This small village has a small population, of course, compared to the villages of Nambong-gun and Gyeonggi, but the whole village occupies a lot of space: scattered on the sunny side of what should be a mountainside, and there is only a winding path up and down.

On one side of the trail is a cliff that is difficult for apes to climb, and it is not only full of vines such as sageli, but also many colorful snakes and insects.

When Sheng Weiqiao was helped by the maid, he happened to glance at a colorful poisonous snake, and he was so frightened that he almost stepped on the air.

Xu Lianshan, who was not far away, noticed that he hurriedly threw out a flying knife and nailed the snake to death, and some guards happily ran up to get it, and returned the flying knife to Xu Lianshan, but the snake took it to the cook to plan to add vegetables at night.

On the other side of the trail, there is a bottomless cliff, and in broad daylight, there is also a vast miasma, and some people do not carelessly step on the gravel, and it takes a long time to hear the muffled sound of landing on the ground.

"Why did the king of the county come to such a place?" "Silkworm Yue, as a big girl, has been following Sheng Weiqiao, which is the best life among the next people, but after walking down this road, I also feel that my back hurts and I am frightened, and I can't help but be a little suspicious, "It's so difficult to get in, if you go out, won't it be even more difficult?"

As she spoke, she looked back: the road into the village was so steep that she almost had to tilt her head to see the gate in front of the village, and when she looked back, the people behind her seemed to be under her feet.

With such terrain, it is easy to come up and difficult to go down. It's hard enough for people to walk, and with the cage, it's a bit loveless to think about.

"Since there is a village here, they can go in and out, why can't we?" Sheng Weiqiao knew that Rong Sleeping Crane must not be worried that his people still had accompanying luggage, and planned to settle them in this village, with the help of the geographical advantage, they could guard it without leaving many people, so that they could let go of their hands and feet to fight with the Meng family.

At this moment, he vaguely comforted Silkworm Yue, "And I've been camping outside for the past few days, and it's easy to see a covered house, what are you complaining about?"

Silkworm Moon didn't dare to be silent.

After a while, the group gasped and entered the village, which was very simple inside and out, but even an absolute layman like Sheng Weiqiao could see that it was not simple: after all, there should not be so many deer, horses, and ditches in a normal village; the villagers inside should not all carry bows and knives; there were also a few mastiffs that were not much shorter than Sheng Weiqiao, although they didn't bark much, but the eyes they looked at were fierce and cold, full of tyranny.

The most important thing is that there are no old and young and female dependents here, all the prime men, although they are tall and short, fat and thin, but everyone has a fierce air between their eyebrows, which is by no means comparable to ordinary mountain people.

This situation made Sheng Weiqiao subconsciously remember the first time he set foot on Tortoiseshell Island.

However, as the base camp of the Gongsun clan, Tortoiseshell Island has many dependents, although it has been slandered as "a group of humanoid jackals, tigers and leopards", whether it is the atmosphere or personnel, it is not as extreme as here.

"Good girl, you and your aunt will stay here for a few days for a while, and I will come to pick you up in a few days. She didn't know what Rong Sleeping Crane had to do with this village, but it was obvious that she had been prepared to receive them a long time ago. After entering the village, the guide who led the way muttered a few words to the leader who came out of the village, and someone took Rong Sleeping Crane and his wife and the important people in the Feng family's team to a spacious courtyard at the back of the village.

After the servants stumbled and fetched water to serve them and freshen up, Rong Sleeping Crane said, "I will leave Lianshan behind, and if you have anything, tell him to do it." ”

Before Sheng Weiqiao could speak, Xuan Yu Feng had already asked: "Mizhen, what do you have to do with this village? If you want us to live here, you have to tell us about this, right?"

"This is one of the strongholds of the largest bandits in Western Xinjiang, Jishan Bandits. Rong Sleeping Crane nodded, "On the way I came, I had already sent someone to negotiate with them on the conditions of Zhao'an, and the reason why it has not been announced is to use this point to catch the Meng clan off guard." ”

The aunt and nephew were shocked when they heard this: "Jishan thief?"

In addition to the native Nanfeng County, they have also been to Chang'an, and they don't know anything about the situation in Western Xinjiang, of course, this Jishan thief is the first time they have heard of it, and they can't help but be a little suspicious: "How can it be so coincidental that you recruited a tortoiseshell island, and here there is another Jishan thief?"

Rong Sleeping Crane was able to recruit Hawksbill Island, that is, Hawksbill Island had long had the intention of going ashore, and he himself grew up on the island, so they hit it off, and there was no doubt between them.

However, Jishan thieves, this place in Western Xinjiang is the first time to come to the sleeping crane, who knows if this gang of bandits can be trusted?

Xuan Yu Feng made a look, asked the people below to go out to guard the point, frowned and said to him: "Even if they were sincere before, now your family members have come to their stronghold and settled down, and they have brought so much wealth, who knows if they will see the wealth?! After all, everyone knows that Qiao Er has a rich marriage and is deeply favored by his family!"

"This is the contact between the people left by my teacher. However, Rong Mianhe said, "The teacher spent a lot of effort on them before his death, and after I thoroughly investigated, I think I can trust them." ”

"It's good if you're sure. Hearing that it was Huan Guanlan's legacy, Xuan Yu Feng and Sheng Weiqiao thought about it, and then they didn't say anything.

Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but ask again: "Is it because of this that you chose to come to Xijiang? I said this and that before!

Since Huan Guanlan even has a layout for the Jishan bandits, there is no reason why the Western Frontier Army should not intervene.

Seeing Rong Sleeping Crane nodding with a smile, she was a little annoyed for no reason, "And then don't say anything...... I won't tell you anything about it in the future!"

Rong Sleepy Crane hurriedly coaxed, but without coaxing a word, Gongsun Yingdun came to tell him, saying that the owner of the village here invited him to come over to speak.

"Men are busy with serious things, so you should be vague and don't worry too much. After he left apologetically, he announced to Feng Shi to persuade Sheng Weiqiao, "The so-called king is not secret, he will lose the country, and if the minister is not secret, he will lose his body." You don't want to think about these people who do big things, how many of them talk about it all day long?"

"And Mi Zhen was exiled on Tortoiseshell Island in his early years, and his situation on the island was not very good, and there were only a few henchmen, if he hadn't been able to calm down and shout and tell everywhere without the slightest thought, would he still be able to live until now? He would have been swallowed up a long time ago! His habit of keeping his mouth shut on this business is a good thing, and if you are too entangled, you will make trouble for him!"

Sheng Weiqiao said aggrievedly: "Didn't you ask him to go out and beat gongs and drums to tell people, can't you tell me alone?"

Xuan Yu Feng glanced at her and smiled: "Then who would want to tell you about the important things in our family?"

"Speaking of which, you don't think I'm simple and easy to coax, tell me, it's either easy to leak, or useless!" Sheng Weiqiao said hatefully, "That's it, I don't know anything, don't you just blindly coax me?"

She got up unhappily and went into the inner room, and the silkworm moon who was on duty hurriedly followed up to persuade in a low voice, but the other maids were standing outside a little panicked.

"Don't pay attention to her!" Xuan Yu Feng didn't reassure his niece's little sex, took a sip of tea, and ordered, "You go out, call a few male servants, and walk around this village to see where you can go and where you can't...... And what's going on around this stockade, tell me again!"

When Xuan Yu Feng wanted to touch the bottom of the village, in the house not far away, the leader of the village, a man in his thirties with an ordinary appearance and gloomy eyes, was telling Rong Sleeping Crane: "There are too many of you, you are slow, and the traces left behind cannot be swept away at all." Although the specific location of the stockade has not been revealed, the location should have been known to them. ”

"It's nothing. Rong Sleeping Crane's expression was calm, "The terrain of this village you are looking for is very good, and it completely meets my requirements." As long as the safety of my family members is guaranteed, there is no need to tie my hands and feet for this, and it is unknown who will die in a head-to-head confrontation!"

He stretched out his hand and gestured on the map in front of him, laughing murderously, "Bear the burden of humiliation along the way, now Yizhou City is in sight, the Meng family can't bear it, why haven't I been looking forward to it for a long time?

The leader said: "Our big boss has been prepared for a long time, but I don't know when the county king plans to do it?"

"Without further ado. Rong Sleeping Crane said, "Of course now!"

…… After a while, when Sheng Weiqiao's anger disappeared a little, she went out to talk to Xuan Yu Feng, and when the cook sent someone over to ask for instructions on what to do for dinner, she said casually: "It's not easy for everyone to travel in the past two days, don't make too much of a toss, just pick a few simple and refreshing side dishes." ”

He sent someone to find Rong Sleeping Crane and asked him what he wanted to eat, only then did he know that Rong Sleeping Crane had taken people out of the cottage, and Xu Lianshan was in charge of the cottage at this time.

Xu Lianshan knew that the princess of the county had always been favored, and he was worried that she would be angry, so he came over to explain in person: "The prince of the county has temporarily received news that the other party has found the vicinity of the village, and I am afraid that the news that you and Mrs. Feng are here will leak out, and this place will not be safe in the future." So in a hurry to bring people to kill them...... I didn't just leave without saying hello to you!"

But Sheng Weiqiao really immediately sank his face, and said after a while: "If he doesn't come to say hello himself, can't he let other people bring me a message?!If I hadn't been looking for him now, I'm afraid that no one would tell me about it until tomorrow, right?"

Xu Lianshan smiled and said: "Niangniang, we have a lot of things, and we are still in the position at this time." And although the king of the county personally led people to exterminate the mouth, the mother also saw that the grass and trees were lush along the way, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be fish that would slip through the net! At that time, our village was only afraid that it would not be peaceful, so we sent people to strengthen the gate of the village and arrange patrols with our subordinates, so we forgot about it. Thousands of mistakes are the fault of subordinates, and please punish your subordinates!"

Sheng Weiqiao didn't punish him, but sneered: "Have you forgotten? I think you are the same as Ah Xi, you only care about being loyal to your county king, and you don't take me seriously at all!"

However, after waving back Xu Lianshan, Sheng Weiqiao thought of one thing: "It seems that I haven't seen Ah Xi all the way?"

She knew that Rong Sleeping Crane attached great importance to Gongsun Xi, and if she didn't take it with her, there must be another important assignment, "Could it be that he was sent to the sea to be an assistant to the prince?"

I had the intention to call Xu Lianshan back to ask, but thinking that he had just driven people away, he didn't lose face in the end, so he pursed the corners of his lips and ordered people: "Go and see what your aunt is doing, if there is nothing to do, you will have to eat later." ”

At this moment, Rong Sleeping Crane was shaking the blood beads on the dagger, wiping the dirt on his boots on the roots of the trees that were exposed to the ground next to him, and after listening to the things about Chang'an and the requirements of King Gaomi, he just smiled contemptuously: "Let them fight, don't pay attention!"

After a pause, he asked, "Ah Xi...... How's it going?"