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In the early morning, the mountains were misty.
A rooster crows in the distance, and the earthen huts on the hillside are faintly visible.
Villagers carrying baskets on their backs walked by in twos and threes, stepping on the dirt road with their straw sandals. From time to time they turned around and chatted with people, which was full of the rural atmosphere of an idyllic mountain village.
When they reached an open area in the middle of the valley, the atmosphere became lively.
There are colorful simple sheds on both sides of the dirt road. Vendors stick their heads out and sell mountain products to passing villagers.
"Eggs, eggs just laid today!" "Reservoir fish heads, half a copper per pound, starting from two pounds!" "The mountain frog just caught last night is fresh!" "Hawthorn, pickles, and dried sweet potatoes!"
Some vendors are collecting goods.
"Brother, your chervil is pretty good. How much can you pay for it?" "Hey, this seems to be wild ginseng. Let me give you a price!" "Do you have bird's nests? I'll charge you as much as you can get!"
They pointed fingers, shouted, and pushed each other. The scene was very lively.
This is a mountain village market located deep in the north of the Dragon Tooth Mountains, within the territory of the Red Dragon Principality and adjacent to the border of the Water Weasel Principality.
"We had a great harvest yesterday. If Xiao Xian'er knew about it, she would be extremely happy!" "Run faster, I'm starting to miss the meat buns she made!"
Two tall guys excitedly ran to a stall, and a young girl sat between two steaming steamers.
This girl not only has the dewy skin of a girl from the mountains, but also has a pretty face that is not inferior to that of a girl from the city. It's just that the girl looked a little lazy and dazed at the moment. When she saw the two young guys in the blink of an eye, the expression on her face suddenly became lively.
"Big Dog, Second Dog, you are here!"
The girl showed a sweet smile, and the two young men called "Big Dog" and "Er Dog" suddenly blushed, scratched the back of their heads, and kept giggling "hehehe", looking shy and nervous.
"Xian'er, look what this is!"
The two young men unloaded the baskets as if they were offering treasures, and then dumped them in front of the girl.
"Wow!" The girl exclaimed as she looked at the large pile of rare mountain products, "Psychedelic fruit, dragon tooth grass, fire-breathing pepper, have you fallen into the dragon's back garden?"
The two young men giggled, their faces filled with happiness.
"You..." The girl's face suddenly turned cold, like frost in June, "Did you sneak into the mountains?"
Facing the girl's questioning, the two young men immediately lowered their heads like children who had done something bad, feeling extremely guilty.
"I'm asking you questions!" the girl said angrily, holding her waist.
The two young men lowered their heads and said nothing.
Seeing this, the girl shook her head helplessly and sighed, "There's really nothing I can do against you..."
The two young men looked at each other and giggled.
"Xiao Xian'er, we want to eat steamed buns." "I got up early in the morning and went on the road. I'm going to starve to death."
The girl rolled her eyes at them, opened the steamer, and revealed the big white buns inside. The two young men immediately grabbed them, one in each hand, and stuffed them into their mouths.
"Eat slowly, no one will compete with you." The girl said as she packed up the things the boy gave her. "With these treasures, we are one step closer to our dreams."
"Xiao Xian'er, how long until we can get out of the mountain?" a young man asked.
"Come on, let's gather two more sets of equipment and we can go to Dashanling to register our mercenary group!"
"Great!" "I want to leave tomorrow!" "Big dog, I'm right, right? When will you be able to collect enough money just by relying on pheasants and hares!" "Hehehehe..."
"Pah!" The girl slapped the table hard, scaring the two boys' necks.
"You are not allowed to enter the mountains again!" the girl taught him a lesson. "If something happens to you, how will you be able to work as mercenaries and realize your dreams in the future!"
The girl became more and more angry as she talked, pointing at their noses, "Whoever dares to enter the mountain in the future, I will expel him!"
"Woooooooo, little Xian'er, don't fire me." "We were wrong, Xiao Xian'er, we won't dare to do it anymore."
Seeing the two young men surrendering, the girl smiled and said, "Well, that's how you behave~" She waved her hand, "We won't sell buns today, I'll leave them all for you to eat!"
"Hehehe, Xiao Xian'er is so kind to us!" "The meat buns made by Xiao Xian'er are so delicious." "As long as we follow Xiao Xian'er, maybe we can become nobles in the future."
"It's not maybe, it's definitely, you must know!" the girl emphasized.
"Well, Xiao Xian'er is the smartest."
"Wow wow wow!" "It's them again!" "Run!"
Suddenly, a huge commotion broke out in the market.
"You protect Xian'er, I'll go take a look!" One of the boys threw down half a meat bag and rushed towards the scene of the incident.
He quickly ran back with a hurried expression, "Hurry up, it's a water weasel bandit!" He grabbed the girl's wrist and pulled out.
"Wait, our treasure!" The girl wanted to break free, but was not as strong as the young man, and was dragged towards the mountains.
"Don't worry about it, those water devils are not human beings!" "You know what will happen to a young girl if she is caught by them!" "If the things are gone, you can still go into the mountains to collect them, but if the people are gone, it's over!"
For a moment, the market was in a state of uproar, with villagers and vendors scrambling to escape. Stalls were scattered, bamboo poles and sunshades were scattered everywhere, and wild goods fell to the ground.
A large number of heavily armed bandits chased the crowd, shooting with rifles and slashing with swords, and screams echoed in the valley.
"Kill all the men and capture the women!"
This group of bandits had white cloth strips tied around their heads and wooden clogs on their feet, the typical Ying villagers' attire.
There are a large number of Ying people living in the north of the Longya Mountains, and the Water Weasel Principality is a country ruled by the Ying people. If Sanxiang Heavy Industry represents the cautious and serious side of the Ying people, New Edo represents the humble and polite side of the Ying people, and the Water Weasel Principality represents the despicable and cruel side of the Ying people.
Taking advantage of the war between the Northern Alliance and the Four Nations Alliance, half of the Red Dragon Second Army was transferred. A large number of bandits from the Water Weasel Principality crossed the national border and plundered the villages near Daling Mountain.
Wherever they go, they are like locusts, killing all the men, and taking back the young women as meat slaves, or selling them directly abroad.
"Kill!" "Let these stupid old men know how powerful we are!" "Beauty, gold, treasures, we want them all!"
After a moment, a hand tied with blue bamboo armor opened the steamed bun cage, grabbed a large white meat bun, and took a hard bite.
"I remember there is a girl here who makes steamed buns. She has big breasts and big buns. Catch her, I want to eat big buns!"
"It seems he has escaped!" a bandit said cautiously.
"Baga!" The bandit in bamboo armor slapped the opponent in the face, "My big meaty bun has escaped, hurry up and chase him!"
Several mountain villages near Dalingshan were purged. In desperation, they could only ask the mayor of Dalingshan for help.
After the mayor of Dalingshan learned of the situation, he immediately asked Dragon City for help. Because these bandits are not ordinary bandits, after thinking about it for a while, I know that they are regular soldiers disguised as water weasels.
To deal with them, it is impossible to rely solely on the city defenders in the mountains. What's more, if the city defenders are sent out, the opponent will take advantage of the situation and become even more passive.
