Chapter 346: Unified Voice
Not long after Ye Yanping and his companions set off, villagers from all over the country came over to prepare breakfast.
The village head held little Jiuer in his arms and stood at the city gate.
Not long after, all the headmen from the nine villages in the surrounding area came over. After seeing Xiao Jiuer, they surrounded her and greeted her.
"Master Xiaojiu, why are you up so early today?"
"Are you hungry? Breakfast isn't ready yet."
The little dumpling looked at everyone adorably, waving his little hands to greet everyone, "You're so cute! Long time no see!"
The nine village chiefs were so cute that they were bleeding, and they couldn't wait to touch and hug the baby.
After the greetings, all nine people hesitated to speak.
"Ask whatever you want to ask!" the village head said amiably. "We're all family, why are you hesitating?"
The three words "one family" made the nine village heads flattered. This was the first time that the village head said such words.
Feng Lizheng of Jingwan Village said, "Brother, there's something we've been wondering about for several days, but since you didn't bring it up, we didn't dare ask."
The village head said, "What are you afraid to ask? Ask!"
Li Zheng Feng said, "Three days ago, a cavalry of about a hundred men passed through the entrances of the villages and stopped to ask where Heihe Village was. The villagers thought they were staying at the inn, so they helped point them in the right direction."
"But these past few days, when we came here to sell breakfast and supper, we didn't see those people, and there weren't that many horses in the stables. We were wondering where those people had gone? Did they go into the mountains?"
The village head said calmly, "They didn't go into the mountains."
"Where are they?" the nine people asked in surprise. "None of the villages saw them returning!"
"Of course you won't see them return," the village head whispered, "because they were struck dead by lightning at the entrance of Heihe Village that day!"
"What?!" The village heads jumped in shock.
"Brother, are you kidding me? Hundreds of people were killed by thunder?!"
The village head sighed, "I'm not kidding! I can't even believe it myself, but that's exactly what happened that day. Several thunders blasted, and not a single person was left alive!"
The nine village heads were so shocked that they didn't say anything for a long time, and they couldn't help but look at the little dumpling.
But the little dumpling was concentrating on playing with his little pocket and didn't even look at them.
The head of Dahuai Village said, "Brother Zhuang, thunder always strikes bad people. What evil things have these people done?"
The village head snorted, "They're not just wicked! Those black-hearted people are here for Master Xiaojiu, saying they want to take him away!"
"Ah?! That won't do!" People from all around were saying excitedly.
"Well, no!" Little Jiuer raised her little head and pouted in grievance, "He's cute, but he's a bad boy!"
"Look how wronged Master Xiaojiu is!" people from all around shouted indignantly, "Why do they say such shameless things? Master Xiaojiu is a child of Heihe Village! How can they just take him away like that?"
The village head shook his head. "You know what? He really is qualified. He's a member of the Imperial Guard, serving the Emperor."
"Imperial Guards?" The village heads' faces changed. "So, the Emperor is thinking about Master Xiaojiu?"
The village head said, "We can't guess what the emperor is thinking, but that group of people said that if Heihe Village doesn't hand over Master Xiaojiu, they will kill all the children in the village!"
"These damned ones deserve to be struck to death by thunder!"
People in the surrounding area were cursing in anger.
The little dumpling pouted and echoed fiercely, "You idiot! Kill him!"
"Look how angry Master Xiaojiu is! We definitely won't go to the capital for no reason. Heihe Village is now more popular than the capital!"
"Master Xiaojiu doesn't want to go, and we can't bear to let him go! If Master Xiaojiu leaves, who will lead the surrounding area to a better life?"
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The village head sighed, “There was a severe drought for the past three years, and it was only last year that the imperial court sent some moldy relief grain.
"I'll be honest, the court has been rotting since the Regent left. Just when we were enjoying good times, they've come knocking on our door. I'm afraid the days ahead will be tough!"
The village heads were very worried.
"Brother, this group of people disappeared in Heihe Village. What should we do if the court investigates?"
The village head said, "There's no point being afraid now. They won't let Heihe Village go unless Master Xiaojiu is handed over. Heihe Village has been forced into a corner."
The village heads were silent.
Either hand over Lord Xiaojiu or fight against the imperial court. The situation in Heihe Village is very difficult!
"Brother, you must not hand over Master Xiaojiu!" the village heads said in unison.
"We've all heard the rumors about lucky stars and unlucky stars. The imperial court definitely has bad intentions!"
The village head nodded and said, "All nine villages are here today. I have something to tell you."
"Brother Zhuang, you say!"
"There's one thing you all nine villages need to do. No matter who asks you if you saw any troops coming, you must firmly declare that you never saw any troops."
"Understood!" the village heads replied.
"Okay, there's nothing else to do, go do your own things!"
"Brother Zhuang, is this all you want to explain?"
"That's all. Heihe Village won't drag you into this risky situation. Just live your life well."
Sun Lizheng of Zhushan Village said: "I recently learned a phrase: 'When the lips are gone, the teeth are cold.' If anything happens to Heihe Village, we won't be able to live well either."
The other village heads agreed.
"Yes, we have a good life because of Master Xiaojiu. We can't just stand by and watch Master Xiaojiu in trouble!"
"We may not be able to fight, but we can definitely help!"
Xu Lizheng of Jingui Village said, "I have an idea. When the imperial court sends someone, each village should blow the alliance horn and inform Heihe Village. What do you think?"
The village heads nodded in agreement and discussed for a while before going back.
Not long after, the second in command of the Black Eagle Village, Chuan Tianhou, came to report with all the brothers in the village carrying tools.
Little Jiuer waved her little hands and greeted them enthusiastically, "You're so cute!"
Everyone laughed and said, "Boss, why are you up so early today?"
The little dumpling rubbed his eyes and said, "I'm waiting for you!"
"Big Boss needs to grow, so just go to sleep and let us adults take care of this kind of thing!"
"Yeah!" The little dumpling yawned and dozed off on the headman's shoulder, his little cheeks pouting from being squeezed.
Everyone in the Black Eagle Village smiled like an auntie.
I really want to pinch that little chubby face.
But I don’t have the courage.
"Zhuang Lizheng, where is Brother Yan An?" asked Chuan Tianhou.
"I'm here!" Ye Yan'an waved to them from the martial arts training ground not far away.
Everyone from the Black Eagle Village walked over.
Next to the martial arts training ground, several stoves were set up, with large pots on the stoves, and firewood, food and vegetables were all available.
These were all built by the village headman and the villagers in Black Eagle Village helped with the work. We can't let people go back to the village hungry to cook.
Ye Yan'an said apologetically, "Brothers, Heihe Village is short of manpower right now, so you may have to cook for yourselves."
Chuan Tian Hou waved his long hand and said, "This is easy. We can arrange for someone to go down the mountain to cook. Brother Yan An, take us up the mountain!"
Ye Yan'an smiled and said, "You've come such a long way, why don't you take a break before going up the mountain?"
The monkey kept shaking his head.
"What's the point of taking a break?! To be honest, the brothers have been looking forward to this for two days!"
Ye Yan'an was confused, "Why?"
Chuan Tian Hou lowered his voice and said, "To be honest, maybe it's because I've been a bandit for so long that I'm not used to suddenly becoming a good person."
Ye Yan'an couldn't help but laugh out loud, "So, you're all looking forward to mining and iron smelting?"
"Of course we're looking forward to it!" Chuan Tian Hou laughed. "With the addition of a rebellion, the brothers are really excited! The most important thing is that the boss strongly supports this! The brothers have been so excited that they haven't slept well for two nights!"
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