Gu Liyou suppressed his worry and said to Munchun: "Muchun, you should take good care of yourself first."
Then he looked at Bai Yiyi: "Notify Sun Yan immediately to discuss the matter."
The terrain of Duanshan Village is complicated and it is located in the lofty mountains. The important checkpoints are guarded by bandits.
Ye Sili and the other three were imprisoned in a separate small courtyard. There were bandits guarding the outside of the courtyard. Bandits brought them three meals a day, but Duan Jiang often came to the courtyard to look for them.
"Little lady, were you frightened last night?"
Regardless of Ye Sili's objection, Duan Jiang took the initiative to sit opposite Ye Sili and asked someone to bring him a pair of bowls and chopsticks.
Ye Sili put down her chopsticks, looked at him warily, and asked frankly:
"Why did you arrest us?"
Hearing this, Duan Jiang smiled twice and said bluntly:
"The little lady is beautiful, I am happy to see her."
Duan Jiang didn't look as vicious as Duan Tian. Instead, his brows showed a dash of heroism. His deep eyes seemed to be looking at her sincerely, but the frivolous smile at the corner of his mouth looked extremely frivolous.
"lecher!"
Huan Xia, who was sitting on Ye Sili's right hand, suddenly attacked Duan Jiang, and Duan Jiang easily accepted the attack.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, why are you so angry?" Duan Jiang shook his head, then looked at Ye Sili and said with a smile, "My dear, you are cuter."
Huan Xia wanted to draw out the dagger, but was stopped by Duan Jiang. The two exchanged several moves and were locked in a stalemate for a long time.
Huan Xia's injury was not healed, and Ye Sili was afraid that her wound would burst, so she stopped her hand.
"Are you going to keep us locked up like this?"
After running around for several days, Ye Sili was exhausted. After Munchun left last night, she had been worried about whether Duan Jiang and the others would send people to catch up with Munchun. It was not until this morning that there was no news of Munchun being arrested, so she was relieved.
"Of course not." Duan Jiang glanced at Huan Xia, looked at Ye Sili and said with a smile, "I want to marry you and be the wife of Yazhai."
"..." Ye Sili stopped Huan Xia who was about to beat up Duan Jiang, pretended to think for a while, and looked around.
"Marry me? But I've always been used to fine clothes and fine food. I'm afraid this kind of poverty-stricken life can't support me."
Ye Sili lowered her head and looked at the five meat dishes, three vegetarian dishes and two soups on the table.
"Poverty?"
A rough voice came into the courtyard. Ye Sili turned around and saw that the person coming was none other than Duan Tian.
"My eldest brother provides you with good food and drink, but you still don't know what to do?"
"Shut up!" Duan Jiang shouted.
Duan Tian really restrained himself a lot and asked aggrievedly:
"Brother, this girl can just play around with her, but do you really want to marry her?"
Huan Xia suddenly stood up and kicked the unsuspecting Duan Tian away.
"You..." Duan Jiang was about to attack Huan Xia, but he noticed Ye Sili next to him and had to swallow his words.
"What are you doing here?" Duan Jiang asked his younger brother.
Duan Tiantian glared at Huan Xia. Seeing Duan Jiang staring at him with an unhappy expression, he immediately replied:
"Sun Yan is so confused that he actually wants to send troops to attack Duanshan Village."
Sun Yan?
Ye Sili listened silently. It seemed that Xu was an official from Liangcheng.
Duan Jiang didn't take it seriously, "Just take your brothers to fight. Why are you panicking? It's not the first time we've fought."
Although Duan Shanzhai was an inheritance passed down from his ancestors, as long as he could remember, the brothers in Duan Shanzhai and the officers and soldiers of Liangcheng had been incompatible with each other.
This is just that since Sun Yan became the magistrate of Liangcheng, he rarely dared to take the initiative to declare a challenge.
Seeing that his brother was not worried, Duan Tian honestly reported:
"I heard that it was the young general from Kyoto who forced Sun Yan to send troops."
Kyoto?
Fortunately, I met Ayou in late spring.
Ye Sili looked at Duan Jiang silently, wanting to see how he would respond.
Duan Jiang noticed her reaction and joked: "Young lady is also interested in fighting? Or...are you worried about me?"
"...You are bandits, but you are not afraid when you meet an official?" Ye Sili asked.
Duan Jiang was disdainful: "What's wrong with me being a bandit? The people in their government may not have cleaner hands than me."
After that, Duan Jiang took Duan Tian out of the yard.
In the next few days, Duan Jiang was probably busy dealing with Gu Liyou and did not bother Ye Sili.
However, Wu Cai reported Ye Sili's situation to him every day.
"Master, Miss Ye is painting today. Although I can't understand it, I took a look at it from a distance and thought it must look good."
"Bring the painting quietly to me for a look."
…
"Master, Miss Ye is practicing calligraphy today. Although I am illiterate, Miss Ye looks serious and her writing must be beautiful."
"Put the words away and let me take a look."
…
"Zhai leader, Miss Ye is playing the piano in the courtyard today. Although I can't understand it, even Erhuang at the entrance of the courtyard has stopped barking."
"Bring the piano."
…
"Master, Miss Ye was cooking today and almost burned down the kitchen. It turns out that Miss Ye is not proficient in everything."
"Turn the kitchen... No, why is she cooking?"
Duan Jiang asked, didn't he ask someone to prepare three meals a day and deliver them to her?
He walked out of the house and looked towards Ye Sili's yard, where thick smoke filled the sunset.
Duan Jiang grabbed Wu Cai, pointed at the thick smoke and asked: "Is this the 'almost' you said?"
"There wasn't such a big smoke when I first saw it..."
"Why don't you go put out the fire!" Duan Jiang kicked Wu Cai on the butt, and then he rushed over.
"Miss, be careful!" Huan Xia and Qing Luo protected Ye Sili and ran to a safe place. Seeing the fire getting bigger and bigger, people from the village rushed to put out the fire, and Ye Sili and the other three also stepped forward to help scoop out water.
The sky is setting, the fire is shining in the courtyard, the last light before the dark night.
The setting sun gradually disappeared, and the fire in the courtyard gradually extinguished.
All that's left is a mess all over the courtyard.
Duan Jiang walked quickly towards Ye Sili and said anxiously: "Do you know how dangerous it was just now? You just rushed up?"
She was just a boudoir girl, and she must have lived a life without touching the beauty of the world. She was in such danger just now, but she didn't know how to protect herself.
Ye Sili was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he was angry about. He glanced at the kitchen that was burning black, and then he realized and assured: "Fortunately, the wind didn't blow up today, otherwise something would have really gone wrong. Don't worry, I'm sure of the losses."
I will compensate you."
Qingluo immediately took out the banknotes, and Ye Sili took them without counting them. He proudly stuffed a thick stack of banknotes into Duan Jiang's hand and said sincerely: "I was negligent today, I'm sorry."
"You..." Duan Jiang saw that she was not aware of the danger just now, and was about to scold her, but he saw that her face, hands and clothes were stained with black ash, and her hands were red from holding the water.
There was even a handful of burnt hair.
Her eyes were watery, knowing that they were caused by the heavy smoke, but at this moment, what he saw in her eyes was delicate and lovely that he had never seen before.
He couldn't help but raise his hand to wipe away the stains on her face, but Ye Sili cautiously avoided it.
"What do you want to do?" Ye Sili glanced at Duan Jiangdun's hand in front of her.
Ayou said that if another man acted like this, and with this distance, he would most likely... choke her!
Duan Jiang is indeed a bandit leader, very cunning.
On the surface, he wanted her to pay for it, but secretly he held a grudge and even tried to choke her in public.
Ye Sili's eyes were alert.
"What are you hiding from?" Duan Jiang knew that she had misunderstood and couldn't help laughing. He no longer gave her the opportunity and space to escape. He took a big step forward and quickly shortened the distance between them, then reached out and picked up the strands of quilt.
The burnt black hair indicated: "Your hair is burnt."
After saying that, before Huan Xia could rush up and hit him, he let go.
!!!
Ye Sili looked down and saw the half-burned hair.
"My hair……"
Ye Sili mourned for two seconds for her hair, and then had to settle the score:
"Duan Mangzi!"
???
Who told her this name?
Duan Jiang turned his head and looked at Wu Cai behind him in surprise. Wu Cai immediately lowered his head and covered his eyes to pretend to be blind.
"How did you know..." Before Duan Jiang finished speaking, he heard Ye Sili talking one by one.
"Duan Mangzi, you said you invited me to be your guest. But you locked me up in this shabby yard all day, and hired so many people to guard me. I have no personal freedom at all. Am I a prisoner?"
You... aren't you?
Qing Luo and Huan Xia stood aside, silently watching their princess get up.
Duan Jiang saw that the young lady suddenly became angry, and he didn't know what to do for a moment, so he quickly relented.
"No, no, I immediately ordered that you can move around freely, and no one dares to stop you. It's just that the mountain is not peaceful recently, so letting them guard outside the courtyard is for your safety."
It doesn't matter, as long as you can get out of the yard.
"Also, where did you dig up those low-quality pens, inks, paper and inkstones? They are very uncomfortable to use!"
"I will send someone down the mountain tomorrow to buy you the best pens, inks, paper and inkstones." Duan Jiang promised.
Ye Sili couldn't believe it and said, "How could your subordinates buy these? I'm not used to ordinary things."
"How about you ask your maid to tell me the items you commonly use, and I will buy them accordingly?"
Ye Sili raised the corner of her mouth, "Okay."
Huan Xia said calmly: "The pen of Huzhou Songhe, the ink of Huizhou Qiyan, the thousand-year-old paper of Xuanzhou, and the inkstone of Duanzhou Laokeng."
"..." Duan Jiang was confused when he heard this, a little confused:
"Although I don't understand these things, if I go to the four states of Hu, Hui, Xuan, and Duan, I might not be able to come back for a while, right?"
Ye Sili nodded and made a concession: "I naturally understand this special period, and I can accept it if it's a little worse, Huan Xia."
"No, no, no." Duan Jiang stopped Huan Xia from saying, "I really don't understand these tricks. How about I ask Miss Huan Xia to go down the mountain with the brothers to do the shopping?"
"……OK."
Just what I wanted.
Ye Sili suppressed her joyful mood and caught a glimpse of someone peeping outside the courtyard. She looked at the mess in the courtyard with a sad expression.
"I burned down the kitchen today. It was my fault."
Why did it come back again? Duan Jiang was puzzled.
Ye Sili's voice gradually became aggrieved: "But, no one brought any food today. I only cooked in the courtyard because I was really hungry."
"I was doing a good job, but someone threw in a fire dumpling. I didn't pay attention for a moment, and it started to burn."