Ru Yan and the others arrived at the place of her brother Chen Ruyan's accident - Swallow Cliff after dark the next day. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The group went to the Swallow Village first, after all, the night was dark and the wind was high, and the terrain of the Swallow Cliff was complex and dangerous. People who are not familiar with the terrain are small when they get lost, but if they accidentally fall off the cliff, they are big. It is wise to go to the swallow village to rest first, and then go to the swallow cliff at dawn.

The swallow village itself is the den of the gangster Hu Wan. Bandits are rampant in the area from Zining to Guidong, and the government sends people to suppress the bandits every year, but because the bandits are fierce and the terrain in this area is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the results are not great, and the bandits continue to plague year after year, and the people complain about hardship. Gradually, all the people could move were moved, and the area became more and more barren.

However, Guidong County, which is hundreds of miles away, is rich in land and abundant products. It is only because of the heavy rains in several months this year that the Guihe River, which is in the upper reaches of Guidong County, has been cut off from its embankment, and the county seat of Guidong County is low-lying, and when the heavy water comes, Guidong County is very seriously affected.

So the imperial court allocated the silver for disaster relief, and Chen Ruyan, the inspector who had just taken office, was the main silver officer this time, and encountered Hu Wan's ambush at Swallow Cliff.

The bandits of Yanzizhai were all exterminated except for the bandit leader Hu Wan, who absconded. Now the officers and soldiers who searched for Chen Ruyan are stationed here.

From a distance, I saw the fire of the transmission on the mountain road leading to the swallow village.

Uncle Chen turned around and said to the rest of the people: "It should be Lord Ouyang, I sent a message to him yesterday. ”

The Lord Ouyang mentioned in Chen Bo's mouth refers to Ouyang Yan, who is Chen Ruyan's colleague and friend. Chen Ruyan is the third-grade inspector, and Ouyang Yan has the rank of third-grade counselor and serves as the adjutant of the silver transport.

Ouyang Yi is tall and burly, and his appearance is quite handsome, giving people a sense of awe-inspiring righteousness. Although it is a hot season, others are already tulle light shirts, and they can do whatever it cools. However, Ouyang Yi was still wearing a blue and blue pine painted crane official uniform, dressed very neatly and meticulously. Every move is also very compliant and decent, and people can't help but feel good about him.

For Ouyang Yan, Chen Ruyan is his boss and his old friend for many years. Now that this kind of thing has happened, he blames himself very much, and when he saw Uncle Chen's flying pigeon book, Ru Yan's sister will also come to Yanzi Village, calculated the time, and was afraid that the road would be dangerous when it was dark, so he lit a torch in advance and waited on the way into the village.

The light was not bright just now, Ouyang Yan didn't look carefully, but now the light in the room is brighter, and Ouyang Yan saw Chen Ruyan there like Uncle Chen saw Ruyan for the first time.

These two siblings look too similar. Ouyang Yan's impression of Chen Ruyan seems to be still stuck when he was a child, and Ru Yan and Ru Yan were not so similar at that time. At that time, Ru Yan was very active and naughty, and often liked to run around, but Ru Yan seemed to have never been in good health, and she was always accompanied by the maid and nurse in the house, very quiet, and often liked to watch Ru Yan play quietly.

When I saw Ru Yan again many years later, although he was young, he was a little less stubborn and a little more elegant and gentle. And Ru Yan doesn't want them to be so similar not only in appearance, but also in temperament.

"Lord Ouyang, do you have anything to eat, we rushed for a day today, and we still ate two meat buns in the morning, but I starved to death!" Hazy Moon rubbed her stomach and said.

Xuanshuang glanced at her, suggesting that it was inappropriate for her to say this now.

Hazy Moon received this signal, and a capital "I understand" on her face, so she just rubbed her stomach and stopped talking.

However, Ouyang Yi began to react and apologized deeply for his gaffe.

"I'm really ashamed, it's too similar, even though I have known Ru Yan for many years, but just now, I still feel that Ru Yan is back!" After speaking, there was a sadness in his eyes.

At that time, Ouyang Yan's father Ouyang Hongbing was a subordinate of Chen Chongming in Yunxi, the fief of the Zhenxi General's Mansion. Although the two are superiors and subordinates, they are friends. The two families will get together often. When he was a child, Ouyang Yi was a little fat, honest and honest, when other children were naughty, Ouyang Yi often stood aside and looked stupidly, it didn't matter if other children bullied him, he was born with a good temper. On the contrary, he is a few years younger than him, and Chen Ruyan, who is thin and small, can't get used to seeing him being bullied by other children and often stand up for him.

Later, for some reason, Ouyang Hongbing was suddenly transferred out of western Yunnan, and since then, Ru Yan has never seen Ouyang Yi again. However, Chen Ruyan met Ouyang Xi again in a chance study tour, and both of them felt that the other party had a sense of déjà vu.

This time, I didn't know who my partner was at first, but when we met, I realized that there was such a thing in this world.

After growing up, Ouyang Yi seemed to have changed as a person, and he couldn't help but become handsome and chic, and he changed his honest and simple appearance in the past, and became able to speak well, treat people and things, and be just right.

Ru Yan got up and hugged his fist at Ouyang Yan and said: "Uncle Ouyang and his father are old friends, Lord Ouyang and his brother have known each other since childhood, for my brother, Lord Ouyang is like a friend and a brother, for Ru Yan, Lord Ouyang is also a brother who can be relied on, please take care of Brother Ouyang in the coming days!" ”

Ouyang Yan hurriedly helped Ru Yan sit down, his voice was a little choked, "Ru Yan suffered this catastrophe, life and death are uncertain, but the foolish brother retreated, and the virtuous sister's words made the foolish brother embarrassed ......."

"Okay, Lord Foolish, oh, no, Lord Ouyang, you hurry up and arrange food and sleep for us, and it is only right to go to Swallow Cliff to find Chen Gongzi early tomorrow morning!" Xuanshuang really can't stand the sourness of these courtesy people, or the recklessness of the children of the rivers and lakes is more in line with her appetite.

Ru Yan's face was a little unbearable, and she was about to apologize and explain.

Haze Yue added again: "Sister Xuanshuang, it turns out that you are also hungry, I thought I was the only one hungry!" “

Ru Yan couldn't cry or laugh a little, but after so many years, she was used to them like this, so she went with them.

Ouyang Yi apologized again and again, and asked his subordinates to arrange food and lodging for everyone.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, everyone got up and went to Swallow Cliff.

Swallow Cliff is named because the two sides of the steep cliff are spread out with two wings, and a piece protrudes in the middle, resembling a swallow with wings spread.

Ru Yan walked to the edge of the cliff and took a look, and her heart suddenly cooled by half. Looking around, there is a layer of fog accumulated below all year round, and I can't see how deep it is, and my brother was already injured when he fell, and I am afraid that it is already more than lucky.

Hazy Yue held Ru Yan's slightly trembling body, and just wanted to comfort a few words, but when she saw such a terrifying scene under the cliff, she was speechless. Xuan Shuang patted Ru Yan on the shoulder and gave her an encouraging look.

Ru Yan tried to stand firm and glanced back at them, saying, "I'm okay, I can hold on!" ”

There is a path at the stone fence that leads to the bottom of the Swallow Cliff, and now the official is searching below. Ru Yan decided to go to the bottom of Swallow Cliff.

It's about an hour or so, but the road is extremely difficult to walk. When resting on the way, Ru Yan really asked Ouyang Yan: "Lord Ouyang, there is something unclear about Ru Yan, at that time, the Lord and the elder brother escorted Guan Yin to the Stone Fence Avenue, how could the elder brother come to the edge of this steep swallow cliff?" “

Ouyang Yi sighed and said: "At that time, the bandits under Hu Wan's command had infighting when they robbed the silver, and after robbing the silver, they scattered and fled in their own camps, which gave us the strength to exterminate them. At that time, when I arrived at the Swallow Cliff, I found that Ru Yan had subdued the little bandit who fled to the edge of the cliff, but unexpectedly, Hu Wan, who was hiding in the shadows, threw a flying target at Ru Yan, Ru Yan was injured, and the little bandit who was subdued by Ru Yan took the opportunity...... took the opportunity to push down the cliff, and by the time our little bandits were wiped out, Hu Wan had already disappeared. “

Ouyang Yan looked extremely depressed after saying this, and after a long time he continued, "It's all my fault, if I had arrived earlier, Ru Yan would not have been poisoned like this!" ”

"Brother Ouyang, don't blame yourself, maybe my brother is destined to have this catastrophe!" After Ru Yan finished saying this, her mood became heavier and heavier.

"Hu Wan's group of birdmen turned out to be a rabble, and it is rumored in the rivers and lakes that Hu Wan's swallow village is the most fierce bandit in this area, with strict discipline, comparable to the army, it seems that this rumor in the rivers and lakes is not credible!" Xuanshuang couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes, I have heard that Hu Wan has always managed his brothers with strict discipline, and rewarded and punished him heavily, but this time, when I saw it, I felt that there were too many discrepancies with the rumors", Ouyang Yi shook his head, and then said, "Maybe it is the perennial bandits in this area, the people move out, the officials and businessmen take a detour, Hu Wan and his ilk have no money to rob, and when they encounter our batch of a large amount of official silver, they are like hungry jackals who see meat, and they don't care about discipline or disdiscipline, so they fill themselves first!" “

"Perhaps, Brother Ouyang's guess is not unreasonable, it's just ......", then Ru Yan took out a map and spread it out, and said, "From Zining County to Guidong, from this road to Liyang County, it is the fastest and safest, why would Brother Ouyang and Brother Ouyang abandon a safe and fast road and choose a difficult and dangerous road?" ”

"Yes, why", Xuan Shuang then asked: "Even Hazy Moon knows that it is safe and fast to pass through Liyang County!" ”

Hazy Moon was stuffing the dry food brought out of the village into her mouth, and she was also ignorant about everyone's conversation, and when she heard Xuanshuang mention her name, she finally protested: "Sister Xuanshuang, do you mean to say that I am stupid?" “

However, no one answered her.

"After walking for half an hour after setting off in Zining County, Lord Wang, the county commander of Zining County, ordered people to catch up with us, saying that the road 20 kilometers away from Liyang had collapsed due to heavy rain for several days and was impassable, and the collapsed section was long and could not be repaired within three days. We were afraid that we would not be able to reach Guiyang within the stipulated time, so we chose to take a risk. “

After that, everyone hurried away in silence.