Although Zhao Ce was wearing a scholar's lanthanum shirt and a turban on his head.

However, his eyes sharply swept across those people with doubts in their eyes, and his whole aura became fierce.

Some thieves who came out of the village in a mess pointed at Zhao Ce on the horse and said: "Weird, monster!"

"This is a monster!"

"Those houses were all demolished by him with a beam!"

When everyone heard this, their eyes on Zhao Ce suddenly changed from doubtful.

Zhao Ce changed the sword in his hand to another hand, and wiped his dusty hand casually on his clothes.

After wiping, he reached out and gently touched the fan attached to his waist.

Then, he glanced around and saw Mr. Cao, who was guarded by Cao Si and whose entire face was pale.

Cao Liu's face was also covered in blood, and he lay aside groaning.

Zhao Ce looked away and directly announced his family background: "I am a righteous man of the imperial court who has been honored by the Holy Emperor. I personally captured Gu Sanzai and others on the mountain!"

"Did you capture Gu Sanzai?"

These words made many people in front take a few steps back.

Some of them were those who took refuge with Tang Dahuan after Gu Sanzai was arrested.

Although they didn't know the situation on the mountain, they also knew that as the drama thief Gu Sanzai, who was as famous as Tang Dahuan, his previous power could compete with Tang Dahuan's branch.

Otherwise, how could the imperial court issue an imperial decree to confer a righteous man after capturing just a few thieves?

This group of thieves held the weapons in their hands nervously, while the villagers looked at Zhao Ce as if they were a savior.

Zhao Ce said calmly: "Yes, Gu Sanzi was captured by me personally. Are you all his former subordinates?"

"Today, the general of the camp and I happened to be out patrolling with our soldiers. We met you group of thieves. Just in time, I arrested you all and asked the court for a general!"

A soldier nearby rode up to Zhao Ce and glared angrily: "I am Zheng Wu, the chief of thousands of households in Gaozhou Youtun Guard!"

"You guys, these thieves, why don't you catch them quickly?"

Atigo looked at the few Ming soldiers behind him and said in disbelief: "You only have four people in total, and you let hundreds of us capture you without any help?"

While talking, thieves from the village gathered from time to time after hearing the trumpets.

The number of people increased, and soon the four of Zhao Ce were surrounded.

Although Song Lijie had some strength in his body, he had never seen such a scene before. He grabbed the reins nervously.

However, his eyes were still as sharp as ever, and his bluff was perfectly done.

Zhao Ce and others were not afraid at all on their horses and looked at the people surrounding them.

Zhao Ce looked at the people in front of him and said condescendingly: "With thousands of households here, you don't think there are really only four of us, right?"

At this time, there was a sudden loud noise in the rice fields beside the village.

It is now the time of autumn harvest, and the fields are filled with large areas of uncut crops.

Although no one could be seen, the movement still attracted the attention of people close to here.

"Brother Ati, there are people in the field, hiding among the straw, there are quite a few of them!"

After hearing this, Brother Ati thought something was wrong in his heart.

Only when you have a thousand people under your control can you be called the head of a thousand households.

If these thousand household heads come out, even if they don't bring all the people out, there must be a lot of people under them.

Could it be that these defenders already knew their whereabouts when they heard the movement on Daren Mountain?

Otherwise, these four people would not be able to be so calm and calm in the face of hundreds of them.

Although they also have weapons in their hands, they are still a mixed force.

It's okay to have more people, but if they are equal in number, if they go head-to-head with the regular Ming army, even if they can win, they will suffer huge losses.

They came here to grab food and people. They clearly sent people to lure the tiger away from the mountain, but the Ming army actually came so fast.

This turn of events caught them somewhat off guard.

Now they surround the villagers, but they are also surrounded.

While he was thinking, Zhao Ce said sharply: "Bold thief!"

"Soldiers, come forward!"

"The more thieves you catch, the greater the credit will be!"

After Zhao Ce finished shouting, the movement in the field over there became louder and louder.

The surrounding thieves all looked at the leader, Atige, with panic on their faces, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Atige, there are too many of them, we'd better escape!"

The people under him were all cowed, and Ati Ge blurted out: "If you dare to come here, I will kill all these villagers!"

While they were talking, everyone else also reacted and took the nearest woman and child hostage.

Zhao Ce softened his tone and said: "That's all, since you have hostages here, you must only be seeking money."

"Let's do this. You let the villagers go, and I ask you all to evacuate. How about that?"

Ati Ge narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhao Ce in confusion.

He gritted his teeth and said: "No, I have so many people in my hands, you don't dare to kill us."

"As long as I catch them, I can go wherever I want!"

"Brothers, keep an eye on everyone!"

He shouted loudly, and everyone around him surrounded the group of old, weak, women and children.

The surrounded villagers thought they could be saved, but they didn't expect such an accident to happen.

They held their heads and cried in fear, begging for mercy.

Without even blinking, Zhao Ce jumped off his horse and kicked the person in front of him away.

"ah!"

The man didn't even realize what was going on, and suddenly felt a strong force on his chest.

With a scream, he flew out and hit the people outside the encirclement.

Two or three of the people in the circle were hit, and they were helping each other to stand up on the ground.

The man who was kicked in the face by Zhao Ce vomited blood from his mouth and fainted quickly.

The thieves looked at this scene and did not expect that Zhao Ce and the others would really dare to take action.

Atigo lost his voice and said, "You don't care whether these people live or die?"

Zhao Ce turned around and stabbed him. Surrounded by hundreds of people, he was not afraid at all: "The life and death of the people?"

"The people are alive because I saved them. The people are dead because you gang of thieves killed them."

"But if the people are all dead, I will capture you all and exchange them for military honors."

“Which one would you say is more creditable for capturing you group of thieves, or for rescuing the people?”

After Zhao Ce finished speaking, the movement in the fields outside became louder again.

People outside looked at him warily, their eyes were blurred by the sweat on their heads and they didn't dare to wipe them.

In a daze, it seemed that there were more and more people in the field.

The thieves around the grain drying field were all shocked by Zhao Ce's scoundrel speech. This man was still a scholar, but he didn't care about the lives of the people at all?

And if he really dares to take action, he seems completely unafraid.

Many people had panic on their faces.

The villagers present were heartbroken when they heard Zhao Ce's words.

Zhao Ce softened his tone again and said: "Of course, I am a scholar, and naturally I don't want to see people lose their lives innocently."

"You guys have never really killed anyone so far. If I catch you, I won't get much credit."

Zhao Ce turned around and asked: "Zheng Qianhu, do you think so?"

Zheng Wu nodded and said loudly: "Yes, but if you kill these villagers, the value of your capture will be much greater."

Zhao Ce said in a reasonable manner: "Why don't we make an exchange? You evacuate, and I will save the people."

"Although the credit is a little small, I can't accept it."

"how?"

Brother Ati was still hesitating, and a thief shouted: "Brother Ati, we robbed a lot of food today, that's it."

Many people also agreed and said they wanted to evacuate.

Seeing that this scholar had swayed their people with just a few words, Ati Ge was a little angry.

However, public anger could not be controlled, so he had to say: "I will take some of the people away, otherwise I am afraid that you will betray me midway."

Zhao Ce narrowed his eyes and said ruthlessly: "Then don't leave!"

The sword in his hand was about to be pulled out, and the movement in the field became louder and louder. Large tracts of straw were pressed down, and the army hidden inside seemed to be about to attack at any time.

The other thieves looked at Brother Ati anxiously and urged him from time to time.

Atigo gritted his teeth and said, "You promise to let us go? Do those Ming soldiers listen to you?"

Zhao Ce said very loyally: "I am a scholar, so naturally I can't lie."

"They all listen to me. If you want to leave, leave now before the military masters get impatient and change their minds."
Chapter completed!