Chapter VII 05

Since Abba died, the eleven-year-old black dog has become the pillar of the family, Grandma and Grandpa are not in good health, and the younger brother is so small, even if he is so tired that he vomits blood to work, he can't save a few dollars, he survived last winter, but he doesn't know if he can survive this winter.

Even if he doesn't take refuge in the foreigners, there is no way to live.

Although the black dog has never read, he is a very smart child, just like the owner of the village will reward the person who rushes to the front every time, he feels that if he wants to go, he must be the first to go, so that there are more benefits. And those strangers look stupid, he's seen this kind of people, he'll pity them, just pretend to be weak and well-behaved.

It's not that Fan Cheng doesn't have people who are as desperate as him, and the black dog still has the names of several people in his heart, and he feels that these people may also go, and they must not be allowed to get ahead of him. So early the next morning, before dawn, he felt the darkness near the place where the camp was recruiting, and kept an eye on it secretly, and waited until someone came, and then he walked over.

It was the best-looking Han man who came, he had never seen such a good-looking person, he used to think that the six girls in Qizhai were fairies descending to earth, the best-looking people in the world, but compared with this person, it was as ordinary as a small flower on the side of the road.

Mu Yan guessed that this child would come, and he smiled at Gu Xuezhou: "I just said that this child will come." ”

The black dog approached, he mustered up his courage, held his head high, tried to make himself look stronger, more like an adult, and deliberately spoke in a thick voice, he had worked in a Han shop before, and learned a few words of Chinese cleverly, although the accent was heavy, but still understood: "I will be a soldier." ”

Mu Yan sat down and asked, "How old is this year?" ”

The black dog said without blinking, "Eighteen." ”

Mu Yan looked sideways: "Eighteen years old are you still so short?"

The black dog gritted his teeth and said, "Eighteen is a virtual age, and I am fifteen this year." ”

Gu Xuezhou said softly: "It's okay, just tell the truth." ”

Mu Yan glanced at him lightly, but it was like a blade grazing his neck, and under both soft and hard, he trembled and said, "Thirteen"

"Thirteen years old. The black dog was anxious, "But you don't ask for age, although I am young, but I have a lot of strength, I am very capable of working and enduring hardships! No one else dares to be a soldier for you except me." The owner of the village gave an order, if anyone dares to be a soldier for you, they will not be able to get along with him. ”

Mu Yan didn't want him, but only asked, "Then how dare you come?"

"My Abba is dead, I have to feed my Grandma, Grandpa and Grandpa, if there is no food, I will have to carry my Grandma and Grandpa to the mountains and throw them in the winter," he pretended to be very stubborn and said, "If you recruit me, I can find you a few more people who dare to come to you as soldiers." I was the first to come, you always give me different benefits from the people behind me, I heard that you brought a doctor, in addition to food and money, I also need medicine, you have to treat my grandfather. ”

Mu Yan looked at Gu Xuezhou, Gu Xuezhou nodded, Mu Yan stood up and said, "Okay, I'll let someone take your family over, you come with me, and tell me about the eighteen villages you have here." ”

Bring this child's family over, firstly, to protect, if he really took refuge in them, then maybe he will be retaliated, and secondly, if he is pretending, then hold his family in his hands as a hostage, he is only eleven or twelve years old, he should not be so mad that he doesn't even care about the lives of several family members.

Mu Yan inquired about the local people's feelings, saying that the people's customs have not changed, some places are better than Jiangnan, here women can be in charge, it is said that there are a few villages on the mountain that women are the bosses, and there is no woman who should not go out of the door.

Since the black dog has promised to be his subordinate, he knows everything. He is already very clever, and everyone in this city has a little kinship, and he knows the things of several villages, where they are, who is in charge, what their preferences are, and whether they like to fight or not.

There are a total of eighteen villages on the mountain outside Fancheng, living in groups for generations, each village is less than a few hundred and there are thousands of people, the villages are all built on the mountain, the round earth building is extremely high, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are thirteen villages that are men in charge, five villages are women in charge, there are women who inherit their father's will, and there are wives who inherit their husbands' aspirations. Among them, the most people and the richest are Sanzhai, all surnamed Wan Qian, and the owner of the village is Wan Qian Xinghe. The young master of Sizhai who has already fought with Mu Yan, Helian Guang, his father is the owner of the village, called Helian Yan, the one who makes the snake should be his little sister, it is said that she is the most beautiful girl in the eighteen villages, called Helian Ningning.

The most aggressive is the village of Wan Qi Xinghe, they often rob the travelers who pass by, they used to be beaten by Master Gu because of robbing the Li family's shop, and only after the beating did the Li family open a shop in Fancheng, first of all, because they couldn't beat it, and secondly, Master Gu's people did establish a deal with their village, they brought the food and cloth from the outside to exchange for herbs, Fruits and jade, since the establishment of this business line, money poured in, feeding a lot of people, everyone's life is a lot better, smart people know not to kill chickens and take eggs, everyone's tacit understanding, no one will touch the people of the Li family's shop.

Speaking of Master Gu, the black dog showed a yearning look, and said to Mu Yan: "I heard that you, you are Master Gu's apprentice, they said that Master Gu made one, and when dancing, you can not splash it with water, he entered the village alone, caught the three village masters among hundreds of warriors, and subdued him." Do you really know martial arts?"

He really doubted this, Mu Yan actually tanned a little because of his martial arts, but compared to these countrymen, he was still white and tender, he doubted whether Mu Yan was a man, he had never seen Master Gu, but those who could fight in the village, which one was not dark skin and hard bulging muscles?

Mu Yan didn't expect that he would still hear the legend of Master Gu when he went to the poor countryside, and he still had to rely on Master Gu's reputation, he said: "Your family has already come, I will let the doctor treat your grandfather now?"

When it came to his family, the black dog didn't bother to ask anything else, and quickly nodded: "Okay, okay, and my grandma, her eyes are not good and she needs to be treated." ”

Mu Yan said happily: "Okay, I'll let the doctor see if it can be cured, but I can't guarantee you 100%, I can only say my best." You have to do what you promised me. ”

The black dog replied "yes".

He followed Mu Yan.

In the room, his grandfather sat on the edge of the bed, and another Han brother he had seen before was half-kneeling on the ground to show his grandfather's legs, this big brother was not as good-looking as the fierce big brother, but his eyebrows were very gentle, and his skin was like white jade soaked in water after polishing, his hand was pressed on his grandfather's leg, the contrast was particularly shocking, and he also knocked a few times, and asked grandpa some questions while knocking.

After asking about the time of a cup of tea, Gu Xuezhou secretly thought that he could have a seventy or eighty percent certainty, and said, "It can be cured." But grandpa, you also have to practice, it will take about half a year before you can walk, but you can't bear any more weights, and you can't do it if you want to return to running like a young person. ”

The old man couldn't understand the official language, and the black dog relayed it to him, he was very happy, and begged Gu Xuezhou to show his aunt eyes. His aunt's eyes were not seriously ill, so Gu Xuezhou immediately applied an injection and wiped his mother with the ointment he brought to wipe his eyes.

In the past, Mu Ge'er studied hard, and he had to stay up late at night to study, he was afraid that Mu Ge'er would damage his eyes, so he did research on eye treatment, and made some eye medicine for Mu Ge'er, and the effect was quite good, but now he doesn't use it much.

Although there was a black dog who took the lead in signing up, he was the only one who came today.

There are also people who deliberately come over to laugh: "If you recruit and recruit, you will recruit a little doll that has not dried up, haha, are you going to build a baby soldier?"

Mu Yan's face didn't change, when he didn't hear it. He is still recruiting troops, and at the same time making people enthusiastically build houses on the open land, sonorous At the end of the day, he really built a house frame, which looks quite decent from a distance.

In the evening, as yesterday, let the cook cook directly in the open space, specializing in the special fragrant dishes, roasting suckling pig yesterday, roasting fish today.

There are more children who came to watch today than yesterday, Mu Yan is still generous, and the children who dare to come to beg for food will each give a grilled fish.

Mu Yan arrived here for the third day, except for the first day, he changed two clothes every day, all of them were clothes made of lake silk and silk and what good materials, no need to ask just to see that it was very expensive, he usually did not love to dress up, and even hated to dress up, when he was studying in Guozijian before, he had a box of Confucian style clothes, without changing, this time he did it on purpose, not only wore out the expensive clothes, but also wore a jade crown on his head, a wrench on his hand, and a delicate pendant pinned to the belt of flower embroidery.

Tong's body was dressed up and down according to the gentlemen he had met in the capital, and those people had to apply grease and powder, but this was too disgusting, and Mu Yan couldn't do it.

Qu Fanwen said: "If I didn't know you, I would think you were just a big fat sheep." ”

Even if Mu Yan repelled that Helian Guang before, those people thought that he was the same as the other generals who had been sent here, they were all embroidered straw bags, Helian Guang had no face because he didn't drive people away, and after he went back, he only vaguely said that this Mu Yan had something to do with Master Gu, and because of Master Gu's great kindness to them, he couldn't kill Mu Yan, so he didn't participate this time. So everyone mistakenly thought that Helian Guang deliberately let Mu Yan go.

Tonight is another big meal, eat and drink enough to go home and sleep.

Late at night.

The three figures sneakily climbed over the wall and came in directly, and went directly to the main house where Zheng Xianling slept.

Two people turned the wind, one person pried the door, the means were very ingenious, only to hear an insignificant sound, the wooden bolt in the room was removed, they pushed the door in, and in the moonlight saw a person lying on the bed, bowing their heads to each other, just walked to the bed, felt like their feet had tripped over something.

Before they could react, a net fell from the top of their heads, trapping them all inside.

The fire fold is blown and ignited.

Mu Yan and Gu Xuezhou and a few others walked out with lanterns: "Do you people like to come sneakily in the middle of the night, are they all so despicable?"

He took the lamp and shone it on the men and asked, "Which village are you from?"

The person who was caught didn't answer, and Mu Yan saw that he took out a small object, about the size of his thumb, half in his mouth and blew it, making a strange tone, and it was passed out at once.

"Not good. Mu Yan's face changed, "They're just scouts who came to explore the way." ”

Suddenly the outside of the house was much brighter.

Mu Yan walked out of the door, the courtyard was full of torch light on all sides, he finally put away his nonchalant look, and shouted: "Where is Wan Qi Xinghe, dare to come and fight with me." I'm afraid that I was scared by Master Gu, and when I heard that I was his apprentice, I was so frightened that I hid, and I only dared to use some crooked tricks, right?"