"My son grew up in the mountains and forests and was not reasonable, and he was offended, so please forgive me. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

In the territory of the Huo people, Huo Siliang, the father of the young man, invited Zheng Puming and others to his home as guests. The simple wooden house was ventilated on all sides, creaking when your feet stepped on the floor, and the furnishings were extremely simple, and only the father and son lived here.

The young man's name is Huo Yiben, and he has been practicing martial arts with the gun master in the clan since he was a child, and he has learned good marksmanship. Now he is the vanguard captain of the Huo tribal army, and often patrols in the Jiafeng Valley. When he met Zheng Puming and these people, he was picking herbs on the mountain wall, which led to the scene of the fierce wolf fight before.

Ban Pinren smiled, "Where, where, we didn't understand the dangerous terrain in the valley, so we rashly broke into the wolves. Brother Yoshimoto helped, but we should thank him. ”

Huo Siliang got up and took the hot kettle, added tea to a few people one by one, sat back in his place, and asked, "I wonder why a few people ventured through the Jiafeng Valley to the Huo Clan?" ”

This Huo tea, bitter like a decoction, is difficult to swallow at all. Naturally, everyone couldn't drink this taste, and in the end, Huo Siliang was the only one to drink it.

Ban Pinren replied: "I don't hide it from the old man, our lord came in person, and sincerely wanted to visit the elders of the Huo clan. If today's chaos is the time when heroes are born, I think the Yiben brothers have such skills, if they don't get out of this secluded valley and go to the outside world to have a look, they are really buried in talents. ”

Unexpectedly, Huo Siliang's kind face suddenly changed, and he said angrily: "The Huo clan will not bow to outsiders, and it is impossible for my son to leave Changyu, you can leave!" With that, he turned to face the wall, and looked like he was no longer paying attention to the crowd.

Placing the corps in a woodland on the edge of the Huo territory, Zheng Puming began to discuss countermeasures with his subordinates.

"It seems that the Huo people are very repulsive to outsiders, and we must find a way to make them accept us, otherwise we will not be able to communicate at all."

Ban Pinren thought for a while and said, "Since it is a tribe, it will definitely have its own territory divided with other ethnic groups. If we can find out the ethnic groups that are opposed to the Huo, it is not known if there may be other ways. ”

Jiang Yiping, who was sitting on the stone on the side, poked his head and asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Zheng Puming realized, "Pinren means to use the contradictions between ethnic groups to intensify the Huo people, and then we will come forward to make a favor to bring the relationship between each other closer." ”

Ban Pinren nodded and added: "But this is not enough, if you want the Huo clan to truly identify with the lord, you still need to do something crucial." ”

"What?"

Ban Pinren hesitated for a moment and said, "I saw that Huo Yiben's marksmanship was like a god before, and such a martial artist will become a hero one day." Now that the lord is lacking such a fierce general, if he can be used by me, why can't he worry about the throne in the future? ”

Zheng Puming is a person who understands and understands a little, but Jiang Yiping on the side became more and more confused the more he listened, and couldn't help asking: "Strategist, what should it be?" ”

Ban Pinren turned his head to look at him and said with a smile: "You first take someone to find out what tribes around you have made enemies with the Huo tribe, and I will tell you the rest later." ”

Towering mountain peaks are flanked by a clear river in between, and between the banks are brightly coloured and vibrant wildflowers and weeds. A girl in a coarse cloth dress was squatting by the river to wash her clothes, and in the shade of a tree not far away, Huo Yiben was holding a spear in his arms and looking at her back stupidly.

"Brother Yiben, don't you have to go to patrol the Wind Valley today?" The girl asked in her throat while washing her clothes.

"I'm not going."

"Didn't the elder go there too?"

"I'm not going."

"Hey, it's rare for you to be so idle."

"Well, the day before yesterday, I went to Jiafeng Valley and met a few outsiders, they seem to be very remarkable characters, and they want to meet the elders and persuade us to submit to the Huo clan."

"What?! There is such a thing. So how did you respond to them? ”

Huo Yiben walked slowly to the river, untied the kettle on his waist and invaded the clear water, and after a while, he picked it up to his mouth and drank it dry, and then put the kettle into the water again, and then replied: "Of course it's to drive them away!" Could it really be that you can't take them to see the elders? ”

"That's true, but will those people give up?"

"It's a big deal, fight them! Let them know that the Huo people are not easy to bully. Huo Yiben said indignantly.

"Huh?" The girl moved her gaze from the clothes in her hand to Huo Yiben's side face, her eyes full of disbelief and panic. "Why is there going to be a war again? Didn't you just have a truce with the Yi people before? ”

Huo Yiben hung the kettle full of water back on his waist, picked up the spear and said, "That's also something that can't be helped." ”

While the two were talking, a Huo man rushed over from the mountains and forests in the distance in a panic, shouting: "Oh no, Yiben!" The people of the Yi tribe have attacked again. ”

"Bastards, go! Take me to see it. Huo Yiben walked more than ten meters away in a row, and then he remembered something and seemed to turn around, and said to the girl: "Cuicui, it's safer for you to stay here, don't go back to the village first." When the beasts of the Yi tribe are driven away, I will come back to pick you up. With that, he strode away.

The Yi tribe is only a small and medium-sized tribe, and compared to the Huo tribe, it is like a fly seeing a cicada. But the people of the Yi tribe have a natural warlike spirit, and every member of the clan, male and female, is a fierce and savage warrior. The Yi people are adept at fighting with short-handled axes, wearing costumes made of bird feathers and wearing square hats with bird feathers on their heads. Usually they would make a birdsong before the battle to boost morale.

Huo Yiben rushed to the village with his clansmen, and the Yi people turned around and fled when they saw him coming. The Huo people chased after them and ran all the way out of the Huo village to an open woodland, but there was no trace of the Hui people who fled in the wilderness.

"Oops! We have been tricked to divert the tiger from the mountain. Hurry back! Huo Yiben, who reacted, ran back to the village with everyone, but saw the tragic situation of Huo people's corpses everywhere.

"The elder has been killed! The Elder was killed! A member of the clan rushed out of the house where the elders lived, shouting.

Huo Yiben ran through the crowd of people coming and going, and miserable cries could be heard everywhere. When he looked at his wooden house, he suddenly stopped.

A figure was lying in front of the door, it was none other than his father, Huo Siliang.

"Daddy!" Huo Yiben dropped the spear in his hand, ran two steps and fell to the ground, hugged his father's body into his arms, and found that he had lost his breath for a long time, so he couldn't help crying bitterly.

At this time, Zheng Puming and others happened to come over, and when they saw Huo Yiben so sad, they couldn't help but show compassion.

Ban Pinren stepped forward and said, "I heard that there was an abnormality in the clan just now, so we rushed to check on the situation. Unexpectedly, I happened to encounter the Yi tribe who sneaked up on here, and when I saw the bloody blades in their hands, I understood what was going on. Although the Huo clan did not welcome us before, we couldn't sit idly by at this time, so we killed all these barbarians, and the corpses are now piled up outside the village, which can be regarded as revenge for the elders and everyone. ”

Zheng Puming turned around and instructed his subordinates: "Go and help the Huo people bury the dead and distribute our military rations to everyone." All the rest of the medicines are taken out and used by those who need to be cared for. ”

Although Huo Yi's heart is like a knife, he also clearly understands the dedication of Zheng Puming and others to the Huo people. But he didn't have anything to repay, so he could only stand up suddenly, face Zheng Puming and then kneel down deeply.

"Thank you for helping the Huo people avenge their hatred, I have nothing to repay, but to bow down and bow down, so as to thank you for your kindness." After speaking, he kowtowed vigorously.

Zheng Puming immediately stepped forward to help him up, "Why did Brother Huo say these unseen words, no one would have thought that such a tragedy would happen." Speaking of which, it's all a disaster caused by the turmoil in this world, you have such good skills, why don't you go outside and contribute to the country? Now that my corps is employing people, if you can join in, it will be a real strength. This is not only a reward for us, but also a reward for the Huo people, and a reward for the people of the world. ”

Huo Yiben lowered his head, his father's body was already stiff. In fact, it is not that he does not have the intention of going outside in his heart, just because his father has strictly disciplined him since he was a child, coupled with the conservative concept of the Huo people, he has formed his conservative thoughts. But now that my father is dead, even the elders of the Huo clan have been killed. The people he wanted to protect were still gone one by one after all, which made his long-term bound heart begin to regain a strong pulse. The childhood dream of becoming a hero seems to have come back to my mind.

"Let me think about it again." After saying this, Huo Yiben picked up his father's body and turned to leave.

Zheng Puming was about to follow and persuade him, but was stopped by Ban Pinren first, shook his head at him and smiled: "Don't worry, my lord, this Huo Yi will definitely join our army." ”

Zheng Puming frowned and said, "Pinren, are you really so sure?" ”

Ban Pinren stretched out his hand and tapped his chest, and said, "The personnel are exhausted, wait for your soul." ”

The weeds swayed in the breeze, and Huo Cuicui sat next to them, quietly staring at the sparkling river. Since just now, she has felt very uncomfortable, as if there are small insects crawling around in her head, and the pain is terrible. When she heard the news of the attack on the Hui Clan, she recalled a terrifying memory not long ago. She was on her way home when suddenly three sturdy men rushed up from behind. They savagely tore her clothes and wanted to brutally humiliate her, but they were killed by Huo Yiben, who arrived in time.

Just as Huo Cuicui was looking at the lake and was distracted, Huo Yiben slowly walked behind her and stood still holding her father's corpse.

Huo Cuicui turned her head and opened her eyes wide in shock, "Uncle, what's wrong?" What happened in the village? ”

Huo Yiben just stood there stunned, without saying a word, and there were still tears on his face that had not yet dried up.

"Brother Yiben, what do you say? You don't say a word like this, you want to kill me in a hurry. Tell me what's going on......" Huo Cuicui burst into tears without saying a few words, and her whole person was as haggard as a flower baptized by a rainstorm.

Huo Yiben put his father's body down in the flowers, knelt on his knees, and kowtowed a hundred times in a row, until the skin on his forehead broke out with blood, then he straightened up and looked at Huo Cuicui, and said solemnly: "Cuicui, I decided to go outside and leave the Huo clan." Now I can't worry about you alone, so I want to say, can you agree to come with me? ”