Lin Sen couldn't help but take a closer look at this Xi Junmai's figure, his shoulders were nearly half wider than his own, and he was also a tiger's back, his arms were almost as thick as his legs, his hands were full of calluses, and although his face was still a little immature, he was far less capable of being than he was.

As for whether he was so lucky to save that Xi Junmai in history, Lin Sen would rather choose to believe that yes. The record of that person seems to be limited to his great achievements of "breaking through ten thousand enemies with a hundred horses", and there is nothing else in his life, and there is no way to further verify it, so it is better to treat him as him.

"Good name!" Lin Sen praised him like this, hiding his excitement and excitement.

After this toss, time passed really fast, seeing that it was not early, although Lin Sen sincerely invited them to stay for a meal, didn't he just buy a lot of supplies, it was the time when he had the most confidence, and Xi Jun did not seem to be in very good condition when he bought the father and son, but these two people still left with a thousand thanks.

As for their origins and why Xi Junmai fainted from heat stroke, they didn't say anything from beginning to end, and Lin Sen naturally didn't take the initiative to ask.

Although they were silent about this, Lin Sen still had some more reliable guesses, or speculations, that they should all be mountain people living in Zhongnan Mountain.

Mountain people are not only farmers living in the mountains, but also those who have escaped into the mountains and forests for various reasons, so they do not have a household registration with the government.

In a place like Jungnam Mountain, the composition of the mountain people is also the most complicated.

This direction is the legendary immortal realm, there is no shortage of hermits in all dynasties, even if Lin Sen comes to the later generations, there is still no shortage of hermits in the Zhongnan Mountain, as for the reasons for the retreat, there are many kinds of reasons, anyway, in the end, they are tired of the red dust, and turn to pursue the "Tao" in their hearts.

There are too many famous people in this area, as early as Lao Tzu, the ancestor of Taoism and the ancestor of the Li Tang royal family, to Zhang Liang of the Han Dynasty, and a number of characters who are respected as immortals, have all been cultivated in Zhongnan Mountain, and this medicine king Sun Simiao should also stay in Zhongnan Mountain to live in seclusion.

Hermits are only a small part of the mountain people, and in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, the most people escaped into the mountains and forests in order to escape the war and military disasters. Because the terrain of Zhongnan Mountain is complex and the area is huge, it is a good choice to scatter into it to save your life.

However, as the Tang Dynasty gradually settled down, these people walked out of the mountains and forests, re-registered and became obedient people.

There are also some mountain people who simply want to escape taxes, or exploitation from landlords, and go to the mountains and forests to live a self-sufficient life, feeling that the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, and they are more comfortable.

In the end, there are also some who nest in the mountains because they don't deal with Datang. There are people who competed for several other major forces in the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty, because they were worried that the Tang Dynasty would settle accounts after the autumn, and they were tired of the days of endless battles, and they planned to live here in the mountains steadily.

After all, Du Fuwei and other leaders who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty can be said to have been unjustly killed, which made the Tang Dynasty lose a wave of people's hearts, even an invincible general like Kan Ling was casually accused of being killed like that, and ordinary generals don't know how to be handled.

There are also some conspirators who are still hostile to Datang, or bandits who do not obey discipline, or conspirators who still intend to cause some trouble for Datang, and it is best to make the world rise again.

Of course, the life of the mountain people is certainly not so good, if you escape into the mountains and forests not only can you have food and clothing without worry, but also do not have to pay taxes, then everyone will not come to be the mountain people, who will be the obedient people who are managed.

In fact, Datang attaches great importance to the place of origin at this time, you want to enter the city, want to trade, etc., as long as it is an activity that needs to communicate with the crowd, you must have a household registration, even if you go to buy a salt, buy some iron, don't count on it if you don't have a household registration, you can't even enter the city gate, let alone trade these necessary materials.

At the same time, since you have not fulfilled your responsibility to pay taxes, you will naturally not enjoy the protection of the soldiers, let alone an official to administer justice to you, so you can carry any unfortunate things yourself. Even if they are reported by ordinary villagers, maybe there will be rewards for them, and there are not a few people who have been captured and turned into slaves.

Therefore, aside from the superficial freedom, most of these mountain people are facing the embarrassment of lack of clothing and salt, and no one is willing to turn themselves into mountain people unless they have to. And it is completely understandable that Xi Junmai's father and son are secretive about their identity.

As far as the fierceness shown by Xi Junmai's father and son is concerned, Lin Sen always feels that they are more likely to belong to the last one, the kind that escapes into the mountains and forests with art, but it doesn't seem like they are still hostile to Datang.

However, these don't seem to have much to do with Lin Sen at the moment, so there is no need to delve into it, as long as you know that these two people will not be harmful to you.

These two should be straightforward people, and judging from the performance of the two, they obviously take their feelings as a life-saving benefactor very seriously, so naturally they don't have to worry about revenge.

After sending off these two strong men, Lin Sen began to prepare dinner happily, and he was indeed hungry after a busy day's work, but he still felt that it was worth saving such a famous and famous fierce general.

He doesn't care about anything in return, Lin Sen has always adhered to the concept that being kind to others is just to get his own thoughts accessible, and doing good deeds is already the best reward, as long as the other party is not a white-eyed wolf who turned his face on the spot, whether he will repay the favor in the future will not affect his good mood.

However, it is obvious that the father and son are not the masters who do not know how to repay their kindness, and the words of repayment are definitely not just casual words, which Lin Sen can quickly understand.

This dinner Lin Sen prepared a particularly rich meal, not only to reward himself for saving a life, but also for the harvest of this trip to Chang'an, not only to exchange wood carvings for more than a dozen huge sums of money, but also to find a new way of wealth, and there are many things just bought, it is not too much to be extravagant.

Early the next morning, Lin Sen put yesterday's episode behind him, took the axe and went to the mountains to find good things, wood carvings need good materials, and if you want to sell some precious medicinal materials and decoctions, you also need to go to the mountains to find them. He's not yet at the point where he can sit and eat.