Chapter 85: Encounter with the Enemy (1)
The goshawk's cold and long roar tore through the peace of the mountain. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoPedestrians who trudge on the winding roads of the earth can't help but raise their heads, the overly strong sunlight makes people subconsciously squint their eyes, and the colorful light spots push away the thin clouds that wander in the shape of tearing and floating on the fragile eyes of human beings, which is if you don't close it quickly, then in a moment, tears will come out of nowhere.
Compared to the gently transitioning, lush and lovely hills of the SC, the mountains of GZ can make people feel more strongly - the peaks stand abruptly and scatter the earth, and the mountains are like more similar peaks, compared to the layered green of eastern Sichuan, the vegetation here seems to have only one color, with a bit of desolate, extending into the distance, which is made of various pine and cypress green, pine green, intertwined and overlapping green.
In the gentle slopes of the mountains, the terraced rice fields suddenly crash into the eye after a few peaks, and the verdant green of the rice paddies in early summer becomes an embellishment of those overly dark colors. Looking down from the mountain road, the villages are surrounded by terraced rice fields, but they are the size of a palm, and as for the people, they are hidden among the half-height crops. Occasionally, one or two colors that are different from those of the rice fields disappear at a glance, and it is the farmer who occasionally straightens up and takes a rare breath.
"When I came here a few years ago, those fields were barren, but now I didn't think that they would be reclaimed again." Chen Xianda retracted his gaze and said with a little emotion: "Back then, along the way, there were deserted villages and wild graves everywhere, and I don't know how many people died. ”
Chen Mingjiang, who followed Qianhu on horseback, was still young, and he didn't have much resonance with Chen Xianda's sigh of lamenting the years of old man, he just looked at the village and commented from the perspective of an officer: "That village is cleverly built, there are fields on several sides, and it is so high that it takes some effort to conquer it." If the guards are some martial arts, it is even more difficult to fight. ”
"Zhu Zhitai is now gathering the people and resuming farming, especially to appease the Miao people." Glancing at Yizi, Chen Xianda knocked him unhurriedly and said: "If you are not rebellious, you must not disturb the people, and those who violate the military law will be punished-if you ruin the affairs of the master of Taiwan, no one can save you." ”
Chen Mingjiang was not deterred by the warning in his father-in-law's words, but he did not intend to discuss the topic any further - he was not a bandit, let alone a ruffian, and had no interest in slaughtering unarmed civilians. After a moment of silence, the young leader of the pro-soldiers planned to talk to Senhu about something more important. He cleared his throat, coughed lightly, and then held back for a moment before he spoke in a daze, "I'll go talk to Zhong Guan'er." ”
"Oh." Chen Xianda was not surprised, he let go of the reins slightly, and the mount was able to shake its huge head comfortably, and the horse looked longingly at the tender grass growing on the side of the road, but the well-trained military horse rejected the temptation, and it turned its head, spewed a rough breath from its nostrils, and sighed rhythmically.
Reaching out and patting comfortingly on the neck of his mount, Chen Xianda turned his head to look at his righteous son, who was still a little young, and sure enough, this young man's face showed a look mixed with confusion and apprehension, which made him feel a little better inexplicably, Qianhu thought so, and a smile appeared on his face.
"In the morning, I heard that you went to find Zhong Guan'er, so I guessed what you wanted to do." Chen Xianda spoke slowly, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on the seemingly calm face of the young man beside him, and Qianhu pretended not to have found anything, and continued to speak leisurely: "You, a tendon leads to the end, that is, you don't tell me, I can't see your father?" At this point, you have to learn from Zhong Guan'er, who is many years younger than you, but he can calm down better than you. ”
Since Chen Xianda has been exposed, Chen Mingjiang simply said honestly: "My son is indeed looking for Zhongguan'er to speak." It's also a matter of the world. The son persuaded Zhong Guan'er that the world was chaotic and wanted to protect himself, but he would not be able to rely on the idea in his hand, how many wealthy businessmen offended the official yamen, and it was also a dead word. If he wants the Li family to last for a long time, he has to think of finding an official position. In these years, his own family is wearing official skins and holding knives, which is the most reliable. ”
He said this quite bluntly, and Chen Xianda was speechless for a while. He stared at Yizi for a long time with a pair of eyes puffed out, but after all, he was defeated, so he had to glare at him fiercely, and scolded him first: "It's really good to say that you are a straight gut!" These words can be said at will! ”
lowered his voice and scolded: "The country has its own system, and the court has its own law, what is it called wearing official skin and holding a knife handle!?" What's that called!? In the past, it was called a feudal town! It's called self-reliance! If you listen to this, you can peel off a whole layer of skin! I'm still young, and I don't know how thick the sky is! ”
After a lesson, Chen Mingjiang's face was blue and red, and the beads of sweat on his head came out layer by layer, so he could be let go. Chen Xianda still didn't dare to relax, his face was calm, and he knocked another sentence on his mouth: "This time you are talking about Zhongguan'er, your own brother, but it's fine, if you talk to someone else next time, and cause trouble, don't say that your father and I, a small thousand households, will be the commander and the envoy will follow to eat!" As he spoke, he reversed the horsewhip and struck on his helmet, pressing down the brim of his hat and almost covering his face, and shouted: "Let me use my brain when I talk in the future!" ”
Chen Mingjiang hurriedly answered in a low voice, and quietly stretched out his hand to straighten his hat, just when he was embarrassed, he heard Chen Xianda ask again: "Then how does Zhongguan'er speak?" ”
He was stunned, turned his head to look at his father-in-law, Chen Xianda's face was still a strict father's expression, but the corners of his tense mouth quietly revealed a few traces of nervousness and expectation. Chen Mingjiang understood a little in his heart, but he didn't dare to bring it out on his face, and only said softly: "Zhong Guan'er didn't speak at that time. He recalled Li Yongzhong's expression at that time, and said hesitantly: "My son is reckless, and Zhong Guan'er has a deep temperament, I'm afraid I don't know my son well, but I didn't say anything." ”
At that time, if Chen Mingjiang told Chen Xianda Zhu Sheng's sentence "accumulate grain, build a high wall, and slowly become king", Qianhu would immediately give him a whip and a long memory, and then never mention the matter of the world's office. But although Chen Mingjiang said that he was straightforward, fortunately he was not reckless, and kept an eye on it, and covered it up without saying anything. Chen Xianda didn't know, he still turned his mind, he was still hesitating at first, but the straightforward words of his own uneasy reckless goods made Chen Xianda make up his mind - indeed, just like Chen Mingjiang said, in this year, there is no official backing, the so-called "breaking the county order, destroying the prefect", and the huge family business is also an idle matter.
He wants to find a way for his son-in-law to not talk about eternity, but also to keep peace for a while.
Thinking of this, Qianhu made up his mind, and he instructed Yoshiko: "After camping tonight, you go to find Zhongguan'er, and I have something to say to him." After saying this, the heavy block in my heart seemed to collapse immediately, and my body felt comfortable! Chen Xianda secretly said in his heart, he didn't know what hypocrisy was, it should have been like this a long time ago!
In the distance of the Qianhu mountain beam, whose faces were beams of joy because of the removal of the big stone in his heart, several heads wrapped in blue cloth pads stared maliciously at the Ming army slowly advancing on the opposite mountain road in the dense trees of early summer, and a thin young man squinted his eyes and fixed his gaze on the team of only a few dozen people at the back of the Ming army, and the tall banner was waving in the wind, revealing the words on it with teeth and claws - although it was too far away to see clearly, But the young man chewed a few words out of his teeth.
"Fushun Li Yan."
The companion next to him bumped him with his elbow, and when he turned his head with impatience on his face, his face suddenly showed a little timidity, and he swallowed a mouthful of saliva before asking him in a thick Sichuan voice: "Second brother, are you still staring?" ”
"Yes! The front of the road was divided into two ways to return to Bijie," the young man called the second brother turned his head back again, this time he set his eyes on the ranks of the Ming army, desperately trying to see how many soldiers there were, counted for a while, and then turned back to his companions and said: "We chose the big road to ambush, but I'm afraid that the Ming army is familiar with this side of the road, pick that small road to go!" ”
The big road and small road in the mouth of the second brother are actually the two necessary roads for Muxi Mountain to return to Bijie, one road is narrow, only two people can go together, it is a small road, and the other road is wide, which can allow two big cars to go in parallel, which is the big road. When I came to Muxi Mountain, because it was a pursuit, the Ming army was actually chasing after the Miao people all the way over the mountains and mountains, and I didn't go either of the two roads, but now I am returning to the camp, and I don't have to work so hard, and I walk on the road openly.
"Hehe, no one would have imagined that the road was a desperate one, although it was wide and flat, but it was sandwiched between two mountain beams, and the forest was deep and dense; Although the path was narrow, there was a great stream of water at the bottom of the slope, and the surrounding hills were so steep that even sheep could not climb up! The second brother sneered and said, "That guy fought a battle yesterday, I'm afraid that now I want to go back to Bijie to rest, but we can't let them go lightly!" ”
The other older man was still a little steady, he thought for a while, and discussed with the second brother: "The Ming army is not familiar with the road, and there is no village around here, so you can't catch a guide." I think they have to take the big road, but in case they go to the side road in addition to the fork, the brothers will be a waste of hard work! ”
"That's fine!" The second brother stared at him, as if he was about to stare at the speaker's heart, making his palms sweat, and his back was even more damp. Seeing that the other party was looking at each other in a playful manner, the second brother laughed, patted the old man on the shoulder very affectionately, and said with a happy smile: "Brother Xiaohu is still thoughtful!" I said, with Brother Xiaohu here, things are even more stable! But this time my brother was worried in vain, and when he came out, the general told me that if I can fight this time, I will fight, if I can't fight, it's not a big deal, in short, I can't be reckless! ”
He looked at the two of them with a smile, and a trace of ferocity flashed on his young face, "What about the hard work?" It's better than losing your life for nothing! ”