On the way home, Gao Huaiyuan told Xue Yan who was following him about this matter, and after Xue Yan heard it, he frowned and said: "This matter seems to be a little inappropriate, the matter of arresting bandits is a matter of the yamen, why does the young master want to go to this troubled water?" ”

"Don't you think these bandits are too hateful? It's just a matter of trying to make money, but you still want to kill people and rape women, then you really deserve to die! Gao Huaiyuan replied.

"That being said, these bastards are damned, but it's not appropriate for the young master to do this, although the little one knows that the young master is jealous and hateful, but the last time the young master cleaned up Jin Heihu, it was out of self-preservation, so he had to do it, and this gang of bandits is said to be more powerful than Jin Heihu's original power, they have thirty or forty people, just with the words of the young master and me, I'm afraid I won't be able to bargain for them! Once I offend this kind of person, I'm afraid that I will cause a lot of trouble to the Gao family in the future! As Xue Yan walked, he told Gao Huaiyuan about his worries.

"What you said is really good, but the husband walks the world, always looking forward and backward, afraid of this and that, it is always difficult to become a big tool, I have made up my mind on this matter, you don't say more, the old mansion here, you take care of me, you might as well let those servants follow you to learn a few hands, even if you can't go into battle to kill the enemy, at least let them be healthy! I have my own ideas when I do this! Gao Huaiyuan instructed Xue Yan.

Xue Yan couldn't persuade Gao Huaiyuan, so he didn't say more, but said: "Since the young master has decided, the little one won't say much, but this time if the young master really goes to find trouble with those bastards, let's bring the small one, although the martial arts on the small one's body are not as good as the young master, but there is no problem in dealing with one or two people, and it can help the young master a little favor!" ”

"No need! This time, you can take care of the old mansion for me, your injuries are just right, I don't want you to be injured for me again, if I go to help Xing Zhutou this time, I will bring Huang Yan and Zhou Hao, and some teenagers from Crouching Tiger Village, so that they can also see the world. Gao Huaiyuan shook his head.

Xue Yan was quite grateful to Gao Huaiyuan for taking care of him, and he didn't say anything, but he decided in his heart that he still had to follow Gao Huaiyuan this time, otherwise, he would not be at ease.

Regarding Gao Huaiyuan's proposal to Liu Zhixian, there was news soon, not only did he have a headache during this time, but also the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant under him also had a headache, as soon as they heard that Liu Zhixian wanted to let the big families in the township organize a civil defense team to help the county government arrest the bandits, so they immediately nodded in support, such a thing is also a good thing in their eyes, and the county lieutenant is essentially the director of the public security bureau of a county, he is more concerned about this matter than Liu Zhixian, if Liu Zhixian didn't dare to form a bow and arrow club, he would have organized a bow and arrow club a long time ago, came to help him maintain local law and order, and now he has the support of Liu Zhixian, although he can't organize an archery club, but such a civil defense team can be regarded as able to solve some problems, so Lima began to arrange.

Soon, the big families in the villages received a notice from the county government, asking them to send five family members to each family and hand them over to the local elders (the elders were the landlords appointed by the Song Dynasty government in order to control the people, responsible for arresting bandits, which is somewhat similar to Li Zheng and the head of the household, but the head of the Li Zheng household is mainly responsible for helping the government collect taxes!). If there are two strong men in each household, one person should be sent to patrol the area to prevent the bandits from attacking their ground.

As for the weapons needed, it will be solved by the elders or big households, to put it bluntly, let them watch it, anyway, semi-openly let them have their own weapons.

And this news was soon the first to be sent to the Gao family's old house, and the messenger was not someone else, it was Xing Zhutou himself.

Xing Zhutou was in a hurry during this time, leading a group of errands around Daye County all day long, looking for the whereabouts of the thief, but after tossing for almost a month, he didn't even catch a single fart, he broke two of his brothers, which made Xing Zhutou jump to his feet, and in the past two days, I heard Liu Zhixian say that he persuaded Gao Huaiyuan to come forward to help him, although I don't know if Gao Huaiyuan can really help him, but he also knows that Gao Huaiyuan must have the ability, otherwise, Jin Heihu and his gang would not be able to plant it in his hands.

So when he heard that the townships organized militia groups to help the county government defend the place, he was the first to take a few errand soldiers and ran to the Gao family's old house.

The old house of the Gao family is a famous family in this area, after Gao Huaiyuan returned here, he took care of it in an orderly manner, and he was kind and benevolent, and he was fair, and he had some reputation among the local people, although he was not a head or a head of the household, or a senior citizen, but no one in Gaojia Village dared to underestimate him.

Even the Lizheng, the head of the household, and the head of the elderly (qi) in this area did not dare to find their business, and they were quite polite to Gao Huaiyuan, and when they heard that Xing Zhutou wanted to organize a civil defense team in this area, the first thing that came to mind was Gao Huaiyuan.

Originally, this matter should have been said to Gao Huaiyuan, but Xing Zhutou asked the elder to be busy with other people's affairs, first find another family to recruit Zhuang Ding, the Gao family is in a special situation, and there is no need to join the local civil defense team but go with him to arrest bandits, Qi Chang naturally didn't dare to say no, and quickly agreed, and searched for Zhuang Ding among the households in this area.

And Gao Huaiyuan also expected that the notice of the county government would arrive soon, so he stayed in the Gao family's old house, waiting for the news, when he heard that Xing Zhutou came to the door in person, he quickly took Xing Zhutou in, and talked about it after sitting down.

"This time, I'm going to trouble Young Master Gao to help me with this! These thieves are really cunning and abnormal, and they have been looking for them for many days, but they have never caught them, but they have lost two brothers, which is really annoying! I also know that Young Master Gao is a capable person, this time he has to help him with whatever he says, and only then can he get out of this evil breath in his heart! As soon as Xing Zhutou sat down, he immediately poured bitter water on Gao Huaiyuan, this year, Gao Huaiyuan has grown rapidly, his figure is no different from ordinary people, and everywhere reveals a capable and calm temperament, so no one treats him as a child now, Xing Zhutou and Gao Huaiyuan are the most familiar, so he is also a peer.

"Naturally, there is no problem with this, two days ago I went to the county seat, and I heard about this matter, and Lord Liu asked me to assist Brother Xing in doing this matter, with the friendship between you and me, I will naturally not sit idly by! It's just that my ability is limited, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to help Xing Zhutou at that time! Gao Huaiyuan was polite.

"Where, where! Young Master Gao doesn't have to be humble, if you were able to hold that Jin Heihu in the first place, it means that you have this ability, and I will count on you this time, brother! Don't be polite to me anymore! This time, I came over, from the county lieutenant, please transfer some weapons, let the guards under Young Master Gao use them, and see if it goes well! Xing Zhutou was also anxious at this time, and he firmly thought that Gao Huaiyuan could help him, and he was very thoughtful, and he even brought the guys used by Gao Huaiyuan's subordinates!

Gao Huaiyuan was very happy when he heard it, and in this way, it saved him some money, so he got up to check the guy Xing Zhutou brought him this time.

This time, the county lieutenant also put down the capital, from the county government's treasury, took out some good things for Xing Zhutou, including twenty Song Dynasty hand knives, the hand knife is the only one of the eight kinds of knives recorded in the Song Dynasty "Wujing General Essentials" in the Song Dynasty, the blade edge is curved, the knife head is wider, the thick ridge is thin, the blade is heavy and powerful, it is more suitable for chopping than the ring-headed straight-edged iron knife of the Han Dynasty, and it is a commonly used weapon in the army. The shape has been very different from the horizontal knife of the Tang Dynasty, it is made of overall steel, although the quality of this batch of knives is a relatively good knife, but compared with the quality of the horizontal knife in Gao Huaiyuan's private collection, it has become garbage!

Although the country in the Song Dynasty was very rich, the number of troops was really huge, and there were too many people to feed, and if you wanted to build a large number of sharp and abnormal horizontal knives and Modao armed forces like the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that even an economic power like the Song Dynasty could not parry, so the weapons produced in batches could hardly be compared with the weapons of the Tang Dynasty in terms of quality, and it was not surprising that the quality fell behind, but in any case, it is rare to have a batch of such knives here in Daye, and Gao Huaiyuan did not pick and choose.

In addition to these twenty hand knives, Xing Zhutou also brought Gao Huaiyuan a single-hook gun, two long knives, ten plain wood guns, ten black lacquer bows, and even brought him two yellow birch crossbows, ten wooden shields covered with raw cowhides, and put them in front of Gao Huaiyuan.

Gao Huaiyuan was almost happy, this Xing Zhutou didn't seem to be kind to him in vain on weekdays, this time it's really generous! actually got so many good things for himself, it's really a big kang county ya, people don't give it for nothing! This love Gao Huaiyuan is naturally the essential, so he asked Xue Yan to quickly put it away, and took out a few hangs of money from the back and handed them to Xing Zhutou, which can be regarded as a thank you to him.

Xing Zhutou was not polite, put away the money, and handed over the documents issued by the county government to Gao Huaiyuan, proving that these things came from innocence, and ensuring that Gao Huaiyuan would not be in trouble because of this, and then asked Gao Huaiyuan: "Then it will be disrespectful in the future, thank you Young Master Gao for your generosity!" This time, Wang County Lieutenant and Liu Zhixian were indeed in a hurry, let me pick it up myself, anyway, it was piled up in the warehouse, it was also a waste, brother, I simply took a few more pieces, saying that it was for the elders here, and Young Master Gao put it away! I just don't know if Young Master Gao is satisfied with these things! I don't know how many nursing homes Young Master Gao will bring to help me this time? Are these guys enough? ”

Gao Huaiyuan took this document, and he was even more happy in his heart, now that he has a weapon hidden in his home, it is equivalent to legalization, and no one can find him trouble in this matter! So he smiled: "Satisfied, satisfied!" Can I not be satisfied with so many good things? I just have a few nursing homes, Xing Zhutou is where I am! So many guys, of course, it's enough, but I don't have so many people, and there are only a dozen people who come out of the nest, so I'll follow Xing Zhutou in person! Xing Zhutou, don't be too young! ”

As soon as he heard Gao Huaiyuan say that there were more than a dozen people, Xing Zhutou was already very satisfied, the two sides sat down and began to discuss how to deal with this gang of thieves, Gao Huaiyuan naturally wanted to carefully ask about the information collected by Xing Zhutou during this time, and analyze where to start, he is an old man in this matter, and he is much stronger than Xing Zhutou.

"Speaking of this gang of thieves, I am angry, these gangs are cunning and tight, come and go without a trace, never do more than one place, leave immediately after doing a vote, almost all over the entire territory of Daye County, make our brothers tired enough, but can not find their hiding place, and these people are ruthless, once they are discovered, they will be killed directly, leaving no life, and the means are cruel! It also makes us unable to find too useful clues! It's really annoying to me! When Xing Zhutou talked about these thieves, he gritted his teeth angrily.

"When and where did they do their last vote?" Gao Huaiyuan asked carefully.

"It was five days ago, the last time they appeared, they did it in Qianjiazhuang, they climbed over the wall into the Qian family late at night, and killed the Qian Daguan and his concubine, before killing the Qian Daguan's concubine, they also raped the concubine, cleaned up the Qian Daguan's money cabinet, and even killed their housekeeper, and the rest of the Qian family didn't know, I went to see it, there were a lot of footprints on the ground, at least a dozen people did it, but after they left the Qian family, the clue was interrupted!" Xing Zhutou replied.

Gao Huaiyuan frowned, it seems that these bastards are not vendettas, they are completely trying to kill for money, and the means are indeed too ruthless, if they don't solve them, they can't be sure when, they will really touch their own Gao family! So he calmed down and then asked Xing Zhutou: "Then I heard that you broke two brothers, how did the two of them have an accident, it's better for the brother to explain it clearly!" ”

After thinking for a while, Xing Zhutou said to Gao Huaiyuan: "This matter is ten days ago, I heard that in the area of Baoan Town, there was a family that was attacked by thieves, and the family except for his daughter was not killed, the rest of the six people were all killed, and his daughter is said to be a little beautiful, but after the accident, she disappeared, so I sent five brothers to check, but two days later, only three people came back, saying that the two people found out some news, went to Niangzi Lake to find out the news, and after that, they never came back, I went there the other day and found nothing!

Pity my two brothers, one of his daughters-in-law just gave birth to a boy for him, and then he is gone, and the other has a seventy-year-old mother in the other, poor thing! ”

After Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he decided the direction of the investigation in his heart, so he said: "Since this is the case, then we might as well start from the area of Niangzi Lake first, and see if we can find some clues of thieves in that area, if we catch them, we can also avenge your two brothers!" ”

"Alright! I also think that this gang of thieves may be in the area of Niangzi Lake, so let's start somewhere first! I'm going to have to skin them alive this time! I'm fucking pissed off! Xing Zhutou also agreed with Gao Huaiyuan's opinion.

Gao Huaiyuan asked Xing Zhutou and the others to rest for a day at the old mansion first, and arranged for Xue Yan Haosheng to entertain them, and he himself said that he would go to the mountains to recruit the nursing home where he was working in the fields, so he said goodbye to Xing Zhutou, took the weapons sent by Xing Zhutou, and rushed to Crouching Tiger Village overnight.

The main reason why Gao Huaiyuan wants to be this up-and-coming bird this time is that he can't shirk this matter and can't hide from it, and the other is because now his group of teenagers, after more than half a year of training, some of them have grown tall and strong, after he and Huang Yan and Zhou Hao have been trained, they already have some skills, in Gao Huaiyuan's view, if you want a person to become a qualified soldier, you can't achieve the goal if you want to train a person every day. It's not just training!

So this time, since he can't avoid this matter, he simply takes this opportunity to let his group of boys go out with him to experience a while, if they don't see blood, once something happens in the future, I'm afraid that temporary training will delay things, and now in this year, there is no war between Song and Jin, and I want them to go to the battlefield to experience it, and it is estimated that there is no chance, so I can't let these boys rebel! So this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for him, and it is a rare opportunity for him to take these boys to practice with these gangsters.

This is the most important reason why Gao Huaiyuan promised Liu Zhixian to come forward to help Xing Zhutou, and at present, it seems that things are better than he thought, at least Xing Zhutou is also sincere, taking his benefits, knowing that he will do things, at least solve the matter of his legal possession of weapons, so that he has a group of guys who can be used, and he can initially arm his small team.

When Gao Huaiyuan arrived at Crouching Tiger Village, he saw that the door of the village here was closed, and in the dark shadow of the wall, if he didn't look carefully, he really couldn't find a young man standing there, looking at the outside of the village vigilantly.

Gao Huaiyuan was very satisfied, a few days ago after hearing that there were such bandits in Daye County, he immediately notified the Crouching Tiger Village here, to be careful, now it seems that the people here did not take his words as a child's play, and seriously carried out his orders, so after getting off the mule cart, he stood in front of the door and shouted: "Hurry up and open the door for me, I'm here!" ”

The young man on night duty on the wall had already seen Gao Huaiyuan's mule cart coming, and had already informed the people in the Zhuangzi, and soon opened the door of the village and welcomed Gao Huaiyuan in.

"Gather all the people except the servants to the backyard, and pull the car into the backyard!" As soon as Gao Huaiyuan entered the courtyard, he instructed Huang Yan who greeted him.