Chen Sheng tightened the reins and let the carriage stop slowly.
At this time, it was already approaching dusk, and there was still spring rain falling in the sky, making the nearby scenery extremely wet.
Xu Mu got off the carriage, raised his head, and looked around.
I found that, as the old official said, it was a rare and good place. It had a mountain to the north and a stream to the south. Although the horse farm abandoned by the old Northerners looked a bit dilapidated, it had the necessary infrastructure and thorn fences.
, old wells, large stoves, and even well-proportioned stone pavements are all the same.
Outside the racecourse, the two official roads to the north and south are less than a hundred steps apart, and there are several thin forest roads that also lead to villages not far away.
It is indeed a four-way street.
"Boss, what are those people doing?"
Xu Mu frowned. In fact, he had just seen a few vaguely village-like people breaking off wooden boards along the old horse farm.
"Master, when I came to see you earlier, you didn't see these." Next to Chen Sheng, another driver came out with a guilty look on his face.
Xu Mu remembered that this person seemed to be named Zhou Zun, and he listened to his instructions yesterday and came over to check in advance.
"It's not your fault."
These villagers are probably too lazy to go up the mountain and want to make some cheap money nearby. However, if this old horse farm is torn apart, even the shell will be gone.
In the future, when the winery and Zhuangzi settle here, they will inevitably have to deal with these villagers, and Xu Mu doesn't want to go too far.
After hesitating for a moment, Xu Mu took Si Hu and others and walked forward.
As soon as we got closer, several villagers gathered together.
"Your land? Why is it your land?" The leader was a carefree old villager. It was already spring and he was still wearing a thick torn sheep coat. The smell of rancid smell made him choke.
It makes one's nose sore.
Behind the old villagers, there were several other figures who were also shouting and shouting, raising sticks in their hands from time to time to show off their power.
Qiang——
Si Hu angrily raised his sword and took it out of its sheath. The villagers were so shocked that they all hugged each other and shrank back a few steps.
"Si Hu, put down the knife." Xu Mu glared. He really wanted to kill the relationship. There might be many more bullshit things that would happen in the future.
"This is the notarization of the land deed." Xu Mu calmly pulled out a file and opened it in front of several villagers.
Even if you are illiterate, you can still recognize the eye-catching red seal of the Yamen.
Several villagers who had been screaming suddenly lost their temper and ran away quickly while cursing.
"Chen Sheng, let the brothers enter the village quickly and unload the things first."
It was almost dusk, and it was too late to renovate the village. We could only block the wooden holes next to the village for one night.
"Si Hu, it's still the same as before, two people working in pairs."
"Don't worry, Brother Mu!"
With weapons in hand, the sense of security increased greatly. Si Hu and the five driver drivers all looked determined.
The maid's wife, Jiang Caiwei, had already picked up a lot of hay and spread it on the roof of the wooden shed, and also spread a thick layer in the open space under the shed.
"Xu, Xu Lang, sleep."
Xu Mu was startled, turned his head and looked outside, and found that except for this wooden shed, the world was wet everywhere.
Si Hu and others had slowly put on their raincoats and gathered carefully under a broken horse shed.
"Go to sleep."
Even though they were a couple, Xu Mu still felt strange. He had always slept in the cowshed in the broken courtyard.
He always felt that there was always a layer of paper between him and the little maid in front of him.
"Xu Lang, my family is not afraid of getting caught in the rain. Not long ago, my family often collected firewood in the rain." Jiang Caiwei blushed, hurriedly grabbed a handful of hay, and ran outside to a corner where the rain was soaking.
Shengdi squatted on the ground and tried his best to block the gaps in the wood with hay.
Xu Mu's face turned bitter. If he really wanted to leave Jiang Caiwei outside in the rain, his conscience would be uneasy.
"You come back and sleep, I will be on duty later."
"Xu Lang... we can shelter from the rain here." Jiang Caiwei raised her head, her hair was covered with wet hair, and she was wearing a little thin clothes, and her body was shaking slightly.
Xu Mu sighed, walked a few steps, took Jiang Caiwei's arm, and pulled her into the wooden shed.
"You sleep here. I just saw it. There is a good shed over there. I will go there after the night watch."
Wherever there are any good sheds, the villagers have stolen all the wooden planks next to the old racecourse.
"Well, Xu Lang, be careful not to get wet."
Lowering her head, Jiang Caiwei's eyes turned red. She originally planned to give the wooden shed to Xu Mu, but she was afraid that Xu Mu would be angry if she kept saying it a few times.
However, this feeling seems to be very good.
It was as if in the deep and silent darkness, someone suddenly turned on a lamp, making the whole world suddenly bright and warm.
Putting on his raincoat and carrying a grease lantern, Xu Mu walked around the old horse farm. Even after walking several times, Xu Mu didn't find any good sheds.
It seems that tomorrow's renovation must not be delayed.
"Brother Mu, come and see!"
Si Hu, who was on night watch, suddenly shouted.
Xu Mu paused, not daring to delay, and hurried forward, stepping on the wet mud that stuck to his feet.
"My boss, there's someone there."
The first group of people on night watch happened to be Si Hu and Chen Sheng. At this moment, these two people each held a simple knife and an iron-tied bow, and their voices were faintly deep.
"Could he be from the village?" Xu Mu walked closer and frowned slightly.
"Master, it's almost midnight, and the villagers have already closed their doors and gone to bed."
The collapse of the Daji state has given rise to more and more bandits. Generally speaking, even the laziest villagers will stay behind closed doors early to avoid provoking thieves.
"My boss, with his pockmarked face, is a bandit who steps on plates!" Suddenly, Chen Sheng's tone was startled again.
Stepping on the plate means stepping on the point.
Come to think of it, after being in this situation and still being sneaky, he must not be a good citizen.
"Si Hu, shoot the bow." Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
If the bandits are allowed to figure out the situation at the old horse farm, they will inevitably become passive. With weapons on both sides, it is better to strike preemptively.
The four horsemen who had been squinting behind them also hurriedly gathered around and quickly picked up their weapons. Their expressions were full of nervousness.
After listening to Xu Mu's words, Si Hu hurriedly took off his iron bow, twisted an iron arrow from the arrow pot, and shot it towards the two figures in the rain curtain with a "hoo" sound.
The accuracy was disgraceful. The iron arrow missed at least ten steps and sank into half of the old tree trunk. The few night birds that were sleeping soundly in shelter from the rain flapped their wings one after another and screamed miserably in the air.
But even so, the two sneaky figures were frightened for no reason, turned around in a hurry, and hurriedly fled towards the old mountain to the north.