Aspen forest, beside the creek.

The old man and his gang of people from Qingfeng Village say that they are bandits, but they are not even as good as beggars.

Not to mention wolf meat on weekdays, it would be good to get two hares to eat, looking at the oily wolf meat roasted by the fire, they were all drooling greedily.

Chu Yujia and Gong Limo were sitting on a stone next to the stream, and Xiao Yao'er and Xiao Reunion were having fun.

Chu Yujia glanced at the big boss of Qingfeng Village out of the corner of his eye, and said with a smile: "I said old man, when I saw you two years ago, you were still majestic, why is the sun setting so far?"

"With such a, how can you lead your brother to become famous in the world?"

Hearing Chu Yujia's words, Xiao Tuanhuan smiled and said: "I have already told this old man to let him abdicate and make way for Xian, and give me the position of the big boss for two days, I am sure that I have done much better than him." ”

"Oh?"

Chu Yujia smiled and asked, "How can you see it, why do you think you must be better than the old man?"

"If I had been a big boss, I wouldn't be here. ”

Xiao Tuanyuan pointed around and said: "Chu Yujia, look at what kind of place this is, birds don't, make a trap, not a single rabbit has been hooked for three or five days, and when you are lucky, you can touch two fish in this stream, and look at us one by one." ”

"If I sit in the position of the big boss, I will definitely take the big guy out of this poplar forest and find a rich place, and I will definitely have big fish and meat every day. ”

Hearing Xiao Tuanhuan say this, the old man was immediately unhappy, pouted and said, "I said that you kid really doesn't know the height of the sky, do you think it's okay to touch the skin of the world's major events?"

"Do you think it's enough to let the brothers fish and meat, and talk about it with their mouths?"

"If I give you the position of the big boss, I'm afraid it won't be a few days, and you'll have to take the big guy to eat that severed meal. ”

"That's better than starving here. ”

Xiao Tuanyuan said unconvinced: "You old man, you are as timid as a grasshopper, just tell me, if I hadn't discovered that group of people last year, would you all be finished?"

"Yes, yes, you're the best. ”

The old man who sprinkled the ingredients on the wolf meat glanced at Chu Yujia helplessly.

Chu Yujia saw that there seemed to be a trace of loneliness and melancholy in the old man's eyes, so he asked, "Old man, do you have something on your mind?"

The old man shook his head and said, "It's nothing ......."

The more he said that, it naturally meant that he had something on his mind.

Seeing the old man twisting like this, Xiao Tuanhuan was not happy, raised his hand and patted the old man's back, and said, "If you have anything to say, you can say it." ”

After the words fell, Xiao Tuanhuan looked at Chu Yujia, his eyes were slightly red, and he seemed to have been greatly wronged: "Chu Yujia, if you come two days late, you are afraid that you will really not be able to see us." ”

"Why?"

"Because when we went out to catch rabbits a few days ago, we offended a group of people, and this group told us that this forest is theirs, give us five days to let us go, or else we will be tied up and sold to the Western Regions to be slaved by the barbarians of the Western Regions. ”

Chu Yujia raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It's okay, the scenery here is very good, I also want to enjoy the snow and fish here." ”

"Yes!"

Xiao Yao'er ran behind her father at this time, with a look of a woman who did not let the female general with her eyebrows, and waved her big hand: "Don't be afraid, my father is here, my father is here, no one will be able to bully you." ”

"What do you know little baby?"

The old man sighed and said: "We are all old bones, we can't let others fight for us, I have discussed with my brothers, let the young people in the village escape with the children first, if it's okay, come back after a while, if there is something, we will fight with them, kill one is enough, kill two and earn one, what are you afraid of?"

"He said this land is theirs, but we've all lived here for more than ten years, is it useful for him to say?"

"Whoever wants to go, anyway, I'm not leaving, I've lived here for more than ten years, I've long regarded this as home, old man, I've been in the bag for a lifetime, I can't let people snatch the home away in the last few years, others can stand it, I can't afford to lose this person." ”

The old man glanced up at Chu Yujia and said: "If you remember the kindness we gave to your father and daughter back then, then help us bring the children of the little reunion, these children are innocent after all, you will be a slave by your side in the future or what, old man, I don't care, I just hope you can treat them well." ”

The rivers and lakes are like this, survival of the fittest, the weak eat the strong.

This may not be the rivers and lakes that people yearn for, but this is the status quo of the rivers and lakes.

Just like Qingfeng Village and the other group, when grabbing land, no one will care how many years you have settled here, anyway, the rules of this industry are fist-big.

Hearing the old man's words like his last words, Chu Yujia couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, and said: "You can rest assured that you will stay here, if I can still come to the northwest one day, I may be able to use you, now you tell me that those people are there, I will go over and take a look now, I want to see who is so domineering, saying that if you drive people away, you will drive people out." ”

"Little reunion, their gang's lair, can you find it?"

"I can find it. ”

"Let's go. ”

When Chu Yujia was about to raise his feet and leave, he remembered that he didn't come alone, and glanced back at Gong Limo and said, "Do you want to go with me?"

"Don't call me this kind of thing. ”

Gong Limo got up and ignored Chu Yujia and returned to the carriage.

Xiao Yao'er didn't care about that, she opened her hand and said, "Daddy, Yao'er is going to ......"

Chu Yujia couldn't help but provoke the corners of his mouth, bent down and let Xiao Yao'er ride on his neck, and then led Xiao Tuanhuan with one hand, carried Xiao Yao'er on his back, and walked all the way towards the depths of the poplar forest.

Shuiyun County is desolate, and the further west you go, the more desolate it becomes.

Especially in this place, it is almost to the border, the degree of desolation can be imagined, in addition to the place of this poplar forest, almost everywhere is yellow sand, and this poplar forest is like being born against the sky, the forest is full of more than ten miles in a radius, there is a stream in it, the terrain is flat and can cultivate some corn coarse grains, in addition to the deep woods There are many places with fruit trees, just like God can't stand the suffering of the world, and specially gave gifts to the people of Shuiyun County.

But after all, there are still people who want to keep it alone, such as this new group of people, who have no way of knowing where they came from, but after coming here, they began to crowd out other forces that had already lived here, and wanted to monopolize the entire poplar forest.

In this poplar forest, in addition to the old man's Qingfeng Village, there are many small villages here, and this wave of people wants to monopolize this place, which obviously provokes the anger of the public.

It's not that no one resisted, and some people went to fight hard with each other, but this group of people was very strong, slaughtering two villages in a row, and they also frightened this group of people, and people moved out one after another in the past few days.

A child, a teenager, and a man went into the depths of the woods.

After a short time, a chaotic sound was heard in the ear chakra.

Xiao Tuanyuan pricked up his ears, ran two steps forward, and quickly got up a tree with a man's waist, looking forward, the corners of his mouth couldn't help grinning.

"Hey, this bunch, I knew they had to kick on the iron plate. ”

Hearing this, Chu Yujia raised his eyebrows, looked at the small reunion above and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xiao Tuanyuan said while coming down from the tree: "They fought with the people in the northwest, this group of people is really looking for death, they deserve it, phew!"

In this poplar forest there were all kinds of people, some were fugitives from the vassal states, some were deserters from the army, and after gathering here they became small tribes, some of them lived by robbing passers-by, and many more made a living by farming here.

After all, there is food, and no one likes to fight.

And the group of people that Xiao Reunion said are a group of people who came up and down from the army, but these people are not deserters.

The leader was a man, his face as white as snow, sickly pale, and he wore a long robe.

This person's name is Rong Mingzhi, and he has been settling in this poplar forest for two years.

There were more than a dozen biao-shaped men standing beside him, and several men covered in blood were pressed to the ground by these dozen biao-shaped men.

Rong Mingzhi had a cold smile on his face, and looked at the group of people in front of him: "I said, I don't interfere with the river water with your well water, you want to be the first force in this poplar forest, you go to others to fight, I didn't stop you, let alone say anything about it, but if you bully us, then I'm sorry, you have to die." ”

"And I have to remind you, if you want to occupy this poplar forest, you have to have the ability to do it, if not, please don't bother me, because you don't deserve it. ”

One of the people on the opposite side who seemed to be the leader stood up, and said with a Rong Mingzhi face: "We don't mean anything else, we just want to integrate this poplar forest, no matter what it looks like outside, as long as our poplar forest is in a group, even if the official army comes, they can't do anything with us." ”

"Hahahaha......"

Hearing this person's words, Rong Mingzhi smiled, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world: "You don't ask for much, but don't blame me for laughing at you, your idea is really too naïve, the official army didn't take you seriously, if there is really one day, let alone the regular army of the official army is coming, just rely on your ability, even if it is a local army, it is enough to destroy you." ”

"If you don't try, how do you know?"

That person was not afraid, even if his brother was beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, he still straightened his waist and stood in front of Rong Mingzhi and said: "This poplar forest is like this world, it will be divided for a long time, it will be divided for a long time, it will be born together, and it will die if it is divided." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's ambitious and incompetent, just live honestly, why do you want to do so much?"

Rong Mingzhi rolled his eyes and said, "Brothers, I can't talk to him, let's eat and drink, and leave him alone." ”

As the words fell, Rong Mingzhi turned around and led the people back to the simple stockade made of wood.

It was at this time that a fluttering voice came: "I think it makes sense, what this brother said." ”