The dense flow of people came along the official road.

On both sides of the official road, there are scattered crowds, like sesame seeds sprinkled on a large plate of pale yellow and mixed green, moving along the plate and surging in the direction of Chaoyang Temple.

Li Xuefeng and I stood on the city wall of the second settlement, looking at the refugees under the city with grim faces, and next to it was the fierce red background yellow lightning flag, yes, it was the banner of the Blood Demon Gang.

Carrying burdens and sitting in large carts are the elderly and children, and most of the young and middle-aged people are carrying bags and cages on foot. The clothes are not necessarily ragged, and the complexion does not feel yellow and thin.

Li Xuefeng and I glanced at each other, and there was confusion in his eyes.

"It's not like a refugee, it's more like a tourist. ”

Li Xuefeng pointed to a child sitting in a big car and eating sugar gourd with a smile on his face.

I nodded, it really didn't look like a refugee.

The checkpoint has been moved to the official road between the second and third settlements, and Xiong Er and Chu Wanwan have dug trenches along the official road, added horse rejection and barbed wire, and left only a 10-meter-wide suspension bridge on it.

The two wings of the second and third settlements are the defensive positions composed of mountain villages.

The entire defensive surface is more than five kilometers, the left side reaches the right peak of Qinglong Gorge, and the right side reaches the foot of our water intake mountain, and the tight defense makes Tao Zhiran, who came to inspect, nod his head and praise, and promise to move the magic circle to this defensive belt once the pass is lost.

At this time, the 2,000 people who were temporarily organized were maintaining order according to Tao Zhiran's requirements. Of course, the main thing is to inspect the road guide and collect inspection fees, which is also what Tao Zhiran requested, one is afraid that the fine work of the Protoss will break in, and the other is to avoid causing chaos in front of Taoyuan Town as before.

Suddenly, there was chaos at the checkpoint, and a pair of guards rushed out of the castle and surrounded the checkpoint.

Li Xuefeng and I went down to the official road, crossed the suspension bridge and came to the checkpoint, only to see the guards wielding knives and guns surrounding seven or eight excited-looking men in the middle, surrounded by refugees watching the bustle.

I saw a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes at the head shouting loudly: "Is this still Taoyuan? Is this still a subordinate of Qingfeng City? Why can't we go over? We are also refugees." ”

Facing away from us was the captain of the escort team, one of the first mountaineers to enter Chaoyang Temple.

He sneered and said, "You guys are especially soldiers, there is a war ahead, you are actually deserters, are you embarrassed?"

The few people in the back lowered their heads in shame, but the big man led by laughed and said: "Don't think I don't know who you are, a special group of mountain people are also trembling, Lao Tzu is desperately working in front, you are enjoying happiness in the rear, and you are also checking Lao Tzu." If you don't let it go, if you don't let it go, Lao Tzu will break through. ”

As he spoke, he pulled out the single knife in his baggage.

I smiled, walked up to Nadom, and said to him, "Show me their way." ”

Na Dongjin saw that it was me, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Second Brother Xu, this person's name is Liu Gouzi, he is the active garrison of Shanyuan Town of the Qingfeng Army, and he is still a military commander. ”

As he spoke, he led a road over.

I took it and took a look, and sure enough, it read: Liu Gouzi, military member, Qingfeng Junshanyuan Town, Beacon Pier Chief.

With a smile, I said to Liu Gouzi: "These are all your comrades?"

Liu Gouzi didn't answer, only squinted his eyes and said, "Are you in charge?"

I smiled and said, "Yes, this checkpoint is under my control." ”

Liu Gouzi said: "The Wolong defense line is over, and they are all killed. Shanyuan Town is also finished, and Qingfeng City is almost finished. This time the divine punishment was led by the steppe orcs, and there were the regular troops of the four tents of the grassland behind them, if we hadn't run fast, we would have died a long time ago. ”

There was an uproar around, and Li Xuefeng said to me a little nervously: "Second brother, look ......"

My face turned cold, this guy is so uninteresting, and it seems that it is not good to talk to him.

When he lowered his face, he shouted: "As a soldier, it doesn't count as escaping, but also alarmist, disturbing the audio-visual, and beheading." ”

"You little bandit leader, dare to ......"

Before Liu Gouzi's words fell, I had already pulled out the long sword behind my back and cut off his head with a sword.

After returning the sword to the sheath, I turned to Na Dongjin, who was already stunned, and said: "Hang this person's head on the city wall, post a notice at the checkpoint, and return to the headquarters immediately if you have a military membership. ”

Na Dongjin was shocked and said loudly, "Yes." ”

Turning his head, he saw that a few people who followed Liu Gouzi had already gone in the direction of the pass.

......

On the way back to Chaoyang Temple, the official road has been full of pergolas on both sides, and the mountain people of Chaoyang Temple and various villages have temporarily set up stalls for accommodation and reception, just like the food stalls around the big temple during the temple fair in the human world.

The difference is that there is food, clothing, housing and transportation here, and there are even pawnshops in Taoyuan Town, which provide pawn money for refugees.

Refugees who arrive here after the checkpoint really look like they have come for tourism.

"Little brother, cut your hair, ten copper plates, not expensive or expensive, look at your unkempt hair, covering your handsome face!"

"Madam, come and take a bath, this fragrant sweat, you can rest assured, they are all professional maids in Qianyuan City serving you, and there are security guards at the door." Just thirty copper plates, freshly boiled hot water. ”

"Uncle, after taking a bath, come and take a look at the latest ready-to-wear in Taoyuan Town Huanxin Fang, a century-old brand, and the quality is guaranteed. Honestly, you've changed this piece on you, how about going to get rid of the mold?"

"Miss, ah, your new clothes and new shoes, radiant appearance, don't you deserve to point to the latest style of Cuifang's wolf pendant?

At intervals, there is a makeshift campsite with five copper plates for one night's tent accommodation. Of course, if you want to eat and live better, you have to go to Chaoyang Temple, or Taoyuan Town.

At the intersection of each campsite, there is a temporary carriage and horse shop in the first settlement, providing carriage and horse transportation services, to Chaoyang Temple 20 copper plates, Taoyuan Town 30 copper plates.

However, the novelty of Chaoyang Temple has retained the footsteps of most people, and only some of them have gone to Taoyuan Town to visit relatives and friends. This also forced the merchants in Taoyuan Town to pay a booth fee of 50 copper plates a day and put the stalls next to the official road.

"Everyone is happy!"

Li Xuefeng rode on the horse and said to me with a smile.

I smiled and said, "Of course I'm happy, I'm afraid that the turnover of this day will be the same as the previous month." ”

Doha next to him said: "Not only that, there are not as many people who came yesterday as there are today, and the daily sales of more than 2,000 silver dollars have flowed into the accounts of the bazaars and trading companies." ”

"Zi"!

Li Xuefeng took a breath of cool air and said with a sigh: "Second brother, your idea, tsk, it's just turning waste into treasure!"

......

"At the beginning of the war every year, it is the rich people who come, after all, they all have some channels and get some news. Therefore, they all set out in advance to take refuge, and it is difficult to say when the real refugees come later. ”

In the tea room outside the main hall of Chaoyang Temple, Tao Zhiran drank tea and said leisurely.

At this time, the sun was about to set, and the fiery red sunset was reflected in the sky, and it was bloody.

"So you told me to do a good job of defending Chaoyang Temple first?"

I asked as I lit a cigarette.

"Refugees, and the rout, are hungry and can do anything. Besides, this time the Protoss didn't know what kind of wind to draw and poured out of the nest! The news from our meticulous work in the grassland said that the Golden Horde was empty. ”

Tao Zhiran said.

I smiled and said, "No, it is said that the Golden Horde unified the grasslands last year. ”

Tao Zhiran didn't continue to say this, but stared at me with interest and said, "I heard that you beheaded a rout today, and you still hung his head on your newly built fortress?"

I was shocked, this old boy, do you want to take the opportunity to go crazy?

was thinking about how to answer, but heard him say: "It's good, these turtle grandchildren, they are very afraid of death, so they should be treated like this." ”

I sneered and said, "At that time, the situation was urgent, and I didn't ask Tao Lao in advance, it was my fault." ”

"Alas!"

The dead old man waved his hand and said with a smile: "Temporary decision, decisive killing, you are indeed the one who led the soldiers." ”

I smiled and didn't deny it.

The dead old man didn't look at me, stared at the sunset and continued: "But you asked people to post notices and tell everyone with military membership to go to the pass to make up the number, which is a bit unauthentic. ”

Before I could answer, he looked at me and said, "Of course, you may not know the military strength of Qingfeng City. The army of Qingfeng City is in charge of each town, and I Taoyuan Town, there is no reason to help him manage the troops in Shanyuan Town. Of course, the soldiers of Shanyuan Town, there is no reason to help you guard the pass in Taoyuan Town. ”

He looked at me and smiled, closed his mouth and waited for me to answer.

Although I felt strange in my heart, I also understood that this old man was testing me again.

The management of Qingfeng City is so loose, which just confirms what Tao Linzhi told me, the city lord has not been in power for a long time, and only transmits information through a few generals. How similar this is to the powerful ministers in the history of China who controlled the government and the opposition!

After thinking about it, I smiled and said, "Then why did you accept these people into Taoyuan? The origin of the military disaster should be caused by these routs." ”

Tao Zhiran said with a smile: "They are all from Qingfeng City, if I don't accept them, wouldn't it be a big taboo? Those fools in the cabinet will say that I don't save them when I die, which is against human ethics." ”

I laughed and said, "That's right, I called the rout to go to the pass, and that's why I called the router. Since they are all from Qingfeng City, what's the problem with everyone defending Taoyuan together?"

Tao Zhiran shook his head with a smile and said, "I remember last time I said that I would give you another piece of land." ”

I looked at the dead old man's smiling face, and knew that he didn't have any good intentions, so I said with a smile: "I care about the territory or something, anyway, the places you can't control are all mine." ”

Tao Zhiran smiled and said, "If people don't have faith, they don't say anything." That's what you taught me. ”

As he spoke, he took out a piece of silk cloth from his bosom and handed it to me with a smile, saying, "This is an official authorization, the seal letter of the pass has been handed over to you, and there are 5,000 soldiers and horses there, and I will give it to you together." ”

After saying that, he stood up, patted his buttocks, walked out, and when he reached the garden, he turned around and said, "Don't let me down!"

Hahaha laughed a few times and walked away.

I opened the silk cloth strangely, only to see a tiger head seal placed inside, and there were words on the silk cloth.

Spread out the silk cloth and look at it, it reads:

The city lord's order: Xu Jinyue was named the general of Taoyuan, and he ate 1,500 stones.

There is a seal below, and there are only two seal characters "Qingfeng" printed on it.

"Nima. ”

I muttered, this was premeditated!

looked at this city lord order again, Nima is too simple, just like Tao Zhiran, an uneducated self-writer.

"Pass?"

I looked up at the sunset and smiled, even if it was a shield for the dead old man, but, this can be regarded as officially integrating into this world!