Therefore, Zheng Sheng planned to say goodbye to Tian Bao after eating. He and Sima Xin had to continue to find a way out of the mountain, and after eating this grilled fish, they would find a safe and hidden cave or a tall tree to sleep in at night, and they would be able to recover some strength tomorrow morning.

Tian Bao ate very well, after eating a fish, he licked the corners of his mouth with satisfaction, and then watched with great interest as Sima Xin chewed the fish in small bites.

"Ha, Wang Xiang, look at him, why do you eat fish like this?" Tian Bao asked curiously.

Zheng Sheng turned his head, looked at Sima Xin's appearance, and suddenly remembered what Mrs. Wang had taught: "Don't burn." ”

This sentence comes from the "Book of Rites", which is a rule for eating, that is: when eating barbecue, you must not gobble it up, stuff it all over your mouth, and you can only chew it in small bites, so as not to look indecent.

Of course, regarding the table culture, Mrs. Wang can't "save" Zheng Sheng back, but fortunately, he is only a little presumptuous in his own home.

Zheng Sheng has firmly remembered this rule.

Sima Xin listened to Tian Bao's words, pretended not to hear, and continued to eat fish silently.

Tian Bao watched him eat fish. Suddenly, he thought that he hadn't eaten enough, but there was no fish on the bonfire, but he still wanted to eat: "Wang Xiang, do you still want to continue to burn?" ”

Zheng Sheng nodded, "You haven't eaten enough?" Then let's continue to catch and bake again. ”

Tian Baole shouted, "Okay, you wait for me, I'll catch it again!" Tian Bao got up happily, jumped into the stream, and happily caught the fish.

Zheng Sheng and Sima Xin glanced at each other, and Zheng Sheng spoke first: "My county lord, you continue to eat fish." Let me start by telling you about the current situation. ”

"Tian Bao said that his family is in a village in the mountains, and I guess it is Liu Yang's lair...... Oh, Liu Yang is the one you've been chasing. ”

Zheng Sheng roughly recounted his guess.

Sima Xin was silent, agreeing with his opinion in his heart, and the two of them actually came here by mistake. He looked at Zheng Sheng still fiddling with the bonfire, and was surprised in his heart, at this time, he could still scorch the fish safely, shouldn't he think about what to do next at this time?

"By the way, you didn't catch him, did you?" Zheng Sheng asked.

"Nope. After he dismounted and went into the mountains, I couldn't find him. ”

"Hmm... But now, he doesn't know that we are here, and we don't know where Liu Yang is. So we can't go to the village, and after coaxing Tian Bao away, we have to leave quickly. Let's go out of the mountain first and then talk about the rest. ”

Sima Xin nodded, and he suddenly turned his head to look at the other side of the stream: "Someone is coming!" ”

Zheng Sheng also looked over, the other party did not have the idea of hiding the traces, and more than ten figures quietly walked out from behind the trees and stones.

"We're in trouble!" Zheng Sheng whispered, and then stood up with a bitter face.

Sima Xin also stood up with a solemn expression.

Only Tian Bao, who was busy fishing in the stream, saw those people, and shouted happily and fearfully: "Uncle Li, Uncle Beigong, why are you all here?" ”

When the first man in his thirties, with an outstanding posture and a rather literate appearance, he took his eyes off Sima Xin and said to Tian Baowen: "Bao'er, are you disobedient again?" How dare you run out of the stockade? ”

Tian Bao said in a low voice: "Uncle Li, I was wrong. ”

"Bao'er, just run out of the stockade, how can you stay with the living?" Uncle Li feigned anger.

Tian Bao whispered: "Wang Xiang and Brother Shi are good people, and Wang Xiang also eats fish with me." ”

"Really? Wang Xiang? Brother Shi? Uncle Li looked up over there, "You two, I don't know what you are doing here in Taihe Mountain?" ”

Zheng Sheng and Sima Xin were about to carefully move their positions backwards, and when they saw that things were not good, they fled.

However, the two soon discovered that behind them and in all directions on their sides, there were middle-aged men quietly appearing.

Besieged! Zheng Sheng was extremely depressed. Hearing this Uncle Li ask, Sima Xin was the first to speak: "We went into the mountain to play, and we got lost. ”

"Where are you from?" Uncle Li asked.

Sima Xin said peacefully: "We lost our way and somehow got here. I don't need to tell you where it is, do I? However, I am a member of the Bohai Shi clan, and I came to your land with the king of Shunyang. There's nothing you can't say about this identity, but are you all nearby hunters? ”

"Bohai Shi people?" Uncle Li frowned and thought about it, he pointed in a direction, "Go that way, and you can go out of the mountain." ”

Zheng Sheng and Sima Xin were overjoyed, but still remained silent, Sima Xin thanked him and went in that direction with Zheng Sheng.

Behind him, Tian Bao muttered: "Uncle Li, it's getting dark, let's ask Wang Xiang to go back to the village for one night, and let them leave tomorrow, okay?" ”

Uncle Li looked at the two people who were far away and asked, "Why do you want to invite them back to our village?" You know, Wang Xiang is also in a hurry to go home? ”

"That's right, okay then." Tian Bao said very unhappily, "Also, Brother Shi looks so strange when he eats, he eats fish in small bites." ”

"That's Chinese etiquette."

"Hua, Wang Xiang is so powerful, he actually has Chinese friends!" Tian Bao was extremely envious.

"Friends?"

"Yes, at first, it was me and Wang Xiang who roasted fish together. Then, Brother Shi came. Wang Xiang said that Brother Shi was his friend. So, we invited Brother Shi to eat fish. ”

"I see."

Zheng Sheng and Sima Xin looked at each other, they hadn't gone far, Tian Bao kept talking and poured out all their affairs.

At this time, they had already left the encirclement of the refugees, and Tian Bao "rebelled" again. Zheng Sheng had no choice but to ask in a low voice, "Run?" ”

"No, if it does, it will arouse greater suspicion." Sima Xin said softly.

Zheng Sheng nodded violently, Mom! At the critical moment, he made a fool again!

But, they were still blocked.

Sima Xin and Zheng Sheng turned around and looked at Uncle Li who came over, Sima Xin asked in a deep voice, "I don't know what this means?" ”

"It's getting late, and there are many fierce beasts in the mountains and forests at night, which is really dangerous. It's better to go to Xiaozhai to rest for one night, and it's not too late to go tomorrow morning. Uncle Li said in a brisk tone, "Shi Langjun won't live up to our kindness, right?" ”

Zheng Sheng and Sima Xin glanced at each other, and Sima Xin bowed and saluted, "So, thank you." ”

Without resistance, Sima Xin and Zheng Sheng immediately agreed to go to their stockade. This made Uncle Li, who was originally a little suspicious of their true identity, relax a little.

But this was not a temptation, Zheng and Si went to their stockade under the "protection" of the people of the Survival Dao.

In the hazy night, Zheng Sheng only remembered that they had finally reached their destination after walking through a steep gorge and a rushing stream.

Tian Bao, who had been frolicking on the road, was a little tired when he returned to the village, and he was taken away by a middle-aged woman.

When he arrived at the village, Zheng Sheng didn't think about all kinds of possibilities, and if he came, he would be safe!

Zheng Sheng looked at this cottage and couldn't help but gasp, obediently, this is not like a place where they temporarily live after fleeing in a hurry!

Looking at the site selection first, this cottage is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the west direction is the wilderness forest, as if a big mountain is recessed into a large piece to the east. Definitely a great place to defend and hard to attack!

The walled wall of the village is built on the westernmost side of the north and south mountains, except for the higher walled gate, the other positions are two or three meters high with bluestone, mud walled wall.

On the walled walls and gates, a total of nearly twenty torches are lit every few steps. Through the firelight, Zheng Sheng vaguely saw the guards walking back and forth above. There are no less than fifty people on this wall! Just talking about this city defense, Zheng Sheng feels much better than Nanxiang County.

Officials are not as good as bandits. Zheng Sheng secretly sighed. And when he entered the stockade, he found that the area was larger than he expected! This is a place with a small mouth and a big belly, and the westernmost wall is the narrowest.

As far as the eye can see, the valley is more than 100 meters long from north to south, and slightly shorter from east to west.

In this valley, there are ...... everywhere Flat arable land, and nascent seedlings. As for people's residences, nature is on the slopes of the trilateral mountains. Faint, brightly lit, I don't know how many houses there are.

Not to mention, Liu Yu may have brought the grain from the county warehouse. The private land here may really be enough for some people to live on their own.

Zheng Sheng was convinced, he thought that this village was a militarized fortress, but he didn't expect that this was the peach blossom source carefully built by Liu Yu!

Seeing this, Zheng Sheng admired that Liu Yu, and rushed to this cottage, he could leave such a safe place for his subordinates, Zheng Sheng felt that he was much stronger than Xie Yili, Li Juzai, Liu Shangsheng and others.

At the very least, Liu Yu has the ability to support his subordinates, and they are just barely surviving.

Although Liu Yu is a bad guy, he is also a bad guy who dares to do things and has the ability!

However, will Liu Yu's people feel that Liu Yu is a bad person? Seeking the way of life, all you want is to live. The outcasts will probably die to the death.

When Zheng Sheng was amazed, Sima Xin frowned, thinking that the rogue here is not small, and if the official army wants to capture this place, it really has to spend a lot of thought.

Everyone walked east along the foot of the mountain on the north side, Zheng Sheng continued to look left and right, and Sima Xin's brows became tighter and tighter.

"Lao Li, you are back! Did you find Liu Zi? A big man had wind on the soles of his feet, and before anyone arrived, the sound of shouting at the top of his voice came to everyone's ears.

Zheng Sheng's heart moved, "Liu Zi"? Does it mean Liu Yang? He hasn't come back yet? Then they will be safe.

Uncle Li tilted his head slightly and glanced at Zheng Sheng and Sima Xin, "Old Sun, there are still outsiders, what are you arguing about?" ”

Lao Sun looked at the two of them and muttered, "Why did you bring outsiders back?" ”

Uncle Li asked Zheng Sheng and the others to go down.

Watching the people walk away, Uncle Li continued to walk east, but his feet were much faster than just now.

He asked as he walked, "Has the situation over there in Qingzhuling been clarified?" What was the purpose of their search? And Liu Zi, haven't you come back yet? ”

Lao Sun scratched his head, not knowing how to answer.

Another old man who came with Lao Sun replied in an orderly manner: "The news from Qingzhuling is that Qingzhuling was attacked by rogues today. Liu Zi must have failed. Now that the people of Qingzhuling have blocked the road together with the official army, it is difficult to send people in. ”

Uncle Li sighed: "He didn't even listen to the last words of the Heavenly Master, and he really deserved to be defeated." ”