Princess Zhaoning turned to look at Chen Xiaobei, suppressing the anger in her heart, "Brother Xiaobei, am I wrong?"
Chen Xiaobei shook his head, "Your Highness is right, but think about it, the Qingniu County garrison only has a thousand people, and the county government has only a dozen or twenty officers."
"Using this few manpower to fight against Zhu Meng's tiger and wolf army is like throwing an egg against a stone."
"If it were me, I would lead people to retreat, conserve our strength, and plan a counterattack."
What Chen Xiaobei said is reasonable and well-founded.
Princess Zhaoning wanted to refute for a while but couldn't find where to start.
But Jamel Xiao waved his hand, "Okay, okay."
"Jingfeng, brother Xiaobei is right. This is the moment and the moment is the same. Just because they left Qingniu County, they cannot be said to have fled the battle."
Seeing that her brother was also standing beside Chen Xiaobei, Princess Zhaoning had no choice but to give up.
Guesses are just guesses. Faced with official duties, Chen Xiaobei certainly didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, so he had to ask people for details first.
At this time, Mao You and a dozen of his servants were about to go up to Centipede Ridge, when they suddenly heard a whooshing sound.
A carved feather arrow was nailed to the big tree next to him.
The sudden accident made Mao You shrink his neck in fright, oops, and turned around and ran away.
Mao You ran a few steps and stopped subconsciously when he heard there was nothing unusual behind him.
Looking at the He Dali and others they brought, they had already found bunkers and hid themselves.
"Tnd, no one reminded me," Youyou liked to curse, but after thinking about it, he was the top leader after all, so he calmed down and turned around to face the mountain with a fist in his arms.
"Heroes on the mountain, listen. I am the master of Magistrate Hu of Qingniu County. My name is Mao You. Heroes, tell me your name."
In fact, Chen Xiaobei had seen Mao You a long time ago, but he couldn't tell him first, so he waited for him to announce his family status before bowing to Jamel Xiao.
"Your Highness, I am familiar with Master Mao. Please allow me to have a few words with him."
Xiao Jingyun raised his hand, signaling Chen Xiaobei to help himself.
Just now, Mao You was frightened by an arrow and ran back. Xiao Jingyun already knew that the group of people coming did not pose any threat to Centipede Ridge.
Chen Xiaobei walked a few steps forward, found a conspicuous place, and shouted loudly down the mountain, "Master Mao, long time no see, you are always nice."
Mao You squinted and looked at the mountain. He was still a little backlit at night. After seeing clearly that it was Chen Xiaobei, Mao You smiled very happily, "Oh, isn't this Chen Xiangzheng?"
Princess Zhaoning looked surprised, "Don't they all call him the head of the village? How come he has become a village official again?"
In Xiao Jingyun's opinion, there is not much difference between this kind of sesame official. He smiled and said, "Hey, maybe the people in the village are used to it."
Chen Xiaobei waved to Mao You, "Master Mao, all of us from Hetou Village are in Centipede Ridge. Why are you here?"
When he heard that everyone from Hetou Village was there, Mao You felt a little surprised.
Accidentally, Accidentally had to explain himself clearly, "Oh, is that so? Qingniu County has been occupied by the rebels, and we have nowhere to go. We wanted to come to Centipede Ridge for a temporary shelter, but I didn't expect that you would beat me to it."
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Sure enough it is.
Chen Xiaobei waved again, "Master Mao is joking. Centipede Ridge is not my Hetou Village's territory. If we can come, Master Mao will naturally come too."
"It's just that we have already occupied Da Laohei's village. I'm afraid Master Mao will have to start a new one."
Well, start over, start over, and finally have a place to live.
Mao You walked up the mountain to meet Chen Xiaobei again. Chen Xiaobei pulled him to the presence of the prince, Xiao Jingyun.
"This is the Crown Prince, and this is Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Mao You was so frightened that he quickly took off his clothes and knelt down to kowtow.
"Mao You, let me ask you, what is the situation in Qingniu County?"
Mao had a fist in his hand and said, "Back to Your Highness, Zhu Meng's deputy general Zhu Yan led an army to Qingniu County. In order to preserve his strength and avoid his sharp edge, Magistrate Hu decided to come to Centipede Ridge for a while. He didn't expect to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here.
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Everything was as he expected, Xiao Jamyun nodded.
"That's fine. After you go up the mountain later, you will find a place to camp. Don't disturb the people."
Mao You nodded hastily in agreement, "Your Highness, please rest assured. As far as I know, there are many caves on Centipede Ridge, so we can just make do with what we have."
Xiao Jingyun nodded and then led the people back.
Chen Xiaobei stayed at the end and clasped fists with Mao You again and said, "Master Mao, we don't have much food there. It's enough for three or two days. I'm afraid I can't give you too much."
Mao looked grateful, and once again cupped his fists at Chen Xiaobei in return, "Thank you, brother Xiaobei. This is the lair of Big Black. I will send people to search for it. Maybe we can find some treasures from that cave."
The speaker has no intention, the listener has intention.
Chen Xiaobei suddenly remembered the night when Da Laohei was beheaded, and he made two dishes to send him off. Da Laohei once said that there was a treasure hidden in a cave in the back mountain.
Yes, I almost forgot about this. I have to go to the back mountain to look for him before the officers and soldiers of the brigade arrive. If I wait for them to come, I will lose my share if they are found.
Thinking that the village had made some arrangements this time, Chen Xiaobei took Dayong and the others and set off.
Arriving at Back Mountain, Chen Xiaobei explained the matter simply.
As soon as everyone heard about finding the treasure, everyone was eager to try it.
Because they had never seen where Da Laohei was caught, they could only use carpet search tactics.
Chen Dayong led people to the west, and Chen Xiaobei led people to the east.
Unknowingly, the whole morning passed, and there was no progress. Everyone was a little discouraged.
Chen Xiaowen couldn't help but started to complain, "Brother Xiaobei, I think this big boss probably lied to you on purpose, and he didn't keep it until he died."
"Yes, maybe I felt that I was wrong for eating Brother Xiaobei's food, so I deliberately told a few lies."
Listening to their discussion, Chen Xiaobei shook his head, raised his hand to stop them from continuing, and said, "Okay, the person is dead, so don't criticize anymore."
"As the saying goes, a man's words are good even when he is about to die. I believe what Da Laohei said is true."
"Besides, Big Hei has been robbing houses for so many years, so he should be able to save some money."
After speaking, he pointed forward and said, "There are several caves over there. Let's take a look."
Chen Xiaobei took the lead and got into a nearby cave, which was not deep inside.
Then the torch circled around, but nothing was gained. Chen Xiaobei walked out feeling a little disappointed.
At this moment, I suddenly heard Chen Xiaowen’s excited shouting in front of me.
"Brother Xiaobei, come and look, there's a cross here."
Upon hearing this shout, Chen Xiaobei took three steps at a time and then rushed over.
Sure enough, in the corner near the ground outside the cave, there was a cross drawn.
The cross is drawn very deeply, but its position is relatively hidden. It is difficult to spot it unless you look at it from a specific angle.