Fifteen miles north of Fengzhou City, Majia Village is a place where fish and dragons are mixed.
The cart driver hired by Ye Qinglan only delivered the grain to the entrance of Majia Village, then unloaded the cart and hurried back to Fengzhou.
One hundred kilograms of grains were just scattered along the road, unattended, but strangely, the people passing by around them didn't even take a look at them, as if the grains were no different from bricks and wood.
It's right to think about it. Most of the people who come here have their own purposes, to buy some unknown treasures. They come in a hurry and leave in a hurry. Naturally, they won't pay attention to these useless things and delay time.
Generally speaking, Majia Village is still a peaceful scene, but this tranquility was quickly broken.
A group of cavalry galloped down the road and stopped at the entrance of the village.
The leader of the Zhang family servant looked at the surprised crowd around him, and then pointed to the grain next to him:
"Who sent these grains here?"
No one paid any attention to him.
"Hey?" The boy felt as if he had been greatly insulted. His face turned red and he cursed:
"Grandpa is talking to you. None of you have ears, right? Come on, arrest all these people!"
The soldiers swarmed forward and instantly captured more than a dozen foreign merchants, forcing them to kneel down in front of the young man's horse.
"What are you going to do?" a merchant asked with a horrified look on his face.
"Grandpa asked you, who sent these grains here?"
"I don't know." the merchant replied.
"Crack!"
The boy raised his whip and struck the foreign merchant on the face hard. The man fainted without even letting out a scream.
"You set up a stall here so you can't see others unloading their trucks? I think you are deliberately going against me!" the boy said sternly, "If you don't explain, he will be your fate. I'll give you half a cup of tea."
If you don’t say it yet, we will attack the village!”
The crowd of onlookers was in an uproar. Some people wanted to leave quietly, but the waiter shouted again:
"No one is allowed to leave! Anyone who wants to leave will be shot to death!"
A middle-aged man in rich clothes squeezed out of the crowd and raised his hand to the boy:
"May I ask who your lord is, so that I can invite my master to come and speak."
"Your master?" the boy said disdainfully, "Who is your master?"
"My master is the master of Majia Village."
"Ha, he's just a little village masa, but he still dares to stand in front of me..."
The boy was stunned for a moment. He remembered that when he was serving the young master, he once heard Zhang Heyan talk about the village leader of Majia Village. Otherwise, he would not be able to win the business of Guan City.
Anyone who can let Zhang Heyan have such a few words of conversation would be better to be careful.
Although the boy was domineering, he was not without brains. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Please come out to meet me, the village leader, and tell me that I am from General Zhang Heyan."
"yes."
The middle-aged man hurried to the village, and the crowd beside him started talking in low voices:
"Hey, doesn't Mrs. Ma rush there as soon as there is any disturbance? Why is it that such a big thing happened at the entrance of the village and she hasn't been seen for a long time, and someone still has to look for her?"
"You don't know something. Not long ago, someone came to the Zhulan River military camp in the north. They want to rest for one night in Majia Village and enter the city tomorrow. Mrs. Ma's backers are people in the army. Can she not go to greet them in person?"
"No wonder……"
Outside the noisy entrance to the village, Ye Qinglan appeared from among the trees. He stared closely at the young boy sitting on the horse showing off his power, making secret calculations in his heart.
This person is arrogant and domineering. As Zhang Heyan's slave, he will definitely bully men and dominate women on a daily basis. He deserves to die.
Should I kill him here?
…
In Majia Village, in a splendid courtyard, a man and a woman were talking.
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite."
The person who spoke was a young general, wearing silver armor and with a heroic look on his face.
Madam Ma, the village leader of Majia Village, hid her smile and said, "What do you call me sister-in-law? She hasn't even written her horoscope yet."
"It's almost over." The silver-armored young general said with a smile, "My eldest brother said that after he retires, he will come to marry you instead of going to the battlefield. He will listen to Lord Pei Min and work as a border guard in the border town.
General, you two can live peacefully."
Mrs. Ma's cheeks turned red and she spat lightly: "Bah, who wants to live with him?"
While he was talking, the middle-aged man who had hurried from the village entrance arrived at this moment.
"Madam, something happened."
"Old Chen, didn't you see that I was receiving my younger brother?" Mrs. Ma said calmly, "If there's anything else, let's wait until tomorrow. If someone makes trouble, you can handle it yourself."
"It's not a trouble...it's not right either. I can't handle it."
Old Chen looked at Madam Ma fearfully, then turned to look at the young man in silver armor, but hesitated to speak.
"Oh, since sister-in-law has something to deal with, it's not convenient for me to listen." The young general in silver armor stood up and left, "Yanqiu will leave first."
"Hey, we are all a family, there is nothing to avoid." Mrs. Ma stopped the young general in silver armor, "Old Chen, tell me, what happened?"
"yes."
The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "In Fengzhou City, General Zhang Heyan's men came to make trouble. They blocked the village entrance and threatened to attack the village."
"What did you say?" Mrs. Ma frowned, "Zhang Heyan... I have never provoked him. Why did he provoke me?"
The silver-armored young general on the side said aloud: "Is this Zhang Heyan one of the three people not to mess with in Fengzhou, Zhang Yanwang?"
"Yes, that's him." Mrs. Ma nodded.
"Hey, it's interesting. It's not enough for him to cause harm to Fengzhou City, and he has to extend his hand here." The young general said coldly, "Now that we have encountered him, I can't ignore him! Come here, prepare your horse, and bring my gun.
"
Madam Ma hurriedly stopped her and said: "Yanqiu, don't be impulsive. Zhang Heyan and Wang Jing, the prefect of Fengzhou, are from the same family. You can't offend them because of my temporary anger. You have to meet Wang Jing tomorrow to borrow food!"
"Sister-in-law, I'm not just for you," said the silver-armored young general, "I'm also for the people who are in dire straits in Fengzhou City, the innocent people who were harmed by those bullies and corrupt officials! We fight bloody battles on the battlefield, not just to be like Wang Jingzhang
People like He Yan are here for the people of the Tang Dynasty. People like Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan, what should they be afraid of if they offend them? I just wish I couldn’t kill them all! Kill them all!"
After saying that, Young General Yinjiao strode out of the small courtyard. Mrs. Ma was so anxious that she quickly followed out, only to see the young general mount his horse and ride away.
At the entrance of the village, the time for half a cup of tea has passed.
When the boy saw this, he no longer had the intention to wait any longer and shouted:
"Enter the village!"
"Let's see who dares!"
The sound of horse hoofbeats was like thunder, and a cavalry team came from Majia Village.
The young general at the head, with silver armor and a steel gun, stopped proudly in front of the young man.
Fifteen or six riders behind him dispersed the crowd of onlookers, who lined up in a row, all with murderous looks on their faces, and some people's armors still had blood on them.
Between the two parties, which one is stronger and which one is weaker, a decision will be made.
"Who are you?" Seeing this formation, the boy couldn't help but swallowed his saliva and asked with a guilty conscience.
"I am the vanguard officer under General Pei Min, Xu Yanqiu."
The silver-armored young general said scornfully: "May I ask, are you General Zhang Heyan himself?"
"No, no, no..." When he heard that he was one of Pei Min's subordinates, the young man didn't dare to show off, so he hurriedly said with a smile:
"The villain is not General Zhang, he is just a servant of General Zhang's house."
"Oh, that's it."
Xu Yanqiu nodded and said thoughtfully: "A mere servant dares to drive Fengzhou soldiers to block roads and arrest people for no reason. How courageous!"
At the last sentence, Xu Yanqiu suddenly raised her voice, which frightened the boy so much that he almost fell off his horse.
"General Xu, you don't know something." The young man apologized and said with a smile, "I followed my master's order and led the soldiers to come and take the man."
"Who to take?"
"He is the owner of these grains."
"Why arrest him?"
"Because he beat our young master." The boy said confidently, as if he had been greatly wronged.
"Then why do they want to beat your young master?"
"Because our young master fell in love with a little girl, and the girl refused to obey, so..."
The boy's voice stopped suddenly. He did not dare to say any more because the veins on Xu Yanqiu's face were already popping up in front of him.
"Okay...okay..."
Xu Yanqiu gritted his teeth and said, "You are robbing women in the street. If someone sees injustice on the street, you still want to kill them all. You deserve to be damned..."
"General Xu, you can't say that, can you?" The young man said with an apologetic smile, "This man's life is different from that of others. My young master was bullied. If we have the ability to take revenge, then the other party will have to consider themselves unlucky."
"That's absurd!" Xu Yanqiu scolded angrily, "Things are high and low, and people are high and low? People like you who regard human life as nothing, I will kill you first, and then I will kill Zhang Heyan with your head!"
"
After saying that, Xu Yanqiu raised his gun and stabbed forward.
"Help, it's a murder!" The boy was so frightened that he shouted for help, his body softened and he fell back.
"Yanqiu, stop!"
Mrs. Ma finally arrived at the last critical moment and stopped Xu Yanqiu.
"You can't kill anyone, otherwise you will really break up with Zhang Heyan."
"I have never been on good terms with him, so what if we break up?" Xu Yanqiu said.
"Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to borrow food?" Mrs. Ma said sternly, "The power of Fengzhou is in the hands of Wang Jing and Zhang Heyan. Whether or not the life-saving food and grass are given is a matter of their words. I'm offended.
They, your brothers will all die!"
Mrs. Ma's words were like cold water, waking up the impulsive Xu Yanqiu.
Yes, I still have something to ask for from them.
Xu Yanqiu lowered his head, struggled for a moment, and finally let out a long sigh and put down his spear.
"Go back! From now on, you are no longer allowed to set foot in Majia Village!"
The young man woke up leisurely. Looking at this scene, he breathed a sigh of relief. He finally didn't have to die.
However, just because Xu Yanqiu didn't kill him, it didn't mean that others wanted to let him go.
A sleeve arrow shot from the dark place and pierced the young man's back of the heart. He wailed and fell off his horse, bleeding from all his orifices.
"Killing...killing..." The Fengzhou soldiers who followed the young man stood up and shouted one after another.
Mrs. Ma was completely stunned and looked at Xu Yanqiu next to her in disbelief.
"Yanqiu, you..."
"It's not me." Xu Yanqiu said in a deep voice.
"Quiet! Liu An, remove these people's weapons, tie them up, and bring them to Fengzhou."
"Yes." After receiving the order, the subordinates immediately swarmed forward. The Fengzhou soldiers, who had long been corrupted in a comfortable environment, were no match for these battle-hardened warriors. After a while, they were all tied up.
"Sister-in-law, I must go to the city immediately and cannot stay in Majia Village." Xu Yanqiu said.
"Okay..." Mrs. Ma nodded blankly. She still hadn't figured out the situation yet, "Be careful along the way."
"Sister-in-law, don't worry."
Xu Yanqiu picked up the boy's body with a gun, placed it on the horse nearby, and took off the sleeve arrow.
"Hidden weapon...who would take the life of a servant?"
Xu Yanqiu frowned and ordered: "Let's go!"
…
Less than three miles away, Xu Yanqiu suddenly heard a strange noise in the dense forest next to him. He immediately looked over and asked sharply:
"Who is where? Come out!"
A rustling sound rang out, and not long after, a young man with a divine face came out.
"Who are you?" Xu Yanqiu asked coldly, already holding the steel gun tightly in his hand.
The man smiled broadly: "I'm from Xue Yi Tang, Ye Qinglan."