The breeze blows, and the branches of the small trees by the pond keep shaking and rustling. The pond www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion was also wrinkled by the wind, and there were slight ripples. Also affected by the wind was the pile of firewood—when the wind blew, even the bright flames began to sway.

The firewood in the fire was suddenly burned and exploded due to the high temperature, making a "crackling" sound, and then a few sparks exploded, and then drifted away with the wind.

Sun Lao's contemplation was broken by the sound of a Martian explosion, and after a moment, he looked up at the sky, and there were three points of melancholy, three points of regret, and three points of anger in his face.

"Do you know that some time ago, some time ago, banditry broke out in the land of the two lakes, especially in the area of Huangzhou?"

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, when the banditry occurred, he was in Dayuan, and he didn't know the specific situation, the reason why he knew about it was because Su Lingtian was sent to Huangzhou shortly after returning to the Central Plains, so he didn't go to Dayuan again. Later, it seems that Linghu Jisang also rushed to Huangzhou after the Great Yuan incident.

Compared with Mu Xiaojiu's half-understanding, Yang Tiexin's news is obviously much better-informed.

"The Huangzhou bandits are known below, I heard that the bandit seems to have been committed by two bandits together, one of them is a local bandit in Huangzhou, and the other seems to be a water bandit under the twelve links of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, but now these two groups of bandits have not been found, and the imperial court should also send people to confront the people of the twelve links of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, but it has been almost three months and there is no result."

Sun Lao nodded, "That's right, that's right, and the follow-up is not fruitless, it's just that the vicinity of Huangzhou is blocked, in fact, those two gangs of bandits have been wandering around Huangzhou again since March, and they have been fighting guerrilla warfare with the imperial army, but now the imperial court has been used to strengthen the border in addition to the local garrison, so there is no time to send troops over for a while." ”

"What does this have to do with your past, Old Sun?" Mu Xiaojiu asked a little puzzled.

Sun Lao sighed, "Because at the beginning of March, there was a sudden plague over there, and I was going to take Xiaoya back to the southwest, but after hearing the news, I hurriedly changed the route, but I didn't expect to meet you on the way." ”

Mu Xiaojiu was stunned for a moment, "Old Sun, you came out of the capital and went back to the southwest, why did you appear here again now?" It's not far from Hangzhou, how did you get here? ”

Sun Lao smiled bitterly, "Xiaoya said that before returning to the southwest, she wanted to go to Suzhou and Hangzhou, so I took her around in a circle, first by the southeast, and then from the southeast back to the southwest." ”

Mu Xiaojiu nodded, "In this case, then we can go together, I originally intended to go to Wudang Mountain, if I go to Wudang Mountain, I will inevitably go to the land of two lakes, just passing through Huangzhou, I can also help Sun Lao." Besides, I don't feel very relieved that you and Xiaoya are on the road, after all, although Xiaoya has learned some light skills from me, after all, light skills can't protect the two of you. Now that chaos is piling up, the two of you will inevitably encounter some danger on the road. ”

Sun Lao looked at Xiaoya, thought about it carefully, and finally nodded, "Okay, then let's go on the road together tomorrow." ”

That night, Mu Xiaojiu and Mu Nianci took turns keeping vigil, and they only chatted for a few words, and most of the time the two of them remained quiet until the next morning.

When the first rays of morning light sprinkled on the earth, and the wildflowers in the forest began to gradually exude a fragrance because of the morning dew, Sun Lao and Yang Tiexin woke up at the same time as if they had received some signal.

After the two woke up, Mu Xiaojiu looked at Mu Nianci, who was still asleep because of sleepiness in the middle of the night, arched his hand at Sun Lao and Yang Tiexin, and pointed outside, signaling himself to pick up firewood.

The firewood he picked up last night at the alternation with Mu Nianci was about to burn out after the whole second half of the night passed, although there was no need for fire at this time, but more firewood could always make everyone warmer, and they could drink hot water when they ate dry food for a while.

Not long after, Mu Xiaojiu came back with a small stack of firewood that was not wet with dew, but at this time Mu Nianci had also woken up, and she should have learned from Sun Lao and Yang Tiexin that Mu Xiaojiu went to collect firewood, so she didn't go out again, and when Mu Xiaojiu went back, she was simply washing by the pond.

It's really simple, Mu Nianci just washed his face, no rouge, no gouache, all those things you often have to prepare when you go out at your daughter's house, there is no such thing here as Mu Nianci.

At this time, Sun Lao had already begun to prepare to call Xiaoya.

"Xiaoya, Xiaoya, get up Xiaoya." Sun Lao gently pushed Xiaoya, and his voice was kind and kind. However, Xiaoya didn't wake up, but waved her hand indiscriminately, muttered twice, and then turned over and continued to sleep.

Sun Lao sighed, "Xiaoya, it's dawn, get up and eat something, we're on our way." ”

It's a pity that Xiaoya still didn't get up, but continued to lie there.

Mu Nianci looked at Xiao Jiu, then at Xiao Ya, and finally stopped his gaze on Sun Lao's face.

"Elder Sun, can you let me say something to Xiaoya? I think I should be able to wake her up. Of course, it's not very likely, I just think it's a little easier. ”

Looking at Mu Nianci, whose face was full of seriousness, Sun Lao finally clicked the leak, and then, Mu Nianci walked to Xiao Ya's side and whispered something in her ear, and Xiao Ya sat up suddenly.

took her around and found that everyone around her was looking at her with a smile, and she exhaled, as if she had put down a big stone in her heart, and then looked at Mu Nianci, who was smiling the most weirdly.

When Xiaoya went to wash on the edge of the pool, Mu Xiaojiu whispered to Mu Nianci and asked with some curiosity: "What did you say to Xiaoya just now?" How did she wake up so fast? ”

Mu Nianci smiled silently, "It's actually very simple, doesn't Xiaoya like to learn kung fu from you?" I just said in her ear: 'If you don't get up again, Xiao Jiu will leave angrily and never teach you martial arts again.' ’”

Mu Xiaojiu looked at Mu Nianci with a smile on his face a little dumbfounded: "It's that simple?" ”

Mu Nianci shrugged and nodded, "It's as simple as that, otherwise what else would I say?" ”

……

After washing up and eating dry food, the original group of three people here expanded again to a group of five, and they moved towards the land of the two lakes and Huangzhou together.

At the same time, what is the situation in Huangzhou?

"Enemy attack! Concentrate! Concentrate! Hurry up! Gather everyone together for me! ”

The man of medium stature who was standing in the middle and shouting was the highest field command official in Huangzhou so far, and he was also the boss of Su Lingtian, a thousand households.

Under his shout, the four thousand households moved at the same time, conveying the order downward.

"And a few of you thousands of households, don't think that if you are an officer, you don't have to go to the battlefield, now, after the order is given, follow me to the front line first!" The man shouted again, and then ran first towards the place where the fighting was most intense.

How can a few thousand or hundreds of households dare to hesitate when they see this? Hurriedly rushed forward with weapons, and for a while, the bandits and the officers and soldiers began to engage in short-handed combat, and the smoke of gunpowder rose everywhere, killing all over the place.

It seems that after this period of war, the people of Huangzhou, at least the people here, seem to have gradually become accustomed to this kind of battlefield, as well as the blood splashing everywhere and the bones and flesh that may be thrown at any time. They were obviously so close to the battlefield, but now that the war was going on, their faces were only calm, or rather cold, as if they had lost the ability to reflect.

There are only children, only some young children who still haven't reported the fear of these things in their bones, so they don't dare to look directly at the scene in front of them now.

"Boss, the other party's people are a little fierce!" A thousand households cut down a water bandit with a knife, and found that his side was about to be pressed and beaten by the opposite side, "The individual soldiers on the other side are stronger than us, and there are more people than us, this battle can't be fought, if the support doesn't come again, we can only choose to retreat first!" ”

When he said this, this Qianhu had already slashed all the way and came to the front of the commander, which just happened to save the commander a lot of effort, and he slapped Qianhu on the head with a slap in the back, "Don't fucking talk nonsense, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will treat you for a crime of disturbing the morale of the army?" If you can fight, you have to fight, and if you can't, you have to fight! If we give up, the surviving people will suffer! ”

When Chito heard this, he gritted his teeth, and a complicated look suddenly appeared in the eyes of the commander, and just as he was about to say something, the rear of the bandits suddenly rioted.

"Huh? This is...... What's the situation? The thousand households muttered involuntarily, but the commander shouted in ecstasy: "Haha, reinforcements are coming!" I'll take a look at you bastards if you're arrogant again! Come on, show me arrogantly! ”

There weren't many reinforcements coming, but they were enough to turn the tide - how could the army be afraid of these rogues in terms of individual strength? It's just that they were sneak attacks before, and since this period of time, the soldiers' morale has been grinded, and now a support soldier has come, which directly makes the soldiers' hearts burn and they are no longer afraid.

Moreover, the reinforcements themselves were not weak--this was a small cavalry team, which was already more elite than the infantry, and this appearance as a surprise soldier caught the bandits by surprise, so that they were almost completely defeated, and the raid that was likely to succeed was also a failure.

Seeing that the situation was slowly stabilizing, the commander let out a sigh of relief, but he didn't see the complicated eyes of the thousand households behind him.