Chapter 160: Turmoil on the Ground
Chapter 160
After leaving Jiading City, the nearest Xiangyang City is at least five days away, but fortunately, Bufan and Gu Yu were well prepared before leaving Jiading City, so the journey was quite stable. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The two of them got up and slept at dusk, although because of the hot weather, sometimes they would stop and rest for a long time, but Bu Fan did not practice swordsmanship as soon as he was free as before, and now more time Bu Fan spent on meditation, and Gu Yu often took advantage of Bu Fan's meditation time to practice marksmanship.
After four days of driving in the suburbs, he never came across a clean water source, and the water in the water bladder was drunk as early as yesterday morning.
Look at the words on the plaque at the entrance of the village, the name of the village is Meizi Village, Bu Fan and Gu Yu led the horse from the entrance of the village and walked slowly in, until they saw an old woman sweeping the floor in the courtyard, Bu Fan handed the reins to Gu Yu, walked into the courtyard, and said with a kind face, "Auntie, the two of us are a little thirsty when we pass by, I don't know if we can give up a bowl of water to drink?"
When the old woman heard the voice, she stopped what she was doing, glanced at Bufan and Gu Yu outside the yard, nodded kindly, and replied, "Childe, wait a while, I'll go get water" After speaking, she put the broom by the door and turned around and entered the house.
"Thank you, auntie," Bu Fan smiled.
After a while, the old woman went out with a porcelain pot in one hand and two porcelain bowls in the other, walked in front of Bu Fan again, handed Bu Fan a bowl and said, "The girl outside must be thirsty, why don't you let her come in and drink water, although there is nothing else in the cold house, but the water is still enough to drink."
After saying "Okay", Bu Fan turned around and nodded to Gu Yu, who tied the horse to the trunk of the tree and walked into the yard.
Bu Fan took the bowl, and the woman asked while filling Bu Fan with water, "Childe, where are you going?"
Bu Fan replied, "Oh, we're going to Beiping"
The woman nodded after listening, then smiled and handed Gu Yu a bowl and said, "Listen to the men in the village, it has not been peaceful in Beiping recently."
Bu Fan drank it all in one gulp, and said heartily, "Auntie, don't worry, it'll be fine." ”
After pouring water for Gu Yu, seeing that Bufan had finished drinking, the old woman carried the pot and said with a smile, "Let's drink another bowl, the weather is hot, don't be afraid to drink more water"
"Thank you, auntie," Bu Fan wiped the water stains on the side of his mouth and stretched the bowl over.
But just as the old woman was pouring water, the children who were fighting at the entrance of the village suddenly ran towards the village, and shouted in horror as they ran, "Oh no, no, someone has come to the village to fight......
The old woman's hand pouring water suddenly stopped, and she muttered, "Is it ......?" When the woman saw the sand and dust rising at the end of the road, she immediately panicked and said, "Hurry up, two...... Hide quickly, you must be here to recruit soldiers, the two of you quickly enter the house and hide. ”
"Conscription?" Bu Fan couldn't figure it out, but the old woman seemed to be very excited, and directly pushed Bu Fan and Gu Yu into the room with two hands, "Hurry up and hide"
Bu Fan was pushed into the room in a daze, and just as he was about to speak, the old woman closed the door.
When the old woman went out, she picked up her broom again and swept the floor as usual, but her hand trembled slightly.
Bu Fan stood by the window with a frown, looking at the movement outside through the window paper......
However, first of all, a man rode a horse from the entrance of the village to gallop into the village, followed by nearly a hundred armored soldiers.
Bu Fan's eyebrows rose a few more points......
The big man at the front immediately ran to the door of the old woman, and after seeing the two horses tied to the door, he suddenly laughed and said, "Hahahaha, I didn't expect that there are two good horses in this broken village, it seems that today's harvest is not small." ”
Outside the window, the woman's feet began to tremble when she heard the voice.
After laughing, the big man took out a scroll of silk books from his arms, and shouted in his voice, "The Nanfang Battalion is ordered to recruit soldiers, except for the old, weak, sick, and disabled children in the village, adult males will quickly go out to accept the inspection, and anyone who hides will be dealt with immediately for the crime of resisting the decree!"
As soon as the words fell, some timid and frightened men in the village went out with a frightened face and slowly gathered together......
The big man at the head didn't seem to care too much about the men in front of him, but he was very concerned about the two horses tied to the trunk of the old woman's door, and after looking at it for a long time, the big man suddenly pointed to the two horses and glanced over and asked the old woman, "These two horses belong to your family?"
The old woman paused for a moment, then nodded again and again.
"Oh, you're an old woman, and you can ride a horse, are there any other people in the house?" said the big man with a meaningful smile.
The old woman hurriedly shook her head and replied, "No, no"
The big man snorted coldly, "Then why are you trembling, do you know that you have to blame the twenty boards for covering up the crime?!" Seeing that the woman did not react, she turned over and dismounted, walked to the two horses tied to the trunk of the tree, and stroked them lovingly for a while, then walked into the woman's yard, raised her hand and ordered, "You go to other places to search, and bring them over as soon as you find them."
"Yes" After nearly 100 armored soldiers finished speaking, they dispersed in all directions, how could they look like soldiers, they were clearly naked bandits......
Seeing this, the big man took a few steps forward, and said with a disgusting smile, "Auntie, why do you bother, how good it is to let your son join the army, maybe you can still be a petty official, it's better than living in a place where you don't, right?"
The old woman still shook her head resolutely and said, "I am the only woman in the family, and my only son has also gone to the county seat to do business. ”
"Don't bother, you get out of the way, just let me go into the house and have a look, I'm still very reasonable, if there is no one, I will definitely apologize to you, Auntie" The big man said and took a few steps forward.
The old woman immediately took a few steps back, blocked the door of the house, shook her head, and said, "I'm the only woman in the house, isn't it okay for you to come in like this, my lord?"
"Shame on your face, get out of the way of me!"
The old woman still didn't leave an inch.
Just as the big man was furious and wanted to make a move, the door of the house opened automatically.
"I think it's shameless for you," Bu Fan said as he stood at the door.
Seeing this, the old woman said with a look of disbelief, "Why did you come out, didn't you let you hide, you are not from the village in the first place, why should you be implicated in this?"
Bu Fan shook his head and said, "Auntie, don't worry, it'll be fine." ”
"Heh, you're a little bold, for your own sake, I won't pursue it anymore, and the two horses outside the door are also yours?" the big man asked.
Bu Fan smiled and bowed.
Dahan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then it will be confiscated together, and when you join the army, for the sake of the face of your two good horses, I will directly transfer you to the southern defense battalion, and you don't have to suffer in training with a group of recruits."
Bu Fan looked at the big man and asked strangely, "My lord, did I say that I want to join the army?"
The big man, who was already about to turn around and leave, suddenly turned around and asked in disbelief, "What did you say!"
Bu Fan walked out of the room with Gu Yu, shook his head and smiled, "Hehe, it seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet?" But I still want to ask you first, is the General's Mansion already impatient now?" Without waiting for the big man to answer, Bu Fan immediately replied to himself, "It seems that Xu Pingguo's jackal's character has not changed."
Hearing that Bu Fan actually called Xu Pingguo's name, Dahan was immediately stunned, pointed at Bu Fan and asked, "You... Who the hell are you!"