Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 640 Following behind
Although it is somewhat far-fetched to start a full-scale war with Southern Xinjiang just because of twenty or so people from the underworld, this possibility cannot be ruled out. In the worst-case scenario, it will greatly intensify the hostility between Central Plains and Southern Xinjiang.

So, Southern Xinjiang and Central Plains are hostile to each other, guess who will benefit the most?
Naturally it is the Western Regions and the North.

Southern Xinjiang and the Central Plains simply dislike each other, while the Western Regions and the North have recently shown very clear hostility. If Southern Xinjiang adds fuel to the fire and distracts the attention of the Central Plains dynasty, it will be a good thing for both of them anyway.

But the people of southern Xinjiang, especially those who know about these things, obviously do not want to be made targets, such as Ran Xiaoyi's Qingzhu Village.

Only then did Yang Yiyi realize that she seemed to have walked into a chessboard again without realizing it.

The cause and effect have been sorted out, but there are still some unclear points.

So Yang Yiyi asked again:
"That's not right. If you didn't want things to get out of hand, why did you attack Wujiazhuang at night?"

Ran Xiaoyi crossed her arms and looked like she didn't want to say anything:
"It has nothing to do with you, stop asking."

"..."

Yang Yiyi was just curious about this matter, and Wujiazhuang was the real victim.

Wu Shaoyi had obviously talked to Ran Xiaoyi before, and she tried to smooth things over by explaining:

"Miss Ran Xiaoyi's sister, Ran Xiaolan, is the witch of Baofeng Village. I heard that she is doing a ritual to summon the mountain god recently, which requires a large amount of high-quality spices. Ran Xiaoyi wanted to stop her, so she came to Wujia Village."

"For the lost piece of ambergris?"

Wu Shaoyi shook his head:
"It's the piece of agarwood that Lady Qin stole."

Yang Yiyi then remembered that they had sent someone to the room where Qin Yan was recuperating. It turned out that their purpose was not to take Qin Yan's life, but to take the agarwood she had stolen.

At this time Qin Yan also said:

"My eldest brother was taken away by Ran Xiaoyi's sister, and I also got the agarwood from her sister. It should be a very important thing."

"Not only is it very important, it would have been impossible without that piece of agarwood."

Ran Xiaoyi couldn't hold it anymore.

"But we later learned that my sister had obtained other high-quality spices, and the effect of that agarwood was greatly reduced, which meant that our trip was in vain."

After hearing this, Yang Yiyi finally came to her senses.

Oh, so it was you two sisters who did this.

"What on earth is your sister doing? Cooperating with people from the Western Regions? Why aren't you two sisters from the same village?"

"I don't know what my sister is doing. She said she was offering sacrifices to the mountain god, but she went to find those weird-looking people from the Western Regions. And she suddenly went to the Central Plains to look for spices. But I know she will push Southern Xinjiang into the fire pit. No matter what, we can't let her continue to make mistakes."

When talking about her sister, Ran Xiaoyi's expression was very complicated.

There seemed to be a story behind this, but Ran Xiaoyi did not explain it in detail.

As for the fact that the two sisters are not from the same village, it is because witchcraft is not a hereditary profession.

No one can predict when a child with the qualifications of a witch will be born. One village may have none for hundreds of years, while another village may have several.

In this case, the village without a shaman would specifically invite a shaman to be the second-in-command.

Ran Xiaoyi and her sister were originally from Qingzhu Village. Her sister had shown her ability as a witch a few years earlier. Since Qingzhu Village still had a witch at the time and Baofeng Village was the largest village nearby, she was asked to leave by Baofeng Village due to practical circumstances. Ran Xiaoyi stayed and became the successor of the witch in Qingzhu Village.

This is the process, and it’s finally sorted out.

What is still unclear is why Ran Xiaoyi's sister wants to cooperate with the Western Regions people, and where Ning Xian'er and the others went. Qin Yan and Wu Shaoyi must have asked about this after hearing the explanation, and Yang Yiyi must also ask.

But before she could open her mouth, she heard a noisy sound coming from outside, accompanied by hurried footsteps.

Yang Yiyi stood up and wanted to see what happened.

Ran Xiaoyi wanted to ask Yang Yiyi how she survived the night attack, but her face changed immediately after hearing the noise, and she asked her directly:
"You came alone?"

"correct."

"Have you checked if there is anyone following you?"

"Uh... not really."

Yang Yiyi was so busy following the footprints that she didn't even think about whether someone was following her.

Think about it, since Fenghuang Village was acting according to the instructions of Baofeng Village, and Ran Xiaoyi ruined their good deeds, will they make up for this failure?
Ran Xiaoyi ran out in a hurry. Yang Yiyi realized that she might have attracted the enemy, so she followed her out in a hurry.

The place where everyone temporarily stayed was just built with some bamboos. It had no defensive capabilities at all and was just a camouflage and could protect against some wild beasts.

If someone really comes to your door, it would basically be like a skirmish in the woods.

The heroes from the Sixteen Villages, who had just sat down for a while, and the people from the Green Bamboo Village rushed to the camp gate. Ran Xiaoyi, who was small in stature, jogged quite fast and was the first to rush in the front.

When they arrived at the camp gate, they saw shadowy figures in the woods not far away, vaguely seeming to half-surround them.

It is basically impossible to completely surround it without anyone noticing. We all grew up in the forest and are all old Chinese medicine practitioners. There is no need to prescribe this kind of medicine.

Seeing Ran Xiaoyi and his men appear in front of the door, he naturally knew that he was definitely exposed, and there was no point in hiding.

When Yang Yiyi rushed over, she just saw the old innkeeper coming out from behind a big tree and bowing to Ran Xiaoyi.

"Ran Wuzhu, why do you bother with such trivial matters?"

"Stop talking nonsense! You old fool, what benefits did Baofeng Village promise you that you would go to such great lengths!"

"I am only doing this so that the people of Southern Xinjiang can have a piece of fertile land. If you don't understand, then I can't explain it to you."

"Bah! We are the people of the mountain. If you do this, the mountain god will not let you go!"

"You are wrong. The mountain god never cares where we live."

The old shopkeeper took a few steps back with his cane:

"Since there is no point in saying more, Ran Wuzhu, please forgive my rudeness."

A group of southern Xinjiang people, armed with axes and sticks, almost simultaneously rushed out from behind the trees and bushes where they were hiding, and launched a charge in unison.

And the old shopkeeper seemed to be no pushover either. He removed the round handle of his walking stick, revealing a scorpion-shaped carving.

Then he waved a wooden stick and swayed left and right behind him, looking like a shaman.

He is actually a witch!

"Go! Don't show mercy, the mountain god will punish them!"

Although Ran Xiaoyi did not want to start a dispute with his own people, this war was inevitable and he had no choice but to go ahead with it.

(End of this chapter)