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They waited for a while, but no one came out and there was no sound.

Boss Ye and his men tried to move forward a few steps, but there was still no response.

Several people looked tense and walked a few more steps, but they didn't see anyone in the area illuminated by the torches.

Boss Ye glanced at Wangcai, who still looked alert.

Boss Ye was sweating on his back. This kind of thing that made people most afraid was not knowing where the danger was coming from or what the danger was.

Boss Ye called out to the outside again, "Any friends passing by, please tell me your name."

It was completely silent all around, not even the sound of insects chirping, the only thing I could feel was the wind blowing on my face.

In addition, their backs were soaked with sweat and the chilly wind made them even more frightened.

Wangcai, who had been following Boss Ye and whimpering, suddenly moved and ran into the darkness in a few steps.

Boss Ye was startled by Wangcai's actions.

"Wangcai, come back, it's dangerous over there."

What answered Boss Ye was Wangcai’s crazy shouting, accompanied by the sound of thrashing.

Boss Ye didn't care to be afraid. He asked someone to ring the gong first, and then brought people to help Wangcai.

The sound of a gong rang out in the middle of the night. The people who were awakened were confused for a moment. Then, when they came to their senses, they grabbed their clothes, picked up sticks, and ran towards the sound.

They had rehearsed this situation.

Once the gong sounded, some people would quickly go to the various intersections in the village to guard against it, while others would go to help those who discovered the situation.

This is also to prevent thieves from making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, deliberately attracting people there and allowing others to come to the village to cause damage.

Ye Dalang went to help Ye Lao Da. This time Ye Qing didn't go out. She stayed at home so that she could deal with any problems if any happened.

Wei Xin was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to move, so she was placed in the cellar first and would be brought out after the danger was over.

Zhou and Li also went to the cellar to accompany Wei Xin, worried that she was scared.

As for Boss Ye, he was worried about Wangcai, so he rushed over with a wooden stick.

"You dare to come to Kaoshan Village and make trouble? I will beat you to death."

The others followed Boss Ye and rushed forward, but after only a few steps, Wangcai came back by himself.

Boss Ye paused, squatted down and checked on Wangcai's condition.

There were several scars on Wangcai's body, which were obviously caused by sharp weapons.

Boss Ye touched Wangcai with heartache, seeing that its stomach was stained with blood.

After checking from head to toe and finding no fatal injuries, he continued to lead people to check forward.

When I walked over, I was shocked by the scene on the ground. There were pieces of clothes scattered on the ground, which were obviously torn off by Wangcai.

There was also a blood-stained dagger not far away. It must have fallen to the ground accidentally and no one had time to pick it up.

There was still blood spilled on the ground. Boss Ye followed the bloodstains for a few steps, and the bloodstains on the ground disappeared. It was impossible to tell where they ran.

Boss Ye and his group didn't dare to chase them anymore. It was pitch black outside and they didn't know how many people were hiding in the darkness.

The people from the village who came to support arrived, and after understanding the situation, they decided to move forward and take a look.

Forty or fifty men were searching fiercely, and when they came across bushes, they would hit them with sticks.

After walking about 500 meters, Boss Ye shouted to everyone to stop and led them back.

There aren't many people coming tonight, they should be the advance guards. Let's go back and discuss it first.

Liu Jing didn't come. He led people to guard the village. The village is the most important.

If they can't resist, they can retreat back to the village.

The head of the village came to the meeting hall, along with some elderly people in the village, who were anxiously waiting for news.

Boss Ye sent Wangcai home first. Ye Qing cleaned its wound with great concern, sprinkled the hemostatic medicine stored at home on the wound, and then wrapped it with cloth.

Li Daren and his companions did not come. They were guarding the workshop. The most valuable places in the village are the winery and Yipinxiang.

Ye Qing suspected that they came for the wine. These two places were the most dangerous.

Liu Jing shared his guess with everyone. This method seemed like a gang crime and the village might be targeted by bandits.

Li Zheng's expression was serious. The villagers had just started to live a stable life, and he would not allow anyone to destroy their hard-earned happiness.

The head of the village looked at Liu Jing and said, "Mr. Liu, I'm not good at this. Can you tell me how we should arrange it?"

The village invited Liu Jing to protect the village, so he should be responsible for this matter.

Liu Jing had already thought of it on the way here.

"Village head, the people who came today should be spies. The others will come in three days at the latest. I suspect that Manager Zhao and the two people who stayed overnight are here to spy on the situation in the village."

"Go on." The village head also agreed with this statement.

Liu Jing glanced at the people around him. All the people who had a say in the village were here.

"I plan to strengthen the defense. I will leave three teams on patrol until dawn. It is unlikely that they will come again today. The others should go back and rest. Tomorrow night is the most important."

The head of the village thought about it and asked Boss Ye and his team to go back and rest. They had been up for most of the night and were exhausted.

Ye Fang and Wang Chun brought some people to stay behind. One of them was the eldest son of the head of the village, and the other was the eldest son of the chief of the Wang clan. With them in charge, the village would not be in chaos.

Several older members of the village head went back to rest.

The next morning, Liu Jing led two teams to a promising location to dig traps.

Now we don’t know how many people are on the other side, so we can only set more traps. In case the villagers are defeated, we can still hold out for a while.

The head of the village found two people to go to Ji Village, told them about the situation in the village, and asked them to be more careful at night.

If it was a robbery, it would be dangerous since Ji Cun was so close.

Li Daren took a few people to familiarize themselves with the route, so that if they reached the last step, they could take the villagers out first.

The fewer people who know about this route, the better. This is the last resort to save lives.

The head of the village also asked Zhou Lao Da to take people to the government office in the city to report the case, and also asked the garrison to inform them that there were bandits in their village who came to investigate.

Zhang, the yamen runner, brought some people here in the afternoon and went to take a look at the traces left by Wangcai at the edge of the village.

There are too few traces to see anything.

The guard post sent people to check. About a dozen of them came and looked around the village, but they didn't find anything.

The leader this time was the person who had a drink with Liu Jing last time, and the two had a good relationship.

"Old Fan, this time we have someone scouting the area, and they have big plans. Has the garrison completed its mission of suppressing bandits this year? It looks to me like it was done by mountain bandits."

Lao Fan's eyes lit up. "We haven't caught anyone this year, so we are still a long way from completing the mission. I have other things to do at the garrison, so I can't stay any longer. I'll leave two of you here. Come back to us if you have any problems."

Liu Jing knew that these were just guesses. Without evidence, the guards could not wait in the village forever.

The reason why we kept two people this time was also because of his face.

The two people who stayed behind were very familiar with Liu Jing, as he had led two of them in the garrison.

"Guizi, Mr. Wan, go and take a rest first. I'm afraid I won't be able to rest at night. You guys go to sleep first."

"Brother Liu, if you need anything, please call us. We are here to help." Mr. Wan took two quick steps and caught up with Liu Jing.