Chapter 122: Controversy
This mountain is not high, it is continuous, and the trees are dense, so you can hide for the time being.
I drank water in the small ravine, and my body was tired and relieved a little. But it's hard to find food, even if you can catch small animals in the hills, no one brings tinder, so you can't eat it raw?
They did eat it raw, but instead of animals, they ate bird eggs. Originally, Wan Yanliang and Tang Xun couldn't eat it, but when they saw that Yang Congyi broke the bird's egg and swallowed it directly, it was important to save their lives, so they learned to swallow a few each.
This is not a place to stay for a long time, and you must leave after resting, otherwise you will starve to death in the mountains.
Yang Congyi saw that Yan Liang's left arm was injured, and the arrow had not been pulled out, so he said, "Brother Wanyan, deal with the injury on your arm first." ”
Wan Yanliang glanced at the shoulders on his big arms and said with a smile: "Thank you, Brother Yang." ”
Yang Congyi pressed his arm and tore open the sleeve to see that the arrow had been pierced into the flesh, and it was not easy to pull it out, so he said, "Then you bear with it." ”
Wan Yanliang nodded.
Yang Congyi asked, "Brother Wanyan, what are you doing in Lin'an?" ”
Wan Yanliang thought about it, and was about to answer, when he suddenly felt a heart-piercing pain in his arm, and turned his head to see that his shoulder had been pulled out and thrown to the ground.
I only heard Yang Congyi say: "Okay, the wound is not deep, ten days and half a month will be almost over." Brother Tang, do you have any wound medicine? ”
Tang Xun didn't speak, hesitated for a while, took out a paper bag from his arms, and said, "That's all, my injury should be fine without medicine." ”
Yang Congyi took the medicine bag, opened it and took a look, and saw that it was yellow medicine powder, and there was a faint aroma, this should be Brother Tang's family secret medicine, and he immediately gave Yan Liang the medicine for his injury, and he didn't forget to brag about it: "Brother Tang's medicine is a family heirloom, and the effect is excellent, it is generally not used by outsiders, you are destined." ”
After Yan Liang saw that the medicine powder was sprinkled, the bleeding from the wound would stop after a while, so he thanked Tang Xun and said, "Thank you Brother Tang for the elixir." ”
Tang Xun only glanced at him and did not reply.
Wan Yan Liang could feel that Tang Xun was still wary and hostile, so he said: "Brother Tang, although I am Wan Yan Liang from the Jin Kingdom, I grew up in Shangjing since I was a child, and I have only come to Zhongjing in recent years, and I have never hurt the people of the Song Kingdom. In Zhongjing, I have a lot of Han scholars, I also have three Chinese gentlemen, often learn poetry and songs with them, I heard that Lin'an is prosperous, Hangzhou is unparalleled in the world, I really want to come to see, every time the envoy returns to the Jin Kingdom, passing through Zhongjing, I am very envious, many times on the book request, this took the opportunity to act as a deputy envoy, not far from Zhongjing to Lin'an, I just came to see the beautiful scenery described in the book, why will I suffer this catastrophe? I am the same age as Brother Yang, and I am not a few years older than Brother Tang, so what does the battle between Song and Jin have to do with me? Although I am the grandson of the Jin State clan, the grandson of the Taizu, and the son of the former Taishi, what can I do? Three years ago, I was kicked out of Beijing and exiled to Zhongjing. The Song people are angry and want to kill me, why should I be innocent? There are thousands of clans in the Jin Kingdom, and I am just one in the marginal corner, can killing me quell your hatred of the Jin Kingdom? ”
These words were full of emotion and reasonable, Tang Xun wanted to refute, but he still didn't speak.
Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Brother Wanyan, don't be excited, although the Song and Jin countries have grievances, but now the world is peaceful, which is the trend of the times." Some people are blinded by hatred, they want to kill you and take revenge on the Jin country, but it is just wishful thinking, these are also people who are psychologically dark and hide their heads and tails, most of the people of the Great Song Dynasty still love peace, otherwise they would have fought the Huai River a few years ago and recovered Bianjing, don't you say? But then again, after all, the Song and Jin countries had grudges, even our previous emperors, and many clans are still in your hands, this is about the dignity of the country, can the people not be angry? You are also the Jin Guo clan, you should be able to understand. Besides, you're not okay right now. Don't worry, Brother Tang and I love peace and understand righteousness, otherwise we wouldn't risk our lives to save you, since I saved you and promised to send you back, I will definitely send you back to Jinguo without any damage. Confucianism five constants, benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, since you have Mr. Hanwen, you should naturally know that although the letter word is ranked last, it is the foundation of being a person, the tree does not live without roots, and people do not stand without roots, and we promise to do things that will never be reversed, and we hope that you are the same. ”
Wan Yan Liang said: "Okay, you save me, I naturally believe you." Please also believe in me, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, I have learned, and what I promise you, I will never break my promise. ”
Yang Congyi said with a smile: "Then let's say so, sincere cooperation, I hope to send you to the border within a month." ”
Wan Yan Liang said: "Wan Yan Liang first thanked Brother Yang and Brother Tang. ”
Tang Xun rubbed his legs and suddenly said, "Brother Yang, what should I do next?" ”
yes, what's next? Go east, west, turn north, or go straight north? Yang Congyi thought for a while and said: "I think so, there were envoys from the Jin Kingdom every year before, and there has never been a robbery and killing of envoys, today those people in black robbed and killed the envoys, the target must be Brother Wanyan, the identity of the man in black is unknown, but the strength is not bad, I can't kill Brother Wanyan, I must be unwilling, if I am a man in black, once I can't catch up with the target, I will wait in the various cities in the north, as long as Brother Wanyan does not die, he will definitely return to the Jin Kingdom, and wait for the rabbit in the city pass, and wait for work, I don't believe that I can't wait for Brother Wanyan." ”
Tang Xun said: "Then what should we do? ”
Yang Congyi said: "Go north or east, there are too many city passes, the defense is tight, and almost all of them are plains, if you see the Jin people, you must investigate, once you are discovered, you can't hide." Then there is only one way left, go west, there are many mountains in the west, even if you are discovered, you can enter the mountains at any time and get rid of the pursuit. ”
Tang Xun hesitated: "If I run for a month like just now, I can't stand it." ”
Yang Congyi smiled: "If you really run like that for a month, no one can stand it." Rest assured, as long as you get rid of them, go back like a tour. He glanced at Wan Yan Liang, and said, "Brother Wan Yan, your outfit is too dazzling, your clothes have to be changed, and your hair needs to be done." So saying, he picked up a thin stick and handed it to him.
Wan Yanliang didn't say much, reached out and took off the golden hairpin headdress on his head and threw it on the ground, used the wooden stick as a hairpin, and combed his hair again.
Yang Congyi picked up the golden hairpin headdress and said with a smile: "Don't throw away the gold, you can't go back if you don't have any money along the way." ”
They didn't have to change their clothes, and the three of them had to go to the town to buy some. Yang Congyi took off his coat and handed it to Wan Yanliang: "First cover the silk on your body." ”
After Yan Liang finished getting it done, the two of them also tidied up a little. It was still early, and the three of them continued to follow the path out of the mountain.
It didn't take half an hour for the three of them to run out of the mountain, and the sun was already in the west.
Wan Yanliang's scimitar has long been wrapped in clothes, and the characteristics of the entire Jin people are no longer obvious, and it is completely okay to say that they are Song people.
Soon after they found a village, they asked Tang Xun to ask where it was, and by the way, to see if they could buy something to eat.
Yang Congyi didn't dare to let Wan Yanliang pass, for fear that he would miss the bottom of his speech, after all, his accent was still a little different from that of the Central Plains, and it was very strange to appear in the countryside, leaving clues.
Tang Xun came back and said that this is Deqing County, go to the county seat and go directly to the west, this is a small village, you can't buy cooked food, but you can get a fire fold.
The three of them immediately decided to turn west and go to the county town to buy some things earlier, they were in tatters, they couldn't always walk in the wilderness, and they had to eat.
It took another half an hour, they crossed the official road to the west, and after inquiring a few times on the way, they finally arrived at Deqing County in the evening.
The small city is very close to Lin'an, there are not many soldiers defending the city, and the people are in and out, and they are basically not checked. Seeing that Yang Congyi and the three of them were carrying weapons, they interrogated them, and knew that they were from other places and used for self-defense on the road, so they directly let them into the city.
When they arrived in the city, they had a full meal and then bought a cloth garment. Then he went out of the city to the west, and spent the night in a temple outside the city.
After spending a lot of money in the city, most of the money that Yang Congyi and Tang Xun brought with them was spent, and the distance was still far away, and they ate and drank in the city along the way, and sooner or later they would be penniless. The three of them discussed it and finally decided that when they met the town again, they would take away the golden hairpin headdress of Wanyan Liang and exchange it for some money, for the sake of safety, and try not to enter the city in the future.
On the second day, I left the temple early in the morning, followed the trail to the west, and settled on a mountain that night, which was quite large and had a pleasant view in early spring.
When he went up the mountain, Wan Yanliang took the initiative to ask for hunting because he wanted to eat meat. Yang Congyi naturally agreed, he had no meat to eat every day in Wuxue, and he had already been greedy.
Wan Yanliang's archery skills were very good, and they ate roast pheasant that night.
In the mountains in March, when the night was still cold, a fire was lit, and the three of them sat around the fire.
Wan Yanliang looked at the jumping flames and said: "I haven't lit a fire in the mountains for many years, I really want to go back to Shangjing as soon as possible, you don't know, the mountains in Shangjing are very big, the forests are also deep, there are all kinds of prey, and the prey that is hunted in half a day is enough to eat for ten days." But every family has cattle and sheep, and we go hunting in the mountains not for meat, but for their beautiful furs. It's different from you, just like the pheasant just now, where we only want a few beautiful feathers on its tail. What a nostalgia! He sighed.
Yang Congyi said with a smile: "The Northeast, it has always been vast and sparsely populated, and the products are abundant, so you can waste it." But we can't do it, there are many people and little land, and every inch of land is used to grow food, otherwise we will starve to death. That's it, you're still coming to grab things. ”
Wan Yanliang said: "You are wrong, we can eat there most of the time, but we are too cold there to grow food, in winter, cattle and sheep have no grass to eat, a heavy snow down, many cattle and sheep will freeze to death, in the next year, there are no cattle and sheep to eat?" Although you have few cattle and sheep here, you can grow crops in the land, and if you can't eat the crops you can't eat, you can hide them, and if you can't eat them this year, you can put them into next year, and if you can't eat them next year, you can put them in the year after next, and you can save up the grain you eat, and you can live in good years and bad years. But we can't, the cattle and sheep can be eaten alive, once they die, they will stink in a few days, no matter how many cattle and sheep there are, no matter how rich they are, a heavy snowfall, there will be nothing. We had to go south to collect some food, also to survive. ”
This Wan Yan Liang is really able to speak, and his face is not thin. Yang Congyi smiled, this guy is going to kill the king and grab the throne, and he can't do it if his brain is not flexible.
Tang Xun was not happy when he heard Yan Liang's words, and asked rhetorically: "Then you can come and grab things as a matter of course?" Harvest grain, what you said is really good, is this grain planted by you, you can harvest it if you want? Also, why did you occupy Bianjing City and destroy it? Why did the Great Song clan also arrest them to the north and not let them come back until now? It's all about collecting some food? ”
Wan Yan Liang was about to refute, but Yang Congyi stopped: "Forget it, this kind of national matter, we can't get it out here, we don't govern, it's useless to say it." ”
But no, what is the use of them talking here, they are not the prime minister and emperor. After thinking about it, the two of them extinguished their fighting spirits, looked at the fire, and said nothing.