Chapter 173: The Legend of the Drawbridge
This time, Lin Bei did not stop him, and Bian Ji naturally did not scold, on the contrary, he was a little reluctant, and pulled Xu Shu to the side, and talked for a while.
The things to be prepared are also ready, Xu Shu, Meng Shu and Zhu Rong's things, among the three of them, Meng Shu rides an elephant, and the white elephant not only carries Meng Shu, but also has to be responsible for transporting goods, such as the thousand gold and thousands of money that Lin Bei gave them, this is the cost of the three of them to go to the Central Plains, such a huge amount of money, so that the three of them are a little flattered, but Lin Bei has always been generous, and the three of them also suffered.
Saying goodbye is always sad, waiting for Xu Shu, Meng Shu and his sergeants to say goodbye, and then saw Lin Bei again, to say the final goodbye, Lin Bei finally admonished: "Xu Shu, when you come back, remember to bring your mother back with you, the war in the Central Plains, Xu's mother is at home alone, I am afraid of being uneasy." ”
Xu Shu nodded, grateful.
Lin Bei said to Meng Shu again: "Meng Huo, you have a rough personality, not as cautious as Yuan Zhi, remember to listen to Yuan Zhi's words when you are outside, you are a barbarian, the people of the Central Plains are more prejudiced, be generous, don't be with him and others." ”
The barbarians are very despised in South Vietnam, not to mention the Central Plains, among which Yingchuan is full of talents, and the people of Yingchuan always think very highly of themselves, and they always have a sense of superiority to the Han people who come from abroad, the Han people are like this, not to mention the barbarians, but the two want to travel and study, but Yingchuan will definitely not be able to get around, Lin Bei is worried that Meng Huo's temper will kill him, which will be very bad.
"No." Meng Shu nodded, his age is one or two years older than Xu Shu, but during this time, the two of them are each protecting the dragon on the left and right, Xu Shu's talent and personality are very convincing to Meng Shu, the two are irreversible to each other, they almost kowtow to the handle, Meng Shu will travel most of the time, so he can still listen to Xu Shu's words.
At last. Lin Bei looked at Mrs. Zhurong, since Mrs. Zhurong was invincible with Cui Lan with a flying knife last time, except for teaching the sergeant the art of flying knives, she was extremely low-key at other times, not stealing the limelight from Meng at all, and even her face was never really shown to outsiders. Lin Bei has never seen it, this is a woman who takes her husband as a guideline, so although Lin Bei knew that Mrs. Zhurong was actually very powerful, he didn't say much at the moment, nodded at her slightly, and Zhu Rong returned the salute.
"Okay, you can wait, we are waiting for you to return from your studies in Rinan County."
"Farewell, Master." Xu Shu and the three of them respectfully kowtowed to Lin Bei a few more times. Riding a horse and riding an elephant, galloping away.
Bian Ji looked at the backs of the three of them, stunned.
Sadness comes and goes quickly, Bian Ji cleaned up his mood in one night, after all, Xu Shu is studying, which is a good thing, and Bian Ji is a little sad again.
On the second day, the village set off again. Rush to Changshan.
The military ship could not go ashore, but the military ship could not be abandoned, so a commander named Yu Hao led the sergeant to take the military ship, sail along the Han River, and then sail north along the seashore, because there was no one who was proficient in sea routes. So they just wanted to find a safe harbor, put these military ships there first, and then come back and get these military ships to Ninan County after the villagers settled down in Ninan County.
All the way north, there was nothing to do on the road, and Lin Bei was also used to the desolation of Jiaozhi County as always. This is the feeling of seeing a lot more and no longer making a fuss.
Two days later, in the evening, less than 20 miles away from Changshan, the village camped again, rode out in all directions, and brought back a not very good news, that is, there was actually a team of yellow turbans under Changshan.
This group of more than 1,000 yellow turbans was stationed in an abandoned village near Changshan, and the news that the rangers came back was that this group of yellow scarves should have been here for a long time, but fortunately, there were not many of them.
"Why are these yellow turbans stationed here?" Bian Ji was a little puzzled, "Could it be that it is guarding the suspension bridge that leads to Guò Changshan?" This suspension bridge connects Jiaozhi Jiuzhen, which is indeed an important road, but there are very few places in the two places, which is really strange. ”
Lin Bei thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid these yellow scarves are really guarding the suspension bridge." ”
Remember Lin Bei's guess that the big barbarian wants to establish himself as the king, judging from the big man's series of styles, this person can be called handsome, with great ambitions, although the yellow scarf is at its peak at this time, the big barbarian should have already thought of a way out, in case the yellow scarf fails, he will retreat to Jiuzhen with the remnants of the yellow scarf, Bian Ji can see the importance of the suspension bridge here, there is no reason why the big barbarian can't see it, so it is natural to have a sergeant to guard it, but there are only a thousand yellow scarves here, indicating that the big barbarian is just just in case.
Cui Lan said: "No matter what, just lead the sergeant to break those yellow turbans." ”
Lin Bei nodded, no matter what the purpose of the big barbarian is, the township has to break through the Yellow Turban.
Bian Ji shook his head and said, "My lord, although you want to defeat these yellow scarves, you have to make some preparations, otherwise you will return in vain and you will not be able to cross the long mountain." ”
"Why did the Master say that?"
Bian Ji said: "Because you have never been to Changshan, so I don't know how dangerous the suspension bridge is, the Yellow Turban is stationed here, there must be people who guard the suspension bridge, once we attack the main force of the Yellow Turban, these people will cut the suspension bridge, half the effort." ”
Cui Lan humbly asked, "Master, what kind of sinister place is the drawbridge?" ”
Bian Ji stood up, pointed to the phantom of the long mountain in front of him and said: "There are about dozens of long mountains, the suspension bridge is suspended between these mountains, below is a cliff of hundreds of thousands of zhang, the suspension bridge is long and short, the short one is about dozens of zhang, but the long one is up to hundreds of zhang, and it is difficult for birds to cross, if I am the yellow turban thief, I only need to send dozens of people to guard the top of the suspension bridge, and use the torch wolf smoke as the signal to block the millions of troops in front of the mountain, so the yellow turban thieves under the mountain must fight, but the yellow turban on the mountain must be more vigilant, so as not to fall short." ”
More than 1,000 yellow scarves are easy to break, with the combat power of the township, with the secret attack on the light, the difficulty is not great, the difficulty is not to let the yellow scarves under the mountain send news to the yellow scarves on the mountain.
Cui Lan also understood, and nodded: "It's that I think it's simple." ”
Lin Bei was concerned about another question: "Master, according to what you said, it is difficult for birds to cross the long mountain, and people will not be able to do it, so where do these suspension bridges come from?" Who erected it? ”
The suspension bridge hangs on the top of the mountain, if the mountain is easier to climb, but even the birds are difficult to cross, then it must be a poor mountain and bad water, and it is better to open up other roads with the effort to erect the suspension bridge, so Lin Bei is curious. Who erected this suspension bridge, it is some high-ranking people who fly the eaves and walk the wall.
Bian Ji smiled: "Adults must have never read my travelogue. ”
Lin Bei was a little embarrassed, it was all classical Chinese, and he couldn't understand it.
"These drawbridges weren't originally built by people." Bian Ji Dao.
"Youkai?" Cui Lan exclaimed.
"It's not a monster, but adults know apes?"
Lin Bei nodded, he was not an idiot. Monkeys who don't know.
"In the former Han Dynasty, there was a Houzhuang here, and the people of Zhuang were all surnamed Hou, and most of them made a living by collecting medicines, and one of them was named Housi." Bian Ji said eloquently: "One day, Hou Si entered the mountain to collect medicine, that is, Changshan, and met an injured little monkey, this monkey has a golden top and white hair. Hou Si was very pleased, so he picked it up, healed it with medicine, and fed it well, but the little monkey also had a big life and came back to life. ”
"Could it be the suspension bridge that this monkey built? Does the monkey return the favor? ”
Bian Ji didn't answer Cui Lan's words, and continued: "After four years, Hou Si married a wife. On this day, when the baby was about to give birth, his wife gave birth to a little baby. However, the wife died when she gave birth to a baby, and the four families were poor, and they had to collect medicine every day, so how could they have extra time to take care of the baby, at this time the little monkey had grown up, and the little monkey was also supernatural. Wandering around with the baby every day, looking for food for the baby, the baby is also a big life, so that they can grow white and strong. ”
Cui Lan was so fascinated by this magical thing that she forgot to ask.
"Then wait for four days to collect medicine all day long. But something finally happened, one day, Hou Si fell off the cliff in the middle of collecting medicine, and when he climbed back to Hou Zhuang, there was only one breath left, holding this breath, Hou Si let the little monkey take care of the baby. ”
"How can a small child be cared for by a monkey?" Cui Lan exclaimed: "What about those villagers, aren't they all surnamed Hou?" There must be something to do with letting them take care of the baby. ”
Bian Ji said: "More than ten days later, the farmer of Houzhuang took away the field house of Housi, and some people wanted to kill the baby ruthlessly, and the little monkey fled to the mountains with the baby. ”
"These dealers are too bad."
"Within a few days, all the households in Houzhuang died, but they were caught alive by monkeys, and Houzhuang no longer existed."
Lin Bei took a breath, this monkey is really supernatural, but the monkey is inherently human.
"It's been more than ten years in a flash, and there are people in the original place of Houzhuang, and a Qi village has been built, and on this day, a young descendant came to Qi Village, followed by a big monkey, with a golden top and white hair."
"After all the revenge, the monkey is still coming?"
"The young offspring is the baby more than ten years ago, he named himself Hou Xin, but he didn't come to take revenge, but because he was getting older and homesick, he wanted to come back and live."
"The people of Qi Village don't know about waiting for letters, so they let Hou Xin stay, and cut them in a flash, this Hou Xin has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, a talent, and some villagers say that they are relatives for Hou Xin, and Hou Xin married the daughter of the villagers."
"The daughter of the villager gave birth to a baby and died, and within a few days, Hou Xin also died."
"Ahh
Lin Bei also felt a little speechless, this Hou family is too back.
"Could it be that the villagers of Qi Village have taken away the Houjia farm house again?"
"That's not true, because as soon as Hou Xin died, the monkey and the baby disappeared at the same time."
"It must have been taken to the mountains by the monkey again."
"Yes, so it is more than ten years, some villagers went into the mountains to collect medicine, found a group of monkeys in the mountains, and there was one person among the monkeys, such as the monkey king, the villagers were very curious, and came forward to ask, this person was also kind, picked melons and fruits, and entertained the villagers with fine wine, and sent the monkeys to send the villagers back from the mountains."
"This home is also a good family."
"Who said no, after so many years, the villagers said that the road in the mountains was very difficult, so the king sent the monkeys to tie them with ropes and hang them between the two mountains for people to pass, and the suspension bridge was slowly formed."
"Where's the waiting child?"
"This man has never been out of the mountains in his life, he frolicked with the monkeys every day, and after decades, no one has seen him again, and he must have died."
"What about the golden-capped monkey?"
"The golden-crowned white-haired monkey has descendants left, and has been the monkey king in the Changshan monkey group for generations, and some people have thought of subduing this monkey, but unfortunately they have all returned in vain, so it has become a legend."
Not to mention Cui Lan about this kind of supernatural thing, even Lin Bei heard it with relish, and he couldn't imagine that the suspension bridge in Changshan was actually built by a group of monkeys, so it can be imagined that the environment here in Changshan is quite bad, only the monkeys have the ability to climb mountains and cross rocks, but Lin Bei thinks about himself, he must not have the slightest problem.
"Master, is there really this golden-capped white-haired monkey?" Lin Bei asked.
"Yes." Bian Ji said with certainty, the kind that he believed, "I think how sinister this suspension bridge is, if it is not for the monkeys, who else can build the suspension bridge?" ”
Lin Bei nodded, if there is really such a monkey, as long as Lin Bei finds it, then there is a great chance that he will be able to subdue it, and he wants to help a lot. (To be continued......)
PS: PS: It's a cold, it's a bad feeling, and you have to be careful.