The bandits who occupy the mountain as king probably have the protection of the government, so they are very unscrupulous, and even the cottage is built magnificently, without the slightest sense of low-key and secretive.
Walking up from the foot of the mountain, after a short time, there will be a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps, and there are watchtowers for communication at intervals. Qi Nanke and Du Ci squatted behind the woods not far away, looking at the torches winding up along the mountain path. From this point of view, let alone a den of thieves, even an army camped can be trusted.
Qi Nanke's face was serious, realizing that something was really wrong.
There is such a place near Wangcheng. If someone uses this place to hoard private soldiers, they only need to dress up as bandits, and they will probably be able to get away with it.
"What's going on here?" Qi Nanke said, "Who gave them the courage?"
Qi Nanke has stayed at the border for many years, and it is very difficult to return to Wangcheng once. In his opinion, this is simply unimaginable.
"Hmph." Du Ci touched his chin and said, "It seems that we can find a lot of clues this time."
Qi Nanke narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "What do you really know?"
Du Ci clicked his tongue twice, and shook his index finger: "The heavenly secret must not be revealed."
Qi Nanke: "..."
Qi Nanke was so good at lightness, he carried Du Ci directly up the mountain from the other side. Du Ci finally got used to this dizzy feeling, and finally stopped vomiting when he stopped.
The two of them were already close to the base camp of the cottage, and they could clearly see the magnificent gate of the cottage. This cottage was built in a very grand style, with high walls on the outside, gates on all sides, southeast, northwest, and tower guards were set up beside the gates.
Du Ci smiled and said, "Dumb...Brother Qing Jun, do you think a cottage needs to be built like this?"
Qi Nanke's face was stern, and he said: "Not to mention that it takes a lot of money to build these, even if you have money, how can you recruit so many people to be bandits? This is not a remote southwest, and it is considered prosperous if it is close to the royal city. How can good people go to become bandits?" Bandits? With so many people, they will be easily discovered, which is of no benefit to them."
Du Ci bumped Qi Nanke hard with his elbow, and rolled his eyes: "What's wrong with Southwest? Is Southwest poor?"
Qi Nanke knew he had said something wrong, so he covered the place where he was hit, and said: "The border between the southwest and Shu Shiguo has always been a gray area, and there are many exiled sinners, which is different from Shu Shiguo."
Du Ci snorted and said: "You are wise. Don't underestimate us. Even if we are in the mountains, we are living in a paradise. The world behind the mountains is beyond your imagination!"
Qi Nanke had indeed never been to Shu, so he asked curiously, "Xanadu?"
"Green mountains and green waters, happy and happy!" Du Ci said, "The food is delicious, and the wine is the most mellow and rich, you don't understand!"
As Du Ci talked, he burst into tears: "I have a small hot pot, boiled mutton, spicy rabbit head, sweet water noodles..."
Qi Nanke saw his eyes light up when he said that, but he really wanted to eat, and even felt a little untimely hungry.
Du Ci licked the corner of his mouth, the pink tip of his tongue flashed away, Qi Nanke could see clearly, and suddenly moved closer to Du Ci.
Du Ci: "?"
Qi Nanke suddenly came back to his senses, and turned his face away uncomfortably: "It is also very strange to hear that there are pandas in Shu Shiguo."
"That's right." Du Ci was proud, "We have delicious food for fun, and a lot of rare treasures. You think we don't know anything in the mountains? Superficial!"
Qi Nanke touched his nose - he didn't say that.
Du Ci grinned: "In the future, I will marry my man, and I will take him to Shu Shiguo to play! You can also cut it together. You will never want to grow old again!"
Qi Nanke raised his eyebrows, and said to himself: It's okay if you don't come back.
The two watched for a while, and found that the cottage was very difficult to enter, and the guards at the four gates were very strict.
It would be much more convenient for Qi Nanke to go in alone, so he said: "I'll go in first to have a look, you just stay here and don't move."
Du Ci also knew that he couldn't be a burden right now, so he nodded and said in a low voice, "Be careful, go and come back quickly."
Not long after Qi Nanke left, a white horse galloped up the mountain. The man stood under the door with a letter in his hand and shouted, "Open the door! Master Kong has sent a message! All the people brought out by the third family have been killed!"
"What?!"
"Who is so bold?!"
"Quickly report to the master!"
There was a commotion at the door, and the heavy door opened slowly. Du Ci watched from a distance, and found that there were still people standing in the direction directly opposite the door.
A lot of heavy crossbows, crash cars and hook cars are all heavy weapons used to attack the city.
This place is not far from the royal city. It is really hard not to think about these siege equipment here.
But if it was just a group of bandits, even with the protection of the government, it would be difficult to actually go to the battlefield, unless the real people hiding in the cottage were not bandits, but a group of soldiers.
Du Ci's eyes fell on the white horse that entered the door, and suddenly found that the rider was dressed differently from the others. There was a small plum blossom embroidered on the bag tied around his waist. It was not very eye-catching at first, but the surrounding torches distinguished it Different golden threads were reflected, which taught Du Ci to see it right.
Du Ci's pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't have time to think about it before and after. He jumped out from behind the tree, let out an "oops", and dropped the white jade piccolo hidden in his arms.
The man on horseback immediately turned his head and drew out his sword: "Who!"
An archer from the tower post on the door immediately aimed at Du Ci who was on the ground. Du Ci's clothes were drenched in cold sweat.
Du Ci raised his head arrogantly with a pale face, and said "Presumptuous!", the archer was about to shoot on the spot, when the rider suddenly saw the white jade piccolo rolling aside, his eyes widened: "Stop!"
With a loud cry, he rushed out on horseback, picked up the piccolo, looked around carefully, and pointed his sword at the people on the ground: "Where did this piccolo come from?!"
Du Ci snatched the piccolo, staring: "This is mine!"
The man lowered his head to take a closer look, and suddenly thought of something, he gasped: "Little prince?"
Du Ci looked at him warily: "Who are you?"
The man rolled his eyes, immediately got off his horse and knelt down to salute, saying: "I didn't know that the little prince is coming, the villain deserves to die! Please forgive me!"
The people in the cottage heard this, and they all came to see: "What is that? This is the little prince in the royal city?"
"Sure enough, gold is precious and jade is precious. It looks so good!"
"Is this really the little prince?"
Du Ci frowned and stared at them, saying: "Who are you? Why do you know the identity of this king? Where is this?"
The man on horseback tried: "I don't know where this place is, my lord?"
"I don't know!" Du Ci stood up, patted the hem of his clothes, raised his chin slightly and said arrogantly, "Why does this king know where this is?"
The man on horseback smiled and said: "This place is Zhangshan, we are... the local patrol army of Zhangshan. I don't know why the little prince is here late at night...?"
Du Ci said: "This king is looking for someone, so I came here."
The horse rider obviously didn't believe it, the mountain road was all their people, but no one found Du Ci's whereabouts, and let him walk to the door, how could it be possible
Du Ci knew that he didn't believe him, so he had already thought up the words, and said: "This king came from the north, and there is a tea shop at the foot of the mountain. There is a broken wine jar at the door, and a black dog is tied to it."
Du Ci was led by Qi Nanke all the way up the mountain from the difficult road. He kept secretly memorizing the route along the way, which came in handy.
Hearing this, the horse rider knew in his heart: the little prince accidentally hit the mountain and went up the most difficult mountain road. There was no defense there, so naturally he would not be discovered.
The man looked at Du Ci carefully. When Du Ci rolled out from behind the tree, he was covered in dust on purpose. He looked a little embarrassed at the moment, which made sense.
The man on horseback said: "Who is the prince looking for? The villain can send someone to help the prince find it together."
Du Ci smiled proudly: "This king is looking for a husband!"
Bandits: "??"
when will the general marry me