All Hail Cousin Brother

Passing through a hidden mountain road, the eyes suddenly opened up.

This turned out to be a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by walls and a hollow in the middle. The mountain walls on all sides, like the cliff walls outside, were built with fortifications, sentries, arrow towers, residences, and so on.

Once someone breaks through the suspension bridge outside and enters the valley, the mountain bandits can use the fortifications built on the mountain wall to occupy the commanding heights and attack.

took advantage.

From this point of view alone, these mountain bandits are not simple.

The bandits took them up the mountain without any scruples, without any cover, and they were not afraid to reveal their true position. Thinking about it from the beginning, they didn't plan to let them leave alive.

After entering the valley, Yu Youyao noticed that a lot of thatched and wooden houses were built in the valley.

There were more than a dozen middle-aged women washing, and a few mountain bandits were shouting and drinking with leather whips. Every now and then, they would whip the whip past, and the skin would burst open. Work, for fear of attracting more terrible beatings.

Suddenly, there was a shrill cry from the valley.

"Please, let go of my daughter, she, she's only eleven years old..." A ragged woman lay on the ground, hugging the leg of a bandit, begging and crying bitterly.

The mountain bandit is fat and strong, with a face full of flesh, pulling a thin girl: "Damn, it's her blessing that I can see your girl, and I can serve you well, I can give you a bonus. A bowl of rice to eat, I don't know what's wrong."

The bandit kicked the woman away.

The woman was kicked in the heart, spitting blood from her mouth, and fell to the ground crying and begging: "Sanya'er, please, let go of my Sanya'er..."

The bandit got angry from his heart, and as soon as he loosened the leather whip from his waist, he whipped the woman.

The shrieks of the skin and flesh, accompanied by the woman's shrill screams, resounded throughout the valley, but other people in the valley seemed to be used to it, the patrols who should be patrolling, the guards who should be sentries, and the others who were caught like women. They were all dumbfounded, they didn't even look at them, they just buried themselves in their own business.

Yin Shi, who was beside him, bumped her with his shoulder, Yu Youyao quickly lowered her head, and didn't dare to look at it any more, but her heart was filled with panic.

After a while, the woman's screams became weak and inaudible.

"Boss, she's dead."

"Throw it to the mountain to feed the beasts." The mountain bandit who killed the man didn't care, he took the thin girl and strode away.

Yu Youyao suddenly clenched her hands and was escorted to a row of houses.

The mountain bandit who escorted them explained to the mountain bandit guarding outside: "The rich lady with thin skin and tender meat inside is the boss's eye, and the three master and servant will be imprisoned in isolation first."

The three Yu Youyao were pushed by the bandits and locked in a room. The room was a little dark, and there was a sound of locks coming from outside.

Chun Xiao immediately worried: "Miss, you..."

"Shh!" Yu Youyao stopped Chun Xiao's words, and glanced at the door, indicating that she had ears on the wall, so be careful.

Chunxiao hurriedly kept silent and went to see the lady's feet. In order to facilitate her journey, the lady wore a pair of sheepskin boots. The soles of the boots were thickened beef tendon soles, which was convenient for walking.

But after twisting the foot, it is not suitable to wear such airtight shoes.

The three masters and servants stayed in the room and said some sad and frightening words. Finally, there was a choking sound in the room. Outside, listening to the bandits in the corner, they didn't notice the difference, so they didn't care too much.

Until the house was completely dark, no one came to bring food.

Yu Youyao was tired and hungry, leaning against the mountain wall, her sprained ankle was relieved of her numbness, and the pain was even worse than before. Fine sweat overflowed from her forehead and the tip of her nose, and her face was a little pale.

Yin Shi listened to the movement outside, and lowered his voice: "If there is no accident, someone will come over soon and take me to the big boss's house, I will try to knock the big boss unconscious, and then pretend to be a mountain bandit. It looks like, take the cover of the night, go out and explore the situation in the village, according to your plan, first find the place where the hostages are being held, and put the sachet there."

"After that, when I meet with Military Sergeant Huang, he will naturally have a way to deliver the news from the cottage to General An Yuan. You and Chunxiao will stay in the house first, as the village is chaotic, no one will be shy about going here. , wait for me to meet you with peace of mind."

Yu Youyao nodded, and quickly said the problem he noticed: "Don't rush to attack the village, I think this village is not easy, what do you do with the coolies going up the mountain? It is relatively nervous, if there is no greater benefit in this, they cannot consume food and support coolies in vain."

Working as a coolie requires a lot of physical strength. Even if you save food, the consumption of food will not be less if you have more people.

"Also, have you noticed that in the valley, apart from patrolling and guarding the mountain bandits, almost all are women and children, and there are no young adults, but according to the information we inquired before, there is an entire village, and more than 30 households of young and middle-aged people have been arrested. After entering the stockade and being a hostage, there are about 60 or 70 strong laborers, and since there is a shortage of coolies in the valley, it is impossible to lock them up and keep them for nothing."

Yin Shi also noticed this: "Don't worry, I will investigate carefully."

Yu Youyao solemnly explained again: "Be careful, don't get hurt."

The house was quiet again.

After a while, a wretched voice came from outside: "Go and take out the little girl who was caught up the mountain today, Chunxiao is worth a thousand dollars overnight, and the boss is still waiting to be the bridegroom?"

Accompanied by a burst of foul-mouthed laughter, the door was pushed open from the outside, and two guarded bandits entered the house, one holding a torch, the other rudely pulling up Yin Shi.

Doing the whole set, Yu Youyao looked terrified: "What, what are you doing? Let go of my miss... miss..."

She wanted to rush forward to stop her, but was pushed over by another bandit.

Yin Shi was taken away by the mountain bandits.

All Yu Youyao could do was wait.

After tossing around all day, she leaned on Chun Xiao tiredly. She just wanted to close her eyes and squint for a while, but her consciousness couldn't help sinking.

This sleep was also uneasy, Yu Youyao frowned tightly and never let go.

I don't know how long it took, and there was a commotion outside.

"It's on fire, there's a fire in the big master's house..."

"It's on fire, go and put out the fire..."

"Quickly put out the fire..."

"..."

Yu Youyao woke up suddenly, and his mind was still chaotic: "What happened outside?"

Chunxiao practices martial arts, and her hearing is more sensitive than ordinary people: "It seems that the fire is on fire, and there is a lot of noise. It should be Yin Shi's plan that has succeeded. They are creating chaos in the stockade."