"I advise you to keep it in mind." Qiao Mu's words made Mu Mu's heart sink, and he stared at Feng Jiu'er, his eyes becoming serious.
"The bandits here are different from those in Beimu Country."
"How is it different?" Feng Jiuer looked at the surrounding scenery and didn't know what he was thinking.
Mu Mu said: "In comparison, the bandits in this area are more ferocious and vicious, and their martial arts are also more powerful!"
"Isn't this better?" A large group of people with strong martial arts skills can't even be counted!
Feng Jiuer's eyes lit up as if she had seen a lot of money.
If it can be used by her, why worry about big things happening?
"Don't think blindly, they won't surrender." Mu Mu's face darkened and he warned: "I'm not kidding, don't think wildly."
"What can I think about? I have no connections and no money. Even if I want to, I can't do it, right?"
Feng Jiuer smiled and didn't take Mu Mu's warning to heart at all.
However, what she said was quite right.
Although the Ninth Prince had given her a large amount of rewards before, and the money was indeed large, the amount of money required to recruit soldiers and horses was definitely huge beyond your expectation.
However, even if she is really rich, she still thinks too much about conquering the bandits here.
"The area of this mountain range occupies at least half of the country of Beimu. If you go out to the mountains, the plain area is definitely as big as five cities."
"So big?" This area was really beyond Feng Jiuer's expectation.
"It's just a conservative estimate." Mu Mu has been to many places over the years before going to Imperial College.
"That is to say, is it possible that it will be even bigger?"
Feng Jiuer's eyes were even more dazzling, almost like stars.
"What about the population?"
"Unable to count."
"Then why do you insist that no one can conquer you?" If you have money, why can't you give it a try? Although, she is really poor.
"Before," Mu Mu looked into the distance, his voice a bit long: "A tragedy happened."
Feng Jiuer said nothing, Qiao Mu whispered: "You mean, the incident where Zhao Yu was exterminated?"
"What is Zhao Yu?" Even Feng Jiu'er could feel the atmosphere becoming heavy.
"Zhao Yu was a nation in the past. More than a hundred years ago, they were the most powerful bandits in this area and the largest in scale."
"At that time, the imperial court sent a prince and paid a heavy sum of money to recruit him to surrender."
"At that time, the head of Zhao Yu's family was tired of the life of a bandit and wanted their next generation of children to be successful. Finally, he was persuaded to submit to the imperial court."
Feng Jiuer originally wanted to say, isn't this a good thing?
But when I thought about it, my heart suddenly felt cold.
If it is a good thing, why does it become a taboo? Isn't this court going back on its promise?
"You guessed it right, and the Phoenix you see now..."
"Phoenix City was the place that Zhao Yu originally occupied?" God, I didn't expect that Phoenix City would have such a past event!
"That's right, the prince took the head of Zhao Yu's family and hundreds of Zhao Yu's important people, and said they were going back to Beijing to receive the reward. But as soon as they left, Zhao Yu's land was besieged by a large army."
"As for the more than 100 people, they were also drugged on the way, and they all died of poisoning..."
Feng Jiuer felt her heart tighten and even breathing suddenly became difficult.
Shameless! Really shameless!
How could the imperial court control a nation with so many orphans, widows and children?
"Jiu'er, are you feeling unwell?" Qiao Mu was a little worried. She looked pale and didn't look right.
"It's okay, just a little...shocked."
Feng Jiuer clenched her palms and let out a long breath: "It's okay, keep talking."
She looked at Mu Mu and asked, "So, does Zhao Yu have any successors now?"
"It is said that there were still a group of Zhao Yu's tribesmen who survived the disaster, but they all left Zhao Yu's land and lived in this area."
Feng Jiuer's gaze once again fell to the mountains in the distance.
No wonder Mu Mu said just now that unifying this place is impossible because everyone is afraid that Zhao Yu's genocide will happen again.
The imperial court of more than a hundred years ago was naturally not the current Zhan dynasty, nor the imperial dynasty of the previous generation.
In the dynasty at that time, I didn’t know who was in power.
The prince who was sent out was really hateful!
How many people from Zhao Yu lived in the huge Phoenix City?
To exterminate the entire clan, children, the elderly, and powerless women will not be spared!
When I closed my eyes, I felt like I saw a group of innocent children being brutally slaughtered.
So as soon as she closed her eyes, she opened them immediately, not daring to think about it. The picture she imagined was too thrilling.
"Okay, the entrance to the mountains is ahead, everyone, be careful." Mu Mu suddenly said.
He grabbed the reins and glanced at Feng Jiuer: "Although we don't need to go deep into the mountains on this trip, we will also pass through a part of the mountain system where bandits are everywhere and it is extremely dangerous."
"You have to be careful and protect yourself."
"I know." Feng Jiuer touched the cold knife on her leg that Jiu Qing returned to her yesterday, and took another look at the entrance to the mountains.
In fact, she didn't want to hurt the bandits here at all.
I hope they won't be in trouble, so they can live in peace.
Mu Mu rode behind to arrange things.
When Feng Jiuer turned around, she could still see Jiu Qing not far away.
Along the way, he kept riding his horse not far behind her, and could not say a word the whole day.
Ever since she suspected that she had some special feelings for him, Feng Jiuer rarely took the initiative to chat with Jiu Qing.
As a result, Jiu Qing seemed even more out of place among the crowd.
Even when he was resting, he found a place to sit alone and ate the food sent by Long Shiyi.
However, although Jiu Qing was cold, Long Shiyi seemed to get along well with him...
Jiu'er's palms tightened, and she immediately turned back and looked ahead, not daring to even glance behind her.
What's going on? You agreed not to pay attention to him anymore, but you couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
When I think about things related to him, I can't help but fall in love immediately.
No, it’s too dangerous! You have to stop quickly!
"Chaiyue, let's go!"
With an order, Zhui Yue rode her forward quickly, and in a blink of an eye, she was beside Xue Gu and Tuoba Keyan.
"Why did you come up here? The entrance to the mountains is in front of you. You should go back to the back." Xue Gu frowned.
"You are all here, what can you do?" Feng Jiuer laughed and laughed, "I just came up to take a look at the scenery."
Xue Gu pursed her lower lip and looked back.
Jiu'er came up, and Jiu Qing quietly walked not far behind her.
With him around, Xue Gu actually feels at ease.
She finally nodded and said, "You can enjoy the scenery, but you are not allowed to run around, you know?"
