"I feel that this is the biggest suspicion, in the past, those generals were afraid that others would not know after receiving the task of extermination, and they were doing the same thing, and they were engaged in the expedition ceremony, but you are different, on the surface, you didn't do anything, but maybe what is contained under this calm is the biggest plan."

Liu Fan couldn't help but admire in his heart, this woman spoke so philosophically.

"Then what you want to persuade your eldest brother is not to sneak attack Changsong County?"

"Exactly, because although I haven't heard of any actions from you secretly, I still feel that the transfer of the Shence Army from Changsong through the forbidden army is a trap."

"Then why does your eldest brother insist on going his own way?"

"It's mainly for the survival of 2,000 people, you must know that the amount of food and drink for these 2,000 people is huge, and the eldest brother doesn't want to rob the common people, so he has no choice but to fight these county seats. At first, the eldest brother had been hesitating, but the second brother and the younger brother thought that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and should not be given up at all. ”

"In addition, my analysis is only suspicion, I can't get evidence that you have secretly sent troops, and in the end, the eldest brother is also determined to gamble, if we get the grain in the official warehouse of Changsong County after success, we will be able to hold out until next autumn, at that time, the war between Daqi and Khitan is estimated to have started again, maybe we can find a way to survive in the cracks."

"What's going on in the Hongchi Gorge and the dozen or so uninhabited villages near the Hongchi Ridge?"

"Those people were forced by the Khitan bandits and the Great Qi rout, and after being helpless, they went up the mountain with the eldest brother."

"Oh, Ah Xia, get up and pour me a cup of tea, no matter how big a matter can be solved in an instant, let's sit down and talk slowly."

After Liu Fan finished speaking, Ah Xia said apologetically, "General Liu, I was so worried about my eldest brother's safety that I even forgot to pour water for you." Saying that, he personally gave Liu Fan the best Ming Qian Longjing.

Liu Fan took a sip of tea, thought about it and said slowly, "I'll ask you a few questions, or you explain a few things to me, if what you say is reasonable, we will work together to find a way to do it, if you can't justify yourself, then I can't help." ”

"In addition, you don't want to be a general Liu, you can treat me as Wang Kai's brother, and you can call me Xiao Liu or Liu Fan."

After Ah Xia nodded slightly, Liu Fan spoke, "Let's talk about your eldest brother, oh, and your second brother and younger brother going up the mountain!" ”

Ah Xia thought that Liu Fan must have asked this question, although he had been prepared, he still couldn't speak for a long time, his eyes were flat and straight ahead, as if he could see those long-ago things through the wall, and his eyes slowly brought a trace of hatred.

After a long time, he slowly spoke, "There are some things I only learned from my eldest brother when I went to Hongchiling this time, and if I want to explain the reason for going up the mountain, I have to start talking about it a long time ago when my parents were still alive, and I was four years ......old that year."

Liu Fan sat by the fire and listened quietly to the woman opposite who had a bizarre background to tell about the past, although the sun temporarily showed its face after the snow stopped in the morning, but after a while, it hid in the heavy clouds, and when Liu Fan went out in the afternoon, it was still cloudy, and at this time it was even more windy outside, and it seemed that God was also crying out for the tragic things in the world.

“…… In the fourth year of going up the mountain, I was nineteen years old at that time, and the eldest brother made the decision to marry me to the neighbor's Hong Sheng, but unfortunately Hong Sheng was blessed, and died of tuberculosis in the third year, and many brothers in the team asked the eldest brother to marry me to them, but the eldest brother was not satisfied, and I had no intention of marrying at that time, and I just wanted to take care of the three brothers and younger brothers who had been single quietly, but the eldest brother had other ideas, mainly because of the harsh environment on the mountain, and there were seven or eight months of ice and snow in a year. And in Liangzhou, there is also a need for someone to pass some information to the mountain from time to time, so that year the eldest brother arranged for me to go down the mountain, and put me in this Yihong Courtyard, at first I just did some chores in the back room, and then the eldest brother and others partnered to take the Yihong Courtyard down from the hands of the former master, and I naturally took care of all the affairs here......

After listening to Ah Xia's narration, Liu Fan's heart could not calm down, and he couldn't even mention the thought of speaking at this time, "How many injustices in this world, behind every family tragedy, there are bitter tears." ”

Seeing that Liu Fan didn't answer for a long time, Ah Xia whispered, "Brother Liu, are you okay?" ”

Liu Fan shook his head vigorously and laughed self-deprecatingly, "I'm fine, I'm just immersed in your story." ”

"Let's go on, since your eldest brother has always been benevolent, why don't you surrender to the government?"

"In the first few years of the mountain, the camp has not been established, in addition to a Shenxiang army in the northwest, there are also some local guards, and the station of the Shenxiang army is not fixed, its main function is to send troops out of Ganzhou or Xining Prefecture at any time to assist the guards in both directions to resist the Khitan invasion, the main thing to maintain the security of Liangzhou and Jincheng Mansion is the Jishi army, and the executioner who killed his father and mother is the rout of the Jishi army, the eldest brother was furious when he heard about the Jishi army, and he didn't consider surrendering at all."

"After the establishment of the Northwest Camp, the eldest brother slowly had the idea of surrendering to Cheng in his heart, but at that time the team had grown to more than 1,000 people, and there were many factions in the army, if there was no change, the two elder brothers could still suppress it, but if it was said that they wanted to surrender to the government, there must be many people who were unwilling, and in the end it was a divided situation, although the old brothers would follow the eldest brother, but most people were definitely unwilling to surrender, so that some people followed the eldest brother to become officials and soldiers, and some people were still bandits. It is bound that one day the original brothers will meet each other, and the eldest brother does not want the brothers to turn against each other. ”

"Also, if the eldest brother and the second brother leave, the sky will immediately change on Hongchi Ridge, because the eldest brother knows that the group of people who want to stay are a group of people who want to be powerful and blessed, and they will immediately turn the area around Hongchi Ridge into a hell on earth, so the eldest brother will think that it is his own fault even more, so although the eldest brother has the idea of surrendering to Cheng in his heart, but Tou Cheng is also a dilemma, and in the end he has to mix up one day at a time, get by, and barely maintain the status quo."

"The third question, this Yihong Courtyard is based in Liangzhou, it is definitely not your eldest brother's strength alone, the owner who is partnered with your eldest brother definitely has a good power, your eldest brother is in prison and is worried about his life, why don't you ask him for help?"

"I'm not afraid to reveal to you that the proprietor does have a good power, and he is an important member of the local government in Liangzhou, but first, because something happened in front of him, he almost couldn't protect himself, and he couldn't speak at all in the current northwest camp; The second is to put it bluntly, he only has silver in his eyes, and he never knows what the word righteousness is, and I think my eldest brother is unwilling to let me go to him even if he is worried about his life. ”

"Oh, that's the case,Liu Fan thought quietly, nodded slowly and said, "I understand." ”

"Brother Liu, what do you understand?"

"Let's not talk about this, let's go on, this time in the final analysis, I sent your eldest brother to prison, and I annihilated most of your brothers, why did you just ask the enemy for help, I feel that you should set up a situation here to avenge your dead brother."

"The second brother also had this idea at the beginning, but I know that if the design kills you, although it seems to be revenge, it is actually sending the eldest brother to hell with his own hands, because then the camp will definitely anger the brothers in prison, and the eldest brother will immediately be killed."

"Moreover, the eldest brother once said to me that if I can't surrender to the government, the bandits will not end well in the past, and I have done so many hurtful things, and in the end I still want a good result, which God will not agree, therefore, the eldest brother thinks that it is not good to die anyway, and it doesn't matter who dies in the end, and he should not seek revenge from him, if he says revenge, shouldn't those innocent people who died at the hands of the eldest brother seek revenge?"

"Didn't you just say that your eldest brother didn't kill a good person indiscriminately?"

"I thought so at first, but the eldest brother said that not killing good people indiscriminately does not mean that you have not killed good people, which of those officers and soldiers who died in the head of Guangwu County was not raised by his father?"