They all say I'm a tyrant

Since ancient times, Jiaozhou City has been a fortress in the southwest. Its location is critical, the terrain is dangerous, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was originally the territory of the Central Plains. invaded and occupied several cities in the southwest.Until a few decades ago, the Southern Wei Dynasty fought again with the Fan Kingdom, recaptured several cities from the Fan Kingdom, and forced Fan Kingdom to pay tribute to the Southern Wei Dynasty until Lin Ce ascended the throne.

However, Jiaozhou City was always occupied by Fan State because of its dangerous terrain and difficult to capture. The Southwest Army spent a lot of time and energy in this Jiaozhou City before they fought against Fan State.It was not until Tao Jiang led his army to counterattack before that he defeated Fan State and its allies, took Jiaozhou City, and returned this fortress that had been occupied by Fan State for hundreds of years to the Southern Wei. Temporarily retreat here, rest the armament, and wait for the order from the capital by the way.

Because of the war between the two countries, Jiaozhou City was the first to bear the brunt, so the gates of the city were closed on weekdays, and no entry was allowed to prevent spies from other countries from entering the city.

You Yan reined in his horse in front of the city gate, looked up at the plaque on the city gate, turned his head and glanced at the hidden guard behind him, and nodded. Token, to pass the word.After a while, the city gate opened slowly, You Yan patted the horse's back lightly, flicked the whip, and entered the city with a few hidden guards.

Because of successive wars, Jiaozhou City is a bit dilapidated and deserted compared to other cities in the southwest. You Yan looked around and saw burned or collapsed houses everywhere, even if they looked intact, they were closed tightly The door of the room, lest it will be affected by the war again.The huge Jiaozhou City is like an empty city. Except for the patrolling soldiers, there is no pedestrians to be seen along the way. All kinds of teahouses and restaurants that should be open to welcome guests are also closed. During the war, you can save your life. It is already a luxury.

After being interrogated by the patrolling soldiers again, You Yan suddenly reined in the horse's head, got off the horse, and walked towards a house that looked like it was about to collapse.The dark guards were only stunned for a moment, then got off their horses one after another, and hurriedly followed.

The house was really dilapidated, most of the house had been burned, and only two walls formed a support.The dark guard followed You Yan's footsteps, and said in surprise, "General, you are..."

You Yan waved his hands, took a silent motion, and said softly: "There are crying sounds inside."

The dark guard stood there in a daze, watching You Yan go through the broken wall and tiles, round the corner, and stopped in front of a collapsed cabinet.The hidden guard cautiously followed over, only to find that there was a figure shrunken into a dirty mess hiding behind the cabinet, and the crying You Yan said came from the embrace of that figure.

You Yan squatted down slowly, took out a brocade handkerchief from his arms, and gently wiped the man's face, revealing a thin and delicate face, the dark guard saw clearly that the figure was about eight or nine years old Girl, judging from her face, she looks a bit like a foreigner.

The little girl blinked, and stared at several people in a daze. When her eyes touched the saber on You Yan, her bright and clear eyes were full of fear, and she hugged the girl in her arms tightly. The package, the whole person huddled into a ball.

You Yan stared at her for a while, then said to the dark guard, "Water and dry food."

The dark guard immediately returned to his senses, handed the water and dry food to You Yan, and You Yan opened the water bag, and handed it to the little girl: "Do you want some drink?"

The little girl licked her chapped lips, as if hesitating for a moment, hunger and thirst finally overcame her fear, reached out to take the water bag, took two mouthfuls desperately, then pinched the water bag and stared at You Yan's hand eagerly dry food.The faint cry in her arms seemed to disturb her, and she came back to her senses. She hurriedly opened the cloth towel covering the package in her arms, revealing a crying baby with a flushed face. , or finally able to catch a little breath, or simply surprised by the sudden appearance of several people in front of him, the crying gradually stopped.

The little girl was in a hurry to feed the baby the water bag in her hand, but it was already very strenuous for her to hold a baby, let alone feed her water at the same time. All spilled out.

You Yan stretched out his hand, held her hand holding the water bag, and helped her feed the baby some water, then slowly let go, pulled the water bag out of her hand, and handed a piece of water to the baby. Give her dry food: "Eat."

The little girl looked down at the dry food in her hand, then raised her head to look at You Yan, blinked, and said softly: "Thank you, thank you." After finishing speaking, she took the dry food in her hand and was about to feed it to the baby in her arms , was stopped by You Yan: "He is too young to eat, we will find something to eat for him later, you can eat it yourself."

The little girl glanced at the baby who was either hungry or tired, and fell asleep again, then nodded, and began to wolf down the piece of dry food.

You Yan sat down next to her, watched patiently as she finished eating a whole piece of dry food, then handed over the water bag, watched her finish drinking the water, wiped her face gently, and asked slowly Said: "Can you speak Chinese?"

The little girl ate and drank water, she seemed to have trusted You Yan from the bottom of her heart, she was no longer as defensive as before, and she nodded after listening to You Yan's words: "Yes, A Niang taught .”

"Are you from Fan Kingdom?" You Yan lowered his head, looked at her bright eyes, and then at the baby in her arms, "Is this your brother? Where are your parents?"

The little girl nodded, then shook her head again: "It's not my brother," she sniffled, tears welling up, "It was on fire that day, and many people were running around, Dad took me and Mom I also followed, and later, when A Niang fell down, someone cut her with a knife, there was a lot of blood, and Dad went to save A Niang..."

You Yan lowered his eyes and wiped away the tears on the little girl's face with a brocade handkerchief: "I see. Then where did you see him?"

As he was talking, he lowered his head and glanced at the baby again. He didn't pay attention to it just now, but now he looked seriously. Although the baby hasn't grown much, it can be seen that it is a child of the Central Plains. The girls don't bear the slightest resemblance.

The little girl lowered her head, nodded at the baby's soft face, and pointed to her feet: "I hid here yesterday and saw him lying on the ground crying, so I picked him up."

You Yan looked around, the hidden guard beside him immediately understood, quickly searched the whole room around, returned to You Yan, and said in a low voice: "General, there are traces of charcoal fire over there. Someone should have lit a fire and roasted things here."

"Can you be willing to leave such a small child here... The parents of this child are probably gone." You Yan frowned, and met the little girl's ignorant eyes, "Although Jiaozhou City once belonged to Fan Kingdom, but before It has also belonged to the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and most of the people in the city are descendants of the Central Plains. Just like this little girl, although she is from Fan Kingdom, she has a mother who can speak Han. As for this baby, it is more likely that she was from the Southern Wei Dynasty. Besides, no matter if they are Fan people or Southern Wei people, they are just common people with no power to restrain them."

"Then...does the general think that our people killed the little girl's parents and the baby's parents?"

"That depends on how you distinguish between 'we'." You Yan sneered, "Tao Jiang's army has always been strict. When we were in the northwest, we killed countless enemy troops without mercy, but we couldn't hurt innocent people. Tao Jiang has ruled like this for many years." You Yan's mouth curled up into a mocking smile, "As for General Guo Zhun, it may not be so. Even if this little girl's parents can still be said to be the day of the siege, the chaos Innocent people lost their lives. But today, Jiaozhou City has been captured for several days, and it is supposed to recuperate and resume production, but the city is still lifeless, and the baby has become an abandoned child in these few days. I want to see Look, that General Guo has been in the southwest for many years, what kind of army did he bring to me? I don’t see them being good at killing the enemy, but they are merciless when bullying women and children.”

The dark guard nodded: "I understand." He glanced at the little girl. At first she looked at You Yan with wide eyes, but after all, she was young and gradually became sleepy after eating and drinking. , with his jaw open, struggling with the onslaught of drowsiness.The dark guard took a look, and couldn't help lowering his voice, "Then, what should they do?"

"Leave two people to take care of it first, especially the baby, go and see if I can find some rice soup for him." You Yan stood up as he spoke, "When I have gone to the prefect's mansion, I have finished taking care of things there. , truly become the master of the Southwest, and then resettle them."

"Yes."

The little girl's head was already about to fall to her knees, but You Yan's movement of getting up disturbed her, causing her to wake up suddenly. She subconsciously looked at You Yan, and when she sensed the sign that he was about to leave, she stretched out her hand almost immediately. He grabbed the corner of his clothes: "Brother, don't go..."

The dirty little hands immediately left traces on You Yan's clothes. You Yan glanced at it, but didn't care. He just looked into the little girl's eyes and squatted down again: "You want to follow me?"

The little girl bit her lower lip, then nodded.

You Yan also nodded, with the corners of his mouth raised upwards, showing a little smile: "I know." He raised his hand, and gently touched the little girl's face, "Then from today, you will be mine." Youjia's daughter. But, I still have some things to do now, so I can't take you with me right away."

You Yan turned his head and pointed to the two hidden guards not far away: "You follow them first, and they will send you to find me in two days, okay?"

The little girl looked nervously at the two hidden guards, and stretched out her little finger towards You Yan: "Lagou."

You Yan hooked the slender little finger: "Okay."