After confirming the relationship between master and apprentice, the atmosphere became harmonious and relaxed. No matter how Zhu Da’s parents planned, they felt that Zhu Da and his family couldn’t suffer too much. They really couldn’t catch fish. At worst, they could just go home and live the same life as before. However, in addition to the illusory inauspicious and bad reputation, all kinds of benefits are indispensable. Moreover, Xiang Yue Xiangbo made it clear that he would not make a contract document, which made the Zhu family more relieved.

The meal was over happily, but there was not much wine in the gourd. Zhu Da's father woke up after dinner and sent him to the family and the family to fall asleep early.

In the past, Zhu Da was able to fall asleep quickly, but tonight he was very awake and excited. The matter of becoming a disciple was difficult, but he never thought that such a coincidence would solve it. He finally took a solid step to change his current life. He pondered over and over again, thinking about the possibilities in the future.

Zhu Da's parents also did not sleep, and only whispered there, but they did not mention much about learning from their masters and skills. They just said "bandit soldiers". Zhu Da originally thought that this "bandit soldiers" was an ordinary name, but from his parents' implicit fear tone, it was not the case at all.

There are more than 100,000 soldiers in Datong Border Town, which are close to Shanxi Town and Shaanxi Town, which are about the same size. In such a military town, deserters are naturally not a rare thing. Deserts are nothing, and they cannot stand the fighting and harshness of border towns. If you want to go elsewhere to seek a life, some people have committed trouble and want to escape. These people will do their own things and have no obstacles to the military households, but there are also nowhere to fall into the fortress. This is the so-called "bandit soldiers".

Such "bandit soldiers" are very harmful, and it is better to run for single gangs. If they gather together, it will be even more troublesome. They have all been in the army and have some skills in fighting and fighting formations, and have often experienced blood on the battlefield. The strong public people in local prefectures and counties are no match for them at all, let alone ordinary villages and hundreds of households.

Deserters are a serious crime. After being caught, they are often beheaded and cut alive. With such a consequence, the "bandits" also have the belief that they will never return. They are extremely vicious and cruel. It is funny. The same number of officers and soldiers fighting with bandits is often the ones that prevail, which also makes bandits more difficult. If they want to clean up, they often have to dispatch large groups of soldiers or guards of military generals. However, these officers who catch bandits are also troublesome. They also have to make money. At most, they should be more restrained in their activities, but they are not doing anything that is not to do it.

The garrisons, prefectures, military households and people in Datong have experienced too many such things since the founding of Hongwu to the present, and have been passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation. Even if some people have not experienced it personally, they have been warned of the terror of the bandits, and naturally they are terrified.

"...The world has been peaceful for so long, and there are so many things happening at once..." Father Zhu Shitou said with emotion.

Hearing this, his parents' voices became lighter, and Zhu Da felt his thoughts blurred. Everyone was sleepy. Before going to bed, he sighed in his heart that the world was peaceful. Even in Baibao Village, which had nothing to do for more than ten years, could not be said to be a paradise. It was just that everyone could tolerate it and was used to being numb. He would not be willing to do so. Now this change has taken the first step...

When we were about to go to bed, a dog barking suddenly sounded outside, as if it was on the west side of the village. Then the dogs in the whole village were barking. The people of Baibao Village could barely make a living, so naturally there was no extra food to raise dogs. There were only a few in the village, but in this quiet night, the barking of a few dogs was still amazing.

"What are you doing this late night? These dogs should have killed them and eaten meat!" His father Zhu Shitou was woken up and said dissatisfied.

Many things happened when the dogs in the village suddenly barked wildly at night. They were often inexplicably alarmed and would soon become quiet. The three of the Zhu family were used to this and did not continue to speak, preparing to continue to sleep after they calmed down.

But what people didn't expect was that the dog's barking had not stopped, and the more he whispered, it became more and more violent. Zhu Da had already gotten up from the kang. By this time, no matter how ignorant people were, they felt something was wrong. Zhu Da's parents also got up and stared at the outside nervously.

The dark night without lights and moonlight is really like you can’t see your fingers, and you can’t see anything when you look out. The more you do, the more nervous it makes you feel. The Zhu parents sit there, wearing bedding, and their breathing becomes tighter and tighter. When ordinary people encounter such a situation, they often cannot react and are mostly waiting foolishly.

"Dad, mom, let's put on the clothes first and go to the cellar to wait!" Zhu Da spoke. Now is not the time to worry about details.

After he reminded him, his parents realized that they got out of bed and dressed in a hurry. Zhu Da finished his preparations quickly, but he touched the side and took out the dagger. He was doing fishing cleaning these days, so Zhou Qingyun simply put the dagger on his side. Zhu Da liked this sharp blade very much and kept it at hand at all times. His parents were very uneasy about it, but they couldn't care about it.

When the three of the Zhu family cleaned up and carefully opened the door and entered the yard, the barking of the dogs still did not stop. Baibao Village was no longer so quiet at night. Standing in the yard, you could hear the commotion of the people around you. Not every family was as careful as Zhu Da. Some children were crying, men were shouting, and the barking of the dogs was noisy, which made people feel upset.

The lid of the Zhu family's cellar was opened, and even went in with a pack of cakes. The barking and noise outside became increasingly louder. Although the night was not clear, Zhu Da could still feel his parents' fear. Not to mention his parents, even he himself began to panic. Now there is really a disaster to come to the door, and there is no way to deal with it except to avoid it.

Could it be that if you fight, you won’t have any positive results? When the whole family was about to go into the cellar to hide, there was a sound of gongs outside. It was very loud. Only Mr. Li’s family in the village has gongs, and it is rarely used. It was used once when the people in the village called together to collect autumn grain.

Zhu Da was puzzled when he heard the sound of the buzz, but Zhu Da's parents were also stunned. He only heard the sound of the buzz becoming more and more urgent. But his father Zhu Shitou reacted and turned around and rushed into the room. He only heard the sound of the broken clay pot in the room. Not long after, he watched his father Zhu Shitou run out with a long stick.

Long stick? Zhu Da was stunned for a moment before he realized that this was the spear placed in the corner of the house. No one had touched the spear there before, and Zhu Da was not allowed to touch it. He always thought that the spear was a decoration, but he never thought that he would pick it up today.

His mother, Zhu Wang, reacted at this time, and didn't bother to go into the cellar. She ran a few steps and pulled Zhu Shitou, lowered her voice and said, "What are you doing?"

"At night, you have to go out with your weapons to guard against thieves!"

"You are crazy, have you heard the doors of other people's houses ring? No one goes out, just go and do whatever you want. If there is any good or bad..." As he said, Zhu Wang's voice was already filled with crying voice.

Zhu Da never thought his father was so brave. The actions just now were just subconscious. As he thought, he was grabbed by his mother and said a few words. The father immediately stopped, turned to look at Zhu Da and his wife, and said, "I won't go out. You mother and mother go to the cellar first, don't make a sound!"

At this moment, the dog barking gradually became lower, but the voices of people such as crying, scolding, and shouting became louder and louder, while the bangzi knocked more and more urgently, making people feel upset.

After a while, the voices gradually became quiet, and the rhythm of the bangzi slowed down. In the end, the whole village became completely quiet, leaving only a few dogs barking.

Zhu Da did not enter the cellar, and his mother Zhu Wangshi wanted to hold him but hesitated and did not move. Zhu Da acted more and more like an adult, and his family subconsciously looked at him as an adult. His father Zhu Shitou stood nervously in the yard with a spear in his hand. He listened to Zhu Da's approaching and was scared to the point of almost losing his hand.

"It's really useful to eat fish. Your mother and I can't look at each other until the night, but now we can see clearly." Without the supplement of fat and protein, people often have night blindness, and the same is true for the Zhu family. However, these days, they are full and nutritious, so they naturally improve a lot. I didn't notice it just now. I relaxed a little at this time and naturally felt different.

Baibao Village was quiet all night, and neither Zhu Da nor his father slept. Although he had not gone out in the yard, he could guess that the entire village probably did not sleep.

When the smoke from cooking was rising, Zhu Da felt a little relaxed. He was not very sleepy. He used to make fire and make meals with his mother, but his father Zhu Shitou kept napping against the door frame. Until now, their house dared not open the yard door.

"After breakfast, Xiaoda, go to Xiang's house. You are someone else's apprentice now. You must be respectful and not behave like a little. If you don't let me come back at night, you'd better live in his house." At the dinner table, his father Zhu Shitou said solemnly.

Originally, Zhu Da didn't have to live in his master's house. He was a twelve-year-old boy and his parents always had to see him every day before they could feel at ease. This was emphasized last night. Unexpectedly, this changed the statement today. His mother, Zhu Wang, looked at his father and Zhu Da again. There was a look of reluctance on his face, but he did not say anything to stop him.

"The world is not peaceful, and learning martial arts is a good thing." When the meal was almost over, my father sighed and my mother nodded repeatedly.

Helping the family clean up, Zhu Da then took the dagger to the Xiang family. When he walked in the village, he felt extremely quiet. He was really alone on the road. He pricked up his ears and heard the villagers whispering in the yard. Compared with his own family, his family was brave and dared to let him go. I think that because of this fish-catching disciple, his parents' vision was somewhat different from that of the villagers.

When they arrived at the door of Xiang's house, they had just slapped a few times and the gate of the courtyard opened. Seeing Xiang Yue Xiangbo with a knife and Zhou Qingyun with a bow on his back, both of them had serious expressions. Before Zhu Da could say hello, Xiang Yue Xiangbo said in a muffled voice: "You are here just right, go to the Li family in the village head with me!"
Chapter completed!