Chapter 13 Encounter with Bandits on the Road
This stay, I lived for five whole days, every day, Wei Feng with a high-intensity load to temper the body, get up in the morning (five o'clock in the morning), first of all, twenty miles of weight-bearing long-distance running, after eating, it is hundreds of consecutive times up and down the tree, a little rest, is the use of self-made simple equipment training, which falls in the eyes of Wang Man and Xiaolan, like masochism!
Fortunately, Wei Feng has placed more than ten traps for beasts, and there are some harvests every day, which ensures a sufficient supply of nutrients, and the free time is not left behind, is to ask Xiaolan for advice on learning characters, because of the modern Chinese characters as the foundation, the ancient characters are actually very fast to learn, and in a few days, they can already write hundreds of commonly used fonts proficiently, such a terrifying learning speed, so that these two women are secretly speechless!
On the sixth day, the sky was hazy, a group of three people left the valley, and continued to the south, in order to facilitate the crossing of the mountains and mountains, Xiaolan and Wang Man took off their filial piety clothes, and changed into Hu clothes, only with hemp rope to hold the bun, the upper body is a narrow sleeve tight shirt, and the lower body is a small striped pants, compared with the complicated and dragging Han women's long skirt, it is indeed conducive to action, and at that time, Hu Feng was moving eastward, even in Jiankang There are not a few women wearing Hu clothes.
Along the way, except for a limited number of cities nearby, there were almost no people, and a large number of fertile fields were abandoned, and the houses were empty, which also saved the three of them from the risk of open-air accommodation.
It is another five days, calculate the itinerary, should come to Yixing (now Yixing, Liyang City, Jiangsu) county territory, under the jurisdiction of Yangxian, Guoshan, Imjin, Yongshi, Pingling, Yixiang six counties, the county of Yangxian, Yixing east of Taihu Lake, the territory of rivers and lakes dense, the land is fertile, it is a land of fish and rice, but, as the road is as few people as along the way, except for a few heavily guarded manors, September and October should be overgrown with golden rice in the farmland overgrown with weeds, a barren scene.
Wang Man couldn't help but sigh: "The court has been congenitally deficient since Emperor Xiaoyuan set the Jiangdong Dynasty, Jingxiang has been occupied by a strong domain for a long time, Jiangbei and the Hu people in the north are at war endlessly, and the territory is sometimes large and sometimes small.
This also caused the heavy service in the Sanwu area, the court levied and extorted excessively, the local officials were greedy and cruel, and the people did not pay enough to pay all kinds of taxes after a year's hard work, and the mountains, forests and ponds were occupied by scholars, and all cutting wood and fishing had to pay taxes!
In particular, the levy is even more inhumane, five to draw three is already harsh, sometimes even women must serve the levy, according to the regulations, the annual levy should not exceed twenty years, but in fact, a levy for several months abounds, during which the grain and grass materials are all from the people, in order to escape the levy tax, the people are forced to cut off their hands and feet, I heard that more than ten years ago in the battle of the water, hanged or committed suicide by throwing themselves into the water countless!
In recent years, especially after Emperor Xiaowu was killed by Zhang Guiren, the government fell into the hands of Sima Daozi, and the harsh government was even more harsh than in the past, the people of Sanwu often fled from the village, some of them were displaced from all over the country, and some occupied the mountains and forests and fell into the grass for bandits, and the people in this Yixing area are mostly descendants of Shanyue, brave by nature, and the people are aggressive, and the bandits are also the most serious, from Yixing to Zhejiang more than 300 miles away, Wei Lang, you have to be careful. ”
Wang Man's pretty face showed a worry that could not be concealed, no matter how powerful Wei Feng was, he was alone, and when he met bandits, if he and Xiaolan fell into their hands, he didn't dare to think about the consequences.
Wei Feng looked at Wang Man in surprise, this woman's insight was really beyond his expectations.
Wang Man shook his head and said with a wry smile: "As a woman, how can the concubine come to such an insight, these are just the words of the late father before his death, but unfortunately, the first father's ambition was not rewarded, and he was framed by a capricious thief like Liu Gaozhi, and he really didn't open his eyes!" ”
Wei Feng's mood was also a little heavy, no matter what, Wang Gong was his father-in-law, and seeing his father-in-law's head in a different place, his heart was really not good.
"Wang Man, I won't say anything superfluous, let's go, while the sun is high, let's hurry more!" As soon as Wei Feng's greeting blurted out, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps in front of them, the three of them couldn't help but look up, their faces changed in an instant, Xiaolan and Wang Man couldn't help but exclaim, trembling all over, and hugged each other tightly!
On the road ahead, with a roar and a scream, about forty or fifty ragged men in the prime of life rushed quickly, some holding spears and short knives and other standard blades, and others holding hoes and sickles.
Wei Feng hurriedly shouted: "Don't panic, leave it to me!" Then he took two steps forward, holding his hands high and staring at the past with cold eyes.
Running to the vicinity of ten steps, the bandits stopped one after another, surrounded the three people in a semi-arc, and one of them came out of the crowd, this man was in his thirties, seven feet eight inches (one meter eight) long, with big eyes, big waist and round arms, and he looked powerful.
The strong man swept Wei Feng with sharp eyes, his eyebrows furrowed, and then looked at Wang Man and Xiaolan, a touch of amazement couldn't help but bloom, and just about to start, Wei Feng had already preemptively arched his hand and asked: "I am Hedong Weifeng, and now I am going to Benshanyin with my wife's room, I don't know who my brother's surname is, why is it blocking my road?" ”
"You fucking knowingly ask, right? Leave the two ladies behind you, and the old men may let you live! hahahaha~~" One of the bandits couldn't help but laugh wildly, and the rest of the people also laughed for a while!
Xiaolan and Wang Man's frightened faces turned pale, Wei Feng turned around and handed a calm look, and then his eyes burst into fine light and shot at the big man, he understood, if he can do it today, try not to do it, once he does it, even if he is covered with nails, how many people can he kill? And this strong man has a good appearance, and he thinks he is a reasonable person.
Sure enough, a ray of surprise appeared in the eyes of the big man tiger, and he waved his hand to stop his subordinates, and then held the knife and bowed his hand slightly: "I am Xiangyang Xiangmi, what are we doing, I guess Your Excellency will not know, you and the other three are all weak crowns of women and children, and I don't disdain to bully you, just follow the rules, leave some money to buy the road, and leave." ”
Wei Feng couldn't help but nodded secretly, this is the way of thieves, and at the same time, he also had a vague impression of the name Xiang Mi, who seemed to be a tiger general under Liu Yu in history, and his heart suddenly moved!
"Huh?" The corner of Wei Feng's eyes happened to see that Xiaolan was about to put down her burden, and seemed to want to take out some gold and silver jewelry, so she hurriedly shook her palm to show that she was not busy, and asked again: "More than a hundred years ago, Shu Han Xianting Hou (Xiang Lang) was also a Jingxiang person, I don't know what relationship he has with Your Excellency?" ”
Wei Mi's old face flushed slightly, and he responded with a little surprise: "It is the ancestor of the clan!" ”
"hahahaha~~" Wei Feng said with a smile: "Your ancestors Xiang Lang and Xiang Pet are all Shu Han for a while, and they are valued by Liu Bei and Liu Chan father and son, and they have all been able to enter the feudal ranks, I can't imagine that in just a hundred years, the Xiang family has withered to this point, and the descendants are willing to be bandits!" If the second prince has a spirit in the sky, I don't know how he will feel? Tell my brother about it? hahahaha~~”
"Shut up!" Xiang Mi's face turned red for a moment, and he said angrily: "Shu Han was destroyed, my Xiang clan no longer has natural scenery, and it is understandable to scatter all over the place. Originally, I saw that you had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and I thought that I would not want to take your life for a good child, but now that you are seeking your own death, I can't complain about it! As he spoke, a fierce light flashed in his eyes!
Wang Man and Xiaolan immediately put the little liver back in their throats, what they said before was so good, why do they have to poke people's feet? couldn't help but be anxious and annoyed, Wang Man bit his teeth even more hatefully, and almost shouted I don't know this person.
Wei Feng snorted coldly, and continued to stimulate: "The withering of the clan is definitely not a reason for bandits, I think my Hedong Wei clan, this dynasty was also prominent for a while, and after the chaos of Jiahou and Yongjia, the scenery in the clan has long been gone, but I, Wei Feng, would rather take my family and bring my mouth to Shanyin, than disdain to be a bandit, what I am afraid of is to shame my ancestors!" ”
"You're fucking light!" A bandit couldn't help but scold: "The Lao Tzu family has lived in Yixing for generations, and it was good to come here, but since Sima Rui's dead ghost crossed the river with five horses, all kinds of harsh taxes have come, hum!" Looking at your appearance of fine skin and tender meat, you are also a broken family that has never suffered hardships, I am afraid that there are many of them that you can't imagine!
In addition to the field endowment, you have to collect the poll tax according to the Dingkou, and you have to pay the money for marriage and childbirth, and you have to go to the market to sell goods, and the first person to find the door is the tax collector, and there are all kinds of miscellaneous taxes on mountain and wood products, and there are all kinds of different things, nearly 100 kinds! What's even more sloppy is that some of the taxes collected by the county have to be collected again in the county, it's not that they can't survive, who the hell wants to pin their heads to the waistband of their pants to live? Well? ”
"Slaughter this little cub! Qu Shuai, hurry up and give the order! As soon as these words came out, the bandits were all filled with righteous indignation, and they waved their blades towards Mi to ask for their lives, as if Wei Feng at this moment was the court official who forced them to live!
Xiang Mi's face showed a look of struggle, and after a while, he waved his hand, and when the noise gradually stopped, he said with a gloomy face: "I don't know if you don't know, I will stop this time, you go, don't talk nonsense in the future, lest you lose your life in vain!" ”
Xiaolan hurriedly pulled Wei Feng, but Wei Feng didn't mean to leave, but smiled slightly: "Brother Xiang is benevolent and righteous, it is indeed rare, but falling grass is by no means a long-term solution, please forgive me for speaking ugly, since ancient times, all thieves are not allowed to die!" Chen She, Wu Guang took the lead in rebelling against Qin, but died one after another, in the late Han Dynasty, the green forest and red eyebrows were in the limelight for a while, and finally won the world is Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, in the late Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban raised things, and created the Three Kingdoms. ”
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