This cottage leans against the green mountains, on both sides are steep hanging rock cliffs, behind the peaks of the clouds, with Yang Fan's eyesight, only at a glance can see that this cottage is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if you build a stone fortress here, there is enough food and sufficient troops, I am afraid that it is difficult to capture the army of 100,000.
But it's easy to say, this village is not big, it is not a military location, it has neither that kind of architectural strength nor the need to spend generations to build a stone fortress, the wall here is made of bamboo, wood and earth and stone according to the situation of the mountain, it is not very high, and its main function is only to prevent wild beasts from entering.
Yang Fan thought of the girls he had seen before, and estimated that there was no living water in this high cottage, no water source, no matter how firmly this castle was built, no matter how much food and soldiers there were in it, it would not be possible to keep it for a long time.
The gate is wooden, very rough, and the scars have not been planed.
It can be seen that the gate of this village has just been repaired, and when I walk into the village, I see that many houses are half collapsed in the ashes, and the charred beams and black walls show that this place has just suffered a military disaster not long ago.
Some people were cleaning up the ruins, and the atmosphere in the village was a little depressing, and when they saw someone coming back with a large net, and the net covered a person like a fish, they didn't show anything special, just glanced at it lightly, and continued to bury themselves and do their own thing.
Yang Fan grabbed the rough net with both hands, looking at the situation in this cottage, an inexplicable anger filled his chest.
He was carried to a wide hall that was still in good condition, with many marks of slashing and axes on the pillars, and a few bamboo arrows stuck in a beam that had to be reached by climbing a ladder, as if it had not yet been cleared.
From this remnant scene, you can imagine how fierce the battle was here.
Yang Fan was released from his net pocket, and of course, before he could be untied, his hands and feet were tied up with cow tendons like pig's trotters, and then he was hung upside down on the girder with ropes.
Yang Fan did not resist, since the other party carried him back, his life would be guaranteed for the time being, as long as he saw their head explain the situation, he believed that the situation would change immediately.
The hall has no walls, the four sides are ventilated, and it is quite cool to be in it, but the fly in the ointment is that there is no wine to entertain guests, and Yang Fan is hanging upside down in the hall, like a lamb to be slaughtered.
A big man with some anger between his eyebrows slowly walked up to him and looked at him coldly.
Dahan asked, "Who are you, do you know our Miss Xun'er?"
Yang Fan said: "Yes, I am a friend of Miss Xun'er.
I'm not a spy sent by Huang Jingrong, I'm here to see your head of the village and discuss important matters with him. ” "Our head has been killed in battle, and now there is no head here, what do you have to say, tell me" Dahan's voice was a little depressed, but Yang Fan listened to it but his heart sank, he had already understood the tribal power structure in the Yaozhou area, and it was not hereditary to the level of the head of the village, the head of the village was a respected clansman elected by the people in the village, and after being confirmed by the Tusi or the head, he became the head of the village.
If the original head of the village has died, before the Tusi or the head person confirms, there is indeed no one in the village who dares to claim that the head of the village is in charge of the affairs of the village, which is contempt for the Tusi.
Since the person in front of him came out to question him, he should be a more prestigious person in the village, but he could not have the right to meddle in some official affairs.
Yang Fan frowned and said, "Then, whether you can get in touch with your Lord Tusi My matter is very important, it is related to the survival of your clan, this matter can only be negotiated with your Lord Tusi, I can't tell you the details." ” As if he had heard some absurd joke, the big man laughed out loud: "You know how busy our Lord Toast is now, and you know how much work our village has to do now, just by your words, I have to invite Lord Toast to meet you, or send you to meet Lord Toast."
Dahan pulled out a sharp short knife from his waist and said in a cold voice: "If you really have something important, then say it immediately."
Otherwise, Lao Tzu is too lazy to talk nonsense with you, and he will kill you with a knife and throw him into the ravine to feed the wolves."
"I'm your friend Miss Kaoru'er" Dahan sneered: "If you say that I believe in how Miss Xun'er knows you, even I have only seen her twice" While the two were talking, a beautiful little girl walked in with a water basket on her back, put down the water basket, poured a scoop of water, and said to the big man, "Brother Qingshan, drink some water." ” The girl glanced at Yang Fan as she spoke, and suddenly snorted softly, "Ah", and said in a lost voice: "Why are you?"
The person she called Brother Qingshan looked at her with a sharp gaze and asked, "Do you know him?"
The girl nodded and said, "Well, he passed by us a few days ago and asked us for directions. ” Brother Qingshan immediately asked: "How many people did he have at that time, what kind of dress did he do?"
The girl said: "He is the only one, wearing the clothes of a long journey, and carrying a horse bag, asking us how to get to Yaozhou City." ” Brother Qingshan glanced at Yang Fan again, although there was still some suspicion in his eyes, but his voice had softened: "You are really not the person of Huang Jingrong, nor are you the lackey of Wen Hao and Yun Xuan, then what do you say?"
” Yang Fan hesitated for a moment and said: "This matter is very important and not too many people can participate, do you really want to listen?"
Brother Qingshan furrowed his eyebrows slightly, and said, "Don't be pretentious, what is your identity?"
Yang Fan said in a deep voice: "I am a Qincha sent by the Imperial Court."
"What" The strong men in the village scattered in the four corners "hula" and surrounded him again, looking at him with angry and hateful eyes, Yang Fan said in a deep voice: "Huang Jingrong and I are not all the way, I came here to supervise what he did in Jiannan Road."
Dahan was in a daze, when he suddenly heard a crisp female voice calling: "Gao Qingshan" Brother Qingshan looked up, his face was happy, and he hurriedly led someone to meet him, and called respectfully: "Miss" Yang Fan was tied to the air on four legs, and he couldn't see the situation behind him, so he only heard the woman say: "Daddy, Brother and all the leaders are busy, and it's too late to send someone over, so let me bring some people to help guard the cottage, your village leader has died in battle."
Gao Qingshan let out a low "um", and the woman said loudly: "Who is the person who is not dead, who killed our people, who is the person who killed us, who is this person with a knife and gun, is it Wen Hao and Yun Xuan's native soldiers?"
Gao Qingshan said: "No, this person passed through our territory and was arrested by us.
At the beginning, he said that he knew Miss you, I was scared with a knife, and he said that he was the Qincha of Da Zhou, and he had something important to see our Lord Tusi, and I didn't know which of his words was true.
I'm interrogating him. ” "Oh" Yang Fan heard a sound of Sisuo's footsteps, and a pretty figure appeared in the corner of his eye, and the woman slowly turned to his front.
Yang Fan's limbs hung in the air, hanging in the air very ridiculously, and his eyes followed the girl's figure, and when the four eyes met, Yang Fan exclaimed in surprise: "Miss Xun'er" This girl is Xun'er, with a white shirt, red shoulders, blue pants and white shoes, clean and pretty, wearing a crescent-white hat on her head, and the white tassels hang down on the shaved shoulders, as beautiful as a mountain spring.
She pinched the horsewhip and looked at Yang Fan in surprise, and only after a while did she lose her voice and say, "It's you" Gao Qingshan asked, "Miss, do you really know him?"
Xun'er looked at Yang Fan, then at Gao Qingshan, and gently tapped Yang Fan's shoulder with a horsewhip and asked, "You said that he is the Qincha of the Great Zhou."
Gao Qingshan said: "He said it himself." ” Xun'er snorted, raised Xiao Yao'er's nose, and said disdainfully: "Qin Cha this is a liar, a big liar who is swaggering everywhere" "What" Gao Qingshan was furious, drew his knife and said, "I killed him" "Slow down, slow down" Xun'er gently pushed Gao Qingshan's steel knife away with the tip of the whip, and said to Yang Fan with a smile: "Big liar, you are not small, you didn't get any benefits from my sister-in-law, and you actually went to Yaozhou to deceive people."
You are a fugitive in Wangzhou, and when you arrive in Yaozhou, you will become a Qincha, but it's a shame, if you continue to go south, you won't become an emperor when you arrive in Nanzhao."
Yang Fan smiled bitterly: "Miss Xun'er, I am really the Qincha of the Great Zhou. ” "Shut up" Xun'er glared at him, and her little nose wrinkled prettyly: "If you don't brag, you'll die, look at your virtue, I know that you can't be the person sent by Huang Jingrong, you are afraid of being killed by the people in the village, so you can talk nonsense, don't pretend, for the sake of you and my sister-in-law are acquaintances, I won't be embarrassed for you." ” Xun'er waved her little hand and instructed Gao Qingshan: "Put him down first, this is a liar who cheats everywhere, not a great character." ” "Yes" Gao Qingshan agreed, and as soon as he waved his hand, four strong men stepped forward and untied Yang Fan's rope.
Yang Fan landed on the ground with both feet, his hands still tied behind him, and said to Xun'er: "Miss Xun'er, don't hide it, it is indeed the imperial court's cha below." ” Xun'er handsomely hugged her shoulders, stroked her smooth and round chin with one hand, and teased: "Oh, then Lord Qincha, what do you want here, do you want gold or women or both, don't you Han people are so greedy, hum, dare to talk nonsense, believe it or not, I will whip you" Yang Fan sighed and said, "The holy order is in my belt, if the girl doesn't believe it, you can see for yourself." ” Xun'er's dark eyes rolled, and she said suspiciously: "Go, untie his belt" Yang Fan is now dressed in civilian clothes, and his belt is just a sweat scarf, half-new.
A villager stepped forward to untie the sweat towel around Yang Fan's waist, and with a shake of his hand, a ball of yellow silk fell down from the middle.
The Zhai Ding bent down to pick it up, held it in front of Xun'er, Xun'er girl took the yellow silk and looked at it, this is the back, there is a delicate two-dragon play bead pattern embroidered with gold thread, Xun'er girl's face became serious, she turned the yellow silk over, looked at it carefully for a long time, slowly raised her face, and her pretty face was covered with a layer of frost.
Xun'er said hostilely: "You are really from the imperial court, what are you doing in our cottage?"
At this time, the terrible sound of locks suddenly sounded in the distance, and the whole village immediately became in a commotion, and some people grabbed the pike gun and ran towards the wall, shouting loudly as they ran: "There is an enemy attack, there is an enemy attack" The sound of "choking" in the hall was endless, and the villagers drew their knives out of their sheaths one after another, surrounding Yang Fan like a group of wolves To be continued: