Early the morning of the second day when Zhao Jian and Lan Mei'er arrived at Xiama Guancheng, Zhao Jian asked his subordinates to go to several intelligence points in the city to inquire about the situation, and these intelligence stations were arranged when King Yuwen evacuated Xiama Guancheng.

Zemu Co went to visit the mansions of several princes and nobles in the city, and the mansions of the giant merchants, all of whom had been very friendly with King Yuwen in the past, and were also the main anti-war faction within Tufan.

Lan Meier didn't have a special task and was on call at the inn, but she couldn't be idle, so she took the maid Xiaoqing out to wander the street.

At this time, the city of Xiamaguan is very lively, the street is bustling, people come and go, all wearing new clothes, their faces are full of joy, the street vendors, desperately shouting, jugglers, trying to attract customers, everywhere is filled with a festive atmosphere.

Lan Mei'er was feeling a little strange, and the maid Xiaoqing told her: "By the way, today is the Eid al-Fitr festival of Tufan, no wonder it's so lively." Then she gave Lan Meier a general overview of the situation of Eid al-Fitr, and said, "Miss Lan is really lucky, the first time she came to Tufan, she encountered such a major festival. ”

Lan Meier thought angrily in her heart, what kind of Tufan country is this, it is obviously my Central Plains realm, but she was attracted by the exotic scenery in front of her, and felt that this place really did not look like the territory of the Han people. In fact, she didn't know that during the reign of King Yuwen, Xiama Guancheng was an open city, and all ethnic groups in the Northwest Regions traded here, and various cultures exchanged and coexisted here, forming a multi-ethnic hodgepodge of sojourns.

Lan Meier was attracted by the dazzling variety of goods on the street, and she felt that her eyes were not enough. At this moment, a cheering voice attracted her attention, and when she looked up, there was a circle of people around the street corner in front of her, all standing on tiptoe and stretching their necks to watch something.

Lan Mei'er walked over curiously, stood outside the crowd and looked inside, only to see two big-headed puppets popping up in the circle, jumping and jumping, and kept waving their hands, not knowing what they were doing.

Xiaoqing stepped forward and shouted a few words to the crowd, and when people looked back and saw a gorgeously dressed aristocratic lady, they retreated one after another, making way for Lan Meier, and Lan Meier and Xiaoqing walked into the circle of people.

It turned out that the performance inside was two people stepping on stilts, wearing a big robe, twice as tall as ordinary people, wearing a dummy head on their heads, and the human head was painted with a hideous appearance, which was very scary. There were also many long strips of cloth on the heads of the two, like long hair, and as they jumped, it was very funny to dangle in front of their heads.

There was a local artist shouting loudly, two big-headed people, jumped together, stretched out their hands to make a fight, one hit the other's head with his fist, the other slapped each other with the palm of his hand, and the two stretched out their hands to grab the strip of cloth on each other's heads, while spinning in circles, howling.

The onlookers laughed, some shouted hello, and some howled along with the big head.

Lan Mei'er didn't understand what kind of performance this was for a while, and at this time, Xiaoqing approached her and said, "That person said it was Bigfoot's performance." He said that the palace had caught a lot of bigfoot monsters, and they would be asked to perform gladiatorial battles and tear each other apart at the ceremonial ceremony the day after tomorrow. These two stilt-walking men are mimicking the gladiatorial battle of Bigfoot. ”

Lan Mei'er suddenly understood, so there is really such a giant called Bigfoot, and it was also caught by the Tufan people, who can not only catch them, but also domesticate them and let them tear each other apart.

Lan Mei'er wanted to know what this giant called Bigfoot looked like, was it really similar to the fifth brother, but although the fifth brother had a fierce and ugly appearance, it was not as hideous and terrifying as they painted. She was worried about whether there were five brothers among the Bigfoot monsters caught by Qifan, and if so, how to rescue him?

She stood there stunned, Xiaoqing pulled her out of the crowd, but Lan Meier didn't have the heart to continue shopping, she immediately took Xiaoqing back to the inn in a hurry, wanting to see if Zhao Jian and Ze Mu had any news from their inquiry, and also wanted to tell them the news that there was a bigfoot gladiatorial fight at the ceremony the day after tomorrow as soon as possible.

It wasn't until noon that Zhao Jian and the others returned to the inn one after another. They immediately called Lan Mei'er over to discuss the matter.

Zhao Jian's investigation here is that there were rumors among the people that Tufan had captured and domesticated a lot of wild people called Bigfoot, but no one had ever seen them, and recently it was rumored that these Bigfoot monsters had been sent to the front line and were ready to participate in the war.

A member of the royal family told him that Toban had indeed been training some savages, intending to train them to become warriors. However, although these wild men are huge, they are relatively sluggish after domestication, and their combat ability is reduced. Recently, I heard that the Tufan army has figured out a way to make full use of the abilities of these giants, helping them to storm cities and land, and have sent hundreds of wildlings to the front line.

Zhao Jian added: "In addition, I heard that there are still some such savages in the city, and they are going to hold a gladiatorial competition at the Eid al-Fitr ceremony to present gifts for the conference. ”

Lan Mei'er nodded and said, "I've heard about it on the street, and they're going to let these Bigfoot monsters tear each other apart at the ceremony." Saying that all the Bigfoot monsters were caught from the mountains, I wondered if the fifth brother would be among them?"

"That's quite possible. If Wu Kui is found at the scene of the ceremony, how can we rescue him?" Zhao Jian felt that this issue was worth discussing, and continued: "Under the eyes of tens of thousands of people at the scene, it is not realistic to rescue him. ”

"That's not appropriate, if the fifth brother appears at the scene, he will participate in the gladiatorial fight, life and death are not said, even if he is safe, he will be strictly guarded afterwards, and it will not be easy to save it. I think that although there are many people at the scene, they are all ordinary people, and if they can manage to disturb the scene, they can fish in troubled waters and rescue him while they are in chaos. Lan Meier put forward a different opinion.

He said: "What we can do now is to try to make all kinds of preparations, and when the time comes, we will act according to the situation on the spot." ”

Zhao Jian and Lan Meier agreed with what he said, and everyone decided that Zhao Jian would go down first to make preparations for evacuating from the scene at that time, and Xue Mu Co would be responsible for getting the tickets for their group to enter the ceremony site and the seats at the ceremony site.