Lin Jue was very satisfied with these changes. He expected such an effect. To stabilize people's hearts, the first thing is to ensure safety and ensure the stability of clothing, food, housing and transportation. Once these trivial things are settled, people's hearts will naturally be stabilized. Of course, he had to give priority to the construction of facilities such as arrow tower walls, corner towers, and enemy towers, because the security of the cottage ultimately needed these facilities and the protection of the Falling Goose Army. Other facilities such as residential houses and warehouses in the planning can only be postponed, which is also something that cannot be helped.

At this time of prosperity, a discordant event finally broke the stability in the hearts of everyone in the cottage. Let them return to their hearts the sense of crisis that they had faded, and let them realize how precious and luxurious this temporary peace in the cottage is.

On the afternoon of the tenth day of the lunar month, when Lin Jue and Gao Muqing were chatting with Lin Hu, who was already able to get out of bed and walk on crutches, at Gao Muqing's residence, there was an amazing news from the bottom of the mountain. Five soldiers of the Fallen Goose Army were attacked in the valley and all were killed. When the other party wanted to drag the corpse away, it was discovered by his own man, and a captain led ten archers to rush over and shoot back the opponent's person who dragged the corpse with bows and arrows, and then snatched the corpse back.

According to the soldiers who reported it, it was Zhang Zhuzi, the commander of the 18th squad of the 3rd Battalion, and four of his brothers who died. They saw a few wild wolves, chased them to the bottom, and said that they planned to kill the wild wolves, and added a wolf skin cushion to the chairs of the military advisor and several village owners, which looked domineering. As a result, he went too far and was shot by the opponent.

Hearing this, Gao Muqing was shocked and stood up. And Xiaohu, who was still smiling on the side, suddenly fell on the back of the chair and cried loudly.

"Brother Zhang, they killed Brother Zhang, he is my life-saving benefactor. If he and his brothers hadn't saved me that day, I'm afraid I would have frozen to death in the valley. I can't finish what Childe told me. Brother Zhang, I want to avenge him. Woooooo ”

Lin Jue then remembered this Zhang Zhuzi, it was he who saved Xiaohu's life, and Lin Jue specially thanked him after going up the mountain. I have the impression that he is a burly and sturdy man. On weekdays, I heard Xiaohu say that Zhang Zhuzi has a very good relationship with him. This crutch was cut for Xiaohu by Zhang Zhuzi not long ago.

"Little Tiger. Don't cry, Gongzi and Sister Gao will avenge Brother Zhang, don't be like this. Midori persuaded from the side.

Lin Hu looked at Lin Jue and Gao Muqing with tears on his face, his eyes full of anticipation. But when he thought that it was not so simple, he hung his head and wept again.

Lin Jue frowned and shouted, "What are you crying about?" A fourteen-year-old boy cried like a little girl. Like what words? ”

Lin Hu was stunned, and hurriedly wiped his tears and didn't dare to cry again. Midori was busy whispering comfort.

Lin Jue turned his head to look at Gao Muqing and said, "Muqing, let's go and take a look and ask about the situation." ”

Gao Muqing's face was cold, and he nodded slowly.

The two put on long clothes and put on the wind and went out, and came out with a dozen guards and followed the soldiers who reported the news, and after leaving the gate of the village, they went down the hillside to the south along the newly hewn stone steps.

After a short time, he came to a fork in the road, Gao Muqing subconsciously walked to the road in the southwest direction, and the soldiers who led the way hurriedly said: "Dazhai master, go this way." ”

Gao Muqing was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Didn't Bao Meng's people do it?" ”

The soldier hurriedly said: "I forgot to report just now, Zhang Zhuzi and they had an accident in the southeast valley." ”

Gao Muqing took a breath of cold air and said in a deep voice: "Southeast Valley? Could it be that he is a person from Zuo Zongdao? ”

The soldier said, "Exactly." ”

Gao Muqing looked at Lin Jue in shock, Lin Jue nodded slightly, and said softly: "It's not unusual, I said it a long time ago." Zuo Zongdao must have reached an agreement with Bao Meng, and he is going to do something to us. ”

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In the open space behind the fortifications below the hillside, five corpses were placed side by side, already frozen stiff and cold. A group of soldiers of the Luoyan Army surrounded the left, and when they saw Gao Muqing and Lin Jue coming, everyone saluted solemnly and got out of the way.

Gao Muqing and Lin Jue slowly approached, but saw that the five corpses were covered with scars, and there were no less than a dozen large and small corpses. The wounds penetrated by the sharp weapon rolled up, and the blood had already condensed into a thin ice ballast.

Gao Muqing frowned and was silent.

Lin Jue's gaze wandered over a few stones for a moment, and then he suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Why aren't they wearing armor?" If you wear armor, you will not have a fatal penetrating wound. Armor for everyone, don't they have it? ”

When Gao Muqing heard this, he also found that several corpses were wearing cotton robes and no armor, so he also looked at the people next to him with questions.

"Qiyu Dazhai main military division, Brother Zhang, they are going to hunt wild wolves, the armor will make a sound when they walk on their bodies, Brother Zhang, they are afraid of disturbing the prey, so they don't wear armor. Hey, who would have thought that the people on the opposite hillside would suddenly attack them. This has never happened before. We only fought against Bao Meng, and we didn't expect that the people from Shiren Mountain Dazhai would also attack us. One of the captains sighed.

Lin Jue shook his head speechlessly, it seems that many things have not been explained clearly, and everyone in Luoyan Valley still does not know their situation. They are now the enemies of the whole Funiu Mountain, and they actually thought that the people of Zuo Zongdao would not attack them. This has already turned against Zuo Zongdao before, and Zuo Zongdao has failed to use their scheme, how can he be merciful to them again.

"Pass my order, from now on, all the hands of the Falling Goose Army must be neatly armored and equipped with weapons at all times, except for sleeping. Why hasn't the commander of the 3rd Battalion arrived yet? What about Yuan Lang? Where are the others? Gao Muqing asked angrily.

"Oh, the lord of the big village, the master of the third village has already come, he took a dozen brothers to the valley, and said that he wanted to ask the people on the other side for an explanation." The captain was busy.

Gao Muqing's face was a little pale, it turned out that Yuan Lang had already arrived and had already gone down to the valley.

Lin Jue frowned and said, "What are you going to ask for now?" What can be said? Let's take a look. ”

Gao Muqing nodded, and the group went down the hillside, passing the steep slope and descending into the valley snow. Along the edge of the woodland at the foot of the mountain, the valley narrowed in front of me, and there were many traces of blood on the snow. The accompanying captain whispered that this was the place where they retrieved the corpse, and in the forest on the opposite hillside was the people from Shiren Mountain Dazhai stationed.

On the snow in front of them, more than a dozen black figures stood at the foot of the opposite mountain, and loud shouts could be heard from afar.

"Listen to the people on the other side of Shiren Mountain, how dare you shoot my people in Luoyan Valley, this matter must be explained. Your left master will not agree to this matter, and he will punish you severely. As the owner of the three villages in Luoyan Valley, I ask you to hand over the murderer, apologize and compensate. It's useless for you to hide, and if you don't come out today and give an explanation, you won't be able to. ”

Lin Jue frowned and listened to the shouts coming from in front of him, feeling extremely funny in his heart. This Yuan Lang is afraid that he is a little stupid, and he actually ran to negotiate stupidly. Everyone is dead, will the other party still hand over the murderer? also said that Zuo Zongdao would not agree, and I am afraid that Zuo Zongdao acquiesced in this matter.

Sure enough, someone from the opposite mountain forest came out and laughed: "Luoyan Valley Dazhai? Why haven't we heard of this big village? You ungrateful people. If it wasn't for the Lord Zuo Dazhai before, you wouldn't even have a place to stay. Now that you have betrayed our Zuo Dazhai master, do you dare to speak out here? What about the people who killed you? The lord of Zuo Dazhai has an order, and you people in Luoyan Valley will kill one when they see one. You want us to apologize? Okay, I'll apologize to you here. ”

Before he could say anything, there was a loud swishing sound on the opposite hillside, and countless black dots shot out, and dozens of feather arrows were instantly inserted in the snow. Fortunately, Yuan Lang and the others were on guard, carrying shields with them, and hurriedly raised their shields to block arrows, scolding and retreating. Retreat straight out of range of the arrow before the opponent stops shooting.

The man outside the forest laughed and said, "How about this apology?" Don't say that we don't understand etiquette, let's also be humble. You people who don't know whether to live or die, you will soon be finished, and if you know each other, you should surrender quickly. Your big village master still has a bit of grace, marrying our Zuo big village master to be a ninth house to press the village lady, and it will save the lives of you people. ”

Yuan Lang and the others scolded loudly when they heard the words. Gao Muqing's face was also blue with anger, and his body trembled. Lin Jue commanded left and right in a deep voice: "Go and call the three village masters to come back, don't humiliate yourself." ”

Several soldiers hurriedly went to ask Yuan Lang and the others to withdraw. Lin Jue comforted Gao Muqing in a low voice and said, "Don't be angry with these guys, how can these dogs have good words in their mouths?" It is impossible to reason with them. I had wanted to wait a little longer and concentrate on the defense and construction of the cottage before I thought about meeting the enemy, but now it seems that the plan I told you that day will be carried out in advance. ”

Gao Muqing gritted his teeth and nodded: "I understand, you want to do a good job in the defense of the cottage, even if you fail, you can retreat to the cottage, and they will not take advantage of the situation to destroy us." I'm fine, if you don't feel sure, we can bear with it. ”

Lin Jue shook his head and said: "Patience is never a good way, in the world of the jungle, it depends on strength and conquest. Besides, the construction of the cottage is beginning to take shape, and with the current fortifications and defenses, it will not be so easy for them to destroy us. Since Zuo Zongdao has already started to kill our people, this means that he must have reached an agreement with Bao Meng. If they don't strike decisively, the closer they will be. Perhaps they are already in contact with other cottages to join forces. In short, you need to start as soon as possible, and you can't wait any longer. I took this as an opportunity to carry out my plan. ”

Gao Muqing looked at Lin Jue in a daze, and said softly, "How sure do you think you are?" ”

Lin Jue smiled slightly: "I remember that before I went to Guishan Island and before I went to Peach Blossom Island, someone asked me this question, but I didn't expect this to come out of your mouth this time." I'll reply to you with my previous answer. I'm 100% sure, because we can only succeed and not fail, and failure is a dead end. Even if the cottage will not be captured for the time being, in the long run, it will not be able to achieve self-sufficiency, and the cottage will not last long. So, if you decide to do it, you have to have the mentality that if you don't succeed, you will be a benevolent. ”

Gao Muqing sighed and nodded: "I understand, since that's the case, I don't want to do anything, just do it." ”

Lin Jue smiled and nodded: "Exactly, but if we plan carefully and do our best, the rest is not what we should think about." ”