The tall man took the black knife and cut off the newborn branches around his head, so that the two of them could be more spacious. Then he hung up the knife, lay down, and did not say a word to Lirong.

Lirong was next to the nest of tall adults crowded into the trees. As soon as her body moved, the two of them swayed slightly on the tree. She didn't look at Master Gao at her, she didn't even turn her face towards her, she just put her hands behind her head in a daze.

Master Gao is thinking about Cui Yan, which is very strange. Lirong was lying beside him, but he was thinking about Cui Yan. She is somewhat similar to her mother Choi in appearance, but why is she not at all similar in personality and heart?

He remembered Cui Yan's body how he walked into her room, and everything was like a dream. Her clumsy action of wiping her tears for herself was the same as her passively accepting her offense. Her passivity was different from that of Siqing and Xie Jinlian, as soon as she thought of the name that appeared at the end, Master Gao hurriedly stopped thinking about it, he didn't want to make his mood worse.

He thought of Liu Yuru from Cui Yan's body again, and analyzed the reason why she had kept Xie Jinlian's secret in her heart for so long. She suddenly said that the mother and daughter that night must not have been planned. At that time, the two were talking about escaping, so she said it at this time because she didn't want to abandon them.

Thinking like this, Master Gao felt that he was a little unkind when he beat Liu Yuru in anger. So his thoughts naturally fell on Xie Jinlian again. He was annoyed for a while, turned his back to Lirong and pretended to sleep. Lirong didn't want to alarm the tall man, so she opened her eyes, wanting to see through the night through the gap in the top of the tree, and she couldn't sleep all night.

At dawn on the road, Lirong sat in the carriage with Xu Bu and Chen Ba's daughter-in-law. Xu couldn't know that Lirong and Master Gao didn't spend the night in Tucheng, she looked at Lirong's face and asked with concern, "Sister Lirong, if there is anything you don't understand, just ask me." ”

Lirong Xin said, Master Gao ignored me all night, how can I say to you? So just say it's okay.

The chariots and horses are flying, the yellow sand is flying, passing through the valley and the ancient tun city, and walking north along the bare sand road. On the way, I met another guard, and after another day's walking, the poplar pasture was already in sight.

Lu Shanglou got the flying report and led people out to greet him. He saw Xu Bu come out of the carriage, not only did he not see the vicissitudes of time on his face, but he was the same as when he left, and then he heard her talk about the Liuzhong Ranch in person, Lu Shanglou knew that he could still have today, and there was only one nobleman, that is, Master Gao.

He welcomed these people into the ranch and reported to the tall man on the construction of the ranch he had been walking these days. At a glance, there were a lot of new wooden houses in the pasture, and the various areas were clearly divided. Those newlywed shepherds all had a place to live, and Lord Gao asked Feng Zheng, "Lord Feng, I have been walking these days, but someone is going to drill the white stacked grass?" ”

Feng Zheng even said no, Gao Jun remembered that he had brought everyone, but he forgot to bring Yang Que'er, he touched his nose curtly, and said to Feng Zheng, "I'm here again, you can go back for two days if you have something to do at home."

Lu and Feng talked about the situation of Gao Daren's absence from Yangmu in these days. Lu Shanglou said that everything else is normal, but there were two times after the tall man left, and unknown people came to harass him at night. It seems that they don't care about the horses, but they care about the place.

Feng Zheng also said, "They don't look local, but they can't say where they are." Every time we waited for our shepherd team to pull out, they would take advantage of the darkness to escape, and they would not let us feel at ease. ”

Master Gao said, "In a few days, the two guards at the western mountain pass have been built, and there are more people, maybe it will be better...... How about Crossbow City and Gutun City? ”

Feng Zheng said, "If it's daytime, these two cities will come out to help. But in the evening, when the harassers came and went, the two cities were a little beyond their reach, and when they arrived, they were gone. ”

Lord Gao nodded and said to Lord Lu, "Unless there is a big battle, it is not good to trouble these people." They didn't come to ask for trouble, and we had to deal with the small things ourselves. But tomorrow I will bring the lords of the two cities, and we will discuss it properly. ”

The city lords of the two cities learned that it was the high lord who invited them, and they arrived quickly. Lord Gao also agreed with them that in case the poplar herd had an emergency, he would put up wolf smoke during the day to report the news, and then they would come over to help according to the situation.

The lord asked, "What about that night?" ”

Master Gao said, "I will build three high platforms out of timber in the pasture, and I will have the shepherds on duty in shifts day and night." Smoke and fire must be on the top, so that the two of you can see it in the city, and when the matter is most urgent, the three will light fireworks, and it will also save the effort of delaying the exchange of news.

In addition to Xizhou, the poplar ranch occupies a large share, and the rest are Gutun City and Crossbow City, and the two cities are of course willing to help each other if the ranch has something to do. The lord of the castle agreed to leave.

Master Gao said to do it, commanded the shepherds to cut down the tall trees, pong pong and ping-pong drieving, the size of the wood was measured, and the tall man personally handled the knife, and even the saw was saved.

In one day's work, three wooden platforms six or seven feet high were erected in the pasture, and people went up by circling ladders, and two iron pots were placed on the top of the wooden frame, one was wolf dung and the other was black oil, which were specially used to light cigarettes and fires.

There is also a place on the wooden frame for the two shepherds to stand and rest, and the tall man took the two of them in shifts to go up to the ground to guard. In the desert of a flat river, these three high platforms stand outstanding, and people look at them for hundreds of miles.

In which direction there are unknown people and horses, and the number of people is geometric, and they were discovered first on the elevated road. During the day, you only need to wave the two-color flag on it, and you don't even have to move your voice.

As soon as the night shouted, the swift response of the shepherds, led by Tata and Sutoer, immediately stood guard in the direction indicated above. Although there were only about 60 shepherds, they were able to cope with the situation. After the three high platforms were erected, not a single fireworks were lit.

At the beginning, Lirong saw that Master Gao was busy with his big affairs as soon as he arrived at the ranch, so she didn't bother him. Later, she saw that Master Gao had divided the affairs of the ranch almost completely, so she moved her mind again.

Lord Gao came, and Lord Lu and Lord Feng designated the best wooden house for Lord Gao to live in. The house is dry and not stuffy, and all the furniture inside is wooden, although it is not very regular, but it is from one place to another. The wooden bed was also covered with white straw mats woven by the maids, and there was a faint smell of grass and trees when lying in the wooden house at night.

She was looking forward to what the tall man would do to her after he was done with the things in the ranch. But after a few nights, the tall man is honest at night, and he is in a daze when he has nothing to do. Lirong couldn't understand what he was pondering, and said in her heart that if she went on like this, didn't she come for nothing these two times?

But she really didn't know what Master Gao was thinking, and a few nights later, Lirong came to ask Xu during the day. (To be continued.) )