Xie Ming

Chapter 80: Refuse to welcome
"Jia Lin, it's a soldier!"

"The soldiers are really coming!"

Jialin and Jialu led their tribesmen and were guarding the town entrance.

Suddenly, Xu Jialu, who had sharp eyes, was the first to see a group of soldiers on the mountain road, marching in an orderly manner towards the entrance of their town.

"Ah? This, Jialu, did you call him?"

Patriarch Jialin asked hurriedly with a trembling voice.

"Oh, are you confused? Even if I wanted to report it to the police, there's no reason for him to act so quickly!"

"We just talked about finding soldiers to suppress the bandits, and now the soldiers are coming. No matter what, with this group of soldiers, our town can be more peaceful today!"

Xu Jialu didn't care about the details and was just blindly happy.

"But, but what on earth is going on?"

"Alas! I'm afraid it's easy to invite gods but difficult to send them away!" Jialin still had a bitter and resentful expression on his face.

Not long after, Xiao Jingchuan and Qiu Zhizhong, riding on chestnut horses, led their team to the town entrance at a leisurely pace.

suddenly!

Bang!
I don't know which greenhorn in the Xu family was so clueless that he didn't tinker with the gun properly and caused it to go off accidentally.

The shot hit a position five steps in front of Xiao Jingchuan's horse.

He immediately forced Xiao Lang to stop what he was doing.

Seeing the situation, Xiao Jingchuan did not panic, but calmly waved his hand and asked the team to stop.

"Haha, you have to be careful when using a gun?!"

"The Xu family in Jiulong Town shouldn't treat guests this way, right?!"

"Is Patriarch Xu Jialin here?!"

"Call your clan leader here and take a closer look at who I am?!"

Xiao Jingchuan laughed out loud, remaining calm and composed, and it seemed that he did not take the sniper attack to heart at all.

After hearing what he said, Xu Jialin couldn't help but take a closer look.

"Ah? You, you are the kid who caused trouble in the ancestral hall earlier!"

Jialu had sharp eyes and recognized Xiao Jingchuan from a distance.

Now that he was wearing armor, it was no wonder that Xu Jialin, with his blurry eyes, watched for a long time without daring to speak.

“Haha, it’s me!”

Xiao Lang smiled and said, while he was paying attention to the defense at the entrance of the town, he saw that they were all mountain people, holding a variety of weapons in their hands.

The stone archway at the entrance of the town is old. It is said to be for defense, but in fact it is just relying on some people lying on the high slopes on both sides. There is only a low layer of sharp wooden barriers in the front, which I think is of little use.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jingchuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Chief Xu? Is the chief here?" Xiao Lang asked again loudly.

After a pause, Xu Jialin finally responded.

"Xiao, Young Master Xiao, oh, no, it seems I should call you General Xiao!"

"I was so ignorant before that I couldn't tell the real Buddha from the real Buddha. I hope you can forgive me for that!"

"But I don't know who entrusted you to come to the town this time, General?"

"Our town is small, and our population is small. It's hard to raise money to reward the soldiers!"

"I hope the general will forgive me!"

When Xu Jialin saw that Mr. Xiao had suddenly transformed into a general, he was shocked and did not speak for a long time.

His mind turned, thinking that if this man was a soldier, why did he enter the village in plain clothes?
Looking at the team behind him, which consists of less than a hundred people, it is impossible to rely on this number of manpower to suppress the bandits. However, he may be able to make money by suppressing the bandits. Soldiers are seven parts fierce. If we let him into the town like this, he will use his status and these soldiers to plunder money. That would be a disaster!

Because he had this idea in mind, for a moment, he not only refused to take the initiative to give up the way into the town, but also made excuses and blocked the way.

Xiao Jingchuan had anticipated Xu Jialin's thoughts. So when he heard the other party's words, he didn't get angry at all, but just laughed twice.

"Qi Dayong!"

"exist!"

"Go, bring Ma Dabangzi over here and show him to Patriarch Xu!"

"Yes!"

Dayong received Xiao Lang's order, turned back to the team, and pushed out a flatbed cart that he had just bought on the mountain road from behind.

On the cart, Ma Dabangzi was tied in the middle, with his hands, feet and waist tied so tightly.

At this moment, Ma Dabangzi was covered in blood and was only half dead.

Dayong pushed his men to the front of the team, looked up and saw dozens of mountain people near the town entrance not far away, craning their heads to look at him. Thinking that he still couldn't see clearly, he exerted all his strength and lifted up one side of the cart by himself. In this way, the horse stick tied to the cart stood up with the cart!

"Ah! It's him! It's Ma Dabangzi!"

Suddenly, the Xu family members who were watching closely were startled by Ma Dabia standing up and screamed.

"Huh? Rong Hai, what are you doing..." Seeing this, Jialu hurriedly pulled the screaming young tribesman over.

"Rong Hai, don't be afraid! Tell Uncle Jialin if the man tied to the cart is indeed Ma Dabanzi?!" Xu Jialin also hurried over from behind the shelter at the town entrance and asked for the details.

"It's him, that's right! It's him!"

"Two years ago, I went up the mountain to chop wood and ran into a group of them. They just happened to come into the mountain and ran into me. They insisted on asking me for directions. I was only slow to speak for a moment, and they chopped off my arm!"

"It's him! Ma Dabanzi!" Naronghai said while shivering, his lower lips trembling so much that they were completely bloodless.

"Chief Xu, this man is the bandit leader Ma Dabiao, also known as Ma Dabangzi, who is causing trouble in this area!"

"I promised you before that I would run a trip for you."

"Right now, Ma Dabangzi and his gang of bandits have all been wiped out by me. The bandit leader is here. I am thinking of going into the town to publicly execute this man to vent the public anger!"

"Chief Xu, what do you think?!" Xiao Lang asked.

Xu Jialin was trembling all over and breaking out in cold sweat at this moment!
He was horrified. He had never thought that such a notorious bandit leader, Ma Dabangzi, would be kidnapped just like that? Such a large group of people in the village would be wiped out just like that?!

What kind of person is this General Xiao in front of us?
Thinking of this, he dared not delay any longer, and hurriedly shouted to the other tribesmen to remove the roadblocks and line the road to welcome them.

No matter what this person's purpose is in coming to the town, he and all the people in the town are absolutely unable to resist.

In this case, instead of trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm and causing conflicts, it is better to go with the flow and welcome it with both sides. Who knows, maybe we can still negotiate a few more times.

In a short while, the Xu family members removed the barricades blocking the road amid an uproar, and Xu Jialin was the first to run out of the town, clasped his hands and bowed.

"Oh, General Xiao!"

"General, a promise is worth a thousand gold. I don't need to thank you for your kindness!"

"Quick! I'll lead the horse for the general, and we'll talk again in town. Go prepare the food and wine for the reception!"

Xu Jialin was quite tactful and welcomed him respectfully at the entrance of the town.

Seeing this, Xiao Jingchuan gave another order.

"Jin Xuan, go and bring Miss Hong Wen to the front!"

"Yes!"

Following Jin Xuan's return to the team, Xu Hongwen trotted towards her father in a flash.

"Dad! Dad!" Hongwen ran and cried. After running into her father's arms, she was in great pain and could not control herself for a while.

The father and daughter encouraged each other for a long time, and when Xu Jialin raised her head, she bowed deeply to Xiao Jingchuan solemnly!
This thank you is truly from the heart.

Seeing this, Xiao Lang hurriedly dismounted and helped Xu Jialin up.

"Patriarch Xu, logically speaking, you do owe me a meal!"

After Xiao Jingchuan's joke, Xu Jialin and Hongwen finally smiled!
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