It takes ten days to heal a broken bone. Although Zhang Ertou didn't stay in bed for the full ten days, he still took two months of rest before he was almost fully recovered.
During this period, Zhang Ertou did not go back to his thatched hut. When he returned home, he found that the thatched hut had been blown down by the wind. Tu Yufan built a house for him not far from his own house.
The two of them can be considered neighbors.
Late at night, Tu Yufan came out and Zhang Ertou took him into the forest.
"Boss, this is it. I saw a big beast that day and was so scared that I ran to the border of Beixiang Kingdom by accident. This place looks rugged and difficult to pass, but there is a cave in the mountain and a road outside the cave."
I don't know when it started, but Zhang Ertou started to bully his boss, and Tu Yufan was too lazy to correct him.
After walking for about an hour, we found a village with only two or three houses surrounded by mountains.
What matters is that there is no one inside.
"No one lives here?" Tu Yufan asked puzzledly.
Zhang Ertou said, "There is indeed no one living inside. I have secretly come here several times before. This should be the rear of some bandits. The bandits have disappeared. I have been here for many years and have never seen anyone."
Tu Yufan did not comment but looked around vigilantly. In the middle of the night, cicadas were chirping non-stop, and the sound was amplified several times when his feet stepped on the broken branches and dead leaves.
"This place is surrounded by mountains on all sides. There is an official road across the mountain, but because it is located in a remote area, almost no one passes by."
Tu Yufan understood what Zhang Ertou meant. There were wars everywhere in Beixiang Kingdom now, and this place was an excellent stronghold.
He rolled his eyes in his heart. This idiot was out of his mind. He thought that he could conquer Beixiang Kingdom by gaining a stronghold. It was simply a fantasy.
This is similar to Zhu Yuanzhang who had a broken bowl at the beginning.
Because Zhang Ertou was timid, he did not enter the village, but only came over to watch occasionally.
Tu Yufan was skilled and bold, so he went deeper. He opened the fence outside the village and stepped into the largest house. The house had two floors, with a table in the middle hall, and it looked empty.
Just as Tu Yufan had just stepped over the threshold, suddenly, a sword light swung over at high speed. Tu Yufan leaned back and a black figure rushed out. This person was extremely fast and swung the sword several times in an instant. Tu Yufan was caught off guard and barely dodged. After a few seconds, he took the initiative and kicked the man in black in the chest. With a clang, the man in black fell to the ground, spitting blood and fainted.
Zhang Ertou bravely stepped forward and dug a few times, then said excitedly: "This bastard fainted, but he's not dead yet."
Tu Yufan raised his eyebrows. The kick was not fatal. He thought he would be kicked again, but he fainted so quickly.
He pointed at the man in black on the ground and said, "Is this what you mean by no one is around and it's safe?"
Zhang Ertou showed an embarrassed look, and kicked the man in black on the ground fiercely as if to vent his anger: "Damn it, I almost got caught."
Tu Yufan glanced at him with a half-smile.
"Move him to the bed."
He saw a bed in the next room and guessed that the man in black had lived here for some time.
Following the candlelight, Tu Yufan saw that the man in black was not wearing a nightgown, but a black brocade casual suit with gold threads lining the clothes. His face was handsome with a bit of childishness, and he wore a silver hair crown. He seemed to be of an extraordinary identity, at least he was not an ordinary person with the surname Qi.
Tu Yufan noticed that the clothes around his abdomen were very dark in color. He reached out and lifted them up, and found a deep wound inside that went to the bone. The wound looked black as if it had not been healed for a long time. No wonder he had knocked him out with just one kick. It seemed that he had been seriously injured.
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