Chapter 354

Seeing Ye Xiaotian entering with his saber, that middle-aged man standing in the hall turned ashen, swayed and asked, "Who... who are you?"

Before Ye Xiaotian entered, that Miao man had already told him about the strange situation in the hall, even though he was mentally prepared but when he saw the situation in the hall, Ye Xiaotian still inhaled a breath of cold air.

Everyone who was sitting was dead. Some had obvious injuries on their foreheads, throats, chests, and abdomens, while others didn't seem to have any injuries from the outside. However, from the way they were sitting and the trails of blood on the ground, most of these people didn't die on the chairs. Instead, they were moved back to the chairs after being killed.

Ye Xiaotian's gaze from left to right, looked seriously at the corpses sitting on every chair, saw that their deaths were really strange. Ye Xiaotian's gaze finally landed on that burly man sitting on the tiger-skin chair, a short spear pierced through his chest, nailing his entire body to the chair.

This person's eyes were wide open in anger, both hands holding onto the chair, looking at his posture, it seemed like he was about to leap up, his entire body was still in a seemingly leaping yet not leaping state. Ye Xiaotian said, "This person... is Long Lingyun, the leader of a dragon?"

The man standing in the hall said with a trembling voice, "Yes! It's... it's him, who are you? "

Ye Xiaotian relaxed, looked at him with a smile and said amiably, "You must be Forester Wai?"

That middle-aged man shrank back a little, hesitantly replied, "Yes!"

Ye Xiaotian smiled even more cheerfully, cupped his fists towards him and said cheerfully, "Forester Wai need not be alarmed, I am not a traitor but an official of the imperial court. I am the Warden of Hulu County, surnamed Ye, given name Xiaotian. I am under the orders of Tongren Magistrate Zhang and this county's Magistrate Hua, to enter the mountains to exterminate the bandits. "

Once that Forester Wai heard, both of his knees weakened and collapsed to the ground, wailing loudly, "Heavens, you are finally here …"

…

Ye Xiaotian supported Forester Wai as they walked and said attentively, "Forester Wai, the forest in this stockade is lush, there may still be remnants of the bandits that have not been exterminated, we must be on guard. I will first accompany you to leave this place for your safety. "

Lin Yuanwai said gratefully, "Thank you, Lord Ye. I will never forget Lord Ye's life-saving grace."

Ye Xiaotian said with a smile, "Forester Wai, you are too polite. To tell you the truth, this Ye is Prefectural Magistrate Zhang's disciple. In this way, I am your junior. "

Strictly speaking, Forester Wai's eldest daughter was Magistrate Zhang's concubine, so strictly speaking, Forester Wai was not worthy of the status of Magistrate Zhang's father-in-law, but his daughter was doted on by Magistrate Zhang, so his status was also different.

Once Ye Xiaotian said this, Forester Wai felt even more cordial, and softly said, "So Official Lin is Magistrate Tong Ren's student, then we are indeed a family."

Ye Xiaotian supported Forester Wai and walked out under the escort of more than ten Miao soldiers. At the same time, he secretly gave Hua Yunfei a look. Hua Yunfei understood, and once they left, Hua Yunfei immediately ordered the Miao soldiers to search.

With this search, they really did find a lot of wealth and goods in the mountain stronghold. This group of mountain bandits had occupied this place and committed countless crimes over the years. Although they lived a life of licking blood on the edge of a knife and there was no tomorrow, and every time they found wealth, they would definitely squander it, but there would always be some savings.

Especially some of the older mountain bandits, they couldn't help but think that there would be a day when they could no longer wield a big knife. At that time, they would have to wash their hands, so they started to save money early on. These Miao soldiers found all of their coffins, and the harvest was quite rich.

The Miao soldiers took all of the wealth and goods that they could carry. They wrapped themselves in silk, carried treasures in their arms, and carried iron pots on their heads. For a moment, they became incomparably fat. When they left, their originally light and agile bodies all became clumsy and slow big fatties.

Seeing this, Hua Yunfei couldn't help but have a headache. How would they return to Gourd County like this? He hurriedly sent someone to ask for instructions from Ye Xiaotian. Hearing this, Ye Xiaotian simply replied, "Then don't let them go back to Gourd County. Let them go directly back to the mountain stronghold!"

The person who came said again, "Hua Yunfei also asked me to ask you whether you want to let everyone share some wealth and goods to compensate the families of those who died in the battle?"

Ye Xiaotian said, "No need. You send a message to Sister Sun and ask her to go to the Divine Hall to ask for money. Just tell her that I said that the Divine Hall will compensate the families of those who died in the battle."

Hearing this, the Miao soldier who knew Chinese suddenly showed a strange expression and thought, "What a big tone! What qualifications do you have to order the Divine Hall to do things for you?"

Seeing his expression, Ye Xiaotian hurriedly changed his words, "Oh! This is what Lord Venerable asked me to do. Venerable is meticulous and has expected that there will be loyal and brave soldiers who died in the battle. But they have all returned to Heaven and become the soldiers of the Gu God. Their relatives in the human world should naturally be taken care of by the Divine Hall! "

The Sheng Miao soldier was relieved. He thought that the great Gu God was omniscient and he could see everything the devout believers had done for him from the sky. He was extremely excited. Seeing that his face was red and his eyes were shining, Ye Xiaotian was afraid that he would faint from happiness, so he hurriedly stopped him and sent him away.

After the Miao soldier left, Ye Xiaotian returned to the ancient tree and said to Forester Wai, "Forester Wai, please continue."

Forester Wai said, "Okay! At that time … I was escorted to the hall and saw all the bandit leaders were there. A dragon sat at the head of the table and said to a man, 'Lao Jiu, the Hives will be here soon. Let's go out and fight with them. You take this old guy with you and get the ransom from the Lin family …' "

Lin Yuanwai had been imprisoned for a long time. He had been fed and starved and barely survived. No one had paid any attention to him. But one day, he was suddenly taken out of the prison and brought to the hall.

At first, Forester Wai thought that he was going to be executed, so he was afraid of death. When he heard that he was going to be exchanged for the ransom, he was overjoyed. At this time, the man called Lao Jiu by Long Lingyun sat on the chair and said casually, "Big brother, if we and the Hives make this big deal, we will be able to enjoy it for the rest of our lives. Why do we still need the ransom from the Lin family? Let's just kill him."

When Forester Wai heard this, he was so scared that he almost peed his pants. Long Lingyun laughed and said, "You, you haven't even made it big yet and you're already putting on airs like a rich man." This caused the bandit leaders to roar with laughter.

Long Lingyun said, "A mosquito's leg is still meat. We have to make this trip no matter what. Let's just do it while we're at it. Five thousand taels of silver is not a small sum. "

Just as he said this, a bandit came in to report that Lao Ding had arrived. Forester Wai did not know who Lao Ding was and did not dare to turn his head to look. He saw a dragon stand up from his seat and laugh towards the door of the hall, saying, "Brother Ding, we've been waiting for you for a long time!"

Only then did Forester Wai turn his body slightly and sneak a peek at the entrance of the hall. He saw a man of average height wearing a brown robe. His eyes were covered with a black cloth and he was standing at the entrance of the hall. His hair was white and he did not seem to be young. Behind him were two burly men armed with knives.

Hearing Long Lingyun's voice, the man reached out and took off the black cloth covering his face, revealing his appearance. Indeed, he was already over fifty years old.

The man adjusted to the light in the hall and cupped his hands towards Long Lingyun and said with a smile, "Master Long, Masters, sorry for making you wait!"

As soon as he said this, his cupped hands suddenly slammed backwards and his body fell forward. He scurried towards a chair near the door. There was a burly man sitting on that chair and there were two short spears by the side of the chair.

When the man leapt out, there were two muffled groans behind him. The two burly men armed with knives had been elbowed in the chest and were sent flying. A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed into the air. It was an exceptionally eye-catching sight.

At this moment, the old man had already leapt to the side of the burly man's chair closest to the entrance of the hall. He stretched out a large hand and covered the burly man's head. With a forceful twist, the burly man's head spun in a circle and fell backwards.

The old man reached out and grabbed the two short spears. With a wave of his left hand, Forester Wai felt a strong gust of wind brush past his cheek and he felt a burning pain. When he turned his head to look again, Long Lingyun let out a loud roar. His whole body had been pierced through by the short spear and he was forcefully nailed to the tiger-skinned chair.

Long Lingyun's eyes widened in anger and he was about to pounce on the old man, but with this blow, he was already dead. At this moment, the two burly men armed with knives that had been sent flying by the old man fell heavily to the ground. They only struggled for a moment before they stopped breathing.

Forester Wai was dazzled by what he saw. He saw the old man throw the short spear in his left hand and the long spear in his right hand shoot out, piercing one of the burly men's temples. He was so frightened that he screamed loudly.

At this moment, the bandit leaders finally reacted. One by one, they roared in anger and jumped up to pounce on the old man. Who knew that many masked men would suddenly pounce on them from all directions. As soon as they moved, they killed the bandit leaders as if they were chopping melons and vegetables …

Ye Xiaotian frowned. "The Swarm of Bees …"

Of course he had heard of the Swarm of Bees, but he didn't think that they would actually attack the First Dragon's stronghold. From Forester Wai's description, it seemed that the First Dragon was about to cooperate with the Swarm of Bees. Why did the Swarm of Bees suddenly attack the First Dragon?

Ye Xiaotian pondered for a moment, unable to understand the reason, so he asked Forester Wai, "What happened after that?"

Forester Wai said, "In the midst of the fierce battle, they even rang a large bell hanging in the corner of the hall, but I didn't see anyone barging in from the outside. I thought that the people outside had already been killed by these stronger bandits. I was so scared that I didn't dare to move. The strange thing was, they didn't kill me.

After they had killed the leader of the dragon, a man with a black cloth over his face suddenly ran in from outside. He whispered a few words into the ear of a short and sturdy masked man who had been standing there with his hands behind his back. The masked man sneered and said, "I didn't expect him to be able to find his way here. I have underestimated him! Retreat! '"

Forester Wai imitated the tone of the masked man, but stopped abruptly at this point. Ye Xiaotian raised his eyebrows and said, "And then?"

Forester Wai said embarrassedly, "There was no then. They threw the people they killed back on the chairs and ran away in a flash. Just like when they first ran in, they disappeared in an instant. It was really like a swarm of bees. I didn't understand what happened, so I stood there and didn't dare to move. I was afraid that I would be hacked to death if I moved carelessly. I just stood there, until … Sir, you brought people here … "