Chapter 5 Is There a Clue?

The teenagers were very affectionate when they saw Pan Afu, and they called Uncle Pan one after another.

Wu Qiang's sportswear, plus his hairstyle, are very different from this era, not only the teenagers are fresh and curious about Wu Qiang, but even the two monks Puhui and Puguang are eye-catching.

It's just that the teenagers seem to be a little restrained in the face of strangers, even if the teenagers are curious about the colorful items carried by the six horses, but the teenagers are still relatively obedient, and no one leans forward.

After Pan Afu introduced it to everyone, the teenagers called Wu Qiang in unison, which made Wu Qiang very depressed. The teenagers call Pan Afu Uncle Pan, but they call him Brother Wu, and he is called Brother Pan Afu, which seems to be a mess of generations.

"It's none of your business here, Ling Yuqiang and Xu Yong stay, and the rest of the people will disperse and play." After Pan Afu finished speaking, the teenagers happily dispersed, and the two teenagers, about sixteen or seventeen years old, remained.

The two should be regarded as the eldest of these teenagers, and their personalities are relatively calm, they just called Uncle Pan and waited for Pan Afu's orders.

Pan Afu asked Wu Qiang to unload the belongings carried by the two military horses, and then instructed the two: "You two get on the horses and leave now, and run in the direction of Suzhou Mansion and Wujiang County until the horses are exhausted, and then abandon the horses and come back." ”

"Uncle Pan, it's a pity to throw away such a good horse." Ling Yuqiang was a little reluctant, and Xu Yong was also regretful.

"These two are military horses, and staying behind will only cause trouble for yourself. Let's go, go back quickly, be smart on the way. ”

The two responded happily, led the horse and walked out, Ling Yuqiang also said to Xu Yong happily: "Although I gave away two good horses, Uncle Pan also left us four horses. ”

Xu Yong also said excitedly: "It's okay now, I can finally have a horse to ride in the future." ”

The two of them turned over and got on their horses when they got out of the hospital, and galloped along the mountain road.

Pan Afu turned back to Wu Qiang and said, "Brother Wu, these two horses are said to be yours, do you have no problem with me doing this?" ”

Wu Qiang hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Brother Pan, in the end, you are an old Jianghu, this is a double win, where do I have an opinion?" ”

"If only you could understand." Pan Afu beckoned to Puguang, "Puguang, you go and open the secret room." ”

Puguang did not chant the Buddha's name like Wu Qiang saw in the film and television, but arched his hand towards Pan Afu, full of the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes.

Wu Qiang didn't expect that there was only a few dilapidated houses in the small Puyuan Temple, and there was a huge basement underground, which almost hollowed out half of the underground area of the Puyuan Temple. The entrance to the basement is in a storage room stacked with miscellaneous items.

Pan Afu was injured, and Pu Hui and Shang were old, and the two were only responsible for guiding, and Wu Qiang, with the help of Pu Guang, quickly moved all the items into the underground secret room. Pu Hui also gave Wu Qiang a separate small room.

After leaving the secret room, Pu Hui instructed Pu Guang to make a pot of tea for the two, and then left to go about his own business.

After Puguang also left, Pan Afu said to Wu Qiang: "Brother, you have to change your dress, and you have to shave your hair and keep braids, otherwise you will go out for a walk in the future, and the government will kill you if you are caught." ”

This was originally a problem that Wu Qiang was unwilling to face, but now that Pan Afu raised it, he knew that he could no longer continue to pretend to be an ostrich. If it was a pigtail braid in the Qing court drama, he could barely accept it, but the men in reality were all money rat tails, which made him very disgusted and disgusting.

However, the policy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was to keep the head without hair, and the hair without the head. Even if like Pan Afu, the rebel with his head tied to his trouser belt, he still had to obediently keep a money rattail in order to act conveniently, Wu Qiang knew that he was powerless to resist at all.

As for getting a fake braid, it's pure, there is only money sized hair on the head, and getting a fake braid sticks to the scalp? Even if you wear a hat, it is inevitable that there will be a time when you will be exposed, and once it is known by the Qing court, it will be a disaster of death.

How much Wu Qiang hopes that he is resurrecting his soul by borrowing the corpse and being reborn, but the way of crossing is not transferred by human will, Wu Qiang can only passively accept it, that is, if it comes, it will be safe.

Although soul wear can save a lot of trouble, but meat wear also has the benefit of meat wear, at least this body is brought by his own original clothes, and soul wear is the use of other people's bodies, which makes people always have an unreal feeling, which is Wu Qiang's own experience.

Wu Qiang said a little unwillingly: "Brother Pan, is there no other way?" ”

"Yes, you can become a monk or a Taoist."

"This can't be done, I will marry a wife in the future." Wu Qiang immediately shook his head like a rattle, what are you kidding? He can't keep those rules and precepts, and he is no wine or pleasure, no meat and no joy, especially like women's meat, everyone should understand.

Pan Afu took a sip of tea, then put down the tea bowl and said, "Your hair is also nearly half a foot long, let Master Puhui shave it for you later." Now the government only looks at whether you have shaved your hair, and as for the length of your braids, it is not so tight. ”

Wu Qiang was very helpless, since he had traveled to the Qing Dynasty, he had to follow the customs of the countryside and abide by the rules of this era. Even if you embark on the road of anti-Qing in the future, before you break this rule, you must be honest with your tail between your legs.

However, for rebellion, Wu Qiang didn't have this idea at all, he had no ability, no strength, no domineering, and rebellion was self-defeating. The rebels will be cut by a thousand knives and executed by Ling Chi, I heard that this is very painful.

Fortunately, Wu Qiang liked to be cool before crossing, and his hair was relatively long, more than ten centimeters, and he could barely tie a small braid at the back of his head. Master Puhui's craftsmanship is really good, it seems that he has done this work a lot before, and he has turned Wu Qiang's head into a bald scoop after dividing five by two.

Wu Qiang looked at his image in the mirror and almost vomited with nausea. Now he finally knows why the portraits of those emperors of the Manchu dynasty have sideburns, in fact, they also think that the shaved bald head has a money rattail pigtail ugly.

Each ethnic group has its own aesthetics, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, from Tunguska to the Later Jin, was deeply influenced by the culture of the Central Plains, and the aesthetics will not be much different. The purpose of forcing the Han people to shave their hair and keep money rat tails is to make the Han people submit.

In the end, Wu Qiang could only comfort himself, anyway, everyone is the same, after watching it for a long time, you will get used to it slowly.

After that, Pan Afu asked Puguang to take a set of clothes worn by a layman for Wu Qiang to change into, looking at his gray cloth coat in the mirror, Wu Qiang couldn't help but sigh, it is really a person who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and his own outfit is a stop in the crowd, even if it is integrated into the era of the Qing Dynasty.

At lunchtime, Ling Yuqiang and Xu Yong rushed back, and the two reported to Pan Afu that they rode all the way to Wujiang County, poked each of them in the buttocks, and then came back with a little detour.

After the meal was served, Wu Qiang found that everyone's food couldn't bear to look at it directly, cornmeal batter, mixed flour cakes, dried pickles, stewed potatoes and cabbage, and only a few drops of oil flowers floating on the soup noodles.

Wu Qiang also tasted a bite of the dish, and found that there was almost no saltiness in it, and everyone could only rely on eating dried pickles to deal with it. Wu Qiang was a little touched, so he was about to go to the secret room to get some barrel noodles and ham, wanting to improve everyone's life, but was stopped by Pan Afu, who saw his intentions.

Pan Afu said that if everyone tasted those delicious foods, it would be difficult to preserve the items in the secret room, after all, they were all children, and it was difficult to withstand the temptation of delicious food. Once you taste the sweetness, it is easy to guard and steal in the future, which deviates from Wu Qiang's original intention.

Wu Qiang felt that he had some money in his hand, so he proposed that he could go out to buy some rice and non-staple food to improve everyone's life. Pan Afu was very much in favor of this proposal, but he resolutely refused to let Wu Qiang pay, claiming that the small Puyuan Temple could not afford to raise four horses, and could just sell two horses.

Pan Afu seemed to like the taste of barrel noodles and ham sausages, and when Wu Qiang changed his dressing, he made this request timidly. Although Wu Qiang felt a little funny, he still fulfilled his wish.

It's just that yesterday I ate it dry because there was no hot water, and today Pan Afu ate authentic instant noodles, showing that refreshing appearance, which is very similar to some of the hidden gentlemen who made powder that Wu Qiang saw in later generations.

Of course, the two of them finished stealing food in the corner, after all, in front of the public, they blatantly opened a small stove, and the impact was really not good.

Through chatting with Pan Afu, Wu Qiang learned that these seven teenagers were all orphans of the Heaven and Earth Society, and they, like Puhui Puguang, all had a deep blood feud against the Manchu Dynasty.

It's just that Puhui is old and has studied Buddhism for many years, and now he sees that the Manchu Dynasty is becoming more and more stable, and his heart for revenge is cold. But he is still very supportive of everyone's revenge, and tries to help as much as he can.

In a small forest in Sheshan, there were six corpses dressed in Qing soldier uniforms on the ground, and dozens of Qing soldiers stood around, led by a general dress.

After inspecting the corpse, a Qing soldier came over to report: "Master Qiqi, these six brothers, two were killed by sharp weapons, two were severely beaten and died of bleeding from internal organs, and two were killed by broken necks. ”

The leader always asked, "Can you see how many people made the shot?" ”

"No more than three people, according to Xiao's guess, there may only be two people on the other side."

The leader always frowned and muttered: "These brothers are all good, if they can kill them, the other party must be masters." ”

"It should be about the same, these brothers don't have a few extra injuries on their bodies, and the other party is very likely to be a master."

"Any clues?"

The Qing soldier shrank his head, bowed down and said in some horror: "Little incompetent." ”

At this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside the forest, and after a short time, a dusty Qing soldier hurriedly ran in.