Chapter 60: The Scourge of War
Although the next journey was difficult, there was no particular danger, mainly because the people led by Shang Yu were always harassed by the crowd, saying that they would not fight or escape, and everyone was not very afraid. The more Mr. Shi thought about it on the road, the more he felt that the task of Han Yueqiu's people was even more dangerous, so he only let the two brothers of the Xie family, Wang Yulu and the other three stay by his side, plus the senior brothers Cheng Fangdong and Shi Wentian who stayed in the capital, and several disciples who also stayed in the capital.
It's just that under these harassments, the trip has slowed down, just like the toad jumping on its feet to scare people and disgust people. In short, in this way, the team was pinned down, and if they didn't pay attention to it, there were disciples with poor cultivation in the same vein, but fortunately, nothing major happened.
Han Yueqiu stared at the wick under the lone lamp of the inn and was stunned, then gasped and said: "You said that this merchant has become so ruthless now, but now although he has harassed us and harmed some junior disciples, he has not shown his murderous intentions, it is completely different from the first confrontation that day, what does he want to do?" β
Du Hai stood up and slammed the table hard, the table almost collapsed, only to hear him shout: "It doesn't matter why he is, in short, don't be caught by me, if you catch him, you will beat him very much." After hearing this, Gao Huai puffed and said: "Fifth Senior Brother, you are too naΓ―ve, I think that we need to cut the grass to eradicate the roots, it is better for us to set up a plan and kill him." β
Duan Yutang, who used to ask his beginner disciples to read and write, said: "Actually, I think that the bell must be tied to the bell, and untying the knot in his heart is the right way." You say, rhyme. Although Lu Yunzhi ranked seventh, as long as he was not in front of Mr. Shi, everyone was still used to calling him Yunzhi, and Lu Yunzhi also gladly accepted that if the former senior brother called himself Senior Brother Lu seriously, or the seventh senior brother estimated that Lu Yunzhi would be uncomfortable.
Duan Yutang thinks that Lu Yunzhi is a kind-hearted person, he has been reading and writing with him since he was a child, and he is also a hard-working and knowledgeable teenager, so he naturally let him speak, and Han Yueqiu is the big in the team this time, Du Hai is the second, and Lu Yunzhi is ranked third among the people who came, and his every move is still very influential.
Lu Yunzhi was silent for a moment, looked at Duan Yutang and said, "I thought the same thing in my heart, but now, if I don't get rid of this person, there will be a big trouble in the future, so I agree with Gao Huai's statement." β
Gao Huai was a little embarrassed when he heard that his rival Lu Yunzhi agreed with his statement, and bowed slightly. Qu Xiangtian laughed and patted Lu Yunzhi on the shoulder, and said to Fang Qingze: "You see that our third brother has also grown up, and if he learns to make a decision, he will break it, not bad, really good." β
Lu Yunzhi ignored Qu Xiangtian's ridicule, lightly punched Qu Xiangtian to tell him not to make trouble, and then said to Han Yueqiu: "Although it is good to capture and kill Shang Delirium, don't forget that although martial arts may not be as good as us, it may not be as good as us, but his fortune-telling and hexagram reading skills can be compared with everyone here, and if we lay a net in time, he will also calculate it in advance, and if he escapes, how can we catch him?" I can't catch him, let alone kill him, so this matter has to be considered in the long run. Our current priority is to understand, why he didn't fight or escape, but harassed and restrained us, if it was to make us tired, so as to annihilate us in one fell swoop, I think this Shang Delirium is too stupid, what he is doing now cannot involve the combat effectiveness of the Zhongzheng Pulse that poured out of the nest, but it is obvious that Shang Delirium is not stupid, why is that? β
Fang Qingze suddenly spoke: "I don't know, but I know that there is such a way in business, which is to use other things to confuse opponents and seize business opportunities by themselves." Qu Xiangtian continued: "Second brother, do you mean that they want to delay our trip and have achieved their ulterior purpose?" β
Fang Qingze nodded, and Han Yueqiu asked, "How long will it take to get to Yanghe?" "If it's fast, there are still three days to get to Yanghe, and if it's slow, it's hard to estimate." Han Yueqiu nodded, and ordered: "All the junior disciples listen to the order, set off tomorrow, and go straight to Yanghe without delay, you must arrive in Yanghe in three days, please tell each other, go back and rest." Several young talents in the door answered yes one after another, and then turned to leave, rushing to tell each other about this order issued by Han Yueqiu, and then strengthen their vigilance to prevent people from making trouble from it.
On the second day, when they were ready to go, they had just reached the east gate, but they found a continuous procession on the hill outside the city approaching the small city where they were, and everyone looked at this procession. Qu Xiangtian muttered to himself: "It doesn't look like an army, it's scattered and seems to be a civilian." The Ming Dynasty has a legal system and does not allow casual immigration, why did so many people migrate, could something happen? β
Lu Yunzhi looked at those people and said with a little trembling: "Yes, it's a refugee, just like I did back then." Yingzi held Lu Yunzhi's hand, he knew that Lu Yunzhi must have remembered the past when he was a child. Shi Yuting also pretended to be happy and said: "Brother Yunzhi, don't be the boss, you will become your second senior brother after a long time." After speaking, he stuck out his tongue at Han Yueqiu.
Lu Yunzhi smiled slightly, no longer sad that he was not alone now, he had two brothers, a sister-in-law, and two women who loved him, as well as those brothers and sisters of the same blood who also cared for him.
Everyone urged the horses to walk slowly, and Zhu Jianwen grabbed an old man who walked in front of him and asked, "Old man, what happened to you?" The uncle looked at it suddenly, and found that a vote of people and others were riding high-headed horses, although the clothes were not luxurious, but they were also very correct, and their temperament was even more extraordinary, thinking that they had met some dignitaries, so they lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.
Fang Qingze stepped forward, took out a silver ingot from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of the down-and-out old man, and then said softly: "Uncle, what the hell is going on, but it doesn't matter. The uncle was stunned for a moment, looked at the silver in his hand and trembled, and then said very excitedly: "Uncle, you are really a good person, I can be regarded as a way to live, old man, I absolutely know everything about the old man." You are asking why we are fleeing, there is no way, the Mongol barbarians of Navarat are now attacking our borders, raping, humiliating, burning, killing and looting everywhere they pass, and we really have no way to live before we want to flee, dare to ask a few masters where are you going? β
Fang Qingze was thoughtful, and replied, "Yang He." The old man's body trembled and asked, "Yang and mouth?" Fang Qingze nodded puzzled, and the old man said: "Uncle, you can't go there, it's purely to die, the vicinity of Datong Mansion is already full of Warat cavalry, Yanghe belongs to Datong Mansion, there are many dangers, you ....."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the faces of the group changed greatly at the same time, and they all turned over their horses and whipped up, the old man looked at the people who were driving away in the dust inexplicably, and then scratched his head and looked at the silver two in his hand happily, as if the foreign invasion just said had nothing to do with him, and left the east city gate with a smile.