Chapter 67: Ruthless
That night, after having a sumptuous 'all-bear feast' in a makeshift 'shelter', Huo Quzhi couldn't like it, and couldn't help but make several more promises.
For example, when he returned to Chang'an City tomorrow, he would find a way to deceive Wei Yan, Su Wu, Zhang Lian, Gongsun Lan and other gentlemen, and let those cattle help Yang Chuan open up wasteland and build houses.
Looking at his hesitant look, Yang Chuan felt tired for no reason: "Those guys are not diligent and don't distinguish between grains and grains, where are the materials for cultivating wasteland." ”
Huo Quzhi said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as you promise to let the six golden eagles accompany me back to Chang'an City, I promise to solve it for you!" ”
What this thing can't forget, after all, is still six stupid eagles.
"You can bring the golden eagle, and the gold will also be brought," Yang Chuan wrote and drew on a sheepskin by the flickering light of the simple fireplace, "and seeds of various grains and vegetables, farm tools, ploughing oxen, and carpenters who built houses......
Forget it, let's go buy it together. ”
Starting from scratch, more than 2,000 acres of land, there are mountains, forests, swamps, fertile fields, and a Weishui River passing through, so why do you have to build a stone arch bridge?
There are too many things needed, and he is worried that the thick branches and leaves of Huo will delay the spring ploughing.
Unexpectedly, Huo Qu was sick and stubbornly held his neck: "Yang Chuan, what do you mean?" I'm afraid I won't be able to handle this little thing? A certain family is willing to make a military order with you, and if you can't handle it, you will ...... You're going to break Wei Yan's leg! ”
Wei Yan is the eldest of Wei Qing's family, and he is Huo Quai's cousin, and it is bad luck to meet such a pit cousin......
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Early the next morning, Huo Qubing took six golden eagles and returned to Chang'an in high spirits.
This thing is a word, thirty catties of gold, and he really didn't bring anything with him, he said, if he can solve the problem with money, then there is no need to let him Huo Quai's illness go out in person.
Yang Chuan no longer insisted.
Sending Huo Quai, he led Sister Leopard's family to survey the mountains and forests within a radius of dozens of miles, and roughly knew in his heart that once something 'irresistible' happened, there must be at least three or five escape routes.
He quickly fell in love with the place.
This area is the most majestic and precipitous section of the Qinling Mountains, the snow on the Zhongnan Mountain is covered all the year round, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, the scenery is beautiful, there are many clear springs and streams that are crystal clear, not inferior to the Huashan and Taibai Mountains that he initially fancied.
He was especially pleasantly surprised by the fact that in a canyon not far from his fiefdom, he found a natural hot spring of excellent quality, steaming hot, exuding a faint smell of sulfur.
Yang Chuan spent a full hour taking a hot spring bath with Sister Leopard, changing into a set of clean clothes, and only felt that his body and bones seemed to be several pounds lighter.
As for the two snacks of Da Mao and Xiao Mao, they are still very resistant to taking a bath, refusing to go into the water, and the milk is fierce and the milk is roaring and struggling, and the splashing water makes him head and face.
Yang Chuan was furious, and scolded Sister Leopard directly: "Look at you, what are you used to children in!" ”
After speaking, he simply lay on a deerskin and closed his eyes to recuperate.
Sister Leopard was very angry, one paw, shoeed two snacks into the hot spring, and stood next to her, which one disobediently dared to climb up, and if she went down with one paw, she would press it to the bottom of the water for seven or eight breaths......
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In the evening, Yang Chuan descended from Zhongnan Mountain and returned to the 'shelter' that had been temporarily built last night, and his face became gloomy.
A group of people, to be precise, a group of unclothed and disheveled savages, occupied his cabin and skillfully formed an encirclement, blocking Yang Chuan and Sister Leopard's family in this sunny col.
These guys have a strong ability to conceal, even if Sister Leopard is present, they didn't notice the slightest abnormality beforehand, which made Yang Chuan a little surprised.
There were seventy or eighty men on the other side, all armed with swords, and judging by the looped legs that were evident when they stood, they had lived on horseback for at least seven or eight years.
Moreover, judging from the standing posture of these guys, the movements when holding the blades, and their cold and murderous eyes, they should all be from the army, at least compared to those old killers at the stone gate barrier......
"Hello villagers."
Yang Chuan was suspicious in his heart, but his handsome little face was innocent, and he arched his hand with a smile: "The kid wants to go to Chang'an City to find relatives and friends, but he got lost. ”
"Lost?"
An old savage led by one sneered and looked Yang Chuan up and down: "At the age of thirteen, he was awarded the title of Emperor of the Middle School by virtue of his military merits, and he was rewarded with eighty tilts of good land and thirty catties of gold. ”
Yang Chuan chuckled in his heart, and secretly thought to himself: 'Where did these people come from?' ’
No matter how you look at it, these guys should have a lot of background, and besides, there is no good intention......
"Does this township party know the boy?" Yang Chuan asked with a smile.
"Yaye only knows the bounty," the old savage waved his hand nonchalantly, "take it, take it!" ”
As soon as the words fell, seven or eight people swooped over, casting a big net on their heads, and they were very familiar with it, and at a glance, they knew that they had done this kind of thing on weekdays.
The matter has come to this point, and Yang Chuan is not allowed to think about it more, and he rolls on the spot to avoid the big net, and there is an extra boning knife in his hand.
He stepped forward and slashed a man's throat.
Without waiting for the old move, he rolled again, shuttling back and forth between the long legs of seven or eight savages, wielding the boning knife in his hand, and cutting it in the face of a pile of ox legs and sheep's hooves.
A miserable cry suddenly sounded, and the seven or eight men who rushed over first were all severely injured, either their throats were cut or their hamstrings were broken.
As a cook, since he can solve cows, he is naturally very good at understanding people.
Without waiting for those people to react, Yang Chuan swooped towards the left front, dodging the attack of the two blades, cutting the throat of one of them with one knife, and rushing into the mountain forest with one by one.
He is agile and fast, and the mountains or dense forests are the best places for him to use his methods.
At the same time, Sister Leopard's family had already jumped out of the encirclement and into the vast jungle, and disappeared after a few flashes.
"Chase!"
The old savage at the head of the group had a blue face, roared angrily, waved the blade in his hand and strode into the mountains and forests, and took the lead in chasing Yang Chuan, who jumped east and west like a thin monkey.
It is a shame that seventy or eighty veterans of a hundred battles were wounded several by a thirteen or fourteen-year-old skinny monkey boy and let them escape from the encirclement.
The rest of the people also looked ugly, and shouted and chased into the mountains and forests.
Before leaving, he also took away the seven or eight injured people who had broken their hamstrings, and the three deceased who had their throats cut by Yang Chuan......
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This fight lasted for a short time, from the sudden attack of those wild men to Yang Chuan's counterattack, the rabbit rose and fell, and it only took a dozen breaths before and after, and calm returned to Yang Chuan's cabin.
The mountain wind whimpered, and the insects chirped.
On a mountain cliff not far from here, an old thief of Cui Jiu dressed in sackcloth quietly appeared, his hands in his sleeves, looking at the direction of Yang Chuan's escape, and a strange smile appeared on his pale and blue old face: "This kid, he is very ruthless." ”