The expression on that young man's face seemed to be saying, I originally thought you were a young man from a wealthy family, but in the end I found out that you are actually a poor man who is even more miserable than bandits like them.
At the same time, he is also saying, how can a poor boy like you really be able to lure officers and soldiers here?
You know, in such a remote place, not even the imperial government can search for it.
In other words, they don't want to come here.
The mountain walls here are steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if you come here, it will be difficult to catch all the bandits here.
Moreover, the losses may be extremely serious in the end, and it is hard to say whether he will be rewarded by the court in the end.
Therefore, unless Xi Zhong really has a huge background, he will never be able to attract officers and soldiers.
Xi Zhong had no choice but to keep pretending to be trembling, how could he show other expressions?
A group of people walked silently on the mountain road.
The three subordinates did not take too much precaution against Xi Zhong, and they all put away their hatchets.
Xi Zhong was allowed to lead the horse behind them.
Finally, the group finally arrived at a mountain village at sunset.
The village is located on the hillside of a rocky mountain, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Along the way, the group of people carefully avoided the traps.
Of course, even if all these mechanisms hit Xi Zhong, even if Xi Zhong did not provoke any fists, there would be no possibility of any injuries.
After arriving at the cottage, Xi Zhong also discovered that the gate and walls of the cottage were actually made of steel.
This simply shocked Xi Zhong.
Aren't ordinary cottages only made of wooden fences?
But forget it, no matter what happens in this world of cultivating immortals, Xi Zhong will not be surprised anymore.
On the watchtower of the last village, there was a guard looking at the group of people. After seeing the young man leading the group, he smiled and said: "Hey, Ah Shui, this is a rich man who has been kidnapped.
?”
The young man who was called "Ah Shui" curled his lips and said directly: "Come on, this is just a poor guy. It happens that our village is short of people to work. Anyone who can be recruited will come up, so I will directly recruit him.
He's coming over."
The guard actually had a skinny face and looked like he was undernourished.
It can be seen that the bandits in this village are really not doing well.
Very strange.
Logically speaking, in this world, shouldn't the profession of bandit be a popular one?
Xi Zhong felt very strange all of a sudden.
But he didn't speak.
Instead, he continued to pretend to be a poor young man who was captured by bandits before he was deeply involved in the world.
When the guard heard this, he was immediately disappointed.
He originally thought Ah Shui could bring something valuable back.
He had actually seen the horse led by the young man in green shirt, but seeing that the young man in green shirt was still the one leading the horse, instead of Ah Shui, he gave up.
This bandit's village is actually very unlike the bandit's style. It's just because of his boss that he behaves like this.
The boss's decision can affect the direction of the village. Now, this village named "Mingyue Village" is more like a gathering point for heroes.
The guard just opened the door of the cottage and let Ah Shui and others in.
After entering, Xi Zhong was stunned. It turned out that the village was like a small town, built on the mountainside of the stone mountain.
There are many houses built inside. The old man is sitting in front of the door, smoking a cigarette, while the women are busy working, and the men are carrying trees and doing hard work.
When they saw the gate of the cottage open, their eyes lit up, and then when they saw Ah Shui and others coming back with just a young man in a green shirt, their eyes flashed with disappointment.
This disappointment is not an accusation, it is just pure disappointment.
Xi Zhong became even more curious about this cottage. What was the reason that caused this cottage to become like this?
Ah Shui then dismissed his subordinates and told them to go home to eat, and then led Xi Zhong towards the largest house in the middle of the village.
Xi Zhong's perception spread in, and as a result, he couldn't sense the fluctuations of any monks inside.
Then it can be confirmed that everyone in this village is an ordinary human being.
After entering the house, you can see a figure sitting in the house.
The figure, wearing a red silk dress and slender, turned out to be a woman.
And Xi Zhong could also notice that Ah Shui's expression became much more respectful after he came here.
The woman was reading a book. Then she raised her head and saw Ah Shui coming in with a young man in a green shirt. She was stunned for a moment, with a confused look on her face.
Ah Shui said respectfully: "Miss, isn't our village short of manpower now? Now I have brought him here."
The woman glanced at Xi Zhong indifferently, nodded slightly, then pondered for a moment, and then said: "In that case, let this person go to Huoshu Village to watch with his brothers."
"Huoshu Village!?" Ah Shui was stunned when he heard this, then hesitated, and then said: "This is not good... There are our hostile forces guarding there now..."
The woman glanced at Xi Zhong and said directly: "Now there are only two ways for you, one is to be a bandit in my village forever, the other is to sneak into a village, then check the situation in the village, and then come back to
I'll explain the situation."
"In addition, I can tell you clearly that the second route, Huoshu Village, is extremely dangerous for you, and you may even lose your life. However, if you can come back alive and provide some information about Huoshu Village,
, then I will just let you go and give you another fifty taels of silver, how about that?"
The conditions offered by this woman were very frank.
Either he would be a bandit here for the rest of his life, or he would be like a spy and enter a village to check the situation.
And there was great danger in that village.
But Xi Zhong was just right, he was really not afraid of death.
The woman looked at Xi Zhong and asked, "How is it? Have you made your choice?"
Xi Zhong still looked trembling and said: "If I can really find out the information and come back, then I can go down the mountain safely and get fifty taels of silver?"
The woman nodded calmly, "This is natural."
Ah Shui looked hesitant beside him.
Xi Zhong nodded firmly, "Okay! I choose the second condition!"
"However, I must take my horse with me, and my backpack must be returned to me!"
The woman nodded, "Okay."
Then he looked at Ah Shui.
Ah Shui had no choice but to return the backpack to Xi Zhong.
Xi Zhong opened his backpack, took a look, and found that nothing was missing, and then he calmed down.
Everything is pretend.
The woman just looked at Ah Shui and said softly: "Ah Shui, you ask the brothers to take him to the vicinity of Huoshu Village tomorrow, and then how he sneaks in to get information is entirely up to him."
Ah Shui nodded slightly, and then said to Xi Zhong: "Come with me."
Xi Zhong was stunned when he heard this, "It's already dark today, why do you still want to go? Can't you go tomorrow?"
Ah Shui said calmly: "So isn't this a place to take you to rest?"
Xi Zhong nodded, "Okay."
Then Xi Zhong was taken to a simple room, and after throwing two steamed buns to Xi Zhong, he ignored Xi Zhong.
Xi Zhong spread his perception and found that at this moment, the village was where many people were eating.
But he could also sense that every bandit here only ate a steamed bun.
And now he actually has two steamed buns in his hand!
Xi Zhong thought for a while and finally sighed.
It turned out that he had actually received the best treatment from this village.
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It's dawn all night.
When the sky was no longer white, Xi Zhong got up, and then two bandits led the way to the vicinity of Huoshu Village.
Then the two bandits said to Xi Zhong: "You should remember the way you came. If there is any danger, you should evacuate quickly and return by the original way."
Then the two bandits turned around and left.
Xi Zhong was left alone and a horse.
Xi Zhong smiled slightly and didn't mind at all. He continued to mount his horse and walked towards Huoshu Village in the distance.
The reason why Huoshu Village is called Huoshu Village is because the surrounding trees are fiery red in color.
This is not because the trees here are special, just because the trees are naturally red.
Then when Xi Zhong originally planned to continue his leisurely inspection, he met another group of bandits.
It was three or four people holding wooden sticks.
The clothes are in rags, the face is sallow and the muscles are thin.
His eyes were helpless and worried.
He doesn't look like a thief, but like a refugee.
After these four thieves, who did not look like thieves, stopped Xi Zhong, they did not open their mouths to open the door as Xi Zhong imagined, but the middle-aged man who looked like the leader said in a trembling voice: "Hurry...
Get off your horse quickly... get off your horse!"
Xi Zhong looked as scared as a fledgling, "What do these gentlemen want to do..."
Xi Zhong felt as if this scene of his had appeared yesterday.
Because Xi Zhong saw Ah Shui yesterday, and then he met a bandit again today!
It looks really funny.
Moreover, these bandits all have one characteristic, that is, they look like they are malnourished.
Xi Zhong's fear finally dissipated a lot of the anxiety in the eyes of these four people, and they became more courageous.
The leading middle-aged man tried his best to speak in a harsher voice to make himself look more like a bandit, which added a lot of intimidation. Then he said in a deep voice: "Boy, if you want to survive, stay here quickly.
Money, otherwise don’t blame me for not having eyesight on the wooden sticks in my hands!”
Xi Zhong suppressed a smile in his heart, thinking that this seemed to be what Ah Shui said yesterday, right?