The next day, it took a day of hard work, and everyone built a few thatched huts on that hill, which was considered to be a place to live, and as for building a walled wall at the back, leveling out the school field, and building a warehouse, then we could only take our time. Now there is a more urgent matter, which is to get some food, and inquire to see if there is any news about the old camp all the way. In addition, it is necessary to send some people out to walk in the nearby mountains, first, to familiarize themselves with the surrounding terrain, so that in case an official army calls, it is also convenient to retreat; The second is to see if we can find more people who have escaped from the encirclement of the official army.

There are two ways to get grain, one is to "borrow", that is, let people bring some brothers, ride horses, take swords, and go to nearby villages to "borrow". This "borrowing" is not robbing, it is actually closer to selling art or turning into a relationship. Nowadays, most of the villages in Shaanxi that can still survive have their own walls and people, and they also have guys in their hands. It is impossible to rob them without leaving some lives. And generally speaking, the food in a stockade is also limited, not to mention, when it is really desperate, the defenders will set fire to it, pay the price of killing a lot of people, but in the end they can't grab much, which is obviously not cost-effective. Therefore, it is very rare for bandits to actually rob such a stockade (in fact, even a large group of 'rogues' are reluctant to grab such a target), and the usual way is to "borrow". That is, to show force to the people in the village, and then the village will send a little food out to show their friendship to the kings of the mountain, and then the kings of the mountain will go to other villages to show it again, and then "borrow" a little food...... Generally speaking, if you go to a few more houses, you will always get enough food to survive the spring and summer - this is also a common practice used by some mountain kings when they are not in good spring.

It's just that it's only the end of autumn, and although most of the people have grain in their stockades at this time, the mountain kings generally have their own grain in their granaries at this time, so they generally don't come out to "borrow" grain at this time. At this time, such a mountain king who needs to "borrow" grain suddenly appeared, and it is easy to think of Huang Zide, who had just escaped from the encirclement of officers and soldiers.

The second way to get food is to buy it. When breaking through, Huang Zide and others brought a lot of gold and silver with them, Huang Zide calculated it, the gold and silver in his hand were used to buy food, and then eat a little less, probably able to support until the spring of the next year, by that time, maybe the situation will change, and there is no need to hide in this Shangluo Mountain.

The most convenient place to buy food is to go to nearby Shangnan County. Shangnan County is on the road from Shaanxi to Shanxi, and is a well-known dry wharf. There have always been many merchants in the past, and even if there is a big chaos today, this trade route has not been completely cut off. The caravans on the road always had to buy some grain to eat, so in Shangnan County, there was grain to sell.

Some of the grain merchants in Shangnan County were trafficked from other places, and some of them were purchased from the people. It was shortly after the autumn harvest, and it was time for the grain merchants to buy grain. Pretending to be a grain dealer, it is also a way to go to the countryside to buy grain.

Huang Zide arranged these things, and then said to Xuan Yi: "Dao Chief, there is a certain matter, but I don't know if I can trouble Dao Chief." ”

Xuan Yi arched his hand and said: "If the king has anything, just give orders." ”

Huang Zide said: "Dao Chief, my mother-in-law and some other brothers broke through from another direction. I don't know what their situation is now. Huang Zide sighed, "Now that the government is definitely arresting us, our brother went to inquire about the news, which is inconvenient, and he has to bother the Taoist chief to help us inquire." ”

Xuan Yi nodded in response to this matter, then said goodbye to Huang Zide, returned to his hut, made some preparations, and rode a donkey, got out of the village, and went to Fushui County in the north.

Shangnan County is more than 40 miles away from Huang Zide's village, Xuanyi set off from dawn, and only saw the city tower of Shangnan County at noon. Shangnan County is the only place from Shaanxi to Shanxi, the famous dry wharf, and its military status is also quite important, so although its city is not big, but the city wall is very tall, almost no less than an important town like Taiyuan.

When he walked to the front, he saw a few soldiers with spears standing in front of the city gate, and a few soap officers with waist knives, who were checking the people entering and leaving, and on the city wall next to them, there were many portraits.

Xuan Yi's eyesight is good, but after a glance, he recognized that these portraits were painted with Huang Zide's gang. One of the paintings closest to the city gate depicts a man in a white felt hat, which is quite similar to Huang Zide's appearance, and it seems that this painting has put some thought into it. Below the portrait, there is also a song "Xijiang Yue", which is:

This is the Yellow Tiger Rebel Thief,

Now the dog is dying.

Things rushed away.

Four heavenly soldiers caught up.

Cast a net of heaven and earth,

He had nowhere to hide.

The soldiers and civilians are tied up and surrendered,

The jade belt brocade is rewarded.

Huang Zide is known for his courage and courage in the Thirty-six Road Anti-Kings, and he is known as the Tiger, so the officials and soldiers always call him the Yellow Tiger. And behind this song "Xijiang Yue" is Huang Zide's origin, age, physiognomy characteristics, and various rewards after catching him.

Next to Huang Zide's portrait, there is a portrait of Shang Xiuying side by side, but this portrait is not like it at all. Xuan Yi estimated that if Shang Xiuying himself walked under this portrait and said, "I am Shang Xiuying." I'm afraid that after others look at this painting, they will also say: "Where did the mother-in-law come from, don't stay at home honestly, what kind of madness do you come here to have?" ”。

Next to Shang Xiuying's portrait is Liu Jiexuan's portrait, which is also not very similar, but some of the physiognomy characteristics mentioned under the portrait are not bad.

At this time, a soap Li dragged a merchant who was about to enter the city to a portrait and compared it carefully, and said while comparing it: "It seems to be a bit similar, say, are you Tian Xiucheng?!" ”

Tian Xiucheng is also an important general under Huang Zide, but Tian Xiucheng is a big man with a big beard, this person is small, and he only has two mouse beards on his face, and Tian Xiucheng is completely different.

"I ...... I'm not! Official, I'm really not! The man shouted as he struggled.

"Phew! How can a thief admit that he is a thief! Another soap scolded, "Since ancient times, there have been mistakes in catching, and there are no mistakes in putting them!" Well, I look like it! It's not too late to catch it first, put it in prison and take care of it! As he spoke, the soap took out the chain and made it look like he wanted to lock the man up.

A few merchants who came with him next to him came over and pleaded: "Official, he really isn't it...... We've known him since we were kids, and he's really not...... Look at his road......"

Another merchant squeezed over, pulled a soap in one hand, stuffed a little broken silver into the soap officer's hand and said, "The official has worked hard, but our guy, he is really not Tian Xiucheng." Do you think he can be a thief like this? It's a little meaning, but it's not a tribute, and the officials take it to drink tea. ”

The soap Li took the silver, shook it in his hand, put away the chain in his other hand, and smiled at the other soap li: "Old Wu, I don't think this person is very similar to that Tian Xiucheng, we can't wronged a good person, right?" ”

That old Wu also let go of the man who was trembling with fear from him: "Count your luck!" ”

"Thank you two officials, thank you two officials!" The merchant who had taken the money thanked the two soap servants, and then dragged the man away.

Xuan Yi looked at it and couldn't help but shake his head. But he also knows that this is actually just a common thing for these soaps. Now that the imperial court can't pay at all, I don't know how long these soap salaries have been delayed, if I don't use this method to get a little oil and water, I'm afraid that the whole family will starve to death a long time ago.

After a while, Xuanyi arrived at the gate of the city, and the two soaps looked at Xuanyi's degree, and looked at Xuanyi, but they didn't make it difficult for him, and Xuanyi Taoist entered the city very smoothly.

Xuan Yi first went to find a wine shop, handed over the donkey to Xiao Er, and then went to the store to sit down, asked for a pot of wine, a few side dishes, and ate slowly, listening to the chatting of the diners around him. Fushui is a dry wharf, and there are many merchants who come and go, and you can hear a lot of news from their mouths.

"Brother Zhang, I heard that the Tartars are coming into the pass again?" At the table next to him, a merchant looked at another person who was also dressed as a merchant.

"Isn't it? This time, the people of Beizhili have suffered a lot! That Brother Zhang replied, "I heard that the Tartars killed people when they saw them in Beizhili, burned houses when they saw them, and robbed things when they saw them, and now Beizhili has been ruined by them all the way to Shandong." ”

"Then the officials and soldiers of the imperial court don't care?" Another person joined in.

"Tube? How? Just rely on those officials and soldiers of the imperial court? That big brother Zhang glanced at his mouth, "Where do they dare to fight with the Tartars?" As long as the Tartars don't beat them, they will put incense on the Bodhisattva at home! ”

Hearing this, everyone shook their heads together.

In recent decades, the Liaodong Jurchens, who were originally subordinate to the imperial court, suddenly rebelled, not only occupying the entire Liaodong, but also repeatedly crossing the Great Wall to attack the Guannai over the years. And the imperial court officials and soldiers have fought with them for almost every battle over the years, and they have never won a victory. In order to fight against them, the imperial court continued to increase taxes and taxes, and as a result, the war in Liaodong became more and more unfavorable.

"Actually, it's not that the officials and soldiers of the imperial court don't dare to fight with the Tartars." Another person spoke, "When the Tartars entered the customs this time, Lord Lu Tianxiong led the army to resist, but as a result, the other officers and soldiers not only did not go up to help, but took advantage of the desperate time of Lord Lu and the Tartars to hurry up and escape. As a result, Lord Lu fought alone and was annihilated. As soon as Lord Lu died, no one dared to fight with the Tartars. I heard that even the Jingshi is in danger now. ”

Everyone sighed again.

At this time, there was another human: "I heard that Governor Sun has rushed to Beijing with a large army to King Qin." Governor Sun is a good hand at fighting, maybe ......"

"Isn't Lord Lu a good hand at fighting?" The man just opened his mouth and retorted, "It's not like those guys are being killed alive!" Governor Sun can fight, but if he is surrounded by those guys, he will not be able to please the Tartars. Now I can only hope that the Tartars have grabbed enough by themselves and go back by themselves. ”