Hidden in the court

"That's not right. I see that your village has at least one or two hundred households. Why are you willing to let others rob you all the time?"

Ji Mingshang asked doubtfully.

When the people in the same business heard this, they were confused. They couldn't defeat even one or two hundred households, so what else could they do if they didn't let people rob them?

The uncle actually answered seriously.

“Well, there is only one well in our village, and most of the water comes from springs in the mountains, so the villagers rely on these bandits to show mercy in order to survive, so naturally their food is robbed.

There were about 200 thieves in that group, and only a few dozen of them came down each time, holding knives and wearing leather armor..."

After listening to his introduction, Ji Mingshang nodded calmly.

After the group left, more than a dozen men gathered at the village chief's house.

"Second in command, what should we do? Why are we being targeted?"

"I don't know! Let's get our brothers up the mountain and tell the boss that we can put some medicine in the well tonight and work together with the brothers on the mountain."

"High, it's really high..."

Little did they know that the other side was also behind them.

"There is definitely something wrong with this place. Only men from a village came forward, and the village deliberately concealed the fact that the bandits had armor. The most ridiculous thing is that he is an ordinary villager, but he actually told me that there are one or two hundred bandits on the mountain. Isn't this confessing himself?"

"What should I do?"

"What should we do? Wait until tomorrow and deal with these people first. Then we can go up the mountain and eliminate the bandits!"

Ji Mingshang had people set up camp outside and surrounded the village.

As night fell, the village was gently enveloped by a layer of moonlight. The old trees at the entrance of the village swayed gently in the breeze, and the rustling sound seemed to tell of a murderous conspiracy. The twinkling lights in the windows of each household were better off not turning on the lights for the surrounding soldiers.

The soldiers lit torches one after another. Two imperial guards walked on the path in the village. The bluestone slabs under their feet collided with their iron boots, making a sound that echoed in the village.

Before I knew it, I had arrived at the only well in the village, and saw the village chief and a dozen men carrying a dozen large buckets to fetch water.

I was startled to see them coming.

"Ah... Jun, Jun Ye!"

"Hey, big brother, please don't call me that. We are just soldiers. Big brother, can I have a bowl of water?"

"Oh, sure. We saw how hard our soldiers were working and were afraid that the river water might have been drugged by the bad guys in the mountains, so we thought of fetching some water and sending it over."

"Is that so? Thank you all."

The village chief's eyes rolled around.

"Well, you draw water from this well, and we will carry these dozen buckets over to help other soldiers quench their thirst."

"Okay, thank you!"

The village chief led the men away, "Second Master, is this really okay?"

"Who cares? We've put drugs in the well anyway. Once they fall, we'll blow the whistle and all the brothers in the mountains will rush down. I don't believe we can't capture them!"

The two imperial guards on the spot were preparing to fetch buckets of water.

"rustle……"

A hurried voice came from the woodpile behind him, "Who!"

Turning my head, I saw a little head popping out from the pile of firewood.

"It's you!"

In the light of the fire, the imperial guards could see clearly that this was the girl to whom they had given more than forty coins a few days ago.

"It's you, big brother!"

The little guy obviously recognized him and was delighted.

Then he reacted, his young face looked extremely serious at this moment: "This water can't be drunk, they poisoned it, they are bad people, this village is ours, not theirs."

After the little girl explained for a while, the two finally understood, "You said they were bad guys and robbed your village, and the water was poisoned."

"Um"

The girl nodded obediently.

"broken!"

The two of them immediately went to Ji Mingshang's residence, ran a few steps, then reacted, turned back and hugged the little girl.

Those people delivered water one by one, but neither Ji Mingshang's personal guards nor the imperial guards were indifferent. They had no choice but to find Ji Mingshang and Nangong Xiao.

"Sir, the weather is hot now. We saw that these soldiers haven't had any water for a long time. They are too tired. We are also worried that the water in the river may have been drugged by the bad guys in the mountains, so we fetched some water and sent it over, hoping that everyone could have a sip. You see..."

Ji Mingshang's eyes lit up.

"Oh, the village chief is thoughtful."

As he said this, he scooped a ladleful and put it into his mouth.

"puff--"

It was all sprayed onto the village chief's face without leaving a single drop.

"Sir... this..."

"No, sorry. I choked..."

Seeing this, the two imperial guards came behind Nangong Xiao without making any noise.

"His Royal Highness..."

After muttering a few words, Nangong Xiao told them to leave. The two of them left silently and went to notify others.

Ji Mingshang gathered everyone together, and the six hundred riders took drugs together... bah, and drank water together.

But in the next second, Ji Mingshang stabbed the village chief in the throat.

Blood was spilled, and at the same time, the black-armored guards around them raised their swords and took the lives of more than a dozen people.

The bodies fell to the ground with a dull sound. After cutting open their clothes, we saw that everyone was wearing iron armor, but fortunately it was just an iron vest.

Hearing the noise here, dozens of men immediately rushed out of the village, all wearing armor and holding knives. They could not be anyone else but bandits. One of them even blew a long whistle.

The whistle sounded far away in the silent night.

Suddenly, a fire lit up on the mountain outside the village, and in the light were eyes that were ready to devour anyone.

Nangong Xiao rode on a white horse, like a guiding light in the night, and many bandits came towards him.

This is a tough situation for Nangong Xiao, as he only knows some skills in riding and shooting, but he doesn't know any martial arts?

Fortunately, there are 600 cavalrymen defending the area, and basically no one can rush in. The bad guys are wearing armor, but these personal guards and imperial guards are all well-equipped and elite soldiers.

Six hundred against one hundred, the advantage is on me! The knives of those villains only scratched the armor, but the cavalrymen held iron bones and were high above them, and a single blow often caused the skull to cave in and the brain to burst. The galloping horses often knocked down and trampled several people.

For a while, screams could not be heard.

"Damn it, weren't they told that these people were drugged? Why do they look fine?"

"Stop talking, kill them first..."

"Young men, if we can capture the man on the white horse, we can get out."

The few people closest to Nangong Xiao immediately focused their eyes on the guy riding a white horse late at night.

"kill……"

Before he could finish his words, a halberd pierced his throat, and everyone was stunned on the spot.

Ji Mingshang was seen holding a Fang Tian Ji, with a golden crown on his head, a Shu brocade robe with flowers, a set of Qiongqi armor, a lion belt, and a golden crow under his crotch, looking energetic.

"Let's see who dares to touch him!"