A messenger ran out of the large tent in the middle, stood in the open space, and raised his hand.
A circle of guards sitting beside the iron fence saw the people coming, and they all stood up. Zhou Fei and the others were too far away, and they didn’t know what the two sides exchanged. Anyway, after a while, the messenger turned and left. The guards lit the torches around them one after another.
The iron fence was originally built in a dark place. Previously, only a few people could be seen inside. Li Sheng and the others thought it was just a small corner of the mountain, and it was probably a relatively unlucky refugee, no more than a dozen or two dozen. .
But as the torches lit up one after another, several people were stunned.
I saw that the iron fence was not backed by the foot of the mountain, but sealed a cave. The cave was not so deep. It was full of people, old and young. Look, there are hundreds of people, and those people are trapped behind the iron fence like livestock.
Li Yan was shocked: "Oh my God, how can there be so many people!"
Yang Jin said in surprise: "Is it a refugee? So many people don't kill and don't let them go. What do you lock them up for? Keep them?"
"I guess when Beidou Giant Gate and Po Jun came here for the first time, they must have seen that the valley's concealment was man-made. I couldn't figure out the situation, and I wasn't sure whether there were other secret roads in this valley," Li Sheng explained gently Said, "There are so many refugees here, if they rashly kill the killer, if the refugees know other secret entrances and exits and escape a few fish that slip through the net, their drama this time will not be able to sing."
Wu Chuchu immediately understood what he meant, and suddenly realized: "So you can't kill them, you must stabilize these refugees first."
"That's right, for example, at the beginning, these northern troops were able to pay equal attention to both favor and power. On the one hand, it was said that the refugees Nandu was treason, and should be punished for the crime of the nine clans, and then caught a leader among them and killed one as an example. After the killing, all the charges will be pushed to the On the head of the dead, I will show tenderness to the panic-stricken refugees, announcing that they were bewitched by adulterers, and if they sincerely repent, they will be freed from the guilt," Li Sheng thought for a while, and then said, "If it was me, I would pretend They sent people to re-register them and tell them that the population in the north has dropped sharply. The court plans to re-measure and allocate abandoned land. Those who hold this registration will be able to get first-class land when they go back in the future. In this way, the refugees are stabilized. , the number of people has been counted, and it will save someone from fishing in troubled waters."
Yang Jin looked down and found that Li Sheng's words gave him goosebumps. These Central Plains people don't need a knife to kill people.
There is coercion and temptation to deal with the flock that has lost the leader, one by one.
Most of the refugees are timid, and what they seek for all their lives is just a place to live. If they cannot survive, they will not flee and resist rashly. As long as they can eat and drink without being beaten, they can be told to stay here honestly. Maybe they can buy a few people with weak minds to help these northern troops investigate other secret passages.
When the Northern Army has almost touched the terrain, they will be able to tear their skin off. At this stage of the field, these refugees have already lost their ability and courage at the beginning, and they are basically only allowed to be slaughtered. Well, you can make them do coolies, you can do whatever you want.
But it's a pity that no matter how many people there are, they can always give birth to different types - those who escaped with their children.
They may not have any great wisdom and courage, maybe it was a coincidence, for some reason they had to run, and they accidentally succeeded.
The Northern Army was about to be assembled, and the leaks would definitely fall short. At this juncture, Li Sheng could imagine how angry Gu Tianxuan and others were, so he did not hesitate to send several groups of troops to hunt down a few village women and farmers. It is absolutely impossible to kill them all. At the same time, since raising these refugees is no longer worthwhile, in order to prevent similar incidents from happening again, it is just right to kill them all.
In the valley, outside the iron fence, a group of guards buckled their armor and raised their shiny machetes—Zhou Fei and the others didn’t know how they were in such a hurry, but they happened to meet this “silence” scene.
The child Wu Chuchu was holding struggled to move again, but this time Wu Chuchu had a long memory and insisted on holding onto him not to move. The child made a whimpering sound like a small beast in his throat, lowered his head and bit her. Hand, but before he could speak, a hand grabbed his chin.
Zhou Fei forcibly opened his mouth, raised the little face of the child, glanced at him coldly, flicked his fingers, brushed his drowsiness hole, the child's eyes turned red, but could not resist, and had no choice but to be unwilling. He closed his eyes reluctantly, and tears were forced out of his eyes by the closed eyelids, streaming down his face.
Zhou Fei wiped away the tears on her fingertips and whispered, "Li Sheng."
Li Sheng forcibly retracted his gaze, hesitated for a moment, and gritted his teeth: "Jianghu has the rules of the river and lake, don't mess with the court, let's go."
Li Yan's eyes widened in disbelief: "Brother?"
Li Sheng turned a deaf ear, picked up her shoulders and pushed her forward gently, urging her to go quickly, and at the same time stretched out his hand to Wu Chuchu: "I'll hold this child, you all go ahead."
At the foot of the mountain, the refugees who were "to be slaughtered" seemed to have understood something. The crowd panicked and chaotic. There was no one who was crowded in the dimly lit cave. The wide valley spreads all the way to the heights, constantly drilling into the ears of several "young heroes".
Li Yan turned around to look in a hurry, and was pushed to the brink by Li Sheng inadvertently.
"What are you looking at?" Li Sheng became irritable and scolded impatiently, "Go away!"
Li Yan couldn't help but exclaimed, "Are you blind, Li Sheng? They want to kill people! Kill the unarmed people who escaped all the way... There are so many people in one cave, Fei! You should say something!"
Zhou Fei's footsteps paused, but she didn't say a word.
Li Yan thought she didn't hear her, and called "A Fei" and "A Fei" several times in a row, but Zhou Fei kept ignoring her. For a moment, Li Yan seemed to understand something. She stared at Zhou Fei, and then at Li Sheng. The light reflected in her big eyes was like a small fire that had been doused with cold water, and it gradually dimmed in astonishment.
After a while, she said slowly, "No... I don't care about them?"
Li Sheng said coldly, "Do you want to court death?"
Li Yan was extremely aggrieved: "But in Jinan Mansion, didn't A Fei save the uncle from Tong Kaiyang?"
Zhou Fei lowered her head and rubbed the handle of the broken cover.
Li Yan said to Li Sheng again: "And you, didn't you brag on the road, saying that you took a group of people to defeat the iron-masked demon Yin Pei in Liujiazhuang, you..."
"Are you finished?" Li Sheng interrupted her, "A Fei has fought with Tong Kaiyang more than once, and she knew it before she drew the sword. That time at Liujiazhuang, everyone had already discussed to encircle Yin Pei, you know' What do you mean by "encirclement and suppression"? If it weren't for the fact that all the major sects had been scattered all these years, Yin Pei would not have been able to jump up and down until now - look here again!"
He turned his head and pointed down the valley: "How many people are there? How many are there? There are five of us in total, with a burdensome little brat-and you can't be a personal servant like you. I tell you the truth, Li Yan, Don't say it's me and you today, even if the aunt is here with all the seniors in our village, she doesn't dare to rashly attack the tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Northern Dynasty."
Li Sheng always has a bad face towards her, but he rarely speaks harshly.
Li Yan was frightened by her brother's sudden attack.
Li Sheng took a deep breath and lowered his voice: "Even if you have boundless mana, you can move mountains and overturn seas and smother the tens of thousands of troops, and then what? Look at those people, most of them can't stand up. , how did you save them, ah? Li Yan, it's not too young, when can you talk over your head?"
A long time ago, Li Sheng was full of thoughts of "getting ahead", and he left the team privately because of his anger. He sincerely believed that Young Master Li was unparalleled in the world, thinking that one day he would be able to make a hole in the sky, and he would not admit it to death. Zhou Fei is better than him.
Now, he has learned how to manage the defense of the village in an orderly manner, and has learned to be truly exquisite in front of outsiders. He has also learned to keep a low profile, and knows that "unparalleled in the world" is not a good word... Even because Mrs. Nishang said a few meaningful words Escape at the hint.
A long time ago, Zhou Fei once had a new born calf who was not afraid of tigers. She was holding a half-slaughtered snowbreaker. There is no kingly law, and if morality and justice are lost, then what else can those people who are struggling to survive among them have hope?”
Up to now, her impermanence sword for breaking the snow has become, and it can make Mu Xiaoqiao say "Li Zheng may not be able to win you", but her hands and feet seem to be "bound". When she meets Tong Kaiyang on a narrow road, she will hide in the dark and not show her face when the heroes are besieging and suppressing Yin Pei... Even sometimes, when she thinks of the foggy past, she will have boundless doubts and puzzles in her heart. .
Li Sheng wants to go back to the forty-eight villages, and a lot of trivial chores are still waiting for him in the village. Li Jinrong can't protect the boat in the forty-eight villages forever. She is slowly shifting the burden to the shoulders of the younger generation.
Zhou Fei still has to go to the Qi gate to find that little hope. In recent years, she has always had a sense of urgency that came from nowhere, as if she was unhappy, Xie Yun couldn't wait any longer.
Wu Chuchu knew that his ability was low, and that he was able to hold people's hind legs down, which was an extraordinary performance. No matter how big the injustice was in his heart, he didn't dare to be generous to others, so he could only silently listen to the quarrel between the Li Sheng brothers and sisters.
Li Jinrong has also grown old in recent years, and now she is more pleasant to meet these juniors. Occasionally, when she is free, she can even sit down calmly and talk to Zhou Fei about the snowbreaker, and then wave her hand helplessly, admitting, "I have nothing else to do. pointing you."
No one is alone, even if they can really "light life and death", there is also a phrase "respecting love and righteousness" behind them, how can they dare to be such a reckless and needless hero.
The wind and rain in the rivers and lakes may not turn the blood of the hero into a villain who is greedy for life and fears death.
But it can always teach a person to "don't cause trouble".
Li Yan choked with difficulty and subconsciously called out, "A Fei..."
Zhou Fei avoided her gaze, did not agree with Li Sheng, but did not protect her, she only interjected bluntly and asked, "Are you still going the same way?"
Yang Jin was indecisive, and his facial features were about to become entangled.
At this moment, Wu Chuchu, who didn't say a word for a long time, glanced at the valley again, and suddenly said beside him, "The one behind the iron fence... It seems that there are no women."
The refugees from the north to the south are naturally men, women, young and old. These refugees have come from afar and settled in the valleys to farm. It is impossible that there are only men left in the water. If the women are not here, where have they gone
There are strong and vigorous soldiers all over the mountains and fields, this is needless to say.
Wu Chuchu said a word, and everyone shut up.
"Choke", and in bursts of cries, a sharp weapon pierced the iron fence.
At this time, on the coast of the East China Sea, Xie Yunzheng held a knife and looked at it repeatedly: "Uncle Chen, what is your standard of 'good knife'? Can you give a clearer explanation?"
Chen Junfu didn't have any blue bones on his body. He was sweating profusely from the hot fire. He took off his shirt and wiped the hot sweat from his chin, but his tone was still lukewarm: "What do you think? ?"
"First of all, the material must be good, and secondly, the craftsmanship must be good. The blade is sharp but not brittle, the back of the knife is firm but not moving, it is not hindered when the wind is up, and the wind is not frivolous... Of course, it must be strong and durable - this is a good knife." Xie Yun paused. , and said, "If the master of the sword is great, and the name of the sword is well-known, it will become a famous sword."
Chen Junfu smiled.
Xie Yun: "What?"
Chen Junfu said: "You don't need a knife, all you say are the craftsmen's words. A Fei will laugh at you when she hears it."
Xie Yun said shamelessly: "There is a specialization in the art industry, just laugh at it - Uncle, listen to me if you are not a craftsman."
Chen Junfu said: "Many years ago, a generous little girl came to Penglai and begged me to make a pair of swords, saying that it was to compensate a friend. The sword was inscribed as 'mountain' and the sword was inscribed as 'snow'..."
Xie Yun said: "I've been fortunate enough to see this."
"That 'mountain' is the sword of prosperity," Chen Junfu continued, "I have never seen the original, and it was all described by the little girl herself. She is a cheerful person, very lively, and speaks like a bean. The sword described was wielded by a hero she admired, and the sword was gentle and solemn when struck, and it contained the intention of rewarding her confidant with wine. I'm not boasting, but it's a good sword. Let's say... the demon sword 'Broken Cover'."
Xie Yun said: "Lu Guoshi's last work, I saw it once at the emperor's place when I was a child."
"Lu Run's whole life, Wencheng and Wujue, can be worthy of the eight characters of 'jingtianweidi, amazing talent and extraordinary beauty', but he can't help himself in his life, he is sorry for his family and country, he is sorry for his friends, and he is sorry for himself in the middle. Hundreds of years after his death, Yaogu was also murdered by Cao Zhongkun because of the appointment of Lu Guoshi, and it fell apart, as if heaven was jealous of talents." Chen Junfu said, "Lu Run is controlled by heaven, people, and fate. , so the 'shattering cover' it did was aggressive and full of anger, although before Ah Fei, it had never been out of the sheath, but it had the vicious aura of transcending the universe."
Xie Yun frowned slightly.
"But they are also good knives, peerless knives." Chen Junfu said, "The two good knives are made of rare and rare iron, with excellent craftsmanship, sharp blades, and strong backs. Tailwind is not frivolous' is the most basic, and both are very strong and durable - the two are very different, so you understand?"
Chen Junfu reached out and patted Xie Yun's shoulder: "A sword of prosperity, a sword of destruction, what kind of sword do you want to use?"