The Sword of Smiling and Proud

Chapter 164 A Misunderstanding

Guan Yuan also admired the man's patience for persisting until now.

But when he turned around suddenly, held down the man's attacking wrist, and looked up, he was also a little surprised.

The wrist was not thick, but lean and strong. Looking up, he saw a young man with dark skin, a stubborn face, and eyes full of hatred.

This boy was only eleven or twelve years old. He was short in stature, probably due to malnutrition since childhood, and his height was no bigger than Guan Yuan's chest.

"Hei boy, you got the wrong person." Guan Yuan explained. Looking at the hatred in the young man's eyes, he was afraid that there was a blood feud between him and the Japanese pirates. He couldn't bear the blame for this inexplicable crime.

"We are not thieves or Japanese pirates, but knights from Guanzhong, here specifically to kill the enemy."

As he spoke, the black boy was still struggling. Although he was very thin, he had a lot of brute strength in his arms. Unfortunately, Guan Yuan's palm locked him tightly like an iron hoop.

He pursed his lips, using too much force, and his lips even began to turn white. The hatred in his eyes had not diminished at all, and there was also a hint of madness.

Seeing that he couldn't communicate, Guan Yuan felt helpless. The boy in his hand desperately wanted to break free, but he was unwilling to let go for fear that the other party would do something impulsive.

With a creak, the door of the wooden house on the left opened, and a white-haired old man walked over, holding a cane in his hand.

The young man seemed to be even more excited when he saw the old man, and he was shouting something. Only then did Guan Yuan realize that the child seemed to be mute.

"Hei Wa, don't be cruel, this person is not a thief." The old man stepped forward and calmed him down with gestures and persuasion.

The mute boy also trusted him very much and gradually became quiet.

Seeing that a sensible person finally came out and could communicate, Guan Yuan felt relieved and let go of the young man's hand.

"Old man, I am a disciple of the Huashan sect in the Central Plains. I came here only to kill the Japanese pirates." Guan Yuan reported his family name. Seeing that the old man was polite and polite, he should be a highly respected person in the village.

"What's the Huashan sect? I've never heard of it."

As soon as these words came out, not only Guan Yuan, but also Liang Fa and Xiang Danian who came over after hearing the words had their expressions condensed. This meant that this old man did not know martial arts and was a mountain man.

If there is anyone else in the martial arts world who dares to say that, for the sake of the sect's face, no matter what, we have to have a fight with that person.

"But since he is here to kill Japanese pirates, he is not a bad person." The old man gasped and walked around the three of them.

At this time, all the doors in the village, large and small, were opened, and many people, old and young, men and women came out to see the uninvited guests of Guan Yuan and the other three.

"The hoofbeats of your horses were loud before, and villagers from a few miles away came back to warn us. We thought the Japanese pirates were coming again." The old man hugged the mute young man who was still looking at Guan Yuan with hostility.

Guan Yuan was a little dumbfounded, "We are dressed like people from the Ming Dynasty, how can we be Japanese pirates?"

"The Japanese pirates are not all those dwarf monkeys, there are also people from Ming Dynasty." The old man said, "Before, they sent a few people to explore the road first, and after finding the direction, they sent a large group of Japanese pirates."

There is such a thing, and the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese pirates are mixed together?
Later, the old man invited Guan Yuan and the others into the courtyard to talk in detail and served some food.It turns out that this village is called Dongshi Village, and there are hundreds of families living there.Originally, there was a Xishi Village more than ten miles to the west. Unfortunately, it was burned down a few months ago when Japanese pirates crossed the border.

All the farmers and villagers in the village were not spared, leaving only the mute boy who could not speak and fled to Dongshi Village.

The damn thing is that this Xishi Village is actually very poor, and there is nothing valuable that can attract Japanese pirates.This group of thieves were just passing by here, and when they were hungry, they went into the village to eat.

They kidnapped all the young and old in the village and feasted and drank. Before leaving, they slaughtered all the old, weak, sick and disabled, and burned them all.

This young man, who was called Hei Wa, fled to Dongshi Village, where most of the people from Xishishun Village had relatives, and was taken in by Mr. Chen, a teacher in the village.Based on the experience last time, this time the people of Dongshi Village arranged sentries from a distance. When they saw Guan Yuan and the other three people carrying weapons on their backs, they thought it was the Japanese pirates who had returned.

Everyone hid in the vegetable cellar prepared at home, with strong walls and clear fields. Unexpectedly, Hei Wa couldn't hold back his hatred and took it out.

After all, he was an orphan. He grew up eating Baijia food and wearing Baijia clothes in Xishi Village.When the Japanese pirates attacked before, he had long regretted his cowardly escape. Now that someone suspected of being a thief has entered the village, how could he endure it and only think about revenge.

"Mr. Chen, I just heard you say that there is a Ming Dynasty among the Japanese pirates. Is that true?" Guan Yuan asked while eating the famous Qingtuan in southern Zhejiang.

"Although I'm old, I'm not dazzled yet." Mr. Chen paused the wooden stick in his hand. "Although the leader of the Japanese pirates from Tianshou is a bald and short man who speaks nonsense, there are many big Ming Dynasties in the team. They speak Chinese, and I can still tell the difference between them."

The East and West Stone Villages are not far apart. When the Japanese pirates passed through, many farmers saw them, including Mr. Chen.I just didn't expect that this gang of villains would be so cruel, murderous and inhumane.

"Those people must have acted as guides for the Japanese pirates, otherwise, with so many villages and counties in our Taizhou Prefecture, those dwarf monkeys would know where there is wealth and where there is poverty?!"

Guan Yuan did not expect that during the Zhengde period, some people would become traitors for the Japanese pirates for the sake of profit.These people are more hateful than Japanese pirates.

"Mr. Chen, does he know where these Japanese pirates are now?" At this time, Guan Yuan couldn't hold back his anger and wanted to kill a few Japanese pirates to relieve his anger.

"I heard from people in the southern village that in a bay not far from here, a few dozen miles away, this group of Japanese pirates carried the looted items onto a sea ship and ran away to no one knows where."

Yes, there is a long and narrow bay to the east of Yandang Mountain, which can indeed hide many ships.

Guan Yuan was a little discouraged because he couldn't track the Japanese pirates, but it was good to collect some information.According to Mr. Chen, there were not many Japanese pirates in the team, only 3 to 400 at most. Only half of them were real Japanese, and the other half were fake Japanese who acted as traitors.

"If the southern bay can hide boats and the Japanese pirates enjoy the benefits, I'm afraid they will still come ashore from here in the future." Thinking of this, Guan Yuan couldn't help but feel worried.

"Afraid of what he will do! We were unprepared before, but now we have made an agreement in several neighboring villages. If the Japanese pirates attack again, these young and old men will not let them get what they want." Although Chen is old, he still speaks well. Share heroic spirit.

According to him, there were only a few people like Guan Yuan and others before, so there was no contact. Otherwise, the nearby villagers who came to reinforce at this time would have surrounded the village.

The people of Ming Dynasty today are not very aware of how difficult Japanese pirates are to deal with, and they think they are just a group of ordinary bandits.Damn it, wouldn't it be easy to deal with the gangsters who came out of this small country?

It was not until the subsequent decades of struggle experience that everyone from the common people to the court would truly realize that the Japanese pirates along the coast were a serious threat.

(End of this chapter)