…… Although Shen Zangfeng was also reluctant to give up his wife, after careful consideration, he still rejected Wei Changying's suggestion. The reason is that he still doesn't know what kind of weight the master of Diecui Pass is, if he has a false name, it doesn't matter if Wei Changying follows him; But if that person is really talented, Shen Zangfeng can't let it go, and he must find ways to 'get' people to work under his command.

The key is that this master has rejected the solicitation of other people in the Shen clan several times before, including the previous Xiliang Thorn History, which more or less leaves people with the impression of being arrogant.

Therefore, Shen Zangfeng was worried that if this person was worth recruiting, it would be inconvenient to bring Wei Changying over. The main reason is that he went alone, and the ready-made reason can be said to be a special 'door' to run for this person, which is enough to show sincerity, but if he brings his wife...... Let the other party know, maybe you will misunderstand that he is traveling with his wife, and the solicitation is just a way by - this kind of master who has real materials and real learning and is arrogant, maybe because of such a thing, he thinks that Shen Zangfeng does not pay enough attention to him, and then puts the shelf a little more......

Shen Zangfeng is now racing against time, and naturally he doesn't want such a thing to be ruined.

After listening to her husband's explanation, Wei Changying could only give up and said, "But I hope that person doesn't make too much of Qiao." Because there was an example of Wei Xinyong concealing her surname and approaching Wei Changfeng, she reminded her husband, "You should also be careful, don't you say that there are many 'traitors' among the Wei people who have been bought by the Di people?" The last time the Di people raided Diecui Pass, it didn't work, don't be a plan set up by the inside and outside, just to lure you over to see it! ”

"Don't worry, the guards of Diecui Pass have already checked out their ancestors and grandchildren for several generations." Shen Zangfeng smiled lightly and said, "What's more, I have found out that I have nothing to do with this person in my last assassination. ”

Seeing that Wei Changying was still uneasy, Shen Zangfeng laughed and hugged his wife, lowered his head and rubbed her cheek, and chuckled, "How can you take a risk if you have a wife in your arms, and you haven't even looked at your eldest son?" Ying'er, don't worry, for the husband's life, now it is very expensive! ”

This matter was settled, and early the next morning, Shen Zangfeng led the "thorn fence" to ride away.

After sending her husband away, Wei Changying was in the mood to care about other things, and the first thing she wanted to ask was: "Sister Xinmiao, what news do you have for a free clinic in the past few days?" ”

Duanmu Xin frowned, sighed, and sighed: "It's a little, but I don't know if it's accurate!" ”

Wei Changying just asked casually - she guessed in her heart that Ji Quai's relatives would have died in the wilderness a long time ago, and the reason why Duanmu Xinmiao came up with the idea of this free clinic was also in the hope of what happened, and she didn't want to really be in case, so she was surprised at the moment: "What is it?" You may wish to speak so that I may give you a detailed reference. ”

"Zhu Yan inquired with Zhu Shi, and the way was that the direction in which the master's relatives fled back then was the direction of Caojiabao, and they may have been entered into Caojiabao." Duanmu Xinmiao frowned.

Wei Changying asked puzzledly: "In that case, why didn't you mention it earlier and send someone to Caojiabao to investigate?" ”

"How can I not mention it?" Duanmu Xinmiao snorted and said, "It's just that this news has just arrived, and my third brother is back, sister-in-law, your heart is tied to your husband, where can you manage my side?" I don't dare to be the villain who spoils the fun, but isn't it just that I found Mr. Shen to entrust me? ”

Wei Changying smiled awkwardly and asked with concern, "What did Manager Shen say?" She thought to herself how powerful the Shen family was in Xiliang, although Shen Youyi had not been in the position of the head of Ming Peitang for a short time, but since she and Shen Zangfeng are now in the clan, their status in the clan is gradually stable, and it is impossible for Shen Youyi to be neglected if she wants to support Shen Youyi, who is in the upper position; Second, Shen Youyi's brother Shen Youjia is the captain of Xiliang, even though he is still on the way back with the army, but with his connections as a captain for many years, since Shen Youyi knows the place, it is no problem to check the person.

I didn't want Duanmu Xinmiao to frown and said, "Mr. Shen's pipeline is too deserted, and there are no people from the Shen clan living there. Therefore, it is necessary to send people to ask at the special 'door', and it will take at least ten days and half a month to go back and forth, and this must be done without delay when inquiring about people. Now the person who went to inquire about the news has not returned! ”

"Really?" Wei Changying had snubbed Duanmu Xinmiao because of her husband's return, and of course she wanted to remedy it at this moment, so she said politely, "I have something to 'hand' over to him in a while, so I just want to ask you." If you're having a hard time finding out there, send some clever people. ”

Sitting down and doing things, sending Duanmu Xinmiao away, Wei Changying asked Shen Youyi to invite Shen Youyi to him and asked about Caojiabao, but she didn't know that she had just spoken, Shen Youyi smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "Auntie, you don't know, even if you don't call your nephew over, your nephew will also come to ask for an idea-Caojiabao over there, I sent someone to ask more than ten years ago, where do you need to send someone now?" ”

Wei Changying was confused when she heard this, and said, "What? ”

Shen Youyi leaned slightly upward, lowered his voice and explained: "Miss Duanmu Ba just sent the 'woman' to talk to the person seeking medical treatment by the way during the free clinic, and she can find out about Caojiabao, where can our family not know?" As early as more than ten years ago, when Mrs. Song entrusted the valve owner and the valve owner's order to arrive in Xiliang, we sent someone to Caojiabao to inquire. ”

"And the result? Where can Doctor Ji's relatives go? Wei Changying hurriedly asked.

Shen Youyi sighed: "It's going to go, it's just ...... Man is dead! ”

Wei Changying was shocked and said, "Dead? ”

"Isn't it?" Shen Youyi spread his hands and said, "Originally, the Ji family was born and raised in the imperial capital, so they were very unsuitable for our Xiliang climate. In addition, the exiles have to serve hard labor every day - although our family has taken care of it because of the Qian family's affection after the abolition, but some people in the Deng family have bought off some people in the clan...... My aunt is also from a big family, and when she knows that there are many people in the clan, she may not be all in unison. What's more, many of the people exiled by the Ji family were 'women' and children, and they died very quickly. It seems that the one who escaped was Ji Ying's youngest son, Ji Gu, who was only fourteen years old at the time, and he didn't have enough blood and energy, so it was a fluke to be able to temporarily escape from the eyes of the business people......"

After Shen Youyi's detailed explanation, Wei Changying knew that the reason why Ji Gu was able to escape this time was really an extremely rare thing - because the west was cold and bitter, although the poor people who guarded the exiled prisoners were able to extort the prisoners' families, but when they fell into exile, they must have lost their power or were not taken seriously, their income was limited, and they were usually very hard.

And the day before Ji Gu fled, the group of people guarding them happened to 'shoot' and kill a hare. There are many people on the errand together, and no matter how 'fat' a hare is, it can't be taken home by a few people to share. So the messengers decided to eat it on the spot, and told the prisoners to cook the hare into a 'meat' soup for them. One of the two prisoners who were called over to serve them at that time was Ji Gu...... The reason why he was called was because he was thin and weak, and he was always worse than others, and he couldn't do much if he was asked to serve there desperately.

It is also convenient to send him to do trivial things such as 'sex'.

As a result, it has become a habit for these poor people to act as a prestige on the head of the prisoners, even if they know Ji Gu's origin, they also underestimate the medical skills of the century-old Ji family, especially Ji Ying's lineage. Ji Gu only carried the skinned hare, went to the stream to wash it in the sight of the messenger, and then cooked a pot of soup with another prisoner who was not familiar with him...... In the middle of this, he used the opportunity to clean the rabbit's 'meat' by the stream, and casually pulled a few herbs that could be said to be everywhere...... Or the weeds in the eyes of ordinary people are prepared with a pair of laxatives!

Not only that, but God knows what method he used to put the 'medicine' into the soup in front of the messengers......

So soon after those poor people ate the rabbit 'meat' soup, they all died of diarrhea!

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ji Gu encouraged everyone to flee together, and he and his only remaining brother Ji Jian at that time were also 'mixed' in it - but Ji Jian was unlucky, and he was discovered by the patrol messenger not long after escaping, and he was killed on the spot!

But this Ji Gu was lucky enough to run into Caojiabao.

Here you have to talk about Caojia Fort, this place is called Fort, and there is indeed a fortress, but it is different from ordinary fortresses.

As mentioned earlier, some people were forced to settle in the wasteland at the junction of Wei and Di by taxes or rents, and had to take the risk of living in wasteland at the junction of Wei and Di. At the risk of being slaughtered by the Di people and being pursued by the Great Wei government, he struggled to survive - Caojiabao is such a place.

It is said that if there are such disobedient Diao people in the territory, the government will always suppress them. It's just that the topography of the fortress in Caojiabao is really good - the word "one man is the gate" and the word "ten thousand people are not open" was simply made for this place!

According to Shen Youyi, this Caojia Fort actually had neither walls nor sturdy buildings - because it didn't need it at all! In this place, there are steep cliffs on three sides like knives and axes, and the shortest part of the cliff is dozens of zhang! When the siege cloud car arrived, it could only sigh with joy...... In fact, the cloud cart can't reach it yet, because the river at the bottom of the cliff is not turbulent, but it is enough to submerge the cloud cart base......

Moreover, the west is cool and bitterly cold, and the cliffs are not at all full of sage lilies like the cliffs in the south. It is impossible to expect a patch of old vines that have grown for hundreds of years, and are therefore extremely tough, for surprise attacks by surprise troops......

Therefore, unless you have wings, you can only think about it if you want to attack from these three sides!

And then there's the rest of it, which is the only way up there.

This road is a real sheep's intestine path! When the trail arrives at the most experienced porter, you have to lean over and hold on to the rope of the basket to avoid rubbing on the rocks on both sides......

Such a Jedi is already desperate for those who want to attack!

The worst thing is that this Jedi place is not small! There are about 3,000 people in Caojiabao, and they can live together on it, not to mention, and there are even fields...... There is a mountain spring...... In addition to the salt that needs to be purchased, they can completely take that only path and live a leisurely life in a paradise and be completely self-sufficient!

Although the Shen family is strong and strong, most of them are prepared for the Di people - from Shen Youjia to Shen Zangfeng, they were all staring at Qiu Di's 'sexual' life in Mu Xiuer, where is there the kung fu to manage such a nest...... Well, Diao Min can say, but it is really not a traitor - Caojiabao has such a unique environment, but it has always been very cautious, and does not do any business without capital, because when the government exterminated these strongholds that cultivated on the land of Great Wei but did not pay taxes to Great Wei, they were never ranked.

After all, they don't make trouble—the matter of not paying taxes is well covered, and the horizontal and vertical Xiliang is not the south of the Yangtze River, and a large area of land has become a battlefield, and I am afraid that even the officials in charge of this area in the ya'men don't know the exact number of acres of fields—mainly the fertile fields that are here today, and maybe tomorrow will become a battlefield; Today's battlefield may be farmed in a few days......

But if these people who steal farmland and steal crops still come out to do some business without capital when the farm is slack, the government can't sit idly by!

After all, no one wants to worry about their own home when they are desperate with Di Ren, don't let robbers take advantage of the situation!

The Shen family is very strong at this point, as long as there are bandits in the entire Xiliang territory, as long as there are bandits, regardless of whether the Di people jump in or the Wei people make a 'chaos', they will be suppressed immediately! And for such bandits, the Shen family never surrenders, and generally does not leave 'chicken' dogs, and shows the public with the heads of the 'doors'!

So far, almost no one has been spared from all those who dare to violate this rule, except for a very small number of people whose hiding places are too secret for the army to exterminate.

Caojiabao's well-behaved and topography have relied on its existence for decades.

It's just that the owners of Caojiabao are also very interested, and the number of people in the fort has always been controlled at 3,000, and after the number reaches 3,000, there are people who try to defect to the fort to 'mix' food, so they refuse to accept it under the pretext that there is no room in the fort.

Moreover, the excessive requirements of the government, the Shen family and some local clans in Xiliang are also met as much as possible.

Therefore, Xiliang is up and down, and they are all blind to the existence of Caojiabao. Horizontally and vertically, the people in Caojiabao are just 'mixed' to eat - even if the place pays taxes, it really can't collect much.

At best, there are 3,000 people, and it can't be a big deal, and if it really happens, it will always be a people's rebellion, and it is difficult to completely hide the rumors.

“…… At that time, the clan sent a clan uncle into Caojiabao in person and brought Ji Gu's portrait. At that time, it had been more than ten years since Ji Gu fled without a trace. Shen Youyi sighed, "He was a teenager when he escaped, and his appearance may change when he becomes an adult." But the clan thinks that he has good medical skills, and the doctor of the century-old Ji family, where will there be too much? Caojiabao eight times out of ten. Nine will take him in! After entering the fort, as long as you inquire from the medical skills, you are not afraid that the three thousand people will not be able to ask the clue! ”

Wei Changying frowned and asked, "And then?" ”

"Then I found out that Cao Jiabao did save a ragged boy after Ji Gu escaped, and this young man can indeed get medical skills." Shen Youyi sighed, "It's a pity that this young man hasn't eaten for many days when he was rescued by the people of Caojiabao, so he can be said to be dying!" Because of his knowledge of medicine, he was brought into the fort by exception...... He used the 'medicine' materials accumulated in the fort to recuperate himself for a while, but he survived......"

Wei Changying was surprised: "Isn't this alive?" How did he die later? ”