Xin decided to go to Yang Jizhi Rong's territory to find out.
Mu Luotian is most likely here, and Yang Jizhirong's movements at the same time have a huge impact!
If their goal is really Qiuyi, they should make preparations in advance.
Rong brothers, Fan Ni will go to Beimucheng.
There are the largest number of refugees in the Yihe area and the largest amount of information.
Fan Ni has to figure out how the news of Zhao Yang's whereabouts spread!
After Ji Ying hesitated for a long time, he chose to be with Xin You.
Euphemistically called surveillance.
Xin You didn't know who this guy was here to supervise.
Before leaving, Xin spent another thirty coins to buy a slave from Dunan to serve as a guide.
This guide is a Rong, but he is not a Rong, but a Rong.
He was captured by Yang Juerong and treated as a slave since he was a child, so he is very familiar with this area.
Later, due to the war, it fell into the hands of Dunan again.
"His name is Hua Nu, but he is a very powerful guy." Dunan brought out the man named "Hua Nu".
The painting slave's upper body was naked, and his body was so skinny that his protruding joints were clearly visible. His whole body looked like a skeleton with a layer of yellow skin.
There are some strange tattoos on the tan skin, like some kind of spell.
His eyes bulged outward, staring at Xin You and Ji Ying.
This made Ji Ying feel very scared and hid behind Xin You.
"Hua slave, this is your new master." Dunan pointed at Xin You.
The painting slave looked from Ji Ying to Xin You.
The eyes rolled, and then he said: "Lord."
Xin added: "Are you familiar with Yang Jizhirong?"
"I grew up there." Hua Nu said.
Xin added: "Take us in, I want to know what Yang Jizhirong is doing."
"good."
The slave must follow the master's orders.
"Even if you let him die, he will die immediately." Dunan said.
"You just said he was very powerful, what did you mean?" Xin asked again.
Dunan pointed at the painting slave: "Show it to your master."
The painting slave remained motionless.
Dunan immediately understood: "By the way, his master is already you."
Xin said again: "What do you know? Show me."
The painting slave nodded and took out a stick from his waist.
Then he started drawing on the ground.
The ground is made of soil, the stick is the pen, and the earth is the drawing board.
The painting slave quickly drew a picture.
It turned out to be three people, namely Xin You, Ji Ying and Du Nan.
Although these three people are not lifelike, their respective charms are all expressed.
"How about it? It's awesome!" Du Nan said: "This guy can draw everything he has seen, exactly like the real thing!"
Xin You praised, this is talent!
In this era, there was no rice paper of later generations, and writing was very sparse.
Painting is mostly done on various objects or walls.
It is still in the initial stage of painting, and there is no large-scale national creation.
The painting slave relied on a stick to draw like this, which can only be explained by his extraordinary talent.
"This skill is pretty good." Xin added, "From now on, just follow me. Take me to Yang Jirong first. I want to see what's going on."
Yang Juzhirong's old nest is in the upper reaches of Yishui River, and has reached the south of Wang Ji.
Sandwiched between Zheng Guo and Wang Ji.
There are some not too high hilly areas here, which are the home base of Yang Juzhi Rong.
Rong people generally live in the mountains.
There are their villages and larger city-states in the mountains.
With the help of the painting slave, Xin dressed up as Yang Jizhirong.
"Lord, don't say 'gentleman'. The Rong people don't like these titles." The painting slave said.
Xin nodded again. The life and language of the Rong people must be very different from those of the Zhou people.
The three of them rode horses and soon arrived at the bank of Yishui River and walked south along the river.
"This thing is so easy to use..." Ji Yingying was very happy to get a real saddle.
The painting slave was also surprised.
It can ride a horse, but this thing Xin gave him made him feel that the horse is easier to ride.
Even if you are running fast, you don't need to hold the horse tightly, so it is much more stable.
"Lord, you are so smart."
Hearing that this thing was invented by Xin You, the painting slave sighed.
Along the way, Xin chatted a lot with Hua Nu, mostly about Yang Jizhirong.
There are two larger cities in Yangjuzhirong, and more than a dozen villages are located around these two cities.
There is a population of approximately 70,000 to 80,000 people.
The nearest village is called Feng Village.
There are probably more than 3,000 people, which is more than the population of Xinyi.
"Fengzhai is on the other side of the Yi River. It is the village that has the most exchanges with Zhou people. They are very friendly to merchants." Hua Nu said.
"Well, you have stayed in Zaoyang for a long time, do you think they will form an alliance with the Yiluozhirong and attack Qiuyi?" Xin asked again.
The painting slave shook his head: "I don't know. Ever since the rebellion of the princes, He Yiluo's troops have been fighting and making peace. Most of the time they fight, and they rarely make peace."
"Then what's their relationship with the Zhou people?" Xin asked again.
"In the past twenty years or so, basically the water in the well has not interfered with the river. This is because Yang Juzhirong has a good relationship with the Fan family of Jin State, but Yiluo Zhirong is from the prince's side and is very close to Chu State." Hua Nu.
road.
"What did you say? Yang Jirong has a good relationship with Fan?"
"...Anyway, they often buy pottery from the Fan family and pay tribute to the Fan family every year."
Xin was silent again.
This matter is more complicated than I thought!
It actually involved the Fan family.
Could it be that Fan is the conspiracy behind all this?
The Fan family of Jin State was one of the Six Ministers.
Also called Shishi.
The current head of the family, Shi Yang, is second only to the chief minister, Wei Shu, as the central military assistant.
A truly powerful figure with great influence in Jin State.
Wei Shu was good at fighting, but he often made compromises when in power.
Zhi's Xun Shu also held back, so Fan's family had always been very arrogant.
It can even be said that the Fan family has a faint shadow of the largest family in the Jin Dynasty!
The most important thing is that the Fan family and the Zhao family have always been at odds.
It is reasonable for Fan to make some small moves while Zhao Yang is away.
Yishui Tangtang, Xin You's thoughts were very confused.
Ji Ying seemed to sense something was wrong, and his face looked heavier than ever.
"Xin You, are you talking about this, is it Fan who is causing trouble behind the scenes?" Ji Ying asked.
Xin shook his head again, saying he didn't know.
If there is Fan behind this, it will be troublesome.
The fight between the Zhao family and the Fan family might hurt the little Xinyi.
Even if the Fan family would be destroyed by Zhao Yang, it would be many years later.
He is already helping Zhao Yang, there is no turning back!
"Xin You, are you worried about Fan?" Ji Ying was very sensitive.
"What's the use of worrying, the most important thing now is to prove Fanni's innocence."
"We, the Zhao family, will not let you Xinyi get involved in this kind of thing. Since the Fan family is involved, let's go back. I will ask my father to let Fan Ni go. Anyway, he doesn't doubt Fan Ni at all.
I just want to teach him a lesson." Ji Ying told the truth.
Xin looked at Ji Ying again. In fact, he had already guessed this.
Who is Zhao Yang? How could he give them this opportunity casually?
It's obviously a test to see how far they can go.
"It's too late." Xin said again: "In any case, I have already got involved with your Zhao family. What's more, this is what I promised your father, and I will definitely do it."