd, and then took the steamed buns handed by A Niang and began to chew.

As soon as he saw the water hyacinth, Jiang Quan looked at his little cousin with resentment, and asked in a low voice, "Where are the two gourd kings? Why didn't you bring them?"

Yingbao said unhappily, "How do you carry such a big gourd?"

"Then you can't leave home." Jiang Quan's heart ached to death.

This kind of thing happened before I sold the Calabash King, alas.

"If you don't lose your home, who will carry it." Yingbao scolded him rudely.

What time is this, and I am still thinking about Calabash King.If the second cousin went to look over the wall of his house on a whim, wouldn't he discover his big secret.

Jiang Quan lowered his head and sighed.

Jiang Sanlang glanced at the little girl, turned around and left the bamboo forest.

He still has to go outside to check how many of those bandits came up.

Mrs. Wen and her daughter didn't sleep well that night, they were always awakened by the sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo forest.

At this moment, I also got up early, got out of the carriage with my daughter to stretch my legs, and stopped by for convenience.

Ying Bao, who was wearing a small bamboo hat, came out of the bamboo forest and asked softly, "Master, didn't you bring coir raincoats?"

After a night of drizzle in the bamboo forest, there will always be a few big drops of water falling from time to time, and people will wet their clothes after a short while in the forest.

If you get wet in this weather, you will definitely get sick.

Mrs. Wen did not bring a bamboo hat or coir raincoat, she said in a low voice, "It's all my fault, I forgot all of a sudden."

Even if she hadn't forgotten, she and her daughter didn't have coir raincoats. Only the servants in the family would wear that kind of grass clothes.

Yingbao: "Then I'll go back and bring you two bamboo hats."

After finishing speaking, he ran to climb into the mule cart, pulled out two bamboo hats from inside, and handed them to Mrs. Wen and Sister Wen.

The two bamboo hats are a bit damaged, but they don't affect their use. In fact, they are the items that Ying Bao kept in the cave.

She took it out of the cave under the guise of a mule cart.

"Thank you Ying Bao." Mrs. Wen and her daughter put on the bamboo hats, and sure enough the raindrops couldn't hit them.

...

There were more than 200 bandits who came to the south slope early in the morning. They smashed open the gate of Jiang's house and went in to search for it, but they couldn't find anything.

The leader was not angry, but walked around the house.

"The feng shui here is excellent, it is a good place."

The bandit leader sighed, "If it wasn't for the wrong timing, I really want to stay here."

After a while, someone came to report: "General, we found a lot of grain and a lot of cotton wool in the vegetable field."

"Oh?" The leader became interested, and followed his men to see.

I saw my subordinates lift up the pile of straw to reveal a shed, from which they dragged out large bags filled with grain and cotton wadding.

The leader smiled: "There is so much food, it seems that the people on this slope are very rich."

Turn around and tell the left and right, "Go around and look around, maybe there is something hidden."

"Yes!"

A group of bandits began to search around, and soon found the bamboo forest.

But the bamboo grove was so deep that it was hard to see what was going on inside, so the bandits didn't dare to go inside.

But there was a trail that seemed to lead in, winding and rutted.

Some gangsters hurried back to report to the leader, while the rest of the gangsters waited and watched outside.

Jiang Sanlang, who came to investigate, had already retreated to the depths of the bamboo forest, and ordered everyone to go to the forest quickly, "The bandits are coming in, pack up your things and go inside quickly."

Chunniang asked anxiously, "What about the mule cart?"

"Leave the mule cart, and the mule will take it away." Jiang Sanlang lifted two sacks of grain and put them on the mule's back, urging: "Hurry up, they will be here soon."

The members of the Jiang family immediately packed up their things, carried them on their backs and went into the woods.

Mrs. Wen also asked her servants to lead the horse, which was loaded with food, bedding and other things. She, the nanny and the daughter also had things in their hands, and abandoned the carriage to follow the Jiang family.

While walking, Chunniang looked back at the mule cart, there was still a lot of food on it, and she just lost it, and she felt heartbroken.

Yingbao also felt sorry for the food on the mule cart, before everyone could react, he ran back suddenly, quickly ran to the side of the mule cart and climbed up, took away all the food inside in just a moment, and then ran away before A Niang found it go back.

"What are you doing running back, kid?" Jiang Erlang reprimanded at the back of the hall.

Yingbao: "I'll go back and get something." She showed the bag in her hand to the second uncle.

Jiang Erlang picked up his niece and quickly followed the team: "Don't run around! I was caught by the bandits and cooked as a lamb."

"Oh." Yingbao obediently responded.

At this time, Jiang Sanlang retreated from the front, took the daughter and handed it to his wife, and said to the second brother: "We are in the rear, the eldest brother, father and Dacheng are leading the way."

Jiang Erlang nodded, watching the situation behind him vigilantly while walking.

At this time, the bandits had already entered the bamboo forest, and they quickly found the place where the Jiang family was stationed.

"General, do you want to chase inside?" the gangster asked.

The leader checked the frame of the carriage and the mule cart, and said with a slight smile, "Of course we have to chase after it. It's such a big fat sheep. It would be a pity to let them run away."

"Yes!" The gangster got the order, and immediately called a dozen accomplices to chase after him, but he didn't go far, and suddenly stepped on some ropes, the ropes were loosened suddenly, and the bamboo pulled by the ropes suddenly bounced, and a few bamboo arrows swished. He shot from the ground and shot the two thieves at once.

The gangster screamed, fell to the ground and curled up, crying out in pain.

"There is a mechanism!" One person shouted: "Go and find a long bamboo pole and scout the way ahead."

The gangsters were frightened and did not dare to venture in. They tremblingly waited for someone to bring a bamboo pole to clear the way in front of them, and then followed.

In this way, the speed is much slower.

Along the way, they encountered several agency traps one after another, and the gangsters became more careful.

The leader became even more interested and insisted on letting his subordinates pursue him.

He wants to see who are the people in front of him who are so smart and know how to use traps.

The leader didn't know that this was actually a common hunting method. A small trick made of the toughness of bamboo can only hurt people by surprise. Once it is seen through, this kind of trap can be easily avoided.

The fact is the same, the gangsters soon caught up with Jiang Sanlang and the others.

Jiang Sanlang and his second elder brother took turns shooting arrows, retreating while shooting, which forced the gangsters to dare not go forward.

Later, the ferocity of the gangsters was aroused, and they rushed forward regardless, Jiang Sanlang drew out the machete he had confiscated and slashed, Jiang Erlang assisted.

Because the bamboo path is narrow, only enough for one or two people to walk, the gangster was repeatedly repelled by the two brothers, screaming in anger.

Yingbao was very anxious when she heard the fierce battle behind her.

Mrs. Wen's servants saw that the situation was wrong, and joined Jiang Sanlang and the others with weapons, slashing and killing the bandits with machetes.

This servant is obviously a Lianjiazi, much better than the Jiang Sanlang brothers, it's almost like one man is in charge of the other.

But as the bandits suffered more and more casualties, Jiang Sanlang and the others were also injured, and their strength weakened significantly.

At this time, the old man Jiang and the others in front suddenly encountered a steep slope in front of them.

There are also some bamboos growing on the steep slopes, but there are still many trees.

The old man Jiang was overjoyed, and hurriedly urged his family to climb up the steep slope.

As long as he climbed up the steep slope, he could condescendingly attack the chasing bandits.

But the steep slope is very steep, and people can climb up it with bamboo, shrubs, etc., but it is difficult if they hold things in their hands, and mules and horses cannot climb such a steep slope.

"Women and children hurry up, throw things away if you can't take them." Old man Jiang urged.

Dani Erni and Yanru reluctantly dropped the basket in their hands, but they did not lose the basket on their backs, and the women struggled to climb up the steep slope.

Yingbao suddenly stuffed a bundle of ropes to A Niang, "Mother, hurry up and take your brothers up, and then tie the ropes to the tree."

Chunniang understood what the girl meant in seconds, and immediately led the two children to climb up without thinking about where the girl got the rope.

Jiang Jie and Jiang Wu had been practiced countless times by his sister to climb trees and climb over walls, and now they all came in handy, and he climbed faster than his little cousin Yuan Bao.

Wei Zhan didn't give way too much, and climbed up the steep slope closely behind.

But Wen Shu and Mrs. Wen couldn't do it, because it was a rainy day, and the steep slope was very slippery. The mother and daughter slipped down after climbing several times, and fell all over in muddy water. up.

Just as Chunniang had already climbed up the slope, she tied one end of the rope given by her daughter to the tree at the top of the slope, and threw the other end down the steep slope.

"Master, Sister Wen, hurry up and hold on to the rope, we will pull you up." Yingbao, who had already climbed the steep slope, shouted.

Wen Shu was about to cry, and was pushed forward by A Niang, and the nurse wrapped a rope around Wen Shu's waist while persuading him: "Don't be afraid, lady, hold on tight and don't let go of the rope."

"Yeah." Wen Shu knew that he couldn't hold back, Aniang and Nanny didn't go up yet, so he must go up quickly so as to pull them two.

Another rope was hanging down from the other side. It turned out that Yingbao dug out another bundle of ropes from nowhere, let A Niang tie it to another tree, and threw one end down, "Master! Come up quickly!"

Time is running out, and there is no room for them to hesitate, otherwise their lives will be lost.

Madam Wen naturally didn't dare to delay, she quickly grabbed the rope and climbed up.

At this time, Jiang Sanlang could hardly hold on.

The three chapters were published together today.