Chapter 27: Misunderstanding
Xiao Tao was also a person who lived a hard life before, and there was nothing difficult for her to swallow.
"Are you coming from the direction of Pingle Town?" The peasant woman sat in front of Xiao Tao, doing needlework, and there was no lamp in the house, only such an oil lamp.
"yes."
"I heard that there is a war going on in the town next to Pingle Town, is it true?" The peasant woman bit off the thread and looked up and asked Xiao Tao.
Xiao Tao was eating the cake, and her mouth didn't move when she heard this.
"I hadn't heard of that when I came." Xiao Tao ate slowly, her movements couldn't help but slow down, and when she left Pingle Town, the people in the town seemed to be talking about something. It's just that she was in a hurry and didn't listen carefully at all.
"You said that the city was just built not long ago, and the name has not yet been chosen, how can you say that there will be a war." The peasant woman sighed slightly.
Fighting between cities will not affect the fish in the pond, and ordinary towns will not suffer.
"yes, I didn't even have a name." Xiao Tao followed along, but her heart was beating a drum, she didn't know what was wrong, she felt panicked inexplicably, and always felt like she had missed something.
"Girl, aren't you eating?" The peasant woman saw Xiao Tao put down her chopsticks and hurriedly asked.
"I'm full." Xiao Tao got up and went back to the place where she slept, the peasant woman had already helped her make the bed, Xiao Tao lay on it, curled up, and her mind was messing around.
Early the next morning, Xiao Tao rushed back to Pingle Town, and heard that it was only noon when she arrived, and she could go to the restaurant to eat something.
"Shopkeeper, let me ask you about something, do you know what happened in the city in front of you?" Xiao Tao asked for two dishes, gave the shopkeeper a few dollars, and then said.
The second brother took the copper coin in his hand and said with a smile: "The girl is a foreigner, I heard that the city lord of the city in front of me robbed a rich lady who had not passed through the door, so the rich man came to the door to ask for someone, and if he didn't arrive, he would fight." The little second brother has heard too many versions of this matter in the past few days, and he finally summed up such a story, that is, two men are competing for a woman.
Xiao Tao was completely confused, nothing like this happened before.
I couldn't inquire about anything here, and after lunch, Xiao Tao carried the burden and walked in the direction of Furong City.
When she was about to arrive, she saw tents from a distance, with white roofs, which were very eye-catching. She had never seen these people, and these people were not from any city, but an army of guards from her own home.
The gates of Furong City not far away were closed, and the two armies faced each other, and there was a feeling of tension in the air.
"Who are you?" A group of people appeared behind Xiao Tao, dressed in uniform gray clothes, and when they saw Xiao Tao, they came up to ask.
The little peach squatting on the ground is a little sneaky no matter how you look at it.
"I'm a passerby." Xiao Tao got up from the ground and said with some fear.
Several people glanced at each other, as if they were considering the credibility of what Xiao Tao said.
"Then you go, there is a war going on here, don't stay here if you have nothing to do with it, if you suddenly start a war and hurt innocent people, we are not responsible."
In this era, all wars between cities must follow a rule, and innocent people must not be harmed.
Xiao Tao hurriedly carried the burden and pretended to go to Pingle Town.
After walking for about half an hour, she couldn't see those people at all, so she stopped, and there were many things in her heart that she couldn't figure out, but who could solve these doubts for her at this time.
Xiao Tao looked at the white tent in the distance, and the people inside should be able to help her solve her doubts.
This improvised team is not standardized, but everyone is brave and good at fighting, these people have been practicing martial arts all year round, and their bodies are much tougher than ordinary men.
Within 100 meters of the camp tent, a ten-person squad patrols and checks from time to time to prevent surprise attacks, and as long as there is any disturbance, they can inform the people in the military tent in time.
At night, Xiao Tao hid in the dark, silently combing the time of these people's rotation in her heart, and finally found a vacancy, taking advantage of the dark night she hid behind a tent, and looked back, it was pitch black in this tent, it should be no one in it, right?
She looked outside for a long time, only the tent was dark, and she guessed that there should be grain and grass inside.
After entering, as she expected, it was some grain and grass.
Not only did she have food and grass, but also some clothes, she took off the clothes on her body, changed into uniform gray clothes, and got some black oil and smeared it on her face, which was really decent.
She slept in a tent of grain and grass all night, and the next morning she was woken up.
"Okay, you stinky boy, you haven't learned anything else, learn to be lazy first, hurry up and go to the room to help, don't be lazy." When the person who gets up in the morning to get the grain and grass sees a person sleeping on the grain and grass, the first thing that comes to mind is the lazy person.
Xiao Tao put on the helmet on her head, said a few words, and walked out of the tent.
She didn't know where the cooking place was, but after looking at the people inside, she followed her guess and headed west. After walking through two tents, I really found a place to cook.
Probably the men are not good at cooking, and there are a few women here, but there are many men who work as helpers here.
Xiao Tao walked over and began to look at the fire, taking the opportunity to smear some black on his face, so that it looked more like a man, and it was a man who specialized in burning fires.
"I don't know when this battle will be over, and we are not soldiers, so why do we want to come here to fight." A woman said as she boiled porridge.
"Our lord was killed by the people in this city, our young master is coming back to take revenge, although we don't like this place either, but we can't cheap the bad guys." A woman accosted.
"What you're saying is that our young master is so powerful, he will definitely be able to win the battle soon."
Xiao Tao pricked up her ears and listened, and when she heard this, she was even more confused, and she didn't understand what these people were talking about.
"Sisters, what are you talking about?" Xiao Tao said sweetly with a thick voice.
"Burn your fire, don't ask questions, be careful to cut your tongue." A woman said jokingly.
Xiao Tao didn't understand what the situation was, so she had to keep her mouth shut and didn't dare to ask any more, thinking that these women's hearts were so vicious, and the young master in their mouths was definitely not a good person, but she didn't know what the situation was, could it be that Ning Sumo's father had offended someone? Could this be a misunderstanding?
Probably because of the army that had just been formed, the military discipline was not very strict, and no one even found out that there was one more, and Xiao Tao slept on the grain and grass pile at night, and went to be a fire-burning man during the day, and stayed here for a few days in the blink of an eye.
She tried to serve food to the young master's tent, but she didn't see anyone several times, and she didn't know who this person was, maybe someone she knew?
That night, Xiao Tao lay on the grain and grass pile, pillowing his arms and thinking seriously.
"It's rare for a few brothers to find time to drink, so let's hide in this grain and grass pile and drink a bar."
Footsteps could be faintly heard, and there were four or five people, coming towards the grain and grass tent where Xiao Tao was.
Xiao Tao quickly slipped down from the grain and grass and hid in a dark corner.
This grain and grass tent can't have any lights, for fear of accidentally being burned, so no one dares to light anything here.
Xiao Tao hid in a box under a pile of grain and grass, and there was a person an arm's length away from her, with his back to her, Xiao Tao had never seen these people in the barracks, although these people were all improvised teams, but the number was huge.
"I don't know when this battle will be fought, I've been here for so many fucking days, and I don't know if my daughter-in-law thinks about me."
"Sister-in-law must be thinking about you."
"What are you worried about, I'm afraid that when I go back, I will see her running away with someone."
"You usually bully your sister-in-law?"
"What's the matter, it's that I've drunk flower wine a few times, and I've been caught by her a few times, and you say that a few men don't drink flower wine, and she's always angry with me."
"Hehe, you're a little stupid, how can you do something bad and be caught."
Xiao Tao hid in a dark corner, she didn't dare to make a sound, listening to these people discussing things, she only felt dizzy in her head, and she didn't understand what to say about these things.
"Ah......" Xiao Tao's whole body suddenly slipped out, and there was a pile of grain and grass under her feet, the skin of this grain and grass was originally slippery, and it was okay at first, but it slipped out without paying attention for a long time.
"How did I hear a woman's voice, Ah Hu, go and see who is next to you." One person asked.
In fact, it is not easy to distinguish in the dark, especially when the place where the grain and grass are put is still so dark.
Xiao Tao was covered in cold sweat after sliding out, she was so frightened that she didn't dare to move, and if she moved at this time, it was equivalent to telling these people her location.
"Who is it? Come out of here, we've all seen you. One said in a bluff.
"Don't let the fire light happen here."
"You click a little, and when you see where the person is, you will destroy it." A person out of attention.
"Okay then." The man was casual, and after thinking that there was nothing wrong with the idea, he took out the fire hyacinth, and slowly lit a candle, and when the candle was lit, they looked in the direction where the voice had just come from, and the five pairs of eyes looked at Xiao Tao in unison.
"A few big brothers, I'm just here to be lazy, a few big brothers spare their lives." Xiao Tao said in a suppressed voice.
"How is it a man? We had just heard a woman's voice distinctly. Several people said skeptically.
Xiao Tao got up from the ground and tried to get closer to these people, "Big brothers, don't scare me, how can there be any woman, I am Xiao Hei who burns the fire, the tent is too crowded, I will come here to avoid it." Xiao Tao said in a thick voice.
"Really?" The five people glanced at each other, obviously not convinced, they had never been to the cooking side, they didn't know the specific situation there, and the person in front of them was too much like a woman.