Chapter 682: White Phoenix (2)
When Pei Zhang led a group of people back to the camp, it was already dark.
It's not the first time that the Pei family has slept in the mountains. From complaining at the beginning, I am slowly getting used to it. Su Mu led his soldiers to guard the surroundings. When he heard the sound of footsteps, the long knife on Su Mu's waist was suddenly unsheathed.
Soon, Su Mu put the long knife into the scabbard with a bang, and his eyes swept around Pei Zhang's body: "What is the origin of the other party?" Why didn't they bring it back, the second son? ”
The anger in Pei Zhang's heart had already dissipated for the most part, and he said helplessly: "Don't mention it, I met a group of mallets." ”
Then, in a few words, he said the passage: "...... These natives, who live in the mountains all year round, should not be able to farm, so they insist on 7,000 catties of rice. ”
The point is, no silver, just rice.
Su Mu was amused when he heard it: "Don't wait for tomorrow, now I will let people ride horses to the county seat and find a grain store." I bought the rice overnight, and early tomorrow morning, I sent the rice into the hands of the natives and rescued the second son. ”
If you can solve a problem with silver, don't do it.
The Pei family is still an exiled criminal, so it's better to keep a low profile. As soon as he arrived in Jiuzhen County, he slaughtered a native village and spread it to the capital, and His Royal Highness the Prince did not look good.
Pei Zhang nodded slightly and arched his hand: "I'm sorry for you." ”
Su Mu moved quickly, ordered twenty pro-soldiers, and rode to the county seat overnight.
In the middle of the night, the gates of the county seat were closed. Su Mu showed the waist card of the Pingguo Mansion, stuffed the silver ticket again, and then said that he only entered the city to buy some food. The officers and soldiers guarding the gates opened the gates.
At dawn, Su Mu and his party returned to the camp.
There were four wagons carrying grain, each with twenty-five sacks. Each bag is exactly 100 catties, which adds up to 10,000 catties of rice.
"Childe, bring all these 10,000 catties of rice!" Su Mu laughed in a low voice: "It should be a reward for these natives." ”
Pei Zhang let out a sullen breath and nodded.
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One hundred guards of the Imperial Guards, each leading a horse. Each horse carries a sack of grain on its back. You can't run horses in the mountains and forests, you can only walk slowly.
More than an hour later, I arrived at the Turen village.
It was dawn, and the firewood piles in the open space last night had already burned to ashes. The wooden building that originally looked mysterious seemed extremely shabby in the daytime.
Pei Zhang's eyes swept over Pei Jue and the others tied to the stake, and he was very angry in his heart.
And these natives bound the seven of them to the stake all night, and did not loosen their ties.
"Go tell Bai Feng that we brought rice to change people." Pei Zhang endured his anger and said lightly. The natives guarding outside the village could understand the word Bai Feng and blew the bamboo whistle vigorously.
The bamboo whistle sounded, and soon, many natives poured out of the wooden village.
The leader is none other than the native girl Bai Feng.
The daylight is bright, and the wild beauty of the white phoenix is also unobstructed. Among the guards of the Imperial Forest Army who came together, there were also many young men with strong blood, and they secretly swallowed their saliva one by one.
Pei Zhang said expressionlessly: "There are a total of 100 bags of rice here, each bag is 100 catties, a total of 10,000 catties. You lead the men to take away the rice, and I will take seven of them. ”
The eyes of those natives had already been glued to the grain bags, and they were all overjoyed.
Bai Feng's eyes flashed, and he commanded in the local language. The natives immediately rushed over, happily unloaded the grain bags, and carried them to one place. In front of Pei Zhang and others, he loosened the grain bag and carefully inspected the bags one by one.
Pei Zhang patiently waited for an hour of incense before opening his mouth: "Let them go." ”
Bai Feng was a man of words, walked to Pei Jue's side, and cut the rope with a knife. The ropes on the other six bodies were also cut off one by one.
Pei Jue has been tied up since yesterday, he has not eaten a drop of water, he is hungry, thirsty and tired, he stumbled after getting up, and almost fell down without standing firmly. There was a burst of sarcastic laughter.
The natives don't speak Da Chu, but their contemptuous and disdainful attitude is clearly expressed.
Pei Juejun's face flashed with shame and anger, but he didn't say anything, and he and a few other people helped each other and walked back slowly.
"Big brother, I'm sorry," Pei Jue didn't dare to look directly at his brother, lowered his head and was about to cry: "I caused trouble for my eldest brother." ”
Pei Zhang didn't close his eyes much all night, his eyes were a little bloodshot, and he glanced at Pei Jue lightly: "What kind of trouble is this." As long as a few of you are safe. ”
Pei Jue and the others were helped to sit on the horse.
Pei Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Bai Feng: "Leader Bai, I'll fight with you." If you win, I'll send another 10,000 catties of rice. ”
Bai Feng's eyes lit up, he shook the scimitar in his hand, and responded without saying a word: "Okay!" You win, you can come to my wooden village tonight to spend the night. ”
Pei Zhang: "......"
All the Imperial Forest Army were shocked by Bai Feng.
A native is a native person, even if he is in the picture of Pei Gongzi, he should be subtle! It was so direct that they were all a little ashamed.
Actually, this is a custom that they do not understand about this tribe. The indigenous tribe is more martial, and the young men and women of this tribe invite each other to compete, which is similar to the meaning of the Great Chu people playing a song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix". If the man wins, he can go to the woman's wooden village and be a husband and wife for one night.
Bai Feng is the daughter of the previous patriarch and the most outstanding beauty in the tribe, and since the age of thirteen, countless men have challenged her. It's a pity that none of them can win against Bai Feng.
Bai Feng conquered all the young men in the tribe with his powerful force, and at the age of sixteen, he successfully became the new leader.
Because of the fame of Bai Feng's beauty, in the past two years, many young men from the indigenous tribe have come to "seek war". It's just that, so far, no one has been able to climb Baifeng's wooden village.
Pei Zhang twitched the corner of his mouth, took out the long knife at his waist, pulled a knife flower, and said briefly: "Leader Bai, please!" ”
The natives didn't understand what Pei Zhang said, but Pei Zhang's posture of seeking battle was very obvious. For a while, the natives screamed and called, and soon many female natives appeared.
It seems that no matter what race you are, you have the natural instinct to watch the hilarious.
Bai Feng's eyes bloomed, he raised his scimitar, and his figure flickered, flashing in front of Pei Zhang.
Pei Zhang flipped his wrist and blocked with a horizontal knife. The two knives clashed, making a piercing sound.
The long knife in Pei Zhang's hand was made by the craftsmen of the Ministry of War by training and beating with the best steel, and only the generals in the army had it. The scimitar in Bai Feng's hand looked inconspicuous, but it was also very hard.
The two knives intersected, and one move passed. Bai Feng did not fall into the wind.
He used sixty percent of his strength for this knife. Bai Feng obviously didn't do his best.
Pei Zhang put away his heart of underestimating the enemy, and after avoiding three moves in a row, he quickly slashed out.