One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 147
"Report-"

A scout galloped up to Qin Yi from the road in front of him, clasped his fists on the horse, and reported: "Honorable County, after inquiring by the brothers, the road ahead is extremely complicated, with many forks. I happened to meet a woodcutter, that woodcutter Willing to serve as a guide for our army."

Qin Yi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the woodcutter?"

The scout replied, "The brothers are bringing him here."

"Okay, let's join the ranks!"

"promise!"

The scout entered the line, and Qin Yi ordered to move on.Not too long ago, I saw several scouts leading a woodcutter walking towards us, leading their horses.

The woodcutter was about twenty years old, dressed in ragged clothes, and his body was very thin, but he carried a large bundle of firewood on his back, but he was not infirm.As the saying goes, don't look thin, but people have muscles.

Qin Yi raised his hand to signal the team to stop.Then he got off his horse and faced the woodcutter.

Walking closer, the woodcutter unloaded the firewood from his shoulders, and then stood there awkwardly, with evasive eyes, as if he was afraid of Qin Yi's official authority.

"Brother, I invite you. Don't be afraid. We are officers and soldiers of the imperial court. We just want to ask you to be a guide to guide us out of this mountain." Qin Yi cupped his hands at the woodcutter and said in a soft voice.

The woodcutter hesitated for a while, and then he plucked up the courage to say to Qin Yi: "This official, I am willing to be your guide, it's just...just..."

"Why, what's your problem?" Qin Yi asked proactively when he saw this.

The woodcutter pointed to the bundle of firewood on the ground and said, "Can the official buy this bundle of firewood from the villain?"

Qin Yi suddenly realized that this woodcutter is also a shrewd man, and he does business by the way!

"This is a trivial matter. I don't know how much the bundle of firewood, brother, is worth?"

The woodcutter said: "The villain doesn't need money, but if the official can send a bucket of grain, it is very good."

A bucket of grain weighs about eleven or two kilograms. When Qin Yi heard this, he immediately agreed.Unexpectedly, Xu Huang, who was standing beside Qin Yi, gave the woodcutter a cold smile and said, "You are very shrewd. Even if you sell your bundle of firewood in the city, it can only be exchanged for three taels of baht. I'm afraid that you can only buy a liter of rice, but you ask for a bucket of rice?"

When the woodcutter heard Xu Huang's words, he immediately knelt on the ground in fright and kowtowed to Qin Yi and Xu Huang: "The villain is greedy. The two officials forgive me. Don't kill the villain."

Qin Yi cast a reproachful glance at Xu Huang, stepped forward to join the woodcutter, and said, "It's okay, I'll give you a bucket of grain, I don't want any firewood, the grain will be my reward for leading the way."

The woodcutter's eyes lit up, he didn't care about his fear anymore, he looked up at Qin Yi and asked, "Isn't the official lying to me?"

Qin Yi didn't answer, and immediately ordered a soldier to go to the back to get a bucket of grain, packed it in a cloth bag, and handed it to the woodcutter.

The woodcutter took the food and kowtowed excitedly to Qin Yi.

"Brother, hurry up, let's lead the way for us." Qin Yi stepped aside, not accepting the gift from this person.

"Okay, I will lead the way for the officials." The woodcutter got up, glanced at the firewood on the ground, and said to Qin Yi shyly: "Since the officials don't want my firewood, then I will carry it? "

After finishing speaking, as if afraid of Qin Yi's repentance, before Qin Yi could respond, the woodcutter put the bundle of firewood on his back again, and lifted the rice bag with his right hand, and said: "Officer, follow me Bar."

Qin Yi felt a little amused, the small people in the mountains and fields really care about pennies and pennies.However, this also shows that the lives of ordinary people are suffering!

Qin Yi stopped riding a horse, and led the horse to walk at the front of the team, walking forward side by side with the woodcutter.The army followed closely behind.Xu Huang and Zhao Yun were worried about Qin Yi's safety, so they led the horse and walked behind Qin Yi.

"Brother, where is this place?" Qin Yi asked the woodcutter as he walked.

"This place is called Wo Niu Mountain. It happens to be at the junction of Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Yanzhou. I don't know which state it belongs to."

"You don't know which state governs this place?" Qin Yi was surprised, "Then which state's government collects taxes from you, don't you know?"

The woodcutter said: "We small people in the countryside only hand over the tax and grain to the pavilion chief, but we don't know which government the pavilion chief collects taxes for."

"Oh, this is also true." Qin Yi was relieved.The imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the imperial court's rule only reached the county level, and further down, it was rural self-government.In this era of underdeveloped information, people in the countryside may not even know who the emperor is, and this place is so remote, it is not surprising that this woodcutter does not know which government belongs to him.

At this moment, Qin Yi suddenly felt a numbness in his left hand.Hey, the message came at this time, did the system release the task again?

Qin Yi quickly put his left hand close to his ear and turned on the intercom.

"Qin Yi, let me remind you that in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Wo Niu Mountain is a den of bandits." Liu Ruoyin's voice sounded in Qin Yi's brain.

"Bandit?" After being reminded by Liu Ruoyin, Qin Yi suddenly remembered that Wo Niu Mountain was once occupied by Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".Later, when Zhou Cang went to join Guan Yu, Pei Yuanshao was waiting for news on the mountain. When he met Zhao Yun passing by Wo Niu Mountain, Pei Yuanshao tried to snatch Zhao Yun's horse, but was killed by Zhao Yun.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi looked back at Zhao Yun.Then, he said to Liu Ruoyin consciously: "Beauty Ruoyin, you are overthinking. Both Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao are characters in novels. No one knows whether there are these two characters in real history."

Liu Ruoyin said: "Anyway, I reminded you, you can do it yourself!"

After speaking, she ended the call in a fit of anger.

Being reminded by Liu Ruoyin, Qin Yi couldn't help being cautious.He looked around at the surrounding terrain, and saw that there were towering hillsides on both sides of the road, and the slopes were dense with vegetation, which was indeed a good place to block the road and rob.

"Brother, are there bandits falling grass in this Wo Niu Mountain?" Qin Yi asked the woodcutter.

The woodcutter was stunned: "Bandits? No, no. If there were bandits in Wo Niu Mountain, I wouldn't dare to cut firewood in the mountains alone."

Qin Yi thought: That's right, this woodcutter looks like a mountain villager, and he doesn't look like he is skilled in martial arts. Since he dares to cut firewood here alone, it is extremely safe to come here.

However, being careful is not a big mistake, Qin Yi still ordered the soldiers to be vigilant, maintain a good formation, and deal with emergencies at any time.

Under the leadership of the woodcutter, the team walked forward for five or six miles. During this period, the road forked several times.

"Officer, climb up to the high slope in front of you, and after ten miles, you will be out of Wo Niu Mountain." The woodcutter pointed to a high slope two or three miles ahead, and said to Qin Yi.

"Oh, brother, you've worked hard, and when you're on the official path, I'll send you a bucket of grain as a thank you."

The woodcutter was overjoyed when he heard this.Suddenly, he covered his stomach with his hands and said, "Hey, my stomach hurts. Wait a moment, sir, I'll go to the roadside for convenience."

Before Qin Yi could speak, the woodcutter hurried to the high slope beside the road.

"Hey——" Qin Yi was very alert, but saw that the woodcutter had untied his trouser belt after climbing up the high slope, and squatted among the grass and trees.

Qin Yi didn't realize it was secretly funny, I was too nervous, it's just shit, it's nothing.

As soon as I thought about it, there was a rush of gongs on the other side of the hillside.

(End of this chapter)