Chapter 181: The Rogue is Coming
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By the time the family of four finished eating, it was already dark. The four of them opened the grain bags in the room that was temporarily used as a storehouse, poured the grain into the jars, and sealed several layers of tarpaulin to prevent water from seeping in. Luo Ping poured grain, Luo Qing sealed his mouth, and Luo Xin carried the sealed jars to the octagonal pavilion of the lotus pond one by one, and then threw the jars down one by one. He had already seen it the last time he came here, and the water was so turquoise that there was no jar thrown into the pool on it. He didn't know what the situation would be like in the future, but he was planning for the worst. Hiding the grain under water so that it will not be exposed gives you an extra chance of survival.
As for the fact that these jars will get wet if they are left under water for a long time, and water will seep into them, it is better than starving to death in the future. Even if there is no riot in the future, he will accompany him with dozens of grains and silver.
Although Luo's heart hurts the silver, Luo Ping also feels that Luo Xin's decision is a little unfounded, but Luo Xin's decision has been correct before, so he hesitated again and again, but still agreed to Luo Xin's decision, which is why the family of four came to the county this time.
After being busy in the middle of the night, two hundred catties of grain were left, and the remaining eight hundred catties of grain were sealed in the jar and thrown into the lotus pond.
The next day.
Luo Xin's family locked the door and returned to Shanglin Village. Luo Ping wanted to hire a gatekeeper, but there was no one who knew the roots, and now there was nothing of value in this house except for the food hidden in the lotus pond, so Luo Ping's family simply left. However, before leaving, Luo Xin still went to the horse market to buy a relatively good horse. Since the horse given by Zhou Yu was given to his father, he will not be able to grow up his eldest brother's horse in Yanglin County in the future. Now that I have an income, I naturally want to be kind to myself. After buying a horse, he went to the blacksmith shop and retrieved the Guan knife he had made.
Returned to Shanglin Village. Luo Xin could feel the tension in the atmosphere. The more than 80 light and strong people in Shanglin Village were divided into two groups and patrolled in the morning and evening. Prohibiting outsiders from entering the village, Zhang Shu is worthy of being an experienced person, and the seven villagers with horses are also divided into three classes, leaving Shanglin Village from time to time to go out to inquire about the news.
None of this had anything to do with Luo Xin, who did not participate in the patrol. The patrol requirement is fifteen to thirty-five years old, and even Luo Ping and Luo Qing do not meet it. However, Luo Ping and Luo Qing are different from ordinary people, they are people with martial arts. And in Shanglin Village, it is also the most capable group of people, so Luo Ping and Luo Qing also joined the patrol, including the uncle and cousin.
Luo Xin began to live a regular life, as usual. Reading, learning the art of Shiwen, writing "The Legend of Shushan", blowing the flute, playing chess, and practicing martial arts.
But. Since returning from Yanglin County, Luo Xin's martial arts practice has one more content, that is, to re-practice Guan Dao.
this day.
Luo Xin was thinking about a piece of time when he saw his eldest brother come in in a hurry.
"Little brother! Father-in-law looking for you! ”
Luo Xin put down his pen and said, "What's the matter?" ”
"I heard from the detective that he found that the rogues were coming towards our village."
Luo Qing wants to be a general. This time there was a matter of preventing liukou, Luo Qing not only did not panic at all, but was very excited every day, and even used the way of drama to speak. looked at the excited look on the eldest brother's face. Luo Xin's heart sank, and he couldn't help but sigh lightly in his heart.
"It's time to come!"
immediately put down the book and went out to Zhang Shu's house. Wait to enter Zhang Shu's study. I saw that there were already three people sitting in the study, namely Zhang Shu, Lin Chang and Uncle Luo Zhi.
Luo Xin is not the slightest stranger to this, there are only these three Xiucai in this village, and to deal with such a major event, it is natural that these three Xiucai form a core, which is equivalent to a handsome account. The reason why Luo Xin is called is that although Luo Xin has not yet made a name for himself, he has shown that he is not weaker than Xiucai's talent in Wendou.
"I've seen Zhang Shu, teacher, uncle." Luo Xin walked into the study and saluted one by one.
"Xin'er is here, hurry up and take a seat!" Luo Zhi, as Luo Xin's uncle, was naturally the first to speak, but there was sorrow locked between his eyebrows.
Luo Xin sat down in an orderly manner, but did not rush to ask about the situation of the Liukou. He knew that he couldn't mess up at this time, presumably Zhang Shu, Lin Chang and Luo Zhi's hearts were already a little chaotic, after all, they were not martial artists, but literati, and they were just showmen, hearing the news of Liukou, it would be abnormal if there was no panic in their hearts. Even Luo Xin, who is a man of two lives, is also flustered in his heart at this time. Regardless of his previous life or future life, he had never encountered such a thing as a rogue, how could he not panic?
But he knew that if he showed a panicked or anxious look as soon as he came in, it would make the three Xiucai, who were already a little flustered, even more flustered, and now he was pretending to be calm. So he just sat there calmly, looking at Zhang Shu. But his palms were unconsciously covered with sweat.
Sure enough, the three Xiucai saw Luo Xin's calm appearance, and their faces couldn't help but show shame. The panic in their hearts was a little less, but these three Xiucai must have not known the news that Liukou had come because of Luo Xin, otherwise how could an eleven-year-old child be so calm?
Therefore, before others could speak, Luo Zhi said impatiently: "Xin'er, you don't know that Liukou has come to our village, right?" ”
"Yes!" Luo Xin nodded lightly and said, "The eldest brother already told me just now." ”
"Oh......" Luo Zhi looked stunned, and then asked, "Then you are still so calm?" ”
Luo Xin smiled and said, "What about panic? And you can't retreat from the enemy! ”
Luo Zhi's face turned red, Lin Chang's face showed pride, and Zhang Shu's eyes showed appreciation. The atmosphere in the room was suddenly much lighter. Luo Xin only asked at this time:
"How many rogues are there?"
"It is said that there are more than 200 people, they have just ransacked Xialin Village, and now they are coming towards our Shanglin Village."
"More than two hundred?" Luo Xin couldn't help frowning slightly and said, "It's not much, Xialin Village is not organized and strong?" There are a lot of people in Xialin Village, right? If you are prepared, erecting a wooden village, it is not easy for more than 200 people to loot Xialin Village, right? ”
"Why is there no organization and a wooden village? The wooden village was burned by the Liukou, and they attacked it. Almost all of the people in the poor village of Xialin were killed. Zhang Shu sighed.
Luo Xin's heart tightened when he heard this, he didn't expect that those rogues still knew about fire attacks. Thinking that the wooden village in Shanglin Village was also full of wood, Luo Xin couldn't help but become anxious, so he hurriedly said:
"Uncle Zhang, hurry up and let people water Wang Muzhai, so that it will not be easy to ignite."
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*(To be continued......)