Chapter Twenty-Three: The Strange Tribe, Looking for Snake
"My lord, my subordinates have found out about Snake's whereabouts"
Leader Apazi and Yi Feng hurriedly asked in succession:
"Where?"
"For your lordship, there is news about Snake in a tribe outside the forest that believes in poisonous snakes, and the name of that tribe is "Snake"."
The leader of Apazi took twenty young and strong young men and Yi Feng and them to the tribe called "Snake".
In the forest, the leader of Apazi and Yi Feng looked at the tribe called "Snake", and the leader of Apazi told Yi Feng that they had never seen any tribe here for so many years, and this tribe called "Snake" should have moved from here. Yi Feng looked at it, this tribe was very depressed, and the tribesmen's clothes were also very simple. The people of the tribe are yellow-skinned and skinny. He had a lot of confusion in his heart as to why these people were the way they were.
Yi Feng decided to test the reality of this tribe with the leader of Apqi first. Yi Feng and the leader of Apqi selected three people from Apazi and three people from the hundred households of Jinyi Wei and walked towards the tribe. While others stand still.
The "snake" tribe, a tribe that believes in poisonous snakes, they don't have a patriarch, a chieftain or anything here. They had only a high priest here, and the high priest was held by an older and more prestigious woman.
Near the "snake" tribe, they carved out a few acres of fields here. They worked hard, but the food production was very low, and it was not enough to feed all the people in the tribe. However, they also worship the "snake god" every day, and half of the harvest from hunting must be handed over to the "snake god".
The two hunters in the tribe were talking about something, probably some "snake god" did not protect them at all, and it made their lives more and more difficult.
"I say, we should not obey the high priest's commands, and we will not have enough to eat, and we will worship the serpent god. ”
"Be quiet, don't let people hear, I think we should have followed Snake in the first place, if we don't go, we'll die sooner or later." Didn't you find out? Our tribe has been changing places, and we have managed to make the land fertile and have to move away. When is this the head? ”
"Who's to say it's not, I have a guess that every time we go to a place, some of the people in that place will disappear, and a few of our tribe will be gone. I suspect it was the old witch who had been mysteriously not knowing what she was doing. Snake must have known something before leaving. ”
Yi Feng and the leader of Apaz, who were hiding from eavesdropping outside, glanced at each other, with shock and loss in their eyes. The shock was that they also felt that there was something wrong with the tribe, and the loss was because Snake had left and never returned.
Yi Feng discussed with the leader of Apazzi and decided to test it as a nearby neighbor, and then Yi Feng sent a brocade-clothed guard to send a message back and ask them to call more people to come. The chief of the Apazi left an Apazi man in the place where they had eavesdropped, and he said: If they do not show up, then call the men who have been arranged.
Yi Feng smiled at the corner of his mouth and said:
"The chief of Apazi is really cautious! But seriously, I think there's a big problem with this tribe."
The leader of the Apqi patted Yi Feng on the shoulder and said, "If we are not careful, we Apazi people will not live long at all, let's go in and have a look."
The leader of Apazi swaggered towards the "snake" tribe, Yi Feng shook his head and waved his hand, and led his subordinates to follow the leader of Apazi quickly.
As soon as the six of them walked in, they saw a lot of people in rags, and one of the people in rags stepped forward and asked:
"Who are you, get out"
The leader of Apazi stepped forward with a smile and said:
"Haha, we are people who live in this neighborhood, and when we saw that there was an extra neighbor here, we said to come and see if there was anything we needed help with."
"No, get out"
"Hey, the two of us are the chiefs of the tribe, are you going to drive us away if you don't report it?" Yi Feng pretended to be furious
The ragged man whispered, "Hurry up, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave if you don't go." I've seen a lot of people come in to visit, but none of them get out. Hurry away before they even notice. ”
The six of them were full of questions, and just as they were about to speak, they saw an old woman walking up with a cane. She is the High Priest here
"Hee-hee, you are next-door neighbors, welcome to us, hehe, please let me feast you with the highest courtesy," the old woman said in a strange voice to the six of them
Yi Feng made an expression that wanted to help them and asked:
"How do so many of you live so simply, do you need us to help you and fund you to order food?"
"Hey, thank you. Not to use us to live very well, esteemed guests. Let's go, guests, I've got a feast in the hall. We'll treat you well, hehehehehehe
Yi Feng and the leader of Apazi looked at each other and nodded, and then led his men to follow the old woman to the hall.
There was no one in the hall, and the old woman was smiling. Hearing this, Yi Feng and the leader of Apazzi and the four subordinates got goosebumps.
Yi Feng pretended not to know anything, went up and asked:
"Hey, why don't you have anyone, aren't you going to feast us? Isn't it that people haven't arrived yet? ”
"Hey, hey, the people have arrived, hey, hey, hey. The dishes are about to be cooked," the old woman said inexplicably
"Huh? Where is that person? I don't see anyone, I don't see a kitchen here."
Suddenly, ten men with knives rushed out from behind the darkness and looked at them
The old woman said in a weird way:
"Didn't people come, hehe. Aren't you just the dishes? Hey, hey, hey."
Yi Feng glanced at the leader of Apazzi, nodded at him, and then pretended to be shocked to look at all this
"What, what do you mean? You, are you going to kill us? ”
The old woman looked at them madly and said:
"It's your pleasure, hey, hey. It's a great thing to be the food of the snake god, hahahahaha, hehe
The leader of Apazi looked at the old woman and asked, "Do you want to treat us as tribute?" We are kind enough to help you, is that how you treat us? ”
"Then please help us, becoming the food of the snake god is the greatest help to us, go and catch them," said the old woman to the men with the knives
Those with knives, rushed over with knives! Yi Feng and the leader of Apazzi stared at each other and made a gesture, and then all of their subordinates took out the poisoned daggers from their bodies, and poofed, and all the people holding the knives died in an instant.
Yi Feng rushed up and kicked the old woman's leg off, then lifted her up and asked:
"What do you do? Did you kill all those who didn't see them? ”
"You, who are you!?" The old woman took out the dagger from her body as she spoke
Click, "Ahh
The leader of Apagi took the old woman's dead knife and cut off the old woman's hand with a single blow.
"Say! Who are you, what do you do with this, do you know Snake? The leader of Apazi asked, pulling the old woman's hair
"You are his men, the defector who betrayed the serpent god," the old woman said intermittently
"What are you talking about the serpent god? What does Snake have to do with you? ”
The old woman reacted
"So you are the enemy of that traitor, hehehe, the snake god is the snake god"
While they were torturing the old woman, the Jinyiwei and the Apazi also arrived, and they took control of the tribe.
Knock, knock, there was a knock on the door, "My lord, I've got this place under control." A female voice sounded, and Yi Feng called them in.
After more than an hour of torture, the old woman just didn't speak, Yi Feng asked Jinyiwei to go to the tribesmen and ask who knew about the snake god.
"I, I know," a ragged man walked out
Yi Feng and the leader of Apazi fixed their eyes, and it turned out to be the person who told them to leave in the first place.
"What is the Serpent God?"
"The snake god, the snake god is a big snake, a big snake raised by her, I saw her use people to feed the snake. And then every time I moved from then on, I quietly followed her, and then I saw her arrange the snake to a new place. The ragged man said tremblingly
"Do you know where the snake is?"
"Know, know, just under this place where we stand"
More than ten minutes later, they walked down and saw a large snake several meters long. It makes a "hiss" and "hiss" sound
Is this what is called the snake god? Yi Feng thought to himself
The chief of Apazi asked the ragged men:
"Do you know Snake?"
"Snake? He ran away a few years ago and never came back. The ragged man said
"Does he have no family here?"
"His family died when he was young"
"So you don't have any clues?" The leader of Apazi had a headache and didn't find Snake
"I, I have a clue, Snake has a very house in the Great Chieftain"
Yi Feng hurriedly took out the map and asked:
"Where?"
The man pointed to the lower right corner of the Great Chiefdom of Lesser Poland.
After much discussion, the "snake" tribe agreed that the temple and the serpent should be burned. Yi Feng and the others set fire to the temple, and the snake was also burned to death inside. The tribe temporarily elected a chieftain, the ragged man who had helped Yi Feng.
In the afternoon, Yi Feng's Jinyi guards and the Apazzi mixed into the capital of Little Poland. They lived near Snake's hut and watched over the hut.
Mei Jing, An Xuan was very angry, but he didn't expect Snake and the Lithuanian puppet king to go without going to see their families. Wasted so much of his time. Eventually, he received news that he had seen Snake flee to Little Poland with the Lithuanian puppet king. And Gao Yang Yajun summoned him to the palace to discuss matters. He was wondering if it was because he didn't do this well, Gao Yang Yajun was angry. It turns out that he thinks too much...
In the palace, Gao Yang Yajun was lying on the rocking chair invented by the old king, while Mei Xianying sat on the side to make tea for Gao Yang Yajun. They were talking about the arrangements for An Xuan, and An Xuan arrived.
"It's really An Xuan, An Xuan is here," Gao Yang Yajun quipped
An Xuan hurriedly hugged his fists and said:
"The grass people have seen the king"
"An Xuan, you didn't do well this time. The king is very dissatisfied," Mei Xianying, a university scholar, said lightly
"The grass people are guilty," An Xuan said
"An Xuan, there is something that the king needs you to do, this is your chance to atone for your sins," Mei Xianying said to An Xuan
"What's the matter?"
"An Qing, listen to the order. Alone as the commander of the Dai Jinyi Guard, you go to Little Poland and let the big chieftain of Little Poland die. After the death of the Great Chieftain, you divide Lesser Poland, which occupies three Great Chiefdoms, that is, three counties. This is not allowed in our country, you know what to do, right? Gao Yang Yajun said with sharp eyes
An Xuan hurriedly nodded and replied:
"Minister, Commander"
"Well, by the way, I have to properly assist Yi Feng and them to capture Snake and the Lithuanian puppet king. I'm helping me bring a will: give the leader of Apazi the surname Qi, make him a general of Qixin, lead his subordinates, and reward him when he finishes his work and enters Beijing."
"Yes, Your Majesty"
Gao Yang Yajun waved his hand and asked him to do it.
An Xuan hurriedly transferred fifty people from the Jinyi Guard, and asked for a diplomatic talent from the vertical and horizontal departments of Shangshu Province, and quickly went to Little Poland.
He still remembered that when he went to Shangshu Province to borrow someone, the prime minister laughed and said: The king has long planned to send someone to Little Poland to do something.
The capital of Little Poland, Yi Feng and the others waited for An Xuan to come and told An Xuan about his arrangements. An Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, keep an eye on it." 24 hours non-stop marking"
An Xuan greeted the leader of Apazi again: "Mr. Enge, I haven't seen you for a long time." I didn't expect us to become colleagues."
Then he told him about Gao Yang Yajun's reward