On the top of the city, Wu Gen occupied a large area by himself. He wore a bamboo hat on his head and looked like an old man watching melons. He looked at Zhang Wuyang and the others helplessly.
"What's wrong with this man? Is he unwilling to pay the ransom?" Zhang Wuyang carried a basket and ran up the tower with a bruise on his face. He pointed angrily at the man below the city,
"This kid wanted to escape from the city, but was discovered by his brothers. Unexpectedly, this man was very good at his skills and injured several of our brothers. We had no choice but to join forces to fight the enemy and used many methods. Only then did we capture this person." As he spoke, Zhang Wuyang took out a stone from the basket and said to Wu Gen: "I found this thing from this kid. I don't know what kind of treasure it is. I'm protecting it to the death."
"Put it down." The men below the city shouted anxiously, their bodies suddenly swelled, and several of them could not hold it down. There was no other way, so Ha Ying had no choice but to stab his thigh lightly with a small dagger.
The dagger's edge has been poisoned. It won't kill the man in one blow, but it will be enough to make him unable to use any more strength.
Sure enough, the man struggled a few times, his face became green and his body became sluggish. Wu Gen glanced at the man and couldn't help but become interested in the stone in front of him.
The stone is oval in shape, no more than two feet high, and its bottom is lined with jade white. What's amazing is that the white is transparent, just like a piece of ice set in the stone.
Among the stones, there is a towering Chong'a, covered with lush vegetation, and in the middle is a canyon-like existence. If you look closely, it seems that there are strange beasts as big as flies and ants walking through it.
qqxδnew Wu Gen couldn't put it down at first sight. The scenery on the stone is so lifelike, just like a bonsai embedded in the stone, and it seems that the little beast in the stone is actually alive. It is really a wonder.
Putting the stone on the ground casually, Wu Gen shouted to the man: "Man, this stone has a name." The man snorted coldly, but turned his head away without saying a word.
Ha Ying was so angry that he kicked the man at the crook of his leg, causing him to kneel on the ground. Wu Gen slowly walked down the stairs from the tower with his hands behind his back, stood in front of the man, smiled slightly,
"If you don't want to say it, well, let me change the question. Please tell me your name. Could it be that a rat jumped out of nowhere?" The man raised his head and glared at Wu Gen fiercely.
"A man will never change his name in business, nor his surname in office, and so does Cheng Jie. Tailless sheep, don't show off your power in front of grandpa. If there weren't many of you, grandpa would accidentally slip up and fall into your hands. If you have the ability, I will let grandpa go. Let's challenge him to a duel. If I lose, I'll kill or chop him into pieces as you please." He said and looked at Wu Gen with a provocative look on his face.
Wu Gen couldn't help but laugh. It had been so many years since anyone had challenged him to a duel. He turned around and looked, only to find that Yang Zheng was not around.
If he had been around, just what Ren had just said, there would have been more than a dozen insidious methods used on Cheng Jie.
He glanced at Zhuoke and the others, all of them were extremely angry, but no one stepped forward to deal with the situation.
I couldn't help but sigh secretly. These children were still too naive. I had no choice but to do the dirty work myself today.
Stepping forward and grabbing Cheng Jie's steel needle-like beard, Wu Gen smiled and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I'm not good at fighting. But I'm very good at shaving. I think you're doing this He has a beard that has not been trimmed for some days. He is a very handsome young man. Wouldn’t he be living up to his good looks by having a beard?" He turned to look at Ha Ying,
"Come, let's trim this man's beard. I think if I do it, people will think that I, a tailless sheep, have dirty hands." Ha Ying was startled, then laughed.
"Okay, the scimitar I just sharpened this morning is just perfect for trimming my beard."
"Ahem." Wu Gen coughed twice, secretly sighing that Ha Ying was still too young. Seeing this, Suoji on the side rolled his eyes and hurriedly stepped forward and suggested: "Ha Ying, although the Lord only said to trim his beard, as our subordinates, we must do what the Lord said once. I think this guy's chest hair is very hairy." Mi, you might as well pack them up as well.”
"Ah, um, okay." Ha Ying suddenly opened his mouth and walked up to Cheng Jie with a sinister smile.
"Big man, come here, I will make you a real man. I will let my young master serve you well today and let you be your husband again." As he spoke, he tore open Cheng Jie's clothes with one hand, picked up his scimitar, and cut off his belt.
"You...what are you going to do?" Cheng Jie finally panicked as he felt the cool breeze beneath him.
Ha Ying grabbed his beard and cut off a large piece with a knife. Seeing that the other party was serious, Cheng Jie turned pale and shouted at Wu Gen who was walking up the tower: "My lord, I say, that is Shi Zhongtian."
"Shi Zhongtian?" Wu Gen stopped, turned around and asked, "What's so wonderful about this thing?"
"Sir, Shi Zhongtian contains a universe of heaven and earth. It is a decoration in the study of noble men." Cheng Jie quickly explained,
"Actually, there is nothing magical about Shi Zhongtian, nor can it be used for practice. It is just that it is very rare, so it is much more precious. Especially Shi Zhongtian, which has already cultivated spiritual creatures, is hard to find with just one stone."
"That's it. You can't eat, drink, or practice. It deserves your attention." Wu Gen was a little unwilling to give up. If such a strange stone is just for viewing, why is Cheng Jie so nervous.
Cheng Jie was a little depressed when he heard this.
"My family is in a state of decline. I would like to give this gift to a certain gentleman so that I can improve my family background and avoid having to do this business thing."
"I want to ask for a parentage." Wu Gen thoughtfully rubbed his chin.
"Why don't you defect to our fearless army, and you won't be able to fight for your career in the future. As you said, this thing is given to those masters, and they just treat it as a plaything, so how can they give you much in return?"
"That's not necessarily true." Cheng Jie frowned and argued: "This stone has given birth to a spiritual creature, and the adults will definitely like it. I have this treasure, and I can see it every day when I look up in the study. How can I not remember it?" People who give away treasures, this is much more cost-effective than giving away money. As for your fearless army, there are only a few of them, who may be destroyed one day. I will follow you to seek death." Zhuo Ke who was standing beside him couldn't listen anymore. He hit Cheng Jie hard on the back with the scabbard.
"Speak nicely. Even if we kill you ten times, our fearless army won't be able to kill you." Wu Gen smiled and waved his hands. He suddenly felt that this man named Cheng Jie was very interesting. He looked rough and had a lot of thoughts.
"Forget it, since people don't like our fearless army, let's not do it reluctantly. Let's lock him up. Let's leave this place after a while and let him go back to his own small business." Wu said Gen turned around and walked towards the tower.
"My Shi Zhongtian." Seeing Wu Gen about to leave, Cheng Jie shouted anxiously. Wu Gen turned a deaf ear and sat on the top of the city playing with the so-called Shi Zhongtian.
It's a joke. If you want to get something back from the bandits, it would be very merciful not to tear up the vote. In this way, Wu Gen and others stopped in Zhanliu City and stayed there for three days.
In the past three days, apart from sending people to patrol the city walls, they were looking for food and medicinal herbs separately. As for gold and silver, they didn't even look at it.
We will have to walk in the mountains for a long time in the future. Why bring gold and silver with us? Not only is my body heavy, but the most important thing is that I can’t go out and buy things with anyone, or with the ghosts in the mountains.
Wu Gen sat on the tower every day, looking leisurely, but feeling a little anxious in his heart. The city has been closed for some time. Although people in the city cannot leave, there are still people coming from outside the city.
These people are all being detained in the city by Wu Gen, so they won't be able to leak the news for a while. But as time goes by, people outside will always notice something is wrong.
There were resistances in the city from time to time, but fortunately Xue Xin handled them well and did not cause radical changes. But as a result, there will be fewer manpower to defend the city, and most of them have to be used for patrolling the city.
A lot of supplies have been accumulated, but what makes Wu Gen speechless is that there are very few horses in the city, only a few. It is not possible to rely on people's backs to collect the supplies.
After asking around, I found out that the Cheng family had already requisitioned the horses in the city, making it impossible for these merchants to leave.
It would take some time for the injured in the army to recover. Wu Gen was prepared to take the risk and stay for a while. After this rare opportunity, he didn't know how long it would take to rest again.
"Zhuo Ke, serve the big cake, please put two pieces of meat in it." Wu Gen shouted from the tower at the top of his voice. He had eaten for three days in a row, but he was still not satisfied.
"Okay." Zhuo Ke, like a waiter in a shop, put a towel on his shoulders and started making cakes under the tower.
The aroma of baking dough and the smell of fireworks mixed together, like a fairy tune, which made Wu Gen feel confused.
After turning over on the recliner and changing into a comfortable position, Wu Gen took a nap.
"The village master, the village master." A soft voice came from beside him. Wu Gen suddenly woke up and wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth.
"Why, are the cakes ready?"
"Cheng Jie, which Cheng Jie?" Wu Gen was a little confused for a moment, and after thinking about it, he suddenly said: "The one who delivered the stone, why did he let him run away?"
"This man was imprisoned. I don't know what method he used, but he actually dug a hole in the ground and escaped. I followed him all the way and found that he came out of the west of the city. There was a secret dog hole under the city wall. This man should have been there since then. Escaped." Xue Xin reported carefully, secretly glancing at Wu Gen's face from time to time.
Wu Gen was silent for a while, then turned around and asked calmly: "How is the food collection going?" Xue Xin was obviously prepared and talked eloquently,
"Food has been prepared for ten days, and the few remaining horses in the city have also been requisitioned. Master, if Cheng Jie goes out to report the news, and the herdsmen send troops to surround us, it will be difficult for us to escape." Wu Gen grew a hair With a sigh of relief, I lay down on the recliner again,
"I told Ha Ying to let Cheng Jie go in advance. Don't worry about him. Xue Xin, let me ask you, how far is the nearest city from here?" Xue Xin couldn't help but be stunned.
"According to inquiries from merchants in the city these days, the nearest city is about four hundred miles away. What does the village master mean?" Wu Gen put his head on his arms and looked at the sky and said quietly: "I know, if I stay here for one more day, Just one more risk. But I also have some ideas. In addition to giving the wounded a few more days to rest, the most important thing is to fight near Zhanliu City. According to what Yu Hao said, even if Hulan Fuyan wants to It's not good for us. He can't mobilize his own heavy troops, so he can only find some small families to work for him. How many small families will we pass along the way? If people continue to harass us along the way, this kind of tepid fighting method will be defeated sooner or later. We will use up all our people. So I want to fight a show of strength here and tell the families behind me that our Fearless Army is just a hedgehog, not easy to mess with and cannot be swallowed. If we attack forcefully, the fish will die and the net will be broken. In this way, Hu What Lan Fuyan can give them, he cannot represent the Hulan family, and the family heads will consider the pros and cons. There may be damage in this battle, but after the battle is over, when they encounter us again, these families will weigh the gains and losses. Even if we send troops for Hulan Fuyan's sake, it's just a show. We will suffer fewer casualties in the future. Whether it's a big pain once or a small pain a hundred times, I still choose big pain." Xue Xin thought carefully after hearing this. After a long while, Fang nodded heavily,
"The village leader's concerns are very real. I think too narrowly. However, no matter how we fight, our retreat must be found in advance." Wu Gen laughed.
"Don't worry, Suoji has gone to the mountains to look for a place to hide people. He should be back soon. If there is a real fight, evacuate the wounded first." As he spoke, Zhuo stood aside with a cake in his hand, and Zhuo was at a loss. Ke greeted: "Come on, eat some cakes, and give one to Xue Xin. The cakes are best when they are freshly baked, and you can work only when you are full."
