Chapter 49 Clustering of things by class

At the dawn of winter, the frost is like a knife, cold to the bone. The mountains are colder and colder.

The whole Tianlong Mountain is like a hibernating black bear, which has not woken up for a long time. Until a round of red sun climbed to the top of the mountain, thousands of golden lights sprinkled down, and the cold air and water dew absorbed in the woods slowly steamed up, covering the whole Qingyun Fort with a milky white fog barrier.

"It's foggy. It seems that it will be delayed for some time." Meng De said to Chu Tianya, "Otherwise, I can't see if Zhang Duan really withdraws the people after hanging the white flag."

"Then don't worry. Wait a minute." Chu Tianya said, "Maybe Princess Xiao is also in need of time."

Just then, the leader guarding the village gate came to report that there was a woman standing there more than a hundred steps in front of the village gate. Behind her, there are more than a hundred Ding Zhuang who are constantly busy, as if they are building some platform.

Chu Tianya said to Meng De, "Maybe it's Princess Xiao. Let's go and have a look!"

Under the leadership of the little leader, the two went up to the fortress wall and looked down. Xiao Linglong's faint shadow could indeed be seen in the fog.

"It's her, that's right." Chu Tianya frowned slightly, "She is too bold!"

"What's the matter?" Meng De said curiously, "Princess Xiao, why don't you stand here alone from the cold? What are these people behind her building?

"If I guess correctly, Princess Xiao is letting people build a platform. After you leave the city, you will be there to sworn brothers with Zhang Duyan. She thinks very well. If you go somewhere else to stay away from Qingyunzhai, you will undoubtedly fall into an isolated and helpless situation. All passive things can only be slaughtered by Zhang Duan. Chu Tianya took a breath of cold winter, coughed twice, and said, "As for why she is standing here... I think you should be able to guess."

Meng De couldn't help but change his face. "Did she know that Zhang Yiyan had laid a crossbow ambush outside the village, so she stood there as a live target? But in order to avoid throwing a mouse with one eye, don't you dare to shoot arrows?"

"That's right..." Chu Tianya nodded, frowned at Xiao Linglong, who was standing in front of her, and sighed, "This woman's wisdom and courage is not inferior to any man at all. She knew that on the one-eyed one-eyed coveted her beauty, and on the other, she did not dare to hurt her and offend Qixing Mountain. So she stood herself as a shield in front of the fortress gate. When you and I go out of the village, you don't have to worry about being shot by random arrows! ...It's just that she is too desperate. After all, Zhang Duyan is a crazy demon. He is really in a hurry. He can do anything.

"Women's heroes!" Meng De gave a big praise. Knowing that Xiao Linglong couldn't see him, he also hugged her and bowed her. "Up and down of Qingyun Fort, I admire the princess's great righteousness and throw herself to the ground! - Brother, don't worry, the people all of our castle will fight for their lives later, and we won't let Princess Xiao be hurt!"

Chu Tianya nodded and frowned slightly to look at Xiao Linglong in the distance. In the fog, she was slightly hazy and couldn't see her expression clearly. Her clothes were floating, like a fairy in the wind.

"It's so cold that she has neither a cotton-padded jacket nor a cloak, and she freezes to death?" Chu Tianya unconsciously thought about this sentence in his heart, but he was suddenly stunned: Am I loving her? ...Can I like a fierce man like her?

Chu Tianya himself laughed: When is it, and he still thinks about this!

A round of red sun seemed to be unwilling and lazily climbed into the air. The fog has dissipated a lot, and the temperature has risen a little.

Seeing that the platform on Xiao Linglong's side was almost ready, Meng De shouted to hang a white flag.

The white flag used to surrender had just been hung up, but it was like blowing the horn of the charge. The people on both sides of Qingyunbao and Monk Cave began to be nervous and restless. The air between heaven and earth on this side seems to have become solemn.

Standing at the bottom of the city, Xiao Linglong saw a big white flag flying on the tower, so she invited the horse and said to him, "Brother Ma, how are you ready?"

"Everything is ready." Ma Yan replied seriously and looked up at the roof of the tower. He could faintly see the figure of Chu Tianya. He couldn't help whispering, "Princess, be careful!"

"I will." Xiao Linglong replied and said indifferently, "I guess Zhang Duan doesn't trust Brother Ma so much. Therefore, you should not make any difference later. You will act as he orders. As expected, he should find an excuse to transfer you far away. Then, please ask Second Brother Ma to dredge the mountain road and prepare to pick up my second brother!"

"Are you mainly coming to Qixingzhai and Erzhai?" Ma Yu was surprised and said, "Do you have an agreement?"

"No. I sent someone to invite you last night." Xiao Linglong said, "But I know that he will definitely come today!"

"How can it be!" Ma Yan was shocked and said, "This place is very far away from Taihang Mountain, and the mountain road is even more difficult!"

"If I say yes, I will definitely do it." Xiao Linglong smiled and said, "Brother Ma, please follow the plan and don't make mistakes. Along the way, there are many ambush and whistles along the way. Please clear all these things so that my second brother can arrive in time!"

"Good is good. It's just that if I don't stay here, in case you and my brother are weak, how can you compete with one eye? Ma Yan was worried.

"This is not a confrontation, but patience, determination and response." Xiao Linglong said lightly, "If Brother Ma insists on staying here, he will definitely turn against you on the spot and treat you as a traitor. Maybe, before the door of Qingyunbao Dazhai was opened, Brother Ma first made a one-eyed ghost under the knife. So... Brother Ma might as well take the initiative to avoid suspicion and ask him to leave. On the contrary, this can make Zhang Duyan relax his vigilance against you, and Brother Ma can also pull out his useful body to do something useful.

"...good!" Ma Yu listened to what she said and every sentence was reasonable, and he had to nod and accept it convincingly. At this point, he looked at Xiao Linglong with new eyes and said to himself that this woman was really in the face of danger and Zhizhu was holding. This is a little similar to my brother! Is it true that things are of the kind?

"Then please ask Brother Ma to return Zhang Duan immediately, and say that Qingyunbao has already hung a white flag." Xiao Linglong said, "According to the agreement, it's time for Zhang Duan to withdraw the soldiers and horses around the village!"

Ma Yan gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, I'll go now. Zhang Duyan is a cold-blooded and violent hungry wolf, which annoys him. He dares to draw a knife and fight with him. So Princess Xiao, be careful!"

"I know."

Ma Yan took these men who set up the stage and left and went back to the barracks together. Zhang Duanzheng sat in the main tent drinking and chewing meat to enjoy breakfast. Xiao Niluo came to report that the white flag had been hung in Qingyunbao, and Ma Yan also came over.

"This is something to eat inside and outside." Zhang threw away a meaty bone with a sneer, pulled the cloak and wiped his mouth, and said, "Brothers, how do you deal with this horse expansion?"

"Kill him!" Several leaders shouted at the same time.

Zhang Duan grinned and said, "The little white face surnamed Chu, Ma Yu, Xiao Linglong, these three people are quite smart. I did some tricks on my back. I thought I didn't know, but I thought it would be possible to figure me out. According to the rules of the village, those who go out to sell their brothers are the first crime - they should be punished! - but now, Ma Yan can't be killed.

"Why, big brother?"

"Because Qingyunzhai hasn't arrived yet. If you kill the horse early and scare the snake, the people of Qingyun Fort will definitely shrink into the tortoise shell again and never come out again. Zhang's one-eyed and hee laughed strangely, "And they all put the heads of these birds first. After the stockade is in hand, it is easy to take the cheap life of the turtles in these urns! - Of course, Xiao Linglong is an exception! Isn't it a pity for such an ecstasy woman to kill her like this if she doesn't do it for millions of times?

"Haha!" All the mountain thieves laughed proudly and obscenely.

"Okay, brothers, listen to the order!" Zhang Duyan stood up and gave a majestic order, "Xu Er, the third boss, just wait for the people of Qingyunbao to transport the weapons, and the two of you go to send the order and ask the brothers to pull out the camp and retreat. On the way to the monk's cave, there is a big husk forest in the northeast, and it is easy to hide even in winter. You take your brothers halfway in and hide there. Just wait for my shouting to kill together, and you will turn over and come back to help!"

"Yes, big brother!"

Zhang Yiyi turned his head and looked at the twins and said to them, "Brother Yelu, you won't turn your elbows out and help her kill me because Xiao Linglong is your former princess, will you?"

"How dare you, little brother!" The Yelu brothers hurriedly knelt down to the ground. "My two brothers and Princess Xiao are just old acquaintances. They have a selfless friendship without the name of a master and minister. Moreover, the death of Liao, and her empty princess is meaningless to my brother!" My two brothers have already vowed to follow their eldest brother to the death. How could they do such an injustice because of an unincompetent person?

"Hey hey, that's a good story. Don't be nervous. I've always been talking and straight. It's not that I doubt your two brothers. Zhang said with a one-eyed smile, "Get up, it's all my brothers who came here with a knife head licking blood. Can I still trust you?"

"Brother Xie!" The Yelu brothers stood up with lingering lingering heart, and there was a layer of cold sweat under their necks. Zhang's one-eyed knock on the mountain shocked the tiger, which really scared the two of them. If you don't reply well with half a sentence, with one-eyed style, it must be two good people who have landed - Yelu brothers, I really know it in my heart!

"Then you two brothers, go and do a big thing now." Zhang Duan said, "After all, Ma Kuan and the boy surnamed Chu are both officers and soldiers. I'm worried that when the two sides fight fiercely, the officers and soldiers will come to round up and collect the benefits of the fishermen. Therefore, you two lead your Khitan warriors to guard the obstacles of going up the mountain. No one is allowed to go up the mountain. If there is any suspicious, you can kill them. If there is a serious situation, set fire immediately!"

"Yes, big brother!" The Yelu brothers took the order, and then they were slightly relieved that there should be no risk of life at the time!

"Other brothers, go to Qingyunbao with me and accept Meng Laoqi's surrender!" Zhang said with a single-eyed smile, "My wife who hasn't passed the door is so considerate that she has set up a table there. Anyway, we should also sell her face, dress up as the children of Liyuan on the stage, and sing this big play!"

"Haha!" The leaders and the roers all laughed.

Just then, the horse expanded in. Seeing everyone laughing, he felt a little frightened. When he stepped forward, Ma Yan said to Zhang Duan's eyes, "Brother, I saw that the white flag had been hung on the Qingyun Fort, and we were almost about to withdraw the people. The barracks and gates in this village were all built by my younger brother and his brothers according to the standard of the Song Dynasty. If you want to remove it, my hands and feet will be more sharp. Therefore, the younger brother begs for his life and takes his brothers to prepare to pull out the camp and transport the carriage back to the monk's cave.

"Good. Only Brother Ma is the most safe in doing these things, so I'll leave it to you. Zhang wiped his chin with one eye and looked at Ma Yu with a smile. He said in his heart that you were quite sensible and didn't dare to stay here anymore. Let you live for another two days, and go back to the monk's hole to wash your neck first. When I collect the Qingyunbao, I will come back and squeeze your anti-water thief into a meat mud pancake to eat!

Ma Yan then hugged his fist and agreed to make an account. He called the five hundred sergeants under his hands to prepare to unload the grain and grass. At this time, he thought to himself: Princess Xiao is really a little unpredictable. Zhang Duyan really allowed me to leave now... Well, I have to pull out the whistle and dredge the mountain road as soon as she said!