Chapter 20: The Tunnel

Ruan Ning shook his head and said, "It's okay, as long as there is a way to contact the outside, I can find someone to help." ”

Looking at the determined look on Ruan Ning's face, Zhang Yufu sighed and said, "It's okay to tell you." In fact, it's not as complicated as you think, it's just that I just arrived in Qingfeng Village for a few days, and I found a tunnel in the northwest corner. From there, you can go straight to the canyon outside Qingfeng Village. ”

Hearing what Zhang Yufu said, Ruan Ning frowned, his eyes full of disbelief.

She grew up in Qingfeng Village since she was a child, why did she never know that there was such a tunnel in the village!

Looking at the look of doubt on Ruan Ning's face, Zhang Yufu shrugged his shoulders and said, "You also said that the predecessor of your Qingfeng Village was originally an abandoned city, and it is normal to have a tunnel leading to the outside. It's just that you people are not soldiers, so it's not surprising that you don't know. ”

Ruan Ning became more and more suspicious, looked at Zhang Yufu, and asked, "How do you know, could it be that you are ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhang Yufu, "Knowing is knowing, asking so much to do." If you don't believe me, find someone to go to the alley northwest of Qingfeng Village to have a look. Next to a salix tree, there is a dry well, and the bottom of the well is what I call the passage. ”

While speaking, he got up suddenly, took advantage of Ruan Ning's inattention, snatched the mutton soup in her hand, and ate it in a big gulp.

Looking at Zhang Yu's movements, Ruan Ning's gaze moved to the wound on his thigh and asked, "How is your injury?" ”

After eating the mutton soup in a big gulp, Zhang Yufu raised his hand and wiped it on his mouth indiscriminately, and said with satisfaction, "There is the wound medicine that you personally configured Fairy, and there is Uncle Yi's mutton soup to make up for it, so this little injury is not in the way." ”

Ruan Ning nodded, took out the wound medicine from his arms, and was about to change the medicine for Zhang Yufu.

Seeing this, Zhang Yufu hurriedly retracted his legs, looked at her, and said like a violated little daughter-in-law, "Even if you are a fairy, you should know whether men and women are kissed or not!" Yesterday I couldn't do it, but today I can move, where can I still bother you. ”

"I don't know what to do!" Listening to Zhang Yufu's words, Ruan Ning's face turned dark, threw the wound medicine in his hand into his arms, and turned around and ran out.

"Tut-tut...... That's a lot of temper. Zhang Yufu, who had caught the medicine for the injury, looked at Ruan Ning, who had left with three points of anger, and was speechless, and lowered his head to change the medicine for himself.

Early the next morning, when they learned that there was a passage leading to the canyon outside the village in Qingfeng Village, Shilang and the others were stunned, and hurriedly gathered in the conference hall, wanting to ask Ruan Ning for a word.

Looking at everyone's surprised and curious eyes, Ruan Ning nodded and said, "There are indeed tunnels in the stockade, and one person can pass through." ”

"There really is!" Juro's eyes widened, and he would be unconscious for a long time.

"However, even if there is a tunnel to avoid people outside the village, where can we go to find people?" Lei Huo frowned, looking at Ruan Ning, his face a little more irritated.

Ruan Ning waved his hand and said, "This is not difficult, my father made friends in the desert back then, although most people were red when they saw the development of Qingfeng Village today, but after all, there are still a few who can be trusted." Just give me a few days, and I'll be able to convince them to send troops to help Qingfeng Village. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the council hall breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this moment, there was a sudden opposition outside the council room, "You can't go." ”

Hearing this voice, everyone turned their heads to look and saw Zhang Yufu limping in.

"Why?" Ruan Ning frowned and asked.

Zhang Yufu sighed and said, "The owners of Mahei Village and Weihu Village are not fools, if they find that there is no one in the village, can they not notice anything?" ”

"Brother Zhang is right, the big boss has to stay in the village to suppress the dogs. Mother-raised. Go out and find support, just let me go! Shilang slapped Zhang Yufu on the shoulder, almost staggering him.

"You can't go either." After standing firmly, Zhang Yufu shook his head, instantly extinguishing Shiro's passion.

Shilang frowned, looked at Zhang Yufu, and said dissatisfiedly, "You can't go to this, you can't go to that, so what should I do about this?" Is it difficult for you to go? ”

Zhang Yufu shrugged his shoulders and looked at Shilang without speaking, but there was a teachable look on his face.

"Are you really going? Isn't this a joke! Not to mention that you still have injuries on your legs, even if you go out, who will recognize you if you are not familiar with life! Shiro shook his head again and again, his eyes full of disapproval.

"This is really the only thing he can do." At that moment, the blind gun rang out.

"Eh, I said old horseman, you deliberately went against me!" Juro looked at the blind gun, and his temper came up again unconsciously.

Blind Gunli ignored him and continued, "There are a few of our brothers, and those outside can see who is missing. Only Brother Zhang has a special identity, he was injured two days ago, even if he doesn't see him for a few days, no one will pay much attention to it. ”

Ruan Ning looked at Zhang Yufu, pursed his lips, and frowned slightly, "I have a token left by my father, you can bring it." It's just your hurt ......"

Seeing the more or less concern in everyone's eyes, Zhang Yufu moved his thigh that was wounded by the arrow, and said with a smile, "It's not in the way, and it's not going out to fight." ”

Hearing him say this, Ruan Ning didn't say anything anymore, handed him the token representing Qingfeng Village, and said a few more words, then turned around and left the council hall to prepare.

It took more than half an hour for Ruan Ning to select twenty young people from Qingfeng Village and bring them to Zhang Yufu.

"These are all good hands in the village, and you take them with you, if you really meet someone who is not long-sighted, you will not be isolated." As he spoke, Ruan Ning took out the special wound medicine from his arms, "You take this medicine, riding a horse is bumpy, and the injury on your leg will definitely be affected." ”

Zhang Yufu did not refuse, and took the twenty people given to him by Ruan Ning, and walked towards the northwest corner of Qingfeng Village. When they arrived at the sand willow tree, the group jumped into the dry well one after another.

This tunnel has been around for a long time, and many places have been blocked by falling sand and gravel. If it weren't for Zhang Yufu's habitual exploration of the terrain when he first came to Qingfeng Village, he wouldn't have dared to take these people on this trip at this time.

After walking for a long time in the tunnel where I couldn't see my fingers, there was finally a faint light ahead.

Continuing in the direction from which the light came, the group soon arrived at a cave.

"Although this cave is hidden, the big guy still has to pay attention to it, don't reveal his whereabouts." Zhang Yufu patted the dust on his body and lowered his voice and admonished.

Walking out of the cave, what appeared in front of everyone was the canyon outside Qingfeng Village, and the protruding rocks just blocked the figures of several people.

Listening to the shouting and killing behind him, a man from Qingfeng Village said with a face full of indignation, "These people who were killed by the heavens, let them be arrogant for a few more days." When we get reinforcements, we tear up their nests and see how proud they are. ”

The other person looked at Zhang Yufu and asked, "Brother Zhang, where are we going now?" ”

Zhang Yufu squinted his eyes at the scorching sun hanging in the sky, and said with a smile, "What's the hurry, find the horse first!" ”

There is no end in the desert, and if there are no old horses who know the way, relying on the experience of their line, it is not easy to find reinforcements.

"Are we going to the nearest town to buy a horse? Brother Zhang, you have an injury on your leg, and when we get there, I'm afraid it will take several days of hard work, but I'm afraid that we will delay the orders of the big boss. Someone said worriedly.

Zhang Yufu looked at the twenty people in front of him who were worried and a little overwhelmed, and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten your old job?" ”

Hearing this, there was a quick reaction, and his eyes immediately widened, and he looked at Zhang Yufu with bright eyes.

Seeing that someone understood what he meant, Zhang Yufu asked, "You are familiar with this land, do you know where the caravan must pass through?" ”

Hearing this, someone immediately volunteered and said, "I know that the oasis on the edge of Broken Soul Mountain, but any caravan that wants to go to several nearby cities must be supplied there. Even those who make a living in this area will never be able to avoid that water source. ”

Hearing this person's words, Zhang Yufu subconsciously remembered the water source where he first saw the people in Qingfeng Village, and asked in detail, after confirming that it was the same place, Zhang Yufu clapped his hands and decided, they went there to ambush first, and grabbed the horse.

While it was still morning and the sun was still not big, the group of people accelerated towards the water source.

After walking for about two or three hours, the sun hung directly above their heads, roasting the yellow sand on the ground and burning their feet, and the group found a place in the sand to rest for a while.

"Don't worry, on such a big day, if you go out, you are looking for death. Let's get some sleep first, recuperate our spirits, and when the day is lighter, let's hurry by night, and if we are lucky, we may be able to catch the caravan that is resting near the water source tonight. Seeing that everyone was sitting still, Zhang Yufu found a relatively comfortable position and fell down lazily.

After sleeping for more than an hour, Zhang Yufu opened his eyes suddenly, looked at the other twenty people gathered around, and made a silent gesture with a serious face.

"Brother Zhang, what's wrong?" The man closest to Zhang Yufu stepped forward, lowered his voice, and asked softly in his ear.

Zhang Yufu didn't answer, but lowered his voice and ordered, "Go and see if there are footprints outside this sand nest, if there are, find a way to clean it up, and hurry up." ”

Although the people in Qingfeng Village didn't understand what was happening, looking at Zhang Yufu's serious face, no one dared to delay, and immediately scattered to check.

Soon after the group returned, Zhang Yufu commanded in a low voice, "Hide yourself." ”

Hearing this, twenty people began to move, and almost at the moment when they were hidden, a large team of horses drove not far away.

On the desert, it is common to see horse teams rushing away, but the horse team that appeared in their sight at this time made them change their faces one by one.

Without him, just because the leader of this horse team turned out to be the owner of Weihu Village who should have attacked on the periphery of Qingfeng Village at this time.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the team was gone.

A Qingfeng village man looked ugly and asked, "Why did they appear here?" Could it be Qingfeng Village......"