In the soft snow under the dark night.

The maid's expression was already extremely frightened, and the hairpin on her head fell into the snow, and the torch of the woman who was supporting her face was full of panic.

Li Chongjiu saw that there was an extra skirt knife under the woman's wrist.

The thieves danced their swords, making whimpering sounds, full of lustful smell. They held the torch in their hands, and their eyes were as if they were hungry wolves.

Just when the thief was about to catch up, the woman suddenly shouted to the man beside her, "The thief is coming, don't worry about me, go quickly."

The man who was guarding the woman's face turned red, but instead pushed the woman hard and shouted: "Er Niang, run to the temple to hide."

After saying that, the big man turned around and stood firm with his feet, obviously trying to fight to the death.

But the sound of horse hooves rumbled. When Li Chongjiu saw the big man's body trembling, he couldn't even hold the knife steadily, and he heard a bang.

The fast horse flew into the man, and the other party flew out like a sandbag.

Bang! A pit was smashed in the snow mud, and the man was immediately unable to tell whether he was alive or dead.

Seeing that the last layer of obstacle was removed, the thieves let out a hideous laugh like a night owl and drove their horses toward the master and servant.

At this time, the skirt knife in the woman's hand flipped and was about to wave it.

At this moment, a buzzing sound was heard, and a strong horse suddenly turned over.

The thieves could not see what had happened. At this time, another thunder sounded, and everyone saw a shadow flying out of the temple. A thieves had an arrow pierced their throat and blood sprayed on their necks!

The thief turned over and fell off the horse and his foot was still hooked in the stirrups. The horse neighed, and immediately dragged the thief around.

In a moment of breathing, four horse thieves had been killed.

The two horse thieves were immediately frightened, and at this time, there were torches at the entrance of the village, and shouting came. It was obvious that the people in the village discovered that there was movement here.

The two horse thieves didn't know how many people were in the temple, so they immediately lowered their bodies, put them on the horse's back, pulled them away.

There was another bow sound, and the third arrow passed by the horse, and the two horse thieves escaped faster.

Li Chongjiu let out a long breath and took the bow back from the window. With his archery skills, he could not miss the distance within 20 steps. Moreover, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark. Otherwise, he would not be able to rescue the two of them in front of four guarded thieves.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu lifted his bow and ran into the snow. He ran to the front of the man first.

The big man's eyes were round and his throat was giggling, and he had inhaled but not vented. Li Chongjiu knew that the other party was seriously injured and could not survive, so he shook his head.

Then Li Chongjiu walked to the woman and the maid.

At this moment, the torch that fell to the ground sounded, making the woman's face light and dark. Although Li Chongjiu saw that the woman was pale, she could not hide her bright look.

Although I have never seen Li Zhiwan's national character, it also adds a bit of pity, which makes people feel particularly pity.

However, Li Chongjiu sneered secretly. He could see clearly in the temple just now. When the horse thief approached, the skirt knife in the woman's hand was not about to stab him, and he had already committed suicide to protect his innocence, but was about to stab him at the maid beside him.

Needless to say, it is speculated that he was unwilling to save him, but he could not bear the innocent maid who died and shot arrows.

Li Chongjiu pointed at the man who died immediately and asked, "Who is this?"

Seeing this, the woman quickly got up and ran to the man's body to cry loudly. Although Li Chongjiu heard that the woman cried loudly, she had no intention of sadness. She knew that the man was secretly worthless.

The maid showed a sad voice and said, "That is the lady's husband who has not passed away."

Li Chongjiu nodded, and when he heard the woman crying loudly, she had no sadness at all, and her heart was clear at the moment.

At this time, the dog barking at the entrance of the village could not help but rise and fall, and a torch came. When Li Chongjiu looked, he saw that about thirty young and strong people in the village were holding hoes and wooden sticks rushed over. It was obvious that he heard that there were thieves coming, so he came together to resist.

Li Chongjiu secretly praised these people for not reacting slowly. In this era, it was common for villages to settle their own households and protect themselves. Even in the peaceful and prosperous era, there were still thieves.

It would be nice if the government could protect itself from the county town. As for the villages below, it would still rely on the villagers to protect themselves.

The person who is the leader of the village (Note 1).

The surname of Li Zheng, Zhou, was named Zhou Duke. When he was following the Duke of Yue, Yang Suzheng of the Turkic Republic, he was shot blinded by Turkic people in one eye. After returning to the village, he became Li Zheng.

Zhou Duyan held a bow and saw four corpses in the snow. He looked at Li Chongjiu and asked, "You called the thief just now?"

Li Chongjiu shook his head, pointed to the man who had just died of breath on the ground, and said, "It was him who shouted."

Zhou Duyan glanced at the man pounced in the snow and a lonely war horse spinning alone, and immediately guessed what point. Zhou Duyan walked to the thief's corpse lying on the ground and squatted down, checked the thief's weapons, and suddenly a hint of anxiety appeared in his eyes.

Next Zhou Yiyan said to everyone: "It's not an ordinary bandit, but a deserter, and he should be a fugitive to Liaodong."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Zhou single-eyed walked to the woman, in front of the maid, and asked, "I am the village chief, where is the little lady?"

The woman seemed to be overly sad when she lay on the man, and did not answer. Instead, the maid said, "Report to the inside, my lady is the daughter of Yuan Mansion of Hucao, Chongyang County."

Zhou Duyan was shocked and Hucao was already a person who covered the sky in the local area.

Zhou Yiyan rolled up next time and said seriously: "The little lady is frightened."

The woman kneeling in the snow stood up and said, "There is no need to be so polite in the inner world. There is no such thing as the Yuan Mansion of Chongyang."

"There is no longer the Yuan family in Chongyang?" Zhou Duyan was shocked.

The maid was sobbing and said, "The village chief doesn't know that Chongyang County has been captured by thieves! The whole county was looted, and the master unfortunately died at the hands of the thieves."

Speaking of this woman, the maid was even more sad and couldn't help crying.

This time, even Li Chongjiu was surprised, thinking that this thief was too powerful, and even the county town was captured.

The villagers also whispered together, deeply feeling that this time the thief was different from the past.

The next big man looked at Zhou with one eye and said, "The village chief, what should we do? Even the county town has been broken. Then the next step is that the thieves can rob the surrounding area. What if we come here, what should we do?"

"What's the matter?" Zhou Duyan shouted immediately: "Isn't there still a court? If the bandits break through Chongyang County, the court will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress it."

"But……"

Seeing Zhou Duoyan glaring, everyone swallowed the words back into their stomachs. Li Chongjiu knew that everyone was thinking that the court was conquering Liaodong, and there were no more soldiers in the surrounding county town. Even if they sent large troops to encircle and suppress them, they would not be able to resolve the near fire for a while.

Next Zhou said one-eyedly: "Li Daniu, you should go up the mountain and report this to the abbot, and he said that a group of thieves had arrived at the foot of the mountain, and there were still a large number of people. Please prepare early."

"And how to settle these two girls."

When they came just now, all the young men's eyes were staring at the face of the young lady of the Yuan family, and they were all staring at each other. When did they see such a beauty?

Zhou One-eyed eyes glanced at the sight of everyone's intentions, and shouted: "It's time, and we are still fighting for it. If we kill the thieves, this group will definitely come to take revenge. Everyone has this intention."

Everyone was shocked as if they heard this.

Next time, Zhou Yiyan turned his gaze to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu bowed and said, "The village chief, it's me, I'm not, and I shot and killed two thieves."

Zhou Duyan stared at him and shouted, "You are a bastard. If you don't take action, you are worthy of being called a person with a ball."

After hearing Zhou's words, the villagers applauded.

Zhou Duyan also knew something about Li Chongjiu. At that time, this young man was gentle and elegant, and had dinner together. Now he saw him shooting and killing the thief, protecting the safety of the village. He was now in love with the great student.

At this time, the woman surnamed Yuan, Yingying stepped forward and bowed to Li Chongjiu and said, "In the time of distress, I am not very grateful to you. Please accept my blessing. The grace of saving my life will definitely be repaid."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "You don't have to mind if you raise your hands."

At that moment, Li Chongjiu turned away and said to the inner chief: "Since there is a thief coming, please send more people to be more careful."

Zhou Duyan couldn't help but nodded and said, "That's right, that's right."

The woman surnamed Yuan turned her head when she saw Li Chongjiu's words, and was surprised. Her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she was surprised that the other party was not moved by her.

Just now, suddenly the sound of wind came from the foot of the mountain, as if a noisy sound was poured in.

A villager suddenly pointed his hand at the foot of the mountain and said, "No, it's a thief!"

Li Chongjiu turned his head and looked at it. Sure enough, dense torches were lit at the foot of the mountain. In an instant, many people were going up the mountain.

Zhou opened his eyes and shouted "Not good".

Li Chongjiu immediately said, "Don't stand there, follow us to retreat to Shaolin Temple!"

While speaking, the villagers roared and began to spread, and each rushed home to call his family.

Li Chongjiu looked at it, and then he turned over and jumped up the bandit's war horse, and then headed straight to the mountain.

The woman surnamed Yuan called out several times, but Li Chongjiu seemed to have not heard it and drove her horse straight into the mountain.

The woman surnamed Yuan ignored the other party and was immediately panicked. At this time, several village men who were greedy for his beauty came to help. The woman surnamed Yuan changed her pitiful look and hurriedly went up the mountain together.

There is a chaos at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Shaolin Temple on the mountain also heard the news, and the bells rang out loud.

Note 1: During the Northern Wei Dynasty, there were five families and one neighbor, five neighbors and one mile, five miles and one party, each with neighbor chief, a neighbor chief, and a party chief.

In the Sui Dynasty, there were five local prefectures and counties, and one security chief was established, and several security chief was established as one mile, one mile long, and several miles were one party, and the party chief was established.

Party chiefs and village chiefs generally check household registration, supervise farming, collect taxes, and collect corvee and military service.

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