There were about 20 to 30 refugees in this group. No one knew where they got the big knives from. Two or three of them broke into a house, tied up the women and children first, then searched for food. If they met someone who was tough enough, they would just chop him up.
Some people with vicious intentions, failing to find any food, would burn down people's houses.
By the time the people in Hongye Village reacted, dozens of households had been robbed.
Some men in the family got angry and took out their axes to fight them, and in a blink of an eye, they found that all the family members, young and old, were held with knives at their necks...
Wang Lizheng was tied up and thrown into the center of the village. He begged, "We are all poor in this village. Please let me go, uncles. Every household in the Taoyuan Village next door has food stored. You can go find them!"
The leader was standing on the village's public millstone, directing the people. When he heard what he said, he just snorted, "Don't worry, it's just a matter of time."
The villagers slowly reacted. Seven or eight men gathered together, armed with axes and machetes, and rushed out from the darkness, immediately engaging in a fight with more than a dozen thieves.
As the bandits tied up and dragged out the women and children in the village, and hacked them to death one after another in front of them, the group of men suddenly lost control and became disorganized, and a group of people soon died tragically under the bandits' swords.
There were also some villagers who were unwilling to give up and wanted to launch a sneak attack on the leader of the bandits, but they were shot in the throat by a long arrow that came from nowhere.
The entire Hongye Village was filled with sounds of smashing, begging for mercy, laughter, and wailing, all shrouded in flames and thick smoke, like a scene from hell.
Suddenly, a long arrow came from a distance and shot straight through the throat of the bandit leader.
The man stood on the millstone, staring in disbelief at the direction of the arrow. The thief leader still held a big knife in his hand, his body seemed stiff, and fell straight to the ground.
The air was quiet for a moment, then it was drowned out by more roars.
Duan Yidao brandished two axes and rushed towards the thieves together with Wei Da.
A long arrow shot towards Duan Yidao from a distance. Suddenly, he swung his sword to knock the arrow down, then jumped to a high place. After a while, he threw out a man with a chopped hand, who was the archer on the bandit's side.
Song Yuehua wondered in her heart, was this man a hunter before?
Before she could figure it out, the villagers of Taoyuan Village followed closely behind her, holding axes and machetes to kill the thieves. In the chaos, Ji Ming had picked up three large knives, and any refugees who approached him were easily knocked down by him.
After Gouwazi arrived at Hongye Village, he ran straight to Wang's house with a wooden face. When he saw the house burned into a sea of fire, he felt like he was going crazy.
"Wang Xiaoye! Wang Xiaoye!" Gouwazi roared and shouted, and an uncontrollable despair came over him.
In front of the raging fire in the house, Gouwazi was as small as an ant. Even if he cried at the top of his lungs, he could not move anything.
Since Sister Xiaoye was inside, he had to bring her out. Just as Gouwazi was about to rush into the sea of fire...
"Three babies."
A familiar voice.
He turned around suddenly and Wang Xiaoye appeared behind him as if falling from the sky.
Gou Wazi instantly went from great sorrow to great joy, forgetting all manner of manners and avoiding suspicion, running over with snot and tears all over his face, hugged Wang Xiaoye, and choked up, "You're still alive, you're still alive!"
As he spoke, Gouwazi's legs went limp and he slid down, lying on the ground crying and hiccuping. Wang Xiaoye's eyes also turned red and she gently hugged Gouwazi.
Wang Er, who had rushed over, was about to explode when he saw this, but when he saw the two men's appearance clearly in the light of the fire, his clenched fists loosened and he just turned around and left silently.
With the presence of Master Duan and several martial artists, the remaining thieves were quickly subdued.
The villagers of Hongye Village were furious as their relatives were killed by this group of thieves in front of their eyes. One of them picked up a big stone, walked up to the tied thief, and hit him on the head again and again with red eyes. The people nearby saw this and instead of stopping him, they picked up stones and smashed them too.
Zhou Lizheng took the three kidnapped thieves aside and asked, "Where are you from?"
"Master, spare my life!"
Seeing that the situation was not right, several kidnapped thieves begged for mercy, "I am from Daozhu Village. They are from all villages. We were all very hungry because we had no food at home. That's why we did this stupid thing. Please spare our lives!"
"You didn't think of sparing their lives when you took action." Zhou Lizheng said coldly.
Wang Lizheng also came over and said, "Brother Zhou, leave these people to us!"
Zhou Lizheng originally wanted to leave two people alive to hand over to the county magistrate. If he handed them over to the people of Hongye Village, they would probably all die. At this time, Song Yuehua said, "Grandpa Zhou, tit for tat."
Only then did Zhou Lizheng nod his head.
Several tied thieves tried to struggle, but they were quickly dragged away by the men from Hongye Village.
Song Yuehua called on the villagers to quickly collect the swords dropped by the group of people, and saw that Ji Ming already had three swords on his waist and one in each hand.
This kid is really quick.
After helping to put out the fire in Hongye Village, Zhou Lizheng took his fellow villagers back home.
"Brother Zhou, are you going back like this?" Wang Lizheng caught up and asked.
Zhou Lizheng said, "I won't drink tea. You guys should clean up early."
Wang Lizheng: “…” Who wants to invite you for tea!
"Brother Zhou, what I mean is that the village has suffered such a disaster this time, and we are not far away, you can't just stand by and watch!"
Wang Lizheng's meaning was very clear. If he had a soft heart, he might have taken them in.
Zhou Lizheng just said, "Village affairs have to be decided by the villagers."
Wang Lizheng watched helplessly as the Taoyuan Village group walked back.
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