C24 (1/2)
It was a group of people.
A carriage was in the middle, with seven or eight knights surrounding it. The road from the southeast to the northwest was covered in dust.
”Get down!” Roe Deer Cao immediately pulled Huo Wa to lie in the grass.
Jiang Xiaobai didn't understand and also laid down, asking anxiously: ”Master Cao, what's going on?”
”Golden Dog!” Roe Deer Cao resentfully said: ”Do you see the feathers on their hats? They are Golden Man!”
”Golden Dog!” Huo Wa immediately took out an arrow.
Jiang Xiaobai was very surprised. This father and son pair seemed to be filled with hatred towards Golden Man.
According to Jiang Xiaobai's understanding, ever since the Sixteenth Swallow Region had been gifted with the Liao Kingdom by Emperor Shi Jingtou, nearly two hundred years had passed since then.
Logically speaking, the residents of this area should not have much of a sense of belonging towards the Great Song, so why would this father and son pair hate Golden Man so much?
Jiang Xiaobai asked: ”Master Cao, do you have enmity with Golden Man?”
”Hatred as deep as the sea!” Roe Deer Cao's teeth chattered.
Huo Wa also choked with sobs: ”They stole my mother and sister!”
”Brother Xiaobai, from the sound of your accent, you are a foreigner!” Roe Deer Cao sighed, and said: ”But we are people that have lived in this generation for generations. My home is in Cao family col, not far ahead. Previously, it was a big village with more than 500 people. ”
Five hundred people, in this age, could indeed be called a large village.
Roe Deer Cao said bitterly, ”We were originally controlled by the Liaoren. Even though our days were difficult, we could always pass by. But the year before last, the Golden Man came and killed one-third of the Cao family's people for the first time. At the beginning of this year, the Golden Man gave this place to the Great Song, and before he left, he kidnapped all the men, women, and children in the village. ”In such a big village, only the two of us are left!”
No wonder this area was so sparsely populated. The population had indeed been taken away.
While they were talking, the group of people had already reached near the Pagoda tree. They saw the wine banner and Niu Shisan, who was standing under the Pagoda tree with a face full of smiles.
”Masters, it must be very hard for you all to travel from a distance. Why not sit down and have a cup of fine wine to wash off the wind and dust?” Niu Shisan had a cloth over his arm, and his big face was smiling like a flower. His attitude was extremely sincere.
”How silly!” Roe Deer Cao anxiously used both hands to dig into the soil, and said softly: ”That is Golden Man, you have no time to run, why are you still coming out, aren't you courting death?”
”Dad, should I help him?” Huo Wa pulled his bow back, preparing to aim.
”Get down, there are so many of them, do you want to die too?” Roe Deer Cao immediately held down Huo Wa.
But surprisingly, the moment the group of people saw Niu Shisan, they did not take any action to attack him, but stood uniformly by the side of the road.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted and a fat man in his sixties stuck his head out. He chuckled dryly and said, ”I didn't think that the Windbreaker would know how to insert a nail.”
Niu Shisan said: ”What Windbreaker, I am selling meat and wine!”
”I can tell that you're new here!” The old man said: ”I am Dujisizhong, and am friends with your boss.”
Niu Shisan frowned: ”What boss, there is no boss here. I said, are you coming for a drink or not? If you don't come, then hurry up and leave, don't stop me from doing business! ”