All Hail Cousin Brother

Passing through a hidden mountain road, the eyes suddenly opened up.

This turned out to be a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by walls with a depression in the middle. The mountain walls on all sides, like the cliffs outside, were built with fortifications, sentries, arrow towers, residences, etc.

Once someone breaks through the suspension bridge outside and enters the valley, the bandits can use the fortifications built on the mountain wall to occupy the commanding heights and attack.

Take advantage.

From this point of view alone, this group of bandits is not simple.

The bandits took them up the mountain without any scruples, without even a trace of cover. They were not afraid of exposing their true location. It must have been that from the beginning, they had no intention of letting them leave alive.

After entering the valley, Yu Youyao noticed that there were many thatched houses and wooden houses built in the valley.

There were more than a dozen middle-aged women being bathed, and several bandits were shouting and drinking with whips. From time to time, they would lash out with the whip, and the skin and flesh would be torn apart immediately. The woman who was beaten screamed in pain, but she still had to get up. Work, for fear of attracting more terrible beatings.

Suddenly, a shrill cry came from the valley.

"Please, please let my daughter go, she, she is only eleven years old..." A woman in ragged clothes was lying on the ground, hugging the leg of a bandit tightly, begging and crying.

The bandit was fat and strong, with a face full of flesh. He pulled a thin girl: "Damn it, I can like your girl. It's her blessing. If you serve me well, I can reward you one more." Just a bowl of rice to eat, you ungrateful little bitch."

The bandit kicked the woman away.

The woman was kicked to the heart and vomited blood from her mouth. She fell to the ground and cried and begged: "San Ya'er, please, let my San Ya'er go..."

The bandit was so angry that he took off the leather whip from his waist and whipped the woman.

The screams of skin torn flesh, accompanied by the woman's shrill screams, resounded throughout the valley, but other people in the valley seemed to be used to it. Those who should patrol, those who should be sentry, and others who were arrested like the woman, They all had blank expressions on their faces, and they didn't even look at them, they just immersed themselves in doing their own things.

Yin Shi, who was beside her, bumped her with his shoulder. Yu Youyao quickly lowered her head, not daring to look any further, but her heart was filled with panic.

After a while, the woman's screams faded and became inaudible.

"Boss, she's dead."

"Throw it on the mountain to feed the wild beasts." The bandit who killed the man looked unconcerned and strode away with the thin girl in his arms. Behind him were the bandits who were laughing obscenely and talking obscenely.

Yu Youyao suddenly clenched his hands and was escorted to a row of houses.

The bandit who escorted them told the bandit who was guarding outside: "The rich lady inside with tender skin and tender flesh is the boss's favorite. The three masters and servants will be detained in isolation first."

The three Yu Youyao were pushed by the bandits and locked into a room. The room was a little dark, and the sound of locks being locked came from outside.

Chunxiao immediately said worriedly: "Miss, you..."

"Shh!" Yu Youyao stopped Chunxiao's words, glanced at the door, and told her that walls have ears, so be careful.

Chunxiao quickly kept quiet and looked at the young lady's feet. In order to facilitate the journey, the young lady wore a pair of sheepskin boots. The soles of the boots were made of thickened beef tendons for easier walking.

But after twisting my foot, it is not suitable to wear such airtight shoes.

The three masters and servants stayed in the room and said some sad and frightening words. Finally, the sound of sobbing came from the room. The bandits in the corner were listening outside and didn't notice anything strange, so they didn't pay much attention to it.

Until the room was completely dark, no one brought food.

Yu Youyao was tired and hungry. She leaned against the mountain wall. Her sprained ankle had recovered from the numbness and the pain was worse than before. There was thin sweat on her forehead and the tip of her nose, and her face was a little pale.

Yin Shi listened to the noise outside and lowered his voice: "If nothing happens, someone will come over soon and take me to the headmaster's house. I will try to knock him out and then pretend to be a bandit." Look, use the cover of night to go out and explore the situation in the stronghold. According to your plan, first find the place where the hostages are being held and put the sachet there."

"Afterwards, I will meet with Military Advisor Huang. He will naturally have a way to deliver the news in the stronghold to General Anyuan. You and Chunxiao will stay in the house for now. There will be chaos in the stronghold, and no one will care about it. , rest assured and wait for me to pick you up."

Yu Youyao nodded and quickly explained the problem he noticed: "Don't rush to attack the stronghold first. I think this stronghold is not simple. What are you doing to catch the coolies and go up the mountain? The bandits rely on robbing all supplies. They commit crimes frequently. Food should not be needed." It's quite tense. If there is no greater benefit in this, they can't possibly consume food and work as coolies in vain."

Doing hard work requires a lot of physical strength. Even if you save food, the food consumption will not be less when there are more people.

"Furthermore, have you noticed that except for the bandits who are patrolling and sentrying, almost all the people in the valley are women and children, and there are no young adults. But the news we found before is that there is an entire village, and more than thirty households of young adults have been arrested. We entered the stockade and became hostages, with about sixty or seventy strong laborers. Since there is a shortage of coolies in the valley, it is impossible to lock them up and keep them in vain."

Yin Shi also noticed this: "Don't worry, I will investigate carefully."

Yu Youyao solemnly confessed: "Be careful and don't get hurt."

The room became quiet again.

After a while, a lewd voice came from outside: "Go and bring out the little girl who was caught up the mountain today. Chunxiao is worth a thousand pieces of gold in one night, and the boss is still waiting to be the groom?"

Accompanied by a burst of obscene laughter, the door opened from the outside, and two guarding bandits walked into the house. One held a torch, and the other roughly pulled Yin Shi up.

After putting on a whole show, Yu Youyao looked horrified: "W-what are you doing? Let go of my lady...Miss..."

She wanted to rush forward to stop him, but was pushed down by another bandit.

Yin Shi was taken away by bandits.

All Yu Youyao could do was wait.

After struggling all day, she leaned against Chunxiao tiredly. She originally just wanted to close her eyes and relax for a while, but her consciousness could not stop sinking.

This sleep was not stable either, Yu Youyao frowned tightly and never let go.

I don’t know how long it took, but there was a noise outside.

"It's on fire. There's a fire in the house of the headmaster..."

"It's on fire, go put out the fire quickly..."

"Quickly put out the fire..."

"..."

Yu Youyao woke up suddenly, her mind still confused: "What's going on outside?"

Chunxiao practices martial arts, and his hearing is more sensitive than ordinary people: "It seems that there is a fire, and there is a lot of noise. It should be that Yin Shi's plan has succeeded, and they are creating chaos in the village."