Lantian County has been a county since the pre-Qin period, and Lantian was once under the management of Hongnong, but now it is directly under the jurisdiction of Chang'an. Lantian County is not big or small, with a population of more than 10,000 in the county, plus the surrounding villages or something, there are also 20,000 or 30,000 people. Lantian County is famous all over the world, but because of this place produces beautiful jade, Lantian jade is one of the most exquisite jade species found in the Han Dynasty at present, and it is said that even the jade seal that has been passed down from generation to generation is made of Lantian jade. Everyone knows that the jade seal is made of He's bi, which was carved into a jade seal by Li Si of the Qin Dynasty, and then left in the Han Dynasty, which has been hundreds of years. When Wang Mang tried to usurp the Han Dynasty, the angry Queen Mother smashed Wang Mang with a jade seal, missing a horn, and was later filled with gold. It's a pity that Dong Zhuo was in a hurry when he moved the capital, and Dong Zhuo thought that Li Ru would care about the jade seal, and Li Ru thought that such an important thing must be kept by Dong Zhuo himself, and he didn't want the two to find that the jade seal was missing when they arrived in Chang'an. Later, the Kwantung Coalition Army rumored that the later general Yuan Shu got the jade seal and hid it, but whether it was or not, few people knew the truth.

Jia Xu told Chen Lin and others the history of Lantian one by one, and when it came to the beauty of Lantian jade, everyone praised it, and said in their hearts that this time they were out of the Meridian Valley, and they didn't know if they could be lucky enough to get a piece of Lantian jade. This idea was first said by Zhou Cang: "Wow, wouldn't it be great if a piece of Lantian jade was dug up on a mountain near here." Huang Yan burst into laughter: "Hahaha, Zhou Cang, Zhou Cang, if Lantian Meiyu is like what you said, you can find a piece in the mountains casually, then what is the difference between Lantian jade and horse manure, and what's the use of coming." ”

Chen Lin also smiled and said: "We are all ordinary people, we don't want such beautiful jade, I just hope that everyone in the world can have a full bite to eat." Fa Zheng and the others hurriedly knelt down, saying that the Lord was benevolent and righteous, and he would be able to get his wish.

The lower valley road is getting better and better, and before you know it, there is a feeling of tranquility, without the oppression of the mountains before. Suddenly, a guard who was exploring the way ran in front of him, ran over excitedly, aroused everyone's attention, and pulled the reins to make way for the spies one by one, and went straight to Chen Lin: "Lord, lord, fireworks, fireworks, there are people in front, there is cooking smoke, we are out." The more he talked, the more excited he became, and the surroundings hurriedly stretched their necks in the direction where the spies came, hoping to see the people the spies were talking about, but there were still woods and hillsides in front of them. Chen Lin was also overjoyed, also looked at it, and said, "How far is it?" The spy was excited, and said: "Hee hee lord, you can't see it here, the mountain bulge in front of you just blocked it, and you can get around this mountain, and it is only five miles at most." ”

Chen Lin was overjoyed and hurriedly shouted: "Wenhe, you have to write down what you have seen these days, maybe you can use it for the march in the future." Then he immediately ordered: "Everyone speed up, and the front will be out of the valley." Jia Xu hurriedly pulled: "Lord, rushing out like this, I'm afraid that I will frighten the people here, and what the scene outside is still unknown, why don't you let the army go slowly, and then send the vanguard out to see it clearly." ”

Chen Lin: "Okay, Wen He is reasonable, I have been waiting in the valley for almost a month, although I have armor on my body, my face is no different from that of a robber, it is a little scary, so let's go and be this pioneer in person, Wen and you have to stay, and filial piety will go together." Chen Lin didn't wait for Jia Xu to object, beckoned Huang Yan and the others to gallop away, this section of the road was enough for horseback riding. Jia Xu shook his head, the lord is still the willful lord.

Chen Lin took Zhou Cang and the other five people, along with Fa Zheng, and walked forward, led by the spy. After a while, I saw that it was really cooking smoke, and at this time, it was cooking time in the evening, looking at the cooking smoke, there were about thirty or forty households, which should be a small village in the mountains. For the sake of safety, Chen Lin stopped from a distance, first watching the scene in the village from a distance, but saw that there were old and young people coming and going in the village, and most of them were children fighting in the evening. Chen Lin looked at a group of children running happily in the village, and knew that there was nothing abnormal in the village, and the children would not cheat. So he went to the village, and the first to find Chen Lin and his party was the group of children, and when they saw Chen Lin and a few people angry at Ma Xianjia, they shouted and dispersed, and it seemed that they had gone back to their respective homes. After a while, thirty or forty young men rushed out of the village, all of them with long sticks and wooden forks, rushing out from each house, and seeing that Chen Lin only had a few horses, his heart was a little less flustered.

A group of people rushed out shouting angrily, which also startled Chen Lin, my mother, is there an ambush or something, but when I saw that they were all young people in the village, they didn't look like an army. Fa Zheng said: "My lord, it must be that the village thinks we are some kind of villain. Zhou Cang muttered: "Do I look like a bad person?" As he spoke, he hugged the messy beard, and he was the one who grew bad among the few people.

Chen Lin didn't have time to pay attention to Zhou Cang, but slowed down the horse and walked over slowly, so as not to frighten the villagers. Although the dozens of young men were poorly armed and a little trembling, none of them looked like retreating. Chen Lin shouted to the village: "Don't panic, people, we are not bad people, we are court officials, I don't know where it is, the village elders are there?" At this time, a young man with a wooden stick was released from the back of the queue, forty or fifty years old, and shouted: "So-and-so is the village elder, where is the official master, but the subordinate of the 'Lantian Pig'?" ”

Chen Lin looked back at Fazheng, Lantian pig? What is it? Huang Yan and the others all shook their heads, and Chen Lin was helpless: "Hello elder, a certain is an official official of the imperial court, I don't know what the elder said about the 'Lantian pig'?" "When the elder heard this, he was happy, it was not a Lantian pig, he didn't feel like it at the beginning, how could the 'Lantian pig' have such a good armor, this is clearly a first-class war armor, and look at the horse is also one of the best war horses, no matter how good the 'Lantian pig' is, it is impossible to have such a good thing, even if there is, what are you doing in such a remote mountain village, these dozens of families are nothing more than a few bags of rice, can you do it. The elder turned around and said to the young man in the village: "It's not a 'Lantian pig', it's a Han official, and he accepted the guy, so as not to annoy the official." ”

Chen Lin was welcomed into the village, and saw that every household in the village had one or two heads turned out of the crack in the door, either male or female, watching Chen Lin and his party. The bold child rushed out early and approached, and wanted to touch the war horse, Chen Lin smiled, have the people here been so bold since childhood. Dozens of young people did not disperse, and looked at Chen Lin and a few people around the elders. Chen Lin: "Thank you, Elder, I'm passing by here, I don't know where this place is, what is the 'Lantian Pig' that the Elder said just now, and what is it, this official has only heard of Lantian Meiyu, when did another 'Lantian Pig' appear?" ”

The elder looked at the young man beside him, and when the group heard Chen Lin's words, they laughed unbridledly, annoying Huang Yan and the other guards, and they were furious, and they were about to draw their swords with a snort. The elder was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Chen Lin stopping Huang Yan and the others, he stopped laughing and said, "Is the general from Yizhou or Jingzhou from Meridian Valley from Meridian Valley?" Chen Lin was taken aback and asked, "How did the elder know?" ”

The elder smiled slightly, but did not laugh out loud, and said, "The general's guards are loyal, and they cannot tolerate the slightest disrespect for the general. This is only available to southerners and Kwantung, and it is definitely not the people of my three auxiliaries, and the general seems to have just come out of the mountains, and on the other side of the mountain are the land of Yizhou and Jingzhou, so the small people guessed so. Fa Zheng couldn't help but be shocked, the elders of a village in this district had such observation and logic, it was amazing.

Chen Lin also thought the same, so he asked again: "Old man, I don't know where this place is, but Lantian County?" Elder: "General, this place is indeed Lantian County, but the county seat has to go forty miles to the north, fifty miles northwest of Lantian County is Chang'an City, here is called Gongwangling, this village is Gongwang Village, it is the most remote mountain village in Lantian County, and even the local county officials do not come back once a year on weekdays, and it is also a quiet place in troubled times." The elder said and smiled, as if he was a little proud to be a member of this village.

"Then I don't know what the old man said about the 'Lantian pig'?" Chen Lin also asked, at this time, the elder had a dark face, and he was a little unhappy when he thought of the 'Lantian Pig'. It turns out that this so-called 'Lantian pig' is not anything, it is a person. Lantian County is famous for its beautiful jade, but the southeast and southeast of Lantian County are mountains that stretch for thousands of miles, and the wild boars in the mountains are very fierce, often going down the mountain to harm the people, and the surrounding counties all know that the wild boars in Lantian are almost as famous as Lantian Meiyu. It is said that there is a large family in Lantian County, surnamed Liu, and when it is passed down to the current head of the family, Liu Zhao Liu Xiongming, Liu Zhao is stout, very powerful, and has some family wealth, so he gathered a group of young people and formed an army after Dong Zhuo's death. claimed to be a national dedication, but actually took the county order and became the county order. Liu Zhao was arrogant and unreasonable more than when he did good deeds, and every time he went out, he was solemn and heavy, rampage, like a wild boar in the mountains. In order to scold him, people called him 'Lantian Pig'. Liu Zhao has been desperately recruiting strong men and pulling the army recently, and the elder thought it was Liu Zhao who came today.

When Chen Lin heard that Liu Zhao was in and out of luxury, he was stunned for a moment, and looked at Fa Zheng, isn't this a copy of Gan Ning, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart. However, Chen Lin heard that Liu Zhao was busy recruiting strong Ding into an army, and asked suspiciously: "Old man, do you know why this Liu Xiongming is in a hurry to recruit soldiers?" ”

The elder's answer scared Chen Lin and the others into a cold sweat, only to see the elder say casually: "What's the matter, it's nothing more than wanting to fight, everyone outside is shouting to avenge Dong Xiangguo, and they are besieging Chang'an, 'Lantian Pig' must be trying to get a handful, but I don't know who he wants to help." ”

Siege of Chang'an? Chen Lin didn't have to think about it to know who was besieging Chang'an, and Jia Xu's worst might still appear. Chen Lin hurriedly asked, "How many days, how many days?" ”

"Three days ago, the young man in the village happened to come back from Lantian and said that it started two days ago, three days plus two days, that is five days."