Chapter 1129 Ancient Town

More than twenty miles northwest of Fushan County, there is a place called Guxian Town. The town is only five or six miles away from the coastline. There is a small river in the north of the town that leads directly to the sea, but this small river is only more than twenty feet wide.

The water depth and navigation capacity are relatively limited. Large sea-going ships rarely sail directly outside the town. Generally, only some seaside fishermen drive their fishing boats upstream to sell various catches to the residents of the town.

Before the Denglai Rebellion, Guxian Town had a permanent population of two to three thousand people. It was considered one of the population gathering places in Fushan County. However, because it is located closer to Dengzhou City, the impact of the war on Guxian Town was also far away.

Far beyond Fushan County, many people were forced to flee their homes during the war. It is not an exaggeration to say that ten houses and nine empty houses were empty. It was not until the war that the town's population began to slowly recover, but due to various reasons, the town's population

The scale only remained at about a thousand people, and it has never been able to return to the pre-war level.

Wendeng County, Rongcheng County, Mouping County, Fushan County, Chengshanwei, Weihaiwei and other places under the jurisdiction of Dengzhou. The land passage between these places and Dengzhou City, Guxian Town is the only place they must pass through every year.

There are a lot of floating people coming and going here, so the livelihood of the residents in the town is mainly based on service industries such as restaurants and hotels. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than ten inns and hotels in the town alone, with a population of more than 1,000.

For a small town of its size, this number is definitely quite astonishing.

In the afternoon of that day, a horse team suddenly came to the town. There were about thirty or forty riders. It is not too accurate to say that it was a horse team. The people who came were not a caravan carrying goods, but more like a cavalry unit.

The leading rider has a red and blue flag on his saddle. Everyone is wearing gray cloth shorts and trousers, carrying a long backpack, and there is a saber hanging on the saddle, but there are not many on the horse.

Carry-on luggage items.

Before entering the town at first, some people thought that this group of people was the Ming army passing through here, but when they got closer, they saw that the clothes of these people were significantly different from the Ming army, and most of these people had their hair cut.

It was very short, and there was no bun on the head, so it was obvious that he was not a member of the Ming Dynasty. The owners of several inns were more knowledgeable and recognized the identities of this group of people, and immediately ordered their subordinates to close their shops.

A few days ago, people came to Dengzhou City and posted a notice to calm the people in the town, saying that a group of armed pirates calling themselves Haihan had come near Zhifu Island in Fushan County, and asked the people to avoid contact with them as much as possible to avoid danger. And this group finally

The distinctive appearance signs are the red and blue flags and very short hair. The group of people who came to the town clearly fit the description on the notice.

But not everyone is nervous about the arrival of the uninvited guests. A few days before Dengzhou's notice of peace of mind was posted in Guxian Town, news of Haihan's actions in Fushan County came here one after another. In the eyes of some people,

Regardless of whether the Haihan people are a pirate gang or not, they have not done anything harmful in Fushan County. Instead, they assisted the government in driving away the Wanjia Army and rescued many local people. There is also a county government notice posted on the gate of Fushan County.

Public commendation of the Haihan people. These deeds were circulated from Fushan County through some parties and are extremely credible. However, they were not mentioned at all in the notice issued by Dengzhou to calm the people.

Faced with two completely different statements from Dengzhou City and Fushan County, some people chose to believe the notice issued by Dengzhou City, while others believed that Haihan's performance in Fushan County was the real situation, so they were not prepared for the arrival of the Haihan people.

There was not much resistance. However, out of caution, no one from the store took the initiative to go out on the street to recruit these people.

This group of people rode horses slowly along the official road that passed through the town, and in the blink of an eye they had passed through most of the ancient town. Just when everyone was guessing whether they did not intend to stay here,

This group of people stopped in front of the largest restaurant in the town.

"This is it!" Sun Zhen got off his horse and quickly put the reins on the horse pegs outside the store. After entering the town and walking here, he finally discovered a row of horse pegs and drinks outside the store.

At the manger's restaurant, he had no intention of looking for another place at the moment, so he directed the team to stop here.

Wang Jinmin, who was following him, also got off his horse, but his treatment was better than that of Sun Zhen. Someone immediately took over his reins and took the horse to the side to resettle it. This group of people came from the mouth of Jiahe River.

I came here and have been walking for more than 20 miles in a row. I am planning to stop for lunch in the town before continuing the rest of the journey.

At this time, a waiter came out of the store to greet him, but the smile on his face was quite stiff: "Dear guests...are you eating in a small store?"

"Can the store accommodate the likes of us?" Wang Jinmin asked casually.

"You can sit down! You can sit down!" When the waiter saw that the people behind Wang Jinmin were taking off their sabers from their saddles and holding them in their hands, the waiter's voice trembled a little when he answered: "Guest... Guest, please come in..."

Wang Jinmin left a few people on guard outside, and he and Sun Zhen entered the store with their men. Although this restaurant was the largest in the town, it actually only had less than 20 tables on the upper and lower floors. When they entered the store, there was

There were only two tables of guests, and the free table could indeed accommodate everyone in the team. However, the guests at these two tables had already finished their meals at this time and were hurriedly paying their bills.

Wang Jinmin and Sun Zhen knew that these people were afraid of their arrival, so they didn't tell them immediately and just asked the waiter to quickly bring out food that could fill their stomachs. Their mission target was not in Guxian Town, and they could have detoured outside the town.

, but the intention to show up here has other purposes. One is to check the attitude of the local people towards Haihan, and the other is to let the outside world know that the scope of Haihan's activities has reached here, to scare those ghosts and snake gods who are secretly plotting evil.

The news that the Haihan people came to Guxian Town spread throughout the town almost at lightning speed. While Sun Zhen and his team were still dining in the restaurant, the people in the town were already having all kinds of problems because of this.

Such a reaction.

Some chose to close their doors for stability and planned to wait for the Haihan people to leave Guxian Town before returning to normal life; others believed that Guxian Town was no longer safe, so they packed up their gold and silver and sneaked out of the town and rushed to Dengden.

Zhoucheng was hiding. Most people were huddled indoors, and very few people really dared to come out to watch the excitement.

However, there are also bold people among them who are not ready to accept the fact of Haihan's arrival. Next door to the restaurant where the Haihan horse team dines is a small inn with two courtyards. The owner Gan Sheng has been running this inn for nearly

It has been ten years, and it was renovated once during the period after the Denglai Rebellion, so the facade looks quite new, and the daily business is not bad.

There is no difference between Gan Sheng and other inn owners in the town. They all follow the path of making money in a harmonious way. On weekdays, they don't argue with others at all. Everyone treats him as a good gentleman, and few people know that he is apart from the inn.

In addition to his identity as boss, he actually has another identity in private.

When the Haihan horse team stopped at the door of the restaurant next door, Gan Sheng, who was paying attention to the movement, quickly asked the waiter to close the door and told him that no guests would be accepted today. He hurried back to the backyard, opened the door to the wing, went in, and closed the door.

He hurriedly said: "The Haihan people are at the door, please hurry up and leave through the back door!"

"Why are you panicking! It's impossible for them to know that I'm here. Besides, if they really want to arrest someone, they might have blocked the back door a long time ago. How can they still leave now?" There was no light in the room, so he couldn't see clearly as he was sitting at the table.

What was the man's expression, but his tone was calm and he was obviously not panicked. The man pointed to the chair in front of him and motioned for Gan Sheng to sit down and talk.

Gan Sheng sat on the chair, raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve and said, "You really don't want to leave? If the Haihan people notice something is wrong, both of us brothers will end up here!"

The man sitting in the dark said: "Are you afraid? Are you afraid of being implicated by me, so you want to drive me away?"

"No!" Gan Sheng waved his hands and said, "Brother, I'm just worried that the Haihan people will do something bad to you and that something will happen to you. The Haihan people are eating next door right now. You must not make any noise or cause trouble!"

The man stood up, walked to the window and opened it. The light from outside shone in, and he could finally see his appearance clearly. It turned out that this man had fought with the Haihan Army outside Fushan County earlier, and had managed to escape.

Gan Qiang, the successful leader of the Wanjia Army. Gan Sheng, the owner of this small inn, is a close brother to him.

After the defeat of the Wanjia Army that day, Gan Qiang and military advisor Pu Xueguang fled into the mountains with the remaining troops and tried to reintegrate the remaining forces of the Wanjia Army. These days, he has been traveling back and forth between various strongholds to deal with the reorganization of the Wanjia Army.

It has achieved some results.

The inn opened by Gan Sheng in Guxian Town was originally a secret stronghold of Wanjiajun. On the one hand, he used the flow of passengers here to collect information and select fat sheep that could be taken advantage of. On the other hand, he would occasionally secretly

Buy supplies or sell stolen goods here.

Gan Qiang secretly came to Guxian Town this time to raise food and grass for the bandit armed forces hiding in the nearby mountains. Since the Haihan people controlled the area near Fushan County, the Wanjia Army could not go to the local area to collect food and had to turn to

Secondly, turn your attention to the peripheral areas of Fushan County. However, there is not much cultivated farmland in Guxian Town, and there will not be much harvest if you want to collect grain directly from the local area. Gan Qiang’s plan is to use Gan Sheng as a spokesperson.

Purchase grain from nearby local organizations such as Liuhang Town, Jijia Town, Chaoshui Town, and Fuxin Town.

Yes, that's right. Since Wanjiajun suffered heavy losses in the battle with Haihan, it is now unable to organize large-scale armed personnel to go out to attack villages and towns and directly rob people from the hands of the people. They can only use money to buy food outside the mountains. And

Pu Xueguang was still frightened by the power of the Haihan cavalry, and he was also worried that once he took action, his whereabouts would be exposed and the Haihan people would quickly pursue him. Therefore, they planned to obtain food in a low-key way and try to overcome the current difficulties first.

In order to hide his whereabouts, Gan Qiang took a small number of people out of the mountain this time, less than ten people. He did not expect that he was so lucky. He just arrived at Guxian Town in the morning, and the Haihan people also arrived in the afternoon.

, I went to the restaurant next door just like smelling it.

Although Gan Qiang was tough-talking, he had personally experienced the power of the Haihan people, so he did not dare to make a real mistake. It was said that in the reward notice posted by the Haihan people in Fushan County, his worth had changed from the one that the Fushan County government had offered a reward for in the past.

Fifty taels of silver has been increased to 500 taels of silver, and regardless of life or death, he is tied with the military advisor Pu Xueguang for the first place on the wanted list in Fushan County. If his whereabouts are accidentally exposed, not to mention the Haihan people, there are many people in this town.

There are many criminals going there, and maybe someone will try to capture him for money.

Gan Qiang said: "The Haihan people don't recognize you. Go next door and see how many people they have. Also, try to find out why they are here and where they plan to go."

Gan Sheng hesitated and said: "I heard that all the Haihan people are as smart as ghosts. If they see through this, they will be in big trouble!"

"You are so scared!" Gan Qiang scolded: "They are humans and not gods, so how can they be so capable!"

"Isn't that... arresting all the bosses?" The fear on Gan Sheng's face was still very obvious.

There are many rumors among the people about the battle between Haihan and Wanjiajun in Fushan County, and the rumors became more and more mysterious later on, and they have long deviated from the truth. The saying in Guxian Town is that all the Haihan soldiers were

He is eight feet tall and invulnerable. The horse he rides in battle will turn into a dragon colt and move like the wind on the battlefield. The Haihan soldier's specialty weapon is a palm thunder that is invisible and intangible, but can kill people from a distance.

In Gan Sheng's view, the Haihan people who were able to defeat the Wanjia Army were almost unable to fight back. In fact, they were no different from the legendary heavenly soldiers and generals. Of course, he also asked Gan Qiang to verify the authenticity of these rumors, and Gan Qiang

Although he strongly denied it, he still couldn't explain how the Wanjia Army lost. This made Gan Sheng believe in the rumors that the Haihan Army was invincible, and he couldn't muster the courage to fight against it.

Gan Qiang was so angry that he cursed: "That's because Wan himself was useless and was captured by mistake. If the Haihan people are so powerful, why did I and the military advisor safely withdraw from Fushan County? It's not good for you to stand by with your hands and feet."

In front of me? Just go next door to eat and see if you can hear any news."

Gan Sheng was cowardly and did not dare to argue with Gan Qiang, so he had to muster up the courage and go out to the restaurant next door.

There were several dark-skinned Haihan soldiers standing at the door of the restaurant, sabers in their hands, staring at him coldly. Gan Sheng didn't look away, and walked cautiously into the restaurant, not daring to look any further and sitting in the lobby.

Several tables of people walked directly to the counter.

The restaurant manager naturally recognized him. He forced a smile on his stiff face and said, "Manager Gan is here for dinner!"

Gan Sheng responded: "Yes..."

Before he came in, he had thought about his words, saying that the business here was good, so he didn't want to occupy a seat to eat here. He ordered a few dishes and had the restaurant take them to his store, but when he thought about it, he would definitely not be able to tell Gan Qiang when he returned.

, I can only bite the bullet and stay.
Chapter completed!