Huan Xia returned to Duanshan Village and whispered back.
Ye Sili nodded.
When Duan Jiang went down the mountain today, she took the opportunity to walk around the village. Because of Duan Jiang's personal order yesterday, no one else in the village dared to stop her.
Qing Luo was guarding outside the house. Ye Sili put down the pen in his hand, waited for the ink to dry, handed it to Huan Xia, and said in a low voice:
"In three days, I will let you follow Duan Mangzi down the mountain again for the purpose of inspecting the goods. At that time, you will find an opportunity to pass this to Ayou and the others."
Huan Xia unfolded the rice paper in his hand and looked at it: "Is this the topographic map of Duanshan Village?"
Ye Sili's painting skills were meticulous and she painted in detail all the places she learned about during this period.
Duanshan Village is located among the peaks and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If you have a topographic map, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
"In the past few days, Sun Yan has sent people to come and make noises from time to time, but he was just forced to show off. It must have been Ayou who put pressure on him." Ye Sili thought, "Ayou has not raised troops at Duanshan Village for a long time, so it must be
The matter of Liangcheng is too difficult, so we sent him a topographic map, hoping to relieve him of some of his worries."
Huan Xia looked at Ye Sili's thin face and said distressedly: "The princess cares about the young master, and she must also take care of her own body."
Ye Sili said "hmm", but still said doubtfully:
"I always feel a little weird."
"What's weird?"
Ye Sili held her chin up and thought: "Do you still remember the letter we received from Jiu Feng on the way?"
"Remember." Huan Xia nodded.
Mu Jiufeng was locked in the room and could not accompany Ye Sili, but early the next morning Ye Sili and the others received a letter from Yuan Mu on horseback.
"Jiu Feng suspected that the second prince Xiao Feng had deliberately revealed the matter to him about Liangcheng, but in the end it was us who came to Liangcheng."
Before Xiao Feng revealed the news, neither Ye Sili nor Mu Jiufeng found any news about Liangcheng. Now it seems that someone probably blocked the news deliberately.
As soon as Wuchun and Bai came back from the street, they immediately went to Gu Liyou and explained what happened today.
"Sir, they will go down the mountain to pick up the goods in three days. Do we need to prepare in advance to capture them?" Mu Chun asked.
Gu Liyou used thunderous means to clear out the Liangcheng officials in the past few days. The sudden change frightened Sun Yan to death. He was not sure of his strength for a while, and Sun Yan did not dare to act rashly, so he had to appear obedient and agreed to suppress the bandits.
However, the officials in Liangcheng protect each other, and a single move can affect the whole body. Sun Yan still has an army of tens of thousands in his hands, and it is probably not easy to control it.
Gu Liyou's eyebrows were a little tired, but he still concentrated on thinking about Munchun and Bai Yi's report. He pinched his eyebrows, shook his head and said:
"No, Duan Jiang will definitely not let Ah Li go down the mountain in three days. If we try to scare the snake, Ah Li may be in danger in the village."
…
Three days later, Duan Shanzhai.
"Is this what Ayou means?" Ye Sili asked Qingluo to check the courtyard, close the doors and windows.
"Yes." Huan Xia looked solemn and lowered his voice: "Today Mr. Xu Shi led his army to raid the stronghold. When most of the people in the stronghold went to fight, we escaped through the trail on the right side of the back mountain. Bai Yi and Munchun will come.
Respond."
Huan Xia noticed that someone had entered the courtyard, and quickly made a silent gesture, quietly approaching the door, his right hand already touching the dagger behind his waist.
"Miss Ye, dinner has been delivered."
It turned out to be the guy who brought them dinner on weekdays.
Ye Sili and the other three ate dinner leisurely as usual.
After dinner, Ye Sili saw that it was still early and suggested going back to the house to take a nap.
"Princess, how can you still sleep?" Qing Luo couldn't help but wonder when she saw that her princess was not nervous at all and was going to take a nap at this time.
Ye Sili touched her full belly and walked straight to the bed.
"It's Ayou's arrangement, why should I be nervous? You should hurry up and take a nap, don't doze off then."
"..."
Ye Sili actually fell asleep and was not woken up by Huan Xia until three o'clock in the morning.
The three of them continued walking out of the yard.
"Young lady, are you going for a walk? I happen to be free to accompany you?"
Ye Sili was guessing why Duan Jiang was not seen at dinner today, but here he is.
"You hang around me all day long, isn't there anything that needs to be dealt with in the village?"
Ye Sili smelled the fragrance of newly transplanted gardenias at the entrance of the courtyard. It was fragrant and sweet, refreshing.
"Do you like this flower?" Duan Jiang saw Ye Sili bending down to smell the fragrance of the flowers, and immediately stepped forward and asked expectantly.
A few days ago, Ye Sili casually mentioned that there are gardenias available this season, so Duan Jiang went down from the mountain to dig out two large gardenias and planted them at the entrance of her yard, filling the yard with the fragrance.
"not bad."
Ye Sili replied calmly, turned around and walked out.
Duan Jiang followed her, looking for something to talk about: "Are you still in the habit of using those pens, inks, paper and inkstones? If you don't like it, I will send someone to buy it elsewhere, but it will take some time on the way. You need to wait a few more days.
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There are few people in the back mountain and it is quiet. At this time, I can only hear the chirping of insects and birds all over the mountain.
Ye Sili did not answer Duan Jiang's words. After thinking for a long time, he slowly asked:
"Duan Mangzi, why do you have to be a bandit?"
Hearing this, Duan Jiang just laughed and said: "I'm just a rough guy, I don't know a single word, and I have a bunch of brothers who depend on me for a living."
"What's more, the owner of Duan Village was left by my father, so it can be considered an ancestral property after all, right? If I throw it away, I will be so angry that I will climb out of the coffin and beat me."
"..." Ye Sili stopped, turned to look at him, and asked tentatively:
"I heard that bandits are rampant in Liangcheng. Why do you have to go against the government?"
Duan Jiang's eyes narrowed, then he chuckled twice and slowly approached Ye Sili.
Ye Sili retreated cautiously, but Huan Xia wanted to step forward but was stopped by Qing Luo.
Duan Jiang's voice was low: "The bandits are rampant? If it weren't for the government's repeated persecution, why would our brothers risk their lives to grab food?"
"Do you really think that those well-dressed officials are the gentlemen on their sleeves and are the parents of the common people?"
Duan Jiang took another step forward: "Or, in your mind, just because I am a bandit, I am a heinous person who has been sentenced to death and deserves to die?"
Ye Sili leaned back and tried to distance the two of them, but saw that the other person's expression looked lost and hurt for a moment.
"I……"
Ye Sili was about to explain, but Wu Cai rushed over to report:
"Fortress leader, it's not good! There is a raid by officers and soldiers, and the second leader of the village is leading his brothers to intercept them at the bottom of the mountain."
Duan Jiang was surprised and asked hurriedly: "Do you know who is leading the troops on the other side?"
"It's the general who was sent to Liangcheng by the imperial court some time ago. His name seems to be Gu...Gu Liyou!"
"Is it him?" Duan Jiang frowned.
In the first few days after Gu Liyou arrived, Duan Tian went to provoke him and almost fell into Gu Liyou's hands. If he hadn't arrived in time, the consequences would have been disastrous.