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Chapter 43
Xia Houba's expression tightened, and he said to Yang Zheng, "Follow me."

The two of them didn't change their clothes, they rode on the horses brought by their subordinates, and more than a hundred riders went straight to the city.

On the way, Xia Houba didn't mention Yang You at all, and rushed to the city with a sullen face.

A group of people had already gathered on the street, crying loudly, dressed in ragged clothes, looking like beggars, most of them were gray-haired old men and skinny.

This battle is also troublesome?

Xiahou Ba's cavalry surrounded the crowd, "What are you waiting for?"

The leader had a dark complexion, his body was grown, and he couldn't tell how old he was. When he saw Xia Houba, he knelt down in front of him and threw his limbs to the ground, "The general is the master for us."

The gray-haired old people around fell to the ground and cried loudly as if they had received the signal.

It attracted many people in the city to watch.

Xia Houba said with a sullen face, "What wrong do you have?"

"Xiaomin has a pair of daughters, who were born beautiful. They were favored by Duan's family. Two days ago, when I was not in the family, they were forcibly taken away. Xiaomin asked him to reason. I don’t care about it, Xiaomin really can’t do it, so I ask General Xiahou to decide.”

Yang Zheng stared at He Shaoge for a long time, but he really couldn't figure out how beautiful his daughter could be with his appearance.

The Duan family is really hungry.

"If this is true, I will return your daughter. If this is not the case, be careful with your head." Xia Houba said coldly.

Hungry, He Shaoge's eyeballs rolled around a few times, "Since General Xiahou's words, the people dare not disobey. I will wait for General Xiahou to make a decision after returning to the village."

"Waiting for General Xiahou's decision." The crowd said in unison.

Yang Zheng watched the group of people retreat, but he didn't expect that in the remote place of Longxi, there would also be a case of forcibly occupying civilian women.

However, this also echoes the mainstream of this era.

Since the Han Dynasty, the Yi and the Di depended on the tyrants, and the tyrants oppressed the Yi and Di, and the two sides could live on.

On the surface, it was a simple matter of robbing the women of the people, but the leader of the Qiang people, Erhe Shaoge, went to Xiahouba to file a complaint, which was not so simple.

Longxi has a prefect who is in charge of civil affairs, so there is no need to confront Xia Houba about such a mess.

Xia Houba looked around, and his eyes fell on Yang Zheng, "What do you think?"

"This person has a deceitful face, so he must have bad intentions." Yang Zheng said.

There was a cold light in Xiahouba's eyes, "Ehe Shaoge has always been famous among the Qiang people, and there are many Qiang people in the army. If it is not handled properly, all the counties in Longyou may be in trouble, so go to Duan's house quickly."

"No!" The riders obeyed the order.

The Duan family was not in the city, but in a river valley ten miles outside the city.

There is a dock in the middle, surrounded by hopeful towers and archery towers, and when the cavalry is seen from a distance, the sound of gongs and drums is loud.

There are many swords and guns on the dock.

Xia Houba rode forward, with two riders guarding his left and right, and Yang Zheng followed closely behind.

"Duan Kui came out to answer."

The Wubao was quiet for a while, and after a while, the gate of the fort slowly opened.

One person ran to Xiahou's horse on foot, with a dark complexion, about fifty, wearing a short jacket, with a knife hanging from his waist, with an extremely humble expression, "It turns out that he is the right general. He has offended you so much, please come into the castle and tell me."

As soon as Yang Zheng saw this man's attire, he knew that life in the northwest was not easy.

Xia Houba stared at him coldly, "Duan Kui, why did you burn Ge to sue you for robbing his daughter today, is there such a thing?"

Duan Kui looked bitter, "Back to the general, although the Duan family has fallen, they dare not forget the legacy of their ancestors. They have cultivated and studied the heirlooms, and have never bullied the Qiang people. Ehe has always been cunning in burning Ge. The last time I borrowed food from a certain If he agreed, he felt resentful and slandered the Duan family, and I hope the general will see clearly."

The ancestor of the Duan family?

Yang Zheng thought for a while, the Eastern Han Dynasty was from Cao Wei, and the famous Duan surnames in the Northwest include Duan Jiong, a famous general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Duan Yao, who killed Li Jue, they are of the same clan.

Comparing the faces of the two, Duan Kui is honest and serious, while Er He Shao Ge has a treacherous face, a face that is born to make trouble.

Although people cannot be judged by their appearance, they are born from their hearts.

However, issues involving ethnic groups are generally more difficult.

If Xia Houba was on the side of the Duan family, he would inevitably be accused by the Qiang people as protecting his weaknesses.

If you are on the side of the Qiang people, how do you know that they will not intensify?
"Let everyone in Wubao come out." Xia Houba said expressionlessly.

Duan Kui didn't dare to disobey, so he ordered people to go back and drive out all the people in Wubao.

There is a large area of ​​dark clouds, about 500 people.

All strong men and strong women.

Of course there are Qiang people among them, but they are not of the same age, and they speak pure Northwest Han dialect.

Xia Houba personally inspected all the people, and there were only seven young women in total, all of whom were Han women.

"You bring people in to search." Xia Houba ordered Yang Zheng.

He came out in a hurry, it seemed that Yang Zheng was the only one available by Xia Houba's side.

Yang Zheng led the order to enter the castle.

This Wubao is similar to the Dujiawubao. There are a lot of grain, grass, ordnance, and dry firewood stored in it. They have searched inside and out. Except for the two disabled gatekeepers, there is not even a ghost.

The soldiers who came in still wanted to beat the autumn wind, but there was not a single valuable thing in the fort.

They didn't like a few pairs of broken leather armor and animal skins.

Suddenly lost interest.

It seems that the life of the Duan family is not easy.

Yang Zheng reported the truth to Xia Houba.

Xiahouba's eyes flickered, obviously he already knew what was going on.

But it also makes things more difficult.

If the Erhe burning fire is not handled well, it means that the Qiang people are in turmoil.

"You must be careful when waiting these days." Before leaving, Xiahouba suddenly reminded.

Duan Kui looks honest and responsible, but it doesn't mean he is really stupid. He bowed his hands and thanked Xia Houba.

On the way back, Xia Houba asked, "Have you checked it out? There are no Tibetans in the fort?"

The structure of Wubao is similar, and there are not many places where people can hide.

In order to make a fortune, those soldiers even dug the cracks in the cellar floor, but found nothing.

In fact, it is obvious that Erhe's burning fire is to blackmail people.

"The subordinates have checked clearly, there are no Tibetans in the fort."

Xia Houba silently lowered his head in thought.

The defeat of Cao Shuang and Luo Gu also had a great influence on him.

On the left and the right of Longxi, Guo Huai and Deng Ai stood, and the Anding Hu family stood behind them.

Leaving Guo Huai alone, Deng Ai, Hu Zun, and Hu Fen were all promoted by Sima Yi.

If Xia Houba didn't handle the Qiang people well and caused trouble, he might be squeezed out.

Xiahouba can search the Duanjiawu Fort, but can he search the Qiang people?

It's not that Xia Houba is afraid of him, but because of the situation.

Unless Xiahouba dared to raise a knife, but in the whole of Longyou, including Liangzhou, there were countless Qiang people who could move their whole bodies with one blow.

"General, my subordinates have a plan to break Russia's treacherous plot!" Yang Zheng cupped his hands.

Although it took less than half a day to meet Xiahouba, Yang Zheng could feel that Xiahouba was an upright person.

Do not treat people.

It is somewhat similar to Xia Houxuan.

Now that Yang Zheng has a foothold in Longxi, he can't stay out of it.

But when dealing with people like Erhe Shaoge, it is useless to be open and aboveboard.

Perhaps Ehe Shaoge has a thorough understanding of his character, and he has been in Longxi for less than a year, and he doesn't know the internal situation, so he dared to come to him.

"What's your plan? Tell me quickly!" Xia Houba was overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)