Chapter 123: Qiu Liju
"Not only that, but I also robbed his woman." Liu Xiu beckoned, and Lan Lan lifted the windbreaker on Feng Xue's head, revealing her brilliant blonde hair. He was so shocked that his two eyeballs almost fell, he originally thought that Liu Xiu was bragging, because Huai Zong's martial arts skills he had, although Liu Xiu was able to play Dou Hu that day, but compared with Huai Zong, Liu Xiu was obviously slightly inferior, if the two really wanted to fight, Huai Zong broke Liu Xiu's leg is almost the same. But when he saw the wind and snow, he believed it.
After being shocked, he quickly regained his composure, and found the Wuhuan people in the team, especially Lou Lu, who was following Zhao Yun like a personal guard, he couldn't believe his eyes, and said hesitantly: "The son of Lord Wuhuan in Shanggu?" ”
"Good eyesight." Liu Xiu gave a thumbs up, praised it, and then turned his head to Lou Lu, who had been silent, and said: "Lou Lu, it seems that your reputation is not small, although you don't have much out of the White Mountain, but the handsome man still recognizes you at a glance." ”
Lou Lu's mouth was crooked, and he said in words: "Presumably Hao Shuai listened to me and said that my brother Titu said me." ”
It was a little unnatural, he really just listened to Ti Tu talk about it, of course, Ti Tu was not in a good mood when he talked about Lou Lu, just like he mentioned Qiu Liju's son Lou Ban. The reason why he and Tito are so close is because of the same sickness.
He didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, knocking on the side to inquire about Lou Lu's intentions, and when he heard that he was following Liu Xiu to study in Ningcheng, his heart immediately tightened. He is experienced and knows that this is not as simple as reading, this is a hostage. And Nanlou sent his son to the Han people as a hostage, which showed that he would resolutely stand on the side of the Han people and refuse to bow to Tanshi Huai.
For the Wuhuan people of Liaoxi, this is by no means good news.
"Haoshuai, we want to ask to see the gods." Liu Xiu made a straightforward request, "I have a friend who cultivates the Tao and wants to ask her some questions about Taoism. ”
Bun Dun turned his head and looked at Zhang Ming's eyes, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, revealing a disdainful smile: "Then you have to be careful, the gods and witches are not so easy to see, once you make her unhappy, she will be seriously injured or killed." ”
"Thank you for the reminder." Zhang Ming nodded quietly.
He also didn't think so, he set up a banquet for Liu Xiu in the city, and at the same time sent people to the mountains to ask the gods and witches, and got the news in the evening that the gods and witches were sitting in the pass to receive the gods, and they would not be able to meet Liu Xiu and others until three days later. Liu Xiu was not reluctant, so he stayed in White Wolf City, and he didn't dare to snub him, so he sent someone to accompany him to look around the scenery, but he rushed to Liucheng to see Qiu Liju.
Qiu Liju is in his forties, of medium build, but very stout, with a black beard, two thick eyebrows, but his eyes are a little slender, which makes people think that he always squints at people.
"He's going to see the witch first?" Qiu Liju stood motionless in front of a silk book map with his hands behind his back, tilted his head, squinted his eyes and looked at the Badun behind him, feeling a little surprised: "He actually knows about the gods and witches?" ”
Suddenly, he was nervous, he had revealed some things to Liu Xiu, but only a few words, I didn't expect Liu Xiu to come to see Qiu Liju when he arrived in Liaoxi, he went to see the gods and witches first, as if he was very clear about the status of gods and witches in Qiu Liju's mind. He felt very strange, and repeatedly recalled what he had said to Liu Xiu, remembering that he didn't seem to mention this aspect. Qiu Liju was very dissatisfied as long as he heard someone talk about gods and witches, not to mention that he was still a very sensitive person, but he didn't want Qiu Liju to find a handle, so he couldn't let Qiu Liju know that he had mentioned this matter to Liu Xiu.
"When that man was in Ningcheng, he had a lot of dealings with the merchants in the city." "I also heard that he seems to have written a book called "Donghu Zhi", which is all about my Wuhuan people and Xianbei people. ”
"Oh?" Qiu Liju was a little surprised, stretched out his hand and pulled his beard and groaned for a long time, his eyes rolled: "You just said that he brought a man to compete with gods and witches for spells?" ”
Badon nodded.
"Do you think it's possible for him to outperform the witch?"
He hesitated for a moment, then shook his head honestly, indicating that he didn't know.
Qiu Liju reflexively walked back to his white wolf seat, supported his chin with his hand, was silent for a long time, and finally scolded hatefully: "Nanlou, this old dog, has no backbone at all, and he was frightened by the Han people in three or two sentences, and he was willing to be a dog of the Han people." Go back on your word, don't believe it! ”
He didn't say anything, and said in his heart that you are not a good thing, do you think that no one knows about your secret contact with the Han people?
"Everything depends on the results of the witch, and what kind of providence she can bring us." Qiu Liju waved his hand vigorously, got up and walked to the back room, and the voice came from behind the door: "You go back and look at those people, you can't let them have any accidents on our territory, I don't want that old thing to find me a son." ”
He raised his eyebrows and immediately responded: "Yes!" ”
There was no more sound behind the door.
He stood there for a moment, then bowed and bowed, and withdrew. He nodded all the way to the people he met, and his attitude was gentle, until he left the city, jumped on his warhorse, and galloped away surrounded by the guards, and the smile on his face turned into a chilling coldness. Along the way, he didn't say a word, his brows tightened, and it wasn't until he was about to enter White Wolf City that he sighed softly, rubbed his eyebrows, and rubbed his face that was a little stiff by the wind, and resurfaced a sunny smile.
On the third day, Badun accompanied Liu Xiu and others into the mountain, and rode for more than half an hour, and they came to a valley. The witch lived in a cave halfway up the mountain, with a small entrance, guarded by ten heavily armed warriors, and he stepped forward and handed him a small wooden sign, which he had just picked up from Chuliju. The Wuhuan people have no writing, and if there is anything to be notified, they draw a few marks or pictures on such a small wooden sign.
After the warrior on guard checked the wooden token, he let Badun enter the cave, but did not let Liu Xiu and the others in, and asked them to wait outside, saying that the witch had a limited time to see guests every day, and it depended on whether she was free now.
Liu Xiu had been waiting for three days, and he was already a little unhappy in his heart, but the matter had come to this, and he was not in a hurry, so he waited outside with Zhang Ming and the others, while looking at the surrounding scenery. White Wolf Mountain is a fortress leading to Liucheng after leaving the fortress, the terrain is dangerous, these two days Badun arranged people to take him on a tour, on the one hand, it is to entertain him, on the other hand, there is also the meaning of demonstration. After Lu Longsai came out of the plug, this section of the road to White Wolf Mountain has been in disrepair for a long time, and it is difficult to test, Liu Xiu and his party are still barely able to do it, but the army is unable to walk at all, plus White Wolf City and White Wolf Mountain, this section of the road can be described as a daunting road for soldiers, and it is basically a fantasy to attack Liucheng from this road.
"If you want to kill Qiu Liju, you can only find another way." Liu Xiu looked at the scenery and said in a low voice, he said in Chinese, even if those Wuhuan warriors heard it, they couldn't understand it, and Fengxue, who could understand Chinese, was taken by Lan Lan and Yang Feng on the other side, only one Lou Lu, who was so-so and could understand a few words about Chinese, stood aside, even if he could understand a few words, Liu Xiu was not worried.
Zhao Yun, who was standing beside him, also lowered his voice and responded: "Yes, if you take this road, I'm afraid that it will be less than thirty miles, and the White Wolf City will know, and when we come out of our hard work, we will just be hit by them with ease and hard work." ”
"If you want to achieve the unexpected effect, you have to go another way." Liu Xiu turned his head to look at Zhang Ming: "Envoy Zhang, I hope you can restrain this witch later, in that case, we don't have to think about Qiu Liju's affairs for the time being." ”
Zhang Ming smiled slightly, confident.
They were talking, and they waited for about half an hour, but they didn't come out, Liu Xiu was a little impatient, and was about to ask Lou Lu to ask what was going on, when suddenly a low horn sound came from the valley. Zhang Ming's face changed suddenly, Liu Xiu was taken aback, thinking that there was an army of Wuhuan people coming, and he was about to speak, but Zhang Ming raised his hand and signaled him not to make a sound, listened carefully for a moment, and said with a solemn face: "This Hu Wu is a bit of a doorman." ”