Chapter 14: Encounters with the Dead

Yuping Mountain, located in the south of Yizhou, its main peak, Yuping Peak, is the highest peak around Yizhou. The pen "fun" pavilion www.biquge.info because the mountain is high and cold, the top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round, like a barrier made of jade, stretching for more than ten miles, so it is called Yuping.

Sanniang introduced me to it.

By the time the sun rose in the middle of the sky, we could already see the towering peaks approaching in the distance.

Min Qiu curled up and fell asleep in the back of the car, the blood stopped temporarily, but the arrow didn't dare to pull out, and he frowned occasionally in his sleep, I don't know if it was pain, or if he dreamed of Yueniang.

Gu Yin stood beside Wujian and looked at the peaks in the distance without saying a word.

Sanniang continued: "Legend has it that there are immortals living in that mountain, with peerless magic skills, and the elixir of soul rejuvenation, which can bring people back to life and live forever. ”

"If there are really immortals, why are you still watching the destruction of the Shu Kingdom." I interjected, and suddenly remembered that my mission was to find the gods, and suddenly I was interested again, maybe I could find them on this mountain.

"It is true that there are miraculous powers, and there are elixirs that are fake." Gu Yin, who had been silent, interjected.

"Hey, how do you know?" I wondered if Gu Yin was interested in such a topic.

Wu Jian interjected: "Of course Your Highness knows, because Your Highness is the master disciple of the mountain immortals. ”

Gu Yin corrected with a cold face: "It's not an immortal, it's a true person in Guiyang, my master." If I had learned Master's Five Powers, I would not have been captured and humiliated that day, or at least I would have had time to commit suicide. ”

"How good it is to be alive." I disagree: "Although you feel humiliated, now you still have the opportunity to seek justice for yourself, your family, and the people." Sometimes, it is harder to live than to die. ”

"yes, how good it is to be alive." A weak voice came.

"Brother Min, are you awake?" I leaned over to Min Qiu's side.

Min Qiu glanced at me: "You still call me by my name, call me big brother, I'm a little flustered." ”

I pouted and said sincerely: "I was moved by your righteousness of sacrificing my life to save people, and I will call you big brother in the future." ”

Gu Yin was only gentle with Min Qiu now, looked at him and said, "Brother Min, hold on for a while, it's coming soon." ”

Before the words fell, a voice suddenly came from the woods next to him, and someone shouted, "Who is it? ”

This is the intersection of the mountain, and there are many people and horses in the woods, and there are black arrows aimed at us.

I gasped, what luck, I was pointed at by arrows when I went out of the city, and I was pointed at by arrows when I entered the mountain, I should have looked at the hexagram before going up the mountain, and this place will not also be occupied by the Liang army.

Gu Yin was also taken aback, he squinted and looked forward, then relaxed, and he said loudly: "It's me!" ”

A small black man came out of the woods, squinting and looking up at Gu Yin in the car.

Gu Yin jumped out of the car and walked towards him.

He blinked violently and said in a trembling voice, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? ”

Gu Yin said: "Mouse, why don't you report to General Guo soon?" ”

"Your Highness?" A few more men came out of the woods and gathered around us.

The rat was the first to react, he rubbed his face and shouted, "Your Highness is back!" ”

Turning around and running towards the mountain, he shouted all the way as he ran: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back!" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back! ”

This is a not very high peak in Yuping Mountain, starting from the mountainside, there is a low wall made of earth and stone all the way, hidden in the dense forest, and there are sentries of one mile and one post, and the sergeants along the road saw us, all of them were happy and thunderous.

As soon as Gu Yin heard the news, he rushed halfway up the mountain to bring us into the camp, he was about forty years old, with a black and red face, a high nose and long eyes, and a trace of white hair on his temples.

When he saw Gu Yin, he wanted to kneel, but was supported by Gu Yin, "Your Highness!" He trembled slightly with excitement on both cheeks.

Gu Yin's cold face was a little warmer, even if he still didn't smile, his eyes could see the joy and agitation in his heart, and he helped Guo Cheng and said: "I have a friend who was injured because of saving me, hurry up the mountain and talk about it." ”

Guo Cheng nodded frequently, while calling someone to carry Min Qiu up in a bamboo sedan chair, and after a while, he came to the top of the mountain.

The peak is cut down a tree and a flat pit, a large fortress-like wooden village rises from the ground, the surrounding wooden houses are in pieces, it is already like the appearance of a walled city, it seems that the Shu army is using this place as a base.

Guo Cheng directly welcomed us to the general chamber and sat down, in the hall a long catalpa wooden table, two rows of wooden benches, a large square stool at one end, and a layer of white tiger skin on it.

Guo Cheng asked Gu Yin to sit down on the square bench, and was about to kneel and kowtow, but Gu Yin helped him again and sighed: "General Guo, I never thought that I would see you here." ”

Guo Cheng stood up and personally poured tea for Gu Yin, his eyes were full of excitement, and he replied, "It's a long story. After the city gate was breached, I fell down the city wall in a flurry of arrows, and I thought I would die, so I lay on the ground and watched the Liang army enter the city. Not long after, thanks to Guiyang Zhenren, he came to save me, put me in a farmhouse outside the city, and said that he would save you and the emperor again. Behold. ”

As he spoke, two lines of tears came out of the corners of his eyes: "The real person is one step late." It's all my fault, if he didn't save me, maybe the emperor wouldn't have died. ”

Gu Yin patted him on the shoulder: "You are as important as your father, besides, my father has already decided to die and die for the country, so there is no need to dwell on this." ”

Guo Cheng eased his emotions and continued: "Later, the real person took the emperor back to Yuping Peak. After I recovered from my wounds, I gathered the Shu army scattered all over the country and tried to recapture Yizhou, but there were still too few people, and every time I lost soldiers in vain, not to mention that we did not have many soldiers, and gradually came to a desperate situation. ”

"Why don't you recruit from among the people? Or recruit bandits? I couldn't help but interject.

Guo Cheng glanced at me, nodded, and said, "This girl has a lot of ideas, which is similar to what the real person said at that time. ”

Gu Yin looked at me in surprise.

Guo Cheng continued: "Later, according to the meaning of the real person, we built a cottage in this Yuping Mountain, planted grain and vegetables, hunted and livestock, first ensured that we survived, and then slowly recruited. However, the bandits, after all, there are differences between officials and bandits, and they are still afraid that they are not of the same mind as each other. ”

I smiled slightly, and said to Guo Cheng mysteriously: "General Guo, there is a good opportunity to recruit bandits right now. ”

"Oh?" Guo Cheng looked at me puzzled.

Gu Yin explained: "My injured friend is the leader of the bandits, and this time, it is up to them to save me. ”

"You see, although there are differences between officials and bandits on weekdays, but in this troubled world, everyone has the same heart, that is, drive away Liang Jun, right?"

Guo Cheng was stunned for a moment, looked at me, laughed a few times, looked at me and said: "Little girl, do you know that your words have solved a knot in my heart, and I still hold the position of officers and soldiers, but now, you are right, where are the officials and soldiers, at least now, all the people of Shu are of the same heart." ”

Well, the children can be taught, I glanced at Gu Yin, and followed the trend: "This is the circulation change of yin and yang, in the past, the official was yang, the bandit was yin, and now, the Liang army is yang, and the Shu people are yin." The key to yin and yang lies in the potential, and if you distinguish the potential, you can follow the trend and take advantage of the situation. ”

Guo Cheng nodded thoughtfully, Gu Yin glanced at me again, and said to Guo Cheng: "You can talk to Brother Min first, and you must be able to integrate a plan." ”

He also said: "I will rest here tonight, and tomorrow, I will visit the master in the temple and kowtow to my father." ”

"Real people." Guo Cheng's expression darkened again, and he stopped talking.

Gu Yin's expression was grim and he looked at him.

"The real person was seriously injured when he entered the city, and he has not healed, a month ago, the immortal died."

Gu Yinxian didn't expect it, he stayed for a moment, and then shouted, "Master! ”。

For the first time, there was an expression on that perfect and cold face, pathos.

That night, three whole sheep were roasted in the open space in the center of the camp, and everyone sat around and raised their wine glasses to celebrate the prince's safe return.

Min Qiu, who took out the arrows, bandaged the wounds, half lying on a bamboo chair specially made for him, holding a bowl of tea, and watched us gulp wine.

I tore off a crispy golden lamb chop, handed it to his mouth, and while nibbling on the leg of lamb in my hand, I said: "Leg of lamb with beauty, lamb chop for heroes!" ”

He took the lamb chops and looked at me helplessly: "Yuliang, my wound hurts, can I ask you something?" ”

"Hmm." I nodded, leaned over to him with my chin propped up, and said sincerely, "It's my duty." ”

"You go and wash your face, and then sit next to me and don't speak."

"Heal me as a confinement mother." I grimaced, and was about to refuse, but seeing his melancholy look, not at all as lively as usual, I sighed and said, "Okay, you tell me the story of you and her first, and I will promise you." ”

Min Qiu's eyes immediately became distant and gentle, like a layer of fog, afraid that he had fallen into the memory, looking at the crescent moon on the sky, he said for a long time: "I lost her." ”

I stared at him blankly, never thinking that if a man was gentle, even every beard could be gentle.

He looked at the moon, I looked at him, and after a long time, I couldn't help but ask, "And then?" ”

"That's it."

"Huh?" I realized that I had been tricked, and I jumped up and coaxed: "I won't wash this face from now on!" ”

returned to the crowd, gnawed on a fat leg of mutton by himself, looked back at Min Qiu, still so melancholy, couldn't help but soften his heart, just go and be a stand-in for that Yueniang for a while.

After washing his face from the house, he walked to the central square, passed by a mountain cliff, and suddenly saw a person standing on the rock, Gu Yin.