Chapter 322: One Mountain and One City
Updated: 2013-05-02
In the desolate night, the heavy clouds seemed to have to give all the endless pressure in the sky to the earth. The cold wind swept by, and even those who had just crawled out of the warm bed had to fight a few more cold wars than usual before they could release the remaining water.
Such a heaven is the murderous heaven. Longhe is killing people, and he chose those who are usually used to killing people.
The generals are inevitably killed. Whether it is a killer or an assassin, they are all those who are looking for a way out in the shadow of the sword. The killers of the Execution Department have encountered all kinds of difficult people before, and have also met people who wish they could replace them with their lives. But they have never met such a man - he is like growing on the verge of death, keenly discovering every assassin who leaves from the army; he has the speed of the wind and the cruelty of the evil wolf.
So, one assassin after another of the Executive Office fell under his hands. Their death was not worthless. They at least held Long He's footsteps and wasted his time. And they also used the last power of their lives to convey the information of Long He's counter-assassination little by little. Even if they died, they believed that unless the Office of the Inspection Office was finished and the people in the Executive Office died, these messages written in blood would eventually let Qin Fei know.
The night fell into the deepest black layer, and the dawn of the day was about to usher in. The soldiers of the Northern Frontier who were marching rapidly did not know that more than a dozen people from the Executive Office had died on the periphery of the army.
Except for Yuanxin who went south and Qin Fei who went north, the executive department here has no survivors!
For those executives who are used to harvesting other people's lives, they have no way to know what their last thought was before dying. Long He is still looking for the next trace. Several times, he is almost about to touch Qin Fei's path, but he missed it by chance. Perhaps fate doesn't want these two people to meet!
Qin Fei took a deep breath of cold air and then blew out a sip of fog. In the bitter weather, his cultivation level could not invade the cold and heat, but could not stop the natural changes.
Qin Fei's mind has been turning around in this circle. If it weren't for something that was damaging or even fatal, the King of Yan wouldn't let Su Jin return to the rescue. But as far as Qin Fei knows, the northern convenient part of the northern border is the grassland and desert, where only barbarians have lived for thousands of years, and no other figure can be found. The barbarians who have been destroyed by the Wei State and the later countries do not have enough strength to launch a fatal blow to the northern border!
"Is it possible that a stone fell from the sky that smashed the Yan Prince's Mansion?" Qin Fei, who was puzzled, couldn't help but joke with him.
His pace was very fast. Just as Longhe was constantly cleaning the executive departments, he had already been away for a long time. Qin Fei's path was not the official road leading directly to the northern border. If he walked that way, he would probably encounter the retreating or advancing Northern border troops. Qin Fei did not expect that he could sweep the thousands of troops in one breath... Even the living Governor Yi and Pang Zhen, even the dead Shui Qingkong could not do it.
Bypassing a small road, the mountains ahead are undulating, and the steep peaks almost cover the earth. The rugged mountain road passes through the mountains in a bend. Even the best cavalry can only advance together on this road at most. In the past, merchants who traveled back and forth in the northern border usually took the official road. Those who really know this road were either smugglers or green forest heroes.
Qin Fei walked this road. The towering peaks were amazing. If a stone fell from the mountain, it could easily smash a person into meat pie. For thousands of years, no army passed by here. The risk was too great. Only a small army could cause heavy damage to the marching large forces. If it weren't for the stage where the battle was bare-handed and the need to fight for life, no one would want to start a war from here.
The dust under his feet slightly raised, and the coldness and solemnity in the mountains became even more serious. Suddenly, Qin Fei felt something was wrong, so he rushed up the mountain with two steps in three steps and flew along the steep mountain wall!
With all his strength, Qin Fei's speed was shocking. Not long after, he stopped in front of a small cliff, but this time, Qin Fei looked at the valley in amazement...
The valley in winter should be lonely, with wild animals hibernating and migrating or hiding in their nests. Hunters also lack many tricks, but this valley is overcrowded, and countless people live in this valley. Countless tents and wooden houses are set up, and even the paths have been cleared. Some people set up stalls and still do business.
If all the mountain walls are replaced with walls, this place looks like a small town.
Qin Fei was a little confused. After a moment, he tore his military uniform torn apart, revealing his tightness and short strokes. His true energy was everywhere, and his face suddenly turned pale and haggard, like a young man lost in the mountains.
After sliding down the mountain, Qin Fei observed carefully for a moment before walking out of a small rugged bush.
In front of him was a stream, a group of women and girls were squatting by the stream to wash clothes. The cold water made their arms red, but they were still talking and laughing. Some were slapping wet clothes with laundry hammers, and some were singing songs, and there was no coldness of the severe winter at all.
I saw a haggard young man in thin clothes walking out of the bushes, and the humming song gradually lowered, replaced by a humming soft voice.
"Brother, aren't you cold?" In front of Qin Fei's eyes, a little girl of five or six years old looked at him curiously.
"A little cold." Qin Fei lied. The women and children in front of him were not afraid, but were just a little surprised. It seemed that a monkey jumped out of the mountain was much more normal than seeing Qin Fei.
"Little brother, you're frozen to death when you look like this. This is the jacket from our house, which is just for washing. If you don't think it's dirty, wrap it first..." The girl's mother smiled and handed over a somewhat worn cotton jacket, her eyes full of kindness.
Qin Fei thanked him and wrapped his jacket around, and a group of women immediately started to make a fuss.
Brother, where are you from? Why are you here in the mountains? Are you lost or encountering thieves? The mountains are so cold, why don’t you bring some thick clothes? Is there any dry food?...
Apart from not asking his parents' names, birth dates and horoscopes, the rest of the questions were all thought of by these women. Qin Fei suddenly had one head and two big shots, just asking for someone to fight quickly, and was afraid of getting entangled with these women and children.
Finally, Qin Fei lie a little bit cold, "I am a soldier. When the brigade of men and horses marched quickly, my horse was injured and I couldn't find a horse, so I walked with the infantry. As I walked, I got lost. Later, I remembered that the mountain road here could also lead to the northern border. I must be closer, so I walked over. I ate all the dry food on my body and scraped the military uniform. I was so hungry that I couldn't hold it. I wanted to climb up the mountain to see if there were any single beasts. I hunted and ate it, but I turned to touch it..."
When the women heard this, their long tongues couldn't help but chatter, and for a moment they couldn't tell what they were saying.
Qin Fei felt a headache and asked the little girl with a smile: "Did you live in the mountains? Did you live here before?"
"Of course not!" the little girl said proudly: "We are people from the Forbidden City."
Forbidden City? Qin Fei certainly knew this city. After the founding of the State of Wei, in addition to continuing to pursue the barbarians, many city defenses were also set up in the north. One of the cities was called Forbidden City. The word for forbidden was not taken casually. This city was outside the mountain and had the important responsibility to guard this mountain road. Although no foreign enemies invaded here for the past thousand years, there were still many bandits, bandits and scattered soldiers who would act in this area.
When it was the most rampant time, the three families divided the country. Many established military horses became bandits after they were dispersed. But what they were terrified was that the soldiers had received strict training and experienced the test of war. They knew how to fight and had a strict hierarchy. Moreover, such "bandits" had not yet the top requirements for money women. They liked to massacre after robbery.
Killing a small village is common, and the most terrifying thing is that they once slaughtered a small city. Tens of thousands of residents only had more than 240 living people in two days and one night. It was not because they discovered their conscience and spared the lives of these living people. It was because they needed people to be coolies and sent back their robbed property back to the camp!
Such bandits were enough to make people feel troublesome. At that time, the Forbidden City Army clearly maintained the position of not participating in the war. To put it in a noble place, it was a good bird to choose trees to live in. When you fight, we will consider who to join the Forbidden City. However, for these "bandits" who wandered near the Forbidden City, the Forbidden City Army was not ruthless, and one horse would be eliminated if one came.
During its peak period, the three bandits combined more than 13,000 people. Due to the continuous losses near the forbidden city, the three families united to defeat the forbidden city with only 3,000 defenders and vowed to massacre the whole city. No male was left, and all women were plundered as long as they were young. Whoever grabbed the property of the whole city would belong to him.
Under such a call, the bandits from the army emerged with extremely strong combat power, and the posture was terrifying.
But the result of the battle is still terrifying.
After paying a punctual price, the defenders of the Forbidden City defeated the besieged bandits. Then the large group of troops left the city and launched a crazy massacre on them. It is said that the order of the guardian of the Forbidden City at that time was: Living? The Forbidden City had no food to support them.
As a result, countless corpses were scattered around the forbidden city, from the official road to the mountain road, from the peaks and streams... Many years later, hunters occasionally found corpses that were no longer human in the mountains!
Qin Fei looked at the little girl and asked, "I am from the Forbidden City, why don't I live in the city? It's always inconvenient to go to the mountains."
Chapter completed!