Walking in the mountains of Shanzhou, the feeling of stuffiness and humidity comes to your face, because the perennial high temperature and rain cause the mountain paths to be narrow and wet.

The carriage walked very reluctantly in the mountains and forests, and in the end, there was really no way, so Ning Xiaochuan and his party chose to walk.

From the map, Dongyue Wumen is located in the north of Shanzhou, and the Baiyu Army in the southwest Xiaonanguan, and the three major Tusi in the south form a horn, and there is a three-legged pattern.

But it is not easy to get to the Wumen of Dongyue, during which you not only have to pass through the mountains and mountains, but also pass through the territory of Chongming Tusi, in Shanzhou, these Tusi are the Tu Emperor, and the most cruel and ferocious of the three major Tusi in Shanzhou is Chongming Tusi Haraliangshu.

Ha Liangshu has no idea how much blood of the people are stained in his hands, he is cruel and brutal on weekdays, rampant and cruel, greedy for wine and lustful, and there are terrible rumors of ten women in Chongming Ha Liangshu, although I don't know whether it is true or false, but it is a fact that Ha Liangshu imprisoned countless beautiful women in his own walled city.

Therefore, in Chongming, the people who mentioned Haryanshu hated him to the bone, but they were helpless to take him.

Deep in the mountains and dense forests, there are many mosquitoes, and after walking for a long time, Ning Xiaochuan saw a wisp of cooking smoke rising slowly, "Great, there is a village in front, let's go quickly." ”

Yu Xining breathed a long sigh of relief, took back the map, and said angrily, "I don't believe in this fake map anymore, I'm really tired." ”

Shen Li jumped up and down behind Ning Xiaochuan, and when he heard that Ning Xiaochuan was going to the local village, he hurriedly stepped forward and reminded, "Ning Xiaochuan, let me tell you, when you get to the village later, you must not talk nonsense, and don't offend people." ”

Ning Xiaochuan looked at Shenli and said with a light smile, "I didn't see you so worried when I was arrested in Jingzhou, why, now you are scared like this when you go to a village?" ”

Sanli pouted and said, "Yes, I'm just giving you a wake-up call, do you like to listen or not." ”

After speaking, he pursed his mouth, turned around and went to find Nie Hongyi, Yu Xining next to him looked at this scene, and had an indescribable feeling in his heart, although he didn't know how to describe it, but this feeling was very bad.

Walking in the direction where the smoke rose, a village slowly appeared in front of Ning Xiaochuan and the others.

It was more like a tribe than a village, and when you looked into the village from above, the men inside were all dark-skinned, squatting on the ground with bamboo sticks on their chests and breasts, sweat mixed with moisture sliding across their bodies.

The women in the village are gathered in groups of three or five, some are cleaning up bamboo leaves, some are winding silk threads, and some are coaxing children, but in the same way, they are also thinly dressed, and they are very simple, not to mention compared with Yu Xining and Sanli, even Jiujiu is much better than them.

The houses in the village are full of two-story bamboo houses or wooden houses, because the humidity in the mountains and forests is high, and the humidity is too heavy if the houses are built according to the ground, so they all build two floors, the lower layer is for breeding and storage, and the upper layer is for people.

At the moment when Ning Xiaochuan and the others appeared at the entrance of the village, a hurried whistle sounded.

Just as Yu Xining was still surprised by the whistle there, a group of shirtless men with steel forks and hammers ran out, and they surrounded Ning Xiaochuan and the others one by one.

"Don't get excited, don't get excited, we are from the Central Plains, just passing through here, and we will leave soon, no offense, and I hope you can put away the guy in your hands, so as not to be injured by mistake." Ning Xiaochuan hurriedly walked up and shouted hurriedly.

But the people in front of him didn't seem to understand Ning Xiaochuan's words, and they were still cold, and they kept approaching.

Seeing this, Nie Hongyi next to him protected Ning Xiaochuan in front of him, holding the hilt of the sword tightly in his right hand, and he would come out with the sword at the slightest movement.

Ning Xiaochuan suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed it on the hilt of Nie Hongyi's sword, shook his head and said, "They are all people who have lived in the mountains and forests of Shanzhou for a long time, there is no need to face each other with swords, there should be some misunderstanding here." ”

At this time, a young man wearing a single shirt and two scimitars pinned to his waist walked out of the crowd, his expression was serious, and he was extremely vigilant and cautious about Ning Xiaochuan's arrival.

After the boy appeared, the people around him seemed to have become a lot more restrained, and if you looked closely, there was still a bone ornament similar to the teeth of a beast hanging on the young man's neck, and this majestic wolf king was also tattooed on the young man's right arm, with sharp teeth and cold eyes, full of murderous aura.

He looked at Ning Xiaochuan and his party, looking up and down, and the man next to him came to the young man and said something that Ning Xiaochuan didn't understand, but from the young man's gradually solemn expression, he knew that what he said was definitely not a good thing.

Yu Xining carefully pulled the corner of Laning Xiaochuan's clothes, "Will they not understand what we say?" ”

"That's what I'm most worried about, if I don't understand it, I'll be in trouble." Ning Xiaochuan said with a frown.

Just when Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Xining were worried, the young man said in a slightly lame Central Plains official dialect, "I still know some of the Central Plains official dialect, who are you, and what are you doing in Langqi." ”

"Langqi ......" Ning Xiaochuan was stunned, and quickly took out the map to check, but after looking at it for a long time, he didn't find anything related to Langqi.

Seeing Ning Xiaochuan and the others looking for them in embarrassment, the young man couldn't help but sigh, and then said, "The place where you are now is called Langqi Mountain, we are the Langqi tribe who have lived in the mountains for generations, with Langqi as the surname, my name is Langqi Kan, and I am the wolf lord of the tribe. ”

Listening to Lang Qikan's words, Ning Xiaochuan arched his hand and said, "In Xia Ning Xiaochuan, Zhongzhou Yindu people's clan, wolf master, fortunately." ”

Langqikan looked at Ning Xiaochuan, he was not enthusiastic about the arrival of Ning Xiaochuan and the others, and said coldly, "I don't care where you are from, I am here to tell you not to fight our Langqi tribe's idea, we will not agree to you entering the mountain, the mountains and forests are the place where the wolf king rests, and we will never allow anyone to disturb the wolf king." ”

Yu Xining, who was next to her, hurriedly stepped forward and explained, "Wolf master, you may have misunderstood us, we are not trying to disturb your wolf king's rest, but we are not familiar with life, and we came here unexpectedly, please forgive me." ”

At this time, the man who spoke to Langqikan stepped forward again and whispered a few words in Langqikan's ear, after listening to the man's words, Langqikan raised his hand slightly and shouted a few words in a dialect that Ning Xiaochuan they couldn't understand, and then saw the surrounding Langqi mountain people put away the spears and big knives in their hands, and they were less hostile to Ning Xiaochuan.

Langqi Kan bowed slightly at Ning Xiaochuan, "Our Langqi tribe has always welcomed friends outside the mountain, but too many things have happened recently, and it was really a last resort just now, a few people, please inside." ”

Ning Xiaochuan and Yu Xining glanced at each other, and their intuition told them that something had happened in Shanzhou.

Walking into the Langqi tribe, although there was no hostility, when entering the village, the surrounding mountain people were still wary of them, and said as they walked, "It's strange, how do I feel that you Langqi tribe are all women and children." ”

Hearing this, Lang Qikan slowly stopped, and subconsciously covered his mouth, thinking that he had said the wrong thing, and lowered his head in disagreement.

"You are from outside the mountains, I don't know the situation of our mountain people, our tribe is quite good, there is a risk in Langqi Mountain, and some small tribes have been extinct."

Lang Qikan's tone revealed anger and helplessness, after all, these are all fresh lives.

Yu Xining frowned and said, "Wolf Lord, what is going on here?" ”

Lang Qikan took a deep breath and said slowly, "This has to start from a year ago, a year ago, a group of people from the Central Plains who claimed to be Xuantian disciples came to Chongming, and they made a generous move, doing business with us mountain tribes along the way, and exchanged silk, herbs, and grain for a lot of our mountain goods.

At that time, many tribes thought that they were really here to help the poor mountain people, including my father, these merchants came to Chongming and did not leave, and we all met the nobles at that time, until three months later, they came to Langqi Mountain with Haryanshu. ”

"Which one is Haryanshu?" Shen Li said curiously.

"Haranshu is our Chongming's Tusi, he is a complete traitor, he sent people in various tribes to search for beautiful women, to satisfy his beastly desires, and at the same time, in order to expand his territory, he occupied the mountains everywhere in the open and secret, if it were not for the protection of Langqi Mountain and the wolf king, I am afraid that we will not escape the hands of thieves." Lang Qikan's tone was full of maturity and helplessness that should not be at this age.

After Ning Xiaochuan heard this, his expression was very serious, at first when he was in Yindu, he heard Ning Feng say that Shanzhou's literature and customs were backward, and the people's lives were in dire straits.

At this time, it seemed to be more serious than what Ning Feng said.

Dafeng regarded Shanzhou as the first line of defense against the invasion of the Shanyue barbarians, and every year a large amount of military expenditure was spent on Xiaonan Pass, and even Gongsun Changfeng guarded here.

In this way, Shanyue was blocked and the southern frontier of Dafeng was saved, but he turned a blind eye to the lives of the people, turned a deaf ear, and allowed those Tusi to harm the people.

It's really all over the land of Dafeng to know the suffering of the common people.

"Well, in that case, when you first came, you thought of us as merchants." Ning Xiaochuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Yes, the real purpose of those merchants is not to do business with us, but to spy on the situation of our Langqi tribe, they came three times, the first time was sternly rejected by my father, the second time they sent troops to attack, suffered hardship, and left in embarrassment, the third time my father led the people down the mountain because of the light enemy, and never came back."

Lang Qikan said with tears in his eyes, and later Ning Xiaochuan learned that Lang Qikan's father was killed three months before they came.

"Where did those businessmen come from, and why did the good end target Shanzhou?" Kong Zhenxuan said puzzled.

Lang Qikan shook his head, "I don't know, by the way, I don't know what you're doing here?" ”

Ning Xiaochuan took out the map and pointed to the Dongyue Wumen on the north side of the Shanzhou map, "We're going here." ”