Chapter 17: Unexpected

The next day, after breakfast, Chai Baochen and Yunlin came to the county government and met Lord Chen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Lord Chen has asked 300 soldiers to assemble at the city gate. Lord Chen said to Chai Baochen and Yun Lin: "Without further ado, virtuous nephew, you will set off with someone, escort 'Uncle', be sure to find his lair, and wipe it all out, and there must be no kindness of a woman!" ”

"Yes, sir!" Chai Baochen agreed. Honestly, he wanted to spare innocent women and children.

"Okay, 'Uncle' has been escorted to the city gate by me, and I will send you to the city gate to handle the handover procedures." Master Chen commanded.

When I arrived at the city gate, I saw "Uncle" sitting in a prison car, his limbs wearing heavy shackles, and he was dozing listlessly. Three hundred soldiers lined up outside the city, and the morning sun shone on their armor, showing that the soldiers were even more energetic. They are majestic and intimidating.

Lord Chen walked in front of the soldiers and announced in public: "Now this official has appointed Lord Chai to lead Er and others to go into the mountains to destroy the bandits' lair, you must do your best, and obey your orders!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" The soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound shook for nine days.

Lord Chen arched his hand to Chai Baochen and said, "Send you a thousand miles, and you must say goodbye in the end." I'm in the city waiting for good news. You must be on guard everywhere when you go, and don't fall into the way of thieves! ”

"Lord Xie cares, and the little nephew will not disgrace his mission!"

After saying goodbye, Chai Baochen led a large group of people to the deep mountains, but Chai Baochen and the others did not know the way, and needed to ask "uncle" from time to time. "Uncle" is also honest, very attentive in guiding the way, and seems to really want to change his past mistakes and sincerely regret it. The team walked in front, Chai Baochen, Yun Lin and "Uncle" were at the back of the team, and the herald kept giving orders.

In this way, a group of men and horses stopped and stopped, and after noon, the soldiers stopped to bury the pot and make rice. Chai Baochen walked to the prisoner car of "Uncle" and asked, "How long will it take to arrive?" ”

"Uncle" thought for a while and said, "At the pace of the morning, you can walk for two hours." It's not far away, mainly to look close, and it takes a lot of effort to walk. “

Chai Baochen relayed the words of "Uncle" to Yun Lin, Yun Lin nodded after hearing this, and said, "Well, walking on mountain roads is not as slow as walking on flat ground." ”

After a brief break at noon, continue to pull. As I walked, the road was full of stones, and the prisoner cart of "Uncle" could not be pushed on the mountain. Chai Baochen asked the soldiers to put on the shoes of the "uncle" and let the "uncle" come down and walk. He was shackled, and he shouldn't be able to escape.

An hour and a half later, the team arrived at the deep place behind the mountain, only to see a white stream surrounded by a light gauze twilight floating on the water surface, and bursts of bird songs came from the forest. Everyone can't help but marvel at the charm of nature. As the procession continued to move forward, suddenly there was a commotion among the soldiers at the front, and there was a lot of noise. Chai Baochen felt that the situation was wrong, and said to Yun Lin: "Master, you are here to watch the 'uncle' thief, let me go to the front to see what the situation is!" ”

Yun Lin said, "Be careful. ”

Chai Baochen nodded and ran over quickly, the mountain road was rugged, it was really difficult, and when he rushed to the front of the team, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, there would be a "swamp" here! I saw more than a dozen soldiers stuck in the swamp, and the rest of the soldiers tied up long ropes to rescue. The people were saved, but the morale of the army began to waver a little! This twist and turn is not small, "Uncle" has already introduced himself into the swamp! Next, without a guide, the soldier will not be able to move an inch! "Uncle" is really insidious and vicious! No wonder Lord Chen always has to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, it seems that he has suffered a lot from "Uncle".

Chai Baochen walked to the back of the team, came to the side of "Uncle", and asked, "Why did you do this?" Seeing the "uncle" looking at himself with a sneer, he was very annoyed, sure that he had been tricked, but he didn't expect the situation to reverse so quickly, and this "uncle" was really hateful, listless along the way, pretending to be pitiful.

"Haha! Why? Why didn't you let me go? I am a bandit, you are an official, either you kill me, or I kill you. Now you and these people will bury me!" ”

Chai Baochen walked to Yun Lin's side again, approached his ear and told him the current situation. Yun Lin frowned after hearing this, and said, "Kill "Uncle" now, and then go back, we can go back as much as we want." ”

Chai Baochen shook his head and said, "When I came, I promised Lord Chen that I would not dishonor my mission, if I kill a felon, I am afraid it will be inappropriate." It seems that the time has not yet reached the end of the mountain, so let's think about it again. ”

Yun Lin looked around and said, "From now on, let's find our own way back, look at this day, the light in the mountains and forests will dim in two hours, I'm afraid it's not good." Only one step at a time, at a critical moment, don't be a hero, it is important to save your life, there are still two women at home, remember. ”

Chai Baochen nodded, and asked the herald to look for the soldiers who had been sentry in the army to come out, and the herald asked for a while, but no one came. Chai Baochen suddenly thought that he had read "Notes on Tomb Robbery" in later generations, and he would see Feng Shui when he touched Jin, and he could walk in the mountains with ease. So, let the herald go to the army to do the "touch the gold captain", after a long time, a young man came out of the team, cowering, the atmosphere did not dare to stretch, came to Chai Baochen, and said: "My father taught me to look at feng shui!" ”

Chai Baochen's eyes lit up, will you watch the fight? Is there a big tomb around here?

Seeing Yun Lin and the young man looking at him with strange eyes, Chai Baochen suddenly reacted that he wanted to find a way to survive instead of robbing the tomb! Alas, the thinking has gone astray again.

Chai Baochen coughed twice and asked again, "Do you know how to look at the soil?" Can you lead the team out of this swamp? ”

The young man looked left and right, and then said confidently, "My father must be able to." ”

Chai Baochen and Yun Lin flew over a layer of gray lines on their heads. Chai Baochen said: "Far water can't quench the thirst of the near, can you take us out of this swamp?" ”

"My lord, I want to ask, is there any reward for leading the way?" The young man said hesitantly.

Chai Baochen was surprised, shouldn't soldiers be very obedient in this era? Why did he ask him to lead the way and bargain? Chai Baochen looked at the young man with a very puzzled gaze.

The young man was embarrassed and said, "My lord, I don't look good, I can't be your 'rabbit master', don't look at me." "Lord Rabbit" is the name given to prostitutes by men in the upper class of the Ming Dynasty. To put it simply, it is a man's male pet, in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the flow of mang culture prevailed, and the children of rich and noble families played with male pets became a fashionable fashion trend for comparison, and there was also the phenomenon of exchanging prostitutes, which led to the prevalence of willow disease.

Chai Baochen scolded: "I! Give you a tael of silver and take us out, or break your head!" Chai Baochen was very annoyed when he watched this kid grinding and chirping.

"Yes, sir. If you have money to make...... I mean, my dad is in the line, I'm going to call him. The young man ran towards the group.

Oh, it's been a long time, and the father of this kid is here! I also said that "far water can't quench the thirst of the near", and it is good, a tael of silver can allow so many people to escape, which is very cost-effective.

After a while, the young man pulled a very old soldier over and said, "Dad, when the military service is over, I will marry a daughter-in-law. ”

"Alas, I told you not to say in front of people that I would do this, and now that I don't give money, I have to do it." The veteran looked at Chai Baochen and said, "My lord, please command." ”

"Okay, you take us out of here, don't get stuck in the swamp!" Chai Baochen said urgently.

"Yes, the terrain here is high in the east and low in the west, two ditches and a mountain, the ditch and the mountain are connected, and the swamp just appeared in the southwest ravine, according to the old man's judgment, we should take the side of the ravine depression, that is, the east. Bypassing the mountains to the east, it's much easier to walk. I remember when I came, there was a mountain with a ridge, and there were clouds and smoke on the water, as long as I went back along the road I came, it shouldn't be a big problem. ”

"It's good, you can remember the way, it's really unexpected." Chai Baochen praised, turned his head to look at Yun Lin, and said, "Master, after a while, we will rush back at a rapid marching speed, and we may be able to get home before the city gate is closed." Haha......"

Suddenly, a scream came, and the veteran was hit by an arrow in the chest, and the arrow pierced through the chest, and he fell to the ground and twisted his body a few times before moving. The young man was dumbfounded, and threw himself on the veteran and cried: "Father, father, who will save him!" ”

A rain of arrows hit the team again, overwhelming the sky, Chai Baochen was taken aback, and hurriedly shouted: "Quickly dodge!" ”

All at once the team was in disarray. The soldiers hid in Tibet, but the archers should have been numerous, and the arrows were densely packed from the sky. And this mountain forest is full of swamps, and the place where the team is located is not in danger to defend, and the situation is very difficult. Chai Baochen dodged for a while, pulling the corpse of a soldier next to him to block the rain of arrows, at this time he thought that "Uncle" would not be shot to death, so he hurriedly looked around, who knows, there was neither a body nor a figure where "Uncle" stood just now! This cunning guy took advantage of the chaos and ran away!