C106 (1/2)

The night in the mountains seemed to come quickly, and just after dinner the moon leaped over the eastern mountains. Other than the occasional howls of the wolves, the night in the mountains was quiet.

Atop the Walls of the Qin Village, the chief, Qin Zhi and his two sons, Qin Ming, as well as his daughter Qin Yi and Qin Yao, were watching the situation of the encampment. Most of the people in the Qin Village were surnamed Qin, and a small number of people that weren't surnamed Qin were relatives with the surname Qin. It could be said that in the entire Qin Village, relatives were related, almost like a family.

Qin Zhi, his son and his daughter stood on the Walls like a city wall. The father and son were both tall and sturdy, their stature especially heroic in the dim light of the night. Even Qin Zhi's daughter, Qin Yi, was a head taller than ordinary men. His slender and heroic appearance had actually become a scene on a Walls.

There were a total of 16 villages around the Qin Village. Each village had more than 200 to 300 households, with a total of more than 28,000 people. The ancestors of the Qin Village lived here. The villagers were always valiant. Even when they fought, they were not afraid of death. They mainly cultivated and robbed part-time.

Since the age of Qin Zhi's grandfather, the Qin family had ruled the mountain as king. Due to the high mountain risk, there were not many people entering the mountain, and fewer people leaving the mountain. There were also not many merchants, so they were not able to deal with any major cases, but only robbing in the towns surrounding Fuyoshan. There were a few times when the commotion became so loud that the officials were alarmed and sent troops to encircle the mountain. However, they were ambushed and bitterly returned to the mansion without harming them in the slightest.

Qin Zhi never thought that there would be so many cavalrymen present this time, which made him a little puzzled. They had not stirred up any trouble recently, but after hearing that something bad was happening outside the mountain, they did not dare to get involved, as they were afraid of getting involved with the anti-thief, so they stayed in the mountain. There was a principle behind Qin Zhi being a bandit, which was that he would never be involved in things like conspiracies.

If these fellows didn't fight, how could they have the free time to come to the mountains?

What was even more inconceivable to him was that only three of his dozens of spies flew back with Eagles. And the news came back too late, catching him off guard. Otherwise, as long as he took over the beak of eagle, the officials and soldiers would not be able to come in.

Before Qin Zhi could figure out what was going on, he heard a series of wails coming from afar. The mountain was very quiet, which made the crying sound travel far and wide, to the point where the young men who was guarding the village could hear it loud and clear.

”Not good, the officials are robbing our village.”

”What officer? He's practically a bandit.”

”These dog officer soldiers are ruining women again.”

”It seems to be our Second Head Village.”

It was unknown who spoke first, but the young men s immediately started discussing, followed by the people from the Two-Headed Village leading the group. Following that, there were many people requesting for the Lord Qin to fight, requesting them to annihilate the dog officer soldiers.

”Tribe leader, those officials are robbing our village, ruining our women. Let us go down and fight for our lives.”

”Nonsense, didn't you see the soldiers surrounding us? They are waiting for us at the foot of the mountain. It is their trick to lead us down the mountain.

The Lord Qin had always spoken the truth. If he said that the army was a trick, then the army must be a trick. Even if those officials and soldiers were truly robbing, ruining women, they would still kneel down. Those young men s could only carry their swords and spears and go up to the Walls s to defend the fort. However, their hearts were in a lot of pain. Those people crying must be their family members.

However, the crying did not stop with a single word from Lord Qin. Instead, it continued to grow louder and louder. At first, it was only in the second village, but afterwards, almost all the villages started crying. Gradually, the crying sounds all gathered on the hillside on the other side, not just the women, but also the old people and children.

At this time, none of the young elites could sit still anymore. Although no one went to Lord Qin to request for a battle, their discontent was spreading and there were more and more private discussions. Even Qin Zhi's eldest son Qin Ming felt it and immediately ran over to remind Qin Zhi.

”Dad, we have to think of a way to save the villagers. Otherwise, these young and robust men will not be able to defend the village peacefully.”

Of course Qin Zhi noticed it, the miserable wailing sound clearly told him that all the villagers had been captured by the officials. If these young and strong family members were captured by the officials, would they still have the mind to guard the stronghold? These soldiers were really insidious.

”Listen up, this is a trick of the soldiers, they took your family into the camp, and they want to force us to go out and fight tomorrow. If we don't go out, what can they do to our families? ”

The people of Qin Village had become accustomed to listening to Qin Zhi's orders, since Old Master Qin was not going to fight, everyone could only watch. However, what they couldn't bear was that the wailing continued for an entire night. Almost all of the surrounding sixteen villages were captured by them.

On the morning of the second day, when the sun had just risen, young men discovered that the officials surrounding the Qin Village had already retreated. A few of them ran up the mountain from the foot of the mountain. Only when they got closer did they see that it was Qin San and the others from the Second Head Village. When Old Master Qin ordered young men to let them in, the few of them knelt on the ground and started crying.

”Master, master, something terrible has happened! The army has taken away our family, even our food, clothes, cattle, farm tools, everything. They even took away our cooking pots, they are practically robbing everything. How could this be an army, it is simply a bandit!”

Qin Zhi almost fainted. After all this time, these people were not here to attack anyway, what right did they have to capture him and steal his things? He had been a bandit for half his life, but in the end, he was robbed by a bandit. Was there any justice in this world?

”You're not mistaken, what did they do to our family? How many of them are there? ”