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Chapter 32 The Mysterious Three

night.

After finishing her day's work, Ran Tong put down the pencil in her hand and closed the notepad on the table, rubbed her eyes and walked out of the study, finished the work arrangement for the day, and settled the brothers and family members of the butcher's village more or less. Afterwards, when it was late at night, she was ready to go to bed.

But when she walked out of the study, she found that the brothers who were supposed to go back to the room to wash and rest were all surrounded by the manor. With the bonfire and torches lighting up, the manor looked like day at night.

"What happened?"

Seeing Zhang Peng standing at the door of the study, Ran Tong asked in a low voice.

"Miss, please follow me."

Zhang Peng stood in front of the study room early and waited for Ran Tong to finish his work. Now that the girl walked out of the study room, she naturally needed her to make a decision.

As Zhang Peng approached, all the brothers along the way made way for them to walk. The closer they got to the door, the heavier the smell of smoke from the burning torch became. At the door, the brothers here almost blocked the entire door.

"Rang Rang, the eldest lady is here!"

Someone in the crowd shouted, and in an instant, the gate began to widen. As the crowd retreated, Ran Tong finally saw the source of the people gathering together.

That's three people.

Three ragged people knelt at the gate of the manor, and the one kneeling at the very front was a ragged old man.

The three were not brothers in the manor, nor were they family members in the village. The behavior of the three was unknown, and it was unknown when they appeared here.

If the brother standing on the watchtower hadn't dropped the steamed stuffed bun in his hand when he was about to go back to sleep, no one would have noticed that there were three people nestled at the gate.

"Miss, I found these three. I was about to call it a day and go back to sleep. When I was stretching, I accidentally dropped the meat bun. I thought I couldn't waste it, so I went out to look for it. I didn't expect to find that these three people ate it. "

Ah Qiang, who was in charge of tracking, ran over to report.

Ran Tong took a step forward holding the torch, Chen Gang who had appeared here earlier, and Zhang Peng beside him followed. Ran Tong carefully looked at the three people kneeling on the ground in front of him. From the beginning to now, the crowd gathered more and more. But neither said a word.

Kneeling at the very front was indeed an old man who looked about the same age as the old doctor and Uncle Li. The clothes on his body were stained black by the mud, and their clothes could not be distinguished even by the light of the fire in the night.

And the two behind...

They are not so much kneeling on the ground as they are squatting on the ground supporting each other, and seeing that they are not very old, a man and a woman, the young-looking man is tightly protecting the shivering girl beside him. In the night, this man His eyes are like a wolf.

A stray wolf.

"Miss, we tried to ask them questions, but they didn't say a word like they were dumb," Zhang Peng said.

Ran Tong nodded, if he said so, these three people should have escaped from the war.

But after thinking about it, the Northern Desert Grassland and the Mahayana Dynasty have not fought for many years, and even the nearby vassal state of the Dynasty has been safe and sound, and it should be impossible to escape the war.

"You didn't embarrass them, did you?"

"No, although our brothers used to be thieves in the mountains, except for the fat man, we will not do anything to these fleeing people. Besides, the eldest lady has not come forward, so we will not make decisions without authorization."

Ran Tong patted Zhang Peng's shoulder to express his approval, then squatted down, his voice as soft as possible.

"Did you flee from famine?"

But the other party still didn't speak, Ran Tong thought for a while and added something.

"Don't be afraid, I am the owner of this manor, if you have any difficulties, you can tell me."

Speaking of this, Ran Tong did not forget to wave to the crowd behind him: "Sister Qingqing, call the old doctor, yes, bring some food."

Soon, Qingqing came with some steamed buns, but Qingqing didn't bring buns, out of grudge against these unknown people, Ran Tong didn't say anything.

But even with some steamed buns, the three of them finally showed something they had never shown before... Crazy!
The old man at the head stood up suddenly, and "snatched" a whole plate of steamed buns from Qingqing's hand. This move made Qingqing turn pale with fright, and subconsciously screamed.

Not to mention Zhang Peng, all the brothers present subconsciously pulled out their steel knives.

"Fucking courteous death!"

As the brothers unsheathed their steel knives, Na Aqiang also pulled out the blade and pointed at the three of them.

After all, the eldest lady is here, and people can't let Sikong Qingwan make any trouble.

But the next moment, before Ran Tong could speak, a jaw-dropping thing happened. Among the three, the man who had been protecting the girl suddenly stood up. Shaking, the steel knife appeared in his hand, and in front of him... and A Qiang who was a little dazed.

The man's speed was so fast that even Zhang Peng and Chen Gang didn't react.

"Let him go!"

As Ah Qiang was taken hostage by this man, Chen Gang and Zhang Peng immediately guarded Ran Tong, and all the brothers formed a circle around here.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird. Who would have thought that with hundreds of people gathered around, this dirty man would dare to do such a move by himself.

"Let him go." The old man holding the bun made a hoarse voice.

The man holding the knife didn't let go immediately, until the old man whispered again: "Let go!"

Ran Tong frowned slightly, because she could see that the old man's seemingly commanding words contained a little...begging, just like the cautiousness of the inferior to the superior.

At this moment, Ran Tong also waved to the brothers around him: "Brothers, put down the knife."

"Miss... this..."

"It's okay, you two are so close, and there are so many of us, I'm afraid that this person won't be able to attack me. Let's not look at this person's skinny appearance, but look at his injuries."

Following Ran Tong's words, people took a closer look. There were more than a dozen scabbed scars on the body of the man who was holding Ah Qiang hostage, and there was a more than 30 cm long scar on the left chest Wound.

"This person has such a serious injury and still has this skill, miss, it's better to be careful." Chen Gang said.

After so many years of fighting in the frontier of the Northern Territory, Chen Gang should be said to be the most capable head of the four villages, but even so, he can feel a little danger from the eyes of the man in front of him, even if he is like a light crossbow At the end, he will faint to the ground at any time.

The brothers put down the steel knives in their hands one after another, and the man also withdrew the knife in his hand vigilantly and threw it on the ground.

Ah Qiang ran back into the crowd as if he was about to receive an amnesty.

Afterwards, the girl sitting on the ground tugged at the corner of the man's clothes, and the man who was like a wolf just before squatted down hurriedly. He carefully and caringly took the steamed buns handed over by the girl and ate them in big mouthfuls.

Soon, the three of them ate a whole plate of steamed buns.

After eating these steamed buns, the old man at the front among the three finally raised his head and took a look at Ran Tong, then he knelt down and bowed to Ran Tong.

"Thank you... thank you."

Ran Tong glanced at the men and women behind the old man with some concern, and then smiled.

"You're welcome. If you have any difficulties, the three of you might as well just stay here. There are still many vacant rooms in our manor."

Zhang Peng and Chen Gang opened their mouths to say something, but when they remembered that the manor was now in the stage of construction and expansion, it was reasonable to have these fleeing famines come in.But the two of them glanced meaningfully at the man who was protecting the girl, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

"This... how embarrassing it is, we... we..."

The old man was a little hesitant, but also extremely excited.

Just as Ran Tong was about to speak, another old man in white suddenly rushed over from the crowd behind her. The person who came was the old imperial doctor in the manor. In fact, the treatment of the old imperial doctor in this manor is no lower than that of some heads.

But at this time, the old doctor who was highly respected in the eyes of the brothers was excited. He walked up to Ran Tong and looked at the old man who was kneeling on the ground.

"You, you, you...but Baolan Mountain?"

The old man called Bao Lanshan by the old doctor looked at the old doctor in front of him dully, and then his tone trembled.

"Master... Senior Brother?"

(End of this chapter)