As the sun set, the sky-high fire ignited in Qi Xianghu's cottage, and several small wooden houses gradually turned into ashes. Ma Yaozi touched his nose, a little confused that the fourteenth son of the Cao family insisted on letting go. What is this fire for?
Now that Qi Xiaohu's cottage has been found, and the whereabouts of Sanniangzi and the second husband of the Zhang family have been determined, we can either continue to search west to find Ge Du's lair. Anyway, there are still five or six people recovering in this cottage. The Uighur horse thief should be able to find a place.
If you don't choose this, then you should gather your strength and ambush halfway. Although it is nonsense to say that Zhang Erlang Jun defeated one against a hundred, Zhang Erlang Jun recovered the Gedu horse thief.
But whether it was the Uighur horse thieves who forced Zhang Erlang to become their leader, or whether Zhang Erlang colluded with the Uighur horse thieves, there were less than a hundred people in total, and they didn't even have many armors. He had more than 300 Yue riders, and one The ambush was all done, and the third lady was successfully rescued.
What kind of house are you burning down? Just to listen to a few ignorant women and children crying?
'Hey! Hey! 'At the gate of the cottage, several government soldiers tied the gate of the cottage tightly with thick ropes, preparing to pull it down.
Ma Yaozi couldn't bear it any longer. He walked quickly to the Fourteenth Prince and was about to speak. The Fourteenth Prince's angry scolding came first.
"You farm slave, if I don't see how old you are, if you dare to say such ridiculous things again, believe it or not, I will drag you to the Shouchang County government office and show you to the public!" The Fourteenth Langjun whipped an old man. It's just a flicker.
"Mr. Lang, it's not the servant who said something ridiculous. The people in this village saw the golden armor given by the Taibao Gong as a saint. There is absolutely no lie! You want the servant to change his words, but the servant dare not. The shackles are for everyone to see. It’s better than being killed by thunder!”
Ma Yaozi was speechless for a while. This old man is also a tough talker. How about you change your words? If Taibao Gong really has the magical power to show his saints, why didn't the Cao family show his saints twenty years ago when he was acting on behalf of Zhang?
"Why should the Fourteenth Prince get angry with these country folk? They have been farm slaves for generations and often exaggerate their words. You have burned down their houses. Don't destroy the gate of this cottage. It is also good to guard against wild beasts and thieves." .”
After hearing Ma Yaozi's words, the old man standing in front of Mr. Shishiro looked indignant. Just as he was about to retort, the people behind him quickly covered his mouth and pushed him to the ground.
"Now that we have found this stronghold, if we don't demolish the gate and houses, how can we still let them stay here? The villages near Shouchang are sparsely populated, how can they accommodate them?" The 14th Langjun turned his head. He looked at Ma Yaozi with a half-smile.
Ma Yaozi's face suddenly darkened, and for the first time he looked at the Fourteenth Prince in front of him without fear.
"Cao Dutou, Qi Xiahu and his gang are the descendants of Qi Jiarun and his subordinates who resisted King Tuoxi in the past. They are exiled to the west of Shouchang. They are not allowed to return without orders. This is the order of Jiedu Yamen. Please forgive me and wait. Don’t dare to disobey!”
The title Dutou was a title for the commander-in-chief of an army in the mid-Tang Dynasty, but now it has become an honorary title. The Fourteenth Langjun is a descendant of the Cao family and has the rank of Dutou.
Ma Yaozi also has a title, which is of course not as good as Jiedu Dutou, but it sounds the same, so Ma Yaozi does not call him Shirojiro Jun but calls him Cao Dutou. The meaning he wants to express is very clear. Obviously Also very angry.
"Oh? It turns out that your Shouchang Town Army is still following the orders of the Jiedu Yamen! So, ten days ago, a township official came to report that your Shouchang Town had placed hundreds of Tuyuhun soldiers from Zhongyun in Hongze Township. Is it true that the tribe is there?"
The face of the Fourteenth Prince of the Cao family also darkened. Shouchang was right next to Dunhuang. The hand of the Murong family in Guazhou must have been stretched too long!
Ma Yaozi broke into a cold sweat. He had no idea that the Fourteenth Prince would actually raise a problem on this matter. No wonder he said he wanted to find Sanniangzi, but he walked around Shouchang in no hurry. It turned out that I came here for this matter.
"Ma Dutou, please go and inform Luo Heshi that Zhang Erlangjun and my third sister were kidnapped by Qi Xiahuhu in collusion with the Uighur horse thieves. In order to force Qi Xiahuhu and others to show up, a certain person had to move Qi Xiahuhu to the village. The middleman was taken to Shouchang two days later."
Ma Yaozi was pinched again. He could only do a cross-hand salute in disgrace, then quickly turned around and mounted his horse and ran towards Shouchang.
Seeing Ma Yaozi running away with a few people from Shouchang Town Army, the Fourteenth Prince quickly waved to the soldiers who were demolishing the village gate at the door to stop.
A strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, the Taibao Gong showed his holiness, haha! It's quite interesting. It seems that this Zhang family's second cousin is also a master who is unwilling to be lonely! Can you put on such a show for yourself?
"Lang Jun, the people from the Shouchang Town Army are gone, what should we do? Have a night's rest and prepare to ambush Zhang Erlang Jun and the others?" An officer in brocade robes came over to ask for instructions.
"Ambush? What's there to ambush!" Mr. Shishiro waved his hand.
"Captain Kang, let the men escort the people in this village to Shijiazhuang. I don't want to ambush my second cousin. If something goes wrong and hurts him, I'm afraid other people with ulterior motives will also I don’t know how to organize our Cao family!”
Captain Kang nodded in agreement, but then he frowned again, "What will happen to the third lady if we go back to Shijiazhuang?"
Shijiazhuang is the nearest Sogdian village here, and it is also close to Shouchang. However, if you go to Shijiazhuang, you will lose the ability to track the whereabouts of Zhang Erlangjun and others.
"Then leave the old man and a few young men here, and ask them to tell Mr. Zhang Erlang that I have moved all the people in the village to Shijiazhuang. If you want to save people, you must let my third sister return unscathed!" The 14th Prince pointed at the old man who firmly believed that the Taibao Gong was a saint and said.
But after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but touch his chin, "My third sister looks like a beauty, but in fact she is more thoughtful and cunning than a man. That Zhang Erlangjun respects her very much, I'm afraid he has already Are you in a urn without realizing it?"
. . . .
In Gedu Village, Zhang Zhaozheng counted the population of the village and arranged the route with the help of Bai Congxin and Qiongre Duojin.
He could not hold on to this stronghold, because according to Bai Congxin, the Tibetan rule in Chaidan and even the entire Qiangtang had collapsed, and the Kucha Uighurs completely controlled it.
Moreover, the upper echelons of the Kucha Uighurs have already recognized the Hue Khan of the Ganzhou Uighurs as their own khan.
Ge Du was a Kucha Uighur and a member of the Kucha Uighur royal family. Although he had long been in ruins, the Kucha Uighurs recognized him as the one to rule this village and the surrounding four to five hundred herders of various tribes.
But Zhang Zhao is a Han from the Guiyi Army. It is probably a fool's errand to think of being a Dagan in the territory of the Kucha Uighurs.
Of course, it should be no problem for Bai Congxin to rule here, but Zhang Zhao will definitely not do it. He went to Khotan alone without his own team. How much does that cheap uncle Li Shengtian think highly of him? Unknown.
Therefore, Zhang Zhao has decided to move all the herdsmen here who are willing to follow him to Qi Xiaohu's village. These herdsmen are from all races and have the same beliefs. Living together, it is very easy to assimilate.
This is also the little capital he left to Qi Xiahu. If there are four to five hundred people, Qi Xiahu's village can become a village on its own without having to be moved elsewhere or split up.
"Erlangjun! My wife has made some side dishes, and I would like to invite you to come over and try them!" After finishing the affairs of the cottage in a daze, the little girl Shanniang trotted over, smiling so much that her eyes narrowed into a thin line.
"Okay! Then lead the way!" Zhang Zhao patted the little girl's bun and said with a smile.
