The guy looked at this posture and found that Li Dan looked young but was the leader of this group, so he hurriedly went in and found the shopkeeper who was leading people to clean up the room.

The shopkeeper was a tall man with a fat face, smiling very festively, and when he came up, he confessed his guilt, saying that he didn't expect a large group of cars and horses to stay at such a party, and he was a little busy for a while.

Li Dan smiled and said that it was okay, and then took out the county official document to ask him to take a look, saying that he was a serious person who should be on an errand.

The shopkeeper saw it, handed it back, and said, "It turned out to be the son of the Li Mansion, disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”

Looking at the beads of sweat on the door of his original head, Li Dan had the intention to make a joke, so he asked: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, 'my old shop', I don't know if it's your family, my family, or who's family?" ”

"Ahem!" The boss laughed: "I thought that Childe would not ask if he was calm, how many people have asked this!" ”

"Oh, how?"

"The villain's surname is Wu, the name is Xuan, after Sun Quan's Taifu Wuzong in the Three Kingdoms, the ancestors of the former Song Dynasty went south from Huaijian and settled in Zhejiang.

In the last years of the first dynasty, he came to this mountain to avoid the war and opened this old shop, and opened up 30 acres of paddy fields on the mountain behind the store, scribbling for a living.

The first person who picked up the son at the door was the eldest of my family, called Wu Kun.

The second son, Wu Xiao, runs a livestock forage business in Wannian City, and his daughter is also married to Wannian, and his son-in-law is called Jiao Conghu, who is a hundred households called Jiao Conghu, and he may be able to see him tomorrow.

There is also an old Sanwuji, but I let him go to study, and now he is boarding in the county school. ”

It turns out that the surname is me. This Wu Xuan is both kind and talkative, and he introduced his own family by pouring beans into the bamboo tube, and it seems that he has told people how many times, and he has already become a bamboo.

Li Biao next to him listened and said: "There are many men in the Jun family, and there is a son-in-law to support him, no wonder he doesn't care about the bandits, some travelers have been robbed, and they dare to stay with us overnight." ”

"There are only three or five thieves in that case." I waved my hand:

"One or two people walking will inevitably be stopped by them to search for a while, how dare they come to me to spread wild? Not to mention brigades like yours. ”

"Do you know where their nest is?" Chen Sanwen interjected and asked.

"At the Fire Temple." Wu Xuan gestured with his hand: "Our back mountain is the boundary ridge, the south slope belongs to ten thousand years, and the north slope belongs to Yugan.

More than four miles ahead, there was a temple of fire on the mountainside. That's where the guy stays. However, it belongs to Saitang Village, which is the boundary of 10,000 years.

There is a mountain platform in front of the temple that is about four zhang high, and the cliff wall is like cutting, that is the axe ridge. There is only one road to go here for 10,000 years, and in the valley under the ridge is the West Pearl Water on one side, and the official road on the other.

There were no strong men before, because this place was less than twenty miles away from Wannian City. This group of people also came recently, but they were at the most critical place at the junction of the two counties. ”

"Anyway, he's three or five. Right, shopkeeper? Gu Da frowned when he saw several people, and immediately said loudly.

"That's a good word," replied my shopkeeper at once.

"And tomorrow morning, he found out that dozens of you people with knives and guns definitely didn't dare to do anything, so he had to look at it dryly. Therefore, the decision to stay overnight is still wise! ”

"Cheng, don't shoot me, hurry up and ask the kitchen to make a few pots of good soup and white rice, if it's too late, we have our own pickles." The brothers have much to do after eating and drinking. Li Dan said with a smile.

"How can I tell you to eat pickles? The kitchen is already preparing, and the food and drinks will be served to the child's house in a while. Wu Kun stepped into the door, and when he heard this, he hurriedly spoke.

Li Dan looked at the room they had prepared for him, nodded, but immediately pointed to Brother Mao: "You are all assigned by him what I eat and where I eat, so you don't have to come to this house on purpose." ”

Wu Kun was stunned, and Brother Mao pulled the two of them to mutter, and Wu Kun understood what it meant, and couldn't help but look at Li Dan in surprise.

My shopkeeper replied to some words about the road situation tomorrow and withdrew, pulled my son and asked what the little relatives had just said.

After Wu Kun whispered to repeat it, Shopkeeper Wu turned his head in surprise to see that Brother Mao was standing at the door holding the copper-headed eyebrow stick.

"This little boy is going to have dinner with the elders in the hall below? I've been running a store all my life, and I've heard about it all my life. My shopkeeper shook his round head and said:

"At this young age, I know how to restrain my subordinates and share weal and woe, but I am afraid that the future will not be underestimated!"

Hurriedly eating, Li Dan gave everyone another advice on the table.

Liu Hongsheng was in charge of the first shift on duty, asked for some firewood with Wu Kun, and took the brothers who were camping outside to light two fires, and then continued to make unfinished bamboo guns on the fire.

Yang Xiaoyi and Zhang cymbals led people to use the remaining bamboo to make piles, the thicker end was cut diagonally, three and a half feet high, and the middle was connected by six ropes to form a fence wall, each section was eight feet long.

When it is done, the diagonally chopped end is knocked into the dirt, and a simple defensive fence is formed.

Xiao Niu was responsible for arranging the post and taking turns to be on duty at night, Li Dan called Gu Da, and the two of them were talking while burning their feet in the room.

After washing his feet, how to restrain everyone after entering the city tomorrow, how Li Dan reported to the marching division, how to connect with Ma Jiu and the others who arrived in advance, etc., these are all negotiated.

Gu Da went downstairs to check on the camp, and Brother Mao quietly hugged the roll and opened it at the door.

Li Dan thought about today's situation under the oil lamp, licked the ink with the brush on the table on the small book that Pei Xi nailed with a rope, and recorded some experiences.

At first, it was noisy, but then it became quieter.

Li Dan got up and pulled his cloth shoes and walked downstairs, first went to the camp outside to look around, tested the fence with his hands, looked at the tents of the brothers, and told those who had not slept to be careful of the bonfire;

and look at the unloaded harnesses, one after the other the precious carriages parked outside the wall; Then he went back to the courtyard to look at the mules and horses under the trough, and fed the jujube with beans.

After telling the brothers who guarded the courtyard gate and patrolled the yard, he finally went upstairs to sleep. From beginning to end, Brother Mao followed him, served him to cover the quilt and lie down, and then went back to his own bed.

I had just fallen asleep, and suddenly I heard someone screaming outside, and then I heard the sound of the bamboo flute alarm.

Li Dan turned over and sat up, Mao Zai was asleep in his clothes, and he had already jumped to the door with a waist knife. "What's wrong?" Li Dan asked while tying his belt.

"It looks like someone is shouting to catch a thief." Brother Mao listened carefully and looked back at Li Dan: "That's right, it's true that there are thieves and thieves." ”

"Huh?" Li Dan was stunned and smiled: "Could it be that this gang of thieves is so bold that we don't provoke it, but he found it himself?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of footsteps in the house where the elders lived, and asked loudly in a hurry:

"What's wrong, what's going on? Which madman shouted at night and couldn't even sleep soundly? ”

Someone reported loudly downstairs: "Second Master Gu, there is a thief who came to steal the horse, and he was discovered by the brother who patrolled the night, and he fled when he heard the siren." ”

At this time, Yang Yi's voice said, "Did someone go out to chase after him?" Mingjin, call the chasing brothers back. I don't know where to chase in this big black field, and it will be bad if I hurt one or two more. ”

The man hurriedly agreed, and in a short time the gong sounded.

Brother Mao had already found out the fire medium and lit the oil lamp, and the people outside came to knock on the door when they saw it, and Song Xiaoniu asked, "San Lang is up?" ”

"Come in." Li Dan said briefly. Mao Zai opened the door, and four people rushed in. Li Dan's eyes swept over, but he didn't see Zhang Cymbals, so he immediately asked, "Second Brother Zhang?" ”

"He went out to relieve himself and didn't come back, so he must be downstairs." Liu Hongsheng replied.

"I'm back!" The footsteps on the floor outside, Zhang Bo walked in quickly, hugged his fists and said: "Come one step late, don't blame the team rate." I almost led someone to chase me out, why did I hear Mingjin just now? ”

"Do you know what's going on out there?" Yang Yi hurriedly asked.

"I heard the brothers who were on the night patrol say that they saw the northwest corner of the camp in the dark shadows, and they asked who it was, but the other party got on his horse and ran, and only then did he know that there was a thief, so he blew the siren.

As soon as I finished my hand, I went out. Listening to the sound of horses' hooves chasing southeast, chasing to the official road, I listened to the three sticks sounding the golden gong, so I beckoned everyone to retreat. Zhang replied.

"How many horses have you lost?" Li Dan asked.

"Three horses, all left outside." Zhang Cymbal said angrily: "The dog day is very careful, our brothers slept to death, and he took advantage of it." ”

"How many people committed the crime?" Li Dan asked again.

"The night watchman didn't see it clearly, but I heard them talking, so there were at least two of them, right?"

"Two men stole three horses, and they were barebacked, ...... without a saddle." Li Dan touched his chin and thought.

"If that's the case, it means at least two things: they both have some kung fu, they can handle horses, and they can't run very far."

Everyone looked back and saw Chen Sanwen, who was asleep next door, coming in, and listened to him continue:

"I've heard it said that bareback horses can only be ridden by northland bandits, and without saddles and stirrups, they can't sit still for miles."

"Chen Sanlang, what do you mean, the gang of robbers that my shopkeeper said did it?" Liu Hongsheng asked.

"Quite possibly!"

"Then they must have run back to the Mountain Temple!"

"San Lang, let's get all the people to kill it!" Several voices said one after another.

"Hey, why didn't Ah Biao come?" Yang Xiaoyi suddenly spoke.

"It's coming, it's coming!" As he spoke, Li Biao jumped in panting, followed by the embarrassed shopkeeper, and at this moment, the big round face was obviously sweating more.

"Third uncle, my shopkeeper and I looked around with torches, there should be three thieves, and the two of them touched them to the front door first, and then walked along the west side.

I probably found that there was a hole in the northwest corner of us, so I came in from there and led the horses, and went out to pick up a third man under the soaphorn tree on the side of the official road in front.

Looking at the horseshoe prints along the way, it is time to run along the official road to the mountains. ”

His words surprised several people in the room, but they didn't expect Li Biao, who is usually a sharp-beaked monkey, to be able to look so detailed with a torch. This is really called "you can't judge people by appearance".

"Oh, and the answer? That's definitely a veteran! Chen Sanwen slammed his fist in the palm of his hand and said affirmatively.

"I still think it's a little weird," Liu Hongsheng crossed his arms and smacked his lips:

"After this group of people finished doing bad things, they went to the official road, Tete left a big horseshoe print on the river beach waiting for us to chase, isn't he afraid of revealing his line of hiding?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and General Gu clapped his hand and shouted:

"Liu Jiaerlang is right, those guys seem to have made up their minds to lead us to the door to fight.

Let's come out of Yu, and there is no grievance or enmity with this person, why is he looking for trouble? There's something hidden behind this! ”

When he said this, everyone in the room gasped. "Hey, really." Zhang Bo nodded:

"When I led someone to chase me, the thief was very arrogant, and shouted, 'You have the ability to come to the uncle'. Now listening to everyone's analysis, it is indeed deliberately provoking us.

Just ......, why? It doesn't make sense! ”

"It doesn't make sense because we don't know." Yang Yi said, and then turned to Li Dan to remind:

"Brother Dan, this is not the most important thing.

If we are still busy with this matter after the sky is bright tomorrow morning, and we will lose the deadline if we can't keep it in order for 10,000 years, it will be a crime to delay the military aircraft!

It's not worth it to take on three horses and ruin your future and reputation. Which is heavier, you have to think twice! ”