"The village of Longyang Tusi is located on the mountain, and there are also their native villages under the mountain, but most of the powerful leaders in the village live on the mountain. That stockade is very dangerous......"

Li Cheng rode on a horse and explained to Ye Xiaotian as he walked: "That village is called Yumu Village, the walled building is abrupt in the middle of the ten thousand mountains, the cliffs on both sides are one color, and there is only a narrow gate in the middle......"

Ye Xiaotian heard the crux of the problem, interrupted him and asked, "So...... Is it that as long as they hold the walled gate, no matter how many people and horses there are under the mountain, they will not be able to attack the mountain easily? ”

Li Cheng frowned and thought about it carefully, and said: "Unless you bombard it with cannons, or pile it up with human lives, and exhaust all the defenders on the mountain, otherwise, you only need ten people to be able to defend the village, and you can't attack it at all." ”

Ye Xiaotian couldn't help frowning when he heard this, since Tan Yanxiang had already planned to break away from the Shizhu Division, no matter what pretense Ma Qian was using to come here, I am afraid he would not be without the slightest vigilance. Even if he believed that the Shizhu Ma family didn't know about his conspiracy and was willing to let Ma Qiancheng go up the mountain, how could there be no one to guard the mountain gate? If Ma Qian takes the mountain, the gate of this village will be closed, and the inside and outside will not be passed, and the time will be ......

Ye Xiaotian slowed down, and when Tian Binfei's car arrived, Ye Xiaotian got into the car, and the two of them discussed in a low voice, Ye Xiaotian got off the car again and got on the horse, and rushed forward.

Ye Xiaotian and his entourage also followed Ma Qiancheng, originally Ma Tusi wanted to invite them to be guests at the stone pillar, but Ye Xiaotian couldn't sit idly by and watch Ma Qiancheng get into danger, so he asked to come to Longyangtong with him. Ma Douhu seemed to be full of confidence in punishing the disobedient Tan Yanxiang, and he also intended to show off the strength of his Shizhu Division in front of this Guizhou Tusi, so he agreed.

Ma Qiancheng was dressed in a drape, with a silver helmet and silver armor, and he looked majestic. Of course, the armor and armor were just silver-painted leather, otherwise it would have been such a heavy pair of armor. What kind of mountain is it to go up, it is more suitable to charge on the plains.

"Qiancheng, it is said that the terrain of the cottage in Longyang Pass is very dangerous, and one husband should be closed, and ten thousand people should not be opened!" Ye Xiaotian lifted the horse to catch up with Ma Qiancheng and got straight to the point.

Ma Qiancheng said proudly: "There is no fortress in the world that cannot be broken!" What a husband should do, ten thousand people can't be opened, that's what I said, but it's just a little harder. ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "That's right, so." If you can take Longyang Pass at the lowest cost, why let the warriors of the Ma family go to die? If the damage is too heavy, the gain will outweigh the loss! ”

Ma Qiancheng said: "The ancestors' testament: 'The soil does not leave the country', making people cut an inch of land, it is our descendants who are incompetent, sorry for the ancestors!" So even if many people die, this battle must be fought, and it must be won! ”

Ye Xiaotian patiently persuaded this stunned young man: "Brother Ma, I don't mean not to fight." But if you can capture Longyang Pass at the lowest cost, then why bother attacking it? Hehe, since ancient times, famous generals, they are not a horseman. Even if he is a fierce general with 10,000 enemies, he will not rely too much on martial arts when he can outwit him. ”

This sentence really appealed to Ma Qiancheng's appetite, and Ma Qiancheng, a second-year young man who has always been an idol of ancient famous generals, especially Nazu Ma Fubo, immediately responded: "Not bad! That's why I have to act separately from my second brother, and I'm going to open the cottage. Cooperate with the second brother and win Tan Yanxiang in one fell swoop, so that he can outwit Yumu Village at the lowest cost. ”

Ye Xiaotian said patiently: "Qianxian." I heard Li experience said, that fish and wood village, there is only one way up the mountain, both sides are full of cliffs and cliffs, even if you go up the mountain, in case you can't suddenly hold Tan Yanxiang, as long as he guards the mountain gate, at that time the inside and outside are isolated, and when your second brother attacks the mountain, I am afraid that you have died! ”

Ma Qiancheng looked at the Quartet, and said arrogantly: "The eldest husband is shrouded in horse leather, an ordinary thing!" Fighting on the battlefield, how can there be immortals! ”

Belch! This was so right that Ye Xiaotian was speechless.

Ye Xiaotian smiled bitterly twice before he said: "Li'er is certainly this Li'er, but you must know that you are here to punish Tan Yanxiang, and as a result, not only will you die at his hands, but your second brother will lead the troops to attack hard, and ten adult horses will be lost by fifty or seventy percent, even if you win, it will be a miserable victory."

Wouldn't it be better if there was a better way, or even to capture Yumu Village without bloodshed? In this way, you can become famous in one battle, and whoever listens to it will inevitably raise his big finger and praise: 'Sure enough, he is worthy of being the descendant of Ma Fubo!' ’”

Ma Qiancheng likes to listen to this, and it is really what he likes, and it is easy to convince. Ma Qiancheng's eyes lit up and said, "Brother Ye, do you have a better idea than what my mother thinks?" ”

Ye Xiaotian said in his heart: "Is your mother's idea very good?" She's completely out of the line with your life or death. ”

Ye Xiaotian hugged Ma Qiancheng, talking about his ideas all the way, Ma Qiancheng nodded again and again, and when Ye Xiaotian finished speaking, he thought carefully for a while, and felt that this method was indeed better, and couldn't help but say excitedly: "Wonderful!" This plan is really better than my mother's idea! If I can win Longyang Pass like this, I will definitely be famous in all directions, wahaha......"

Ma Qiancheng finished laughing wildly and turned the horse away, Ye Xiaotian said in surprise: "Where are you going?" ”

Ma Qian rushed to the rear without looking back, and said, "I'll go and tell my second brother to know and tell him to act according to the plan." ”

Ye Xiaotian stood on the side of the road, looking at Ma Qiancheng who was leaving in a hurry, and shook his head again and again. Tian Binfei's car drove over, stopped beside him, and said with a smile: "Such a temperament, or it won't be a good toast, but ...... Will definitely be a good friend! ”

Ye Xiaotian thought for a while and nodded slightly.

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Although the Tusi Mansion of the Shizhu Ma family is not the architectural style of the Central Plains, the functional areas are also distinct: Tusi Ancestral Hall, Tusi Yamen, Training Ground, Dafu and so on.

There is a pair of stone drums outside the gate of the yamen, a pair of couplets, and the couplets are written on the book: "Shou Situ, Lisi Min, stone pillar and Li Shu who is not a child; Divide its territory, benefit its endowment, and the three-hundred-mile area is under the king's seal". After the gate is the Yimen, which is only opened when the leading figures above the state government level come to inspect and inspect, and they usually go on both sides.

Behind the gate is the compound, with the bargeroom on the left and the prison cell on the right, which is only a place where the prisoners and the soldiers guarding the government office live. Cells are also fully functional, with differences between light and heavy, as well as between men and women.

The main hall is the place where Tusi asks about the justice, and Ma Douhu has just been promoted to the court and tried a case of illegal mining of lead mines. It was simple for him to ask about the case, there was no relatively rigorous trial procedure of the imperial court at all, right and wrong, and what punishment to use, all in the mind of the old man Tusi.

The stone pillars have lead ore. The Shizhu Division is responsible for mining, and 5,130 catties are handed over to the imperial court every year, and the extra lead belongs to the Shizhu Division. This is also one of the differences between Sichuan and Guizhou, although the Tusi here enjoy considerable privileges, but the ruling power of the imperial court is relatively more thoroughly implemented here.

It is very difficult for the toasts in Guizhou to make them pay taxes on an annual basis, but in Sichuan it has become the norm. Therefore, it is the norm for Sichuan to recruit and transfer native soldiers to fight and pay taxes for the Tusi, while the local officials in Guizhou still basically retain the absolute autonomy since the Han and Tang Dynasties, which can be called a country within a country, which is also the reason why the Eagle Party regards Guizhou as the focus of land reform and return.

The means of mining and smelting lead ore in the Shizhu Division are very backward. There is not much lead produced every year, and the amount left is limited after it is handed over to the imperial court, and this is one of the important financial resources of the Shizhu Division, so Ma Douhu has always attached great importance to the protection of lead mines, which is no wonder he is very annoyed with the poachers.

However, despite the severe crackdown, the profits of illegal mining are too large, and some people still take risks. Today, this gang of poachers, Ma Douhu sentenced them to the punishment of "red shoes". Unlike the Tusi in Guizhou, who like to use the torture of throwing people into lime pits and burning them to death. The toast here likes to use "red shoes".

A pair of iron shoes were worn on the prisoner's feet, and the bottom was a red-hot iron plate, which made the prisoner bounce and struggle in pain until he fell in agony. The whole person died of pain or burning, which is similar to cannon branding.

Ma Douhu finished dealing with the theft case and returned to the back house angrily. After the lobby is the second hall, which is the office of the toast and the masters, as well as the residence of the masters. Santang is the living area of the Tusi family. There are two flower halls in the east and west halls in the third hall. The East Flower Hall is where important guests are received, and the West Flower Hall is where the Ma family gathers every day.

Ma Douhu entered the West Flower Hall and briefly said a few words to Qin's about the case he tried today. At this time, the servant brought a bowl of soup up, and Qin took it and gently handed it to Ma Douhu. When Ma Douhu saw the soup, he grinned and said, "It's white fungus lotus seed bird's nest soup again?" ”

This soup is slightly sweet, and there is no other taste other than this, Ma Douhu, who has a heavier taste, doesn't like to drink this soup, but Qin likes to make this soup for him. Qin Shi said like a child: "You have a big temper and a strong fire, you need to drink this soup to help recuperate." ”

"Hey! How good it is to have a bowl of salted egg and minced meat soup! Ma Douhu muttered helplessly, like swallowing medicine, holding his breath and snoring and drinking it dry, and handed the bowl to Qin, who smiled at him and said, "You, don't be angry all the time, you are old, and you can't relax your mind yet!" ”

Qin Shi walked out of the flower hall with a sneer, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately, and was replaced by a faint look of disgust. There are not many places where she and her husband have a common language, and there are too many differences in life concepts and living habits......

"It's like a pig grabbing a slot!" Qin's scolded in disgust, and couldn't help but think of the handsome boy who was as rich as jade and graceful, his conversation, temperament, and the appearance when he drank the white fungus bird's nest soup elegantly with a silver spoon, Qin's heart suddenly became hot, how can a rude man like her husband compare with others?

Handed over the silver bowl to the next person, Qin did not go back to the flower hall, but went back to his residence, and thought about it carefully: "Ying Long wants to plan a big thing, and the army is about to be raised, I and Qianxi should echo each other here from afar to help him achieve great things." However, the power of the toast is in the hands of that horseman, and even if he dies, it will only be passed on to the thousand vehicles, how should this be good? ”

Qin's heart was full of sorrow, thinking about it repeatedly, and suddenly remembered the case that Ma Douhu had just tried, and couldn't help but move in his heart: "Mine! Lead! If you use your hands and feet on this lead mine, can you kill two birds with one stone......" Qin Shi thought, and a smug and vicious look gradually appeared on his face.

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Yumu Village is on the mountain, and there are several small villages scattered under the mountain, all of which are also subordinate to Longyang Tongsi. Some fields have been opened up near the village, although the land is barren, but some crops can be planted to make a living, for the old and weak or the family with few strong families, a few acres of fields can be used to live a stable life.

Li Shi quietly appeared at the intersection of the village next to the road up the mountain, looked at the village with a probing head, and then turned his head to look at the bushes on the side with a bitter face. Ye Xiaotian hid in the bushes and raised his hand to him: "Brother Li, don't panic, but if you see something wrong, I will help you leave immediately." ”

Li experienced wanting to speak and stopped, but he offended a Tusi, and he couldn't escape his pursuit when he fled from Guizhou to Sichuan, and only by taking refuge in Ye Xiaotian could he avoid becoming a beggar. Now I have to do something for Ye Xiaotian to show my worth.

A villager came out of the village with a hoe, Ye Xiaotian immediately retracted into the bushes, and Li experienced busy working on a stone on the side of the road, stretched out one leg and held it with his hand, as if he was injured. When the villager saw Li Xiangrong, he said in surprise: "Yo, isn't this Master Li, I heard that Master Li went to Huguang, why did you come back again?" ”

Fortunately, Li experienced living in Yumu Village during the period of being very bored and often wandered down the mountain, and it was rare for a living person to appear in the nearby village, so many people in the village knew him, and the villager saw him and recognized him at a glance as the relative of Zheng Yimu's family on the mountain.

Li experienced a look at this person's attitude towards him, and his nervous mood suddenly relaxed: "I haven't been exposed yet!" Li Xiangrong hurriedly said: "Hey! It's hard to put into words! I was robbed on the road, and I was ransacked, and I went to a lake......

The village man nodded and replied, "It's okay if the person is fine, it's okay if the person is fine, then Master Li is going up the mountain?" ”

Li said: "Yes! It's hard to move without money, so I can't go all the way to Huguang to visit friends, so ...... And that's back again. However, I was stabbed in the leg by the thief......"

Li Cheng pointed to the place on his thigh that was stained with rabbit blood: "I ran for my life all the way, and I didn't feel pain, and when I finally arrived at the bottom of this mountain, I lost my strength, but I really couldn't walk." Could you please go up to the mountain and send a message to my cousin, asking him to bring down his slippery rod and take me up. ”

This villager is very simple, and besides, Li Shi is a relative of the old man, since he has opened his mouth, how can he not help. He didn't have a sliding rod at home, otherwise he would have to go back to get it, and then call a neighbor to carry Li Xiangrong up the mountain directly.

The villager said yes and hurried up the mountain. Li experienced watching his figure gradually disappear into the winding part of the mountain road, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In the bushes behind him, Ye Xiaotian poked his head out again and said, "How?" I'll just say you're not exposed, right? ”

Ye Xiaotian's inference stems from a common sense: Li Xiangrong did not escape, but left for a legitimate reason. And when he saw the letter, he was surprised, because he saw that the tone of the letter was familiar, and it was obvious that the two toasts often corresponded, so he read out an ordinary greeting letter while compiling it. In this case, even if Tan Yanxiang's master comes back, Tan Yanxiang, who is not suspicious of Li Xiangrong, will not take out the letter and let his master read it again.

Li Xiangrong is concerned about his own safety, but he is not as optimistic as Ye Xiaotian, and said worriedly: "It's hard to say, even if Tan Yanxiang finds out the truth of that letter, there is no need to tell the villagers under the mountain to know!" ”

Ye Xiaotian said with a smile: "Reason is such a reason, but in this closed cottage village, there is a big fart matter, which can be regarded as a rare thing and spread to everyone." If Tan Yanxiang already knows your identity, how can this villager not know? ”

Before Li Xiangrong could speak, Ye Xiaotian said: "If you don't believe it, just listen, and see how your relatives treat you for a while, and you will know the result." ”

Li Xiangrong said uneasily: "What if my cousin wants to tie me up the mountain?" ”

Ma Qiancheng's head suddenly came out of the side, and said viciously: "Tie a lame man up the mountain, it doesn't take many people, I'm alone...... No! I can handle it with one hand! If your cousin really wants to kill his relatives in righteousness, I will kill him for you! ”

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(To be continued.) )