Chapter Ninety-Three: My Family Has a Garden
After sobering up for a moment, Yang Yi looked at where he was.
What I didn't expect was that the small mountain bandit village had such a big dungeon. The cell was dark, only a few oil lamps were faintly flaming, and it was impossible to see the surroundings clearly for a while.
In addition to the poor lighting, the cell is still clean, not as dirty and messy as imagined, perhaps because the business of the mountain bandits has not been good recently, and the prison is unusually quiet and there is no sound of prisoners wailing.
I don't know how long it took, Yang Yi was really hungry, and his stomach was uncomfortable.
Finally, there was a sound of ping-pong iron locks intersecting in the cell, but after a while, I saw that the black-faced mountain bandit from yesterday came to the door of Yang Yi's room with two people and a lantern.
"Childe! The two of us are in charge. The black-faced bandit laughed.
After speaking, the cell was opened, and the two mountain bandits walked straight in, without saying much, Yang Yi, who was already hungry and weak, walked out.
After Yang Yi followed the mountain bandits in a labyrinthine prison for a long time, he finally saw the light at the door. Along the way, although Yang Yi looked hungry and weak, he actually clearly remembered the route in his heart.
As soon as he was released from the prison, Yang Yi, who had not seen the sun for a day and a night, had some discomfort in his eyes, and used his hand in front of the strong light, and after a while, he gradually got used to it, and then he looked around, and couldn't help but be a little surprised.
This cottage is located in the middle of a mountain, the view is very good, as long as you look up, you can see all the movement under the mountain, the wall in the distance is actually a real stone wall, from top to bottom, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Just looking at this geographical location, it is not possible for a small group of officers and troops to attack, no wonder according to Yang Yi's approximate calculation yesterday, this place may be next to the territory of Jingzhao Mansion, how can there be such a large group of mountain bandits?
Yang Yi walked all the way up the mountain, and the more he looked, the more surprised he became, and the more he understood, he couldn't help but say: "I said that you have a lot of cottage people?" ”
The black-faced mountain bandit beside him said with some pride when he heard this: "That's, you don't inquire, who doesn't know our Cangyun Village within a radius of 100 miles?" ”
"It turns out that this place is called Cangyun Village." Yang Yi said secretly.
What Yang Yi didn't expect was that this inconspicuous mountain bandit village in the deep mountains seemed to be self-contained. There are large areas of farmland inside and outside the cottages, and many of the houses are covered with the dried meat and fur of wild beasts, which means that these mountain bandits already have their own basic source of livelihood.
From time to time, women and children walk back and forth in the cottage, which feels less like a cottage and more like a small village or even a small town.
Shouldn't a bandit village be a very chaotic, dark place? But the tranquility here is even better than that of some normal villages and towns, and Yang Yi instantly felt that there was a problem with his three views.
Along the way, Yang Yi followed the black-faced bandits to a big house in the innermost part of the cottage, and a large plaque was hung on the door: "Qunying Hall".
Yang Yi also studied for a year in Guozi School, looking at the "Qunyingtang" three big characters written boldly and chicly, the pen and ink point to the benefit, there is everyone's anger, Yang Yi secretly marveled at where this cottage is sacred? There is such a method.
The black-faced mountain bandit dragged Yang Yi into the Qunying Hall, and as soon as Fang opened the door, the noisy and chaotic sound inside came out, and a disgusting smell of wine came to his face.
Yang Yi stood at the entrance of the hall and watched, but saw that it was crowded with people, all of them were drinking and having fun with their bare arms, but Yang Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said secretly: This is like a bandit's nest.
The black-faced mountain bandit motioned to Yang Yi to stand still, stepped forward and shouted to the top of the hall, sitting on the tiger cushion chair: "The second is in charge!" People brought! ”
The man in the hall put down the huge wine jar in his hand, turned his head to look at Yang Yi with interest, and said with a smile: "Hmm... It was white and pure, but it was like a fat sheep. ”
At the same time, Yang Yi was also looking at this second master, the man was quite burly, with a long scar on his face, ears and neck, which looked very terrifying, but Yang Yi felt that although this person looked vicious, there was an incomprehensible light in his eyes, even if he was drinking, there was an iron-backed serial knife next to the chair at any time.
The second master looked at Yang Yi and asked, "Boy! I heard that you are a rich man in the capital, and you were kidnapped out? ”
Yang Yi hurriedly shook his head, making people look extremely scared.
The second master didn't seem surprised, took a sip of wine, pointed to the lobby and said with a smile: "This place is called Qunyingtang, and those who enter the hall need to be loyal to the liver and righteous gall to be heroic." Brothers, tell this boy how we entertain hypocrites who don't tell the truth! ”
"Cut out his tongue!"
"Peel the skin and pluck the bones and fry them in the oil pan!"
"Tie him up in the mountains and let the wolves eat him alive!"
The mountain bandits, you say a word, I say a word, impassionedly, that posture is as if Yang Yi is the heinous villain is being judged here.
Yang Yiting's face was pale, if it weren't for the mountain bandits on both sides to support him, he would have been paralyzed on the ground.
Seeing this, the second master smiled with some disdain: "Haha!! It is said that the people in the capital are so noble, I think they are all waste! ”
"Haha!! Yes, look at his cowardice! Immediately, the hall burst into laughter, and they all pointed at Yang Yi's nose and cursed.
Yang Yi was secretly amused, this was a group of brainless people who hated the rich, but he was extremely scared on his face: "You good men don't want to kill me, I say yes, I say yes." ”
Seeing this, the second master smiled and said: "Come, help him up, who is your name, where is it from, tell me the situation in your family in detail!" ”
Yang Yi stood up in frustration, looked at the vicious eyes around him, and finally sighed and said: "My name is Jiabaoyu, the head of the family is in the capital, our family has a big garden in the capital, a very big garden, I bet that no one of you here has seen it!" ”
The second master above was a little angry when he heard it: "The kid Hugh boasted, Lao Tzu has been walking the rivers and lakes for decades, what kind of place have you never seen?" You said! If it's false, look at me and I'll not stack your ears! ”
Yang Yi winced and glanced at the second master, and said, "I... My home is called the Grand View Garden, there are five rooms at the main entrance, the bucket tile loach ridge above, the door and the railings and windows, all are finely carved fresh patterns, and there is no vermilion powder decoration, a color of the water mill group wall, the white stone platform below, chiseled into passionflower patterns. Looking left and right, all snow-white powder walls, tiger skin stones below, build with the momentum. When I looked ahead, I saw the white stones, either like ghosts or beasts..."
The most classic passage describing the Grand View Garden in this "Dream of Red Mansions" was copied by Yang Yi in its original form, and the mountain bandits who listened directly were stunned.
This Grand View Garden does not exist even in later generations, which was conceived by Cao Xueqin based on her own travels and the advantages of almost all garden pavilions. Not to mention that this group of mountain bandits and leopards have never seen it, even if they are really high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, it is impossible to see it.