"County Lord, the news has gotten out."

Lian Xia returned to the cottage and whispered back.

Ye Sili nodded.

Today, Duan Jiang went down the mountain, she took the opportunity to visit the cottage, because Duan Jiang personally ordered yesterday, and other people in the village did not dare to stop her.

Qingluo was guarding outside the house, Ye Sili put down the pen in his hand, waited for the ink to dry, handed it to Lian Xia, and said in a low voice:

"In three days, I will let you follow Duan Mangzi down the mountain again on the grounds of inspection, and then you will find an opportunity to pass this on to Ah Yu and them."

Jian Xia unfolded the rice paper in his hand and looked at it: "This is the topographic map of the cottage?"

Ye Sili painted meticulously, and painted all the places she learned during this time.

Duan Shanzhai is located in the middle of the peaks, easy to defend and difficult to attack, if there is a topographic map, it is twice the result with half the effort.

"In the past few days, Sun Yan has sent people to shout from time to time, but he is just forced to make a show, presumably Ah Wei put pressure on him." Ye Sili pondered: "Ah Wu has not raised the army for a long time, it must be that the matter of Liangcheng is too tricky, we sent a topographic map, hoping to share some sorrow for him."

Jian Xia looked at Ye Sili's emaciated face, and said distressedly: "The county lord cares about his son, and he also has to take care of his body."

Ye Sili said "um", but he was still puzzled:

"I've always felt a little weird."

"What's the blame?"

Ye Sili propped his chin and pondered, "Do you remember when we received a letter from Nine Winds on the way?"

"Yes." Chuan Xia nodded.

Mu Jiufeng was locked in the house and couldn't accompany Ye Sili, but early the next morning, Ye Sili and the others received a letter from Yuanmu Cema.

"Jiufeng suspected that the matter of Liangcheng was deliberately revealed to him by the second prince Xiao Feng, but in the end we rushed to Liangcheng."

Before Xiao Feng revealed the news, neither Ye Sili nor Mu Jiufeng had found out about Liangcheng, and now it seems that most of them were deliberately blocked by someone.

When Duchun and Bai Yi came back from the street, they immediately looked for Gu Liwu and explained today's events.

"Childe, they will come down the mountain to pick up the goods in three days, do we need to prepare in advance to take them down?" Twilight asked.

Gu Liwu has used thunderous means to purge the officials of Liangcheng in the past few days, and the sudden change scared Sun Yan so much that he couldn't get his strength for a while, and Sun Yan didn't dare to act rashly, so he had to agree to suppress the bandits on the surface.

However, the officials and officials in Liangcheng protect each other, and the whole body is moved, and Sun Yan still has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and it is not easy to control it.

Gu Li's worried eyebrows were a little tired, but he still focused on thinking about Duchun and Bai Yi's advice, pinched his eyebrows, shook his head and said:

"No, after three days, Duan Jiang will definitely not let Ah Li go down the mountain, if we startle the snake, Ah Li may be in danger in the village."

Three days later, Duan Shanzhai.

"Is that what you mean?" Ye Sili instructed Qingluo to inspect the courtyard, close the doors and windows, and asked.

"Yes." Jian Xia looked solemn, and said in a low voice: "Today, the prince of the time led the army to raid the cottage, and when most of the people in the village went to meet the battle, we fled from the path on the right side of the back mountain, and Bai Yi and Duchun will come to meet us."

Sensing that someone had entered the courtyard, Zhuo Xia hurriedly made a silent gesture, quietly approaching the door, and his right hand had touched the short sword behind his waist.

"Miss Ye, dinner is here."

It was the guy who brought them dinner on weekdays.

Ye Sili and the three of them ate dinner slowly as usual.

After dinner, Ye Sili saw that it was still early, so he proposed to go back to the house to rest for a while.

"County Lord, why are you still sleeping?" Qingluo couldn't help but wonder when he saw that his county lord was not nervous, and he was going to take a nap at this time.

Ye Sili touched his well-fed stomach and walked straight to the bed.

"It's a worrying arrangement, why should I be nervous? Hurry up and squint for a while, so you don't doze off then."

「……」

Ye Sili really fell asleep, and was not woken up by Lian Xia until three o'clock in the hour.

The three of them picked it up again

I went out of the yard in the name of walking.

"Little lady, are you going for a walk? I happen to be free with you?"

Ye Sili was guessing why he didn't see Duan Jiang at dinner today, no, people came.

"You've been around me all day, and there's nothing to deal with in the village?"

Ye Sili smelled the fragrance of the newly transplanted gardenia at the gate of the courtyard, which was fragrant and sweet, refreshing.

"Do you like this flower?" Duan Jiang saw Ye Sili bending over and smelling the fragrance of flowers, and immediately stepped forward to ask expectantly.

A few days ago, Ye Sili casually mentioned that there are gardenias in this season, so Duan Jiang deliberately went down the mountain to dig up two large gardenias and plant them at the gate of her yard, so that the fragrance fills this yard.

"Not bad."

Ye Sili replied without any waves, and turned around to walk outside.

Duan Jiang followed her, looking for something to chat: "Do you still use those pen, ink, paper, and inkstones? If you don't like it, I'll send someone to buy it somewhere else, but it will take some time on the road, and you'll have to wait a few more days."

There are few people in the back mountain and it is quiet, and at this time only the insects and birds can be heard all over the mountain.

Ye Sili didn't answer Duan Jiang's words, thought for a long time, and slowly asked:

"Duan Mangzi, why do you have to be a mountain bandit?"

Hearing this, Duan Jiang only laughed and said, "I'm just a rough man, I don't know a single big character, and I have a group of brothers under my hands who rely on me to eat."

"What's more, the master of Duan Zhai was left by my Lao Tzu, so it can be regarded as an ancestral inheritance, right? If I lose it, I'm afraid I'll be so angry that I crawl out of the coffin and beat me."

"......" Ye Sili stopped, turned to look at him, and asked tentatively:

"I heard that the mountain bandits in the Liangcheng area are rampant, why do you have to go against the government?"

Duan Jiang's eyes shrank, then he chuckled twice, and slowly approached Ye Sili.

Ye Sili retreated vigilantly, but Xia Xia wanted to step forward but was stopped by Qingluo.

Duan Jiang's voice was low: "Mountain bandits are rampant? If it weren't for the repeated persecution from the government, why would the brothers risk their lives to steal food?"

"Do you really think that those well-dressed officials are the officials of the people's parents?"

Duan Jiang took another step forward: "Or is it that in your heart, just because I was born as a bandit, I am a heinous and deserving person who has been sentenced to death?"

Ye Sili leaned back, trying to distance the two, but saw that the other party's expression was lost and injured for a moment.

"I ......"

Ye Sili was about to open his mouth to explain, but saw Wu Cai rushing to say:

"Owner, it's not good! There are officers and soldiers who are raiding, and the lord of the second village is leading his brothers to intercept them at the bottom of the mountain."

Duan Jiang was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Do you know who led the troops on the other side?"

"It's the general sent to Liangcheng by the imperial court some time ago, it seems to be called Gu ...... Take care of your worries!"

"Is that him?" Duan Jiang frowned.

A few days after Gu Liwu arrived, Duan Tian went to provoke and almost fell into Gu Liwu's hands, if he hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

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