Chapter 6: It's good not to fight

When the old man heard the question, he turned around and saw that it was a Han official, stopped what he was doing and asked, "Is it a Han official who went north to visit the royal court?"

"Yes!"

"It's good not to fight!" the old man agreed.

"Listen to the old man's accent, it's from Henan!" Su Wu helped the old man pull the grass on the edge of the ground.

"yes! I was coerced many years ago. Later, when the two sides fought and could not live in peace, they fled here again!" said the old man, "and now that I have met the people of my hometown, I dare to tell the truth." ”

"Is it safe here?"

"This is deep in the mountains. There are a few mountains in front of it, and there are many hills in the back, which is quite safe. ”

Only then did Su Wu see that this place was surrounded by mountains, and in the middle was a mountain nest, or a mountain nest where you could see the sun all year round. He praised from the bottom of his heart: "The old man really knows how to choose a place!"

The old man stroked his sparse beard and smiled.

"Old man, is this according to Wang Tingyuan?"

"More than eight hundred and sixty miles!"

"Listening to what the old man said, there is a whole and a different look, haven't you been there?"

The old man looked at Su Wu, looked at his righteousness, and whispered: "For many years, there has been no royal court in the Northern Desert. The two sides did not fight each other, and it stopped. Last summer, I dressed up as a businessman and took my grandson on horseback. ”

"How's that place?" he asked.

"The best place to stay in the north. A good place with mountains and water, trees and grass. The old whispered to him, "There are many hills around that place, and the banks of the river are flat and flat, and there are grasslands for horses. ”

Su Wuchong gave the old man a thumbs up, and the two of them laughed knowingly. Laughter echoed through the mountains and reverberated in the air. Su Wu said goodbye to the old man and walked towards the tent, it seemed that these two guides were still credible.

After the meal, the team started. Zhang Sheng was in charge of the break, and Su Wu and the two guides walked in front. In about half an hour, the procession went up the road ahead of the mountain.

The mountain road faces east, and the road is smooth at first, but the more you go, the more you go, the two sides of the mountain will be attached to each other in the middle of the waist, and the middle road is narrow and can only pass through one person, horses and camels, rubbing against the mountain wall.

"This road was built by the people here to defend against foreign invasions. This is the beginning of the road that only the adventurous will know. I was also home from the clouds two years ago, and a businessman friend took me through here for the first time. ”

Last night, Hu Tuli and Rangel were going to rent a private house, but Su Wu asked him to stay with them. Although the two sides were psychologically vigilant and did not interfere with each other, they also had a preliminary understanding of each other, and there were more military conversations today.

"It seems that the people here get along well!" Su Wu said.

"In the early winter of last year, I passed by here, and it snowed non-stop, so I stayed for a few days and found out what was going on with them. There were ten families here, and they named themselves the Hill of Crosses. Six households are from the clouds, and four households are from Hu. Hutuli said.

Rangel took over the topic: "If they can get along, they must have helped each other in difficulties!"

"Yes, adversity sees the truth!" Su Wu sighed.

"And between you and our guide, do you also belong to the same way, as you say?" asked Rangel mischievously.

After many days of getting along, she felt that this Master Su was a trustworthy and upright gentleman. Especially in the middle of the night last night, he gently covered her and her father with his quilt, and he and Chang Hui closed the cover. It seems so kind and careful.

Of course she was pretending to be asleep, and so must her father.

Hu Tuli thought that his daughter was talking too much, so he hurriedly said to her: "Rangel, watch your step!"

She was silent.

In order to hurry, these many people brought what they had eaten at noon, and lunch was eaten while walking. As the sun set, they walked out of the hidden mountain path and entered the area of ditches and hills and sandy soil.

Su Wu's team set a rest, pulled Hu Tuli up to a mound next to the road, looked at the long ditch and asked, "Mr. Hu, how far is it from the avenue?"

"A day's ride on horseback!"

"That means we have to go for three days!"

"Yes!" said Hu Tuli, pointing to a high ground ahead, "and we will set up camp on the high ground in front of us tonight." ”

Su Wu asked, "Is there anyone around here?"

"Look at this panicked hills, drought and no water, only a few flocculent grass, can people and cattle and sheep live?"

He thought about it and said, "The first time I passed through here, there were two shepherds. My friend and I stayed overnight with his family, and I heard that he had come to hide from his enemies. Last year, I passed by and moved away. ”

"Then we'll stay where they lived tonight. Su Wu said.

"Good!"

Since there were no female dependents in the team, at night in each tent, the whole thing was covered with felt blankets, and everyone was huddled together one by one who taught them. According to Su Wu's meaning, the guide and his entourage lived together tonight.

During the break after dinner, Rangel pulled Hu Tuli into Su Wu's tent and said to him, "Uncle, let's stay here tonight!"

"Okay!" Hu Tuli didn't want his daughter to live in a big tent, although everyone slept in clothes, and he was afraid that his daughter would be embarrassed. He said to Su Wu, "Let's still live with Master Su, okay?"

Su Wu looked at half of the tents that had been made into small warehouses, leaving only the place where he and Chang Hui could sleep, and was embarrassed: "This, this, I'm afraid this is too wronged for the two of you!"

"No grievances, no grievances!" said Hu Tuli busily.

Rrangel continued: "I slept in the innermost part, and my uncle was right next to me. Let's squeeze our feet, we can do it!"

She leaned over and pulled the felt on the sidewalk, where she could only put her feet down, and the place was larger: "Look, can't you squeeze it down this way!"

Su Wu had to say, "That's—that's it!"

Returning from patrol often had to huddle with Wrangel. In the past few days, he felt that this guide who was younger than himself was very interesting, and he was very slippery in Chinese, and he had quite a character, so he wanted to know him better.

Changhui was nominally Su Wu's entourage, but in fact he was an intelligence officer sent by the emperor to assist Su Wu in his work. He lay down next to her and asked in the dark, "Brother Wrangel, how old are you?"

She mischievously: "What, do you want to marry Jin Lan?"

"Hey, how can you speak Chinese so well, and you still understand our Han's righteous knot Jinlan?"

"Is it strange?"

"Yes!

"Well-," Rangel pondered for a moment, "my father was a businessman, and often took me to Han to do business, and I am also very smart!"

In fact, there are many Han people in Hudi. The purpose of the Hu people to harass the Han is the wildness of the nation, and more importantly, the area in which they live is cold and harsh, so they want to occupy the land of the Han people, plunder the property, plunder the Han people to make them slaves and grow food......

Hu Tuli was satisfied with his daughter's answer.

"Then do you say, is it better for you to live a stable life now, or is it better to fight and kill like in the past?"