"Could it be my brother?" Acting together with "Fei Rong", Duan Xiaolou recalled that his brother disappeared with Shen Jiyun yesterday.

"Your brother also went, but not with Shen Jiyun." Luo Sheng patted Duan Xiaolou calmly, opened the map sent by Anbicheng, and asked Duan Xiaolou to take out another copy, before going to visit Zhu Yunhe The obtained map.

Duan Xiaolou didn't quite understand it, so Luo Sheng explained to her that Xiangyang Mountain is not an isolated peak in the northwest of Lin'an, but several peaks behind it. The terrain is complex and it is easy to get lost without local guidance.

In the eyes of Duan Xiaolou, there was not much difference between the two maps. The winding path zigzags forward, but Zhu Yun and the cinnabar red mark wrote the situation of the fork in the road.

"What are you going to do?" The situation in Lin'an Mansion changed suddenly. Luo Sheng took care of the tax collector and governor first, and the four young masters stood up one by one to show their loyalty. Now they are going to take care of Xiangyang Mountain?

"Change to another place first, the station is too small to use it."

The Governor's Mansion has long been emptied, and people have been sent to take over the relevant documents and materials in the past two days, and now it is finally time to move.

"Okay." I saw Duan Xiaolou in the governor's mansion when I was walking around in Lin'an mansion. The location is good, and it is much more convenient to go out than the post station. However, if Luo Sheng wants to go there, he should have other considerations, so his eyes rolled Then he asked, "Is there another person coming?"

"To suppress the bandits, of course we need to mobilize troops."

"Wow, are you going to mobilize an army of [-]?"

"Five thousand is enough, what do you need so much for?"

"Five thousand? Isn't it a mountainous area? How many people are there for a mountainous area? How many bandits are there?" In Duan Xiaolou's impression, there are tens of thousands of troops at every turn. What he has to deal with now is the bandits who have been entrenched for many years. Is 5000 enough? ?

"Xiangyang Mountain is backed by mountains, and the sides are too steep to allow large troops to enter. Only the front is slightly gentler, but it can't accommodate tens of thousands of people; moreover, the food and drink of the troops mobilized now need to be provided by Lin'an Prefecture, 5000 People are already a big burden for the local people, and no matter how many there are, it will take too long to write a letter to allocate food and grass..." It's not that Luo Sheng didn't think about recruiting more people, after all, the number of bandits in the past few times was often counted Wan, before the departure this time, His Majesty had discussed with him that at least 5 people could be mobilized, but Luo Sheng looked at the situation and felt that there was no need to call so many people.

"There are no more than seven hundred bandits. The trouble is the newly gathered martial arts masters. These people cannot be dealt with by ordinary officers and soldiers."

"Martial arts master?" Duan Xiaolou became excited when he heard this, martial arts people are indeed not something ordinary officers and soldiers can deal with, but if it is replaced by Duan Qing, who is also a martial arts person, it will be the right medicine.

Luo Sheng stretched out his hand to point on the base map, looked at it for a while, and suddenly said: "Don't worry, the situation is not clear yet, you can accompany me to Xiangyang Mountain to have a look tomorrow."

"What? You go? I'll just go, what are you going to do." Luo Sheng said flatly, and Duan Xiaolou almost jumped up in shock. You, a prince, ran to the bandit village. It's okay if nothing happens. Three long and two short, it's not just a joke.

"If I don't go take a look, how do I know if five thousand is enough?" Five thousand is just Zhu Yunhe's suggestion. According to the current information, it should be enough to deal with ordinary bandits, but if you don't go to Xiangyang Mountain to take a look, Luo Luo Sheng is also not sure whether 5000 people are enough for the layout.

"It's the same if you find a trustworthy person to watch!" Not to mention that there are young generals like Duan Qing who have come down from the battlefield, as long as Luo Sheng is willing, wouldn't it be the same to ask a few experienced generals to go and see? Why take the risk yourself.

"The previous several times of suppressing the bandits were unsuccessful. Since I have come this time, it is not a short distance of several tens of miles. You don't have to worry too much about my safety. Ever since I came here, Xiangyang Mountain has tightened up. For the sake of external communication, there are very few people going down the mountain recently, and I am just looking around, and I will not go up the mountain."

"Then, it's agreed, you can't go alone." Duan Xiaolou knew that since Luo Sheng spoke up, his decision was made and he would definitely go.

"Since I told you, of course I will take you with me." Luo Sheng heard the concern in the words, and stretched out his hands to rub Duan Xiaolou's soft hair in a good mood, but the girl tilted her head and thought about the other side. things.

"Could it be just the two of us?" Previously, I went to visit an old friend, and I also went to Hansong Temple. There are only some villages around, and two people are enough, but this time I went to the bandit's lair.

"Too many people will make it unsafe. Call your brother and shadow, that's enough."

"With my brother here, I feel more at ease."

Duan Xiaolou has no doubts about Duan Qing. On the one hand, his eldest brother has been very reliable since he was a child, and secondly, there are not many young talents in the world who can be seen by his elder brother. Duan Qing's relationship is very delicate.

"It's just whether the two of them are not very good, or call sister Shen, it's more convenient to have her here."

"Why, do you miss her?"

But Luo Sheng knew, first met by chance in the street market, and made a special trip to explain it two days ago, Shen Jiyun is unusually caring about Duan Xiaolou, now it seems that Duan Xiaolou also cares about Shen Jiyun very much.

"I just saw Sister Shen changing her face into a crimson face, what did you tell her to do?"

"Feirong can go directly to Xiangyang Mountain's lair. I need her to find out what's going on in the mountain." Luo Sheng kept staring at Duan Xiaolou while speaking. There was no big reaction either.

"In that case, let's take a look outside, but you promised me not to go inside." Duan Xiaolou was indeed a little worried, but then he thought that someone must go to find out, whether it was Shen Jiyun or someone else, as long as Luo Sheng can be safe, and everything else is easy to say.

"Worry." Luo Sheng tapped Duan Xiaolou on the head again, but he was in a good mood.

Luo Sheng moved to the Governor's Mansion and told Duan Xiaolou to go to the back hall to rest by himself, and he was going to go to the yamen to have a look first, but Duan Xiaolou quit, "We agreed, why should I go back to rest alone? protect you."

"You have no official position and no orders, how can you go to the yamen? Go back!" Luo Sheng didn't show any affection, and blasted people away with a cold face.

"Then, I can be a guard!" There are very few women who enter the yamen, but as long as Luo Sheng is willing to take them with him, who dares to say anything?

"With Lu Li and the others around, family members are not allowed to enter the office area. This is the rule, be obedient." Luo Sheng felt sorry for Duan Xiaolou, but he never liked idlers running around, and Duan Xiaolou was also classified as an idler. .

"Hmph." If you don't go, you won't go, who cares.

Duan Xiaolou ran out as soon as she got angry, and those who could control her were not there, and those who were there couldn't say anything, thinking that the little girl was really bored and going out for a walk was not a big deal, so let her go.

In fact, there is nothing to go shopping in Lin'an, only the two markets were trampled by Duan Xiaolou, and after a few steps, I ran to Zuixianlou, where students were gathering to write poems and paintings, so she got into the crowd Onlookers.

Some people are painting rich and noble peonies, while others are painting koi carp. Duan Xiaolou looked all the way, and finally stopped at the end.Looking at one person splashing ink, a picture of a general in armor straddling a jujube horse, wearing a war robe and holding a silver gun, one person immediately looks majestic, and seeing the words on it are actually "Xiangyang Mountain Suppresses Bandits", I don't realize He turned his head and asked, "Haven't the bandits in Xiangyang Mountain not been suppressed yet?"

The scholar hadn't put the pen in his hand yet, when he heard the question and turned his head, his bright eyes met Duan Xiaolou, and he smiled with his thin lips, "The king of Tang will go out in person, and he will succeed immediately!"

"You all know that King Tang is going to suppress the bandits?"

"The yamen has issued a notice to close the roads around Xiangyang Mountain. It must be to prepare for the suppression." The scholar put down his pen and said confidently.

"Then who did you draw, the general who suppressed bandits?"

"Of course it's King Tang."

Duan Xiaolou opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time.

Luo Sheng is stronger than ordinary girls, but it is not at all comparable to the burly general in the painting. This kind of armor cannot support Luo Sheng's skeleton. Thinking about it carefully, Duan Xiaolou has never seen Luo Sheng Riding a horse, either by car or sedan chair, well, the artistic conception of the picture is quite good.

"Have you never seen King Tang?" Duan Xiaolou thought to himself that this person might not have been drawn entirely according to his own imagination.

"That day the King of Tang was parading through the streets on horseback, and I was among the crowd watching, but what do you want to say, girl?"

But Luo Sheng doesn't look like this!

Duan Xiaolou howled in his heart, his mind was tactful, and finally said, "Then can you give me this painting?"

"For you?" The man was taken aback, stared at Duan Xiaolou for a long time, and said, "May I ask, what's your name?"

"Duan." Duan Xiaolou gestured with his fingers while talking.

After finishing the gestures, I looked at the painting again, and it was signed "Zhang Ying".

"How about I draw another picture for the girl?" Zhang Ying seemed to be in a good mood. After finishing talking here, the paper was ground on the other side, and she started to draw directly.

Duan Xiaolou stood on the side and watched him draw the lines, but felt that something was wrong. As he drew, why did he look more and more like a woman?

Could it be that Luo Sheng's real situation can be seen at a glance from a distance?No, just now I drew Luo Sheng in armor to go into battle!

As a result, Zhang Ying painted a girl in a skirt with a few strokes, and the last bit of cinnabar just touched her red lips, clearly depicting a woman.

"You are..."

Duan Xiaolou looked at the ripples in his heart, but Zhang Ying said with a smile, "Miss Duan, are you satisfied with this portrait?"

"The painting is quite beautiful." Duan Xiaolou bent down and took a closer look. He felt that the woman in the painting was slender and graceful, with a smile on her face when she looked back.

"I want this one!" Duan Xiaolou turned around and rolled the horse riding picture just now into his arms, looked at Zhang Ying with a smile and said, "You can keep that picture for yourself!"

"Hey, Miss Duan!" Zhang Ying stretched out her hand and wanted to say something, but Duan Xiaolou had already put the painting in her arms like a treasure, and got out of the crowd three times.

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