Qinzhou in the northwest is currently nominally under the rule of the Chang'an court in the Western Jin Dynasty, but in fact it is actually the private territory of the king of Nanyang and Sima Bao, the assassin of Qinzhou.

Longxi County under the rule of Qinzhou is at the junction with Liangzhou, and there is a Shouyang County under it, and Bailing Village is in its county.

Although Shouyang County is a serious county seat, it is not as good as Xiangwu City, where the county is located. Shouyang is not a big county, the circumference of the city is only four miles, the population is 50,000 at the peak, and after the rebellion, there are less than 20,000 people left.

The year before last, there was a man named Zhiping, who led his troops to occupy the county seat, killed the original county commander, and proclaimed himself the city lord. How can the common people have the right to speak, they have to admit it if they don't recognize it, and somehow later, Sima Bao, the assassin of Qinzhou, also recognized the lord of Zhicheng.

There is a Bailing Mountain more than 20 miles away in the north of the county, a village at the foot of the mountain, according to this mountain, it is called Bailing Village. This village is said to be the last years of the Three Kingdoms, a small group of Han mountain people near the left are self-reliant, go up the mountain to hunt, go down to the river to catch fish, and some even planted some barren fields.

Later, there were some Han displaced people, who could not bear the attack of the Xianbei tree functional rebels in Hexi, and fled to the foot of Bailing Mountain here, living in groups, and helping the local residents.

After the population gradually increased, the village was naturally formed, and after decades of development, it also began to take shape, small and vibrant, with a population of more than 500 people, which is this Bailing Village.

Although it is called a village, Bailing Village is actually a village with the nature of an early dock fort. Speaking of Wubao, it was formed in the turbulent Wang Mang period, a kind of civil defense building.

And the flood of dock forts is none other than the era of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms. The Hu people, who did not belong to each other, were like a group of wild horses chasing water and grass, rushing through the horizon at will, and under the iron hooves of rain, the traditional social organization of the Central Plains fell apart with the fall of one city after another.

The catastrophe smashed a top-down, orderly state and society into separate blocs, so that the self-defensive Wubao was also counted as the smallest micro-group, scattered throughout China.

The Han people, who had lost any protection, or some poor and lowly Hu people, almost out of the instinct of survival, fled from the countryside that had become a battlefield and moved from place to place. The people either according to their clans, or by their villages, or with their chieftains, lived in groups to protect themselves to avoid the difficulties of Rong Di Kou thieves, soldiers and killings.

Gao Yue has recovered, his mentality has been calm, and he will be at peace first. Staying at Hu Laohan's house every day, enjoying a rare leisure, whenever he wanted to go up the mountain to chop firewood and hunt, he always persuaded Hu Laohan to stay at home, and he went with Feng Liang.

The first two times, Hu Laohan was afraid that Gao Yue had not done the chores of these mountain people, but after getting along for a few days, he saw that he was humble and sensible, honest and polite, and he didn't want to tire him.

But seeing that he is tall, strong and sensitive, and willing to endure hardships, and after coming back from the mountains several times together, it is because of him that he has gained a lot.

The hunted boar was fresh, and the old and young had a good tooth sacrifice. Take some more meat and marinate it, hang it with last year's jerky, and you can still have some surplus to send to your neighbors in the same village.

Good animal skins and animal bones can be taken to the county town to exchange rice and cloth, Hu Laohan is completely relieved, and he really loves Gao Yue in his heart, and he also treats him as his own nephew

At this moment, Gao Yue dragged a wild boar that had been killed, the pig's black mane was standing on the sword, its purple tongue was hanging on the side of the turned fangs, its limbs were thick, and its physique was fat, I was afraid that it was about five hundred catties.

Gao Yue dragged the heavy wild boar through the mountains, but it didn't seem to be very difficult. One is that he is a fierce general, and he is talented and his strength is far beyond ordinary people; the second has been practicing martial arts with Yue Fei since he was a child, and has been systematically and strictly tempered, and he is even more fierce and extraordinary; The third is the downhill road, and he also happened to take advantage of the downward rush.

"Big brother, you are so powerful, this pig is strong and fierce, you didn't have a few sticks to kill, last year the two brothers Li hunted one together, everyone admired it tightly, that one is not as big as the one you hit." Big brother, you're only six years older than me, why are you so strong and powerful? You teach me. ”

Feng Liang dragged a large bundle of firewood with some difficulty, he took a few breaths and turned his head to talk. The heart of a teenager is mostly happy to move rather than quiet. There is a companion who gets along day and night in life, and Gao Yue is not a dull character, after getting along for more than half a month, Feng Liang and Gao Yue are very close to each other.

In addition, young people worship the strong the most, Feng Liang is thin and small, every time he sees Gao Yue hunting beasts and chopping wood, he is extraordinary, fast and fierce, he is very envious, and he sticks behind Gao Yue every day, like a small follower.

Feng Liangzhi treated Gao Yue as his own brother. He not only admired Gao Yue's extraordinary skills, but also envied Gao Yue's tall figure, in a word, he admired Gao Yue very much.

"Learning martial arts is very hard-working, and your mind has to sink down. You have a detached personality, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to bear loneliness and boredom. I'll take you to practice in the future. ”

Gao Yue's steps were calm, and when he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Boss Li? Is that the leader of the young children in the village you mentioned? ”

"Yes, Boss Li is only eighteen years old this year, as old as you, nearly eight feet tall, tall and strong, and when idlers can't get close, the big guys can't beat him, and he is the leader, it's really majestic."

Gao Yue turned his head, looked at Feng Liang, and said with a smile: "Are you envious? ”

Feng Liangqing's eyes were bright, and he thought for a while: "I don't envy it." If he becomes a general and commands thousands of troops, then I will envy him. He's just, yes, called the courage of the horseman. ”

"Ryoko, are you afraid of him?" Gao Yue deliberately lowered his voice, grimaced, and asked with a smile.

Feng Liang squinted at Gao Yue and pouted, "Who said I was afraid of him." I can't beat him, the village and Zuo Jin's partners, taller and stronger than me, can't beat him, and I'm not ashamed, besides, Boss Li is not like his brother, he never takes the initiative to beat people casually. ”

As he spoke, he raised his tone and said, "But he can't outrun me, I'm running fast, he can't catch up, he can't beat me if he really wants to, hehe, is it okay to take me?" ”

He squeezed his eyebrows again and said: "The next time I meet him, I will tell him that there is a brother in the family, who is much more powerful than him, and he is probably not convinced, and he will definitely have a discussion with you." Big brother, are you afraid? ”

Gao Yue glanced at him angrily: "You kid is restless, always thinking about causing trouble, and you want to take me with you." What kind of fight with people for no reason? Well, but you guy is quite nimble, and his speed is also fast, just now this wild boar suddenly jumped out of his frenzy, chasing you for a long time and not hurting you, it depends on your jump. ”

"Hehe, that's it, Boss Li also said that if you compare flexibility and speed, everyone can't compare to me, who doesn't know, a radius of thousands of miles ......." Feng Liang proudly straightened his chest, raised his head and boasted, and slapped his chest with a loud bang, but he lost his strength and was almost knocked to the ground by the firewood.

"It's still a thousand miles away, why don't you say the whole world, don't be ashamed, and you're not afraid of biting your tongue?"

Feng Liang smiled, dragged a large bundle of firewood, looked up at the sun, wiped the sweat on his face with his sleeve, and secretly thought in his heart that he was greedy for a while, this firewood was too much.

I wanted to push the firewood and roll down the mountain, but I was afraid that the firewood would fall apart. Gao Yue beside him dragged the big wild boar and looked relaxed, Feng Liang usually prides himself on being a man, but when it was time to show his skills, he was embarrassed to drop the chain, so he gritted his teeth and dragged his steps.

Gao Yue smiled, knowing that Feng Liang couldn't hold it anymore, so he said, "Anyway, I'm almost home, sit and rest for a while, wipe my sweat and leave, I'm also quite tired." ”

Feng Liang shook his head: "It's because we're almost home, let's grit our teeth and go back quickly, my uncle is waiting for us to eat together." ”

Sweat flowed into the boy's eyes, and he couldn't help but feel a slight tingling. He tightened the belt of his trousers, and wrapped the rope that bound the pyre around his waist a few more times.

Gao Yue saw that he was young, willing to endure hardships, and tenacious enough, so he couldn't help but praise, "Not bad!" Men and men should be like this, when they encounter a little difficulty, they are called heaven and earth, and they are not as good as girls. ”

The two encouraged each other, talked and laughed, and after a while, they arrived at the back road of the village.

A few more detours along the path, and you will see home in the distance. In a small courtyard surrounded by a thick fence, three old adobe houses are lined up, the outer walls are freshly plastered with plaster, and the outer roof is covered with thick shuttle grass.

There wasn't too much firewood on the east wall, but it was neatly stacked. A small peach tree was planted in front of the steps of the house, and it was only the thickness of an arm, and it shook its head in the wind, and it rustled softly.

This is a simple farmhouse, although the courtyard is small, it looks particularly bright and tidy in the sun, revealing a warm and peaceful feeling that makes people feel at ease.

The fence door of the yard was open, Feng Liang entered the courtyard and easily unloaded the firewood pile, he couldn't breathe evenly, and rushed to the backyard in a few steps, no need to ask, he must have rushed to the well to scoop water to quench his thirst and quench his fatigue.

"Uncle, we're back."

Gao Yue dragged the fat and strong boar to the corner of the backyard wall. greeted Hu Laohan.

After getting along for half a month, Hu Laohan liked this vibrant, humble and polite young man very much, treated Gao Yue and Feng Liang as usual, and said to outsiders that he was his cousin.

Feng Liang was still immersed in scooping well water, muttering that I was thirsty while gulping down.

Gao Yue walked over, pressed the gourd scoop in Feng Liang's hand, and said, "Don't drink more, you are hot, the well water is cold, you are so anxious and cold, be careful of being sick." ”

Feng Liang also listened to the persuasion, put down the water scoop, stood up by the well, smacked, wiped his mouth, came back to his senses, and said strangely: "Why didn't my uncle agree?" At this time, my uncle is at home, where can I go? Uncle? ”

As he spoke, he also turned his head and shouted Hu Laohan twice, but no one answered.

Feng Liang scratched his scalp, very puzzled, and a little alert, he slowed down, and was about to go to the front yard to enter the house to take a look, but the figure next to him flashed, but it was Gao Yue who pulled him behind him.

Feng Liang was startled, opened his mouth, and raised his eyes to look at Gao Yue.

But he saw Gao Yue frowning slightly, his eyes flashing, and he said in a deep voice: "It's already lunch time, my uncle won't go out for no reason, besides, when I came back just now, I found that the courtyard fence door was open, and my uncle was half-hidden at home on weekdays." The situation is a bit out of order. ”