In the dark night, several figures walked out of the dense forest and walked towards the village with a few swaying lights at the foot of the mountain.
The moon poked its head out from the clouds, washing away the darkness of the night a little, making it faintly visible. The mountains and rocks could not be seen very clearly, but if you were careful, you would not worry about missing the mark.
Near the village, a dog started barking and barking wildly, but the group of people showed no intention of hiding their presence and walked towards the village that was awakened by the barking of the dog.
There were torches lit up in the village, and they gathered towards the center of the village. The group of people identified the direction and headed towards the place with the most torches.
"Have you received it?" Standing in front of the heavy door, Xu Qianqian asked a middle-aged man holding a torch: "Everyone has been waiting impatiently!"
This is the ancestral hall in the village. Places like the Ming Dynasty in Luzon usually have buildings like this. When there are any disputes in the village, they are usually settled here. Of course, if there are any important matters to be discussed,
, also in this place.
"Not yet. We are about to send someone to deliver a message to the eldest lady. This is the third day. We agreed that he should have arrived three days ago, but he has disappeared!" The middle-aged man holding the torch said: "Since the eldest lady,
Now that we’re here, let’s have some hot food with the brothers first, we’ve already prepared it, let’s talk while eating!”
The door of the ancestral hall opened, and several tables of steaming meals were placed there. Xu Qianqian nodded slightly, and the people around him smiled happily and rushed towards the tables.
"Miss, is this person a boy or a girl? How many people there are? The news doesn't say clearly. We really don't know where to pick him up. During the day, red-haired ghosts sometimes wander around this area.
If we are picked up and bumped into by a red-haired ghost, it will ruin the eldest lady’s big event!"
"I don't know how many people there are, but they must have brought something we urgently need!" Xu Qianqian also sat on a table and moved her chopsticks: "People from Jinyiwei have been here before in Hungry Tiger Beach. We should send someone to know them."
When passers-by come, I have notified several nearby villages, so you just need to pay more attention!"
As she spoke, she looked at her men who were devouring their food: "Everyone, hurry up and eat. After we finish eating, let's go to the next village. Maybe Jin Yiwei's brothers have already arrived and are waiting for us!"
Half an hour later, the lights in the village gradually went out again, and Xu Qianqian and others walked towards the next village as quietly as when they came.
"Miss, they are really suffering!" Most of the torches in the ancestral hall were extinguished. Several women were cleaning up the dishes on the table and murmured softly: "It's all those red-haired devils who are responsible for this, otherwise
, how could the life on our island be like now, where people live like neither humans nor ghosts? The eldest lady, a daughter of a flowery family, has to hide in the woods during the day except when she dares to come down from the mountain at night.
!”
"The imperial court is really useless. We have been talking for a long time, but we haven't seen the imperial army. It seems that there are more and more red-haired devils. If this continues, Luzon might as well just give up to the red-haired devils. Anyway, there is no place here.
There is no place for us to survive!"
"Did you just hear that the young man next to the eldest lady said that the imperial army is in Dongfan? Where is Dongfan? Isn't it the Ming Dynasty?"
"Shh, shut up!" The barking of dogs rang out again. This time, the one who made the low shout was a middle-aged man who had been squatting in the shadow of the door. The man's name was Chen Liang. He was not old, but
He is the most senior person in charge in the village. When he spoke like this, several women immediately fell silent.
"Brother Liang, there seems to be movement in the east!"
After listening for a while, several figures in the darkness said, "Could it be that the job is coming? Miss and the others are coming from the south!"
"Go and have a look!" Chen Liang touched the short knife in his arms, "Tell the ladies to go into the house and don't come out no matter what the noise is. Men, please be alert. You guys, follow me!"
Logically speaking, there is no need to be so cautious. Although red-haired ghosts are rampant, they have one advantage, that is, at night, they lock themselves in their turtle shells and will never come out until dawn. This is
According to the experience summed up by Lu Songming people in the past six months, at this time, there was movement outside the village, and the eldest lady spread the news again. It is really possible that people sent by the imperial court have arrived. However, people sent by the imperial court, they
People may not be 100% trustworthy, so be careful and you are always right.
The village was only two or three miles away from the beach. As soon as they left the village entrance, Chen Liang and others saw blazing fires in the distance, and, as promised, there were three fires. Chen Liang immediately turned his head and faced
The people around him ordered: "You two go after the eldest lady. They shouldn't have gone far yet. Tell them that our village has seen the signal. It should be the person that the eldest lady is waiting for!"
He cautiously approached the fire. Next to the fire, there were a few people sitting faintly. There seemed to be a medium-sized boat in the sea not far away. Chen Liang tried his best to identify the people serving them, but they were either dead or alive.
I couldn't tell that the eldest lady was afraid that they might recognize the wrong person, so she showed him the imperial guards, but none of the people in front of him seemed to be wearing such clothes!
After thinking for a while, he ordered his people: "Don't move here, I'll go out and take a look!"
Then, he walked out of the darkness and shouted loudly: "Are you a brother from Dongfan? I am a friend of Sandianshui!"
Several people beside the fire seemed to be talking about something. Suddenly they heard someone talking, and they all stood up in an uproar. Some even pointed the long sticks in their hands this way.
It was a blunderbuss. Chen Liang could see it clearly. With a smile on his face, he walked over with open hands. When he could vaguely see the other person's face, Chen Liang suddenly stopped, let out a strange scream, turned around and ran away.
"Run quickly, it's the red-haired ghost!" He shouted loudly towards where he came from. The men who had been lying down were like frightened rabbits. They followed their steps in a few ups and downs.
The leader disappeared into the darkness.
"This matter..." Andrew looked at his family with a sad face: "I haven't done anything, sir, I haven't even spoken yet!"
"You bastard, you're sitting in the wrong place!" Xiao Hei yelled at Andrew fiercely: "I told you guys to sit with your back facing that way. You're not as good-looking as me, and you're showing off. Now, that's fine.
It scares people away!"
"Come here, everyone!" Xiao Hei said angrily: "Put out the fire and get on the boat quickly. If you don't want to die, just be quick and easy for me. These people from Luzon regard us as Spaniards.
Be careful and you will be shot to death by poisonous arrows shot out of the woods!"
"Just going back like this?" Andrew was not willing to go back. If he had to go back, he would definitely take the blame today: "Otherwise, let's move to another place and wait a while!"
"You bastard, you can't make the decision for Master Qianhu. Now it's your turn to make the decision for Mr. Hei!" Xiao Hei didn't give him any face: "Go back and get on the boat!"
"Brother Liang, Brother Liang!" Outside the village, two groups of running people suddenly bumped into each other. Both parties were panting: "Miss, I'm sure they're back. They're right behind them. They'll be there soon."
, why are you back?"
"Tell the eldest lady and the others to leave quickly. They are not people sent by the imperial court. They are the traps set by the red-haired ghosts. The people in the court must have been captured by the red-haired ghosts. I saw clearly just now that they are all the same person."
Someone with red hair and green eyes!" Chen Liang said, panting heavily.
"How many people?" A clear voice came out from the darkness, it was Xu Qianqian's arrival.
"More than ten!" Chen Liang replied: "Miss, they must have set up an ambush to catch you. You should leave quickly!"
"How many guys are there?" Xu Qianqian asked. There are more than ten people. Even if it is a trap, there is nothing to fear. The only fear is that the other party has a ship on the sea. That kind of gunboat really fires together, let alone a few of them.
I'm afraid the village will be doomed.
"I didn't see it clearly, but a few of them had firecrackers in their hands!"
"Didn't I shoot you?" Xu Qianqian asked. In his impression, the red-haired ghost was not so easy to talk to.
Chen Liang shook his head blankly. Yes, at that distance, if those red-haired ghosts shot him, he wouldn't be able to escape.
Go and take a look! Xu Qianqian waved her hand. She didn’t believe that the Spaniards should become vegetarian and not even kill people. There must be a reason for these people not to kill!
On the empty beach, the fire had been extinguished, and the small boat that had been parked on the beach had disappeared. Xu Qianqian circled around the fire a few times, looked at the dark sea, and suddenly ordered: "Send it to the sea."
When the fires are lit, there are three fires!"
"Miss..."
"It's okay!" Xu Qianqian waved her hand, "They should be from Jinyiwei. Look, these things left by the fire..."
She smiled and said, "I blame me for not making it clear to you. There are many people in the Jinyiwei who look similar to the red-haired ghosts, and there are even red-haired ghosts who have joined the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. These people are not our enemies.
, you see, you were frightened, they were also frightened, otherwise, they would not have left so quickly and lit a fire, I told them to come back! "
"Hei Ye, Hei Ye!"
"What are you doing? You want to be lazy again and paddle hard!"
"No, in the dark night, it seems like our fire is lighting up again!"
"Um?"
"Your uncle, it's not that it's on fire. It's the people from Luzon who are back. Turn around and turn around. Hurry up. This time, all the ugly ones will sit in the back. Andrew, what about you! If you scare people away again, Ni
Ma, I won’t even tell you. After I go back, I go to the Zhenfu Division to report. The crime is ‘shaking the morale of the army and delaying the war!’”