Farmhouse strong man

On the second day after Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen escaped from the cave, the generals sent by Fan Tian found the underground forest where Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu lived.

The general reported the news to Fan Tian, ​​"General, we found an underground forest. The forest is under a very deep cliff. From a very steep place above, we can slightly see traces of people living under the forest. I Guess the person the General is looking for may live there."

The general pointed to Fan Tian on the map the underground forest where Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu lived. Fan Tian glanced at the place pointed by the general, thinking of the place where he sent people chasing Tao Fu and the others to disappear more than a year ago. Guessing that Tao Fu might live there, he said, "I'll go and see for myself."

After Fan Tian finished speaking, he rode his horse and walked towards the underground forest on the cliff together with the general and other officers and soldiers.

As he got closer and closer to the underground forest, Fan Tiancai discovered the secret and danger of this underground forest. No wonder he didn't search for it a year ago. He knew that even if they searched here, they might not go down. Looking up and down, you can understand that it is very difficult to go down the cliff. Even if there is a very long rope to fall people down, they still need to find a place where the people on the rope can climb, and they don't know how deep the cliff is. , only know very deeply.

Besides, it was snowing all the time when they were chasing Tao Fu and the others, and they would not doubt that Tao Fu and the others would live in this dangerous underground forest in snowy weather.

"Look around, there must be a place that can be accessed in this underground forest." Fan Tian said to the general.He glanced at this underground forest and understood that it was impossible for Tao Fu and the others to go directly down the cliff to the underground forest. There must be other places to enter.

When the general heard Fan Tian's instruction, he quickly asked his officers and soldiers to search around.

They searched around the cliff several times and found nothing suspicious.

They had no choice but to expand the scope to search. They searched carefully for the caves that could be entered near the cliff and the places that looked abnormal.

As the scope expanded, they searched more and more places, but they still couldn't find it. They had to continue to expand the scope and climbed over several nearby mountains. It took more than a day before they found an abnormal cave. Blocked by very huge stones, if it wasn't for the color of the surrounding soil that seemed to have been turned over, they haven't noticed it yet.

Fan Tian had seen that cave, and considering that it was far from the underground forest under the cliff, but it was not impossible to lead to the underground forest from here, he asked the officers and soldiers to try digging it out.

The boulder was very heavy, and several of their strong officers and soldiers used tools to remove the boulder. After removing the boulder, Fan Tian smiled happily when he saw the relatively fresh footprints in the cave.He felt that Tao Fu and the others might live here, so he hurriedly asked the officers and soldiers to check ahead.

When a wave of officers and soldiers entered the cave and were injured by traps, Fan Tian was even more sure that there were indeed people living there.

He asked the general to bring in more officers and soldiers to check the situation. As many people were injured or even disappeared due to traps, more and more people were sent into the cave.

It took almost half a day before they cleared all the traps inside, and Fan Tian followed the general into the cave.

After entering the cave, Fan Tian walked in along the cave, and when he came to a complicated place, he would send many people to explore the way forward, and he would not go in until he found the correct path.It took another half a day before they came to the stone house where Yuan Liuzhen, Tao Fu, and Yuan Liufeng lived before.

When Fan Tian arrived near the stone house where Yuan Liuzhen, Tao Fu, and Yuan Liufeng lived before, he saw the murals carved on the stone wall, and the generals, officers and soldiers who entered here together were shocked.

The murals on the cave walls look magnificent and detailed, and it can be seen that these murals took a long time to carve out carefully.Just one glance can make people feel that the person who carved this mural must be very talented. The realistic carving technique is amazing. Even some difficult-to-carve ravines have been carved out, showing the most perfect side of this painting.

Fan Tian stared at the murals on the stone wall for a while, looked at the clear river beside him and the fish swimming happily in the river, walked in, and saw two dug stone houses within a short distance, the two stone houses were not far apart , Fan Tian first entered the first stone house to take a look, and found that the stone house was very large, with stone platforms and stone tables inside, and nothing else besides these.

He entered the second stone house again, the second stone house was smaller, and there were a little more things placed in the stone house. There were many carved murals on the stone walls of the stone house, which were similar to the murals they saw before, but not so grand. spectacular.

In addition to stone benches and stone tables in the stone house, there are also some wooden carvings, which are randomly placed on the stone tables.

Fan Tian picked up the wood carvings and looked carefully for a long time, and found that these wood carvings seemed to be damaged waste products. However, he looked at the texture of the wood and found that the wood was very fresh, and it should not have been carved for half a month.

This can only show that half a month ago, there were still people living here.

It's just that the two stone houses are empty now, with almost nothing in them.

Fan Tian picked up the carved wood carving and continued walking along the stone house. After walking for a long time, he saw the entrance of the cave blocked by a huge boulder. Without Fan Tian's reminder, the general had already ordered the accompanying officers and soldiers to push the boulder away. The boulder took a lot of effort, and when the boulder was pushed away, the lush trees came into view.

Fan Tian walked out first. He looked at the forest for a while, then looked up at the towering cliff, and walked along the trampled path. After walking for a while, he saw a yard not far away. He walked quickly Going over, when he saw the young seedlings artificially planted outside the yard and the stone house with a very lively atmosphere in the yard, he immediately walked in.

After entering the courtyard, he looked around, and then went into the stone house to search, and found that most of the things were gone, and it looked a bit empty, but there were still some things left, and he could see from the items left inside. A lot of things that came out were recently used.To his surprise, he found some children's toys in a stone house, such as rattles and the like.

Fan Tian held the rattle and waited for the children to play for a long time. He didn't know what he was thinking. He greeted the general who had been following him for a long time and said: "Search the yard inside and outside, and this forest. Don't let it go, they are probably still hiding in this forest."

After Fan Tian gave the order, he lay down on the stone bed in this stone house to rest, as if entering his own room.

They brought a lot of officers and soldiers. Although this forest is large, it is an underground forest after all. No matter how big it is, it will not be too big. In one day, the officers and soldiers have searched the forest inside and out and found no one. , Fan Tian refused to give up and asked people to search the underground forest for a few days, and he also lived in the stone house here for a few days.

In the past few days, the search for people in the underground forest was fruitless, and after Fan Tian sent out to arrest Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen before there was no news, Fan Tian suddenly became in a bad mood and ordered the generals to send more people to track them down.

Fan Tian knew that there was no war with Yongzhou yet, so he could still send people to look for Tao Fu. If there was a war with Yongzhou, he, as the pro-appointed general of the Lishui Kingdom, would naturally go out with the army. At that time, it would be better if he wanted to bring people to find Tao Fu himself. difficulty.

After Fan Tian came to this courtyard, he did not leave. After ordering people to track down Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen, he seemed to have regarded this courtyard as his own. He would sleep in the stone house in the courtyard every day, and he would also let people treat urgently needed things. When things came to this point, the general felt very strange about it, but he couldn't say it clearly.

Yuan Liufeng brought A'Ban with him when he went out to inquire about the news, while Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu waited anxiously in the cave in Shishan for Yuan Liufeng to bring back the news.

The place where they stayed was relatively remote, and Yuan Liufeng probably needed a few days to go out to find out the news.

Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu had no choice but to continue to wait. They did not go out in the cave, basically teaching Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian how to speak.

Yuan Liuzhen loves to talk. She teaches Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian to talk without any pressure. Tao Fu doesn't like to talk. He usually teaches Xiaoqing and Xiaoqing to walk.

Now Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian are only over one year old, and the characteristics of brothers have not yet appeared. Yuan Liuzhen once asked Tao Fu whether Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian are brothers or boys.

Tao Fu glanced at Xiaoqing and Xiaoqing's healthy bodies, touched Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian's wrists and said with a smile: "I think Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian may both be boys. , Those with hard bones are usually boys.”

After hearing this, Yuan Liuzhen didn't think too much about it. He liked Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian no matter if they were brothers or boys.

Two days later, Ah'Ban came back early, and when Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu came out of the cave, they saw Yuan Liufeng with a disheveled face. Yuan Liufeng looked even more downcast than when he went out, the burden on his back was gone, and there were some small wounds on his face.They hurried out to bring Yuan Liufeng into the cave, and asked worriedly.

Yuan Liufeng looked at Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu with a gloomy face and said: "I have suffered a lot when I went out for the past two days. If Zhenzhen didn't put on makeup for me, which made my face and body red, I wouldn't know what would happen. What did you go through?"

Yuan Liufeng recounted the things he had gone out for the past two days. After Yuan Liufeng went out from here, he walked out along the place where there might be people. He walked for a long time without meeting anyone. When it was getting dark, he found a place Resting in a relatively safe place, I didn't expect to encounter robbers. The robbers were only three strong young men who robbed him of his baggage and almost took him away. If he hadn't seen his face wrapped in a cloth There were red dots all over his face and body. It is estimated that the three teenagers took him away.The red dot on his body was drawn by Yuan Liuzhen when he left.

Yuan Liufeng still has lingering fears at the thought of being robbed at night.

After the group of teenagers who robbed them left, before Yuan Liufeng had time to tidy up the messy robes of the robbed teenagers, he met a boy carrying firewood walking towards him. The boy was short in stature, He was about fifteen or sixteen years old, about the same age as the three teenagers who robbed him.The young man is honest and honest, and he seems to be enthusiastic. Seeing him lying on the ground from a distance with messy clothes, he wanted to come to him and help him up, but when he saw the red spots on his body, he stopped and asked for help. Come footsteps.

The boy looked at him, hesitated and asked, "Are you okay?"

Seeing that the young man was carrying firewood, Yuan Liufeng should live near here. Thinking of the purpose of coming out, Yuan Liufeng looked at the young man very eagerly, pulled up his robe and wrapped the scarf around his face, and said to the young man He Shan said: "It's okay, it's just that I was robbed just now, and robbed me of my baggage."

After hearing this, the young man asked: "The robbers you mentioned are not three young men similar to me, are they?"

"That's right, that's right, three children who are about the same age as you." Yuan Liufeng said affirmatively.

The young man said clearly: "The ones who robbed you were from our village. After the war, they often came here to rob. However, under the current situation, no one comes to the ferry. I don't know why you came here?"

The young man looked at Yuan Liufeng with some doubts, and because he saw the red spots on Yuan Liufeng's body, he was a little vigilant, fearing that Yuan Liufeng would bring some terrible disease to them.

Yuan Liufeng thought of a reason and said, "I came here as a refugee."

The young man was somewhat skeptical of Yuan Liufeng's words. After the war started, there were many people fleeing to their place. Many people would leave here for Yongzhou by ferry. However, after the defeat of Dongzhou, the ferry was blocked, so no one would come here.

Yuan Liufeng was afraid that the young man would not believe him and explained again: "During the war in Dongzhou, I was separated from my family. My family came here first. I was delayed due to business. Now I fled here to find the family who came here earlier, but I don't know where to go. Where to find it."

What Yuan Liufeng said was sincere, and the real situation was the same, but he knew that Yuan Zhenjian and the others went to Yongzhou from the nearby ferry.

After hearing this, the young man felt a little sympathetic, and felt that the red spot on Yuan Liufeng's body might be some kind of disease, so he said, "Are you sure your family escaped here? I know where the people who didn't leave by boat live now."

"Really?" Yuan Liufeng asked in surprise.

The boy nodded and said, "Really, it's just you..."

The young man looked at Yuan Liufeng pointedly, and Yuan Liufeng instantly understood that it might be the red spot on his body just now, and said: "The red spot on my body is not a serious disease, it's just eczema, and it's not contagious. If you are worried, I will not go where you said, but I want to ask you how the neighborhood is doing recently? Will I be drafted? Is there any danger here? "

Seeing that Yuan Liufeng said that the red spots on his body were not contagious, and he didn't want him to take them back or take them to a nearby village, the young man was relieved, "We haven't conscripted troops here yet, and in winter, Dongzhou was defeated. The young officers and soldiers have verified the identities of the people nearby, and there are still many officers and soldiers stationed at the ferry to prohibit everyone from leaving Dongzhou. It is safe for the time being, but it may not be known in the future."

The boy is already sensible at the age of fifteen or sixteen. He knows that Dongzhou was defeated. Lishui Kingdom occupied Xizhou and Dongzhou. The emperor has fled to Yongzhou. It is definitely not safe here, but for them, it is better to live here than flee to other places without food. At least they can eat all kinds of fish to make a living. If there is a trend of war, they will naturally flee here.

Yuan Liufeng felt a little relieved when he heard the young man say that it was safe here, and thanked the young man. After he finished thanking him, he put himself in the palm of his hand and carved a piece of walnut and handed it to the boy, saying: "I don't have anything on me now, only this , just thank you for telling me the news."

After Yuan Liufeng finished speaking, he put the exquisite walnut carving on the ground, and after thanking the young man again, he got up and walked away the way he had come.

When Yuan Liufeng left, he looked back and saw that the young man looked at the carved walnut for a long time before wrapping the carved walnut in leaves and taking it away, he smiled slightly.

The walnut carving was carved by him, Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu when they were living in the underground forest. The carving is very detailed and looks very beautiful. If it wasn't for the war, the craftsmanship of the walnut carving could be sold for a few taels of silver. Unfortunately, Now that Zhan Luan has silver, it may not be easy to use, not to mention the walnut carvings he carved.

When Yuan Liufeng went back, his footsteps were fast, with Ah'Ban leading the way, he was more careful along the way, and soon returned to the cave.

After Yuan Liufeng told Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu about all the situation, Yuan Liuzhen thought for a long time and said: "The situation here is that the officers and soldiers are stationed at the ferry, and there is no way to take a boat to Yongzhou from the ferry. The officers and soldiers have checked, and they haven’t been recruited yet, so it’s safe?”

Yuan Liufeng nodded and said: "That's the case. The identities of the people here have been checked once, and they shouldn't be checked again for the time being. If they check again, it's just that there is no conscription here, which may be the reason why Yongzhou has not been attacked. If It's the war between Dongzhou and Xizhou. People here are generally short, and there are no other places where people are strong and strong. It is impossible to come here to recruit soldiers. However, if you attack Yongzhou, you will definitely need people with good water skills, and you will definitely be recruited. People from the nearby village. The boy I met said that in addition to the inherent people in the village here, there were also some people who had not escaped to Yongzhou and lived nearby, so what should we do if we want to mix in with them now?"

Yuan Liufeng looked at Yuan Liuzhen and Tao Fu, and Tao Fu and Yuan Liuzhen looked at each other. Yuan Liuzhen said, "According to the current situation, we'd better find an opportunity to sneak in. After all, we still don't know the village where the boy lives and whether he escaped to Yongzhou or not." If the three of us go directly to the village, it will be troublesome if the villagers treat them as suspicious and attract officers and soldiers. It would be better if one of us pretended to be robbed by those three boys and was taken to the village by those three boys , it’s convenient to sneak into the village.”

After Tao Fu heard this, he immediately said: "I'll go. The second brother has already been there once, and those three teenagers have already met the second brother. You have to take care of Xiaoqing and Xiaoqian. It's more suitable for me to go. Besides, I know martial arts. If It’s easier to run away from danger.”

Yuan Liuzhen also thought so. If an accident happened, Tao Fu's force value would definitely be easier to escape than him. Besides, the young man said that this place is relatively safe for the time being, as long as he does not go to the ferry guarded by officers and soldiers, and there is no threat of being discovered by officers and soldiers when he goes to the village. , Generally, there is no danger, at most it is being robbed of property or being taken away for something, these Tao Fu can handle it.

After discussing with each other, the three decided to let Tao Fu go out and pretend to be robbed, sneak into the village, and then talk about it after finding out the situation in the village.