The snow was falling, Yi Gusi stood in front of the door for a long time, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps stepping on the snow, only to see more than a dozen people coming here not far away, most of them were ghost people dressed in animal skins, but Yi Gusi also saw that the crowd was mixed with several original people in brocade robes.

Yi Gusi frowned, in the Great Qimeng Mountain, it is rare to see the figure of the original people, on this snowy day, several original people suddenly came, which made Yi Gusi suddenly vigilant, and couldn't help but reach out and touch the small scimitar on his waist.

"Cave Master, Jian Cave Master is here to see." A ghost man who led the way shouted from afar, holding a steel fork in his hand and carrying a bow and arrow, as soon as his words fell, a person had already come out behind him, and he waved his hand like Yi Gusi: "Yi Gusi, my old friend, it's me!" ”

Yi Gusi's expression was solemn, but when he heard the man's voice, the look of vigilance on his face disappeared, showing a look of joy, and he walked up quickly, stepping on the snow "creaking", and said loudly: "Jian Hu, why are you here?" Have you been kicked out of your house by your and have taken refuge here? ”

Jian Hu laughed, stepped forward, got closer, punched out, Yi Gusi also punched almost at the same time, the strength of the fist was not very strong, hit the opponent's chest, and then hugged each other, Yi Gusi had already smiled and said: "Come into the house, there is a fire in it, and half a jar of spirits, if you come a little late, you won't be able to enjoy it." ”

Jian suddenly pretended to be angry and said, "If you can't drink wine on your mountain, I will set fire to your wooden house." Laughing, Yi Gusi had already entered the house with Jian Hu, and as soon as he entered the house, Jian Hu remembered something, turned around, and said to several original people behind him: "Few, this is Yi Gusi Cave Master!" ”

Yi Gusi had already frowned and looked at those people, only to see that there were three original people, the first one was over forty years old, a lock of green beard, and he looked dignified, with a smile on his face, seeing Yi Gusi's expression, he had already bowed his hand and smiled: "Yi Gusi Cave Master, I have admired the name for a long time, and I can see it today, it is really a blessing for three lives!" ”

Yi Gusi didn't like this crepe way of communication, frowned, and asked Jian Hu, "This is your friend?" ”

Jian Hu smiled and nodded, "It's our mutual friend." ”

Yi Gu was noncommittal, he had no good impression of the original person, but for the sake of Jian Hu's face, it was naturally difficult to drive this person away, and entered the house, this year the person followed into the house, but the other two original people stood in front of the door and did not go in.

Entering the house and sitting down by the fire, Yi Gusi asked straight to the point: "Jian Hu, how much food do you have in the mountain?" ”

Jian suddenly sighed: "We can't survive the winter, and if we are less than halfway through the winter, our food will be completely cut off, and it will be under the condition that we are extremely economical." If there is no food, many people will starve to death. ”

Yi Gusi asked someone to take the wine bowl, took the half jar of wine, poured three bowls of wine, and then said: "I have sent someone to Taiyuan two days ago to inquire about the news of the ghost master, but the person has not come back yet, and I don't know what the ghost master's situation is now." ”

Jian Hu's expression immediately became grim, and he was about to drink, but at this time, he slowly put down the bowl and asked, "Yi Gusi, how much food do you have here?" ”

"It's more difficult than yours." Yi Gusi frowned and said: "The grain can last for a maximum of twenty days, and after twenty days, we can only use the stored dried meat, and the dried meat will only last for five or six days at most, as long as the dried meat is used up, we can only eat heavy snow." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Jian Hu asked, "Waiting for the ghost master to come back?" ”

Yi Gusi frowned and said, "What if you don't do this?" Could it be that your brother will take someone to rob it? ”

Jian Hu picked up the wine bowl, took a sip, put down the wine bowl and said, "If it weren't for Huang Dake coming, I would really be going to come over and find you to go down the mountain to grab food together." ”

"Huang Dake?" Yi Gusi looked at the original person, the meaning of Dake, that is, a good friend, when the ghost Fang people called an outsider Dake, if they regarded the other party as their own person, they were trustworthy friends, and Jian Su called this person Dake, which was equivalent to if he trusted the original person very much, and the relationship was not shallow, he looked at the original person a few times, and finally asked: "Who is he?" ”

The original person was calm, just now Yi Gusi and Jian Hu talked, ignored him, he was not arrogant or impatient, he always kept a smile on his face, at this time he heard Yi Gu Si ask movingly, looked at Jian Hu, saw Jian Hu was about to speak, raised his hand, signaled Jian Hu to answer by himself, and said with a smile to Yi Gusi: "Huang Zhigui is under him!" ”

Yi Gusi was stunned at first, his eyes showed surprise, he stood up instantly, he had already pulled out the small scimitar on his waist, pointed forward with the blade, and Jian Su had already said sharply: "Yi Gusi, what are you going to do?" ”

"Jian Hu, I want to ask you, what are you going to do?" Yi Gusi said angrily: "Who is causing our current situation, don't you know? He deceived us, why are you still with him, you should cut off his head with a single sword. He glared angrily at Huang Zhigui and sneered: "You know what crime you have committed, don't blame us if you die here today!" ”

Jian suddenly said in a deep voice: "Yi Gusi, you put down the knife first, Huang Dake came here today to explain everything to you." If he deceives us, how can he throw himself on himself and send him to your door to be slaughtered? He won't even bring us the food we are short of. ”

"What did you say?" Yi Gusi frowned, a little puzzled, but he didn't put the knife away.

Jian suddenly said: "Yi Gusi, do you know the current situation of the ghost master?" ”

"Do you know?"

"Of course I do." Jian suddenly said in a deep voice: "The ghost master is now in the hands of the government, and they have arrested the ghost master in prison. ”

"What?" Yi Gusi suddenly changed color, "The ghost master has been arrested?" How...... How so? ”

Huang Zhigui said with a solemn expression: "Lord Yidong, what Master Jian Cave said is true, there is no falsehood, the ghost master of Hexi Valley was arrested by the government and put in the prison of the Criminal Department, and suffered a great insult. ”

Yi Gu thought like a fierce tiger and roared, "What the hell is going on? ”

Jian Hu had already taken Yi Gusi's knife and said solemnly: "The ghost lord had a conflict with the government for food, and the government said that the ghost lord wanted to rebel and arrested him in prison. Huang Dake still has eyeliner in the government, and learned that the people in the prison took the initiative to punish the ghost, and forced the ghost owner to admit that he was going to rebel, in addition to the ghost master, He Gu and the two brothers accompanying him have been arrested, and now they are alive or dead, it is not yet known. ”

Yi Gusi clenched his fists, the green tendons on the back of his hand bulged, stared at Huang Zhigui, and sneered: "This is all the news you got?" ”

"Huang Dake is not alone." Jian Hu said: "I also sent someone to Taiyuan City to inquire, the ghost master did have a conflict with the government in the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and later someone saw that the Yamen of the Criminal Department arrested the ghost master and his party. ”

Yi Gusi sat down slowly, he was the number two person in the ghost side, although he had a hot temper, but at this time he also understood that if this kind of thing really happened, he would bear the fate of tens of thousands of ghost people, and he must remain absolutely calm.

Huang Zhigui sighed: "Lord Yidong may know that if the lives of the people are ruined today, the tyrant in order to become an immortal, regardless of the life and death of the people, and the excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the people in the southeast have been unbearable to the oppression of the imperial court, and they have risen up. Huang's uncle, that is, An Guogong, repeatedly said that he wanted the emperor to reduce taxes and recuperate with the people, but the tyrant insisted on going his own way, and what he did was that his own son, His Royal Highness the King of Han, was also dissatisfied, and his uncle and His Royal Highness the King of Han were preparing to have a coup d'état in Beijing for the sake ......of the people of the world, and overturned the tyrant, but unfortunately it fell short! At this point, he shook his head with a solemn expression.

"The struggle between you and your original people has nothing to do with us." Yi Gusi sneered: "We just want to survive by our own hard work. ”

Huang Zhigui nodded and said: "What the Yi Dong Lord said is true, but under the nest, there are no eggs, if the tyrant is poor and extravagant, and the world is in turmoil, the Yi Dong Lord thinks you can be safe and sound?" ”

Yi Gusi frowned and said, "What do you want to say?" ”

Huang Zhigui said: "Although Beijing has been defeated, the Huang family has not been defeated, and the Huang family's painstaking efforts for the dawn of the world have not disappeared. ”

Yi Gusi sneered: "What is for the sake of the people of the world, the trickery of your heart, when we are not clear?" The infighting of the original people, we don't mix it ......! ”

"And what about the ghost master?" Huang Zhigui's expression was calm, "Does Lord Yidong think that the government will put the ghost master back safely?" Master Yi Dong don't forget, the living environment of your ghost party is so bad, it's hard to imagine, Huang just wants to ask, if it wasn't for the Huang family and your ghost party to make a deal, barter for things, and give you the food you need every year, what is the situation of your ghost side now? ”

Yi Gusi just sneered and didn't speak.

"The government has never cared about the life and death of your ghost people, you need to pay taxes every year, but when you are in danger, the government has never taken care of you." Huang Zhigui raised his hand and pointed out the door, "Now that the snow is closing the mountain, there is a shortage of food for tens of thousands of people on the ghost side, and the goods you sent this year are now hoarded in the Hubu warehouse in Taiyuan City, but they have not sent a grain of rice to the grain you deserve, they would rather watch you starve to death than hand over the grain that belongs to you to you, Lord Yidong, I want to ask, with such an official government, can you still live and work in peace and contentment?" ”

Yi Gusi stared at Huang Zhigui's eyes and asked, "What is the purpose of saying these words?" ”

"I just want to tell Lord Yi Dong that fate is not in the hands of others." Huang Zhigui and Yi Gusi looked at each other without dodging, "The fate of your ghost people should be in your own hands!" ”