The warm autumn sun is sprinkled, and the Liuyang River, which is slowly flowing to the west, is sparkling, and the green water passes through the fields on both sides of the sand bar, and the ponds dotted with dots and rice fields are rich in rice and fish fat. On the bank of the river beach, a group of peasant girls are singing moving folk songs, rinsing ramie by the river, these peasant women are coarse cloth scarves and tied hair, generally dressed in blue cloth shirts, knurled lantern embroidered trousers, a pair of white lotus-like jade hands in the green water gently and shallowly, scooping up the clear river water and sprinkling it on the ramie leaves spread on the chrysanthemum stones by the river, a good picture of local flavor.

The ramie in their hands is the raw material of the world's famous Liuyang summer cloth, the Liuyang summer cloth with ramie and hemp as raw materials, once known as the world for the exquisite weaving and the delicate texture, the Ming Dynasty was listed as a tribute to the imperial court, there has always been Hangzhou spinning silk for Liuyang summer cloth said, the middle of the Qing Dynasty has been prestigious, Liuyang, Xiangxiang, Youxian, Chaling are all out of ramie cloth, the world is called Liuyang best. The ramie is tied with straw rope and woven into hemp rows, which need to be sprinkled with river water, and then dried, and then sprinkled and dried in the sun, and so on several times, until the ramie becomes white after a few days.

The morning sun was just right, and it was a good time to rinse the ramie, and the peasant girls were busy by the river laughing and singing songs. The men were either busy collecting food, or they were caught doing group training or folk husbandry, and the women did the work of rinsing ramie.

A few miles away, the bell of the morning class of Kaifu Temple rang, and the peasant girls put down the water ladles in their hands and prayed in the direction of Kaifu Temple, praying for the safety of their families and the abundance of valley this year.

During the prayer period, on the Liujiadu on the north bank of the west side, a burst of dust and smoke rolled in, and the neighing of people and horses suddenly made a loud noise, breaking the original tranquility of the Liuyang River, and the peasant girls looked up in a daze, and the shadows on the other side of the river appeared a lot of cool hats of the big head soldiers of the green battalion, and the sky above Liujiadu was full of the banners of the Qing army.

"Oh, it's the officers and soldiers who are here." "Second aunt, let's take it quickly, the official army is here." "Hurry up, sisters." "It's the officers and soldiers, what are you afraid of?" "Yang Sanman, you don't know, the officials and soldiers are more vicious than the bandits, the people who fled in Chenzhou have said that the officials and soldiers from Chaozhou over there will do everything to plunder, go quickly."

The peasant girls panicked and put the ramie into the basket, and chirped and walked away with the basket, but fortunately, the Qing army did not come across the river, so they could calmly put away the ramie and leave.

The Qing army on the north bank found several small boats and rafts at Liujia Ferry, and after a period of chaos, dozens of Qing soldiers were forced to get on the boats by several officials and came to the south bank.

When the peasant girls here hurried back, one of them was a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old, who was lying among the wild grass of a hill, combing a thick braid, combing a small liuhai on her jade forehead, and looking at the river in the distance with a pair of small boats and rafts speeding towards the south bank.

After arriving on the south bank, dozens of Qing soldiers trembled and divided into several teams and began to search around.

"Sister Xuanji, why don't you leave? Aunt Li is in a hurry, let me come back to you. A petite voice came from behind, the peasant girl lying in the barren grass was startled, and when she looked back, it was her female companion in her village, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned her head to look at the Qing soldiers under the hill and frowned: "There has been no news of Brother Ah for so many days, I want to see if Brother Ah will be in the official army, Holly, you go back first." ”

Na Dongqing hurriedly said: "Sister Xuanji, Brother Li will not be inside, our Xiangyong in Liuyang is not wearing this." ”

Sister Xuanji shook her head and said, "Brother may be behind?" You see, there are still many officers and soldiers on the other side of the river. A few days ago, I heard that a group of officers and soldiers ran out of Changsha City, and Brother will definitely be in it, and my mother and I only have Brother to rely on, and he must not have an accident. Speaking of the back, she choked up a little, with a pair of pretty red eyes, looking pitiful. …,

The holly paused and said, "Sister Xuanji, Aunt Li is just one of your relatives, what should she do if something happens to you again?" Come with me, the officers and soldiers are coming, and those masters don't rob you when they see you so handsome? ”

Sister Xuanji didn't know where to find a sickle, and said with a cold face: "Which one who doesn't have long eyes really dares to come to this girl, let him taste this girl's sickle first!" Whoever dares to touch this girl, I will gelding him! ”

Holly said with a worried face: "Sister Xuanji, I know that you have a strong temperament, and the idlers in the village who want to bully you are afraid of you, but these officials and soldiers are not those idlers in the village, there are a lot of them, you better go back with me quickly." ”

In the barren grass not far from the two girls, Tang Erniu was lying in the grass with his whole body covered in grass, frowning and looking at the two peasant girls who were arguing in front of him, and a two Sima on the side said in a low voice: "Brother Tang, these two girls are so noisy that sooner or later they will attract the Qing Demon over." ”

Tang Erniu said in a calm and low voice: "Ignore them, don't move no matter what happens later, whoever moves will kill him!" Pass the word on, and don't move! ”

On the barren hill here, Tang Erniu led a hundred Taiping veterans, a hundred Taiping new army set up an ambush here, finally waited for two days for the Qing army to finally appear, the first boat to cross the river is the pathfinder, after crossing the Liuyang River here, it is only five miles away from Changsha City, the Qing army has become extremely careful, the slightest wind and grass will scare them back, but at this moment ran out of two peasant girls, almost to lead the Qing army over, although Tang Erniu spoke calmly, but his heart was seven up and down.

"Mr. Yang, are you Hunan girls so spicy?" Seeing one of the peasant girls brandishing a sickle and loudly threatening to be a gelding, Tang Erniu frowned and asked the other two Sima beside him, "Isn't she afraid of so many officers and soldiers?!" ”

Then Yang Lao Qi also frowned and said: "Our girl here is quite spicy, but she is not so bold, who is this Feiman?" Look at this outfit should be from the village head of our Liuyang camphor tree, let's go quickly, it will be bad if it attracts the Qing army. ”

Before the words fell, more than a dozen Qing soldiers who were searching here had noticed the sound of the second girl, and they were so frightened that they stopped and looked around, and after a long knife came forward to shout a few words, five Qing soldiers were kicked out of the queue, holding spears and trembling towards the barren mountains.

Tang Erniu was nervous for a while, and said in a low voice: "Don't move, no one is allowed to move, don't make a sound, let's fight!" A group of Taiping soldiers were quietly lying in the wild grass, staring at the Qing army getting closer and closer, unconsciously, Tang Erniu's hand holding the knife was already full of sweat, he looked anxiously at the two unaware peasant girls, and said silently in his heart: "Let's go, two stupid girls!" ”

Approaching the five Qing soldiers, they also found that it was just two peasant women, and in the laughter, the five Qing soldiers had the courage to disperse and surround them, and only after more than ten steps away did the two peasant girls realize that someone was coming, and they all turned around and ran away with a cry of surprise.

Seeing that the two women were about to run, the five Qing soldiers chased after them with a smile, but the two women couldn't outrun the Qing soldiers, and after chasing dozens of steps, they were caught up.

Five bright spear tips were pointed at the two women, and under the eyes of the five Qing soldiers who had bad intentions and laughed lewdly, the Xuanji girl shouted: "My brother is also an officer and a soldier!" Don't mess around! The holly had long been frightened, hiding behind Miss Xuanji, not daring to speak.

I heard that the brother of the two daughters was also a Qing soldier, and the five Qing soldiers put away their bad intentions slightly, and after several people discussed, one of the Qing soldiers said: "Go, come with us to see the general general, if you want your brother to be really our brother, I won't embarrass you." ”

Hearing the Hunan dialect of the Qing soldiers, the two women put their hearts at ease, not the Qing soldiers from other provinces, the Qing soldiers in this province still have a little kindness to the people in their hometowns, and then the two women followed the five Qing soldiers down the barren mountain, and several people didn't notice that there were people lurking in the barren grass at their feet.