Yao Yao pursed her lips and took a sip of wine. The spicy wine entered her throat, making her head even more cloudy.
No one is born with a traitor, no one is born with a desire to be a thief, and none of the good men on Shuibo Liang Mountain were forced to become bandits.
Yao Yao sighed with the taste of wine in his mouth and frowned slightly: "Master, didn't you say that Qingni Po was abandoned a hundred years ago? Then these villagers have not lived here for many years."
"A hundred years?" Han Changmu sneered: "That was just a lie made up to cover up the truth." Maybe he drank too much, or maybe he was bored for too long. He talked a lot tonight, and what he said was not good. The sentence is bloody: "After these villagers settled in the green mud pool, they accidentally discovered that there were green mud beads in Haizi, and they made a living by collecting and selling these beads. Forty or fifty years ago, some people coveted the green mud beads in Haizi. Just kill all the villagers.”
"Kill them all!" Yao Yao exclaimed in shock.
Helian Wenyuan, who had been silent for a moment, suddenly spoke: "I heard it was a annihilation, and someone led troops to annihilate it."
Han Changmu showed a shocked look, and after a while he slowly calmed down, smiling at himself: "Some people thought that this matter was covered up tightly and had become a secret long ago, but in fact everyone knew about it." He paused slightly and sighed quietly. : "It's a sin to hold a bi, it's a sin to hold a bi. It's not surprising that resentment turns into ghosts."
As if to match Han Changmu's words, the wind outside the window became more and more rapid. The sound of the wind was sometimes hoarse and sometimes sharp, approaching from far away and then gradually fading away. It was like the ghosts of countless silkworms who died tragically, floating in the silent village. Wail and cry out for injustice every day.
Yao Yao lowered his head, the firelight reflected on his face, and it was scorching and slightly stinging.
The person who can lead the troops to strangle must be someone from the army, but of course it is not necessarily only someone from the army. The army and the court colluded to covet the green mud beads, or maybe it was the person above who coveted the green mud beads and gave the order to the army to rob them. .
With the current heavy treasure, everything is possible.
The topic is too sensitive, and it is obviously not something they can discuss and comment on.
She drank the rest of the wine in the bowl in one go, and felt a pair of figures in front of her. She shook her head and muttered drunkenly: "I, I want to go to bed."
She staggered to the big kang and climbed up using her hands and feet. She fell asleep just after climbing halfway.
The upper half of the body was lying on the kang, and the legs were hanging under the kang.
Forget about the inelegant sleeping position, it was extra hard to sleep.
Han Changmu and Helian Wenyuan looked at each other helplessly and smiled.
Helian Wenyuan fiddled with the fire and yawned: "Young master, go to sleep, I will keep watch."
Han Changmu was also sleepy and nodded: "Then it will be hard on Brother Helian."
He walked slowly to the big kang, gently turned Yao Yao over, hugged him on the big kang, and covered him with a felt blanket.
Maybe it was too cold on the kang, so she turned over unconsciously, wrapped the felt blanket tightly around her body, and huddled up, looking like a frightened little animal.
Han Changmu raised his lips and smiled silently, with a touch of tenderness in his smile.
He suddenly remembered something and turned around to ask Helian Wenyuan: "Brother Helian, you also saw those bones before. The skin and flesh could be picked so clean. Could it be that they were gnawed by wolves?"
Helian Wenyuan concentrated for a moment and finally shook his head: "I'm not sure, and besides, I didn't find any traces of wolves around." He raised his head and looked at each other steadily: "Master, is this matter important?"
Han Changmu looked at the skeletons and felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong. He could only shake his head hesitantly: "Maybe I'm overthinking it. It's okay. We will set off early tomorrow morning. We will travel under starry night. We can get there in two days." Rush back to the Fifth Beacon."
Helian Wenyuan nodded: "Sir, you said that after returning to Fifth Feng, you will go to Mohe Yanqi again to join Master Meng and the others."
Han Changmu seemed to have guessed what Helian Wenyuan was thinking, and smiled lightly, with endless meaning in his smile: "Brother Helian, are you worthy of my trust?"
Helian Wenyuan didn't understand and nodded subconsciously.
He could only nod, he only had the right to nod. When he saw the man in front of him, he felt an inexplicable chill in his heart. Only by gaining his trust could he be sure to save his life.
Han Changmu grinned: "Since Brother Helian is worthy of my trust, then at the fifth beacon, Brother Helian will stay behind to guard the skeleton. A Yao and I will go after Meng Suigai." He suppressed his smile and said solemnly. : "These skeletons are very important to us, please treat them with caution, Brother Helian."
Helian Wenyuan's heart sank and he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, young master, I will definitely live up to your trust."
Han Changmu curled his lips and smiled, lying on his back on the kang, and fell into a peaceful sleep.
In the morning, when the sky is bright, insects and ants crawl out of their nests one after another, facing the cold wind, and shuttle through the temperatureless morning sun, looking for food everywhere.
Yao Yao stretched and noticed that the room was empty and the fire had been extinguished.
She got up and looked around. In the empty room, she felt a sense of abandonment and sadness.
As soon as this sadness emerged in my heart, the dilapidated wooden door was brought down in the sand. Han Changmu walked in through the morning light, with a cold smile on his lips: "Wake up, pack up quickly, and have some morning food. Let's Get ready to go."
Yao Yao rubbed his eyes and smiled sheepishly: "Master, I overslept."
Han Changmu smiled tolerantly: "I always use a certain degree of relaxation when employing people. If the string is stretched too close, it will break."
Yao Yao snorted and raised his eyes disdainfully.
There is no need to relax too much. It is clearly an evil capitalist who squeezes out the last bit of surplus value.
The three of them had a hot meal. This should be the last hot meal they had on their way back. For the rest of the day, they would have to travel through starry nights and take a few bites of cold, hard food on horseback. Flax cake.
Speeding through the vast desert, there is nothing but lonely yellow sand.
The sun rises and sets, the moon is cold and the stars are sparse, changing silently and moving quickly.
The fifth beacon gradually showed a hazy outline in the red sun on the horizon.
The red sun rises slowly, and the towering beacons and undulating houses are covered with a narrow and fine golden edge, and the outlines become more and more clearly visible.
Seeing this scene, Han Changmu and the three of them breathed a long sigh of relief. They hurried on a starry night and finally arrived at the Fifth Beacon in just over a day.
Han Changmu raised his whip and pointed into the distance with a relaxed smile: "Let's hurry up and get to the fifth beacon for a hot lunch."
Yao Yao had the tragic experience of running to death at Wangshan Mountain, so he didn't have high hopes of arriving at the Fifth Beacon for lunch. He didn't show much joy, but instead sighed: "Young Master, I'm happy. It’s too early, I think it’s still possible to rush to Fifth Beacon to use Twilight Food.”
Helian Wenyuan urged his horse to rush ahead, explored the road, and then quickly turned back and said with a smile: "Master, A Yao, the weather is good today, the wind and sand are light, let's go faster, there is still hope for lunch. "
Han Changmu smiled: "Look, Ah Yao, I said it's okay."
Yao Yao curled his lips and said, "Sir, don't forget, we haven't seen Guard Li yet."
Han Changmu looked at Helian Wenyuan, who also shook his head: "No in front."
Yao Yao raised his eyebrows and smacked lightly: "Could it be that Guard Li was caught by a wolf?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Han Changmu's eyebrows jumped, and he made a silent movement. He turned over and dismounted, lay on the ground and listened for a moment, then quickly mounted again and said softly: "Here we come, don't look back, go forward."
The gentle sound of horse hooves came from a very far away place, passing through the clouds and daylight, and it sounded very far away.
Yao Yao and Helian Wenyuan were also very responsive people. Such distant sounds also fell into their ears, but they were still slower than Han Changmu.
The two people looked at each other in surprise, and then quickly chased after him.
The sound of horse hooves followed from far to near, followed for a long time, and finally slowly stopped.
Yao Yao urged the horse to walk very slowly, and it staggered behind. A shiny bronze mirror hung beside the horse's head, reflecting the desolation of the yellow sand in the sky.
She swayed slightly, looked at the bronze mirror, and then urged her horse to catch up with Han Changmu, keeping the two horses very close to each other, and lowered her voice and said: "Master, he is injured."
Han Changmu raised his eyelids in surprise: "How did you know that you looked back?"
Yao Yao smiled and raised his chin towards the bronze mirror.
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows, his eyes fell on the smooth bronze mirror, his eyebrows and heart beat, and there was a hint of joking in his words unknowingly: "A Yao, how come your head is so long? How come you have so many weird things?" idea."
Yao Yao pursed his lips and smiled, but did not continue the topic. Instead, he said in a deep voice: "Master, why don't we take him down now."
Han Changmu concentrated for a moment and nodded: "It's okay, let him get closer to the fifth beacon while he is injured." He paused slightly and said to Helian Wenyuan on the high car next to him: "Helian Brother, you don’t have to help me for a while, just stay away.”
Helian Wenyuan nodded hurriedly.
There is no such thing as help, and hiding is a must.
After discussing the matter, the three of them continued to move forward unhurriedly. Listening to the sound of horse hooves far away behind them, they all slowly calmed down.
The red sun was already hanging above the head, and the outline of the fifth beacon gradually came into view clearly.
Helian Wenyuan pointed to the undulating sand slope in front and said in a deliberate voice: "Master, it's almost noon. Let's go to the sand slope in front to rest for a while and have some lunch before leaving."
Han Changmu looked at Yao Yao and smiled helplessly: "A Yao, you are right, there is no hope of having lunch. Let's take a rest and wait until we enter the fifth beacon to have twilight food."
Yao Yao grinned: "Okay, I'm already exhausted. Let's take a rest."
The three men galloped up the sand dune, and then fell into the large shadows under the dune.
Helian Wenyuan arranged the carriage and horses, and asked anxiously: "Master, he refuses to come near, how can we catch him."
Han Changmu held a telescope, hid behind Shapo, and looked out cautiously.
