Yo, grandpa is here

Chapter 54

Everyone in Yujiagou is in a good mood today. The negotiation between the patriarch and Haojia Village last night greatly boosted morale, so everyone is talking about it and their emotions are high.

I thought it would be easy to come to Haojia Village to ask for a cart.

As soon as she arrived at the entrance of Haojia Village, Chen Qingqing's face changed drastically, and Yu Buli instantly entered a fighting state.

"Ermao, drive the donkey to hide in the sorghum field, everyone hides in the sorghum field, don't talk!"

"Grandma, what's wrong?"

"No time to explain, hurry up and hide, don't come out if you want to survive!"

Chen Qingqing's words were so serious that everyone was frightened, and everyone hid in the sorghum field one after another.

Chen Qingqing drew out her sickle and walked forward stooping. Yu Buli grabbed her by the arm and dragged her into the sorghum field involuntarily.

"There are too many people, we are not rivals." Yu Buli said in a low voice.

Chen Qingqing looked ahead and had to admit that he was right.

"Ah!" An exclamation came from behind. Someone was shocked when they saw the situation of Haojia Village in front of them.

Yu Buli glanced over, and the person who exclaimed hurriedly covered his mouth.

"If you don't want to die, hide away!" Yu Buli Lenglie, if there were only him and Qingqing here, it would be no problem to escape.

But behind him was a bunch of teammates who were hip-stretching, so they could only dodge.

Everyone in Yujiagou also saw it clearly.

Haojia Village is in a recess, the sorghum field is high, everyone is lying in the sorghum field, the bells in Haojia Village are ringing one after another, making it very noisy.

The sound of horseshoes, the sound of bells, and the shouts of people all made a mess.

Chen Qingqing realized right away that she heard horses barking and bells ringing.

The nearby villages are all poor, where are the horses?
When Yu Buli was selling donkeys, the two of them inquired about the price of horses. A horse was almost ten times the price of a donkey, especially when the war was just over and horses were an important strategic material, and the price was very expensive.

In a remote village like Yujiagou, most of the villagers have never seen a real horse, so they didn't know it for a while.

Chen Qingqing had taken equestrian lessons, so she knew it as soon as she heard it.

Immediately tie the bell, this is the thieves, commonly known as bandits.

Man Shan and the others could see clearly now that in Hao's Village, several thin old horses were running rampant, and each of them was ridden by a brawny man dressed in a short skirt.

"Grandpa Zu, is Haojia Village recruiting thieves?!" Man Shan was so frightened that his voice trembled.

"Ah!!!" The woman's scream came from afar.

A bandit carried a girl and threw her on the horse. The arrogant laughter pierced the sky.

Chen Qingqing glanced back and forth, she was counting the number of horses and the number of people.

If the number is small, she may help out for the sake of the horses - bah, for the sake of allies.

There are 3 horses in total, they look skinny, and there are 2 mules mixed in, and the 5 with mounts should be small heads.

If there were only these five people, Chen Qingqing would not be afraid.

But she saw that there were still some people going through the houses in a mess. According to a rough estimate, there were at least 20 thieves.

"It seems that they should be the ones who caused the banditry recently. That horse is too old to kill and eat meat, right? I think it's not as good as our donkey, or even a mule, a thieves riding a mule."

From their equipment, Chen Qingqing analyzed that the life of these bandits was not easy.

"What should I do? Do you want to report to the government?" Man Shan lost his mind and was frightened out of his wits. "They even dare to rob Haojia Village, so if they come to our Yujiagou"

Among these villages, Haojia Village is already a thriving population, and if they are going to be robbed, then Yujiagou will suffer the same disaster sooner or later.

"Report to the government" Chen Qingqing narrowed her eyes, this is obviously not a feasible solution.

People in Haojia Village have said that soldiers and officials know about banditry.

It seems that the three broken horses of the bandits mopped up in Haojia Village have exposed their lack of strength.

It would not be difficult for the government to encircle and suppress this kind of stragglers, but if they let them go, they are two possibilities.

Either the government couldn't find any manpower, or the bandits themselves colluded with the government.

"Buli, could a courtyard as big as a soldier's house be built just to exploit the common people?" Chen Qingqing asked.

"I'm more inclined, these dog officials are corrupting the imperial court's bandit money and exploiting the common people."

Chen Qingqing nodded.

"Yeah, as long as the 'banditry' is always there, the court will have to allocate funds, and the yamen will withhold more than half of it, and squeeze some from between the teeth to distribute to the bandits. In this way, there will always be banditry, and the appropriation will always be there. How can the banditry disappear completely? "

"Have you ever seen leeks grow? Once they grow, the local yamen regard the court and the common people as leeks. These bandits are the sickles in their hands."

If the gentlemen haven't sucked enough blood, banditry will always exist.

The structure of Manshan is not enough, and the person is naive, thinking that the government can solve this matter.

If you go, it will be a good end.

But Chen Qingqing felt something was weird, she turned her head and asked Yu Buli.

"Buli, do you think these bandits were sent by soldiers to wait for an opportunity to retaliate?"

Yu Buli frowned, thought for a while, and shook his head.

"Not really."

Although the soldiers and officials had quarrels, they were still an interest group in the final analysis. The soldiers had already got what they wanted, so there was no need to bring people over to take revenge on Hao San.

"That's strange. How could they eat dog and eat black?" Chen Qingqing also felt strange.

Now it can be confirmed that the bandits are related to the government, and Hao San is also Yu Li's dog, but it's hard to say whether Hao San and the bandits communicate with each other.

That group of bandits had done enough damage to Haojia Village, so they withdrew from Haojia Village carrying the stolen loot.

Except for those who rode horses and mules, the other bandits trotted forward behind them, and the women tied up by them made sharp shouts from time to time.

Yao Yao was standing next to Chen Qingqing, and when she heard the girl's cry, her face turned pale, her little hand tightly grabbed Chen Qingqing's sleeve, biting her lower lip and not speaking.

Chen Qingqing sighed in her heart, she knew that Yao Yao really hoped that she could help that girl.

The girl looked like she was in her teens, and it was self-evident what fate she would have if she was taken away by bandits.

It's just that in the current situation, if she and Yu Buli go out, these people in Yujiagou will die.

Yao Yao obviously knew this too, so she bit her lip and closed her eyes, she was a sensible girl.

Chen Qingqing looked at Yu Buli sideways, and Yu Buli was expressionless, lying beside her holding a sickle.

He didn't care about anyone other than Chen Qingqing, he just wanted to protect her alone.

When the bandits ran to the sorghum field, the leader on horseback suddenly shouted:
"stop!"

The hearts of everyone hiding in the sorghum field were aroused. Could it be that they were discovered? !

(End of this chapter)