"Brother Wu, I don't know if I've heard a word." Xue Poye looked at Wu Lachi with a calm expression on his face: "The bird is facing south, and the fox is dead on the first hill!"
Wu Lachi frowned. Perhaps he might not really understand the profound and profound mysteries of Chu language, but he was still very clear about these two sentences. Xue Poye's words had already given an indirect answer.
Wu Rachi looked a little disappointed: "Good friend, you don't want to stay?"
Xue Poye smiled and said: "Brother Wu, no matter where a person is, there will always be something that he can't let go, and the things that can't let go are almost all in his hometown."
Wu Lachi laughed and said: "Good friend, you don't have to worry, what you have in the Central Plains, the grassland will do for you."
Xue Poye shook his head, knowing that Wu Lachi didn't understand what he meant.
But at this moment, he quickly figured out in his heart that Wu Rachi's serious intention to stay here was definitely not a whim, but was clearly prepared.
Xue Poye believes that Wu Lachi's brotherhood is definitely not inferior to others. He is bold and generous, and he is sincere to himself, but there is one thing he has to take into account. No matter what, Wu Lachi After all, Chi is the commander in chief of Beihu Yingtu, and in his position, sometimes when thinking about things, he will focus on the overall situation.
"Brother Wu, there are some things that you can never get in a foreign country." Xue Poye said calmly: "On the grassland, for me, the most precious thing is the friendship with Brother Wu."
Wu Lachi stared at Xue Poye with extremely complicated eyes, suddenly reached out and patted Xue Poye's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Good friend, Wu Lachi will always regard you as a confidant." After a pause, he said: "As for What I said... you can think about it, I... hope you can agree."
Xue Poye nodded slightly, but did not speak.
Wu Rachi looked into the distance, and said with indescribable pride in his voice: "Good friend, do you know what Wu Rachi's greatest wish in this life is?"
"Brother Wu is a hero born in the grassland, and he must have a lot of ambition in his heart." Xue Poye smiled.
Wu Lachi laughed loudly, and immediately pointed his whip to the boundless grassland and said: "Wu Lachi can now take Beihu iron cavalry to walk around every corner of the grassland, but this is just the beginning. Wulachi's greatest wish is to Lead my Beihu cavalry, and walk through every inch of land between heaven and earth."
Every inch of this land naturally includes the Great Chu of the Central Plains.
Xue Poye frowned slightly, and said calmly: "Brother Wu, riding a horse on the grassland is naturally easy for you. But if you want to lead Beihu cavalry all over the world, you may have to use blood to stain the land you have traveled along the way." Bar?"
Wu Lachi said proudly: "My good friend, the Beihu people are a people blessed by the Immortals. They are the most ferocious wolves on the grassland, and the most vigorous eagles under the sky. Both wolves and eagles are not afraid of blood."
Xue Poye frowned even deeper. Xue Poye admired Wu Lachi's heroic spirit when he made friends, but this kind of courage is a kind of terror when it is placed above the struggle for the world.
Although Wu Rachi didn't directly say that he wanted to attack the Central Plains and move his troops south, his words showed his ambition without any scruples. Since he dared to expose his feelings to Xue Poye so unscrupulously, it must be him He is very confident in himself, and his bones are full of desire to conquer the world. Secondly, he may not be afraid at all, and he is not worried that this kind of thinking will be known by others, at least not afraid of being known by Xue Poye.
"Brother Wu, I want to ask you something!" Xue Poye suddenly said.
Wu Rachi looked at Chaoyang and said, "Say it!"
"Since Big Brother Wu is a handsome Yingtu on the grassland, with a high position and authority, why did he risk his life and go to Dachu?" It is to go to buy silk porcelain."
Wu Lachi did not turn his head, but stared at the grassland in the distance. After a long time, he uttered a few words: "If you want to know the Great Chu, you must know Jiangnan. If you want to know Jiangnan, you must know Hangzhou!"
Although the words are concise, the meaning is extremely clear. Wu Lachi went to the Central Plains, but he wanted to understand the national conditions of the Great Chu, so as to know himself and the enemy. To truly understand the Great Chu, one must understand Jiangnan, as the representative state of Jiangnan The mansion, Hangzhou is the best breakthrough point to understand the great Chu. There are the most enviable advantages of the Great Chu, but also the shameful shortcomings. After understanding Hangzhou, you will also have a general understanding of the human nature of the Great Chu.
"It turns out that Brother Wu has already prepared." Xue Poye smiled wryly and shook his head.
Wu Lachi finally turned his face, stared at Xue Poye and said, "It's just that I didn't expect to meet you as a good friend in Dachu. Wu Lachi's trip was not in vain."
"Brother Wu!" Xue Poye said slowly, "Wouldn't it be great for the two countries to be at peace? As far as I know, even ferocious wild wolves and eagles will lose their lives if they encounter real hunters."
"Bold!" Wu Lachi suddenly raised the whip in his hand, and was about to pull it towards Xue Poye, but when he saw Xue Poye's resolute face, he realized that he had lost his composure, and slowly put down the whip, saying indifferently : "Good friend, a man is born between the heaven and the earth, always do what he wants to do, even if he can't be famous forever, he must be worthy of his own ability."
Xue Poye was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Brother Wu, can I ask you a question as a good friend?"
Wu Lachi laughed and said: "Good friend, between you and me, it's okay to talk if you have something to say."
"Brother Wu, it is understandable that you want to realize your ambition, but at the price of the blood of thousands of people in Beihu, do you think it is worthwhile to realize your ambition that may not be achievable?" Xue Poye stared at Looking into Urachi's eyes, he asked.
The corners of Wu La Chi's eyes twitched, and a trace of anger was evident from his eyes. The atmosphere was momentarily stiff, and after a long time, Wu La Chi turned his horse's head, without looking at Xue Poye, and with a shout, the steed galloped away. The cavalrymen behind also followed behind Wu Lachi, and they all left in a short while.
Xue Poye didn't look back, but just looked up at the sun.
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The Rocky Mountain that Xiaoshitou mentioned was not too far away. When the night was dark and the wind was high, Xue Poye and Xiaoshitou finally came to the Rocky Mountain quietly. Po Ye knew that it was the warrior guarding Luanshi Mountain.
Compared with Da Chu's complex division of labor, Beihu's administrative organization is naturally much simpler. Even if it is a place where serious offenders are detained, Da Chu is in a dark and dark place full of institutions, and has no ability to dig three feet. Usually you can't find it, but Beihu's is much simpler. Maybe that solid and heavy iron gate is enough to make Beihu people feel at ease. After all, in their history, they can escape through that solid iron gate. Those who went there simply did not exist in history.
"Are you sure the ecstasy has already been put in?" Xue Poye turned his head and asked Xiaoshi in a low voice.
Xiao Shitou held the fan tightly in his hand, and said with certainty: "Master, don't worry, they will be changing guards for dinner in a while, I have already drunk their spirits in their wine, hehe, this Su Shisanlang The Mihunsan left behind is very tight, and the only thing I am worried about now is that these Beihu people will not drink for a while."
Xue Poye rubbed his nose and laughed, "Hu people don't drink, hehe, do you believe it?"
"I don't believe it." Xiao Shitou blinked: "If they don't drink, their immortality will never forgive them."
The two looked at each other and smiled, indescribably weird.
Taking advantage of the convenience of Fragrant Leaf, Xiao Shitou has basically grasped the situation of the important place of Luanshi Mountain after two days of investigation. Perhaps it is the accumulation of history, and Luanshi Mountain is not as heavily guarded as ordinary people think. The reason for the fragrant leaves, perhaps Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou would not think that this is a prison for serious offenders when they saw the Luanshi Mountain.
This kind of psychology makes Luanshigang a dark place that is placed in the open.
The time of the guard change is also the time when the security of Luanshigang is the most negligent. Those who don't know the situation here will not know the exact time of the guard change. Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou not only know, but also know the food and drink delivered is from where.
Under the enthusiastic guidance of Xiang Yezi, Xiao Shitou saw a place specially responsible for cooking meals for sentries in the evening, and even saw a few leather bags of wine prepared, so Xiao Shitou unceremoniously put some ecstasy in the wine scattered.
This is of course a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Xue Poye will naturally not miss it.
Now they just need to wait, waiting for the changing of the guard to have a meal. Once the sentries drink the spirits containing the ecstasy powder, they will soon fall into a deep sleep. At that time, no matter how strong the iron gate is, it will not be able to withstand the sharpness of the cold blade.
The night wind on the prairie is really cool.
Since the conversation with Wu Lachi yesterday, the two have never met again, but Wu Lachi obviously didn't want to create too much estrangement with Xue Poye, and ordered someone to entertain him, but he didn't show up.
Xue Poye sighed a little in his heart. He felt that Wu Lachi's refusal to meet was definitely not because of the quarrel between the two, and there might be other reasons.
Su Mayo also came here yesterday, tactfully persuading Xue Poye to stay in the grassland. At that time, Xue Poye knew that Su Mayo must be a lobbyist sent by Wu Lachi. The more confused she is, why Wu La Chi insists on staying with herself.
He is not stupid, on the contrary, he has seen many conspiracies and tricks very clearly, but after clearing his mind, he immediately understood that perhaps this matter has a great relationship with that mysterious Mr. Ghost.
Since I have a deep sense of familiarity with Mr. Ghost, the other party obviously knows my situation very well. Now the other party knows that I am Xue Poye. If there is no accident, my identity as a court official has long been known by the other party. It has even been known by Wu Rachi.
It is undeniable that once Xue Poye returns to Dachu and the capital, he will definitely spend his energy investigating every detail about Mr. Gui, digging to the bottom, which may endanger the forces behind Mr. Gui. Even if Mr. Gui is not sure about Xue Poye knew him, and he would definitely consider the worst aspects, so Xue Poye's return would definitely pose a great threat to Mr. Gui.
In this case, the best way is of course to kill Xue Poye to avoid future troubles.
But Wu Lachi asked Xue Poye to stay, and Xue Poye still understood the key point in his heart. Maybe Wu Lachi thought of his brotherhood and couldn't bear to do it, so he proposed to let himself stay.
The so-called stay is equivalent to house arrest on the grassland.
Now that Wu Lachi's proposal has been rejected, the next step will obviously make his situation more dangerous. Although he believes that Wu Lachi will never really kill him, he has to beware of Mr. Ghost's influence.
On the grassland, Xue Poye is alone and alone, and his power is definitely not comparable to that of Mr. Ghost. Once Mr. Ghost really wants to make a move, the situation will be really bad.
"Master, they have changed their guards!" Xiao Shitou reminded softly, pulling Xue Poye back from his thoughts.
Xue Poye put aside other thoughts and raised his spirits. The current situation is to save the spies first, then he clenched the cold blade in his hand and whispered: "Let's get closer."
The two of them were like two silent snakes swimming on the grass. For those sentinels, these two snakes were absolutely poisonous.
The rocky mountain is actually a rocky slope, but it is three or four miles long and wide. It is obviously a natural rocky mountain. The rocks protrude from the soil, and the surrounding area is also surrounded by rocky crust.
The rocky mountain looks like a mess, but in fact there are more than ten prisons arranged in a very regular way. From the outside, this kind of prison does not look like a prison at all. There are many felt flags hanging on the bare mountain, and the felt flags are attached to the On the mountain wall, if it wasn't for the reminder from the small stone, Xue Poye would never have thought that behind the felt flag was the heavy iron door of the prison cell.
The entire mountain looks like a place for ceremonies, so Beihu people don't have to worry about outsiders who rescue prisoners knowing that this is the place where repeat offenders are held.
Speaking of which, not all Beihu people know the details of this place. On the contrary, there are not many Beihu people who know that this place is a prison. There will not be more than 20 Beihu people.
It's a pity that Xiang Zizi is one of them. The patriarch's granddaughter, a naive and beautiful girl who is very curious about new affairs, always goes to the root to find out some things that ordinary people don't know.
The more alcohol the Beihu Sentinels drank, the more Mihunsan they drank. Amidst the whirring and drinking, the Beihu Sentinels fell limply to the ground and stopped moving for a moment.
"Little Shitou, you have contributed the most to this time." Xue Poye touched Xiaoshitou's head and sighed softly.
Xiaoshi not only found out the whereabouts of the spies, but also mixed the old water with ecstasy powder by tricks, so that the originally strong prison for serious offenders suddenly became a piece of sand. The credit is really not small.
"Master, look, it's right here." The little stone walked around the rocky mountain for a while, pulled down a felt flag, and revealed an iron gate.
Xue Poye stepped forward and knocked on the door, making a low "dong dong" sound, it seems that the iron door is really thick.
"Can we open it?"
Xue Poye shook the cold blade, and said with a smile: "With this baby here, there are no impenetrable walls and gates." After speaking, he pointed at the iron gate and stabbed down, with a sound of "stab", the entire cold blade The body of the dagger did not go in at all, it really cut iron like mud.
Xiao Shitou opened his mouth, stunned, and stuck out his tongue after a long time: "Master, this... is more powerful than I thought."
"Little Shitou, look around for me. Someone has come, please notify me quickly." Xue Poye ordered in a low voice: "Someone may come here, we have to hurry up."
Little Shitou held his fan tightly and said, "Yes, master." Immediately he touched the top of the rocky hill, paying attention to the movements around him.
Xue Poye rolled up his sleeves, took a deep breath, then grasped the cold blade tightly, along the left door gap, pulled it hard from top to bottom, and heard the sound of "click" and "suo suo" continuously, The two hidden locks and the two open locks were completely broken during this pull, and the outer door locks fell to the ground one after another.
Xue Poye was overjoyed, at first he thought it would be difficult, but under Han Ren's hands, this iron gate, which was regarded as an iron wall by the people of Beihu, could not walk for half a round.
Stretching out his hand to push the door, he really felt the weight of the iron door at this moment, and it didn't move even if he didn't use his strength.
The dantian was lucky, and the ecstasy energy flowed to the arm along the tendons. Xue Poye pushed hard, and then the iron door slowly opened, only half a gap was pushed, and Xue Poye stopped.
This gap is enough to allow one person to enter and exit, and pushing it down will only hurt your strength.
It was pitch-black inside, and nothing could be seen, who knew if there were any hidden weapons inside, Xue Poye couldn't help hesitating for a moment, but after a little thought, he finally stepped inside.
As soon as he entered, there was a feeling of oppression all over his body. This is an extremely narrow passage, and he could touch the stone walls on both sides with just a little shaking. The extraordinary sense of smell and hearing move forward cautiously.
It didn't have the stench and rotten smell of other big prisons, but the air was not fresh and a little muddy.
After touching the wall for a while, a ray of light finally appeared in front of him. Xue Poye heaved a sigh of relief. Seeing light suddenly in the dark always gives people a feeling of seeing hope in confusion.
He speeded up and walked for only a moment. The front opened up suddenly, and he saw a small stone cave in front of him. There was a sheep oil lamp on the cliff in the cave. The light was not very bright, but it was enough to see everything inside. .
On the left and right walls, three men in shabby clothes were shackled with exquisite iron shackles. The six men had disheveled hair, which was almost the same as that of heavy prisoners in the usual sense. The six men looked very tired, and they were all in a deep sleep at this time. past.
Although their clothes are worn out, there is no bloodstain, and although there are scars on the exposed skin, Xue Poye can see clearly that these scars are old wounds, and there are no new wounds at all. That is to say, in the past few days, these The heavy prisoners were not tortured.
Xue Poye's first priority now is to make sure that these six people are the spies of Yanmen Pass, otherwise the previous efforts will be in vain.
He was about to go forward, when he suddenly felt chilly all over his body, as if a pair of strange eyes were looking at him in this small stone cave, this feeling was indescribably wonderful.
He frowned, and looked out of the corner of his eyes, only to realize that in that inconspicuous corner of the cave, there was a strange monkey-like figure sitting, thin and thin, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. But very white, wearing a fur coat.
This person is a weird person who is difficult to forget at a glance, but his eyes are even more unforgettable. There are no pupils in those eyes, and he looks like a blind man.
However, Xue Poye looked carefully, only to find that this person did not have pupils, but the pupils were so small that they could hardly be seen in the eyeballs, but the gaze from these tiny pupils was strangely cold and chilling.
Xue Poye gripped the cold blade tightly.