The sky finally cleared up, and the bandits also built a road down the mountain. Not daring to stay at Jianmen Pass for a long time, Su Ren and his men rolled down the mountain. Those three words that Jingji said when he left last night
, Su Ren never figured out what it meant. Liujiazhai sounded like a place name, but after asking the bandits, no one knew there was a Liujiazhai nearby.
Since Jing Ji can tell it, there must be something involved. With Jing Jian's temper, if he wanted to kill him, he would have been killed long ago. There is no need to make any pretense. There must be some other reasons for telling this Liujiazhai, or Hou Jian,
Is that guy hiding in Liujiazhai?
Mountain fire is the most difficult to prevent, the most mysterious, and the least predictable thing. Looking at the scorched earth, Su Ren frowned: "Is this Liujiazhai?"
Leng Jun nodded: "The locals said that this was originally a small village with only a few families and about twenty people. These people rarely interacted with outsiders. Except for necessary things such as salt, they were basically self-sufficient.
There are no records about them in Jiange County. It can be said that these people never existed."
"I really thought I was living in paradise!" Su Ren smiled bitterly: "Where are the people? Where are the twenty or so people?"
"They were all burned to death! They were burned to death after they were killed. Twenty-three bodies were found in the ashes, including men, women, old and young. Do you think that Hou Jian is crazy? He actually attacked these peaceful villagers.
!”
"He's not crazy, he doesn't want his whereabouts to be exposed. Only the dead can keep secrets!" Su Ren took a deep breath, and a burning smell poured into his lungs from his nose: "Hou Jian became more and more calm, and became
He became a pure killer, hey! Once a person becomes like this, he will die."
Leng Jun gritted his teeth. Although he couldn't bear to commit more killings, he never had a good impression of evil people. Hou Jian had done such a damned thing, so he could only use death to offset his sins.
Hawking came on horseback. The big black horse snorted and was covered in sweat. He ran for a whole day, looking for the whereabouts of Hou Jian and others. Before jumping off the horse, Leng Jun couldn't wait to ask: "How is it? Have you found it?
?”
Hawking had a bitter look on his face: "I have walked all the roads leading to everywhere, and I have also inquired about places where there are people. No one has seen any strangers leaving. They must still be staying within a radius of fifty miles, hiding somewhere, and preparing to deal with them."
Let’s take action.”
"No trace at all?" Leng Jun asked strangely: "When did Hou Jian have such a powerful person under his command?"
Hawking shook his head: "Someone saw a group of strangers entering here more than ten days ago. They were about thirty in number. Each one was riding a horse and carrying a large amount of goods. They were all young men. They were probably Hou Jian and his group."
"He came blatantly, convinced a bandit, massacred a village, and then disappeared. This thing is getting more and more interesting."
Huo Jin and Leng Jun looked at Su Ren and didn't understand why Su Ren said that. Hou Jian and the others were all familiar with it. After the last bandit suppression in Chengdu, they heard that they had gone to Huainan Country and came back with an elite team this time.
Of course they wanted to seek revenge. But they didn't expect that Hou Jian would become so powerful and mysterious.
"What next?" Hawking asked.
Su Rendao: "Just do what you have to do? He is hiding to deal with us. He will eventually come back to find us. Pack up your things and continue heading north."
Leng Jun nodded: "That's right, as long as we are more vigilant and don't get attacked by others."
Leaving Liujiazhai and returning to the road, the cavalry was waiting there. The group set off again and continued walking north. Since learning about the tragedy in Liujiazhai, the laughter and laughter have decreased a lot, and everyone just immersed themselves in their journey all day. Liu
The misery of the village made them averse to the cold for those who were once bandits. Su Ren found this strange. After asking some old guards, he understood the reason.
Although the bandits have a cruel temperament, they will kill everyone they see and steal anything they see. However, bandits also have bandit rules. They do not kill everyone and rob everything. Among the bandits in Sichuan, there is such a saying
In one sentence, get married and be buried, wait and see from a distance; if you meet Zongjiao and Jiazi, you don’t have to die. It means that the bandits who marry and carry out funerals will not rob and can’t ruin other people’s important events. The second sentence is under the age of thirteen
Do not kill young children and elderly people over 60 years old. You cannot kill children without mercy, and it is not fair to kill old people.
However, people like Hou Jian were so cruel and inhumane that all the more than 20 people in Liujiazhai were executed, no matter the infants or the elderly, no one was spared. The ruthless people who were more ruthless than bandits can only be described as beasts.
After walking in silence for a whole day, before the sun set, Su Ren ordered to set up camp. Since he knew that someone was watching around, the camp was arranged according to the style of a military camp. The tents of Su Ren and the female family members were in the middle, and guards were arranged around them.
The sentry post was also made extremely hidden. After everything was arranged, Su Ren called Leng Jun, Huo Jin, Ying Guangji, Su Kai and Dong Qian into his tent.
A sketch of the nearby area was placed on the table. The drawing was very poor and could not catch the eyes of many people. Su Ren pointed to a blank space and said: "This is the open land where our camp is located. There is a forest to the east, a river to the south, and a river to the west.
There are mountains in front of it, and the mainland is in the north, so the main place we need to defend is in the north, what I mean is..."
"Brother, this place is far away from the woods. Even if someone is hiding in it, they will be discovered as soon as they come out. The crossbows in our hands are not vegetarian. Hou Jian will not be so stupid!"
"Stop talking nonsense, listen to what I have to say before you express your opinion!" Su Ren glared at Hawking fiercely: "The more impossible the place, the easier it is for us to ignore it. Hou Jian is not stupid, but now he has become ruthless. No one can
I don’t know where he will attack. It’s okay during the day, but the most dangerous time is at night. I decided to divide the guards and Ying Gongzi’s people into two, and send thirty people to garrison the north. Ying Gongzi’s people can reach the edge of the forest.
We'll lay an ambush, and as long as someone comes, we'll attack him from both front and back, what do you think?"
"There are only twenty people on the other three sides? There are only six people on one side, what if..." Leng Jun frowned, their whole family was here, and they were not worried that it was a lie.
"There shouldn't be any problems on these three sides!"
"What if?" Leng Jun said reluctantly.
Su Ren's face turned cold: "If there is an emergency, I will save the lives of your wife and children!" He ignored the cold words and then ordered: "Miss Dong, take good care of the women. No matter who it is, if you don't know it, I will kill it. Xiao
Jin Zi will lead his people to the north, and Su Kai will lead five people to guard the road. If it doesn't work, we will move immediately."
Everyone nodded and looked at the sketch on the table carefully. At this time, it seemed that the surrounding terrain suddenly appeared on the paper, lifelike.
"What about me?" Seeing that everyone was about to leave, Leng Jun asked quickly.
"Just keep an eye on your wife and children. If you feel in danger, grab some things and find a safe place to camp." Su Ren's cold eyes made Leng Jun very angry.
"Let's go!" Leng snorted, Leng Jun lifted the curtain and walked out of the tent.
Huo Jin wanted to shout Leng Jun but Su Ren stopped him. Ying Guangji on the side looked back at his old servant, who nodded slightly. The general battle plan has been finalized, and the next step is to witness the miracle. The words are
In this way, no one knew whether Hou Jian was really hiding in the woods and waiting for opportunities. Su Ren sat silently in the tent, and the tragic scenes of Liujiazhai kept flashing before his eyes.
"Old Huang, get me some water, I want to wash my face!"
Huang Shisan agreed and left the tent. While Huang Shisan was away, Liu Gao sneaked in and handed a bamboo slip to Su Ren: "Sir, this is what you asked for. It has been confirmed that it belongs to Liujiazhai."
I was a rare soldier left on Jiange Road when I was Taizu, and a large number of armors were found in a cave not far from Liujiazhai. They were deeply hidden and well preserved, but not much money was found."
“Has Hou Jian’s purpose of coming to Shuzhong this time been clear?”
Liu Gao shook his head: "Not yet. I only know that the King of Huainan sent Hou Jian to Shuzhong, saying he had an important mission."
"Continue to investigate and be sure to find out. Liu An always wants to be an emperor. Every step of his plan will be related to his purpose. How to become an emperor? Naturally, there are soldiers and food. How to have soldiers and food? A word of money
!" Su Ren thought for a while and then said: "Liu Bang has become the king of Hanzhong, and there are three surrendered generals from Qin to guard him. Han Xin may not be able to reassure him. He will never leave Hanzhong without leaving a way out. Understand what I mean.
Do you mean it?"
"Young man understands, I will arrange it right now!"
Su Ren nodded: "Is there any news about Hou Jian?"
Liu Gao immediately became excited, took two steps forward, and came to Su Ren: "We have found it. It is only about three miles away from us. There is a small valley in the southeast, and it is all there!"
Su Ren chuckled and said, "You are really a genius in intelligence. Xiao Jinzi searched everywhere for a whole day and couldn't find it, but you know it clearly."
Liu Gao also smiled: "This is not the work of a villain. Two years ago, Mr. asked us to expand outward, especially in the Huainan and Wuyue areas. Now it is time to bear fruit. This time, among the dead soldiers led by Hou Jian
There happens to be one of our people."
"Hahaha... It seems that King Huainan is also old and confused! Well done, continue to follow our plan. Whenever there is nothing in the world that you don't know, then we will have nothing to fear!"
"Here!"
Huang Shisan got some water, and Su Ren washed his face and immediately felt refreshed. Huang Shisan looked around and looked around, then whispered into Su Ren's ear: "My subordinates saw that Daochang Leng was gone.
Ying Guangji’s tent, the person named Ying definitely has no good intentions.”
Su Ren threw down the brocade handkerchief he was wiping his face with: "We got on the line so quickly, Ying Guangji still has some skills! No one should care about the second brother's affairs, you all remember, the second brother will never betray me! There is nothing but,
Don't meddle in other people's business, go pour the water, and let's go find the little gold. When it gets dark, everything should start." (To be continued)