Cao Cao called me to rob a tomb

Chapter 817 Can't Walk (4000)

This might be a valid clue!
For experts, the words and decorative patterns on the tombstone are of the most reference value. They are more precious than the precious gold and jade in the eyes of ordinary people. Maybe they can find something helpful to Wu Liang from it.

"By the way, old man, do you know when the tomb of Bian Que was built?"

Thinking so, Wu Liang asked again.

"This old man can't tell. I heard from the ancestors that the tomb was there before the Qin Dynasty. We rough people can't remember when it was built. No one has known for a long time."

The old man shook his head and said sorry.

"Thank you for your advice, sir."

Wu Liang saluted, and finally stopped asking.

"It's getting late, this old man should take Young Master and others to find a place to live."

The old man stopped talking with him about these things, and then led them to an idle courtyard not far from the old mulberry tree.

The courtyard covers a small area, but there are 4 bungalows in total. Although it is idle, the courtyard is cleaned quite cleanly. Wu Liang and others did not see a lot of dust in the courtyard and the house, but the inside is basically There is no furniture, and it should have been used as a warehouse before. One of the bungalows is full of farm tools, and it looks like there must be at least a hundred pieces.

These are definitely not the farm tools of any family, but the farm tools used by the people of the whole village, and they are just put together for unified management.

Seeing this scene, Wu Liang became more and more certain that the old man's status in the village must not be low.

Because if it is an ordinary gregarious village, even if the folks in the village will help each other with something, the things of each family still have to be kept by themselves, especially important production tools such as farm tools... Let's just say that in a village, who Being able to hold all the production tools in one's own hands is equivalent to holding the livelihood of all the villagers. In this way, people must not only cover the sky with one hand in the village, but they must also exist like emperors.

Landlord?

Three elders?
Wu Liang guessed the identity of the old man in his heart, but he didn't ask too much.

He just told himself that it is imperative to be on guard against others. Although the old man looks benevolent and the villagers are quite hospitable, compared with those villages with a loose relationship, if the old man and the villagers are hiding something bad If you are careful, you can also advance and retreat at the same time, and it takes a lot of effort to deal with it.

Especially if this village is really the voice of that old man, as long as he has some bad thoughts alone, he can easily mobilize more than a hundred people in the village, which adds up to hundreds of people.

"Our place is poor and remote, and the living conditions can only be like this. I hope you don't mind."

After taking Wu Liang and others to see the situation in the courtyard, the old man turned around and saluted.

"How could it be? It's common for people like us to eat and sleep in the open. We are grateful to have such a shelter from the wind and rain. We also want to thank the old gentleman for his generous help."

Wu Liang quickly returned the courtesy.

"May I ask you a question, does the young master plan to stay in our village for a few days, or leave early tomorrow morning?"

The old man asked with a smile again.

"If there is no accident, even if it is not tomorrow morning, it will start within tomorrow at the latest."

Wu Liang pondered for a moment and said.

The folklore of this village has already been inquired about. Let everyone rest for the night first, and it will not be too late to take a look at the Clothes Tomb tomorrow. See if you can find some helpful clues.

As for whether there might be something important buried in the Clothes Tomb...

No matter how impatient Wu Liang was, he would definitely not dig graves in front of these villagers. This would definitely cause some unnecessary troubles. The best way is to pretend to leave first, and then turn back in the dark When I came back, I took advantage of the fact that the villagers and the tomb of Bian Que's clothes were not paying attention to a quick battle.

"In this case, son, let's rest earlier."

The old man nodded slightly, turned around and was about to leave.

"The old man stays."

Wu Liang called him to stop again, and Yang Wanli had already fetched a few slices of dried meat wrapped in linen at the right time. Wu Liang took the opportunity and handed it to the old man, and said with a smile, "This is my kindness, please The old gentleman must accept it with a smile."

The Guren army was not short of money, and the jerky they carried on the expedition was the size of a shoe sole. Although there were only a few slices, the portion was quite large. The three slices of jerky added up to about one catty, but at least five catties of fresh meat were needed to make it production.

But in this war-torn period, the common people were basically starved of food, not to mention meat, even the roughest old food was a luxury, so his thank you was not light.

"My lord, you don't need to be too polite...Since that's the case, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

The old man was talking about refusal, but he had already picked up the jerky. The aroma of the jerky immediately rushed into his nostrils, and the old man made a sound of smacking his mouth when he spoke.

……

In this way, the old man was sent away.

The Huan army immediately unloaded the accompanying simple bedding from the carriage and moved it into the house, and several Huan soldiers started to light a fire and cook food.

When the arrangement was almost finished, Wu Liang called a group of backbone soldiers into the house with a bowl of porridge.

"Yang Wanli, you need to carefully arrange the defense work tonight. Tell the brothers not to be careless, let alone let go of any troubles. You should be more vigilant than in the wilderness."

Wu Liang spoke to Yang Wanli first.

"My lord, do you see what evil thoughts these villagers have?"

Yang Wanli asked subconsciously.

The rest of the people also frowned slightly, with a little worry on their faces.

"That's not true, but the most difficult thing to figure out in this world is the human heart. I can only see that the relationship between the villagers in this village is closer than that of ordinary villages through the centralized management of farm tools. A village with such a close relationship between people is easier to make." Some things are not good for us, so we have to guard against them."

Wu Liang said seriously.

"Then why did you return the dried meat to the old man? If you are worried about this, shouldn't you not reveal your wealth?"

Bai Jingjing immediately raised a very practical question.

"It was only later that I realized this problem. It may be that the good times have passed for a long time, and I have forgotten the sufferings of the people. I don't think there is any problem with giving a few pieces of dried meat. Now that the words have been spoken, I can only bite the bullet I have given it, and the right is a courtesy."

Wu Liang admitted his mistake frankly, and said helplessly, "The matter has come to this point, let's use the three pieces of jerky as their touchstone. If they really do us bad because of this, they can only blame themselves for their greed."

"That is, if they are going to harm us just because of some dried meat, then maybe they have done similar things to the business travelers in the past, and we are acting on behalf of the heavens."

Cao Ni spoke for Wu Liang.

Perhaps everyone has seen some bigger battles than this, so when this matter was brought up, although they were more or less worried, no one felt scared because of it.

Even Cao Ni is the same.

It is said that this girl has been pampered since she was a child, and she has never been on the battlefield, and she has never seen the decisiveness of Wu Liang and the Huan army against the enemy, and she is not afraid at this moment.

This is actually due to the deeds of Wu Liang that Cao Ang and Cao Ti occasionally told her, so that in the eyes of this girl, although Wu Liang does not often go to the battlefield, he is an invincible existence on the battlefield. Even if the army is like this, let alone these ignorant mountain people in the countryside?

"In short, if what I'm worried about really happens tonight, although there is no need to deliberately keep them away, but if they can capture the king with a thunderous force and resolve the dispute with the smallest killing, there is no need to kill them all."

Wu Liang said again.

"The young master is talking about the old man just now?"

Yang Wanli asked.

"Exactly, he was the one who was negotiating with me from the beginning to the end. No one from the other villagers approached easily, and even those children rarely approached. It is not difficult to judge that he is the leader of this village."

Wu Liang nodded.

Just at this time.

"Boom boom boom!"

The door of the room suddenly rang, and the voice of a Huren army soldier came from outside the door: "Young master, a woman holding a child came outside the courtyard. This woman looked flustered, and she knelt outside the door and kowtowed nonstop begging us to take her in. Why don't we Persuading the dead to refuse to get up."

"what's the situation?"

Yang Wanli had already stood up upon hearing the words, stepped forward to open the door and said to the soldier, "What is this woman's origin? Is she also a villager?"

"It looks like it should be..."

The soldier replied, "She has disheveled hair, dirty face, tattered clothes, and no shoes on her feet. She must not be able to walk very far, and the child in her arms should only be a few months old. She kept crying in a piece of ragged clothes, but the woman seemed to be afraid that the crying would be heard by others, and she tightly covered the child's mouth and nose. I saw that the child's face was purple. I was afraid that someone would die, so I hurried in to report, otherwise how dare I bother you with such a trivial matter."

"This... son."

It's hard to say that Yang Wanli made a decision without authorization, so he could only look back at Wu Liang.

"I'll go take a look."

Wu Liang finally put down the bowl and chopsticks, got up and walked out with everyone.

This small courtyard is not very big, and within a few steps, he had already arrived at the gate of the courtyard. Sure enough, he saw a woman with disheveled hair knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg her to be taken in.

While kowtowing, she was still looking around in a panic, her eyes were full of panic and uneasiness, and the child was indeed as the soldier said. At this moment, the little face was covered with purple, and the woman obviously noticed this situation , but in that complicated state of distress and fear, anxious tears flowed down his smudged face.

Also.

Wu Liang also noticed a detail.

Although this woman's hands are full of smudges, they are by no means as rough as a wife who often does farm work... These days, women in the countryside have to hold up half the sky. Indispensable labor, so it is absolutely impossible for hands not to be rough.

And her shoesless feet.

Wu Liang found a circle of extremely obvious scars on her two ankles, which were obviously the marks left by long-term binding...

"Teach her to come in first and close the courtyard door."

These details have made Wu Liang have some guesses in his mind.

But having said that, in normal times, Wu Liang adheres to the principle that it is better to do less than one thing when he is away from home. Usually, he will not take care of any nosy affairs easily, especially this kind of nosy affairs that will inevitably bring him trouble. She is still living in this village now, if this woman is a member of the village, someone will come to her soon, and I am afraid it will be difficult to explain clearly.

What's more, it's not impossible for these villagers to deliberately send them here to take the opportunity to make trouble.

It's just that the innocent child is about to be strangled to death.

Wu Liangcai relented slightly and let the woman in... Anyway, if those villagers had evil intentions, even if Wu Liang didn't take in the woman, those villagers would definitely not let it go.

The most important thing is that Wu Liang is not afraid of them at all. On the contrary, they should think about it carefully and don't seek death.

So come to the courtyard.

"Jingjing, Mier, Nier, take the child into the house and feed him some rice porridge to calm him down."

Wu Liang nodded to the three girls accompanying him, but the three girls couldn't stand it any longer, and hurried forward to take the child away, the woman seemed very nervous, although she wanted to enter the house with the child, she didn't dare to act rashly , just a pair of trembling eyes moving with the child.

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Wu Liang asked.

"Young master, let's go! I beg you to take me and leave this place together. The people here are no longer human, they are all beasts!"

The woman finally looked away from the child, and immediately kowtowed to Wu Liang again, completely ignoring the blood oozing from her forehead.

"Tell me what's going on first."

Seeing that the woman's spirit was on the verge of collapse, Wu Liang had no choice but to change his voice and said, "Don't be afraid, it's not the first day we've traveled all over the world. If someone dares to harm us, we can teach them whether to return or not. No one can hurt you when you come to me, but before that, you must first tell me what happened, why did you persuade me to leave quickly, and why do you say that the people here are all beasts?"

"My lord, don't ask too many questions, just leave as soon as possible, if it's too late, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave!"

The woman seemed to have not heard Wu Liang's words, and she kept kowtowing and begging. Obviously, in her eyes, Wu Liang couldn't change anything.

at the same time.

"Look, son."

Dian Wei beside him pointed to the outside of the yard and reminded.

Through the not-so-high courtyard wall, Wu Liang saw that this not-so-big village was covered with fires, and these fires were quickly gathering towards them.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Liang heard the sound of someone yelling, and there were a few barks of dogs mixed in with the sound.

"It's over...no one can leave..."

Hearing these voices, the woman collapsed on the ground like mud, her smudged face was ashen, and the despair in her eyes was beyond words.

(End of this chapter)