"It's so laid-back."

Qin Hua drove the carriage alone, walking on the path to Taishan County.

Stop from time to time to take a break, or lie on the grass and sunbathe.

The ambition he had just crossed seemed to have vanished, and Qin Hua enjoyed this rare leisure time very much.

Now the nighthawk in Taishan County is still looking for Xiu'er, and Qin Hua can't see Xiu'er even if he rushes there now, so he decided to take a good look at the land that has not been covered by steel and cement.

"I just said that I want to build the road, Xun Gongda, that guy actually said that there is not much money and food, and he can't spend it indiscriminately."

Walking on the rugged path, Qin Hua was a little uncomfortable by the bumps.

At this time, the carriage did not have the slightest shock-absorbing equipment, and the carriage would become bumpy with the road surface, and if he walked faster, Qin Hua even felt that his internal organs were going to be turned upside down.

At this time, except for the official road, the other roads were naturally formed, not man-made.

It's like what Mr. Lu Xun said: "There is no road in the world, and when there are more people walking, it becomes a road." ”

Although it is a bit biased here, it also explains the process of the formation of these paths.

Because the relationship between Qin Hua and Cao Cao was not bad, those people from the Liangzhou Chamber of Commerce often came to Cao Cao's territory to conduct commercial trade.

Qin Hua easily pretended to be a merchant and entered the territory of Yanzhou.

Cao Cao is known as the "capable minister who governs the world", and he is also very good at governing the territory, so Qin Hua did not encounter any problems when he first entered the realm of Cao Cao, but with the entry of Yanzhou territory, especially Taishan County, the law and order here began to be chaotic.

However, Qin Hua was not afraid at all, stroking the mane of the sunspot tied to the carriage, he was not unprepared to leave rashly this time.

In addition to having sunspots, Qin Hua also brought Cangming and meteorites.

Cangming hung on Qin Hua's waist, and the meteorite spear was hidden under the blanket inside the carriage.

Not only that, although Qin Hua now looks like a businessman, he has other protections in his clothes.

A piece of leather armor created by the Ministry of Industry using a special process is said to be not under the iron armor, but it is lighter.

If it weren't for the long process time, the materials consumed during the period were far above the iron armor, Qin Hua even wanted to mass-produce this leather armor.

In addition to the leather armor, there is also a gold silk soft armor on the outside of the leather armor, under the double protection, even if the arrows at close range are difficult to break through their protection.

And the reason why Qin Hua dared to go to Taishan County alone was his proud force.

Over the years, even if Qin Hua is not leading troops outside, he will often hone his martial arts and exercise his physique.

Because Qin Hua knew that this was his last hole card. Coupled with the fact that this body is gifted, it would be a pity if it was abandoned.

Now Qin Hua already feels that he can fight with Lu Bu, and even be able to win the battle.

Judging from the information obtained by the Nighthawk, it seems that Lu Bu has not practiced his martial arts well.

Especially after entering Xuzhou, Lu Bu, who was no longer in charge of it, began to indulge in wine unscrupulously.

I heard that Qin Yilu's Mrs. Wrinkle had officially moved into Lu Bu's mansion and never returned to Qin Yilu's mansion.

And Lu Bu also accompanies his concubines to drink and enjoy themselves every day.

Only after Chen Gong's repeated persuasions would he invite Liu Bei's three brothers to hold a banquet to bring the two sides closer and prepare to fight Cao Cao together.

With one increase and one decrease, Qin Hua is now confident that he can defeat Lu Bu, with his current force, only if it is not Cao Cao who sent an army to encircle and suppress, just the thieves are still in Qin Hua's eyes.

At this time, in a small village in Taishan County, a little girl with a dirty face was chopping wood vigorously.

Looking at her appearance, it seemed that she had exhausted all her strength under the axe, but the axe still did not split the wood.

"Ahem~~"

There was a coughing sound in the grass hut beside her, and the little girl did not have time to pull the axe out of the wood, so she hurried into the house.

"Sister Xiu'er, are you awake?"

At this time, lying on the bed was a woman with a pale face and thin cheeks, it was Qin Hua's wife Diao Xiu'er, and it seemed that she was sick.

But even this still can't hide the beauty she exudes, and the sick Xiu'er exudes a lovely radiance.

"Xiaoxiao, you can't chop firewood, I'll get it when I'm ready."

"Sister Xiu'er, you saved me, I should have repaid you, but I have been taken care of by you. Now that you're sick, it's up to me to take care of you. ”

"But you're still a fifteen-year-old girl, how can you have the strength to do all this heavy work."

"Sister Xiu'er, don't worry, I used to look thin because I couldn't eat enough, and in the past few months by my sister's side, my strength has become very great."

As he spoke, Xiaoxiao raised his right hand and patted his somewhat sore arm with his left hand.

"Where's Xiaobao?"

"Xiaobao is tired of playing and has fallen asleep."

At this time, Xiu'er noticed that not far behind Xiaoxiao, there was a small bamboo bed, and a little baby was sleeping in it.

"Ahem, then don't wake him up."

"That..."

The little face suddenly became a little difficult to look at, and he hesitated to say it.

"Just tell me something, isn't that young master of the Zhao family here again?"

"Well, he came here once today, but he left after hearing that his sister was sick. But he said..."

"What did he say?"

Xiu'er frowned slightly, if she wasn't sick, why was she afraid of the people of this village.

Although this young master of the Zhao family is rampant and domineering in the village, his Zhao family is not even an ordinary small family.

"He said that when my sister recovers from her illness, he will come over to greet his relatives, and he also said that he would let me marry together."

Tears flashed in Xiao Xiao's eyes, she was almost sold into a brothel before, if it wasn't for Xiu'er to save her, she didn't know what her fate was now.

"Hmph, when I'm well, I'll have him good-looking."

After leaving Chang'an, Xiu'er first followed Wang Yun's wishes to his friend's house.

But the man's family was wiped out during a Yellow Turban Thief's attack on the city, and Xiu'er relied on her skills to escape with her newborn child.

After that, she began to wander around, and in the process, she also killed many people.

There are people who want to take advantage of her, and there are also some bandits and bandits.

So when Xiu'er said this, a murderous aura unconsciously floated out.

However, Xiaoxiao did not feel the slightest fear because of this murderous aura, but her worship of Xiu'er was increasing. She felt a sense of security around Xiu'er.

"That's right, sister. Recently, several strangers have come to the village, and they seem to be inquiring about a beautiful woman. ”

Saying that, Xiaoxiao looked at Xiu'er's face, which I saw pitiful, talking about beautiful women, my sister Xiu'er is definitely one.

"Is it the husband?"

This is the first thought in Xiu'er's heart, Qin Hua's recent news has not yet reached here, but the news of Qin Hua's absolute advantage to defeat Li Dao has already spread, and everyone knows that there is a very powerful state pastor in the northwest of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"Where are they now?"

"It seems that he has already left, what he is looking for is a single beautiful woman, and my sister came to this village with me and Xiaobao, so they just looked outside the house and left."

"It's okay if it's okay, cough~~"

After saying that, Xiu'er coughed again.

"Sister, you rest, I'll go and make some rice porridge for you."

"Hmm."

"My lord, Mrs. Diao should be in the area of the West Village, but our people have carefully searched several nearby villages, but they have not found any trace of Mrs. Diao, maybe..."

This person didn't finish speaking, Taishan County is completely different from the current Liangzhou, there are many Yellow Turban forces in the Taishan area, or bandits under the banner of Yellow Turbans.

Xiu'er gave birth to a woman alone, and it is very likely that something bad will happen in this kind of place.

"The lord's order is to protect the safety of the lady no matter what, which means that even if all the nighthawks of Taishan County are sacrificed, the safety of the lady must be protected, do you understand?"

"Yes."

The man didn't hesitate and immediately agreed.

A person who can become a member of the Nighthawk, ability is still secondary, and the most important thing is absolute loyalty to Qin Hua, which is an important criterion for Qin Yue to choose a member of the Nighthawk in the first place.

Later, after Dong Bai took over Nighthawk, she also followed this principle of Qin Yue.

Although Dong Bai wanted to gain power, he knew that his power came from Qin Hua, and only by making Qin Hua stronger could she gain more power.

"By the way, Madame may not be alone, you go and find out all the beautiful women who have recently appeared in the West Village, whether he is alone or not."

"There is one such thing, I heard that he fled to the West Village with his sister and son."

"That's right, it's her."

This man named Wang Da Niu immediately patted the case and said.

As the head of the Nighthawk in Taishan County, Wang Daniu believed that the members of the Nighthawk under his command reported.

Since the lady has come to Taishan County, and it is very likely that she is near the West Village, there is a great possibility that this woman suddenly appeared.

I heard that the lord was already on his way to Taishan County, and he had to act as soon as possible.

"Even if it's wrong, it's better than missing, and quickly let people go to the West Village to pick up Mrs. back."

"This..."

The guard said with some embarrassment.

"Taishan Yellow Turban Thief Kou Chengcai wants to attack Xicun, and he should have already started, and our people have already withdrawn."

"What are you talking about?"

A voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Just as Wang Da Niu was discussing Xiu'er's location, Chengcai, one of the Yellow Turbans of Mount Tai, led his 1,000 Yellow Turbans to sweep through Xicun and several nearby villages.

"Kill all those who will not give up their possessions, and take away all the valuables, food, and women."

Cheng Cai rode on a horse and shouted at the Yellow Turban thieves around him.

Behind him were villages burning with flames, and the sound of screams from time to time.

This time, Chengcai took a large amount of property from these villages, as well as more than 100 able-bodied and more than 200 young women.

Chengcai is a very ambitious person, he was just a bandit at first, and later saw that the Yellow Turban was powerful, and immediately turned into one of the Yellow Turban Army.

This move directly increased his power from more than 100 people to nearly 600 people.

After that, although the main force of the Yellow Turban was defeated, Chengcai was not affected by anything, relying on Mount Tai to continue to grow his power.

Now it has grown to more than 1,000 people.

This time, he came to attack Xicun and other villages, in addition to replenishing grain and grass, another purpose was to increase his subordinates.

Therefore, those young and strong people who did not resist fiercely were taken captive by him, and wanted to convert them into his subordinates.

As for women, it goes without saying.

"Leader, Zang Ba is coming to Mount Tai, how should we deal with it."

After collecting all the loot this time, Chengcai discussed the recent major events with several subordinates.

Zang Ba is also very famous in the area of Mount Tai, and he can even be said to be a senior of success.

Because before Chengcai fell into the grass, Zang Ba had already fled into the area of Mount Tai in order to save his father.

It was only later that Zang Ba was recruited by Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian and became Tao Qian's cavalry lieutenant and cleared the yellow scarf for him.

After the great changes in Xuzhou, the position of Xuzhou Mu changed hands several times, and Zang Ba gradually became independent.

Although he is now nominally under the command of Lu Bu, he is only in name only.

Zang Ba came back to Mount Tai this time to co-opt the thieves on Mount Tai and strengthen himself.

"Zang Ba is brave and strategic, very difficult, I estimate that at least half of these forces in Taishan are willing to go with Zang Ba. And for those of us who don't want to follow, Zang Ba is very likely to use some tough measures. ”

Chengcai said to everyone with some concern, although Zang Ba's reputation in Mount Tai is very high, but Chengcai does not have the slightest intention of wanting to join him.

He hoped that he could slowly grow his power, and live a carefree life in Taishan County, how could he be willing to go to Zang Ba to be subservient?

"Oh no, no."

Just as Chengcai and the others were discussing important matters, a yellow turban soldier suddenly rushed in from outside the door.

Cheng Cai just wanted to scold, but when he saw that this person had a broken arm, and there was still blood at this time, he immediately swallowed what he wanted to say.

"What the hell is going on? Is Zang Ba's army coming? Or Cao Cao's army? ”

A squad leader said to the visitor.

Now there are two forces staring at them, Taishan, the bandits, and the leaders of the Yellow Turbans have long signed a contract not to attack each other.

"No, no, someone... There is only one person. ”

"What? Just one person dares to break into my cottage? Could this person be Wenhou Lu Bu? ”

Chengcai naturally would not think that Lu Bu dared to rashly enter Cao Cao's sphere of influence.

Because Lu Bu's strong force has long been known all over the world, even Chengcai knows that there is a person named Lu Bu who is very capable of fighting.

And for those of them who are reckless, they even regard Lu Bu as an idol.

"Come on, come out with me to see who dares to come here to make trouble."