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I heard the sound of horses' hooves.

Every household in Xiahe Village went to their courtyard gate to check.

Lin's mother and Lin Feng also walked to the gate of the courtyard and looked out.

There were more than a dozen burly men riding tall horses on the street.

These burly men had fierce eyes, held sharp blades, had one shoulder bare, and revealed half of a giant python tattoo on their chest.

The villagers' expressions changed immediately upon seeing these people.

These are bandits from the mountains.

The bandits rode their horses around the streets of Xiahe Village for a while, and then the leader shouted loudly: "Xiahe Village is preparing a boy and a girl aged three to eight. Our Tian She Gang will send people to pick them up tomorrow morning."

"If you can't prepare a boy and a girl, don't blame the Heavenly Serpent Gang for massacring the village."

Drive, drive.

After shouting their message, the bandits spurred their horses and galloped away, leaving behind the pale-faced villagers of Xiahe Village.

The bandits could have launched a surprise attack tomorrow morning, but they didn't.

They wanted the villagers to personally offer up their own children.

They not only wanted to seize the villagers' property, women, and children, but also to trample their dignity into the mud.

They turned the villagers into mindless zombies who would give them whatever they wanted.

This is so that they can continue to extract profits from them.

After hearing the bandit's words, Lin's mother turned pale and her body went limp, almost collapsing.

Lin Feng, who was standing nearby, quickly helped his mother up. "Mom, what's wrong?"

"Waaah!" Lin's mother burst into tears. "This damned world, this damned Heavenly Serpent Gang, they really don't let people live!"

I heard that the Heavenly Serpent Gang on the mountain is protected by the Serpent God, which is why they have never been wiped out.

Every year, the Heavenly Serpent Gang captures several pairs of young boys and girls to offer as sacrifices to the Serpent God.

Last year, other villages offered four pairs of boys and girls, but this year it was our Xiahe Village's turn.

Unfortunately, in our Xiahe Village, the number of men has increased significantly in the past two years, and our little Yueyue is the only girl of the right age.

With a clatter, Zhou Chunlan, who had come out to pour water, dropped the wooden bucket she was holding upon hearing these words.

Zhou Chunlan felt a sudden dizziness, and she was about to fall.

Lin Feng quickly went over to support Zhou Chunlan, "Wife, don't be afraid, I'm here. No one can hurt our children."

Lin Feng could feel that Zhou Chunlan's heart was beating very fast and her breathing had become very rapid, clearly she was quite frightened.

Lin Feng held her in his arms and gently stroked his wife's back to help her catch her breath.

After recovering, Zhou Chunlan looked at Lin Feng with tears in her eyes.

“My lord, the children are all flesh and blood of my body.”

None of them should be sent to feed the snakes.

If possible, I would be willing to take their place.

Lin Feng continued to comfort her, "My wife, don't worry, you and the child are both my precious ones."

As long as I, Lin Feng, am alive, I will not allow anyone to harm you.

Lin's mother also came over to comfort Zhou Chunlan, "Chunlan, don't worry, there's still time. We have some money, don't we? We can give some money to the villagers and resolve this matter."

Zhou Chunlan cried and said, "Waaah, Mother, it's no use having money. Yueyue is the only girl of marriageable age in our village."

"If we don't send her away, the bandits will massacre the village; the villagers won't let Yueyue go."

Lin's mother agreed that this made sense.

She also started crying with Zhou Chunlan, "Waaah, my poor, dear granddaughter."

The children, seeing their grandmother and mother crying, had already gathered around and overheard the gist of the story.

The children started crying too.

Little Yueyue sat on the ground wiping away her tears, "Waaah, Mom and Dad, I'm afraid of pain, I don't want to be eaten by snakes."

The family wept bitterly, as if the child was about to be given away.

Crying could also be heard from other families with children in Xiahe Village.

Lin Feng picked up Yueyue and stroked her little head, "Don't be afraid, Daddy will protect you."

Hearing the family crying, Lin Feng felt annoyed; crying wouldn't solve anything.

Lin Feng shouted, "Stop crying, everyone, listen to me."

The whole family immediately fell silent.

Since Lin Feng stopped drinking, his family has never seen him get this angry.

Seeing that his family had stopped crying, Lin Feng immediately said, "I have a way to protect the children. I bought a house in the county town."

We'll leave soon and move into the county town today.

"Do you think bandits could possibly enter the county town and snatch our children?"

After Lin Feng finished speaking, he took out a bunch of keys and threw them to his mother, then told his mother and Zhou Chunlan the specific address.

Lin's mother was still somewhat skeptical. "Xiao Feng, are you telling the truth?"

A house in the county town costs at least two thousand taels of silver.

"Our family couldn't save this much money even in three lifetimes."

Zhou Chunlan looked at Lin Feng with suspicion, even doubting that he had reverted to his old drunken ways.

He boasts and brags when he's home, but becomes a spineless coward who can be easily manipulated when he's out in the world.

Seeing that the two did not believe him, Lin Feng could only give a simple explanation.

Do you know why Wang Shanxiong from next door hasn't come back yet?

Lin's mother was taken aback. "Xiao Feng, what are you talking about? We were just discussing the money."

I was talking about money.

Once, when I went into the city, I saw the government's arrest warrant.

Wang Shanxiong next door is actually a notorious womanizer.

Lin Feng then looked at Zhou Chunlan and said, "Wang Shanxiong next door has always been plotting against you, madam. I found an opportunity to kill him and used his head to get a reward of two thousand taels of silver from the yamen. I then bought a house in the county town."

Lin's mother and Zhou Chunlan exchanged a glance, both feeling a lingering sense of fear.

They always thought their neighbor Wang Shanxiong was a kind-hearted man, never expecting him to be a notorious womanizer.

Zhou Chunlan asked again, "My lord, is everything you said true?"

Lin Feng said decisively, "Absolutely true!"

Buying a house in the county town is a fantastic thing, and Lin Feng's family should have been overjoyed when he said it.

But with bandits around, nobody can be happy.

Zhou Chunlan wiped away her tears, stood up, and said, "Then let's pack our things quickly and take the children to the county town right away."

Lin Feng reminded him, "You don't need to bring anything except silver."

Lin's mother stood up, walked to the courtyard gate, and looked outside. "I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to leave."

If a village cannot produce a boy and a girl, it will be massacred by bandits.

The villagers won't let us leave.

Lin Feng snorted coldly, "What does the massacre of the village have to do with me?"

"Anyone who dares to stop us, I'll kill them."

At this moment, Zhang Xiaoyu and Lin Hu also arrived at Lin Feng's courtyard.

They both knew about the matter of the virgin boy and girl.

Zhang Xiaoyu asked, "Xiaofeng, what do you think we should do?"

During this time, the three of them followed Lin Feng, learning kung fu and hunting, and had come to regard Lin Feng as their leader.

Lin Feng looked at Zhang Xiaoyu, "Brother Zhang, why don't you let your wife take the child and come with us to the county town?"

Zhang Xiaoyu nodded without hesitation, "Okay."

Zhang Xiaoyu's family also has children, and there's a chance that the spot for the virgin boy might go to her own child, so it's safer to avoid it.

Lin Feng then looked at Lin Hu, "Hu Zi, this journey may not be safe."

"Come with us; we can help look after you on the way."

"Okay." Lin Hu agreed without hesitation.

After hearing Lin Feng's words, Lin's mother, Zhou Chunlan, and Zhang's wife left without taking any luggage and with the children.

As soon as they stepped out of the courtyard, the villagers surrounded them.

Someone shouted, "The Lin family is running away!"

Villagers in the distance, hearing that the Lin family was fleeing, gathered around, and soon more than a hundred people had come together.

Lin Feng and his group were blocked in the middle of the road by about a hundred people.

The faces of everyone except Lin Feng changed, and the children were so frightened that they hid behind their mothers and grandmothers.