Chapter 56

Zhang Xiaolong hurriedly and carefully placed this thing that had saved his family's lives into his arms.

Lu Yueming didn't wait for Zhang Xiaolong to speak and ordered, "You four ride the original horses and go quickly. Don't touch the things of these thieves. Leave the corpses and horses where they are. I heard that there are three leaders in Xicui Mountain. It seems that they have been killed by me. It is estimated that Xicui Mountain will scatter in the future. You don't have to worry about their revenge.

In addition, you don't have to hide the fact that I saved you, but remember not to say my name or the name of Misty School. Do you understand? "

Zhang Xiaolong didn't quite understand, but he nodded deeply.

Then, the four of them rode on one horse and moved forward.

Lu Yueming also jumped on the horse and was about to leave. But looking at the mess on the side of the road, he frowned and thought for a while. Then he jumped off the horse and put the seven corpses on the remaining seven horses. He loosened the reins and let the horses run on their own. Then he got on the horse again and galloped away. The road was quiet again.

After the time it took to eat a meal, the people who were hiding nearby stealthily snuck over. Seeing that there were no bandits by the roadside, they tidied up the bridal sedan chairs and other things, thinking that the bride and groom had already been murdered. Feeling sorry for them and lucky for their own luck, they slowly returned to Guo Zhuang.

In the small courtyard of Guozhuang House, since Zhang Xiaolong led the wedding procession out, the people in the family were busy. They not only greeted the neighbors in the village and asked them to sit down, but also prepared all the things needed for the wedding ceremony according to the countryside. Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei ran in and out almost without touching the ground. They kept muttering something and looked here and there, for fear of missing something.

When the sun was high in the sky, the couple was slightly relieved and sat down tiredly. This poor family was so tired to marry a wife. Wouldn't the rich family be tired to death?

But they forgot that they had special servants. How could they do it themselves?

Everything was prepared at home, and the necessary ceremony had been entrusted to the people in the village who were familiar with it, so there shouldn't be any mistakes. Seeing that it was still early, the two of them went to the head chef to get some food and hurried to fill their stomachs.

After resting for a short while, Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei arrived at their grandmother's hut. Their grandmother had woken up early. Guo Sufei had made a new set of clothes for her mother a few days ago. She had just put it on today. When her grandmother heard someone coming in, she asked, "Guo Sufei?

Xiaolong and the others are back, right? "

Guo Sufei smiled and said, "Mother, not yet, but I think it will be soon. Please come with us to the central room and wait."

Grandma was also very happy and agreed repeatedly.

The couple carefully supported their grandmother to the central room and sat down in the chair in the middle.

His grandmother's health was extremely poor, and she was usually lying in bed. On Zhang Xiaolong's wedding day, he needed to kowtow to his parents and elders. Today, his grandmother forced herself to stay awake, waiting for her grandson and granddaughter-in-law to kowtow to her. Her lifelong wish was finally fulfilled.

However, after sitting for a long time, they didn't hear the sound of firecrackers and musical instruments at the entrance of the village. Seeing that it was time, Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei couldn't help but feel anxious. Even their grandmother seemed to be unable to hold on.

Just when everyone was guessing, suddenly, someone shouted, "Look, it's Liu Er, the suona player. Why did he come back?"

Sure enough, across the low courtyard wall of the Zhang Family's courtyard, a person could be seen running here from a distance. Wasn't he one of the people in the wedding procession?

Zhang Cai's heart couldn't help but tighten. He knew something was wrong and immediately rushed out of the central room. Before he reached the courtyard, he heard Liu Er's hoarse shout, "Not good, Xiaolong and his wife encountered the bandits of Xicui Mountain!"

This sentence was like a ladle of water dripping into a pot of oil. The Zhang family's small courtyard immediately exploded. Some timid people immediately patted their buttocks and ran away like a wisp of smoke, as if the horse thief was right in front of them. Most of the people were talking to each other. Some of their faces were obviously gloating, and some of them were regretful. It was not clear whether they were regretting Zhang Xiaolong or Liu Qian, but most of them were sympathetic.

Before Zhang Cai rushed to the gate of the courtyard, he heard a cry behind him, "Mother ~"

Zhang Cai's heart thumped. He quickly turned back and ran to the central room. Sure enough, he saw his grandmother lying on the ground with a pale face. She had fainted. Guo Sufei was crying and rubbing her grandmother's chest in a hurry, trying to help her grandmother get the thick phlegm out of her throat. Zhang Cai also hurried forward and kept knocking on her grandmother's back. Fortunately, her throat squirmed for a while. She opened her mouth and spat out a mouthful of phlegm, followed by a mouthful of blood. She said, "Xiaolong ~" She was already on the verge of death.

At this time, Guo Sufei had no time to think about Zhang Xiaolong. She cried and carried her mother to the bed in the small room with Zhang Cai and Zhang Xiaohu. The husband and wife had time to look at each other. They really didn't understand. How could a happy event turn into a funeral in a blink of an eye?

The husband and wife looked at their grandmother whose face was pale gold. They felt like a knife was being twisted in their hearts. Zhang Xiaolong's life was uncertain, and their mother was going to go far away. What should they do?

Zhang Cai left Guo Sufei to take care of her grandmother. He and Zhang Xiaohu then went to the central room. Some of the people in the courtyard had already left. Many people had also entered the central room and were listening to Liu Er.

Seeing Zhang Cai come in, Liu Er started talking from the beginning. This Liu Er's mouth was also very nimble. He actually described Zhang Xiaolong and Zhang Xiaohua's archery to how they solved the difficult problem vividly. He also remembered Zhang Xiaolong's "poem" without missing a word. Hearing this, the people praised Zhang Cai for having two good sons. At the same time, they also felt sorry. These two good children were probably in danger now.

Zhang Cai was even more distressed when he heard this. He was anxious to know what happened when they encountered the bandits, but Liu Er's description was so detailed that he wished he could tear his mouth open and dig out the last words.

When Liu Er said, "Four fiendish bandits with weapons in their hands chased us away," he stopped talking. Everybody was startled and asked, "And then?"

Liu Er said innocently, "No, I don't know where they went. But I was worried about Brother Zhang, so I quickly came to report."

Zhang Cai seemed to be grasping at a life-saving straw. He asked, "Then, you didn't see how the bandits dealt with Xiaolong and the others?"

Liu Er said, "No, the bandits drove us away. Xiaolong and Xiaohua, as well as the two girls in the sedan, stayed behind."

Zhang Cai felt lucky and said, "Xiaolong and the others might not be dead yet."

Everyone nodded in agreement. But they were thinking the same thing as Zhang Cai. The bandits had left them behind, so the chances of them surviving were not high. Even if they could survive, the delicate bride and bridesmaids would have been eaten by the wolves. No matter what, the Zhang family's wedding today would be ruined. Sigh, good people don't have good karma. The Zhang family's good deeds usually turned into good karma, but in the end, they didn't have any good karma. Fate really made fools of people.

When Zhang Xiaohu heard this, he couldn't sit still. He said, "Father, I'll go take a look now. What happened to Big Brother and Third Brother?"

When he finished speaking, he was about to leave. Before Zhang Cai could say anything, everyone immediately pulled him back and said, "Lao Er, you're the only male in the family right now. We can't let anything happen to you. You can't go by yourself. Wait a moment. We'll organize the strong men in the village. It won't be too late to go after we get weapons."

Thus, everyone in the courtyard quickly went out and mobilized the young laborers of the Guozhuang House. They held hoes and other tools in their hands and prepared to go to the place where the incident happened to see what happened.

But just as the group of loose people walked out of the Guozhuang House's village entrance, they saw a horse coming towards them, carrying four people on its back.

A sharp-eyed person immediately recognized them and shouted loudly, "It's Zhang Xiao Long and Zhang Xiaohua. Ah, they're back. They're still alive!"

Everyone cheered and rushed over. Zhang Xiaohu rushed at the front of the crowd.

When everyone received Zhang Xiao Long and the others, they saw the tattered clothes on the two brothers and the blood on their bodies. A few people carefully carried Zhang Xiao Long down. Zhang Xiaohu also carried Zhang Xiaohua down from the horse. He looked at the marks on his shoulder with heartache. Liu Qian and Liu Yueyue didn't get down from the horse. They were still in shock and their legs were still weak. They couldn't walk. Some people led the horses forward slowly. Some people with fast legs had already run back to report to the Zhang family.

Before the crowd reached the center of the village, Zhang Cai and Guo Sufei, who had received the news, had already rushed over. When they saw their sons and daughter-in-law were alive and well, they couldn't help but cry. They only used their hands to carefully touch their sons' wounds and said, "Good, good."

It wasn't until they reached the entrance of the Zhang family's courtyard that Guo Sufei woke up from her dream. She said, "Xiao Long, Qian Qian, come over and meet your grandmother."

At this time, she didn't care whether Liu Qian could walk or not. She went forward to help her get down from the horse and helped her walk into her grandmother's house. Grandmother was already a little delirious at this time. When she heard that her grandson came back alive, she couldn't help but feel refreshed. There was a flush on her face. Her gray eyes seemed to be able to see her beloved grandson and granddaughter-in-law. She muttered, "Bow to heaven and earth, bow to heaven and earth."

Hearing her mother's words, Guo Sufei also woke up. The custom in the village was that when a happy event met with a funeral of an elder, one had to step back. Grandmother didn't want to delay Zhang Xiao Long's wedding because of her departure.

Therefore, Guo Sufei also gritted her teeth and hurriedly asked Zhang Cai to prepare for the wedding ceremony. Grandmother was also energized at this time. She insisted on going to the central room to accept the kneeling of her new daughter-in-law and grandson.

Guo Sufei and Zhang Cai had no choice but to carry their mother to the central room.

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