022 Harsh governance

Minggao Mountain, take the meaning of "crane singing Jiugao, sound in the sky". Yishui nine folds overflow from the mountains, the scenery is beautiful, the forests are luxuriant, the mountains are full of flowers, and the spring scenery is in full view.

"Second Brother Zhai, you're back."

Wang Feng added firewood to the fire while turning the wooden pole, and the rabbits planted on the top of the house were scorched.

In the first few days, several people did not dare to go down the mountain, but just stayed on the mountain, living in seclusion.

Zhai Er went out for a walk, found some pots and pans for boiling water in an abandoned thatched hut, and everyone picked up some game, boiled some hot water, and dealt with it like this.

Mingao Mountain is full of scenery, there are seventy or eighty caves on the top of the mountainside, there are strange scenery in the caves, and the scenery has its own characteristics. The spectacle attracted many hermits to live here. And Wang Feng and they also occupied a place alone as a place to live.

The girl in red was not lightly injured and needed to be well recuperated. The medicine was quickly used up, so Wang Feng had to venture down the mountain and buy some medicine in neighboring Yongning County.

Yingyang County is in a dilapidated and chaotic mess, with theft, robbery, and violations of law and discipline happening from time to time.

When buying medicine, Wang Feng noticed that the arrest of several of his people was not as strict as he imagined. When the Song and Jin wars were about to break out and the country was ruined, the government was in chaos, and the various laws and regulations were obviously not as valued as they were in the peaceful and prosperous era.

When he went out of the city, several scoundrels wanted to rob Wang Feng and followed him all the way, but he overturned them in a hidden place and threw them all into Yishui to take a bath.

Helplessly, the injury of the girl in red has not healed. The little girl is only twelve or thirteen years old, and he is still a child, and he doesn't know if he can take care of himself in this wilderness, when society is in turmoil and law and order is deteriorating, let alone taking care of an injured person.

The two of them had to stay and wait for the girl in red to get better. Wang Feng asked Zhai Er to go down the mountain in disguise, visit the official government card on the official road, and then decide when to go down the mountain.

"Erlang, there are still a lot of checkpoints on the official road, and I don't know if you and I are arrested, it seems that we have to wait a few days to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Zhai Er took off the hat on his head and sat down. He looked at the mountains in the distance, listless, and suddenly lost.

No wonder he looks like this. Ma didn't sell it, not to mention, he also fell into a big case, and his Xiaofeng is still nowhere to be heard, and it is likely that he was poisoned by the Jin people.

"Second Brother Zhai, I'm really sorry, I'm the one who has troubled you!"

Wang Feng said apologetically. "When things settle down, let's go sell horses again, or go to Xijing, or find some wealthy families."

Zhai Er immediately glared at his bull's eyes, shook his big head and said, "Erlang, aren't you ashamed of me when you say this!" The two of us were born and died, and we lived a lifelong friendship. You said that, but it really broke the second brother's heart. ”

Wang Feng said apologetically: "Second brother Zhai, I was wrong, second brother, don't take it to heart." I really didn't expect so much to happen!"

Zhai Er immediately changed his face and said happily: "This is a good brother, a good man!"

He handed over a bottle of soju, two packets of medicine bags tied with hemp paper, and said to Wang Feng: "Erlang, this is the soju you want." This is a medicine for knife wounds, both externally and internally, and it will be boiled for Zhao Xiaoniang to eat after a while. ”

Wang Feng took the medicine bag and said with relief: "Second brother, don't panic in your heart, what he said is not true, he didn't even ask about Xiaofeng's appearance, it must be nonsense."

Zhai Er nodded and said, "Erlang, what you said is reasonable. Let's go back and settle down, if there is nothing else, I will go to Tokyo City, go to Tongxu Town to find it, maybe I can really find Miss Xiaofeng. ”

"What the second brother said is very true."

Wang Feng looked at the rolling mountains and changed the subject.

"Second brother, there are so many caves in this mountain, and there are so many people living in seclusion, what do they eat on weekdays?"

"The harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, since the Songjiang riot in Shandong during the Xuanhe period, and the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River, Henan Mansion has imposed many taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and many people are overwhelmed, so they ran to the surrounding mountains and forests, and turned into a reclusive person, one to avoid taxes, and the other to avoid the persecution of bandits and thieves like Huang Tianbiao."

Zhai Er and Wang Feng lay down on the grass, looked at the clear blue sky together, and continued to talk about it.

"The people reclaimed wasteland in the mountains, hunted and relied on wild fruits in the mountains on weekdays, barely survived, and set up villages to protect themselves. I lived a little poorer, but I didn't have to worry about taxes and thieves, and I could always pick up a name. ”

Wang Feng nodded. The harsh government is fiercer than the tiger, and I can't imagine that the life of the people in Xijing, which is around Gyeonggi, is already so difficult, let alone Hebei and Hedong.

Let's just say that in Yingyang County, there are bullies like Huang Tianbiao, and there is a mediocre county order as the backstage, the people did not take risks, and raised their arms and shouted, they were already Amitabha.

Sure enough, Zhai Er's voice changed and he talked about the land of the two rivers where Song and Jin fought.

"Henan Mansion is okay, the land of the two rivers, Fanzi is raging, the people are already struggling to make a living, bandits are everywhere, bandits are like sparse, soldiers are like grates, Taihang Mountain, Luliang Mountain, canals, mountains and forests all over the two rivers, everywhere are people fleeing."

Zhai Er raised his voice, as if he was there.

"Troubled times produce heroes. Now as long as someone climbs the heights and shouts, they can eat enough, and there are thousands of troops under them in an instant. You say, isn't Da Song Mo really going to die? ”

Wang Feng was about to speak, but the little girl hurriedly ran over, saying that Zhao Ruolan, the girl in red, had fainted again.

Wang Feng was taken aback and asked Zhai Er to hurry up and boil the medicine, while he and the little guy went into the cave.

Zhao Ruolan's cheeks were red, his eyes were closed, and his mouth kept moaning, and he seemed to have a fever.

Wang Feng touched her forehead, and sure enough, she had a fever. He stepped forward, turned Zhao Ruolan over gently, and lay on the grass.

He gently pushed Zhao Ruolan's shirt up, and a slap-long wound on his back was impressive, and then looked around, it was dark brown, and the wound was already a little rotten.

Wang Feng took out his waist knife, sharpened it on the mountain stone, then burned red on the fire, and gently began to remove the rotten flesh from the wound on Zhao Ruolan's back.

After cleaning the carrion from the wound, until there was blood flowing out, Wang Feng wiped the sweat from his head and began to wash the wound with soju.

Zhao Ruolan bit his clothes tightly, his eyes closed, and tears continued to pour out.

Wang Feng shook his head, he was really a stubborn and strong child.

After taking the medicine and taking some decoction, Wang Feng helped Zhao Ruolan lie down on her side, and did not leave quietly until she fell asleep.

On the second day, Zhao Ruolan's condition improved all of a sudden, and he was also a lot more energetic, noisily shouting that he was hungry and ate a lot of rabbit meat, which was the same as the two of them a few days ago.

Wang Feng and Zhai Er took care of Zhao Ruolan while inquiring about the news under the mountain, and came to exercise in their spare time, so as not to let their fists and feet get rusty.

"Brother Wang, have you ever married?"

Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Ruolan asked softly, for fear of getting a positive answer from the other party's mouth.

Wang Feng turned the fire more vigorously, shook his head with a smile and said: "There was a marriage contract before, and the girl on the other side thought I was a fool, so this family business was yellow."

Zhao Ruolan's eyes widened, and he shook his head incredulously: "Is that person sick, you are such a good kung fu, you are good-looking, and you are a talent, how can you be a fool."

Wang Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, he couldn't tell others that he was from a time and space 900 years later, and he was really a big fool before, he really got better after thunder and lightning, and few people believed it when he said this.

"Big brother, your skills are so good, teach me when you want!"

Zhao Ruolan said excitedly. Wang Feng's skills, she has seen it. If she has such kung fu, she can go to the end of the world with a sword.

"You are a girl's family, you are learning kung fu and doing something, and you will always marry someone in the future, do you want to deal with your future husband?"

Wang Feng said with a smile, whether in his previous life or in this life, he had never met such a straightforward, youthful and energetic woman. In later life, what he encountered was either delicate and pretentious, or he pretended to be crazy and stupid. How can a sullen man like him have this type of girl take a fancy to him!

Zhao Ruolan's face turned red, and his mouth became blurred.

"My eldest brother didn't know, my father forced me to marry all day long, and I was not happy, so I didn't dare to stay at home. The person I want to marry must be a hero of the world, a strong man who is one in a hundred, and I can't look down on the others. ”

Wang Feng sighed, nodded and said, "Sister, eldest brother wishes you to find Ruyi Langjun as soon as possible!"

Zhao Ruolan blushed and was about to speak, when Zhai Er came over, and she had to leave in a huff.

In the next few days, Wang Feng and Zhai Er continued to dress up in disguise, taking turns to go out to check the movements of the government, while patiently waiting for Zhao Ruolan to recover from his illness before he could leave calmly.

During Zhao Ruolan's recuperation, Wang Feng and Zhai Er were bored, so they went to exercise every day to boil their muscles and bones. As for eating and drinking, several people took turns to go out to buy it, but there was no wave.

In the spring of March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the sun rises in the east, and Zhao Ruolan comes out of the cave, breathing and basking in the sun.

The injury on her back was almost healed, and Wang Feng told her to move more and increase blood flow.

The little girl was boiling medicine, and when she saw Zhao Ruolan coming out, she hurriedly greeted her and helped her sit down on the rock.

Zhao Ruolan looked around and asked puzzledly, "Xiaohuan, where did Brother Wang and Second Brother Zhai go?"

"The little lady didn't know that Brother Wang and Second Brother Zhai had gone to boil up their bodies early in the morning. What kind of running is it, fifty miles a day, not a single step! ”

Xiaohuan saw that his master asked, and quickly turned his head back.

Zhao Ruolan nodded and asked, "Xiaohuan, thanks to you these past few days." The two of us came out, I couldn't take you to have a good time, and I couldn't protect you, and something like this happened in Yingyang County, it's a shame! ”

The two didn't expect that this was not a peaceful period, and they didn't know the sinister world at all. If it weren't for Wang Feng, I'm afraid both of them would have something to do.

Xiaohuan said with palpitations: "If it weren't for Brother Wang, I'm afraid the two of us would have fallen into the hands of that thief, and I don't know how tragic the end would be." It's so dangerous this time!"

Zhao Ruolan nodded. This trip to Yiyang was a big one. If it weren't for Wang Feng, I don't know what would have happened.

"Little lady Zhao, Brother Wang Song is good at kung fu and handsome, if the two of you can be together, it would be great!"

Xiaohuan's sweet words made Zhao Ruolan, who was up and down in his heart, happy all of a sudden.