Because things in the village are busy, Xu Ping did not take off and returned to the town, so he had to suppress the discovery of Yaoyin's secret before he could tell Sang Yi the next day.

In the evening, after dinner with Xiuxiu, Xu Ping went to inspect the cattle shed. More than half a year after he came to this world, he became increasingly accused of the little landlord. After dinner, he sometimes went to the fields to see the growth of crops, and sometimes he went to see the livestock he raised.

As soon as I walked out of the village, I heard a sudden sound of horse riding.

Xu Ping was shocked and stood there. He heard the sound that he beat the horse to the fastest speed. He had been with a horse for several months and had not ridden like this.

In the blink of an eye, one person and one rider walked around from behind the Zhuangzi, and suddenly stopped not far from Xu Ping.

Li Wei rolled down from his horse, rushed to Xu Ping, and knelt on the ground: "Little owner, big things are not good, there is something wrong with the village!"

Seeing that something unusual was happening, Xu Ping came up and helped Li Wei up and said warmly: "Don't be anxious, get up and say slowly. The soldiers come to block the water and soil, and the sky cannot fall!"

Seeing Xu Ping's calm expression, Li Wei calmed down a little, stood up and wiped the sweat from his forehead. A gust of cold wind blew, and he couldn't help but tremble.

Seeing Xu Ping staring at him, Li Wei's face suddenly became bitter: "Since last time I heard the teachings of the little owner, I have always taken it to my heart, and I have been paying attention to the movements of Ke Wulang and his gang of thieves at all times. Who knows, who knows-"

Seeing that Li Wei had an old problem again, he hesitated, Xu Ping's face became a little stern: "If you have something, just say it directly. What does it mean to stop talking?"

Li Wei sighed: "I haven't found them yet, but they have come to me!"

Xu Ping looked solemn: "What do you mean? Tell me clearly!"

Li Wei said: "At noon today, Ke Wulang brought two people to my house suddenly. We have met before. He came here uninvited this time, and I dared not neglect it. I killed the chicken and duck to treat him."

Xu Ping interrupted Li Wei: "There is no need to say these nonsense, just talk about the most important things."

Li Wei looked at Xu Ping and whispered: "They are asking me for information and will come to the owner's house in the evening. Ke Wulang heard from somewhere that the owner of the little manor had thousands of taels of silver here, so he started to think about it."

Xu Ping was not willing to believe it. This was not the Water Margin plane. He said to Li Wei: "This is the territory of Kaifeng Prefecture, surrounded by a large army. This group of people have become brave enough to rob people openly!"

Li Wei just sighed: "I asked him this way, and Ke Wulang only said that they were forced to the end of their journey at this time and had to fight to the death. If they succeed, they would go far away."

Robbery and swords and guns are a death sentence. Although the world is in peace at this time and Kaifeng Prefecture has not yet implemented the thieves' heavy law, the leader will still be unable to escape death. If the society is not so peaceful in a few decades, the Kaifeng Prefecture area will be classified as a heavy law area for thieves, and if such a thing happens, it will be killed.

Seeing that Li Wei was speaking seriously, Xu Ping did not dare to treat this matter as a joke. The so-called outlaw may have done something irreversible if he wants to twist his mind. He cannot be treated with common sense. He asked Li Wei to sit down on the stone in front of the door and ask him in detail what he knew.

It turned out that when Ke Wulang heard that there was a large amount of silver on Xuping Village, he had the idea here. Since he was about to escape, it was difficult to carry copper coins, and the first choice was gold and silver. The rich man around him wanted piles of food, and it was rare to ask for gold and silver. Ke Wulang had not many choices. It happened that Xu Ping had been attracting wealth and treasures recently, and a large amount of silver was earned. There was always news that he was targeted.

Li Wei is a local elder with a well-informed and used to be a stubborn person, so Ke Wulang came to find out the truth and truth of Xu Pingzhuang.

Li Wei dared not not say anything, and did not dare to offend Xu Ping, saying that there were more than 30 shopkeepers in the village, and there were no powerful figures.

Ke Wulang actually knew that Sang Yi was here. After asking, Sang Yi was not in the village now, so he decided to come to the village tonight. Ke Wulang did not make any embarrassment for his former colleague Li Wei, but he just kept watching him from walking. He waited until it was almost evening before he could withdraw the person.

After asking all this, Xu Ping took a deep breath. Seeing that it was getting late, it was too late to go to the town to call Sang Yi back. If Li Wei was talking about the real thing, he had to rely on himself tonight.

Seeing Li Wei's expression gradually calming, Xu Ping asked him: "Wulang, how many people are there under his command? Are there any outstanding people? How good are you?"

Li Wei's face looked a little ugly: "The little owner of the village asked this, how could I know? I saw him in front of me, and the other men were supposed to be in another place. I can't say that Ke Wulang's skills are, but it is far inferior to Gao Daquan on the village. Gao Daquan used to be a famous tough guy in the wing army of the group shepherd's department, but he would not please his superiors, otherwise he would have earned a half-time position."

Xu Ping asked a few more questions, but Li Wei said it was not detailed. He just knew Ke Wuro, had no deep friendship, and did not understand the specific situation.

After all the questions were clear, Xu Ping asked the two shopkeepers to take Li Wei away, saying that they were taking good care of him, but in fact they were put under house arrest. He could not make any decisions on his side, and he would wait until tomorrow morning to say anything.

Seeing that it was dark, Xu Ping first asked Xu Chang to call Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang to his yard. Xiuxiu was cleaning up the tableware, and Xu Ping asked her to go back to her room and not come out tonight no matter what happened. This kind of thing is not suitable for a little girl to worry.

Seeing Xu Ping's serious expression, Xiuxiu knew that there was something big, so she didn't care about asking random questions and went back to the room obediently.

He called the person to his study, Xu Chang poured tea, and Xu Ping told the news that Li Wei brought.

Xu Chang asked carefully, "Dalang thinks Li Wei's words are so credible?"

Xu Ping said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid it's 80% true."

Xu Chang's face also darkened: "It's a pity that Sang Xiucai was not in the village. I heard that he had an iron sword, and ten or eight thieves were dealt with at will."

Sun Qilang didn't care: "You don't have to be discouraged! This is Kaifeng Prefecture, the most wise area in the world, where is there any room for thieves to gather! I think there are not many people, otherwise there would be no place to accommodate them. Our village has also practiced swords and guns. When the thieves come, they are just here to offer their official positions!"

Xu Ping did not dare to be so optimistic. The desperate people were not the same as ordinary people. One side really dared to kill people with a knife, but the other side just raised the courage to defend themselves, and their combat effectiveness was one level worse.

Seeing that Gao Daquan didn't say anything, Xu Ping asked him: "What do you think? After all, I have been in the Xiangjun for many years. When encountering such a thing, I should always have a constitution."

Gao Daquan smiled bitterly: "The officials were joking. I was either transporting grain or herding horses in the wing army. I had never taken swords and guns a few times, so I knew something. But in my opinion, this group of thieves dared to attack Zhuangzi, and the number of people would definitely not be too small. However, Qilang was right just now. If there were too many people, they would not be able to gather around them. In summary, there were always 10 or 20 people. If such a group of people were used to swords and swords, they would have the confidence to deal with twenty or thirty merchants. I wonder what the officials thought?"

Xu Ping said: "They are at most about twenty people. No matter how many of them are, they can't play with them. The key is not how many people they have, but how they will attack and how we defend."

Xu Ping remembers that Song Jiang, who used two steel knives in his hand, ran rampant in several states with thirty-six people. If the number of Ke Wulang and his gang reached 180, would be a joke, it would be enough to reach the scale of the imperial court's encirclement and suppression, which was obviously impossible.

The most important thing is how to defend the market.

This is Zhuangke protecting the property of the Xu family, but it is not a battle between the two armies, and it can simply convert the combat power. In this kind of battle, it is crucial to maintain the morale of his own side. As long as a careless person is not careful, Zhuangke will faint when he sees it. Anyway, it will not affect his own wealth and property, and it will disperse.

Xu Ping read the novel "Military Military Training Manual" in his previous life. There is no big problem with placing troops, but it is difficult to ensure the subjective initiative of Zhuangke.

After hearing Xu Ping's words, everyone thought for a while, Gao Daquan said: "This kind of thief is just a mob, and it depends on the leader's ability to gather people together. As the saying goes, capture the king first, as long as we seize the opportunity to hold Ke Wulang, they will naturally be defeated."

Xu Ping smiled bitterly: "I naturally understand this principle, but the question is how to capture this king? It would be fine if Sang Xiucai was here. He was agile and could defeat Ke Wulang in the crowd. We don't have this ability."

After hearing Xu Ping's words, the few people lowered their heads again.

In the past six months, not only Xu Ping, but also Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang have also often practiced martial arts with Sang Yi, and even Zhao Zi sometimes came to teach everyone a few swords and guns. Although Zhao Zi didn't meet Xu Ping, he had a good relationship with Gao Daquan. In addition, the good wine from the charity shop also came to do it once or twice in a month.

But fighting is a matter of learning and training, and the other is a matter of talent. Sang Yi is not a master and apprentice, and his physical condition is average, but he is calm and calm when fighting. The more he sees blood, the calmer he is. He is almost a natural general.

Gao Daquan has excellent physical conditions, but his talent is not good. Although he is not panicked during the fight, he does not have the natural decisiveness of Sang Yi, and he lacks huge lethality in the battle. If he had been training in the battle for two years, Gao Daquan would have been a powerful general, but now he is not good.

When two people are in a life-and-death battle, you must hesitate about the consequences of this sword first, and the battle cannot be fought. This is exactly the instinct of ordinary people, the instinct that is subtly transformed by a peaceful society. Without this instinct, the social order will become a mess.

Although Gao Daquan has been in the Xiang army for many years, he is still just an ordinary person.

Seeing that the discussion could not come to an end, Xu Ping sighed secretly. It seemed that he had to rely on the militia tactics he learned in his previous life, and he didn't know that they were not effective.
Chapter completed!