Chapter VII 03

Mu Yan didn't recruit anyone on the first day of recruitment in Fan County. Needless to say, no one was recruited, and there were not even the people who dared to come over to see the excitement, and they all walked around when they saw them.

Predictable. It would be hell if he came and shook his body and subdued all the locals.

Mu Yan was not in a hurry, although he didn't recruit soldiers, but he used the guys he brought to clean up the original martial arts training ground in one day, and it was quite troublesome to clean up those broken beams and tiles, barren grass and rotten trees directly, and it was just right for a fire to be burned to ashes, and there was no need to dig out the rat nest and snake nest. Then, as if by juggling, the beautiful wood and baskets of sand and mud used to build the new house were brought in by horse-drawn carts and donkey carts, and stacked neatly on the open field.

Today's work is done, Mu Yan asked people to set up tables and benches in the open space, so that the chef brought from Kyoto can cook for everyone on the spot, the big iron pot is racked, the white lard is put spoonful by spoon, the most fragrant roast suckling pig, the little black suckling pig was bloodied, shaved and cleaned the internal organs, forked on the fire, coated with spices, the fragrance, the whole town can smell. Adults can hold back, some ignorant little dolls follow the fragrance to shine over, seeing these strangers and frightened, timidly looking at them from a distance.

Gu Xuezhou saw that these little dolls were all like nails, with big heads and small bodies, as if they had never eaten enough since they were children, they were really pitiful, so he beckoned to the little dolls. At first, no one dared to go over, only a particularly small one, who looked to be only three or four years old, was probably coaxed by the big child next to him, staggered over, and walked to Gu Xuezhou's side. As soon as he approached Gu Xuezhou, he blushed, he smelled the faint aroma on Gu Xuezhou's body, it smelled so good, this big brother was clean and decent and so gentle, he was someone he had never seen in his life, but soon his gluttony for barbecue still prevailed, his saliva was about to flow out, he sucked his fingers, looked at Gu Xuezhou with blank eyes, and said in a milky voice: "I want to eat meat." ”

Gu Xuezhou took the cleaned mulberry leaves and brought him a piece of meat, handed it to him, and the little doll held it preciously and tasted it carefully.

Qu Fanwen felt sour when he saw it, and said: "Our hometown Baiyuan is just a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, and the dolls there are not gluttonous like this." This is truly an untouched place. ”

The little doll tasted only one bite of the meat, then wrapped the meat, stuffed it in her pocket, and prepared to leave.

Mu Yan's unsheathed long sword stretched out to stop him, the little doll trembled with fright, and the older children and children who were still watching not far away were also frightened and scattered. Mu Yan didn't have such a good temper as Gu Xuezhou, and said angrily: "Don't you know if you want to say 'thank you' when you take something from someone else?"

Where was the country child taught etiquette, he couldn't even understand the official words spoken by Mu Yan, and thought he was going to be killed, so he cried with a "wow".

The local shopkeeper of the Li family's shop, who could speak local dialect on the side, sighed and told the children in local dialect, and the children sobbed and said, "Thank you." "It's weird.

Gu Xuezhou asked the shopkeeper why he didn't eat meat, and the little doll stumbled and said, "Take it back to Brother, Auntie, Grandpa." ”

Gu Xuezhou wrapped another piece of meat for him to take away.

The little doll managed to bring back two large pieces of meat, and there was a big child waiting for him, who was obviously his brother in appearance, put the meat away, picked up his brother and ran.

Mu Yan asked the shopkeeper, "Do you know that older child?"

The shopkeeper knew everything: "I know, the nickname is a black dog, his younger brother is called Ergou, I don't know what the big name is." His father went up the mountain to chop firewood last year and accidentally fell down the mountain and died, there is a grandfather who can't work at home, his mother used to be able to do some needlework, his eyes have been broken in the past two years, and he can't see much, he is eleven this year, and he is going to raise his younger brother. Earlier, I looked at him pitiful, and asked him to help move things and give him a few money, maybe because of this, he dared to come and see the excitement. ”

Mu Yan nodded, drank half a glass of wine, spicy and smoothed his throat.

With the first person, there is a second and third, all of them are the kind of children who look thin and pitiful, Mu Yan and they are not stingy, but everyone who comes over will be given meat, and there are smart people who have already inquired about it, and they obediently say "thank you", they don't need to be taught.

And so it was all night, and at midnight they dispersed, and they went back to their homes to rest.

The tables and chairs were cleaned up, and the entire table of leftovers was haphazardly poured into a few wooden barrels and placed on the side, waiting to be poured again tomorrow.

And the timber and stones used to build the house were piled up in the open space, and two people were left to set up tents next to them and watch.

Mu Yan and Gu Xuezhou went to Zheng Xiancheng's house to sleep.

Mu Yan said confidently: "If they hide in the stockade and don't come out, I will lead them out." Let's wait and see, in three days the little mice will be out of their mouse holes. ”

Gu Xuezhou was still worried: "The strong dragon can't suppress the ground snake, you be careful, these barbarians are not yet civilized, I am afraid that they will not only have money, but also life." ”

Mu Yan disagreed: "My life is very hard, what do they want? I'll kill one by one." ”

Gu Xuezhou grabbed his hand: "I'm more afraid of this, my good Brother Mu, I've taught you for so many years, and you still fight and kill at every turn, unless you have to, you can't kill if you can't kill people, okay? ”

Mu Yan couldn't listen to Gu Xuezhou's words of praising others for being better than him, and his heart became awkward, isn't it just an old man surnamed Gu, why can't he do it himself? But he doesn't know medical skills, if he wants to subdue these southern barbarians with almost no blood, what can he do?

Because he had to pay special attention these days, Mu Yan slept very lightly, listening to the movement outside at any time, and before it stopped, the lights were not blown out, and he noticed that there were uninvited guests outside.

"Are you out of the hole so soon?" Mu Yan muttered, carrying the sword out, there was only one person coming, swaggering, it was the black-faced bare-armed man he met last night.

The man clasped his fists with him and signaled: "I'm not here to fight with you today." ”

Mu Yan asked, "Then what are you here for?"

The man said sincerely: "It seems that you are Master Gu's disciple, let me warn you." Because of Master Gu's relationship, our village doesn't care about you. But other stockades are not necessarily, the sky is high here, the emperor is far away, they killed you, even if you are the nephew of some general, when they hide in the forest, there will be no one to do. You should hurry up and bring the money home, I have been to Jiangnan and Jingshi, both of which are splendid and prosperous places, you are the noble son of the Han family, why bother to come to our place to suffer?"

Seeing that he really came to give advice, Mu Yan put away his killing intent, but he didn't accept it, and said, "I have my own charter." ”

The man looked at him as if he didn't know the height of the sky, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and said, "Don't think it's great that you can beat me and my sister yesterday." The most powerful warrior in the eighteen villages is Wan Qi Xinghe, he is infinitely powerful, he can tear jackals with his hands, he has only been defeated once in his life under Master Gu, and there is a cyan birthmark in the shape of a copper coin at the corner of his mouth, if you see him, you should leave quickly. Master Gu treats me like a mountain, I don't want to see his disciples die in other places, listen to my advice. ”

"Huh. Mu Yan pouted, "Even if you let that Wan Qi Xinghe come, I will let him lose a second time." ”

Man: "It's hard to persuade the damned ghost with good words, he has said everything he can say, this beautiful Han man has a white face and wants to find death, he can't stop it, he can't stop it, he secretly came to report this matter from other villages, and he has done a grudge, even if he remembers Master Gu's kindness, more, he can't help." At most, when Mu Yan was beaten half to death, he tried to save this person's last breath and send him back to Dingjiang.

At the same time, somewhere in Fancheng.

The lights are like beans.

Two men, one fat and one thin, were discussing.

The fat one said, "I have seen it all, the lord of the village, and they have come in caravans, three ships, and they say that most of them have grain and wine, and cloth, tea, ceramics, and spices, and I have heard that there is a whole box of gold! They brought a dozen or twenty people, and they were no match for us at all. Let's rob him! A lot of people are staring at him, and if they are too late, maybe they will be robbed by someone else! Even if they are killed, they will not be able to control us. ”

The tall and thin sneered: "I didn't even do it in the galaxy, they dare to do it, I'm not afraid that the front foot will be cut off by the back foot?" You are also stupid, such a son, we invite him to the village, and then ask someone to find his family to ransom him, then we can collect the money twice, and we don't have to worry about the winter of the year after tomorrow." ”

In another dilapidated hut.

The child lit the fire, tore up the meat he begged for today and boiled it in the porridge cooked in yellow rice, and the younger brother looked at it from the side, and he touched his brother's head: "Good girl, the meat porridge should be eaten by grandma and grandpa." ”

Although the younger brother was greedy, he still obediently listened to his brother's words.

He brought the porridge to his grandfather to drink, and then brought it to his mother, who coughed and pushed the bowl, and said, "Black dog drink, you have the strength to work after drinking." If you can't eat, how can you have the strength?"

The black dog gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Grandma, tomorrow I will go to that stranger to be his soldier." ”

The woman was shocked: "The owners of the village said that everyone is not allowed to go!

The black dog said with tears in his eyes: "Even if you don't go to our house, you can get by?" They have food and medicinal materials, tomorrow morning I will be the first to sign up, they will definitely use one person to make an appearance, I will ask them to ask for medicine to treat you and grandpa, and also need food and money, otherwise I will not give them to be soldiers." ”

The woman burst into tears: "You are a little child who does not know what is at stake. ”

The black dog cried and said, "Grandma, I really don't want to wait until winter to carry Grandpa to the mountains and throw it away, I want to fight, either there is a way to live, or our whole family will die together." ”