The master said not to judge people by their appearance

Xie Yunlan panted a few times and sat up abruptly from the bed.

Looking at the furnishings in the house, he saw that there were no mountain-like corpses, nor were there any Yuan Rong cavalry that could never be killed.

There was warm sunlight falling from the window, and he was dazed for a moment in the sunlight, as if he could finally confirm that the nightmare of ice and snow had woken up. After his panting subsided, he fell heavily again.

tired.This was the only thought in Xie Yunlan's mind.

His body slept on the bed all night, but his consciousness was fighting fiercely with the Yuan Rong people in the dream, and he was exhausted from the battle until blood accumulated on the hilt of his sword.

He took off the light armor he was wearing, and then he didn't move. He was so tired that he just wanted to close his eyes and lie down, but he didn't even bother to move a finger.

When he closed his eyes, he heard a rustling sound in his ears, and Shen Fan also got up.

Although the dream has woken up, Xie Yunlan's confused thoughts are still a little unclear for a while. After all, this dream is so real, from the snowstorm all over the sky, to the sticky touch of blood soaking through the clothes, it is difficult for him to distinguish between dreams and reality. limit.

He suffered many injuries last night, on his shoulders, back, and legs, but he didn't have a chest, because he kept defending this place with all his might. After the battle, his body's strength was exhausted, and his thinking had become rigid. Numbly slashing enemies in front of you to prevent them from entering the city, and not hurting your own chest.

This has almost become an instinct of his, so he subconsciously brought back Shen Fan who was getting up at the moment, as if he still wanted to stuff the milk cat back into his clothes, he pressed Shen Fan's head to his chest, and then , finally found something wrong.

He opened his eyes suddenly, facing Shen Fan's expressionless face.

Xie Yunlan: "..."

"I didn't mean to..." He tried to explain, "I thought I was still in a dream..."

He was a little bit speechless. In fact, there was not much difference between the dream and the reality. Whether it was a man with disheveled hair who just woke up in front of him, but still did not hide his appearance, or a slap-sized milk cat in the dream, they were all the same. Shen Fan.

In his dream, he not only imagined Shen Fan as a milk cat, but also tied a silk scarf embroidered with the words "Shen Fanfan" on him, and when he was a milk cat, he rubbed the other's face recklessly. head.

One by one, one by one, Xie Yunlan feels guilty when he thinks about it now, he just feels that this hatred can't be finished on a page.

He looked at Shen Fan nervously. Fortunately, Shen Fan probably didn't want to pursue this matter for the time being. He looked at Xie Yunlan for a moment, his dark eyes didn't know what he was thinking, and finally said nothing, but silently held Xie Yunlan's hand. Take it away, get up and get dressed by yourself.

Xie Yunlan breathed a sigh of relief, and got up too. Although he was very tired, he still had business to deal with, and he didn't have much time to let him lie idle like this.

Just as the two of them got dressed, Huang Yaowu's voice came from outside the house.

"Thank you brother! I said that with you, I will definitely defeat those Yuanrong people!" Huang Yaowu laughed loudly. He had already heard from the soldiers what happened to the dream last night. The Yuanrong people slaughtered the city.

Xie Yunlan frowned and said, "We didn't win."

They just guarded last night, and when they fell asleep tonight, the Yuan Rong cavalry would still come galloping from the end of the glacier.

A group of people came to the main hall for the discussion, and Wei Chengzhi was also there. He went to inquire about Yuan Rong's news overnight yesterday, and came here this morning to talk to Xie Yunlan branch.

"Master Hou, I asked some merchants and friends who went to trade with Yuan Rong outside the customs, but I didn't hear that there are still remnants of Talgu left." Wei Chengzhi said, "I heard the news from Yuan Rong that Dabalaga and Targu’s relationship was not good. Before the old Shanyu died, Dabarragan was attacked during a hunting and almost died. It is said that the attack was related to Targu. They wanted to support Talgu’s son Chatu to succeed to the throne. After Dabarakan knew about it, their heads were sent to us to seek peace. A month later, Talgu’s son Chatu also happened to fall off his horse and died. , I think, Ida Barragan's character, he will not let any old part of Targu live."

Xie Yunlan nodded to show that he understood. In fact, he no longer suspected that the dream master was the remnant of Talgu. He told everyone what happened in the dream last night, and some explanations of the dream principle that Shen Fan told him.

Speaking of what the glacier represented, everyone in the room couldn't think of any results for a while, but when Huang Yaowu was still scratching his head when talking about the empty armor, Wei Chengzhi suddenly had an idea.

"Could it be that the dreamer has not seen Targu?" he said.

The appearance of the Yuanrong iron cavalry is to take advantage of the fear of the people. Talgu's face will exacerbate this fear, but there is nothing under the iron armor. The dream master really has no reason to do this. So another way of thinking is not that he doesn't want to, but He couldn't do it, so it made sense when he thought about it, he had never met Targu, so he couldn't conjure up the other's appearance in his dream.

"I think so too." Xie Yunlan said, this is the result he came up with last night on the tower.

"Haven't you seen Targu?" Huang Yaowu said, "So the dream master is not from Yuan Rong?"

Talgu is the great chanyu of the Yuan Rong, and even their great hero. He is as famous as Xie Yunlan to Daxia. Moreover, due to the small population of Yuan Rong and its nomadic nature, most Yuan Rong people Have seen Targu.

"Not necessarily." Xie Yunlan does not rule out this possibility. After all, he has never seen Targu's Yuanrong people, but the possibility of Targu's remnants can be ruled out. As Targu's trusted subordinates, he will never May not have seen Targu.

Xie Yunlan analyzed: "At present, what we know about the Dream Lord is that he has seen me, but not Targu, and he seems to have a kind of hatred for the people of Yazhou."

It shouldn't be a coincidence that this dream happened in Yazhou.

Xie Yunlan pondered and said, "Old Huang, has there been any major cases in Yazhou in recent years?"

"No." Huang Yaowu scratched his head and said, "Yazhou City has just been rebuilt for more than a year, and the people have just moved here, and they are not familiar with each other. What big case can there be?"

Wei Chengzhi also said: "Soldiers account for one-third of the population in Yazhou. The public security is better than many wealthy towns in the Central Plains. I haven't heard of any major cases."

Then why?Xie Yunlan thought about it, but couldn't think of anyone who had such a hatred for the people of Yazhou. They still had too few clues.

After a while, Xie Yunlan asked again: "How many Yuanrong people are currently living in the city?"

After the resumption of trade between the two countries, some Xia people left the customs, and at the same time some Yuan Rong people entered the customs. Yazhou City is currently inhabited by Yuan Rong people, some are businessmen, and some are Yuan Rong women married to Xia people. Xie Yunlan still has not given up on Yuanrong People suspect that the other party may not have seen Talgu, but their relatives may have died at the hands of the Xia people, so they want to avenge the people of Yazhou.

"There are about 300 people on the roster." Huang Yaowu said, "Those who are not on the roster are not counted."

Yazhou is a border city, and the inspection of entering the city is extremely strict. There is no household registration road to prohibit entry into the city, and this strict inspection will be doubled for Yuanrong people. Yuanrong people are different from Xia people in appearance, and their eyebrows are higher. , with deeper eye sockets and taller stature, the difference between the two can be seen at a glance, and it is difficult for Yuanrong people to sneak into the city.

What Huang Yaowu said was not recorded in the roster refers to slaves.

There are about dozens of tribes in the Yuan Rong. Targu unified the six tribes in the grassland, but only the six larger tribes. In fact, the unification has never been really completed outside the pass. There are constant disputes among their tribes, and the defeated side often They were collected as slaves, some were driven by the victors, and some were changed hands several times and sold to Daxia.

Great Xia forbids the trading of human beings, and those who are banned are good people with household registration, but those who have been degraded to slavery due to crimes, or these slaves sold outside the customs, trading is legal.

Most of the beautiful orchids in the Chu Pavilion in the Red Chamber in Beijing are slaves sold from defeated tribes, and some were also trafficked. The business of human trafficking is also rampant outside the customs, but the Great Xia court does not care about things outside the customs , especially they do not have household registration, only the imprint of slaves branded on their bodies, even if they report to the government, the government will not care, these poor women are destined to have nowhere to escape after being sold to the pass Study hard for a lifetime.

Xie Yunlan thought for a moment, and formulated their next action plan: "Old Huang, you continue to count the list of people who have dreamed, and search the residents in the city to see if there are any suspicious people, especially Yuanrong people. The merchants passing by have lived here for a long time, even if they are slaves, they have to find out their identities."

"Okay." Huang Yaowu responded immediately.

"Let me help too." Wei Chengzhi offered.He was not involved in the dream, so he could only help in this matter.

Xie Yunlan said: "Then I will leave it to you sir."

Huang Yaowu is a warrior, and he is good at fighting. He is really not very good at such tedious statistical investigation work. With Wei Chengzhi's help, Xie Yunlan can handle this matter with peace of mind.

After everyone discussed in the house, Xie Yunlan immediately summoned the soldiers who fought on the tower last night. The Yuanrong people would attack again tonight. He had to formulate some countermeasures based on last night's experience.

He must defend Yazhou City, otherwise, under the fear of massacring the city, the power of the inner demon will increase day by day, and the dream master will have stronger control over the dream. In the end, the tragic image in the dream will come in reality, just like Like eight years ago.

It was night, he put on his armor and lay on the bed with Shen Fan, in the dark night, they fell into a dream again.

Xie Yunlan was wearing armor and standing on the tower. The milk cat was placed in the lapel behind the armor on his chest just like yesterday, with only his head sticking out. Together with a thousand soldiers guarding the city, they looked at the end of the glacier and arrived as promised Yuan Rong army.