(Asking for subscriptions and monthly tickets at the beginning of the month) In a blink of an eye, it was the Double Ninth Festival in early September.

Ding Laoshi of Songtai Village, at the foot of the northwest mountain of Wangwu Mountain, has been worrying about one thing for several days: Four or five days ago, he rescued a lost down-and-out scholar on his way back from collecting medicine on the mountain. This scholar's age is already quite young, probably because of the frustration in the field for many years, not only the clothes he is wearing are tattered, but the whole person's expression looks strange, as if he has lost his mind. What is even more unfortunate is that since Ding Laoshi rescued him from the barren mountains and mountains to his three low thatched huts, this scholar could not afford to be ill, and lay on the bed all day and night, with his head covered, moaning and wailing constantly, as if he was suffering great pain.

Puzhou City, not far to the south, is at war, and in this year of war and chaos, Ding Laoshi's family is already living in a very tight situation, and there is more than half a month to fill their stomachs. Now, I have more mouths to eat, and I have to eat bran vegetables almost every meal.

Even if life is so difficult, Ding honestly has no intention of driving this scholar away. Wangwu Mountain is the treasure place of Emperor Xuanyuan to worship the heavens since ancient times, and most of the people living here are the descendants of Yugong, the people are pure, the people are kind, and they will never be able to do anything that will not be saved when they die.

However, what Ding Laoshi couldn't tolerate was that this scholar was willing to lie in bed all day long and couldn't afford to be sick, and he was never willing to go to the spiritual capital on the mountain to beg the fairy girl to treat him.

Wangwu Mountain is worthy of being a treasure land of feng shui, and there are often fairy traces. That is, this fairy girl who came to the Lingdu Temple a few years ago can be called a medical immortal who has come down to earth and rejuvenated with wonderful hands. But if the people in a radius of 100 miles around Wangwu Mountain are sick, as long as they come to Lingdu Temple to seek medical treatment, there is almost nothing she can't cure.

Ding Laoshi planned to go to the Lingdu Temple to find the fairy aunt to ask for a panacea for the scholar, so that he could cure his illness as soon as possible and send him on the road early. But the scholar seemed to be dependent on Ding Laoshi's family, and he refused to go up the mountain to death, so he was sad for Ding Laoshi.

Chung Yeung Festival is a festival to ascend to the top and worship ancestors. Ding Laoshi came out of the house at dawn this day, and he planned to take advantage of the time to go up the mountain to worship the ancestors, and asked the fairy girl in the temple to give him a pair of medicine, so that he could try to coax the scholar to take it when he went home......

With an empty blanket on his shoulder, he walked silently through the courtyard at the head of the village, and was about to turn into the path leading to the mountain, when he heard the neighing of war horses from far and near on the official road at the edge of the village.

Most of the countrymen are timid and don't want to cause trouble. Ding Laoshi heard that the war horses were coming in the direction of the village, and without thinking, he hurriedly turned around and ran a few steps, hiding behind the low battlement wall in the courtyard of the village head, and waited for this group of sergeants to run on the edge of the village before coming out and going up the mountain.

After about a soak of, Ding Laoshi heard the sound of horses outside the wall, thinking that a team of sergeants on horseback had come to the village.

"General, we've been out for three days, and if we don't go back to the camp, the general will only be blamed." A sergeant seemed to be reminding his superiors.

"Although the city of Puzhou has been broken for many days, and most of the rebel chieftains have been bound, however, only the puppet king himself is still on the run, and he is still missing. If he is not captured and brought back to the camp as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future. Now Puzhou's east, west and south sides have been blocked by officials and soldiers, leaving only a Wangwu Mountain across the north, and there is no time to take care of it for a while. I expected that King Ying would most likely be hiding around Wangwu Mountain, and it would take us two more days to work hard, if we really bumped into it, everyone would be the first to do it, and it would not be in vain. Everyone said that this is not the reason? ”

This voice sounded exceptionally crisp and pleasant, still a little childish, Ding Laoshi wondered in his heart: Could it be that this general is still a half-grown doll who has not yet become an adult?

The sergeants replied in unison: "The general's words are true. We are all willing to follow the general, capture King Ying and return to the camp, and receive a reward for meritorious service. ”

I heard the young general say again: "This village is located in the middle of nowhere, and there are not many people in the village, so everyone rushed to the middle of the night, so they simply went to the courtyard next to them to rest and eat some dry food, and then it was not too late to visit the village." ”

Ding Laoshi saw that it was difficult for him to hide in the battlement wall, and he couldn't do anything in his eagerness, so he had to turn his heart sideways, and without waiting for the sergeants to pull him out, he stood up from behind the wall, and timidly said to the sergeants not far from the wall: "We got up early this morning to have a stomach upset, and just squatted in a pit behind this wall, don't stink the soldiers......

The one who led the team to search for King Ying's whereabouts was none other than Lai Xing'er. His current identity is the commander of the left army jumping team under Fu Yi, the head of the two marching armies in Hebei and Hedong. Jumping, that is, the so-called death squad, whenever the battle, if the horses and infantry armies in front of the army formation are defeated one after another, when they are defeated, it is time to jump and kill quickly and show their might.

However, in the siege of the city, the role of jumping was extremely limited. Therefore, although under the siege and siege of Fu Yi, Liu Yi and Zeng Qingze, the city of Puzhou, where the army led by Li Shu, the king of Ying, was broken by the official army within half a month, the jumping team led by Lai Xing'er only played the role of a reserve team from beginning to end, and it did not come in handy.

Because of this, when Lai Xing'er overheard the news that King Ying had escaped, he didn't have time to communicate to his boss, the commander of the soldiers and horses of the left army, so he led his five hundred jumping warriors to rush out of the camp at a gallop, eager to seize this last opportunity to make meritorious contributions, capture King Ying alive, and snatch this first achievement.

In the past three days, Lai Xing'er led people to almost search the roads, villages and towns around Puzhou City, but they didn't even see the shadow of Li Shu, the king of Ying. Lai Xing'er was unwilling to withdraw his troops and return to the camp, and after re-analyzing and judging the battlefield situation, he believed that King Ying could only choose to flee north, so that he might become a fish that slipped through the net. In order to prevent the large number of people, it is easy for King Ying to perceive that there are still pursuers behind him as soon as possible, Lai Xing'er divided the 500 jumping army into 20 squads, and personally led a small team of men and horses to chase all the way in the northwest direction of Wangwu Mountain.

Ding Laoshi suddenly appeared like this, which startled Lai Xing'er, and the person who stood up behind the battlement wall was only a village man about fifty years old, Lai Xing'er secretly breathed a sigh of relief and asked him: "Uncle, may I ask what is the name of this village?" I've seen outsiders come to the village in the last few days. ”

Ding honestly saw that Lai Xing'er was born like a fairy descending to earth, and he spoke very kindly, so he was not as panicked as Fang Cai in his heart, and replied boldly: "Back to this little military master, our village is called Songtai Village, although the place is a bit remote, but there are many people who have passed through our village on weekdays. ”

A sergeant beside Lai Xing'er immediately shouted: "What little military master! This is our captain, and we want to call the general! ”

Lai Xing'er raised his hand to stop the sergeant, stared at the blanket on Ding Laoshi's shoulders and asked, "So early, the old man is going to go out in a hurry?" I waited for the night last night, can you ask the old man to make it convenient and take me to my home to give me a drink? (To be continued.) )