Hanhou

Wei Qing walked out of the fence with a bundle of sheepskins in his arms.Behind him, Gongsun Ao vigorously picked up the wooden basin, which contained fanned lamb chops and four uncut lamb leg bones.

Seeing Wei Qing trotting all the way and almost slipping halfway, Gongsun Ao supported the wooden basin with his waist and abdomen, and shouted: "Ah Qing, slow down, be careful not to fall!"

"Ms. Sun ordered you to hurry up." Wei Qing replied loudly without looking back.Wrapped in a thick leather jacket, holding the frozen sheepskin, he ran all the way to the wooden house.

The wooden door was half open, and hot air was constantly wafting from inside.

Wei Qing stomped his feet in front of the door to wipe off the snow on the soles of his shoes before walking in.

"Woman, I brought the sheepskin over here!"

There was a hearth burning in the house, and the flames were burning brightly.There is a clay pot on the stove, and water is boiling in the pot, which is gurgling and steaming.There are five or six women around the hearth, each of them has a wooden basin in front of them, and the sheepskin and cowhide waiting to be tanned are soaked in the basin.

Uncle Xiong is taking people to measure the acres of the field, and is planning to use the method Zhao Jia said to open the fields after the spring, and plant a few acres of millet.Spring plowing is a major event, except for a few old people with inconvenient legs and healthy women who stayed behind to guard the livestock farm, the rest of the people leave early and return late, sometimes running too far and never returning at sunset.

Gongsun Ao and Wei Qing stayed in the livestock farm, rather than working, it was more like entertaining the women.Especially Wei Qing, with big eyes and long eyelashes, beautiful appearance, and very sensible, not to mention very attractive.

Some women simply hugged Wei Qing, saying that they would take him home and become their son.

Probably because he hadn't gone through a similar battle, Wei Qing froze on the spot, blushing completely.

The women laughed loudly, dropped their work, rolled up their sleeves on the spot, and snatched Wei Qing back and forth.Although the four-headed body has gained some flesh and is not as thin as when it came, it is still no different from a lamb in front of a healthy woman who is used to riding a horse and shooting a bow.

Witnessing Wei Qing being scrambled by women, his face turned red at first, and then he laughed happily. Gongsun Ao stood there for a while, and several thoughts flashed through his mind: The first one is that Ah Qing is really likable ; The second is that fortunately, it is not him who attracts people's liking.

Thinking about being hugged and snatched by women, and occasionally being thrown up jokingly, the face of the 12-year-old boy turned blue.

Inside the cabin, the women were gossiping.Hearing Wei Qing's voice, they all turned their heads with a smile and beckoned him to pass.

Aunt Sun put down the wooden stick, wiped her hands on the sarong, took the sheepskin and tried to unfold it.The sheepskin was frozen and made a crisp sound, and there was still unshaven suet on it.

"It's a good piece of leather." Mrs. Sun said with a smile.

"There are fat sheep in the farm, and they eat very well in winter. How could the leather be bad?" Another woman laughed.

When the women were talking, Gongsun Ao came in with a wooden basin.

In just a short distance, the blood on the mutton had solidified.

Before Gongsun Ao could open his mouth, a tall woman came over, took the wooden basin, carried it to a corner of the room, first took out the leg bone, put it on a wooden board half a meter long, and chopped it up with a kitchen knife.

Wei Qing sat down next to Mrs. Sun, with a piece of jerky stuffed in his mouth.Gongsun Ao scratched his head and wanted to clean the sheep pen, but was also held back by the women.

"It's cold, let's go when it's warm."

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes outside the door, followed by Ji Bao's voice: "Is Uncle Xiong here?"

The women stopped talking and laughing, and Mrs. Sun stood up, pushed open the wooden door and went out.Seeing Ji Bao on horseback, and the three men dragging behind the horse, he replied: "Uncle Xiong takes people to look at the fields, and he will return after sunset."

Ji Bao got off his horse and grabbed the hemp rope with all his strength. The three members of the Wei clan staggered a few steps and fell limp to the ground.

Two members of the Wei clan had their eyes injured, and one of them was so badly injured that he died of pain and fed wild animals like Wei's mother.The other barely held on, the wound was simply tied up with cloth strips, and was dragged all the way, half of his face was covered with dried blood.

"Lang Jun ordered, these people must be handed over to Uncle Xiong." Ji Bao said.

"Since it is the command of the lord, you wait for a while, I will send someone to call him back."

Ji Bao nodded and stood next to the horse without tying the horse.

After Mrs. Sun returned to the house, not long after, two women with bows and arrows came out, each led a green horse, stepped on the rope buckle, jumped up, and galloped towards the west side of the livestock farm.

Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao poked their heads out from the door.

Seeing the injured members of the Wei clan, Gongsun Ao didn't notice anything strange, and his expression didn't change.His A Weng fought hard against the Huns and died, and every young man in the village counted as one, and all of them fought with the Huns.The situation in front of him was nothing at all, and it couldn't arouse him to react at all.The only thing that made him curious was who these three people were.However, since he was caught by Mr. Lang, he must not be a good person.

Wei Qing was born in Pingyang, Hedong. Although he was treated as a slave by his father's family, he rarely saw such a scene, and subconsciously grabbed Gongsun Ao's sleeve.

Feeling the pull of his right arm, Gongsun Ao lowered his head, patted Wei Qing's back with his hand, and comforted him, "Ah Qing, don't be afraid, it's not a big deal."

Wei Qing nodded, let go of his hand, and looked at the members of the Wei clan lying limp on the ground, curiosity gradually overwhelmed fear.

Ji Bao was bored waiting, untied the leather bag containing the wood from the horse's back, drew a short knife from his waist, and skillfully chopped the wood.The steed neighed and leaned over, but he blocked it with his elbow.

Gongsun Ao and Wei Qing were curious and couldn't help getting closer.

Looking at the two children, Ji Bao couldn't help grinning, raised the half-cut wooden arrow, and said with a smile, "Can you draw a bow?"

Gongsun Ao nodded vigorously.He has already learned how to ride a horse, and he has long wanted to shoot a bow and shoot arrows, go to the grassland to kill the Huns, and avenge Ah Weng and his tribe!

Just as Wei Qing was able to sit on the back of the pony, he couldn't even draw the lightest Yi bow, let alone the ox horn bow that young and strong people are used to.However, seeing the curved bow Ji Bao took off from the horse's back, he still couldn't help being excited.

"Then be clever." Ji Bao laughed, "Uncle Xiong is the best archer in this town. I can learn from Uncle Xiong..."

Before he could finish speaking, several fast horses came one after another stepping on the snow.

When he came close, Uncle Xiong pulled the reins abruptly, and jumped off the horse neatly.

"Ji Bao, what is your order?"

Regardless of talking to the two children, Ji Bao turned around and relayed Zhao Jia's instructions to Uncle Xiong.

"A caravan that loots and sells people?" Uncle Xiong's expression changed immediately.

Bian County has a small population, no matter the official temple or ordinary people, they hate this kind of villain the most.They specialize in robbing young men and women, cheating, abducting and even robbing, and they do everything they can.Immediately after getting it, it was shipped to another county to sell without leaving any clues, so it was almost difficult to find out.

"Are these people involved?" Uncle Xiong gritted his teeth.

"They are Miss Wei's tribe..." Ji Bao lowered his voice and briefly described what happened.

Speaking of Mother Wei's plan to sell Wei Qingmo as a child, and when these people were also accomplices, Uncle Xiong's big hands had already reached his waist, his eyes were flushed, and he could hardly control his desire to kill.

"They were supposed to be killed, but Mr. Lang said to keep them and temporarily lock them up in the livestock farm so that no outsiders can see them."

Uncle Xiong took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his chest, and said forcefully: "Your Majesty's intention should be to bring down all these villains."

"Taking them all?" Ji Bao thought for a moment, but his face was also filled with confusion.

"If someone stays, I will be optimistic. You should go back and report to your lord as soon as possible. If the wicked woman never shows up, misses the meeting time, and has no news, these villains are likely to be vigilant and leave Shaling County early. If To do it, it needs to be done as soon as possible!"

Ji Bao was afraid of missing Zhao Jia's business, so he didn't dare to delay, so he rode away quickly.

Uncle Xiong looked at the three members of the Wei clan who were paralyzed on the ground, his disgust was palpable.I didn't know they were still useful to Mr. Lang, so I should throw them away to feed the wolves now!

"Get up, don't pretend to be dead!" Uncle Xiong tightened the hemp rope, forcing the three of them to stand up.Then he said to Qing Zhuang who came back together, "Continue to measure the fields, and I will rush over immediately after I finish dealing with these three."

Qing Zhuang responded, jumped on the horseback one after another, and galloped away as if he had come.

Uncle Xiong led them to the empty cattle pen, and the women continued to be busy with the previous work.

Aunt Sun called Wei Qing to her side, tightened the leather jacket for him, and said earnestly: "You have to get used to this when you live in Border County. Yunzhong County has Wei Shijun sitting in the town, and the situation is better. Yanmen and Dingxiang in the east, In Wuyuan and Shangjun in the west, the Xiongnu came almost every year, plundering and killing people, and doing all kinds of evil things. When the Xiongnu left, these people with no conscience would come, and the children who lost their families were the first to suffer.”

"That's a group of people who deserve to be hacked into pieces!" A woman threw a bundle of leather into the warm water with a vigorous shake of her hand.

"The Xiongnu harmed us, so let's kill the Xiongnu, retaliation for retaliation, one life for another. These people are good, they only harm their own people!"

"Wild wolves know how to cherish their cubs, they are even worse than animals!"

"There are more black-hearted ones who rob young girls and sell them to the grasslands!"

"They should all be killed!"

"It's not too much to lose one's bones and ashes!"

Wei Qing listened to what the women said to each other, kept it in his heart, and clenched his little fists tightly.

From birth to now, he felt warmth for the first time, and knew what it was like to be cared for for the first time.He didn't want to lose all of this, and he didn't want the people who treated him well to be in danger.To protect all of this, the danger must be completely eliminated.

The Huns want to kill, and the wicked want to kill too!

"Woman, when I grow up, I will drive the Huns to the north and kill all these wicked people!"

The women stopped their movements and looked at Wei Qing at the same time.

Aunt Sun laughed heartily, hugged Wei Qing into her arms, and said loudly, "Okay! He's a good man, I'll wait for that day!"

Ji Bao returned to the village and reported Xiong Bo's words to Zhao Jia.

Without any hesitation, Zhao Jia called Uncle Hu immediately, and ordered him to send more people to various villages to inquire about the situation of the caravan.

"According to those people, this caravan was stationed in Yunzhong City, the leader bought furs in the city, and the members dispersed to various counties and towns, plundering and cheating to buy children and girls. The villains have been in the border county for a long time, If he is vigilant and may leave at any time, he needs to find out where the children and girls are hiding as soon as possible. Be careful not to leak the wind."

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I will definitely make arrangements!" Hu Bo assured.

Zhao Jia nodded, and in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, he wrote a letter and handed it over to the prefect's mansion.

Since it is going to be done, it must be done absolutely, and the opponent cannot be given any chance to escape and fight back.

With his own strength, it is impossible to do everything perfectly. Only by reporting the matter to the prefect's mansion can these villains be completely trapped, and they will be wiped out and buried in the border county!