Speaking of Peng's toast, Xiao Yao immediately thought of Peng Shan, this guy is said to have killed the second son of the Kang family, and later did not participate in the Phoenix Ceremony, he left Phoenix Mountain to find cold ice water, and never saw him again.

If you see Peng Shan here, maybe you can leave along with your group, but if it's just other generals or local toasts, then it's really troublesome, they may not embarrass themselves, but they can't ignore Dewey.

At this time, Dewey was staring at the arrow tower in front of him, as if he was calculating something in his heart.

"Brother Du, I'll go and investigate first." At this time, Xiao Yao was still dressed in civilian clothes, but it was much more convenient than Dewey to go directly.

Xiao Yao rode a horse and continued to move forward close to the sentry, there were archers in the arrow towers on both sides immediately aimed at Xiao Yao, and the fortifications on both sides were also full of guarded soldiers, all holding spears used to attack the cavalry, and the fortifications blocked below were layered into three layers, each layer was made of mountain stones, echoing each other before and after, protecting the arrow tower behind, Xiao Yao's leaning on the scriptures immediately attracted the attention of the sentinels, and he was about to shout from a distance to let Xiao Yao get off the horse and come over.

Looking at the other party's caution, Xiao Yao knew that these people were obviously aimed at his own group, because there were few cavalry in the relatively small tribes of Miao Jiang, and cavalry was not useful at all in the mountains.

Xiao Yao immediately dismounted and walked over, and explained to the guards that he was just a passing merchant, and Dewey and the others were the army of the imperial court.

Seeing Xiao Yao arriving alone, an officer behind the soldier came to the front line, and after listening to Xiao Yao's introduction, he actually said that the toast here was hunting in front, in order to prevent accidental injury to passers-by, so the hunting area was turned into a forbidden area, and if you want to get through guò, you must have a warrant from Lord Tusi, if you don't have it, you can only wait for the end of the hunt to pass guò.

This kind of gorgeous and strange excuse, the other party can actually say that the righteousness is awe-inspiring, but Xiao Yao understands that this qiē is not important, it seems that the other party will not take the initiative to attack his group, but he is not ready to let himself and others over.

The other party's approach is obviously to delay time and drag his group to death here, so it is no different from defeating.

In this case, there is no point in ordinary negotiations, and Dewey helped himself, so now he will help him once, which can be regarded as a personal favor.

Hearing this, Xiao Yao looked at the officer in front of him with a smile on his face and said, "Since Lord Tusi is hunting here, then let's wait for the hunt to end before we go over." ”

Hearing Xiao Yao's words, the other party was obviously relieved.

But Xiao Yao's next move made the officer almost frightened, only to see that Xiao Yao suddenly gathered dozens of true qi in his hand, and then shot at the surrounding arrow tower and the wooden fence in the middle at the same time like a ball of light.

The officer had never seen what sword qi was, nor did he know the power of this sword qi, and just as he wanted to say something, the surroundings immediately fell into chaos.

The arrow tower collapsed, the wooden fence was all shattered, and seeing Xiao Yao's success, Dewey and the cavalry behind immediately followed.

In fact, there was no resistance, and these Miao soldiers were directly shocked by Xiao Yao's hand just now.

At this time, the eyes of the entire cavalry behind Dewey looking at Xiao Yao changed greatly, faintly full of awe and worship.

As for the officer opposite, the boss with his mouth open at the moment was stunned and at a loss.

Xiao Yao ignored him, turned on his horse, and led a large group of men and horses to the sentry post with Dewey.

"Just now thanks to Brother Xiao's strong martial arts, this time Du is an eye-opener. At the same time, I am even more emotional, the first time you and I meet, Brother Xiao is hiding deep enough. ”

Dewey and Xiao Yao walked side by side, joking.

"Brother Du smiled, little brother is also a class with an axe, presumably the shadow guard is also a master." Xiao Yao returned with a smile, not to explain what happened before, since he mistakenly thought that he was hiding it before, it was better to continue to misunderstand.

Dewey did not answer Xiao Yao's words, but seemed to fall into contemplation and memory, and after a long while, he said slowly, "The former shadow guard was indeed a master, but now it is not as good as before, and there are even fewer people like Brother Xiao who have entered the realm of gathering qi into a blade." ”

Seeing that Dewey didn't seem to want to continue to bring up this topic, Xiao Yao immediately turned to him, "Brother Du, although we have passed this sentry, it also means that there will be more sentry posts ahead, such temporary fortifications can be built in one day, and we still have about ten days to go." I had to plan ahead. ”

Dewey nodded and said, "If you just break through the pass, it will definitely spread to the surrounding tribes soon, so they won't let you get so close next time." ”

"Proximity is not a problem, the problem is that our trip will be greatly slowed down." Xiao Yao added.

"These Miao people were not so united originally, and it seems that this time the pressure from the imperial court is too great, forcing all the tribes to unite among themselves. However, as long as you enter the realm of Peng's Toast, there will be no such thing again. Dewey urged the horse to move quickly.

The whole team significantly accelerated its advance, and no longer chose to spend the night in the cottage tribes, but directly stationed in the vicinity of the official road for the night.

At the same time, Dewey also discussed simple countermeasures with Xiao Yao along the way, but on the road behind, he did not encounter similar sentry posts and arrow towers again, and finally safely entered the boundary near Neixizhou under the jurisdiction of Peng's Tusi ten days later, and various caravans began to appear on the official road, and the outline of Xizhou City could be seen from a distance.

"We can finally breathe a sigh of relief that there won't be any more problems here." Dewey said to Xiao Yao easily.

"Peng's Tusi is close to the Central Plains, here is adjacent to Huzhou, and there is a garrison of the Jiangnan camp in Huzhou, Peng's Tusi will not give the imperial court an excuse to send troops, otherwise he will bear the brunt." Dewey further explained.

"Brother Du, I think their purpose has been achieved." Xiao Yao's words immediately caught Dewey's attention.

"If we can't get through the sentry arrow tower, they will block us in the hinterland of Miaojiang, if we break through, I believe they will not forcibly block it, and after we pass the guò arrow tower, we will definitely work day and night to speed up, so that we will leave Miaojiang quickly." In this way, they will send us out of the country, a hot potato. ”

Dewey pondered for a while, "In this way, Peng's Tusi doesn't want to start a war immediately, he just doesn't want us to cause any trouble in his backyard, whether it is trapping us in the hinterland of Miaojiang or letting us leave the country as much as possible, it makes no difference to them." ”

"Actually, there is still a difference, it's just that Peng's Tusi is testing our attitude, and the soldiers in Xizhou City are strong, and they are not afraid of us at all, but after all, we represent the attitude of the imperial court in some aspects, so the other party is testing the attitude of the imperial court." Xiao Yao slowly said his judgment.

"I think so, if the cavalry of the forbidden army wants to get out of Miaojiang, they must pass through Guò Xizhou City, so we will swagger into Xizhou City and visit King Peng." Dewey seems to have had a very good idea.

"That's right, let's also test their attitude, and by the way, learn about the specific situation in Miaojiang now."

There will definitely be spies of the imperial court in Xizhou City, so Dewey can exchange intelligence and information with them here, and his party can also take this opportunity to adjust and rest, King Peng will not have any plans for his group, which will only make Xizhou's situation more embarrassing.

Even if there is a war, King Peng will need more time to prepare, after all, the population of Miaojiang is sparse, far less developed than the agriculture of the Central Plains, and it is extremely unfavorable for them to start a war before the winter grain of some villages in Miaojiang is not solved this year.

Xiao Yao continued to wear civilian clothes, but he separated from Dewey's cavalry team in advance and entered Xizhou City alone with a few people, while Dewey entered the city with his cavalry later.

Xiao Yao has no interest, and he wants to know what is happening in Miaojiang now, Xiao Yao always has an intuition these days, that is, the problem of Phoenix Mountain is not over, and there will be other things happening.

After entering Xizhou City and choosing a hotel to live in, Hu Yiyi left the team in a hurry, while the others were very tired all the way, especially the eldest lady, who was already pampered, and because there was no carriage on the road, she had to ride a horse to follow the team.

Xiao Yao arranged everyone, or ordered Ghost Face and Wang Lu to take turns on duty, since Dewey helped the two solve their worries, and saw Xiao Yao's ability during this time, these two people are determined to follow Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao originally wanted to follow Dewey to visit the Tusi Mansion, but now his identity is a little embarrassing, from the bottom of his heart, Xiao Yao does not want a war between Miao Jiang and the imperial court, which will only satisfy the selfish desires of some people, but it will be a river of blood.

But Peng Shan may not think so, maybe King Peng still wants to unify Miao Jiang.

Xiao Yao knew that he still lacked the courage to kill decisively in this aspect, but he didn't want to be so bold, the scene of the blood sacrifice on Phoenix Mountain made Xiao Yao still remember it vividly.

Xiao Yao simply cleaned up, and was about to ask the eldest lady to go downstairs to eat, but heard a knock on the door outside.

When Peng Shan's figure walked in from outside the door, Xiao Yao was still a little surprised.

"Xiao Gongzi, Peng Shan came uninvited, and I hope Xiao Gongzi will not blame him for being abrupt." Peng Shan was familiar with himself, and sat directly opposite Xiao Yao.

"What did the little prince say, but I should take the initiative to go to the palace to visit the little prince." Xiao Yao knew that he was definitely not a good person when he came to him, and this Pengshan was not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Xiao Gongzi is still like this, the last time he said goodbye to Phoenix Mountain, Xiao Wang still misses Xiao Gongzi's demeanor very much." Peng Shan seemed polite.

"I don't know what the little prince wants to do when he comes here at this time?" Xiao Yao didn't want to go around in circles with him, so he asked directly.

Xiao Gongzi's demeanor Xiao Wang missed it very much, so as soon as he heard that Brother Xiao had entered the city, he hurried over, so as to do his best to be a landlord and wash the dust for Brother Xiao. Of course, I also want to hear Brother Xiao talk about what he saw and heard about Phoenix Mountain and this road. Peng Shan continued to pretend to be as pure as a primary school student.

Xiao Yao chuckled in his heart, didn't you just want to find out about the Phoenix Mountain Witch Temple, and at the same time, you also wanted to know about your raid on that arrow tower.

However, Xiao Yao didn't care about the matter of the Arrow Tower, anyway, everyone knew about it, but the matter of the Phoenix Mountain Witch Temple was something he couldn't talk about.