CHAPTER XVIII
Hearing this bad news, Fang Lin immediately ordered the Blue Armor Commander to lead the way, and asked him to lead his party to find that someone was moving there, and soon found a small path that led straight to a rather steep cliff.
There seemed to be a lot of people coming to stay there, and a large clearing had been trampled around the two millstone-sized bluestones, and it was slippery, except for some tenacious grass roots sticking their heads out. Not far away, a clear spring bubbled out from the mountain wall.
This spring water is very special, divided into three layers, the first layer is more than one person high, there are more than ten large and small dripping milky stones, the second layer is a natural tray form, the dripping water on the top slowly gathers, leaking out from a gap on the edge of the plate, the third layer is a stone canal dug by hand, the spring water has become the source of a stream, flowing away silently.
At this time, a cadre had eaten dinner, and he was in a hurry, and he was very thirsty, so a Pu Dao shield soldier scooped out the clear spring water, drank a few sips with a comfortable face, and then poured it out and scooped it up, and handed it over respectfully, Fang Lin walked so far, his throat and eyes were on fire, and he didn't shirk it, he took it and drank it all. I only felt a cold ice line slip down my throat, and the sweat on my body was immediately swept away, and after the cold feeling on my tongue passed, the aftertaste had a slightly warm and luscious taste.
Lao Hu also drank it with the spring cow in his hand, and drank it to his heart's content:
"Cool! It's fucking cool. ”
Fang Lin had already memorized the map of the geographical situation of Shanyang County for the task reward, and after walking around the spring for a while, he said with certainty:
"Cao Jun didn't have a long-term garrison in this vicinity, so what he saw should be the villagers in this vicinity. The traces around this spring should have been left by their long-term carrying of water, and we should be able to find a place where they lived, and we could go and spend the night without having to suffer in the wilderness. ”
They were all very happy to hear that they didn't need to live in the wilderness, and after the big war, they were all sore, of course, they were willing to sleep in the bed instead of sleeping in the field, and it was best to be able to boil some hot water to scald the sore muscles and bones.
Huang Zhong frowned and said:
"This is the Cao thief's sphere of influence, what if we reveal our identities for the sake of temporary comfort?"
Fang Lin turned his head and asked:
"What does General Huang mean by worrying that the people in Zhuangzi will go to inform?"
Huang Zhong brushed the white beard under his chin, nodded and said cautiously:
"Yes, our group of people all have armaments, and a war horse, people with a discerning eye can know what they do at a glance, Cao Jun has awarded a reward, anyone who catches our soldiers will be rewarded, and the generals can also be crowned officials. Cao thief coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to occupy the righteous position, which is really quite unfavorable to us. ”
Fang Lin thought for a moment and said:
"Then General Huang means that we will return to sleep in the open?"
Huang Zhong shook his head and said:
"Let's rush this whole day, we really should find a place to rest, if not, first send someone to find out the truth in the village, if it really can't work, there will be no woman's kindness."
Green, who has always been silent, frowned and said:
"Do you want to slaughter the village?"
You must know that Huang Zhong's above words are not very familiar with the relationship with Fang Lin and his party, so they are quite vague, but the cruel meaning is about to come out, you must know that in the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, the superior often regards the life and death of civilians as a mustard, and Cao Ying, the annihilation of the male, is directly short of military food to take people to counteract, Huang Zhong is a general of Shu State, although he has no reputation for brutality, but the lives under his hands are not one thousand but eight hundred, and he will definitely not care about adding one or twenty articles.
Fang Lin glanced at Green and smiled:
"Don't look in, since this small village is not marked on the map, it means that its scale must not be very large. Therefore, it shouldn't be too difficult to control the actions of the people inside, let's go, let's just loosen the outside and tighten the inside. ”
After listening to Fang Lin's analysis, a group of people felt that it was very reasonable and had no objections. As they walked along the path, the sky became increasingly gloomy, the black clouds gradually gathered together like sponges, and the wind galloped happily from all directions, whistling away, and the long grass trees on the mountain could not help but rise and fall, because the dark clouds were very low, and they were on the ridge of the mountain, and it seemed that the sky was very close to them, and their mood could not help but become a little depressed, as if the rain was coming.
Fortunately, there is no endless road, a lane of people over this ridge, and they see a relatively large village suddenly out of the opposite col, there is a large house in the village, there are more than a dozen houses, and there are four families living together next to it, surrounded by dense bamboo forests, which gives people a very peaceful and peaceful feeling at a glance.
Fang Lin observed around and found that there was only one way out of the village, so he gave an order to the blue-armored commander under his control, telling him to hide under a hidden mountain rock next to him, and if he saw someone leaving the village, kill him immediately!
This order is undoubtedly quite an absolute order, which can prevent people from going out of the village to inform, and at the same time, it will not be necessary to kill people for any reason. You must know that at this time, the sky will be dark, and the clouds are thick and rainy, there is no nightlife at all in this era, and ordinary mountain people usually do not leave the village. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if the killed person escaped without dying, and saw that the person who killed him was dressed as Cao Jun, the original intention of telling the truth would naturally be completely dispelled - just barely survived, could it be that he still ran to Cao Ying to send him to death?
At this time, the summoning time of the elite fat man and the two blue-clothed minions had arrived, and they disappeared directly. There were three reincarnators left in the team, Fang Lin, Green, and Lao Hu, plus Huang Zhong, three Pu Dao and shield soldiers, and Fu craftsmen pushing wooden oxen, a total of eight people. After the group entered the village, they went straight to the house with a larger house in the small village, and saw from a distance that the house was made of bluestone, which was quite solid. After walking a few dozen paces, an old man greeted them, and asked them with some fear.
At this time, Fang Lin didn't take the initiative to speak, he didn't know much about the folk customs at this time, if he said it politely, he might be considered cowardly, if he said it arrogantly, he was afraid that he would directly scare people away, and it would be most appropriate for him to deal with it with plot characters like Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong glanced around a few times, took a step forward and said in a deep voice:
"A certain family is Huang Hansheng, a general under Uncle Liu Huang! Because I saw that it was getting late, I came to borrow a night, I don't know who the owner of the village is, and I will pay the full house money tomorrow morning. ”
The old man was even more frightened when he heard this, and hurriedly bent down and laughed:
"General, please, the owner of my family has always admired Uncle Liu's prestige, but in today's troubled times, he has to live in seclusion here."
After Huang Zhong expressed his intentions, the old man went in to spread the word, and it didn't take long for the door of the village to open, and a scribe in high clothes greeted him with a smile on his face:
"General Huang is coming, it is really a puffy wall! The contemptible Ding Yi has lost his welcome, and he hopes to forgive his sins. ”
Fang Lin secretly checked his face beside him, and felt that this person's enthusiasm did not seem to be fake, so he put his mind at ease. Soon, Ding Yi sorted out a simple meal to entertain them, and discussed ancient and modern things with Huang Zhong, and the two got along quite well.
By this time the rain had fallen.
The raindrops the size of beans smashed on the ground, and there was a trace of gray smoke before, but then it was a white ocean, and there were countless transparent bubbles on the ground that could not be extinguished. Under the heavy thatched eaves, the rain trickled into white lines and flowed endlessly.
Fang Lin had eaten quite a lot before, so he stood up and went to the eaves to breathe, people in the mountains generally have to raise some chickens, ducks or something, pointing to the eggs they lay and selling some oil and salt money, these poultry also have the freedom that the same kind around the city does not have, most of the time they are free range, foraging and playing on the barren mountains at will. At this time, the rain is heavy, and they also come together to shelter from the rain under the eaves, and it is often a sturdy rooster standing with his head held high outside, blocking the splashing rain for the chicks and hens inside.
When he saw this situation and thought of his floating life, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. At this time, he suddenly saw two men rushing back from the entrance of the village in the heavy rain, his face was terrified, the clothes on his body were torn to shreds, and one of them had a long wound on his face, and the blood gushed out and was washed away by the pouring rain.
Fang Lin was already a little worried about Cao Jun's pursuit—the perversion of the Golden Main Quest was really hard to take lightly—he immediately coughed, clapped his hands lightly, and said:
"It's like someone is injured and seems to be being hunted down."
This sentence immediately made the atmosphere in the audience tense, and suddenly there was a loud noise, but it was Hu Huahao who got up and hung up a plate of dishes next to him, fell to the ground and shattered it!
(To be continued)