Old Man Shi was not only kind to Jiang Ning for saving his life, but also for preaching. Therefore, if something happened to him, Jiang Ning had no choice but to take responsibility.
"Don't worry, old village chief, Jiang Ning will definitely bring everyone back." Jiang Ning said firmly.
In his opinion, those bandits are ordinary people, and the strongest ones should be tempered bodies. With his cultivation in the late stage of Golden Core, one person can bring them all back without any effort, but since the village chief summoned
With so many people together, it was hard for Jiang Ning to show off and say anything.
Just why there was an oxcart with bulging sacks piled on it... Jiang Ning was curious, but didn't ask much.
"Haha, who doesn't know how to talk nonsense? I've only been in the village for a long time, and I really think I'm a Haza." A young man in the group sarcastically said.
Haza, in the village dialect, means the strongest person.
Jiang Ning glanced at the young man, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. The young man suddenly felt horrified, as if he was being targeted by the most dangerous beast in the forest. He immediately swallowed the words that came to his lips and did not dare to look at Jiang Ning again.
Jiang Ning withdrew his gaze and followed the old village chief and his party out of the village.
To deal with this kind of people, you should give them a shock at the beginning, otherwise it will be difficult to lead the team.
"Village Chief, you are getting old. Why don't you just wait in the village instead of leading the team yourself." On the way, Jiang Ning walked up to the old village chief and walked side by side.
The old village chief shook his head and replied in a hoarse voice: "As a village chief, I should be responsible for the villagers and protect their safety. When the time comes, I will negotiate with them first. If that doesn't work, I can only rely on you."
Already."
"Negotiation?"
Jiang Ning looked back at the sacks on the oxcart, and suddenly asked, "Is the village chief going to exchange gold, silver, and grain for people?"
The old village chief didn't hide anything, nodded and said: "Those bandits don't appear every day or two. They often appear in several nearby villages and ask for money. As long as they give it, they will not embarrass the villagers, but this time it is strange that they will
I took you away, so I took you with me to avoid any accidents."
So that's it... Jiang Ning nodded and said, "Don't worry, old village chief, he won't go on a business trip."
Several young people from the village who were walking behind were talking about Jiang Ning's back.
"Who is he? I don't know if the village chief is an old fool and insists on taking him with him."
"That's right, it's all for nothing. I don't believe he doesn't know that taking him there means sharing the credit."
"We have to teach this stranger a lesson and get him out of the village as soon as possible!"
Jiang Ning was so cultivated that he had sharp ears and eyes, and he could clearly hear the discussions of the people behind him.
"It's time to leave, after rescuing Mr. Shi..." Jiang Ning thought to himself.
After he recovered from the poisonous injury, he actually had the idea of leaving, but later he was attracted by Wuzhou's unique cultivation method. Now that he has gained energy and acquired the Cangzhu technique, it was time to go back.
Under the leadership of the village chief, the group quickly arrived at the place where Lao Shitou'er and others were captured.
The ground was covered with messy horse hooves, but other than that, no other traces were found.
"Fortunately, there are no corpses, and I am finally relieved." The blacksmith in the village tightened the big hammer in his hand and gritted his teeth: "If those beasts kill my cow, I will fight them to the death.
Knock the shit out of them!"
Jiang Ning almost couldn't help laughing.
He stepped forward and looked around, but he didn't find any useful clues, but the horse hoof prints on the ground were a bit strange.
Jiang Ning knelt down and stared at the horse hoof prints on the ground.
According to the regulations of the Kyushu Continent, the horseshoes of ordinary horse farms use standard shoes with a groove in the middle of the shoe and a hollow nail in the groove. War horses such as the county prince and the city lord's personal guard all use the middle groove.
A wide shoe that runs through the entire shoe to help the horse gain more grip.
If you don't look carefully at the marks left by the two types of hoofs, you won't be able to find the problem.
Jiang Ning stared at it for a long time before confirming that the marks on the ground were the wide shoes used by the guards and the guards' horses.
An ominous premonition arose in his heart.
"Squatting here for a long time and looking at it, what did you see?" A young man stepped forward and wiped away the marks Jiang Ning saw with his boots.
Jiang Ning raised his head and saw the young man staring down at him, saying with disdain: "You're just pretending, the village chief can't even see what's going on, but you can still tell if the flowers are not blooming!"
"I'm warning you, if you know the truth, get out of the village immediately. Our village does not welcome outsiders!"
Jiang Ning stood up, and the expression on his face made the young man's arrogant breath stagnant.
"After rescuing Mr. Shi, I will leave the village." He said calmly, then turned and walked in the direction of the old village chief.
It wasn't until Jiang Ning walked away that the young man involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief. The strange thing was that even he himself didn't know why he had an inexplicable fear of Jiang Ning.
"Fuck you!" Out of contempt for his cowardly behavior, he spat at Jiang Ning's back and cursed.
Jiang Ning noticed the small movements behind the other party's back and sighed inwardly.
There is really no reason to be xenophobic, regardless of the world... Jiang Ning walked up to the old village chief and said, "Village Chief, do you know the strongholds of those bandits?"
The old village chief shook his head and said: "I don't know. They wander around and appear elusive. Once, several of our villages jointly went to Euphorbia City for help. The city lord sent iron cavalry, but after several days of raids, their lair was not found.
"
"That would be troublesome." Jiang Ning said, becoming more and more confused.
Without a stronghold, they have no reason to arrest people and take them away.
Because the villagers will not only waste their rations, but also become a burden to them, so even if most of the robbers arrest people, they will only take away women and children, and kill all the others to avoid unnecessary trouble.
But there were no corpses here, and no blood was found around them, indicating that they took Old Shi and others away alive.
"Village Chief, I really can't find any traces, what should I do?"
"Yes, village chief, what should we do now? We can't find any of them."
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The rest of the people gathered from all around, but all found nothing.
The old village chief's crutch made a clanging sound on the ground, and he seemed to be extremely agitated.
Jiang Ning frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Maybe I have a way to try."
"What can we do?" Everyone looked over.
It was night, and a bonfire was lit here.
"Little brother, does this method really work?" the butcher and the blacksmith came over and asked.
Jiang Ning used a wooden stick to pull the bonfire twice, nodded and said: "Don't worry, uncles, if my guess is correct, then the robbers will show up at noon tomorrow at the latest."
The two men looked at each other and sighed secretly.
Now we can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor...
"Look, that kid is showing off again, bitch, can you bear it?" Several young people who had objections to Jiang Ning gathered together and kept shouting.
Gouwazi was the young man who was shocked by Jiang Ning at the entrance of the village.
Ever since that look at Jiang Ning, he had not dared to bring trouble against Jiang Ning along the way. On the contrary, the young man Douzi who was now in the crossfire even went to provoke Jiang Ning during the day and wiped away the horse's hoof prints in front of Jiang Ning with his feet.
Gouwazi said solemnly: "Don't you think he's a bit scary?"
Douzi was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. He slapped him on the head with his backhand and cursed: "What are you afraid of? When did you become so worthless? Now I have a way to kill his majesty. In one sentence, do you want to
Do it!”
Douzi has always been the leader of the bullies among the younger generation in the village, and the eldest brother in the hearts of several young people around him. If he says to do it, then he must do it!
"You all listen to Brother Douzi." Gouwazi was stunned for a long time before nodding along with everyone else.
The bright moon was shrouded in dark clouds, and the firelight could not break through the dark cage. Gouwazi, Douzi and other young people got into the bushes nearby when no one was paying attention.
Only Jiang Ning noticed it and saw them leaving without any warning.
Adults must learn to pay the price for their actions.