Chapter 4: The Yellow Turban Uprising
The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, when he heard the slogan 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand' when Meng Ge was stunned, just in the tenth day of coming to this world, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, when he saw Liu Gan wearing a yellow turban, shouting the slogan 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand', Meng Ge's heart suddenly sank, he knew that the troubled times had finally come.
This year happens to be the first year of Zhongping, a few days ago, Meng Ge also asked his mother about the year name, but he has long forgotten when the first year of Zhongping was, and he didn't know that the Yellow Turban Rebellion would happen at this time, he was just an ordinary student, but not those perverts, even these subtle things are remembered clearly, and now Meng Ge knows that the time when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out was the first year of Zhongping, but unfortunately it was too late.
"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand!" The people in the village followed the demon one by one, followed Liu Gan, the Taoist priest, and shouted this slogan, even the old and weak women and children followed, this day was February 15th, looking at a large group of crazy villagers, Meng Ge shook his head, quietly took a step back, turned around and walked towards home.
Seeing Meng Ge coming back from outside, Li Shi, who was weaving, hurriedly ran over and asked eagerly, "Ge'er, what's going on outside?" Why is it so noisy? ”
"They're the opposite!" Meng Ge seemed very calm, calm and not at all like a child.
Li Shi lost his voice and said, "What? ”
Meng Ge didn't say much, but said calmly: "Mother, leave them alone, pack up your things first, and we'll leave in a while." ”
Meng Ge's consideration is very simple, from the current situation, it seems that this place should be one of the areas of the Yellow Turban Uprising, these said that Meng Ge also inquired about some situations, and heard the adults say that Wanxi Village is Yang Zhai twenty miles to the east, and Yang Zhai does not know where Meng Ge is, but he knows another name of this place, Yang Zhai is Yingchuan, and one of the places where the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out is in Yingchuan.
"Packing up? Why is that? Li was a little puzzled why he had to pack up his things.
At this time, Meng Ge was very calm, the reason why he decided to leave Wanxi Village temporarily, the reason was very simple, because Liu Gan had recruited a lot of believers in the name of treating his illness, if Liu Gan remembered it, he would not have pulled himself into the army, and there were many old and weak women and children in the Yellow Turban Army, so it was better to leave temporarily, as for where to go, Meng Ge had already thought about it, there are many mountains here, and it is just right to hide in the mountains, and wait for the wind to pass for the time being.
"Mother, you're right to listen to me, now Liu Gan and they are going to take people to rebel, saying that they are going to throw waves to be shuai, if we don't avoid them temporarily, maybe we will also be implicated, so these days we will go to the mountains to hide, so as not to be dragged into the water by them."
Someone rebelled, when such a major event happened to his side, Li couldn't react at once, listening to his son say this, he suddenly understood, his son was worried about it is not unreasonable, who knows how these people will treat their mother and son, it is a good way to avoid it in the mountains, but it may not be safe in the mountains, if you encounter a beast or something, how can it be good.
"Then Ge'er, what if you encounter a fierce beast after entering the mountain?"
Mother's worries are not unreasonable, there are a lot of beasts and the like in the mountains these years, in case they meet, I am afraid that the mother and son will not even have room for resistance, but now Meng Ge can't care so much, because he is not only worried about Liu Gan and them, these people are all villagers in the township, do not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, the Meng family and the surrounding neighbors get along well, even if you don't go, you won't be too embarrassed yourself, after all, the participation of orphans and widows is estimated to be useless, the only thing Liu Qian can fancy is influence, However, it is still short, and this impact is not at all, so Liu Qian should not embarrass himself.
In fact, Meng Ge is most worried about the chaotic soldiers, once the war breaks out, the chaotic soldiers will appear, don't expect how good the military discipline of the Han official army or the Yellow Turban Army is, the matter of forcible annihilation and murder will definitely be indispensable at that time, for the sake of safety, it is better to avoid it first; As for the beasts that his mother was worried about, Meng Ge naturally had his plans.
As a modern man, he naturally knows that wild beasts are afraid of fire, so Meng Ge said: "Mother, please rest assured, I heard that there are no wild beasts on the mountain to the east, and wild beasts are afraid of fire, as long as we light a few fires in the camping place, then we are not afraid, and we can rest on the big trees, these can avoid the attack of fierce beasts, and during the day we can also scare away fierce beasts by bringing torches, and besides, we do not enter the deep mountains, but only on the periphery, and listen to the hunting uncles say that there are no wild beasts in the surrounding mountains, I don't think there's any danger. ”
As soon as Meng Ge said this, Li Shi was immediately relieved, he didn't delay any longer, and hurriedly packed his things, now it's time to hurry, if you don't hurry up, maybe the things you worry about will come, it's always good to hurry up.
Mother went to pack up her things, Meng Ge was not idle, he also wanted to see Liu Gan's movements, by the way, inquire about the situation of the rebel army, and see if there would be officers and soldiers or thieves passing by in this Wanxi Village, it stands to reason that Wanxi Village is located in a remote area, and there will not be too many people coming, Meng Ge thinks that it will only take two days to come back, but before the matter is determined, he still can't say that it is good, in case of rebellion, it will be troublesome.
Along the way, Meng Ge was very unhappy, this Yellow Turban Uprising came too fast, he didn't have any time to prepare, the information transmission at this time was too backward, more than ten days, Meng Ge also inquired about some place names, as for the current situation is difficult to figure out at all, it is in vain to ask, unless Meng Ge is given a month, then he can find out the situation clearly, so that it is good to determine the direction of escape, now it is better to avoid it, I am afraid that the escape will not be able to escape, I am not sure that I will encounter the officers and soldiers living Yellow Turban Army, That's not a good thing.
Since Liu Gan shouted the slogan, the people in the village have taken action, and when Meng Ge went out, he could see at a glance that there were people everywhere, some with hoes, some with pots on their backs, and they were ready to go to the battlefield one by one.
When he saw this scene, Meng Ge secretly shook his head, if this can be won, it is a strange thing, there is no strict organization, then the army is not a qualified army, although the Yellow Turban Army was huge at the beginning, and indeed laid a lot of territory, but in the end, this army has been established for too much time, lack of training is one aspect, and the general's leading talent is also average, the most important thing is that the rebel armies of all parties are fighting separately and failing to join forces, resulting in being broken one by one by the officers and troops with superior forces, which is also one of the reasons.
Meng Ge looked around, and found nothing useful, so he returned home, in fact, this family except for this not very big house, there is nothing left, pack a few clothes and almost go on the road, as for where to go, Meng Ge has already thought about it, there are not many beasts in the mountains in the southeast, it is a good place to go.
After packing up the soft and those few books, Meng Ge and his mother Li locked the door of the house, and the two took advantage of the chaos to leave Wanxi Village, all the way to the south, and hid in the mountains.
Looking at the terrain here, Meng Ge frowned and said, "Mother, something seems to be wrong here!" ”
Li wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked puzzledly, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”
Meng Ge walked a few steps and took a closer look, although it was not very obvious, but Meng Ge looked at the faint path in front of him, Meng Ge felt that someone should come here often, and the surrounding trees seemed to have traces of being cut by a knife, Meng Ge touched the flat knife edge on a nearby branch, and his heart became more and more affirmative, there should be a family nearby, the reason is very simple, there is more than one such knife edge, and they are all new, generally speaking, firewood will choose a nearby place, no one will be willing to go far.
However, Meng Ge clearly remembered that there should be no village here, the nearest village is the nearby Wanxi Village, there are no bandits nearby, and the people of Wanxi Village will not run dozens of miles away to collect firewood, but now that someone has come here, or to collect firewood, then there must be people in this vicinity, otherwise how can there be a smooth knife edge here, the only explanation is that there are people living nearby.
The sun overhead had gradually begun to set, and it was not early at this time, and suddenly a light shone on Meng Ge's eyes through the leaves, Meng Ge suddenly raised his head, and suddenly saw that the sun was about to set, and Meng Ge's heart moved.
"Mother, look for it, if there is any cooking smoke around here!" Meng Ge was very excited, maybe there were really hermits around here, maybe it would be a great thing if he could meet it, and the few bamboo slips behind him might be useful.
Cooking smoke, Li Shi was at a loss, where did the smoke come from in this barren mountain range, but since Meng Ge said so, there must be his reason, these few Li have seen Meng Ge's wonderful ideas more than once, such as when weaving, the child actually inexplicably said whether there is a more labor-saving way, saying that it can help his mother save some effort, at first Li thought he was saying a joke, but what he didn't expect was that he really drew a pattern and changed the part of the loom, Li didn't know whether it was good or bad, However, his filial piety is very useful.
This time the Li family also chose to believe in Meng Ge, because war is never a good thing, if it can be avoided or avoided, although he is unwilling, but for the sake of his surname, Li still decided to follow Meng Ge's advice and chose to flee Wanxi Village.
Sure enough, Li Shi looked at it, and sure enough, he saw a faint wisp of cooking smoke rising, and Li Shi was immediately overjoyed: "There is cooking smoke over there." ”
Hearing this, Meng Ge hurriedly turned his head to look, and sure enough, a wisp of cooking smoke rose from Zhengyou, Meng Ge suddenly showed joy on his face, there are people around here, there will be no beasts, this is good news, and another good news is that if the master here is kind-hearted, then maybe he can stay overnight, and it is naturally a good thing to have a place to live.
"Let's go, Mother, let's go!" Meng Ge didn't think much about it, and pulled his mother to walk in the direction of the cooking smoke.
Walked about two or three miles, sure enough, Meng Ge and Li found a family, although it is not big, but this arrangement is very distinctive, Meng Ge hurriedly walked over, if the owner of this place can let himself live, it is very good, it is naturally better to avoid the pain of eating and sleeping in the open.
At this time, the Li family is also thinking about it, looking at the layout here, I know that the family background of the master here should be not bad, I hope he is a good person, then tonight's residence will be settled.
While walking Mengge also looked at the surrounding scenery, not to mention, the scenery here is very good, he and his mother should be in the backyard of the villa, there is a mountain stream flowing through, the clear stream is flowing slowly at this time, there is a triangular pavilion not far away, which is quite elegantly arranged, with a stone table and a few chairs in the middle.
Ten steps further is the back door of the manor, which is now closed, and the smoke has stopped, and it seems that the owner of the place has prepared the meal.
Meng Ge took his mother to the door and said, "Mother, knock on the door!" ”
Li Shi did not hesitate, pulled up the door knocker and knocked a few times, and then retreated behind the door and quietly waited for the master to come.
The owner here is just a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, and when he was about to eat, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, and immediately frowned, and put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, "Someone knocked on the back door, this is interesting!" Interesting, it seems that someone came here from the back mountains and mountains! ”
The corners of the young man's mouth curled slightly, and then he shouted to the door: "Shanbo, go and see, who is knocking on the door outside!" Wait, just bring people in. ”
Uncle Shan, who had a gray beard in the side hall, was suddenly stunned, and greeted him directly, why is this, but Uncle Shanbo didn't ask much, since the young master said it, then just do it, the young master doesn't need to ask more, anyway, this young master is very measured, and there will be no problems in the future.
Shanbo, who was eating, put down the chopsticks in his hand and replied, "Okay, young master, I'll go right away!" ”
After a while, Shanbo came to the back door, opened the door and saw a woman and a child standing outside the door, looking like ordinary farmers, Shanbo was stunned at first, and said in his heart that in the past, the young master entertained all talents, or the young master's classmates and friends, but now it is not.
Seeing someone coming out, Li bowed slightly and said: "Uncle, the concubine is polite, my mother and son have fled here, it is getting late, I hope to spend the night, and I hope that the elder will agree, and the concubine is grateful." ”
Uncle Shan was confused, and he didn't come back to his senses for a while, so Li had to say again: "Uncle, I don't know if I can agree, the concubine is grateful." ”
This time, Uncle Shan reacted, and hurriedly replied: "Madame, forgive me, it's rude, my young master invites the two of you to come in, the two of you please come with me, whether you agree to the request of the two depends on the meaning of my young master, please come with me!" ”
After saying that, Shanbo smiled and invited the two of them in, Li was suddenly confused, and Meng Ge also felt strange, what did the master mean here, and invited someone to come in before he explained his intention, and he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.
At the moment, Meng Ge didn't have time to think about it, so he pulled the corner of Li's clothes, and Li suddenly understood, and hurriedly followed the old man into the courtyard.
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