The dinner finally ended in a peaceful atmosphere, and Li Qinglin and the others were taken to the guest room by their servants to rest.

The Chen family’s house does not look very large, but after coming in, I realized that these houses were designed very cleverly.

The Chen family's house is basically homes with houses, and the yard is built in yards. These houses are very similar to the yards. New people like Li Qinglin are very likely to get lost.

This architectural style should also be designed to prevent bandits and thefts. These extremely similar environments make the trespassers unable to understand the direction, which can give the patriarchs who are guarding the house and protecting the house a buffer time, giving them time to organize strong defenses, and leaving the owners with time to hide and escape.

After washing up, everyone went to bed early.

The night in the countryside is very quiet. Except for a few dogs occasionally barking, everything is silent around them.

When it was time to leak, someone walked past the street with a lantern and knocked on the gong. They shouted loudly: "Every household, close the doors and doors; prevent fire and theft, be careful of fire and candles." On this quiet night, the sound of beating people's gongs and shouting at night were very far away.

It was easy to fall asleep on a quiet night, and Li Qinglin, who drank some wine, soon fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, Li Qinglin suddenly heard someone knocking on the gate of the courtyard violently, and someone shouted loudly outside the gate: "Every bosses, get up, get up, get up, bandits are here, bandits are here."

Li Qinglin's guard squad was very vigilant. Even if he stayed in Chen Shide's village, Ding Goudan sent a whistle.

The sound of "bandits are coming" outside the yard woke everyone up. Li Qinglin touched the pistol, pulled the bolt and fired, and then turned over and got out of bed.

When Li Qinglin arrived in the yard, all the staff had already gotten up. Although the matter was a little urgent and some people were not dressed in an orderly manner, everyone was in their hands, and they were obviously ready for battle.

Li Qinglin asked Ding Goudan to open the gate of the courtyard. There were several young men wearing torches standing at the door. These men also held weapons. The one who led these men was about twenty years old. He was quite tall and looked a little similar to the fourth wife.

Li Qinglin listened at the ears and heard that there were already crowds in the village, but there were no gunshots around. Since it was in a strange environment, Li Qinglin was not sure if there were really bandits coming, so he asked: "I didn't hear the guns. How do you know that bandits are coming?"

"We are so close to the bandits, so we naturally have a secret mechanism to guard against bandits. Now we don't have time to explain. You can follow me first and tell you what's going on later." The young man said.

"Fighting Preparation" Li Qinglin ordered.

All officers and soldiers in the yard were bayonets and bullets loaded, and then they automatically formed a battle formation.

"Okay" the young man praised, then took Li Qinglin and the others to the main hall of Chen Shide's house.

When he arrived at the main hall, Li Qinglin found that Chen Shide's whole family was gathering there, and Mu Jinshan also brought a few Zhuang Ding guards carrying box cannons on the left and right.

Chen Shide seemed to have become addicted to smoking again. He didn't care about Li Qinglin and the others present, so he asked someone to bring the cigarette and cigarette utensils to lie on a bamboo couch to enjoy the smoking. A cigarette bubble was placed on a cigarette gun, and Chen Shide put the cigarette bubbles close to the cigarette lamp. The cigarette bubbles were roasted and a very special fragrance emitting from the room.

Chen Shide took a deep breath and sucked a big smoke into his stomach. But he did not immediately exhale the smoke from his stomach, but picked up a cup of tea and took a sip, pressing the smoke into his stomach. He only exhaled a long breath until he felt that all the opium cigarette had been absorbed.

After taking a few sips like this, Chen Shide seemed to have returned his soul and his face looked better. Chen Shide opened his eyes and stared at the young man who brought Li Qinglin in and asked, "Leshan, I heard from Jinshan that the agency we set up before did not call the police. Why do you say that the bandits are coming?"

Chen Shide's eyes were shining when he spoke. Li Qinglin then realized that Chen Shide was not really old. The series of performances in the afternoon should be a performance in front of Li Qinglin.

The young man was named Wang Leshan, who was the brother of the fourth wife Wang Yinhua. He is now a leader of the Chenjiazhai Guard.

"Master, after I took over the escort, I increased the number of agencies and transformed some agencies. In addition, I set up another secret sentry outside every night. At any time, ordinary people will send an alarm whenever they approach the village."

At this moment, several fireworks suddenly bloomed in the sky outside, and from the perspective, these fireworks were still in different directions.

"Master, this is my people calling the police. It seems that there are quite a few bandits coming today." Wang Leshan said, pointing to the fireworks.

"Which one of the people do you think will be?" Chen Shide had obviously believed Wang Leshan's words, looked up and asked.

"Sir Li, no one has come to harass our Chenjia Village for so many years, why did you make any noise as soon as you come?" Mu Jinshan, who was standing next to the eldest wife, suddenly spoke. Chen Shide turned his gaze to Li Qinglin after hearing this, and his eyes were obviously full of suspicion.

Li Qinglin smiled bitterly and said, "As for why someone comes tonight, I can't explain it. However, Mr. Chen should have sent people to Sangyu Town to see it long ago. My subordinates now have a thousand people, and their weapons and equipment are not bad. As for me, if I want to be in your village, will the troops outside adopt this sneaky method?"

Chen Shide nodded. But Mu Jinshan said, "No matter what, you can't get rid of it."

Li Qinglin thought for a while and said, "My soldiers can still fight. There are probably a lot of people coming outside tonight. Let's do this. I will take apart all of my people and guard the village with you. If you are worried, you can send someone to guard them. This is OK, right?"

"Butler Mu, you bring a few people with Chief Li, the master and us all go to the Northeast Watchtower, and you will be responsible for the safety of these people." The third wife standing aside spoke.

"Okay, I will do whatever you say." Li Qinglin nodded.

The third wife said this very skillfully. Since you, Mu Jinshan, suspect Li Qinglin, let Li Qinglin be with you and take care of him. As long as the Chen family’s master and wife are safe, the suspicion of Li Qinglin will naturally be lifted.

The third wife, a woman, doesn't speak much, but she often grasps the key points as soon as she speaks. Li Qinglin couldn't help but look at her twice.

The third wife was no longer wearing silk and satin tonight, but ordinary cotton clothes. What was even more strange was that she was holding a small revolver in her hand.

This woman is not simple, Li Qinglin said in his heart.

Li Qinglin called Ding Goudan and Han Jizhong, and explained the meaning of Chenjiazhai. Then he divided the people into four groups, and was everywhere with the village heads of Chenjiazhai, and deployed defenses on the walls of the villages on all sides.

The secret whistle outside was passing messages to the village, and the bandits were getting closer and closer. After everything was arranged, Li Qinglin followed Chen Shide's family to the watchtower in the northeast corner.

The walls on all sides of Chenjia Village are made of stones and rammed earth inside. After so many years of continuous reinforcement and heightening, these walls are solid and tall, and indeed have become fortifications to be relied on. There are also four watchtowers on the four corners of the wall. These watchtowers have three floors, and are also made of stones and blue bricks. These four watchtowers are high and are excellent and solid firepower points. Li Qinglin secretly estimated that if he did not use direct-fire artillery, it would not be easy to destroy these four watchtowers.

The oil lamp has been lit in the watchtower, and it is clear inside.

Chen Shide's body was indeed very weak. He was carried to the third floor by two strong men with guns. Following him, the eldest wife and Mu Jinshan also went up to the third floor. After these people went upstairs, Mu Jinshan turned around and put down an iron plate. The iron plate just covered the entrance of the staircase on the third floor. Li Qinglin, the second wife, the third wife, the fourth wife, and the two Zhuang Dings were blocked on the second floor.

Li Qinglin didn't realize anything, but the three wives all changed their faces and said nothing.

"Armation, Armation" Li Qinglin blurted out military terms in a hurry.

The two farmermen didn't know what kind of defense was, so they looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

Li Qinglin pointed to the shooting hole in the watchtower and said, "Preserve the shooting hole and be ready to shoot at any time."

Han Jizhong leaned out from the stairs on the first floor and asked, "Sir, is it OK here? Do you want to transfer a few people?"

Li Qinglin looked at the watchtower and said, "There are enough people here. Tell your brothers that if you keep the gate and wall of the village, everything will be safe here."

"Yes" Han Jizhong saluted and turned around and left.

"Bang, bang...", "Bao hooks, eight hooks...", gunshots started, and the gunshots could be heard from the gunshots in and outside the village walls. Not only were there made in Hanyang, but there were also 38 large covers. Li Qinglin turned his head and looked at the weapons in the hands of the two villages, and found that these two people were holding 38 large covers.

"Yuanwu..." There was a sound of gongs on the wall of the village, and then Wang Leshan's voice sounded, and he shouted: "Friends, sisters and brothers, uncles and men, there are many bandits coming outside. If the village is broken, none of us can escape. Everyone picks up the guys and obeys the order. Only by killing the bandits away can we have a good life in the future."

He then shouted: "Each team brings his own people well. According to the methods we usually practice, bandits cannot get in."

After a while, he ran to another place to beat the gong and shouted: "Friends, let me tell you another news. The dozens of people who came yesterday were regular national troops. They are here to help us fight bandits. Please relax. No matter how many bandits there are, we cannot break our village."

Li Qinglin was happy when he heard this, thinking that Wang Leshan was a good material for leading troops, at least the pre-war mobilization work was done well.

Not long after, a torch appeared not far from Chenjia Village, and the bandits finally appeared...
Chapter completed!