Chapter 179: A Secluded Valley

In ancient times, there were buses to bring people into Beijing to catch the exam. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

This bus is specially designed to carry people to the capital to participate in the examination, ordinary people are not allowed to do, this thing has a long history, it is said that there was as early as the Han Dynasty, and there was a saying that the bus was written on the bus when the law was changed in later generations, and the bus mentioned here is actually this thing.

However, it is very troublesome to take the bus, a province is so big, and the government will not drive the bus to find you door to door, you have to run to Jinan to take it first, and then wait for everyone to go on the road together.

Although there are many people on the road to take care of it, and a group of people get together to discuss some knowledge, but Li Weiguo doesn't like trouble, and there are free carriages at the moment.

"Li Jieyuan, our old Zhang Tou used to go out all the year round, this capital has also been to say a hundred and ten times, the road is very familiar, where there is a ditch on the road, where there is a trench, where there is a ringing horse, where there is a lock, checkpoints, we are all familiar with the deadly, you put your heart in your stomach, we can definitely send you to the capital safely!"

There are two people who drive, Ma Da has this person who does things safely, a person who does business, and sometimes he has to travel under the stars when he is in a hurry, so he also sent two grooms, and the other groom surnamed Liu doesn't like to talk, this old man is gone, and he is a talkative master.

Li Gouyu couldn't help but think of the time when he came back from the provincial city to take a horse cart that year, and continued: "We still have ravines and horses in this land? ”

Bandits have a long history in China, and it can be said that along with the entire Chinese feudal society, there have been countless changes of dynasties and countless changes of ownership in Chinese history, but the profession of bandits has always grown new and has never disappeared.

The area in the south is called bandits to make bangzi, the northeast area is called handmaidens, and Shandong is mostly called Xiangma, which is a line of business, the lowest line in the three hundred and sixty lines.

"Yes, it's not a few miles." Lao Zhangtou opened the conversation: "Although we are rich in Shandong, there are always poor and remote places, those poor mountains and bad rivers can not grow crops, and the roads are also rugged, and the men either come out to do work in order to survive, or they have to fall into the grass!" So in the east and west of our mountain, there are a lot of bandits. ”

"I see." Li Gou said with a heart, but don't be targeted by these ringing horses, there are now more than a hundred taels of snowflakes and silver on the carriage alone, if you are targeted, it's better to rob money, but don't be slaughtered again as a rich and unkind!

Li Gouyu has been afraid of pain since he was a child, and he is even more damn afraid of death, and now he has easily won a fame for a person, don't die young without being rewarded.

"Master Li doesn't have to worry." Lao Zhangtou patted his chest and said: "We have gone through countless experiences in this area, and we know where there is a ringing horse, rest assured, I can't miss your imperial examination!" ”

Lao Zhang's words are full, with an expression that you put your heart in your stomach.

The Ming Dynasty, like other dynasties in Chinese history, had a lot of peasant uprisings during its reign, joking, a huge empire, every day for the rich and unkind, natural disasters and man-made disasters happen, can there be no common people rebel? However, most of them are not large-scale, and they are only mentioned in the history books.

However, there was a peasant uprising in this era, the scale of which was so large and far-reaching that it could not be annihilated by the pen and ink of historians, that is, the large-scale peasant uprising that broke out in Hebei and swept through Shandong, Henan and other places -- the Liu Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprisings.

At that time, the imperial court spent a lot of brains, and used tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the border army and Beijing to finally extinguish the uprising.

"Li Jieyuan, Master Li?"

Seeing that Li Gou didn't speak, Lao Zhangtou thought that this kid was scared: "Li Jieyuan, don't be afraid, Lao Zhangtou has his own way of dealing with these things, don't worry!" Alas, it's also a lot of mouths, why do you say we're talking to a teenager? If the master scolds me again at a moment's notice, I should be damned. ”

Lao Zhangtou said that he would slap his mouth, and Li Gouyu hurriedly stopped: "It's okay, the kid just remembered a scripture just now, with Lao Zhangtou here, the kid is naturally relieved to walk boldly." ”

As they spoke, everyone walked into a mountain bag, and the road slowly became a little rough.

After all, this is ancient times, unlike the highways and tunnels in later generations, most of the places that pass through the state and county have places that are not easy to walk, and many people don't mind.

Beyond the mountain is a small valley, the valley is not high, but it is steep, the banks of the bank are like a knife, and the mountain pole stands there bare.

Unlike the mountains in the south, which are all lush and green, most of the mountains in the north are such bare mountains, and there are occasionally one or two lone pine pestles between the cliffs, which makes people feel the strength of vitality.

The mountain wind blows, the whirring wind echoes in this valley, it feels like being on the beach, listening to the sound of the waves crashing on the beach, which makes people feel refreshed, but because it is a valley, there is a touch of different tranquility.

"Li Jieyuan, this road is the shortcut to the capital, the terrain here is so undulating, and the official road over there is not easy to walk, copy this shortcut, go to the capital to say that you can save three or five days of travel, and you see, although this road looks scary, but in fact, there are few potholes and rugged places, we also walked once the year before last, and there is nothing to do."

Old Zhang Tou'er said with a smile while driving the horse.

The journey is lonely, and it's a good thing to have such a person to talk about homely, Li Gou just smiled, there is a specialization in the art industry, it's up to you to toss, anyway, just send me to Jingshi.

Occasionally, frightened birds flew out of the cliffs, and the chirping added some life to this quiet valley, the valley was not long, and it looked like it was only a mile or two, and the carriage squeaked and soon it was about to leave the valley.

When I was about to get out of the valley, the rocks on both sides suddenly became towering into the clouds, straight into the clouds, the carriage squeaked slowly, but there were no more birds, and only the ethereal sound of the wind remained in the valley.

From time to time, a little stone slag fell on the rocks on both sides of the steep slopes, and slapped on the ground or on the carriage, adding a different sound to the valley.

It's the first month of the year, and there is snow on the road, and the carriage is a little slippery when it walks, and it makes a strange noise when stepping on the snow.

The groom surnamed Liu, who had not spoken along the way, suddenly had a sharp voice: "Be careful! ”

The cold voice made the two of them a little frightened, the cold wind made people feel depressed, and now this person's cold voice made the two of them a little related, and the old Zhang Touer was surprised: "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm afraid there's going to be trouble!"

The surname Liu may be a practitioner, and when he said that, he pulled out the things under the seat, a piece of knife that was dangling! (To be continued.) )