The mountains had set, but the red glow still reflected the western sky.

The convoy had crossed the last hill, and in the distance it was already possible to see a city on the ground.

"Uncle, we're here. ”

The new leader of the bandits threw down the carriage and came to Dongfang Shuo's carriage very attentively.

Dongfang Shuo heard the sound, opened the curtain and looked forward, then lowered the curtain again.

"What kind of city is that?"

"Yaozhou City. ”

"How far is it from Tongzhou City?"

"If you leave tomorrow at dawn, you will be there almost noon. ”

"Yes, then let's go to Yaozhou City to rest. ”

"Yes. ”

When the words fell, the bandit leader suddenly changed his face, turned around and shouted at the bandit under his hand, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

The order went down, and the people were very obedient.

However, after the bandit leader withdrew his gaze, a look of disgust appeared on their faces.

In the hearts of all of them, they are holding grudges and jealousy of this flattering wallgrass.

In a short time, the carriage had already passed the gate of Yaozhou City.

At this time, the bandits had already abandoned their swords in the wilderness, and they were all dressed as merchants or retinues, so they naturally entered the city smoothly.

After finding an inn, everyone rested.

Dongfang Shuo, Ji Henghu and Little Girl, the three of them sat on one side of a remote and clean table, and on the fourth side, the bandit leader stood nodding and bowing.

"Sit down. ”

Dongfang Shuo looked at him, his expression did not move, and he spoke.

The bandit leader stared for a while, and finally said with a smile: "It's good for me to stand, it's good to stand, just mention what you have to say, uncle, don't take care of me." ”

"That's fine. ”

Dongfang Shuo stopped, so he looked at the little girl on the side again, "Are these meals delicious?"

"Hmm. ”

The little girl nodded, did not speak, and continued to eat by herself.

Then, Dongfang Shuo looked at Ji Henghu on the other side.

He doesn't seem to need to eat, and hasn't eaten much since birth.

"Are you the bandits of the Kuidou County Territory?"

Dongfang Shuo opened his mouth and asked.

When asked like this, the bandit leader did not answer immediately, but first showed a panicked look and looked around.

Seeing his expression, Dongfang Shuo said unhurriedly: "Don't panic, I've seen it, the defenses of this city are not so tight, and even if you are recognized, I will cover you." ”

"Yes, yes. ”

His words seemed to reassure the bandit leader.

As a result, the bandit leader also looked at Dongfang Shuo seriously.

Dongfang Shuo asked again: "I asked you just now, are you the bandits who are the native chiefs of the territory of Kuidou County?"

The bandit leader immediately shook his head: "No, it's not, but many of us have also been in Kuidou County for three or five years, and we are more or less familiar with the terrain of Kuidou County. ”

"I don't need you to be familiar with the terrain of Kuidou County. Dongfang Shuo said, "The main thing is the distribution of the city, as well as the distribution of the forces of each city, I want to know this." ”

Hearing this, the bandit leader was shocked.

It was as if a string had burst in his head.

"I don't know if you're ...... Want to know what these do?"

The bandit asked.

Dongfang Shuo, who had originally lowered his gaze, glanced at him coldly, causing him to shiver coldly.

Then, Dongfang Shuo spoke, smiling and smiling: "Why, you are all so downtrodden that you have come out to be a bandit who robbed the house, are you still afraid of revealing something that will cause an incident and be beheaded?"

"Hey, how do you say this, uncle, it also depends on the situation. The bandit leader said, "If you ...... If you plan to do a great career, we don't have any big ambitions, so please don't take us with you. ”

"When you say that, it makes me a little curious. ”

"Uncle, what are you curious about?"

"You are mixing on the territory of Kuidou County, are you from the Guihai Empire or from the Longlin Empire?"

Dongfang Shuo suddenly narrowed his eyes.

After thinking about it, the bandit leader bowed a little more and more, and said with a smile: "This ...... It depends on which side of the person you are, uncle. ”

"If I say that I am on the side of the Longlin Empire, how will you answer?"

"Then we are naturally on the side of the Dragon Forest Empire. ”

The bandit leader straightened up slightly.

Dongfang Shuo smiled, and then said, "Then I want to say that I am on the side of the Sea Empire?"

As soon as these words came out, the bandit leader's waist suddenly bent down again, and he suddenly said with a complicated face: "Uncle, don't play me." ”

"Then don't fish in troubled waters, I want to listen to the truth. Dongfang Shuo's face suddenly became a little serious, "Which side are you?"

"I ...... We are all on the side of the Dragon Forest Empire. The bandit leader was obviously frightened by Dongfang Shuo's expression and tone, "Half a year ago, we just finished fighting, our land is gone, our home is gone, and the first family in the family can't support it, so we can only run out to find a way to live." ”

"So, you were all brought out by that man?"

"Tall and big?"

"It's the one you killed during the day. ”

"Uh...... Be. ”

"Oh, then, you must be ungrateful, right?"

"This ...... Uncle, you asked me to kill people!"

The bandit leader looked a little panicked.

Dongfang Shuo shook his head and said, "Don't panic, I'll just talk about it." What about your family?"

"The old lady died of illness, the two dolls had no money to feed, they both froze to death last winter, and my daughter-in-law had no money to see a doctor, and she didn't survive the spring. As he spoke, the bandit leader's expression was obviously a little lonely.

And listening to what happened to him, then it seems that the rest of the people should be like this.

"Then you are not from Kuidou County, you should not be within the scope of the war, why do you encounter this situation?"

Dongfang Shuo asked.

"Hey, if you fight, it's chaos, at that time, everyone was afraid that the army of the Guihai Empire would run over their heads, and the first few big families in the city would shrink to protect themselves, who would care about the life and death of us untouchables. ”

The bandit leader said.

Dongfang Shuo listened quietly, but his eyes involuntarily fell on the little girl on the side.

And the little girl seemed to have heard nothing, still eating by herself there, and when she saw Dongfang Shuo looking at her, she smiled at Dongfang Shuo.

"What about the Dragon Forest Empire, there is no movement at all, watching you ordinary people suffer in vain?"

"The days in the Imperial City are beautiful, where can we be managed?" the bandit leader lowered his voice slightly, "And what is the call, that is the iron horse of the Guihai Empire, how can our Longlin Empire stop the iron horse of the Guihai Empire?"

And when he said that, it was as if it were common sense.

Dongfang Shuo looked at him quietly and didn't say much.

If he could know that the Longlin Empire, which was dominating the north two hundred years later and refused to give up an inch of land to the Guihai Empire, he might also feel that he was born at the wrong time.